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92nd Tour de France - GT
France, July 2-24, 2005
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Stage 16 - Tuesday, July 19: Mourenx - Pau, 180.5 km
Oscar outs his anger; GC stirred, not shaken
Aussies find strength in spirit as the old Cadel returns
By Anthony Tan in Pau, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney
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Motivated by what he felt was 'his' stage win two days ago in Saint-Lary Soulan, 27 year-old Spaniard Oscar Pereiro avenged his near-miss with an impressive, powerful performance in the Pyrénees today, outsprinting a four-man breakaway group to claim his and Phonak's first victory of the 2005 Tour de France.
"I am delighted to get this after my disappointment the other day," said Pereiro, his dark brown eyes and big, friendly smile gleaming in the afternoon sun. "I dedicate this win to my wife who is pregnant, where we are expecting a child at the end of October, and also to my family and friends.
"I came to the start thinking about the general [classification], too, but it wasn't easy in the first week. There were so many riders fighting for GC, and I thought it was better to try to attack to go for a stage than to stay on the wheel. I asked [Floyd] Landis and [Santiago] Botero to have the freedom to do this, and they agreed with that."
Another significant beneficiary of today's stage was Davitamon-Lotto's GC man Cadel Evans. The 28 year-old Australian knew today was one of his final chances to take time out of those lying above him, and when he saw an opportunity at the 30 kilometre mark, he ran with it à la Forrest Gump. In one fell swoop, Evans jumped from 11th to 7th on GC, and is now less than three minutes away from a top-five finish in Paris.
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"I saw an opportunity where I could take four minutes on Armstrong, so I had to go for my chance today," said Evans, totally exhausted but completely satisfied. "I didn't know if the GC guys would let me go; in a way, I was working for me, but also working for Robbie [McEwen] for the points jersey, because he's still in with a good chance if he wins a stage. I was going to get in a move anyway so the points weren't available to Hushovd and O'Grady. I had hopes of picking the right break; we're sponsored by the Belgian lottery, and it looks like I picked the right ticket today!" he grinned.
Asked if this was a new, attacking Cadel Evans will we see more of in the future, he replied: "It's the old Cadel Evans coming back.
"Y'know, I had two really bad years, and a lot of people have forgotten what sort of rider I am. I always believed in myself and some people really believed in me, and I thank them for that. This is all for the people that believed in me...Marc Sergeant, my girlfriend, my family, my really good friends who have stuck by me the last two years, because it hasn't been a very good two years for me and now you're seeing the old Cadel come back."
Spurred on by the tragic death of Australian national team cyclist Amy Gillett, who died in tragically senseless circumstances in Germany yesterday, the Aussies found strength in the spirit of their fallen comrade. "It was the least I could do," said Evans.
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Added Cofidis' Stuart O'Grady: "It's a shocking, dark day for Australian cycling; I tried to ride out there with their spirit, thinking of those guys back home... yeah, hard day," he said, visibly moved by his fellow South Australian, who left this world far too young, just 29 years old.
O'Grady took the field 'sprint' for 65th place, way out of contention for the any sort of points and leaving the classification for the maillot vert at status quo, where he lies 14 points behind the lead of Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole). But Stuey is sticking with his plan on chasing that elusive green tunic, which he has come within a whisker of winning on more occasions than he cares to remember.
"I don't want to wear it and ride around in it, I actually want to win the competition," he said.
"I've worn it once on the Champs Elysées - been there, done that - this time I prefer to win it. I think we'll know a lot more after tomorrow night. The next couple of days are going to be very important; if Thor has a bad day in the next couple of days, I'll hopefully be there to pounce on it, and vice versa."
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Last-ditch attempts were made by T-Mobile and to a lesser extent, CSC, on the difficult though early climbs of the Col de Marie-Blanque and Col d'Aubisque. Though just as in days previous in the Pyrénees, the maillot jaune is finding a comfortable resting place on the shoulders of Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel), who grows ever closer to rewriting the already rewritten record books.
Asked what the focus will be in the days leading towards Saturday's crucial time trial in Saint-Etienne, Armstrong's - and Discovery's - motto will be one of 'caution rules the day'. "Just being careful, staying away from crashes, problems, being careful with the diet and food, no illnesses and silly things coming along. We still have almost a week left, and it is not over until it's over," Armstrong said.
How it unfolded
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After a much needed rest day in Pau after 15 stages of the 92nd Tour de France, a Tour that is shaping up to be the fastest ever, Stage 16 was the action final mountain stage of this year's Tour de France. The climbs on offer today. Non-starters today were Bäckstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Bortolami (Lampre-Caffita). At the start today, Australian riders were wearing black armbands in memory of the fatal accident in Germany involving the Australian national women's team, which killed Amy Gillett and left five others in hospital.
It was a beautiful day for racing, sunny but not as hot as over the weekend. After a 3.7 km neutral section, the start happened at 12:19. There were some attacks from the start, but all were covered by Discovery Channel, but most of the action was at the back with crashes. Klöden, Hushovd, Vinokourov and Leipheimer all hit the deck in the first 15km, but all got back before the first intermediate sprint in Bidos (km 27.0).
Meanwhile, Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) attacked after 22km and was joined by Julich (CSC), Serrano (Liberty), Canada (Saunier Duval), Pellizotti (Liquigas), Fedrigo (CA), and Goubert (Ag2r) but they were pulled back after 5km. At Bidos, Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) won the first sprint ahead of Turpin and Juan Antonio Flecha, who kept on going and after 31km, ten others had gotten across to the attacking Fassa Bortolo rider: Zandio (Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne), Evans and Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto), Horner (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Vasseur (Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone), Geslin (Bouygues Telecom), Pineau (Bouygues Telecom), Gilbert (Française Des Jeux), Ludewig (Domina Vacanze) and Turpin (Ag2r-Prevoyance). Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) was the best placed rider on GC, starting the day at 12'57.
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At the summit of the Cat. 3 Col d'Ichère after 50.5km, a 4.4 km ascent at 6.2 %, the break was 4'50 ahead of Serrano (Liberty), who had counterattacked out of the peloton, which was led by Discovery Channel at 5'24. Pineau took the KOM from Ludewig and Horner. 11km later at the foot of the second climb of the day, the Cat. 1 Col de Marie-Blanque, Serrano was chasing solo 3'30 behind the break, with the peloton at 6'00. Marie-Blanque was a 9.3 km ascent at 7.7 %, and from the peloton, Pereiro, Vinokourov, Leipheimer, and Kashechkin attacked, but Kashechkin was hit in the nose by a spectator with a giveaway from the caravan publicitaire and had to sit up and see the race doctor.
Mazzoleni and Basso got to the front of the peloton, with Leipheimer getting on their wheels. Then Mazzoleni attacked from behind, followed by Basso, which drew a covering move by Armstrong. Vinokourov sat up, while Mazzoleni continued his effort and bridged up to Pereiro, while all the action reduced the groupe maillot jaune to 30 riders. At the summit of the Marie-Blanque, Serrano was closing on the break at 1'32, while Pereiro and Mazzoleni were together 2'50 and the groupe maillot jaune at 3'45 with 110km to go.
Down the Marie-Blanque and into the feed zone in Bielle, the break was working well together and took their lunchboxes with Serrano at 1'32, Mazzoleni and Pereiro at 2'40, and groupe maillot jaune at 4'22. The penultimate climb of the day, the Hors Categorie Col d'Aubisque was looming, a 16.5km climb at 7%. As the 11 riders up front passed through Laruns with 90km to go, Rodriguez sat up and the break became 10. Behind, Serrano had sat up to wait for the two chasers as the Aubisque began and the trio began to began to close down on the break up the next 15km of the ascent.
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Behind the remains of the break, there was plenty of action in the groupe maillot jaune up the Aubisque. Vinokourov attacked, and Kashechkin and Arroyo (Illes Balears) tried to bridge. Vino gained 1'00, Kashechkin and Arroyo 0'30, but the break was still 6'00 ahead. Then Heras attacked, then Steinhauser, then Klöden and Julich attacked, but to no noticeable effect. However, up front in the break, Stage 16 was changing shape. Evans had made a massive attack 7km from the summit of the Aubisque, blowing the break apart.
Behind Evans in the groupe maillot jaune, Ullrich and Vino were attacking to put the pressure on Rasmussen, but all his attacks were covered by Basso and Armstrong, with the Danish rider right there with every move.
Atop the Hors Categorie climb with 72km to race, Evans passed first, with Pereiro at 0'47, Mazzoleni and Zandio at 1'00, Serrano at 1'14, Ludewig at 1'33, Gilbert and Flecha at 2'24, Pineau, Geslin, and Turpin at 2'40. Horner had eased off at 4'13, and was caught by the Rasmussen and the Armstrong group at the top. In the end, the T-Mobile attacks didn't make a dent in Armstrong's armor, Basso or Rasmussen.
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Along the tiny gravel strewn road across the unrated Col de Soulor, then down the long descent to the second intermediate sprint in Arthez-d'Asson, there were some changes, as first Pereiro, then Mazzoleni and Zandio got across the former mountain biker from Melbourne. At the second intermediate sprint in Arthez-d'Asson (km 140.5) with 40km to go to the finish in Pau, Pereiro and Mazzoleni's charge had exploded the front of the race. Pereiro took the sprint from Evans, while Serrano and Ludewig were chasing at 1'50, with a third group from the break, led by Gilbert at 2'40 and the peloton at 5'00. Serrano and Ludewig realized that they were in no-man's land, so they sat up and were caught by the chase group.
With 30km to go in the tiny village of Nay, the four front riders were all together, but Zandio hadn't been working to protect his Illes Balears team leader Mancebo's place on GC. Pereiro felt no such compunction, as he and Evans hammered all out. The Phonak man didn't see fit to protect his teammate Landis's 7th place on GC, so the Davitamon-Lotto rider moved up into that position as Pau approached.
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With 20km to race, the last climb of the day was the small Cat. 4 Côte de Pardiès-Piétat in the lovely green hills overlooking the beautiful capital of the Bearn area. Up the 2.6km, 5.2 % bump, Evans rode all out to move up on GC. Although it is the Aussie's first Tour de France on the road, he was a standout rider in the Tour de France VTT ten years ago, as well as a former maglia rosa in the Giro d'Italia. Pereiro was going pull for pull with Evans on the run-in to Pau, with the chasers at 2'00 and the hard charging groupe maillot jaune less than 4'00 back. Finally, Pereiro stopped working under orders from team director John Lelangue with around 5 km to go, leaving Evans to do everything.
For the 58th time in the Tour de France, Pau hosted a Tour stage finish, the last time five years ago as Patrice Halgand took the win for Jean Delatour. Despite the hard chase behind, the quartet made it to Pau and Pereiro would not be denied in the sprint. He took Phonak's first ever stage win in Le Tour, with non-worker Zandio sprinting in for second ahead of Mazzoleni, while a drained Cadel Evans was 4th. The Aussie moved into 7th on GC, just 0'04 ahead of Pereiro's Phonak teammate Floyd Landis.
Stage 17 - Wednesday, July 20: Pau-Revel, 239.5km
The longest stage of this year's Tour heads east from Pau on the rolling terrain at the foot of the Pyrenees Mountains from the Pyrenees-Atlantique, Haut-Pyrenees, Haut-Garonne south of Toulouse and into Revel. With two Cat 3, one Cat 4 and two intermediate sprints, Stage 17 is a perfect day for a big break to get away
Photography
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Images by Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us
- Riders have to be good at multitasking at the Tour.
- The main bunch rolls through the countryside.
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) was one of the first to attack today.
- Discovery picks up the tempo at the front.
- A Cofidis rider gets a talking to.
- Angel Vicioso (Liberty Seguro-Wurth) rides along with a teammate.
- The publicity caravan cruises past one of the special police on the course today because of a protest.
- Do NOT step onto the road!
- Oscar Pereiro Sio (Phonak) on the way to his big win today.
- Cadel Evans (Davitoman-Lotto) chases hard.
- One of the tunnels on the descent the switchbacks continue in the distance.
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery) looking smooth on the decent from the Col d'Aubisque.
- Bobby Julich (CSC) leads a group.
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Wurth) speeds through a switchback.
- Some of the scenery on the back side of the Aubisque, the road cuts across the middle of the mountain.
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) checks his back.
- Freddy Rodriguez (Davitoman-Lotto) comin atchya
- The bunch makes its way in to Pau.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) with Popovych and Basso close behind
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) riding during stage 16
- Watch those tunnels
- Discovery Channel keeping control
- The Discovery riders check the route profile
- Going up!
- Basso and Arvesen trailed by Rasmussen
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) with Ivan Basso close behind
- The main group on the Aubisque
- Armstrong and Hincapie lead, as Ullrich looks for an opportunity to attack
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) leads his captain Lance Armstrong on the Aubisque
- Ivan Basso (CSC) with Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile)
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) knows how to attack, and that's what he did today
- Armstrong concentrates on a descent
- The GC favourites keep an eye on each other
- Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre) riding on the front of the break
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) on a descent
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) wins the stage ahead of Xabier Zandio (Illes Balears)
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) is delighted with his stage win in Pau
- Yes! Oscar Pereiro wins the stage
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) smiles from the podium
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Lance and Rasmussen near the start
- Armstrong and Basso riding hard together
- Flashing by in the Pyrenees
- Anyone got washing?
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) controlling the tempo on the Aubisque
- Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre) nears the top of the Aubisque
- The yellow jersey group on the descent of the Aubisque
- The descent of the Col d'Aubisque
- Mazzoleni descends with Pereiro and Evans in tow
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) during the stage
- The leaders pass through a tunnel
Images by AFP Photo
- Thor Hushovd (CA) the jolly green giant
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) interviewed pre-stage
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) phones home
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) enjoying himself
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) refueling during the race
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) driving the four man break
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) celebrates as he beats Xabier Zandio to win stage 16 of the Tour
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) very happy with his win
Images by Luc Claessen/www.actiefotos.be
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) at the start
- Thor Hushovd (CA) pensive at the start
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) upbeat at the start
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) riding to the start
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) checks out the route profile
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) drives it to the summit of the Aubisque
- Xabier Zandio (Illes Balears) guts it out on the Aubisque
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) in suffer mode
- Armstrong leads his group, with an aggressive Ullrich on his wheel
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) climbs the Aubisque alone
- Azevedo with Boogerd and Piepoli
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) climbing the Aubisque
- Mick Rogers (Quick.Step) and Johan Van Summeren on the Aubisque
- Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) coming up the climb
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) getting the job done
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues) wonders where the summit is
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) solo after the Aubisque
- Marcos Serrano (Liberty) gasping for air.
- George Hincapie and Armstrong on the Soulor
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel)
- Christophe Moreau (Credit Agricole)
Results
1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.38.40 (38.863 km/h) 2 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.25 6 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 8 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 10 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.28 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.32 13 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.24 14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 22 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 24 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 25 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 26 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 29 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 30 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 31 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 33 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 35 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 36 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 37 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 38 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 39 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 40 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 43 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 44 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 47 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 48 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 49 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 50 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 51 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 52 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 54 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 55 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 56 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 57 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 58 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 59 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 60 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 62 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 63 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 64 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.40 65 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.05 66 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 67 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 68 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 69 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 70 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 72 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 73 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 74 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 76 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 77 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 78 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 79 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 80 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 81 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 82 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 83 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16.43 85 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.16 86 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 87 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 88 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 90 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 92 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 93 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 94 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 95 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 96 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 97 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 98 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 99 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 100 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 101 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 102 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 103 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 104 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 105 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 106 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 107 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 108 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 109 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 110 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 111 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 112 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 114 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 115 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 116 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 117 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 118 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 119 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 120 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 121 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 21.33 122 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 123 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 124 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 126 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 127 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 128 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 129 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 130 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 131 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 132 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 133 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 134 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 135 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 136 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 137 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 138 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 139 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 140 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 141 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 142 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 143 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 144 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 145 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 146 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 147 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 148 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 149 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 150 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 151 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 152 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 153 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 154 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 155 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 156 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole DNS Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi DNS Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita Points 1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 pts 2 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 17 3 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 13 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 12 6 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 7 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 9 8 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 8 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 7 10 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 11 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 13 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 15 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains Col d'Ichère - Cat. 3, km 50.5 1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 pts 2 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 3 3 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 4 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Col de Marie-Blanque - Cat. 1, km 70.5 1 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 15 pts 2 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 3 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 9 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8 6 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 7 7 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 8 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Col d'Aubisque - HC, km 108.5 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 20 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 3 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 16 4 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 5 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12 6 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 10 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 8 8 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 7 9 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 Côte de Pardiès-Piétat - Cat. 4, km 161 1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2 3 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Sprints Bidos - km 27 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 6 pts 2 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2 Arthez-D'Asson - km 140.5 1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 3 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 Young rider 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 4.41.05 2 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.07 4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.59 5 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 10 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 7.40 12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 13 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 14 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 15 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 17.51 17 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 19 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 21 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 22 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 19.08 23 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 24 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 26 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze Most combative 1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 14.02.48 2 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 3 Davitamon - Lotto 4 Bouygues Telecom 1.33 5 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.25 6 Francaise Des Jeux 7 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 2.28 8 Gerolsteiner 3.24 9 Discovery Channel Team 10 Liquigas - Bianchi 11 Team Csc 12 T-Mobile Team 13 Credit Agricole 14 Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 Lampre - Caffita 6.41 16 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 9.06 17 Rabobank 10.05 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Fassa Bortolo 19.17 20 Domina Vacanze 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 33.38 General classification after stage 16 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 66.52.03 (42.034 km/h) 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.46 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3.09 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.58 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.31 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7.35 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9.29 8 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.33 9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 9.38 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.47 11 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12.01 12 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14.24 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 14.27 14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.26 15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.40 16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18.16 17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 19.03 18 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 19.35 19 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 20.35 20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.48 21 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 27.20 22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 27.37 23 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 28.47 24 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 38.39 25 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 38.51 26 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 41.25 27 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 41.44 28 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 44.49 29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.30 30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 50.20 31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 51.09 32 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52.41 33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 52.47 34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 55.03 35 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 56.18 36 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 59.05 37 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 1.07.05 38 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 1.07.37 39 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.08.29 40 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.14.45 41 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.17.55 42 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.18.47 43 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.24.20 44 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.26.19 45 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.28.38 46 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.29.27 47 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.30.49 48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.32.57 49 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.34.32 50 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.36.27 51 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.37.03 52 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.43.55 53 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.44.55 54 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.47.18 55 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.48.55 56 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.49.14 57 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.50.52 58 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 1.50.57 59 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.51.26 60 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.53.22 61 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.53.50 62 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.54.14 63 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.55.26 64 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.57.25 65 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.58.18 66 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.59.02 67 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.01.25 68 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.01.39 69 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.01.42 70 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.04.47 71 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 2.06.05 72 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.06.17 73 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.07.40 74 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.08.00 75 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.08.30 76 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.08.58 77 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.10.01 78 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.10.30 79 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 2.11.41 80 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.13.00 82 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.13.10 83 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.15.02 84 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.15.07 85 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.17.09 86 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.19.57 87 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.21.15 88 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.22.50 89 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.24.16 90 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.27.24 91 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.27.30 92 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.27.31 93 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.30.18 94 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.30.35 95 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.31.15 96 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 2.32.23 97 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.33.16 98 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.33.33 99 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.34.01 100 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.34.15 101 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.34.27 102 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2.34.54 103 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.35.18 104 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.41.16 105 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.41.48 106 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.44.37 107 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.45.17 108 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.45.30 109 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.45.54 110 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.49.01 111 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.55.45 112 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 2.56.58 113 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.57.42 114 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 2.58.23 115 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.59.30 116 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.00.04 117 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3.00.56 118 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.03.27 119 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.05.11 120 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.05.41 121 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.06.48 122 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.07.02 123 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 3.11.58 124 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.12.12 125 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.12.40 126 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 3.14.52 127 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.15.34 128 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.15.44 129 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.16.09 130 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.16.10 131 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.16.29 132 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.17.44 133 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.17.45 134 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.17.55 135 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.19.15 136 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.22.28 137 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.24.06 138 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 3.24.08 139 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.24.29 140 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 3.24.38 141 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.25.26 142 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.25.32 143 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.26.05 144 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.26.25 145 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.27.59 146 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.29.14 147 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.29.46 148 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.29.57 149 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.33.01 150 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.34.18 151 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.35.42 152 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.36.53 153 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 3.38.51 154 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.39.06 155 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.43.48 156 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.49.57 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 90 5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 82 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 81 8 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 79 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 77 10 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 73 12 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 71 13 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 71 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 71 15 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 66 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 61 17 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 18 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 56 19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 55 20 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 54 21 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 45 22 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 43 23 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 24 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 42 25 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 40 26 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 38 27 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 37 28 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 37 29 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 30 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 31 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30 32 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 29 33 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 29 34 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 27 35 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 27 36 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 37 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 38 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 39 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 24 40 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 24 41 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 24 42 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24 43 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 44 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24 45 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 46 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 47 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 24 48 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 23 49 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 23 50 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 23 51 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 22 52 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20 53 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 54 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 55 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 19 56 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18 57 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 58 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 59 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16 60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 61 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 15 62 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 63 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 64 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14 65 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 66 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 13 67 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 68 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 69 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12 70 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 71 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 12 72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 11 73 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 11 74 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11 75 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 11 76 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 77 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 78 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 9 79 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 80 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 8 81 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 8 82 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 83 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 84 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 85 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 86 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 87 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 88 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 89 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 90 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5 91 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4 92 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 93 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 94 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 4 95 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 4 96 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 97 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 4 98 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 99 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 100 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 101 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3 102 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 103 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 2 104 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 105 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 106 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 107 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 108 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 109 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -4 110 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 111 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 112 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 113 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux -5 114 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel -5 115 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance -5 116 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto -10 117 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 71 11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 65 12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 56 13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 50 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 44 16 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 41 17 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 39 18 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 36 20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 36 21 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34 22 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 31 23 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 30 24 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 28 25 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 26 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 28 27 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 26 28 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 25 29 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 30 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 31 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 32 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 33 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 34 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 35 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 18 36 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17 37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 17 38 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 39 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 40 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 16 41 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 42 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 43 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 44 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 14 45 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 14 46 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 47 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 13 48 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 49 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12 50 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 51 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 52 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 53 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 54 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 10 55 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 56 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 57 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9 58 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 59 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 60 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 61 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8 62 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 63 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 7 64 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 65 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 66 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 4 67 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3 68 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 69 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 70 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 71 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 72 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 73 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 74 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 75 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 76 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 77 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Young rider classification 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 67.06.30 2 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 6.08 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 36.42 4 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 54.02 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.20 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.18.30 7 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.22.36 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 1.36.30 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.50.20 10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.55.34 11 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.57.14 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.58.33 13 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.02.42 14 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.08.23 15 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.15.51 16 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.16.08 17 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.19.48 18 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.20.51 19 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.30.10 20 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.50.44 21 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.01.07 22 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.01.17 23 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.02.02 24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.03.17 25 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.10.02 26 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.10.59 27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.11.58 28 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.14.47 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 198.30.13 2 Discovery Channel Team 19.28 3 Team Csc 21.58 4 Credit Agricole 28.11 5 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 28.45 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 31.06 7 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 1.30.18 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.47.57 9 Rabobank 1.49.23 10 Gerolsteiner 2.15.43 11 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.33.43 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.47.52 13 Bouygues Telecom 2.50.31 14 Davitamon - Lotto 2.59.26 15 Francaise Des Jeux 3.22.04 16 Domina Vacanze 3.40.01 17 Lampre - Caffita 3.40.08 18 Liquigas - Bianchi 4.26.45 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.31.31 20 Fassa Bortolo 4.49.29 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.42.18
