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92nd Tour de France - GT
France, July 2-24, 2005
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Stage 18 - Thursday, July 21: Albi - Mende, 189 km
Serrano receives the Liberty - and makes the most of it
Two podium places still up for grabs
By Anthony Tan in Mende, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney
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Soloing into the mountain-top finish in Mende with arms outstretched and a facial expression that bordered between a smile and grimace, Marcos Serrano finally gave Liberty Seguros something to smile about. The Spanish team came to the race with high hopes to challenge for the overall classification with Joseba Beloki and Roberto Heras, but both never really looked like performing to expectations, and thus the emphasis switched to salvaging their Tour with a stage victory.
From the moment he attacked his breakaway group on the lower slopes of the Cote de la Croix-Neuve, the 32 year-old from Valencia was thinking of nothing except crossing the line first. "I couldn't even hear the team manager because there were so many people shouting," Serrano said of the enormous crowds that lined the final climb.
"This morning, Manolo reminded us what happened in '95 here," he added, speaking about Laurent Jalabert's victory atop Mende exactly 10 years ago. "He told us it was difficult to win the stage, but it was a stage for our team. I was told to go in the break, so I am lucky for that, because it could have been someone else."
Asked who he feared most from the 10-man breakaway, Serrano said: "I was afraid of everybody. But in the end, I knew I had to take my chance."
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Essentially the last chance for anyone whose name wasn't Lance Armstrong to gain time on Lance Armstrong, the Croix-Neuve provided the expected selection, as the four strongest riders in the 92nd Tour de France battled their way up its 10 percent slopes, finishing 11'18 behind Serrano and led home by Cadel Evans - one of the strongest performers in this critical third week. The net result is that Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) now moves to within 2'12 of third-placed Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank), meaning that a podium place is still possible if the German rides like he can in Saturday's time trial.
The 28 year-old Davitamon-Lotto rider told Cyclingnews this morning he was extremely frustrated after being caught out on yesterday's stage to Revel, and was determined not to let that happen again. Today, Evans proved it was positioning rather than the legs that saw him lose those 20 seconds, gaining back that deficit and more to re-find his position of two days ago, seventh on the classement générale.
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"Better late than never," he said seconds after he crossed the finish line. "He [Armstrong] was pretty angry about it because I sat on all the way; hey, I can sit on the climb in the headwind, but I can't come 'round. But if you put a finish line in front of me, I have to sprint for it - I'm a bike racer... sorry Lance."
Quizzed on what Armstrong said to him, the Australian replied: "What was that for?"
So what did you say? "I couldn't think of any answer straight away... it's hard after a finish like that!" exclaimed Evans with a smile.
Speaking of Lance, the six-time Tour winner looks more assured of number seven as each day wears on, now just three days away from a final victory lap on the Champs Elysées. "I've always said I'm a lucky guy," said Armstrong.
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"It's also nice to know it's the last one. For me, it's tough to have a big smile, but now that the Tour's almost finished, my career's almost finished, I have to say it's a nice feeling. There's never been a true panic within the team or myself, but I suppose that's what happens when you prepare 100 percent, have the experience, have what I think is a great team around me, and a great director - it makes things much easier."
On his pick for the podium (besides himself), he said: "Basso second, Ullrich third. That simple."
"Jan is looking stronger and stronger, and he might be the favourite for Saturday. Rasmussen rode bravely today, but I think those 30 seconds will be the 30 seconds that knocks him off the podium."
Interestingly, at the end of today's stage, Armstrong was asked to submit a blood sample on top of the urine sample he was required to give as the maillot jaune, the UCI medicos never failing to keep the Texan on his toes.
Team CSC's Ivan Basso, Armstrong's only real challenger in this year's race, was responsible for creating the four-man final selection, but has seemingly run out of ideas rather than legs on how to beat his arch-rival. "My team worked for me the last 20k; I tried to do something and I did it at 100 percent, but Lance was [too] strong - I did my best," he said.
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"I felt strong, but not enough to drop Lance... maybe in the time trial, I can take four minutes out of Lance," joked the likeable Italian.
American Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) was one of four riders along with Vinokourov, Rasmussen and Mancebo to finish in the group behind Armstrong, 37 seconds in arrears, and it will require an extraordinary effort from the 31 year-old to make the podium come Paris. "Well, today was a bit more steep [than yesterday] and I just can't match the power of Lance and Basso right now," he said. "It's obvious everyone's racing for second, third, fourth and fifth... no chance of winning, I think."
How it unfolded
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It was a hot, dry and windy noontime in the university city of Albi, with temps in the mid-20s expected to hit the low 30s by mid afternoon, and a west-northwest breeze blowing on the left quarter as the parcours headed into the Massif Central. After a minute of silence this morning in memory of Amy Gillett, the race was on and it was full gas again at the start. At the first intermediate sprint at Villefranche-D'albigeois (km 13), it was big man Van Summeren (Davitamon-Lotto) ahead of Vino and Moreau. 8km later, Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) was on the attack again, this time with Heras (Liberty Seguros). After 30km, 23 riders had gotten across to the two Spaniards, with Azevedo, Guerini, Julich, Arroyo, Menchov, Moos, Bernucci, Horner, Contador, Hushovd, Garzelli, Moncoutié, White, Sinkewitz, Tankink, Fedrigo, Voeckler, Wegmann and Casar joining Flecha and Heras. But Discovery Channel rode the break down and it was peloton groupé.
The next to attack was the ever aggressive Carlos Da Cruz (Francaise des Jeux), who went away after 40 km and held a slender lead over the peloton. After 49km of racing on the first ascent of the day, the Côte de la Béssède, a Cat. 4, 8.3 km climb at 2.9 %, Pellizotti (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Roberts (CSC) went in pursuit of Da Cruz and were joined by Kessler (T-Mobile Team), Zandio (Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne), Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) Serrano (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Vasseur (Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone), Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Zandio took the KOM from Kessler and Merckx and this break had the right mix of riders to stay away. After 73km in the hot, dusty bourg of Saint Afftique, the gap was over 3'00.
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20 kilometres later on the Cat. 3 Côte de Raujolles, a 2.7 km climb at 5.2 %, it was Da Cruz taking the KOM ahead Merckx, Roberts and Vasseur, while Discovery Channel had Noval and Padrnos riding tempo on the front of the groupe maillot jaune 10'55 behind. Down the backside of the Raujolles climb, the break rode over the spectacular new Viaduct di Millau, the highest viaduct in Europe. 2.6km long, the Viaduct rises to 342m on seven towers, while the road surface is 270m above the gorge of the Tarn Valley.
As the first Cat.2 Côte de Boyne began after 122.5km, the break was 12'20 ahead of the Discovery Channel and Rabobank led peloton. Atop the 9.2 km, 5.3 % grade ascent, Da Cruz took the points as the road shimmered in the afternoon heat. No descent for relief as the race entered the Departement of Lozere and traversed the corrugated terrain of the Tarn plateau west of the Gorges du Tarn, France's Grand Canyon. The insatiable Da Cruz took the points at the second intermediate sprint in Le Massegros after 138km with 51km to go and the peloton was just cruising along 13'00 behind as the break entered the Causse de Sauveterre. Twenty-five kilometres later in Chanac, the gap between the break and the peloton had increased to 15'00 and the tactics started as CSC got onto the front.
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On the penultimate ascent of Cat. 3 Côte de Chabrits after 180km, a steep 1.7 km climb at 7.1 % that dropped into Mende, Da Cruz attacked, but the real race was Merckx, Kessler, Pellizotti and Serrano watching each other, while past maillot jaune Voeckler was just hanging on for dear life. In the groupe maillot jaune, CSC had gone to the front to take control of the pace to make sure that Ivan Basso was in the best possible position on the final two climbs. From the break, Zandio went after Da Cruz and behind him, Merckx made the perfect counter move. Over the summit of the Côte de Chabrits with 9km to go, Voeckler found new energy and bridged across to Merckx, with Serrano, Zandio and Vasseur 0'10 behind. 2km later in Mende, the five riders had come together, as Kessler, Roberts, Pellizotti, Martinez and Da Cruz were now gapped definitively.
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Just before the five front runners made the sharp right turn in Mende up the steep final climb up to the airport finish atop the Côte de la Croix Neuve, Pellizotti had bridged across to the now six-strong front group. Dedicated to Laurent Jalabert, who won a Tour De France stage here ten years ago, the short, sharp Cat. 2 ascent was a 3.1 km climb at 10.1 %. Among huge crowds lining the climb, Merckx made the tempo, then attacked hard twice but couldn't make the difference. Serrano took over for Merckx as Zandio and Pellizotti went out the back, as did Voeckler. Only Merckx, Serrano and a surprising Vasseur were left up front, but as the road steepened in the final kilometre of the ascent, Merckx was yo-yoing on and off the back. Serrano was riding hard as he began to gain ground on Merckx and Vasseur and eventually got a 50m gap on the two chasers as he passed over the summit with 1500m to go. The road leveled off over the KOM and Serrano dove down the hill to the aerodrome with 0'15 on the two chasers. Taking his fifth win as a pro and the third stage win by a Spanish rider at Le Tour, Serrano came in to win solo, 0'27 ahead of Vasseur, who sprinted past Merckx for second. Axel gesticulated in anger at the Frenchman, who he felt didn't chase enough behind the Liberty Seguros rider.
In the groupe maillot jaune, 10'00 behind, Sastre was driving the pace in Mende as the steep final ascent of Côte de la Croix Neuve with only 20 riders left. Moreau dropped off the back as George and Popo rode tempo up front. After a kilometre of the 3.7km ascent, Basso attacked hard, completely exploding the group. Suddenly there were only four left: Armstrong, Basso, an enterprising Cadel Evans and Jan Ullrich. Basso's attack had gapped Vino, and dropped Rasmussen, Leipheimer and Mancebo.
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With 3km to go, Armstrong accelerated, while Vino was caught by Levi and Rasmussen, 0'40 behind, with Landis and Mazzoleni at 1'00. At 1km to the KOM (2.5km to go), Ullrich dropped off, but battled back to the front group as the road flattened out 500m before the KOM. The gap to the Rasmussen group was 0'35 as Leipheimer was riding well to limit the time loss. The groupe maillot jaune dove down to the Mende airport, where Evans took the sprint for 11th, 11'18 behind Serrano. The Rasmussen group, with Vino, maillot a pois Rasmussen, Leipheimer and Mancebo came in 0'37 back, while Piepoli finished 0'43 behind Armstrong's group, and Landis and Mazzoleni were at 0'49.
Big loser on the day was Rasmussen, who couldn't follow the Basso acceleration and ended up losing time to 4th placed Ullrich. The German is now just 2'12 out of the final podium Tour spot now held by the Danish climber. Cadel Evans had a superb ride today to stay with Armstrong, Ullrich and Basso and jumped one place into 7th on GC, 1'37 out of sixth place. Floyd Landis rode hard today and maintained his 9th place on GC, gaining time on 10th place Moreau. With a good time trial Saturday, Landis can move up to 7th place on GC, but it won't be easy for the Phonak rider.
Stage 19 - Friday, July 22: Issoire-Le Puy en Velay, 153.5km
The third to last stage of the 92nd Tour de France starts in the small Auvergnat town of Issoire and heads north across the Puy-de-Dome into the Haut Loire region. The short, intense stage climbs from the get-go topping out on a Cat 3 climb after 38km. Then it's down to Ambert, up the Cat 2 Col de Pradeaux and then up and down for the next 85km over two Cat 4 climbs to the rolling, then flat run-in to Le Puy en Velay.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) on the Côte de la Croix Neuve
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) nears the summit
- Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) driving it behind Serrano
- Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) with Vasseur in tow
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) drives through the crowd
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) suffering
- The fans love Voeckler
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues) came up short today
- Here comes Basso!
- Ivan Basso (CSC) powering
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) with Ullrich in tow
- Der Jan
- Leipheimer with Rasmussen and Vinokourov
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) concentrates on the road in front
- Paco Mancebo struggled a bit
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) on the Côte de la Croix Neuve
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) with Mazzoleni on his wheel
- Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre) riding hard
- Moreau and Totschnig on the last climb
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) suffers up the last climb
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) was a bit off the pace
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) across the line
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) celebrates
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) blows a kiss
- Serrano weaves his way through the photographers
- Cedric Vasseur (Cofidis) leads Merckx in for 2nd
- Cedric Vasseur (Cofidis) leads Merckx in for 2nd
- Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) after the line
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) beats Xabier Zandio for fifth
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) finished fifth
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) leads the Armstrong group in
- The Armstrong group after crossing the line
- The Armstrong group post-stage
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) leads the Rasmussen group in
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) is happy
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) on the podium
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) salutes from the podium
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) grins on the podium
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) starting to enjoy podium life
- Lance and Sheryl
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- It's easy to spot the US supporters
- The rather imposing cathedral in Albi
- How low can you go?
- The gendarmerie getting the most out of their machines
- Descending
- Rasmussen and Boogerd keep in touch
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) had a quieter day today
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) follows Savoldelli
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) on a climb
- Armstrong and Basso never far from each other
- Ivan Basso (CSC) in action
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) gets down
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) had plenty of time to celebrate
- This one's for you
- Armstrong across the line
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) very happy on the podium
Images by AFP Photo
- A tete-a-tete between Armstrong and Botero
- Bridges
- Julich and Armstrong staying close
- Vinokourov attacks with Vansummeren, Moreau, and Garzelli
- The peloton in the shimmering heat
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) follows his teammates
- The break in the French countryside
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) rides away from Merckx and Vasseur
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) wins the 18th stage in Mende
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros) is delighted with his victory
Images by Luc Claessen/www.actiefotos.be
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) gets ready to sign on
- Phillippe Gilbert (FDJ) ready to attack
- Yeah
- Bridges were a feature of Stage 18
- The Merckx group heads towards the last climb
- The peloton rollin', rollin', rollin'…
- Xabier Zandio (Illes Balears) hurting. A lot.
- Luke Roberts (CSC) ahead of Matthias Kessler on the Côte de la Croix Neuve
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) wonders what time it is
- Ivan Basso (CSC) leads Armstrong up the last climb
- Rasmussen and Leipheimer in a world of pain
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) muscles his way up the Côte de la Croix Neuve
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) gets up the climb
- Carlos Da Cruz (FDJ) paid for his earlier efforts
- George Hincapie (Discovery) wasn't able to hold the Armstrong group today
- Beppe Guerini (T-Mobile) on the the Côte de la Croix Neuve
- Vladimir Karpets (Illes Baleares)
- Ouch
- Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick.Step) reaches for his bidon
- David Arroyo (Illes Balears) off the pace a little
- Christophe Brandt (Davitamon-Lotto) gets to the top the only way he can
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) realises that there is no easy way up
- Nicki Sorensen (CSC) rides up at his own pace
- The gruppetto comes up the Côte de la Croix Neuve
Results
1 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4.37.36 (40.85 km/h) 2 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.27 3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.08 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.28 7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 8 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.44 9 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.03 10 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.38 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11.18 12 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 14 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 11.55 16 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.01 20 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.07 21 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 22 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.28 23 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 12.44 26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.58 27 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 29 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 30 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 31 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 32 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 13.01 33 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 13.15 34 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.32 35 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13.51 36 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 14.03 37 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 38 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 39 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 14.14 43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 14.27 44 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 46 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14.35 47 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.45 48 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 14.51 49 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15.14 50 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 51 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.20 52 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 53 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 54 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 55 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 56 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.39 57 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 16.19 59 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16.27 61 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 17.09 62 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17.22 63 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 17.48 64 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.12 65 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 18.18 66 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19.01 67 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 70 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 71 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 73 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 74 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 75 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 76 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 21.03 77 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 78 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 79 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 80 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 81 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 83 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 85 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 86 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 87 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 88 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 89 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 90 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 91 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 92 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 93 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 94 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 97 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 98 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 99 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 100 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 101 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 102 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 103 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 104 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 105 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 107 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 108 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 111 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 112 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 113 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 114 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 116 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 117 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 118 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 119 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 120 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 121 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 122 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 123 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 124 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 125 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 126 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 127 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 128 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 129 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 130 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 131 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 132 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 133 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 134 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 135 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 136 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 137 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 139 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 140 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 141 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 142 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 143 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 144 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 145 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 146 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 147 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 21.21 148 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 21.35 149 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 22.07 150 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 151 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 152 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 153 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 154 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 155 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.21 Points 1 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 25 pts 2 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 22 3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20 4 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 16 6 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 14 8 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 9 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 10 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 10 12 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 9 13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 8 14 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 6 16 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 5 17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 4 18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3 19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 20 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains Côte de la Béssède - Cat. 4, km 53 1 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3 pts 2 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Côte de Raujolles - Cat. 3, km 99 1 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 2 4 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 Côte de Boyne - Cat. 2, km 131.5 1 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 pts 2 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 3 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8 4 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7 5 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 6 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 5 Côte de Chabrits - Cat. 3, km 180 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 4 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Côte de la Croix Neuve (montée Laurent Jalabert) - Cat. 2, km 187.5 1 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18 3 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14 5 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12 6 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Sprints Villefranche-D'albigeois - km 13 1 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 4 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 Le Massegros - km 138 1 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 pts 2 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 Young rider 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4.50.20 2 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.07 3 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.19 4 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.01 7 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.07 8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.36 9 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3.35 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.25 11 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 5.04 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.28 13 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.17 14 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 8.19 15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 17 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 19 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 21 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 23 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 27 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 28 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux Most combative 1 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux Teams 1 T-Mobile Team 14.17.45 2 Team Csc 0.47 3 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 1.02 4 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 1.57 5 Davitamon - Lotto 2.08 6 Bouygues Telecom 3.32 7 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 5.58 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.07 9 Liquigas - Bianchi 11.17 10 Discovery Channel Team 12.03 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 13.10 12 Francaise Des Jeux 13.11 13 Gerolsteiner 15.05 14 Ag2R Prevoyance 16.31 15 Rabobank 16.32 16 Credit Agricole 16.54 17 Saunier Duval - Prodir 22.10 18 Domina Vacanze 22.34 19 Lampre - Caffita 29.16 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 30.13 21 Fassa Bortolo 38.12 General classification after stage 18 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 77.44.44 (41.664 km/h) 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.46 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3.46 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.58 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.08 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 8.12 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9.49 8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 10.11 9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.42 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.15 11 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15.13 12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 15.53 13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.10 14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.26 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 20.06 16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20.16 17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 21.15 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 22.35 19 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 23.40 20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.51 21 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 29.26 22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 31.14 23 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 31.45 24 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 33.14 25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 37.42 26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 43.14 27 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 46.02 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.30 29 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 53.33 30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 54.28 31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 57.13 32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 59.23 33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.02.37 34 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.03.12 35 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.06.24 36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.06.40 37 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 1.11.13 38 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.12.15 39 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.14.22 40 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.16.33 41 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.17.19 42 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 1.19.14 43 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.24.17 44 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.25.21 45 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.31.22 46 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.35.26 47 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.36.09 49 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.39.24 50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.40.40 51 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.41.04 52 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.42.58 53 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.44.17 54 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.56.27 55 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.56.46 56 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.56.48 57 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.57.15 58 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.58.04 59 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 1.59.19 60 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.00.02 61 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.00.03 62 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.00.32 63 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.01.46 64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 2.03.07 65 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.06.33 66 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.07.52 67 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.08.09 68 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.08.23 69 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.10.39 70 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.14.36 71 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.15.31 72 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 2.15.40 73 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.15.59 74 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.16.54 75 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.18.06 76 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.18.35 77 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.19.17 78 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.21.11 79 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.21.56 80 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.23.18 81 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.23.20 82 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.24.47 83 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.25.22 84 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.25.45 85 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.27.57 86 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.28.07 87 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.28.46 88 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.31.34 89 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.32.31 90 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.32.35 91 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.34.46 92 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.36.01 93 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.37.06 94 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.37.27 95 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.39.01 96 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.42.52 97 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.43.29 98 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.43.46 99 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 2.44.00 100 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.44.53 101 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.45.10 102 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.47.12 103 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.47.38 104 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2.49.09 105 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 2.50.25 106 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.51.23 107 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.52.53 108 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.53.51 109 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 2.55.22 110 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.55.57 111 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.56.14 112 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.58.36 113 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.59.05 114 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.02.03 115 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.04.07 116 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.07.47 117 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3.08.35 118 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.09.09 119 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.10.14 120 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.10.30 121 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.10.37 122 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.11.15 123 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.11.41 124 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.13.36 125 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3.14.07 126 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.18.39 127 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.19.59 128 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.22.51 129 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.24.17 130 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.26.04 131 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.27.21 132 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.28.08 133 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 3.28.26 134 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.28.45 135 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.29.32 136 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.30.29 137 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.35.07 138 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.35.43 139 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 3.35.45 140 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.36.06 141 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.36.57 142 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.37.42 143 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 3.37.49 144 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.39.36 145 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.41.23 146 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.42.25 147 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.43.08 148 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.44.38 149 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.47.19 150 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.47.29 151 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.49.48 152 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 3.50.28 153 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.51.47 154 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.57.17 155 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.03.28 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 164 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 150 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 142 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 107 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 101 6 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 84 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 82 9 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 79 10 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 78 11 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 12 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 73 13 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 71 14 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 71 15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 71 16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 65 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 61 19 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 58 20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 21 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 55 22 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 52 23 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 52 24 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 48 25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 46 26 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 45 27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 43 28 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 43 29 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 43 30 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 31 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 42 32 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 39 33 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 39 34 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 35 35 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 35 36 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34 37 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 38 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 32 39 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 32 40 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 30 41 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30 42 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 30 43 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 29 44 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 29 45 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 27 47 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 26 48 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 49 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 50 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 51 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 25 52 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 24 53 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 24 54 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24 55 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 56 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 57 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24 58 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 59 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 60 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 24 61 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 23 62 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 23 63 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 23 64 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 23 65 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 22 66 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 67 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20 68 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 69 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 19 70 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 19 71 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18 72 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 73 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 74 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16 75 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 76 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 77 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 15 78 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 79 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 13 80 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 81 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 82 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 13 83 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 84 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 12 85 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12 86 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 12 87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 11 88 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 11 89 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11 90 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 9 91 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 9 92 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 93 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 8 94 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 95 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 96 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 97 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 98 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 99 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 100 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 4 101 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 4 102 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 103 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 104 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 105 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3 106 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 107 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 108 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 2 109 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 110 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 111 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 112 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 113 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth -1 114 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto -4 115 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -4 116 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 117 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 118 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 119 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux -5 120 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel -5 121 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi -10 Mountains classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 185 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 135 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 92 4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 90 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 89 6 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 8 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 74 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 73 10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 72 11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 65 12 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 63 13 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 56 14 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 50 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 44 17 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 43 18 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 41 19 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 41 20 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 36 22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 36 23 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34 24 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 31 25 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 30 26 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 29 27 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 29 28 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 28 29 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 30 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 28 31 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 26 32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 33 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 34 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 35 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 36 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 37 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 18 38 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 39 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 18 40 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17 41 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 17 42 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 43 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 16 44 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 45 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 46 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 47 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 14 48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 14 49 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14 50 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 14 51 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 52 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 13 53 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 54 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 55 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 57 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 10 58 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 59 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 10 60 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 61 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 62 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9 63 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 64 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 65 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 66 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8 67 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 7 68 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 7 69 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 70 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3 71 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 72 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 73 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 74 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3 75 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 76 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 77 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 78 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2 79 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 80 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 81 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 82 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 83 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 84 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 85 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Young rider classification 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 78.00.37 2 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 7.47 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 41.20 4 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 56.22 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.08.24 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.24.47 7 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.28.24 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 1.43.26 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.47.14 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.59.38 11 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.01.01 12 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.06.03 13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.07.27 14 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.09.52 15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.12.53 16 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.20.08 17 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.27.36 18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.27.53 19 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.40.21 20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.46.10 21 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.54.37 22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.57.43 23 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.10.11 24 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.11.28 25 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.12.52 26 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.20.13 27 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.21.04 28 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.26.32 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 230.37.42 2 Discovery Channel Team 11.26 3 Team Csc 22.14 4 Credit Agricole 45.05 5 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 55.12 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.06.53 7 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 1.35.04 8 Rabobank 2.10.14 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.32.09 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.33.10 11 Gerolsteiner 2.54.37 12 Bouygues Telecom 2.57.45 13 Francaise Des Jeux 3.21.13 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.22.43 15 Davitamon - Lotto 3.25.31 16 Domina Vacanze 4.04.08 17 Lampre - Caffita 4.11.18 18 Liquigas - Bianchi 4.41.05 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.42.59 20 Fassa Bortolo 5.56.28 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 6.16.15
