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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

Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel)
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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.

Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel)
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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

If it's the Tour
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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.

Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile)
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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.

The breakaway
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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.

Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel)
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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.

Rasmussen and Basso
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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.

Popo and Vino
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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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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

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