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62nd Paris-Nice - 2.HC
France, March 7-14, 2004
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Stage 6 - March 12: Rasteau - Gap, 173.5 km
Menchov takes animated stage, Jaksche solidifies lead
By Chris Henry
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Russian Denis Menchov sprinted to victory in an animated sixth stage of Paris-Nice Friday, beating three breakaway companions in a dash to the line after 173 kilometres and three first category climbs. Today's visit to Gap marked the closest incursion yet for a Paris-Nice parcours into the Alps, something of a risk to the race organisers given the less than hospitable weather conditions thus far, but one that today paid off with exciting racing. Germany's Jörg Jaksche (Team CSC) once again extended his race lead over Davide Rebellin thanks to bonus seconds picked up at the two intermediate sprints.
"My first thoughts go to the victims of the attacks [in Madrid]," Menchov said after his victory. "I live in Spain and I was very touched, like all Spaniards, by what happened. Our team worked hard to win today. It wasn't easy but I felt very strong."
A dramatic finale on the Col de Manse saw a number of riders put in attack after attack, but ultimately a four man move including Menchov, Dave Bruylandts (Chocolade Jacques), Floyd Landis (US Postal Service) and Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) managed to make the difference. Frank Vandenbroucke (Fassa Bortolo) was the most dangerous rival to the yellow jersey to launch an attack, but Jaksche was able to cover his move, shadowed by second place Rebellin. By the finish the top five was unchanged, although Jaksche had added to his slender lead.
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Friday dawned another cold day as the riders faced up to a relatively short stage of 173 kilometres, but one which would tackle four climbs, with the final summit coming just 10 kilometres before the finish in Gap. The peloton was pummeled by a brutal headwind in the early part of the race, making conditions difficult before the Cat. 2 Col de Fontaube began. Finally on the climb Aitor Osa (Illes Balears-Banesto), one of several riders on the attack all day Thursday, decided to have another go. He broke clear and was soon joined by young Frenchman Nicolas Portal (Ag2r-Prévoyance), a move the race leaders were content to see go clear.
How it unfolded
Even if the stage win were a long way away, Osa had the incentive of riding for the king of the mountains jersey, collecting points on the first two climbs and equalling polka dot jersey Thomas Ziegler (Gerolsteiner) on the road. A long drag between the Col de Macuègne and the Col de la Sentinelle forced Portal and Menchov to work hard while the peloton could bide its time and begin a steady chase. By the time the duo hit the slopes of the Col de la Sentinelle, after more than 100km in the lead, Portal had reached his limit.
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Osa quickly dropped his partner, and still looking fresh he began to bound up the Sentinelle in search of mountain points. His advantage over the field had tumbled to little more than two minutes, indicating that his stage win hopes were all but gone, but the polka dot jersey could still be his. Osa succeeded in taking maximum points before beginning the plunge into Gap, where the race would pass through the finish line before tackling the final circuit up and around the Col de Manse.
Osa was eventually caught on the uneven descent into gap by a small group including Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros), and his Illes Balears teammate Menchov who latched on to the cover the move. Kim Kirchen of Fassa Bortolo made a strong effort to bridge the gap, bringing CSC's Bobby Julich with him. For CSC it was a perfect move, as Julich could not only act as policeman for Jaksche, but sitting in third place himself he had his own card to play for the general classification.
Ultimately this group was caught as the race entered Gap, and Jaksche linked up with Julich to prepare for the day's second bonus sprint. Despite the substantial tempo being set by one of his Gerolsteiner teammates, second place Rebellin was nowhere to be seen as the sprint approached. Without incident, Jaksche jumped clear with Julich on his wheel, adding another three seconds to his lead before the day's final difficulty.
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Early in the ascension of the Col de Manse, a difficult climb of varying steepness, Phonak's Alexandre Moos attacked and went clear of the peloton. He was joined by Bruylandts, with Landis and Sanchez just behind. Moos was quickly passed and dropped but the trio kept going and opened up a gap on the field, which now was peppered by constant attacks.
From the main field, now reduced to some 25 riders, Menchov attacked on his own once again, putting in an enormous effort to bridge to the three leaders. He was ultimately successful, as behind Jaksche and Rebellin marked each other, waiting for the attacks that mattered. A resurgent Alex Zülle (Phonak) made his own effort to break free and join the leaders, slowly but steadily gaining ground as they approached the summit. The gap to the yellow jersey hovered around 20" as Bruylandts, Landis, Menchov and Sanchez persisted, with Zülle coming up behind.
Just as he looked set to join the leaders, Frank Vandenbroucke decided his time had come, and in seemingly no time caught and passed Zülle. Vandenbroucke's attack was a hint of things to come as the Belgian clearly seems set to return to his previous best form. It was a brilliant move, but not quite strong enough to shake the tenacious Jaksche, who quickly joined him. Rebellin and others struggled to catch the departing train, but by the summit the principal contenders were still together, and still chasing the lead quartet.
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Flying at breakneck speeds down the Col de Manse, the same descent on which Joseba Beloki crashed out of the 2003 Tour de France, Frank Vandenbroucke kept the pressure on as he tried to catch the leaders and keep Jaksche under maximum pressure. It wasn't enough, but it was a good sign for upcoming classics season.
Into the finish in Gap, Sanchez tried his own escape from the lead group, steadily reeled in by Landis and Bruylandts. It was Bruylandts who caught him and launched the sprint early, perhaps knowing he had little left in his weary legs. Menchov quickly came from behind and distanced Bruylandts, pushed to the line by Sanchez while Landis coasted in for third place after a skipped chain derailed his sprint.
It was an explosive day, and with the final weekend of racing beginning Saturday morning, Jaksche can be content with another flawless performance. His time gap to Rebellin is up to 14", which is still a small margin but could be enough to seal the overall victory.
"It's not over, even though I think today was the hardest day," Jaksche said, donning another yellow jersey. "I'm worried most about the final day on Sunday. Vandenbroucke is getting stronger and stronger, and I would have preferred also to have taken some more time on Rebellin."
Stages 7 and 8 present plenty of climbing, but today offered the shortest distance between the final summit and the stage finish, meaning challengers to Jaksche's jersey will have to attack from farther out in order to take time. Team CSC remains in control, still with three riders in the top five.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Jorg Jaksche (CSC) looking set for another day in yellow
- The peloton trying to keep warm
- The peloton rides past a village en route to Gap in stage 6
- Aitor Osa (Illes Balears) rides on his own in the lead during stage 6
- Frank Vandenbroucke (Fassa Bortolo) goes on the attack, with Jaksche on his wheel
- Denis Menchov (Illes Balears) on the Col de Manse
- Denis Menchov (Illes Balears) wins the stage ahead of Sanchez
- Aitor Osa (Illes Balears) in the mountains jersey now
Images by Russell Standring/grenoblecycling.free.fr
- Jorg Jaksche (CSC) looks serious
- Bobby Julich (CSC) sitting pretty in third on GC
- Bjarne Riis the architect of Team CSC's success in Paris-Nice
- Floyd Landis (US Postal-Berry Floor) looks psyched for a breakaway with 30 km to go
- George Hincapie (US Postal-Berry Floor) looking happy with himself
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) signs an autograph for a fan
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) was denied his stage win
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step-Davitamon) holds the best young rider classification
- Thomas Ziegler (Gerolsteiner) couldn't hold the mountains jersey today
- Alex Zülle (Phonak) looking hungry
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) is still hanging in there
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) warming up
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) kept busy signing autographs
- Matthew Wilson (FDJeux.com) looking chilly in his Australian champion's jersey
- David Millar (Cofidis) goes the headband
- Laurent Brochard (Ag2r) relishing the challenge
- Jean-Patrick Nazon (Ag2r) gets a pre-race rub
- The pack leaves Rasteau
- The Col de Manse looked very chilly
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) leads Denis Menchov, Dave Bruylands and Floyd Landis (hidden) on the Col de Manse
- A group of stragglers on the Col de Manse
Results
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 4.52.22 2 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 4 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 0.24 6 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 9 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.39 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 16 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 18 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 21 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 22 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 24 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 26 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 27 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.29 29 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 30 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 32 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.53 33 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.44 34 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 35 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 36 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 37 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 38 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 39 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3.54 40 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4.18 41 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 42 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 4.24 43 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 44 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 45 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 46 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 47 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 48 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 49 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 50 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 51 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 52 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 53 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 54 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 55 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 56 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 57 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 58 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 59 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 62 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 63 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 65 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 66 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 67 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 68 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 69 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.42 70 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 71 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 72 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 73 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.58 74 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 10.08 75 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 76 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 77 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11.08 79 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12.29 81 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 82 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 15.23 83 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 84 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 15.38 85 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16.35 86 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 87 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 88 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 90 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 92 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 93 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 94 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 95 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 96 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 97 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 98 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 99 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 100 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 102 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 103 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 104 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 105 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 106 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 107 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 108 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 109 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 110 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 111 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 112 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 113 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 114 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 115 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 116 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 117 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 118 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 119 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 120 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 121 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 122 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 123 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 124 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 125 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 126 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 127 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 128 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 129 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 130 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 131 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 132 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 133 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 134 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 135 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 136 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 137 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 138 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo DNF Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone DNF Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team DNS Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi DNS Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf DNS Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNS Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNS Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com DNS Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Points 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 25 pts 2 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 3 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 20 4 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 18 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 16 6 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 15 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14 8 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 13 9 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 11 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 10 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 13 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 6 16 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 17 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 18 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 Sprints Montbrun-Les-Bains, 52.00 km 1 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 1 Gap, 148.00 km 1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 3 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains Col de Fontaube - Cat. 2, 38.00 km 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 pts 2 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 1 Col de Macučgne - Cat. 1, 61.00 km 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 pts 2 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 3 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 5 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 7 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1 Col de la Sentinelle - Cat. 1, 142.00 km 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 10 pts 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 3 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 4 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 3 6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 Col de Manse - Cat. 1, 164.00 km 1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 3 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 6 4 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 5 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 3 6 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 2 7 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Young rider 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.52.46 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.15 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 1.05 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.20 8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 4.00 9 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 10 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 12 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 14 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 15 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.18 16 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 18 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.44 19 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.44 20 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 14.59 21 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16.11 22 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 25 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 27 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 28 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 29 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 30 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 31 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 32 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 34 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 35 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 36 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 37 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 38 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere Teams 1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.38.09 2 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.24 4 Team CSC 0.39 5 Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.44 6 Liberty Seguros 2.59 7 Illes Balears-Banesto 4.00 8 Fassa Bortolo 4.03 9 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4.44 10 Gerolsteiner 6.29 11 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6.43 12 Alessio-Bianchi 11.39 13 T-Mobile Team 12.09 14 Credit Agricole 13.03 15 FDJeux.com 14.27 16 Ag2R Prevoyance 22.53 17 Rabobank 26.19 18 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 26.38 19 Lotto-Domo 30.04 20 Brioches La Boulangere 30.45 General classification after stage 6 1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 19.42.49 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.14 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.42 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.46 5 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.48 6 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 0.58 7 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.00 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.08 9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.35 10 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.45 11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 1.52 12 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 2.02 13 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2.36 14 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 2.59 15 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.01 16 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.19 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4.34 18 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.37 19 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 5.43 20 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.50 21 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 5.54 22 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.07 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 24 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.10 25 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.13 26 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6.30 27 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.41 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 7.03 29 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.05 30 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 7.06 31 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 7.17 32 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 7.21 33 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.26 34 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8.04 35 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.26 36 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8.38 37 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.31 38 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 9.44 39 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 9.57 40 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 10.07 41 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10.57 42 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 11.15 43 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 11.16 44 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.18 45 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.42 46 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 11.43 47 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 48 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 11.48 49 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 12.27 50 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 13.28 51 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14.10 52 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 14.28 53 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.41 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 14.55 55 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 15.02 56 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 15.07 57 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.13 58 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 15.14 59 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 15.21 60 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 15.23 61 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 16.12 62 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.35 63 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 16.54 64 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.57 65 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.36 66 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 18.07 67 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 68 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 19.03 69 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 19.17 70 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.33 71 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 19.38 72 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 20.04 73 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 20.07 74 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 20.23 75 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.08 76 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.33 77 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 21.51 78 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 22.11 79 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 22.50 80 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 23.05 81 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 23.15 82 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23.35 83 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23.37 84 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23.41 85 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 23.45 86 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.54 87 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 23.58 88 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24.00 89 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 24.34 90 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26.05 91 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 26.22 92 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 26.32 93 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 26.38 94 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 26.47 95 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 26.59 96 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 27.00 97 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 27.18 98 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 27.25 99 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 100 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 27.29 101 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 27.32 102 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27.35 103 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 27.39 104 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 28.15 105 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 28.58 106 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 107 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.04 108 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 29.06 109 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 29.36 110 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 29.42 111 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 30.59 112 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 31.10 113 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 32.03 114 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 32.24 115 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 32.25 116 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 32.38 117 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 32.47 118 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 32.53 119 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 33.38 120 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 34.11 121 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 34.39 122 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 35.11 123 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 35.35 124 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 36.00 125 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 36.15 126 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 36.23 127 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 36.49 128 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.57 129 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 37.04 130 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 37.14 131 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 37.15 132 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 37.28 133 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 41.59 134 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45.31 135 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 51.23 136 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 57.28 137 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 57.45 138 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 1.01.16 Points classification 1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 73 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 72 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 60 4 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 40 5 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 38 6 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 37 7 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 8 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 33 9 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 32 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 31 11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 30 12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 30 13 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 14 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 26 16 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 17 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 23 18 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 19 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 23 20 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 22 21 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 22 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 20 23 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 20 24 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 25 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19 26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 18 27 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 18 28 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 18 29 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 18 30 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14 31 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 13 32 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 33 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 34 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 35 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 36 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 11 37 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11 38 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 39 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 10 40 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8 41 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 43 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 7 44 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 6 45 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 46 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 47 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 48 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 49 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 50 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 51 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 52 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3 53 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 54 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 2 55 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 56 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 42 pts 2 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 3 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 16 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 12 6 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 9 8 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 9 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 7 10 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 6 11 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 12 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 14 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 15 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 3 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 3 17 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 18 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 3 19 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2 20 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 22 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 2 23 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2 24 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 25 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1 26 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 27 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 28 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 1 Young rider classification 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19.43.57 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.27 3 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 1.51 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3.26 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4.35 6 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.42 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 4.59 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.58 9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.56 10 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9.49 11 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 10.07 12 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.34 13 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 13.59 14 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 15.46 15 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.28 16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 19.15 17 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.00 18 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 22.07 19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 22.27 20 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.46 21 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22.52 22 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 25.24 23 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25.39 24 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 25.51 25 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 26.17 26 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 26.21 27 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 26.31 28 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 28.34 29 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 30.02 30 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 31.17 31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 31.30 32 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 31.45 33 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 34.52 34 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 35.07 35 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 36.07 36 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44.23 37 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 56.37 38 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 1.00.08 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 59.10.14 2 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.20 3 Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.23 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 9.19 5 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 9.32 6 Fassa Bortolo 11.20 7 Gerolsteiner 13.26 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.49 9 Credit Agricole 19.59 10 Liberty Seguros 21.44 11 Illes Balears-Banesto 22.06 12 T-Mobile Team 25.10 13 Alessio-Bianchi 29.40 14 FDJeux.com 31.16 15 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 32.23 16 Rabobank 33.32 17 Brioches La Boulangere 45.20 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 46.20 19 Lotto-Domo 47.04 20 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 59.24
