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92nd Tour de France - GT
France, July 2-24, 2005
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Stage 4 - Tuesday, July 5: Tours - Blois TTT, 67.5 km
Lance living large in yellow again
A tale of twos: Zabriskie's day ends in tragedy
By Anthony Tan in Blois
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It was a day that put one man on cloud nine and another below zero. The suspense and drama of today's team time trial couldn't have been written better by a Hollywood scriptwriter, as the last two teams to leave, Discovery Channel and Team CSC, raced each other neck and neck all the way to the finish. In the end, two seconds was all that separated the two best teams in the 92nd Tour de France.
That two second margin was enough to put the figure of Lance Armstrong in the maillot jaune, his Discovery Channel team once again riding to perfection, but up until the final kilometres, it appeared to be not quite perfect enough. Team CSC was riding with the power of the golden fleece, and at each time-check, they were ahead of their arch-rivals. But with just under two kilometres to go, a lapse of concentration saw the maillot jaune of David Zabriskie come to grief, as he catapulted into the barriers and saw his chances of another day in yellow ripped to shreds.
The team of 1997 Tour champion, Jan Ullrich, rode a very solid TTT to finish third, 36 seconds off Discovery's winning time, and Der Kaiser was in a considerably happier mood after the finish today than he was last Saturday, where he was passed by Armstrong in the opening time trial.
"We gave everything today; each one of us gave his best and I thought it was a great team time trial. Now, I have to look at the result," said Ullrich.
Added T-Mobile manager Olaf Ludwig: "That was a great performance of the team. I think nobody believed us capable of this especially after Saturday. We gained more than 20 seconds on Liberty from kilometre 25 to 47, so that was a very strong period of time for the team and [Tobias] Steinhauser had to let go. That doesn't mean he rode badly, neither did the others who came in afterwards."
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Finishing 1'28 down and all on his own, Zabriskie was understandably in complete shock and speechless as to what happened. When Cyclingnews contacted Team CSC spokesperson Brian Nygaard later on, he said: "No-one really knows what happened. It happened so fast; all of a sudden, he [Zabriskie] was on the ground. He's in a state of shock right now and can't talk."
Team manager Bjarne Riis added that it was still too early to say if Zabriskie was okay, who, for the moment, is reported to have injured his left thigh and arm and also bruised some ribs. It is not yet known whether anything is broken until he is properly examined by the team doctor later this evening.
"I think we should have won today, but once again, Armstrong was the lucky guy. Obviously, the crash was what made the difference today," said Riis.
"I was confident that we could win today based on the previous time splits. When Zabriskie fell, it was an easy decision to keep going since that's what we had already decided beforehand. Dave is hurt, but I don't know how badly. Right now, it's hard to find anything positive at the moment, since this stage was one that we had really worked hard on. Everything went as it was supposed to until the very end. So this is where the team values we have built are going to save us. Now we have to do the job of mentally rebuilding the team's morale."
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Armstrong had this to say on what may have happened: "I wish I could comment more, but I'll say that the TTT is so hard in the end, that everybody's on the limit; everybody's a little bit cross-eyed and you come into the city and there's all these turns and this whipping wind... it's easy to make a mistake like that.
"It's easy to see how it happened, and clearly it's bad luck for him. They [CSC] were flying, they were riding strong - it took everything we had to try and catch up to them. He's a great young rider, and somebody I suspect will be in yellow again in the future."
For Armstrong and his team, it was further confirmation that the six-time Tour winner is most definitely back to his best, and already appears to have no rival.
"It's a passionate event, it's a very hard event, so it's special for us," he said. "It's nice to win the third one - I know what it's like to be second."
Asked whether he had any doubts on his form leading up to the Tour, Armstrong said he always has doubts - but believes doubt has in part made him what is he today. "The least doubtful was in 2003 and you saw where they got me. Every other year, I've been nervous and insecure and full of doubt - and I think that's a good thing for a sportsman; there's always someone that wants your place, someone that's younger, stronger, hungrier... so it works better for me to be nervous and hungry."
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Armstrong also dedicated the victory to his team-mate Viatcheslav Ekimov, who wasn't able to be at Lance's side as a consequence of a training crash a few months ago, and said 'Eki' was definitely missed in both strength and spirit.
"We definitely missed him today - there's no doubt. He loves this event, he's the best guy on the team in this event; he's not only the strongest, he's the steadiest - we do miss him."
As for the team's strategy over the coming days, and whether the team will defend the maillot jaune, Discovery team manager Johan Bruyneel gave a safe answer: "We'll think about that tonight. We are here to win the Tour de France and we will find the best strategy," he said.
"I think the advantage of [winning] the team time trial is that we now have a lot of guys in good position on GC, so we can play a little bit with that... Maybe the team keeps the yellow jersey, but not Lance - it depends on the next few days, but I repeat: our goal is to win in Paris, and if it means in a certain situation another guy takes the jersey or another team takes the jersey, then that's the way it'll be."
How it unfolded
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With teams starting in reverse order on GC, it was Euskaltel - Euskadi starting off first, followed by Lampre - Caffita, Ag2R Prevoyance, Saunier Duval - Prodir, Cofidis, Davitamon - Lotto and Liquigas - Bianchi, and it was this seventh team who set the early best time of 1'13'05, six seconds faster than early pacesetters Davitamon-Lotto.
Cyclingnews followed the latter squad the entire distance, and it was clear the last 20 kilometres would be decisive. The first 45 kilometres were flat and non-technical, but from Onzain to the finish in Blois (km 67.5), the roads were filled with twists and turns, and short sharp rises on narrow streets - combined with prevailing crosswinds, it was going to be a real test of team unity.
Said Armstrong of the stage: "We knew there wouldn't be big time gaps today - you can't do 45 kilometres in one direction with a tailwind, with such a straight road, with perfect pavement and be 30, 40 seconds ahead of your chief rivals. We knew the race would come down to the last 20k, where you had some crosswinds and had some real hills, so we tried to focus on that and not lose too much time in the beginning."
The TTT is a visually spectacular event, and the crowds were out in their droves as each of the 21 teams zipped along the Loire Valley at speeds exceeding 60 kilometres an hour. Mild conditions greeted those at the start in the quaint town of Tours, and although showers were predicted later in the afternoon, the rain didn't eventuate.
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As Bouygues Telecom, Francaise des Jeux, Domina Vacanze, Quick Step - Innergetic and Rabobank came in, the saying 'the total is greater than the sum of its parts' held true, with all five teams unable to beat the time of Liquigas - Bianchi, despite former Olympic pursuit champion Bradley McGee spearheading his FdJ train and world time trial champion Michael Rogers driving the Quick.Step bus.
The next team to come in, Illes Balears-Caisse D'Epargne, managed to better the boys on their Bianchis by 14 seconds, their time of 1'12'44 the new best mark. However, with the big boys yet to finish, it would be by no means the final best mark - a time close to one hour and 10 minutes would be necessary to take the day.
Credit Agricole upped the ante from Illes Balears by just under half a minute, before Liberty Seguros - Würth set a very competitive time of 1'11'32, 48 seconds faster than the green machine. Next in were Fassa Bortolo, but the Silver Train were two minutes off the pace of Liberty, until the T-Mobile Team bettered Manolo's boys in blue by 17 seconds, putting Der Kaiser and his guys at the top of the leaderboard.
And then there were four.
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The bubbly boys from Gerolsteiner did okay, finishing on the same time as Illes Balears and giving them equal seventh place in the end, while Phonak went half a minute faster, although it was still a minute off the current best time of T-Mobile.
However, the biggest battle by far was being waged behind. At the second checkpoint in Onzain (km 45.8), T-Mobile, Discovery and Team CSC were all neck and neck, separated by a slender seven seconds - but coming in Blois, Discovery and CSC separated themselves from T-Mobile, as the two teams went à bloc.
Right up until the final kilometres, it looked as if CSC had done enough to keep their man Zabriskie in yellow, but just over a kilometre from the end, Dave Z had a lapse of concentration and clipped wheels with a fellow team-mate, which sent him spiralling into the barriers.
Thankfully, he didn't appear to be too badly hurt, although the maillot jaune was literally torn off his shoulders in the cruellest possible style. In the end, two seconds was all that separated Discovery and CSC, but Zabriskie ended up finishing the stage a further 1'26 back, and as a consequence, the golden fleece switched shoulders to six-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong.
Stage 5 - Wednesday, July 6: Chambord - Montargis, 183 km
Another of the Tour's early stages for the sprinters, there are plenty of green jersey points on offer over a stage with only one Cat 4 climb - it's mostly flat, fast riding, and a day for one of the fast men to enjoy some time in the yellow jersey. In 2004 it was Thomas Voeckler who spent 10 days as the darling of France in the yellow jersey over the opening stages. The route sweeps further north and heads closer to its entry into Germany, with plenty to look at throughout the scenic Loir-et-Cher region - not that the riders will have much time for that, as average speeds of around 40-45km/h will prevent most from enjoying the sights. Although on a different route last year, Cofidis' Australian rider Staurt O'Grady took stage 5 in 2004 in the wet, but in dry weather this year it will most likely come down to another showdown between McEwen, Cooke, Hushovd and Boonen, and anyone else who wants to join the party.
Photography
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- Discovery gets warmed up.
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval-Prodir) gets ready to go.
- Euskaltel-Euskadi gets in some trainer time.
- The Lampre team leaves the start gate.
- And they're off!
- AG2R lines up.
- Bobby Julich brings CSC in for a fast time.
- Floyd Landis leads in the Phonak team.
- Credit Agricole bears down on the finish.
- Fassa Bortolo ripping along through town
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) takes his pull.
- The Discovery team coming in with the fastest time.
- The Discovery team crosses the line with Lance bringing them in
- David Zabriskie (CSC) limps in after a fall close to the finish.
- David Zabriskie limps in, showing the wounds from his crash.
- Lance Armstrong enjoys the limelight with his teammates after taking the stage.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) does a turn on the front
- Hincapie and Armstrong were the team's main drivers
- There they go… Discovery Channel en route to a stage win
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) powers the CSC team
- The winning team: Discovery Channel
- It took four stages but Lance has the yellow now
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) salutes from the podium
- A happy Lance Armstrong in yellow
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) is now the best young rider
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Armstrong pulls off after doing a turn
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) leads Discovery's nine man squad in the TTT
- The face of Zabriskie says it all
- If the shirt fits then Armstrong will wear it
Images by AFP Photo
- Liquigas-Bianchi en route to setting the early best time
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) leads the T-Mobile squad in perfect formation
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) gets a push after his crash
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) rides home, battered and bruised
- Sheryl Crow applauds the Discovery Channel team
- Sheryl Crow gives Armstrong a big kiss after he won the yellow jersey today
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) with sidekick Sheryl Crow
Results
1 Discovery Channel Team 1.10.39 (57.324 km/h) 2 Team CSC 0.02 3 T-Mobile Team 0.35 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 0.53 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.31 6 Credit Agricole 1.41 7 Gerolsteiner 2.05 8 Illes Balears-Caisse D'Epargne 9 Fassa Bortolo 2.19 10 Liquigas - Bianchi 2.26 11 Davitamon - Lotto 2.32 12 Rabobank 2.48 13 Domina Vacanze 3.04 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 3.05 15 Bouygues Telecom 3.08 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.59 17 Lampre - Caffita 4.09 18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.28 19 Francaise Des Jeux 4.46 20 Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.06 21 Ag2R Prevoyance 5.23 Individual ranking (using new TTT timing rules) 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.10.39 1 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 1 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 1 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 1 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.02 10 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 10 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 10 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.06 16 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.10 17 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 0.30 17 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 17 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.40 23 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 31 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.50 31 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.00 36 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 36 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 36 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.10 43 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 43 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 43 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 43 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 43 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 43 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 43 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 53 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.28 54 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 1.30 54 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 54 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 54 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 54 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 54 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 54 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 54 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 62 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.40 62 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 62 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 62 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 62 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 62 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 62 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 62 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 62 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 71 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.50 71 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 71 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 71 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 71 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 71 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 71 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 71 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 71 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 80 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.00 80 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 80 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 80 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 80 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 80 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 80 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 80 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 88 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.01 88 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 90 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.07 90 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 2.10 92 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 92 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 92 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 92 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 92 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 92 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 92 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 100 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 2.20 100 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 100 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 100 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 100 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 100 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 100 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 107 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.30 107 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.32 116 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.34 117 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.35 117 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 2.36 124 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.40 124 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 124 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 124 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 124 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 124 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 124 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 124 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 132 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.45 132 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 132 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 132 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 132 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 137 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.50 137 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 137 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 137 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 137 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 137 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 137 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 144 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.55 144 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 144 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 144 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 144 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 144 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 144 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 144 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 152 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.00 152 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 152 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 152 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 152 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 152 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 152 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 152 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 152 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 161 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step 3.16 161 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 163 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 3.28 164 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.06 165 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.31 165 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 165 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 168 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.43 169 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.49 170 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.51 171 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.56 172 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5.11 173 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.36 174 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.46 174 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 174 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 177 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.14 178 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6.29 179 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.17 180 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.29 181 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7.31 181 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 183 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.36 184 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 7.57 185 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.03 186 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.40 187 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.53 188 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.29 189 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.31 Young rider 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.10.39 2 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.40 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.00 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.10 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.20 9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.30 9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.40 13 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.50 14 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.00 14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 16 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.10 16 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 2.20 18 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 20 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.30 20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.40 23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 2.50 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 26 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.55 27 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.00 27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 29 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.51 30 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.46 31 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.03 32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.40 General classification after stage 4 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 9.59.12 2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.55 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.04 4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.07 5 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.14 6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.16 7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1.21 8 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.26 9 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 10 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 11 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.32 12 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 13 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.33 14 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.36 15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1.37 17 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 1.38 18 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.44 19 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.45 20 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.50 21 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.00 22 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 2.01 23 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.12 24 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.13 26 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.17 27 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.18 28 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 2.21 29 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.29 31 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.30 32 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.35 33 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.43 34 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.48 35 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.54 36 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.56 37 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.58 38 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2.59 39 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.02 40 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 41 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.10 42 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 3.12 43 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.13 44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.16 45 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3.19 46 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.22 47 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 3.23 48 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 49 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.24 50 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.27 51 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 52 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.28 53 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.29 54 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.32 55 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 56 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.36 58 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.37 59 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.39 60 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.43 61 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.44 62 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.45 63 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.52 64 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 65 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3.53 66 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3.54 67 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3.56 68 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.57 69 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.58 70 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.01 71 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4.04 73 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4.05 74 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.07 75 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.08 76 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 77 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 78 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.09 79 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.11 80 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 81 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 4.12 82 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.16 83 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.21 84 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 85 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.22 86 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.25 87 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.26 88 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.28 89 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.34 90 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 4.36 91 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.39 93 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.42 94 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.44 95 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 96 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.47 97 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 4.49 98 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 4.50 99 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 100 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.53 101 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 102 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 4.54 103 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 104 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 4.56 105 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.57 106 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.58 107 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.00 108 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 109 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.01 110 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 5.03 111 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 5.05 112 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 5.08 113 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.11 114 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.12 115 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 116 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.13 118 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.15 119 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.16 120 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 5.17 121 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 122 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.18 123 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.19 124 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 5.20 125 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.22 126 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.23 127 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.24 128 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 130 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 131 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 132 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5.25 133 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 134 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 135 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.28 136 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.31 137 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.34 138 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 139 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 140 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.36 141 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 5.38 142 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 5.39 143 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.40 144 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.41 145 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.42 146 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.43 147 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.48 148 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.49 149 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step 5.51 150 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 151 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 5.53 152 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.56 153 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.57 154 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 5.58 155 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 156 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 5.59 157 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.00 158 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.01 159 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 6.03 160 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6.06 161 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 6.24 162 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6.29 163 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.47 164 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.00 165 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 166 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.26 167 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.29 168 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7.32 169 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.33 170 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7.47 171 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7.52 172 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.55 173 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 174 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.16 175 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.54 176 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.31 177 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.33 178 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9.37 179 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.44 180 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 10.03 181 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10.31 182 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.38 183 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 10.49 184 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.52 185 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.57 186 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.08 187 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.16 188 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.22 189 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.26 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 70 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 50 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 49 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 47 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 38 6 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 34 7 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 29 8 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 27 9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 26 10 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 24 13 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 14 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 16 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 19 17 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 18 18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 19 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 16 20 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 15 21 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 22 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 23 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 24 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 13 25 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13 26 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 12 27 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 12 28 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 12 29 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11 30 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 10 31 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 10 32 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 10 33 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 34 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 8 35 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 8 36 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 37 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 38 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 39 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 40 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5 41 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 42 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4 43 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 44 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 45 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 46 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 47 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 48 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 49 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 3 50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 51 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 52 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2 53 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1 54 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1 Mountains classification 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 3 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 5 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 6 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 8 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Young rider classification 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 10.00.28 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.57 3 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.01 4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.14 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.19 6 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.54 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.06 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 2.11 9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.12 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.16 11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.30 12 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.38 13 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.53 14 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.00 15 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.18 16 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.23 17 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 3.33 18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 3.38 19 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.40 20 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.56 21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.57 22 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 4.04 23 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4.09 24 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.18 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 4.37 26 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 4.42 27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.50 28 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.13 29 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.13 30 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.38 31 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.41 32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.06 Teams classification 1 Team Csc 27.38.25 2 Discovery Channel Team 0.02 3 T-Mobile Team 2.24 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.02 5 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 3.22 6 Gerolsteiner 3.45 7 Credit Agricole 4.29 8 Fassa Bortolo 4.33 9 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 5.16 10 Rabobank 6.06 11 Liquigas - Bianchi 6.18 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 6.24 13 Domina Vacanze 6.28 14 Davitamon - Lotto 6.30 15 Bouygues Telecom 6.49 16 Francaise Des Jeux 8.11 17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 8.50 18 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.32 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.35 20 Lampre - Caffita 9.44 21 Ag2R Prevoyance 10.12 Intermediate timing Amboise - km 25 1 Team CSC 25.36 2 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 0.06 3 Discovery Channel Team 0.15 3 T-Mobile Team 5 Credit Agricole 0.33 6 Liquigas - Bianchi 0.37 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.39 8 Illes Balears-Caisse D'Epargne 0.51 9 Domina Vacanze 0.55 10 Fassa Bortolo 0.56 11 Gerolsteiner 0.58 12 Davitamon - Lotto 1.00 13 Rabobank 1.09 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.11 15 Bouygues Telecom 1.13 16 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.23 17 Lampre - Caffita 1.28 18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.35 19 Francaise Des Jeux 1.52 20 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.58 21 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.04 Onzain - km 45.8 1 Team CSC 47.08 2 Discovery Channel Team 0.06 3 T-Mobile Team 0.07 3 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 0.20 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.49 6 Credit Agricole 0.57 7 Liquigas - Bianchi 1.12 8 Gerolsteiner 1.18 9 Illes Balears-Caisse D'Epargne 10 Fassa Bortolo 1.23 11 Domina Vacanze 1.32 12 Davitamon - Lotto 1.33 13 Rabobank 1.46 14 Bouygues Telecom 2.02 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.08 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.18 17 Lampre - Caffita 2.50 18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 2.56 19 Francaise Des Jeux 3.23 20 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.34 21 Ag2R Prevoyance 3.39 Entry to Blois - km 61.5 1 Team CSC 1.05.10 2 Discovery Channel Team 0.02 3 T-Mobile Team 0.26 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 0.46 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.15 6 Credit Agricole 1.32 7 Illes Balears-Caisse D'Epargne 1.49 8 Gerolsteiner 1.54 9 Liquigas - Bianchi 2.03 10 Fassa Bortolo 2.07 11 Davitamon - Lotto 2.18 12 Rabobank 2.30 13 Domina Vacanze 2.43 14 Bouygues Telecom 2.54 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.56 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.31 17 Lampre - Caffita 3.55 18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.09 19 Francaise Des Jeux 4.30 20 Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.40 21 Ag2R Prevoyance 5.05 Finish - km 67.5 1 Discovery Channel Team 1.10.39 2 Team CSC 0.02 3 T-Mobile Team 0.36 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 0.53 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.31 6 Credit Agricole 1.41 7 Gerolsteiner 2.05 8 Illes Balears-Caisse D'Epargne 9 Fassa Bortolo 2.19 10 Liquigas - Bianchi 2.26 11 Davitamon - Lotto 2.32 12 Rabobank 2.48 13 Domina Vacanze 3.04 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 3.05 15 Bouygues Telecom 3.08 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.59 17 Lampre - Caffita 4.09 18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.28 19 Francaise Des Jeux 4.46 20 Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.06 21 Ag2R Prevoyance 5.23
