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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

Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros)
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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."

Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel)
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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.

Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto)
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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.

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.

Ivan Basso (CSC)
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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

The rather imposing
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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.

The break
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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.

Bridges
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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.

The Merckx group
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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.

Ivan Basso (CSC)
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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.

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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


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