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92nd Tour de France - GT
France, July 2-24, 2005
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Stage 17 - Wednesday, July 20: Pau - Revel, 239.5 km
One strange day
Lungissimo day won by durissimo guy
By Anthony Tan in Revel, and Shane Stokes
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A day expected to be one for the sprinters was anything but that, with the third successful breakaway in as many days and the maillot jaune flying into Revel in a 10-man group, which once again caused rumblings at the back-end of the leaderboard.
At the finish line in Revel and after almost 240 kilometres of racing - the longest of the Tour - it was Discovery Channel rider Paolo Savoldelli who proved the pundits wrong. Discovery's objective was to have a rider in the break to allow race leader Lance Armstrong and his team a slightly easier ride, but when the double Giro d'Italia champion and his teammate, José Luis Rubiera, both got in the initial 17-rider move and soon built a sizeable lead, the baby-faced assassin started thinking otherwise.
"Of course, it was good to go in the break, because we had two riders from our team at the finish if we needed to help Lance. But with 17 riders in the break, I knew it would be very difficult to try and win the stage, and it was a kind of lottery," explained Savoldelli.
The 32 year-old from Bergamo obviously got the numbers just right, making the first split with 40k to go and comfortably bridging up to Frenchman Sébastian Hinault (Credit Agricole) on the final ascent of the Côte de Saint-Ferréol. CSC strongman Kurt-Asle Arvesen and another baby-face, Simon Gerrans (Ag2r-Prevoyance), worked hard to bridge up to the pair over the top, but the classy, super-strong Italian benefited from his climbing prowess and had plenty in reserve to outsprint Arvesen for his first Tour de France victory.
"Well, it's a lucky year for me," Savoldelli began by saying.
"Everything has been going well from the beginning of the season. I knew I had a possibility to win a stage, though I've learned at the Tour it's very difficult to win... but when it happens, you are so happy! When I was on the podium, I felt such a huge emotion because of all the people and what was happening there, and it was something missing from my palmarès until now."
When Arvesen was asked if it was better to have waited instead of launching his sprint with around 800 metres to go, the Norwegian said: "If I knew it was only Savoldelli, yes, but I was not sure about Hinault, so I just attacked less than one k to go and was hoping to reach to the end...but didn't."
Discovery also find themselves the front-runners in the teams classification, displacing T-Mobile and leaving the team from Bonn 37 seconds and Team CSC 22'04 in arrears on the overall. "I think it's already gone. If we are lucky tomorrow, we can have three guys in a breakaway and get it back," smiled Arvesen.
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"Sorry for keeping you up till late and running third," joked the third-placed Gerrans to his family and friends back home in Australia. A 25 year-old neo-pro who hails from the same town in Victoria's high-country as 80s cycling legend Phil Anderson, running third on such a difficult stage - and in the third week of his first Tour de France - can only spell great things for his many years to come as a professional.
"I thought today could be a good stage for me, so I just played my cards today," he said. "I tried to make the early break, and tried to look after myself in that group until the attacks starting going with about 40k to go. On that last climb, I gave it everything to follow Arvesen - he looked like one of the strongest there - and get across to Savoldelli. Unfortunately, I had nothing left in that last kilometre."
Things were equally exciting 20-plus minutes behind all this, as T-Mobile riders Jan Ullrich and Alexandre Vinokourov broke the back of the peloton with their offensive riding on the final two climbs. This time, however, Discovery Channel wasn't the team caught out. Instead, it was the seventh and eighth-placed riders on GC at the start of the day, Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) and Floyd Landis (Phonak), the notable exceptions, with their 20-second deficit seeing them drop one place on the classement général and crafty Kazakhstani Vinokourov moving up two into seventh.
After the stage, maillot jaune Lance Armstrong told it how he saw it: "They [T-Mobile] rode the last 25, 30k with pretty good crosswinds and they rode it fast. There was a big acceleration from them and especially Vino and Jan on the final climb to try and distance Rasmussen and Basso, because they're more or less at three minutes from a podium spot. I turned around, and there was less than 10 guys there and we had three, so it definitely pays to ride at the front," he said.
How it unfolded
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Today's stage finally brought relief from the Alpine and Pyrenean climbs which had stressed the contenders and terrorised the sprinters for the past week and a half. But the race to Revel wouldn't be an easy one, however; at 239.5 kilometres it was the longest of this year's Tour. The route was also littered with four categorised climbs (the Cat. 3 Cote de Baleix, the Cat. 4 Cote de Betbeze and Cote de Capens and the Cat. 3 Cote de Saint-Ferreol) plus some continuously undulating roads. The stage was tailor made for a long breakaway, then, unless the sprinters' teams were feeling particularly optimistic.
There were no non-starters today but after 18 kilometres of racing, T-Mobile's Andreas Klöden dismounted and got into the team car. Last year's runner up was lying 11th overall this morning and having a pretty decent race, but a crash yesterday resulted in a broken wrist. Klöden started today's stage with a large cast on his arm but that wasn't enough to enable him to continue.
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Bobby Julich (Team CSC) took the points on the Col de Baleix (22.5 km), ahead of Alexandre Moos (Phonak) and Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros). After the summit, French champion Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) attacked and was joined by Team CSC's Kurt-Asle Arvesen. Several kilometres later Erik Dekker (Rabobank), the last stage winner in Revel in 2000, got across and then it was the turn of Carlos Da Cruz (Française Des Jeux) to make the junction.
Reinforcements arrived very soon afterwards when thirteen others bridged the gap. Jose Luis Rubiera and Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel), Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile Team), Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Sébastien Hinault (Credit Agricole), Dario Cioni (Liquigas-Bianchi), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Bram Tankink (Quick.Step), Daniele Righi (Lampre-Caffita), Thomas Lövkvist (Française Des Jeux), Andrei Grivko (Domina Vacanze), Samuel Dumoulin (Française Des Jeux) and Simon Gerrans (Ag2r-Prevoyance) joined up with the leading four and set about working well together. And well they might: with 14 teams represented in the break and the best placed rider overall, Sevilla, 38'51 down in 25th overall, the composition looked just right.
Da Cruz pipped Davis and Augé at the intermediate sprint in Rabastens-de-Bigorre, by which time the break was already 1'55 clear. This had stretched to over ten minutes at the top of the Cote de Betbeze (88.5), won by Grivko ahead of Dumoulin and Righi, and continued to grow at a rapid rate.
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Grivko took the KOM points once again at the Cote de Capens (159.5 km), with Da Cruz and Dumoulin second and third. The group was working well at this point but Dekker commenced the hostilities when he attacked with 50 kilometres to go. Grivko counterattacked when the Dutchman was brought back, being joined by Gerrans, then Savoldelli and Sevilla. Tankink, Arvesen, Hinault and Righi bridged across to make it eight up front. Dekker and the other riders then began a steady slide backwards, losing any hope of a stage win.
Gerrans led Sevilla and Hinault across the sprint line in Gardouch (198 km), by which time the octet had a lead of 0'30 on the chasers and over 23 minutes on the bunch. This advantage on the latter group stretched to its maximum of 25'02 inside the final 20 kilometres; here, the T-Mobile led peloton were almost delayed by a level crossing. Indeed the support vehicles had to wait for the train to pass before commencing a high-speed chase back to the bunch.
The third category Cote de Saint-Ferreol was next and, with the top just seven kilometres from the line, was the perfect springboard for an attack. Tankink was first to try, jumping clear at the bottom of the climb and opening an immediate gap on the other seven. Hinault then surged clear, catching and passing the Dutchman, before Savoldelli tore up the tree-lined slopes and overhauled both. He and Hinault crossed the summit ensemble and then knuckled down to a high-speed descent.
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Gerrans and Arvesen were six seconds back at this point. It seemed the stage was slipping out of their grasp, but Savoldelli was being frustrated by an unhelpful/shattered Hinault. The Giro d'Italia winner sat up, gestured angrily and then jumped clear, only to be hauled back by a fast-closing Arvesen, other two in tow. The Norwegian then jumped with about 1300 metres remaining, opening up a promising-looking gap.
Savoldelli looked to have missed the boat but the Discovery rider was not giving up. He shot after Arvesen, inching his way up to the CSC rider and blowing Hinault off his wheel. The final 300 metres saw a mano-a-mano duel between the two. Both seated in the saddle, pedaling furiously, Savoldelli reeled in the lone leader, then came past within a stone's throw of the line. A disappointed Arvesen rolled home for second, while Gerrans overhauled an exhausted Hinault for third. Grivko finished 24 seconds back in fifth, then Sevilla, Tankink, Righi, Dumoulin and David completed the top ten.
The bunch was still over 20 minutes down at this point and it looked like they might just roll in to the finish. The ever-aggressive Vinokourov had other thoughts, though. The Kazakhstani led the bunch onto the climb and accelerated hard, with Ullrich then taking over and ramping up the speed even more. Armstrong, Rasmussen and Popovych were able to jump straight onto the move, however, with Leipheimer, Basso, Mancebo, Vinokourov, Hincapie and Mazzoleni then bridging before the top of the climb.
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Ullrich's motivation was clear; namely, to try to distance Rasmussen and get closer to a podium finish before Saturday's time trial. He didn't succeed in this aim but the others in the move were determined to keep things going. Leipheimer, Mancebo and Vinokourov were looking to move up the general classification, while Armstrong and his Discovery Channel teammates were even more keen to drive the pace in to the finish.
Despite the fact that reducing their deficit to the break actually limited the day's gains in the team classification [the team GC is determined by the combined times of a team's three best riders on each stage - ed.], Discovery blasted down the descent and into Revel. Popovych had over six minutes advantage in the best young rider standings and so this appeared not to be the driving motivation. Perhaps Discovery wanted to distance Floyd Landis, who had angered Armstrong by comments he made in an interview with L'Equipe earlier this week. If so, that goal was certainly achieved. Landis and Evans finished in a small group 0'20 down, with Vinokourov consequently overtaking them and moving up from ninth to seventh overall.
In his post-race comments, however, Armstrong did not allude to any desire to turn the screws on his former teammate. Instead, he said that attack was the best form of defence, and once he realised that he had two teammates with him, he said that Discovery kept the pace high to prevent any further attacks from T-Mobile. This was despite the fact that Ullrich is six minutes behind him on GC, Discovery was actually hurting its chances in the teams classification by reducing the gap to the 17 riders in front, and Popovych sprinted at full gas for 18th place, which could only have been for the purposes of gaining time.
O'Grady and Hushovd led in the next small chase group, sprinting it out for 28th place. While there were no further points on offer, their presence towards the front of the race suggests that they are coping better than maillot vert rival Robbie McEwen with the undulating roads coming at this point of the Tour.
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As for the Discovery Channel team, they will be happy with their haul today. This morning Armstrong received his 79th yellow jersey, equalling Bernard Hinault's total. The squad took their second stage win of the race, while Popovych added another few seconds to his best young rider lead. The team also made up over 20 minutes in the team classification, taking over at the top from T-Mobile in those standings. The German team is unlikely to go quietly, though; expect to see more swashbuckling action from the Vinokourov-Ullrich double act before the end of this Tour.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) on the line, beating Arvesen
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) celebrates
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) leads the Armstrong group in
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) leads the Armstrong group in
- Popo and Vino lead the Armstrong group in for 18th and 19th
- The sprint for 28th was taken by Stuart O'Grady
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) leads Hushovd in for 28th
- Simon Gerrans (Ag2r) recovers from his effort
- Simon Gerrans (Ag2r) went deep
- Bernard Hinault listens to Savoldelli's tale
- Sheryl Crow with main squeeze Lance
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) smiles from the podium
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) salutes from the podium
- Thank you says Savoldelli
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) stage winner
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) as always, in the maillot jaune
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) looking better in white
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) retires from the race with a broken wrist
- If it's the Tour it's gotta be sunflowers
- The Tour in the afternoon sun
- The breakaway riding through sunflowers
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) loves going downhill
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) riding hard
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) wins the 17th stage
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) celebrates his win in Revel
- Winner Paolo Savoldelli and the vanquished Kurt-Asle Arvesen
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) stands on the winner's podium
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) four days away from Tour number 7 and retirement
Images by AFP Photo
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) ready to do some damage
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) started, but didn't finish
- Lance and Ivan the top two
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) rides near the front of the peloton
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) is getting happier as Paris approaches
- The breakaway rides along during stage 17
- The peloton during stage 17
- The peloton
- Discovery Channel and CSC lead the pack
- Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) on the front
- Bram Tankink (Quick.Step) on the front with Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r)
- Sebastien Hinault (CA) was won of the strong men in the break
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) attacks on the last climb with Sebastien Hinault (CA)
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) descends after attacking with Sebastien Hinault on the final climb
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) comes past Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) in the final 50 metres to take the stage win
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) beats Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) to win in Revel
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) celebrates his last gasp win in Stage 17
Images by Luc Claessen/www.actiefotos.be
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) riding to the start
- Plenty of Lance fans along the way
- Lance Armstrong fans appreciating his final Tour
- The sign says it all
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) at the start
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) wondering what the day will bring
- Noval and Padrnos lead the peloton
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) on a long day
- Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) in cruise mode
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) shows the signs of a long day in front
- Bram Tankink (Quick.Step) at full gas
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) was part of the early break
- Georg and George
- Rasmussen and Basso powering along
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) chasing very hard
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) leads a very tired McEwen
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) in a bit of pain
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) chasing hard
- Mick Rogers (Quick.Step) also off the pace
- Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) on his own
- Tobias Steinhauser (T-Mobile) leads a group on the last climb
Results
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 5.41.19 (42.101 km/h) 2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 0.08 4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.11 5 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 0.24 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 0.51 7 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.53 9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.14 10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 14 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.09 15 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 16 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 22.28 19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 20 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 22 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 24 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 25 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 26 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 27 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 28 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 22.48 29 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 30 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 32 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 33 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 38 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 40 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 41 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 42 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 44 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.14 46 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 23.27 48 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 51 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 52 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 53 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 23.29 55 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 56 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 57 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 58 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 59 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 60 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 61 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 24.20 63 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 64 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 65 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 66 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 68 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 69 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 70 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 71 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 72 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 73 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 74 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 75 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 76 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 77 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 79 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 80 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 81 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 82 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 83 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 84 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 85 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 87 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 88 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 89 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 90 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 91 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 92 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 93 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 94 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 95 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 98 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 101 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 102 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 103 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 104 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 105 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 106 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 107 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 108 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 109 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 110 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 111 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 112 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 115 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 117 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 118 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 119 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 120 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 121 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 122 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 123 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 24.44 124 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 24.57 125 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.13 126 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 127 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 128 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25.54 129 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 130 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 131 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 132 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 133 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 134 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 135 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 136 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 137 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 138 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 139 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 140 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 141 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 142 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 143 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 144 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 145 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 147 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 148 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 150 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 27.09 151 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27.35 152 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 153 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 154 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 155 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team Points 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 35 pts 2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 30 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 26 4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 24 5 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 22 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 20 7 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 19 8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18 9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 17 10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16 11 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 12 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14 13 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 13 14 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12 15 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 11 16 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 9 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 8 19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 7 20 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 6 21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 5 22 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 23 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 3 24 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2 25 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 Mountains Côte de Baleix - Cat. 3, km 22.5 1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 pts 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 3 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1 Côte de Betbèze - Cat. 4, km 88.5 1 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3 pts 2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 3 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 Côte de Capens - Cat. 4, km 159.5 1 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3 pts 2 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Côte de Saint-Ferréol - Cat. 3, km 232.5 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 4 pts 2 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2 4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Sprints Rabastens-De-Bigorre - km 44.5 1 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 3 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 Gardouch - km 198 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 4 3 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 Young rider 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.41.27 2 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 0.16 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.06 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 4.01 6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 22.20 7 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 22.40 8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 23.19 9 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 23.21 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 24.12 11 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 16 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 17 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 18 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.05 22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.46 23 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 24 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 26 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 27.01 Most combative 1 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole Teams 1 Discovery Channel Team 17.29.39 (41.823 km/h) 2 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.00 3 Francaise Des Jeux 6.03 4 Team Csc 19.34 5 T-Mobile Team 20.05 6 Credit Agricole 7 Domina Vacanze 21.38 8 Lampre - Caffita 21.59 9 Liquigas - Bianchi 23.08 10 Bouygues Telecom 23.47 11 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 23.49 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 13 Rabobank 24.24 14 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 25.35 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 42.42 16 Saunier Duval - Prodir 43.08 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 43.49 18 Gerolsteiner 43.54 19 Davitamon - Lotto 44.02 20 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 44.35 21 Fassa Bortolo 48.52 General classification after stage 17 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 72.55.50 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 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 9.38 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9.49 9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.53 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.07 11 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14.24 12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 14.27 13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.46 14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.00 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 17.10 16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18.36 17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 19.35 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 20.55 19 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.08 21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 27.57 22 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 29.12 23 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 29.48 24 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 29.59 25 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 39.40 26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 42.04 27 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 43.17 28 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 45.50 29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.50 30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 51.19 31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 53.01 32 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53.27 33 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 56.38 34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 56.55 35 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 58.41 36 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.00.57 37 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 1.08.04 38 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 1.09.29 39 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.09.30 40 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.15.05 41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.21.32 42 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25.21 43 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.25.41 44 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.28.11 45 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.29.39 46 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.31.19 47 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.31.48 48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.34.49 49 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.36.24 50 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.38.56 51 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.41.44 52 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.44.41 53 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.47.03 54 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.48.19 55 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.49.34 56 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.50.47 57 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.52.25 58 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.52.44 59 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 1.52.49 60 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.53.22 61 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.55.42 62 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.56.06 63 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.56.48 64 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.57.18 65 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.58.24 66 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.58.38 67 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.00.54 68 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.03.31 69 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.04.51 70 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.05.46 71 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.06.49 72 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 2.07.57 73 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.08.50 74 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.09.32 75 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.10.50 76 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.11.26 77 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.11.53 78 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.12.11 79 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.13.33 80 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.15.02 81 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.15.37 82 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.16.00 83 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.16.26 84 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.17.18 85 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.19.01 86 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.20.14 87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.21.49 88 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.22.50 89 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.24.41 90 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.26.16 91 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.26.52 92 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.27.42 93 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.29.16 94 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.29.22 95 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.29.23 96 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.33.07 97 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.33.44 98 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.34.01 99 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 2.34.15 100 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.35.08 101 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.35.25 102 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.37.27 103 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.37.53 104 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2.38.20 105 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.43.08 106 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.43.40 107 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.44.06 108 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.45.08 109 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.46.29 110 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.49.20 111 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 2.50.21 112 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.50.53 113 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.53.50 114 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.58.02 115 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.58.30 116 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 2.58.50 117 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.59.24 118 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 3.00.15 119 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.00.29 120 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.00.52 121 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.01.56 122 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.03.51 123 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3.04.22 124 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.07.03 125 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.08.54 126 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.10.14 127 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.14.32 128 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.17.19 129 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.17.36 130 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 3.17.37 131 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.18.21 132 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.18.55 133 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.19.00 134 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.19.47 135 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.21.07 136 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.23.29 137 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.25.58 138 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 3.26.00 139 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.26.21 140 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.27.18 141 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.27.24 142 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.27.57 143 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 3.28.04 144 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.29.51 145 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.31.38 146 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.32.40 147 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.33.23 148 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.34.53 149 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.37.34 150 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.37.44 151 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.38.45 152 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 3.40.43 153 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.40.58 154 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.47.14 155 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.53.23 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 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 101 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 97 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 7 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 82 8 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 79 9 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 79 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 69 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 61 17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 58 18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 19 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 56 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 55 21 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 52 22 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 45 23 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 43 24 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 43 25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 42 26 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 27 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 42 28 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 40 29 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 39 30 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 39 31 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 38 32 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 35 33 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 35 34 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 35 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 32 36 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 32 37 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30 38 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 29 39 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 29 40 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 27 41 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 27 42 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 27 43 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 26 44 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 45 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 46 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 47 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 24 48 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 24 49 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24 50 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 51 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24 52 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 53 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 54 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 24 55 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 23 56 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 23 57 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 23 58 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 23 59 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 22 60 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20 61 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 62 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 63 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 19 64 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 19 65 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18 66 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 67 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 68 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16 69 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 70 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 71 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 15 72 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 73 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 74 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 13 75 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 76 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 13 77 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 78 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 12 79 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12 80 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 81 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 12 82 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 11 83 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 11 84 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11 85 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 11 86 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 87 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 9 88 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 9 89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 90 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 8 91 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 92 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 93 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 94 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 95 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 96 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 97 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5 98 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 99 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 100 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 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -4 114 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 115 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 116 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 117 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux -5 118 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel -5 119 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto -10 120 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 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 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 29 25 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 28 26 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 27 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 28 28 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 26 29 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 30 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 31 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 32 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 33 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 34 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 18 35 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17 36 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 17 37 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 38 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 39 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 16 40 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 41 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 42 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 43 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 14 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 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 10 53 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 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 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 67 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3 68 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 69 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 70 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 71 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3 72 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 73 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 74 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 75 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2 76 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 77 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 78 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 79 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 80 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 81 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 82 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Young rider classification 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 73.10.17 2 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 6.28 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 38.34 4 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 55.03 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.07.05 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.20.22 7 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.27.17 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 1.38.22 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.38.55 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.51.19 11 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.57.26 12 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1.57.44 13 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.01.33 14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.01.59 15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.04.34 16 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.11.49 17 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.19.17 18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.19.34 19 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.32.02 20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.44.03 21 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.49.24 22 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.52.36 23 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.03.09 24 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.03.54 25 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.04.33 26 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.11.54 27 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.12.51 28 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.18.13 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Team 216.19.20 2 T-Mobile Team 0.37 3 Team Csc 22.04 4 Credit Agricole 28.48 5 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 53.52 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 54.20 7 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 1.34.39 8 Rabobank 1.54.19 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.11.37 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.16.15 11 Gerolsteiner 2.40.09 12 Bouygues Telecom 2.54.50 13 Francaise Des Jeux 3.08.39 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.12.13 15 Davitamon - Lotto 3.24.00 16 Domina Vacanze 3.42.11 17 Lampre - Caffita 3.42.39 18 Liquigas - Bianchi 4.30.25 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.37.38 20 Fassa Bortolo 5.18.53 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.46.39
