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92nd Tour de France - GT
France, July 2-24, 2005
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Stage 13 - Friday, July 15: Miramas - Montpellier, 173.5 km
Robbie rocks to three
Aussies within striking distance of green
By Anthony Tan in Montpellier, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney
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Two-time Tour de France points champion Robbie McEwen thundered to an emotional third stage win in Montpellier today, as a unified Davitamon-Lotto team chased down what looked like a winning breakaway inside the final kilometre. With he and second-placed Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) the significant beneficiaries, the two Australians are now well within striking distance of the maillot vert, precariously balanced on Thor Hushovd's shoulders.
"This really isn't a McEwen victory, it's a Davitamon-Lotto victory!" said a choked up McEwen at the finish line. "They worked so hard getting back a nine-minute break after the high mountain stages and in a very difficult overall Tour de France. Unbelievable!
"I really didn't believe we would have a mass sprint today - I just didn't believe it would happen," he said to Cyclingnews. "I knew my guys were very, very tired. You can't motivate them to do that; the motivation comes from within those guys, and that's their strong point. Now there are only eight points separating me from O'Grady, but I'm still 22 points away from Hushovd. I don't know about the green jersey, but never say never!"
The 33 year-old Queenslander was delivered so far to the line by Fred Rodriguez, in fact, that McEwen stopped pedaling for a split second to try and give his last lead-out man the victory. But as he did in similar fashion at this year's Giro d'Italia with Henk Vogels, the move didn't quite work out.
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"I was a few metres out from the line and I wanted to see if anybody was on my wheel, because I was actually going to let Freddy cross the line first," he said. "Then I saw there was somebody there, so I had to do two more pedals... and there was nobody coming past me."
The day's action was dominated by a early breakaway group of five riders, instigated by Carlos Da Cruz (Francaise des Jeux) and joined by Chris Horner (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Ludovic Turpin (Ag2R-Prévoyance) and Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) shortly thereafter. As McEwen's team chipped away at their advantage inside the closing kilometres, Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) bridged the gap, attacked, and took Horner for company. But alas, the stage victory wasn't to be theirs, and it was cruelly closed just past the flamme rouge, leaving the pair with nothing but sore legs.
With Horner reasonably well-placed on the overall classification, the 33 year-old American explained his motives after the stage: "I was the Saunier Duval rider there and I saw Flecha go, and you know if you see Flecha go, you've got to cover it. Our guys had covered all the moves before I covered that one, so it was not necessarily my turn, but it just needed to be done and I was in the move, so what are you going to do?" he laughed.
"We both hesitated a little bit, and I needed him to lead it out to beat him," Horner said on his tactics in the finale. "I just didn't have the fresh legs from leading out from a k [to go]. He [Chavanel] wanted me to pull through at 800, 700 metres, and I knew if I pulled through, I would have to lead it out from there, so it wasn't an option for me to lead it out for the win."
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Said Bouygues' Thomas Voeckler, who was also part of the move: "When we jumped after 15 kilometres I wasn't sure if this break would get through, but then when we gained a lot of time; yes, I believed in our chances. But when Lampre started riding behind as well, our morale went down, of course... I didn't think about the difficult stage yesterday, because if you always think about tomorrow you'll never take your chances. Anyway, I'll finish in the gruppetto again tomorrow, as I've taken the habit of doing so at this Tour."
What follows tomorrow is two ugly, back-to-back days in Pyrenées, and with the mercury soaring skywards, the question on everyone's lips is will Armstrong suffer a setback à la the Cap'Découverte time trial in 2003? "No doubt that impression came about in 2003 because we did have that incredibly hot summer, but I'm not going to say that's not true," admitted the six-time Tour winner.
"I think everybody's performance suffers in the heat, but some riders of course handle it better than others. As soon as you get behind on hydration, your performance starts to evaporate. Yeah, it makes me worried, so I have to be extra careful.
"Regardless of what happens tomorrow or in the next days, we've still got the advantage of knowing there's a long time trial right at the end. Of course, we'll try to mark all the riders - Rasmussen, Basso, the T-Mobile riders - but we have also be slightly conservative and not follow just one guy."
How it unfolded
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Stage 13 started in the first-time stage town of Miramas just north of the Berre de l'Etaing west of Marseilles and headed west to Montpellier, where Rolf Sörensen took a stage win 11 years ago. After the Alps, Stage 13 was a classic transitional stage after the Alps and before the Pyrenees, where a break would try to hold off the sprinters. Stage 13 started at 13:30 and it was a hot day in the little town near the mouth of the Rhone River, with a slight headwind from the west. The Tour de France has turned the corner and is now headed due west towards the Pyrenees.
After some early attacks, a group of five got away after 15km in Mouries and headed to the first and only climb of the day. In the group was Carlos Da Cruz (Francaise des Jeux), Chris Horner (Saunier Duval), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Ludovic Turpin (Ag2R-Prévoyance) and Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo). Voeckler took the first intermediate sprint in Maussane-Les-Alpilles, then Horner took the Cat 4. KOM on Col de la Vayède atop the rocky white ridge of Les Alpilles.
The peloton was tired and as it was a recovery day, no one was really interested in chasing the lead quintet down. Stage 13 headed northwest through Tarascon after 40km, crossing the Rhone River and gaining 5'00 on the peloton. Best placed in the break was Chris Horner, who at 29th on GC was 15'22 behind Armstrong and little threat to the maillot jaune. Through the vineyards of the Pays du Gard, just west of Beaucaire, Discovery Channel was riding tempo but the lead had grown to eight minutes.
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Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne) tearfully abandoned the 92nd Tour de France at the feed zone in Pont des Charettes (Uzes) with continual knee pain from a crash where he banged his knee hard on his handlebars. Sitting fifth in GC, Valverde was just 3'16 behind maillot jaune Armstrong and may have been a threat to the American in the Pyrenees. Right after lunch, Robbie McEwen sicced the Davitamon-Lotto dogs on the break, making his boys ride behind the quintet when the lead was 9'00 after 76km. The DVL machine began to close the gap on Horner's break and with 67km to go, the gap had dropped to just under 4'00 as Lampre-Cafitta had joined the chase.
With 30km to race, the Davitamon-Lottos had brought the break back to 1'56 in Le Triadou, but the hard work on a hot day had began to take its toll on McEwen's team. DaCruz made an attack with 22km to go, but Horner covered his move. On the run-in into Montpellier, Knaven (Quick.Step) counterattacked from the peloton with 22km to go and came back after 4km of liberty, but this move discombobulated the Davitamon-Lotto chase. Discovery Channel took up the chase, but not at the same all-out pace as before as the break's lead was now under 0'30.
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Chavanel (Cofidis) was next to counterattack and because the breakaway was so close, he got across. After a short hesitation, Chavanel went again, and only Horner could get across to the Frenchman with a superb effort, while the rest of the break was about to be sucked up by the Discovery Channel led chase. 10 seconds behind the lead duo, Commesso tried to bridge with Grivko. They got up to the remainder of the break - Da Cruz, Flecha, Turpin and Voeckler - but that's as far as they got. With 7km to go on the twisty streets of Montpellier, Horner and Chavanel had eked out a 0'25 lead, with Discovery Channel chasing, but not really chasing. Gerolsteiner and Liquigas were chasing too - really. With 5km left, the gap was 0'18.
Chavanel was doing anything and everything he could to drop the tenacious American, but it was nothing doing as the Saunier Duval Prodir rider pedaled away. With 2km to go, Discovery Channel peeled off and McEwen's Davitamon-Lotto boys hit the front again. Horner and Chavanel were indecisive as they came under the 1km kite with 0'08. Fast Freddy Rodriguez lived up to his nickname today as he hit full gas with 500m to go and swept around the last bend with McEwen on his wheel, followed by the rest of the peloton. Horner and Chavanel's dream ended with 200m. to go. Friday's Stage 13 proved unlucky for the lead duo as hitting 73km/hr escape velocity in the final rush, McEwen blasted to his 3rd stage win at this year's Tour de France and his 8th career stage win ahead of fellow Aussie Stuart O'Grady and his teammate Rodriguez in third, while Horner held on for 10th.
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For the first time since 1998, the transitional stage between the mountains came down to a sprint, a fact that clearly pleased Davitamon-Lotto's Henrik Redant, saying post race, "Our team was a team of champions today...they worked so hard and it was a fabulous effort for everyone."
With Boonen out of the Tour, the race for the maillot vert looks to be a three-way battle between current MV Hushovd (CA) and the two tough Aussies, O'Grady and McEwen. The giant Viking now has 164 points, with O'Grady at 150 and McEwen moving closer at 142 after his win today. "I took back a couple of more points, but I'm still a long way behind," McEwen told SBS TV's Mike Tomalaris at the finish. "I said before, I'm more interested in winning stages and I'm over the moon about number three. Like I said, more than anything, I'm just so happy for my teammates. What they did out there today was self torture."
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With the abandon of Valverde, Lance Armstrong's Discovery Channel teammate Yaro Popovych has taken over the maillot blanc of Best Young Rider, 0'07 over Kashechkin (CA). Going into the Pyrenees tomorrow, maillot jaune Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) is just eight stages away from winning his 7th straight Tour de France. Yesterday's abandon of his teammate Triki Beltran will put more pressure on Armstrong's Discovery squad to defend his MJ, as the experienced Spaniard is a pure climber and always plays an important role in the Pyrenees for Armstrong. Just 0'38 behind Armstrong, Rabobank's maillot à pois Rasmussen has been telling Italian TV that he plans to attack Armstrong in the Pyrenees.
Stage 14 - Saturday, July 16: Agde-Ax-3 Domaines (Mountaintop stage finish), 220.5km
Starting on the Mediterranean coast, Phase Three of the 2005 Tour commences with this first stage into the eastern Pyrenees, traversing four small climbs until hitting the penultimate ascent of the steep Hors Categorie Port-de-Pailhères after 175km, then up the final 9km ascent to Ax-3 Domaines.
Stage 14 rated climbs:
Col de Villerouge (Cat. 4, 90.5km)
Col de Bedos (Cat. 4, 98.5km)
Col des Fourches (Cat. 4, 104km)
Col du Paradis (Cat. 3, 115.5km)
Port-de-Pailhères (Hors Categorie, 190.5km, 2001m, 15.2km climb at 8% grade)
Ax-3 Domaines (Cat. 1, 220km, 1372m, 9.1km climb at 7.3% grade)
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) through the crowd
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) with bodyguards Erwin and Serge
- Yesterday's winner David Moncoutie
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) with Alejando Valverde
- Ivan Basso (CSC) smiling as always
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) going dotty
- Valverde and Rassmussen shake hands at the start
- Basso rides to the start
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) ready for another day
- Robbie McEwen enjoys a pre-race snack
- Jolly green giant
- Valverde and Basso check each other's tyres
- Valverde and Basso
- Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) checks the bike
- Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) wasn't sure about his chances
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) obliging the fans
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) signing autographs
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) lines up
- Lining up for the start of Stage 13
- McEwen celebrates a long way out
- Thank you team
- The lunge… O'Grady (L, 2nd), McEwen (C, 1st), Rodriguez (R, 3rd)
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) celebrates his win in Montpellier
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins one for the team
- Thumbs up for Davitamon-Lotto
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) salutes from the podium
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) was really happy with his third victory
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) puts on another maillot jaune
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) is the man to beat
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) now faces two tough stages in the Pyrenees
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) is the clear leader in the mountains competition
Images by AFP Photo
- Saunier Duval was aggressive during the early part of the stage
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) shows how to stretch on the bike
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) wipes his brow during stage 13
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) followed by CSC riders
- Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) rides during stage 13, with knee bandaged
- The peloton rides along during stage 13
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) driving the breakaway
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins the 13th stage in Montpellier, while second placed Stuart O'Grady is a little annoyed at McEwen's wobble in the last 25m
- McEwen and Rodriguez celebrate their 1st and 3rd places
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Lance Armstrong the man of the moment, as always
- Lance Armstrong has a certain magnetism
- The peloton passing through wine country
- To cover the Tour you have to do it properly
- Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) abandons at the feed zone
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) making his presence felt in the break
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins the 13th stage in Montpellier, while second placed Stuart O'Grady is a little annoyed at McEwen's wobble in the last 25m
- McEwen wins the stage, while Hushovd (R) finished 5th
- You done good lads
- Thank you says McEwen
- Hushovd gets ready for his time on the podium
- Don't ask me I just work here
- She's back!
Images by Luc Claessen/www.actiefotos.be
- Belgian rider Christophe Brandt (Davitamon-Lotto) greets his family at the start
- The peloton passes a roundabout right after the start
- Scenery at Uzes
- The five leaders passing trough Uzes, 95 km from the finish
- The peloton passing through Uzes
- The peloton passing through Uzes
- The peloton passing through Uzes
- Armstrong always surrounded by teammates
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) chasing the Chavanel with 10k to go
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) going in to the last 10km
- George Hincapie (Discovery) leads his teammates to the last 10 km
- Going home Robbie?
- Lance Armstrong greets one of the local people on the podium
Images by Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins his third Tour stage
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.43.14 (46.632 km/h) 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 9 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 13 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 15 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 22 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 24 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 25 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 27 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 28 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 29 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 30 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 32 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 35 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 36 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 38 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 39 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 40 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 42 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 43 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 44 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 45 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 46 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 47 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 49 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 51 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 53 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 54 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 55 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 56 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 57 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 58 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 60 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 62 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 63 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 64 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 65 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 67 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 68 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 69 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 70 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 71 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 72 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 73 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 74 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 75 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 76 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 77 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 78 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 82 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 83 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 84 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 86 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 87 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 88 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 90 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 91 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 92 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 93 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 96 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 97 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 98 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 99 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 100 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 101 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.15 103 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.18 104 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 105 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 106 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.23 107 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 108 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 109 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 110 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 112 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 113 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 114 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 115 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 116 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 117 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 118 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 119 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 120 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 121 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 122 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 123 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 124 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 125 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 126 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 127 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 128 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 129 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 130 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 131 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 132 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 133 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 134 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 135 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 136 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 137 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 139 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 140 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 141 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 142 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 143 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 144 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 145 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 146 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 147 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 148 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 150 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 151 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 152 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 153 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 154 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 155 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 156 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.36 157 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.35 158 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.49 159 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5.40 160 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.09 161 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 35 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 30 3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 26 4 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 24 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 22 6 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 18 9 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 17 10 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 11 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 15 12 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 14 13 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 14 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 12 15 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 11 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 17 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 18 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 19 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 5 22 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 23 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3 24 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 2 25 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains Col de la Vayède - Cat. 4, km 26.5 1 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 pts 2 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 3 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Sprints Maussane-Les-Alpilles - km 22 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 pts 2 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 3 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 Moussac - km 96 1 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6 pts 2 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 3 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 Young rider 1 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.43.14 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 11 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 12 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 14 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 15 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 17 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.23 18 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 19 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 20 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 21 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 22 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 25 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.36 28 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.09 Most combative 1 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux Teams 1 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 11.09.42 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Francaise Des Jeux 4 Bouygues Telecom 5 Davitamon - Lotto 6 Liquigas - Bianchi 7 Ag2R Prevoyance 8 Lampre - Caffita 9 Credit Agricole 10 Discovery Channel Team 11 T-Mobile Team 12 Team Csc 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 15 Domina Vacanze 16 Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Quick Step - Innergetic 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Rabobank 20 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 21 Fassa Bortolo 0.23 General classification after stage 13 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 50.13.50 (43.884 km/h) 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 0.38 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.34 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.40 5 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.48 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 3.58 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.00 8 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.02 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.16 10 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 4.47 12 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.33 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.55 14 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 6.25 15 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 6.32 16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 6.37 17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.41 19 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 8.46 20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 9.10 21 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.07 22 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11.43 23 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 12.15 24 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 12.42 25 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 13.01 26 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14.21 27 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.32 28 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.20 29 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 16.29 30 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.50 31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 19.31 32 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 20.25 33 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 21.44 34 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 26.47 35 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 27.17 36 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 27.49 37 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 28.55 38 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 29.09 39 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 32.29 40 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 35.06 41 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35.28 42 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 38.54 43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 39.57 44 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 41.37 45 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 44.33 46 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44.53 47 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 45.21 48 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 45.24 49 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 46.25 50 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 46.38 51 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 46.39 52 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 46.46 53 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 47.57 54 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.14 55 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48.51 56 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 51.06 57 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.09 58 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 52.13 59 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 52.17 60 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 52.30 61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 52.37 62 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 52.52 63 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 54.00 64 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 56.13 65 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 56.47 66 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 57.09 67 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58.14 68 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 58.46 69 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58.49 70 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 59.40 71 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 59.50 72 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 59.54 73 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.00.06 74 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.00.54 75 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.02.28 76 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1.02.33 77 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03.09 78 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03.12 79 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.03.40 80 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.03.41 81 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.04.15 82 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.04.17 83 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.39 84 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.05.56 85 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.06.08 86 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 1.09.20 87 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.10.45 88 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 1.12.54 89 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.05 90 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.15.15 91 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.48 92 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.16.46 93 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.16.55 94 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.17.02 95 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.17.22 96 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.18.13 97 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.18.33 98 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.20.53 99 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.21.05 100 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.21.14 101 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.22.20 102 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.22.27 103 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.24.19 104 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 1.24.27 105 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.24.48 106 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25.09 107 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.28.58 108 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1.32.25 109 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.32.35 110 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.34.39 111 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 1.34.42 112 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.34.52 113 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.36.36 114 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.39.33 115 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.40.51 116 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.41.08 118 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.41.30 119 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.41.45 120 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.41.47 121 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.42.46 122 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.43.23 123 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.44.08 124 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 1.44.29 125 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.46.07 126 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.46.54 127 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.48.20 128 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.48.58 129 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.48.59 130 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.49.09 131 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.50.07 132 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.50.41 133 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.50.43 134 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.51.36 135 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.51.42 136 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.51.45 137 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 1.52.08 138 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.52.17 139 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.53.01 140 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1.53.44 141 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.54.15 142 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.55.38 143 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 1.56.39 144 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.56.41 145 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 1.56.48 146 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.56.53 147 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.57.25 148 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.57.39 149 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.01.11 150 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 2.01.48 151 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.03.15 152 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 2.03.16 153 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.03.21 154 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.04.32 155 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.05.32 156 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 2.06.30 157 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.08.02 158 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.09.11 159 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.11.27 160 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.12.34 161 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.18.53 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 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 81 6 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 79 7 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 75 8 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 73 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 73 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 71 11 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 67 12 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 63 13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 14 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 61 15 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 54 17 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 18 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 45 19 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 43 20 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 21 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 42 22 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 40 23 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 36 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 35 26 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 34 27 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 28 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 29 29 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29 30 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 29 31 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 32 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 33 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 34 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 24 35 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 24 36 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24 37 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24 38 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 39 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 40 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 41 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 24 42 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 23 43 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 23 44 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 23 45 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 22 46 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 22 47 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20 48 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 49 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 19 50 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18 51 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 52 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 17 53 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 54 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16 55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 56 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 15 57 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 15 58 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 59 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 60 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14 61 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 62 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 63 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 64 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 65 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 66 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 12 67 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 11 68 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 11 69 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11 70 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 11 71 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 72 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 73 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 74 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9 75 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 76 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 77 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 9 78 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 8 79 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 8 80 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8 81 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 82 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 83 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 84 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 85 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 86 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4 87 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 4 88 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 89 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 90 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 4 91 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 92 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 93 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 94 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 95 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 2 96 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 97 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 98 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 99 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 100 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 101 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 102 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank -2 103 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5 104 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel -5 105 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 106 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux -5 107 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance -5 108 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi -10 109 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto -10 Mountains classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 160 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 89 3 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 71 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 40 6 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34 7 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 30 8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 9 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 25 10 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 11 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 20 13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 14 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18 15 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 16 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 18 17 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17 18 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 19 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 21 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 16 22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 16 23 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 24 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 14 26 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 14 27 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 28 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 13 29 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 30 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 31 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 32 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12 33 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 34 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 11 35 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 11 36 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 37 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 38 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 10 39 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9 40 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 41 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 42 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 43 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 7 44 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 45 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 46 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 6 47 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 48 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 49 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 50 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 51 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3 52 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 53 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 54 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 55 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 56 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 57 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 58 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 59 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 60 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 61 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 62 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 Young rider classification 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 50.20.15 2 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.07 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 13.06 4 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 22.30 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 41.32 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.49 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 45.48 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 46.05 9 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 54.29 10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 57.16 11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 57.52 12 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 1.06.29 13 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.08.50 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.10.21 15 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.10.37 16 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.14.49 17 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.22.33 18 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1.26.00 19 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.34.26 20 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.35.05 21 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.36.58 22 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.37.43 23 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.42.33 24 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.44.18 25 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 1.45.43 26 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.50.28 27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.51.14 28 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.06.09 Teams classification 1 Team Csc 148.23.52 2 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 1.30 3 T-Mobile Team 2.09 4 Credit Agricole 8.24 5 Discovery Channel Team 15.16 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 19.41 7 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 32.21 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 56.48 9 Gerolsteiner 1.01.41 10 Rabobank 1.02.20 11 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.16.58 12 Francaise Des Jeux 1.24.01 13 Davitamon - Lotto 1.26.30 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.26.58 15 Lampre - Caffita 1.45.01 16 Liquigas - Bianchi 1.51.18 17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.52.29 18 Fassa Bortolo 2.05.55 19 Bouygues Telecom 2.17.45 20 Domina Vacanze 2.21.47 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.29.37
