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Tour de Romandie - PT
Switzerland, April 26-May 1, 2005
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Stage 3 - April 29: Aigle - Anzère, 146.5km
The Kid confirms
But Botero bounces into the lead
By Anthony Tan in Anzère
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For the well-informed, there was little doubt who would take today's queen stage of the Tour de Romandie. And Damiano 'Kid' Cunego didn't disappoint, winning the stage as predicted atop Anzère, but not doing quite enough to take the leader's yellow jersey.
That honour went to Phonak's Santiago Botero, who is enjoying a welcome return to form in 2005. Benefiting from a strong prologue ride in Geneva three days ago, where he finished eight seconds behind his team-mate Oscar Pereiro, Botero 'only' had to finish within sight of the defending Giro champion to take the race lead, and more than likely, the overall honours Sunday in Lausanne.
"I am really happy; this win is the result of all the work I've done until now," said Cunego at the post-race press conference. "It is a great win I want to dedicate to all my team, to my family and to my girlfriend Margherita who is pregnant, and who will give me a daughter, Ludovica, in July."
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Despite catching the last rider from the second breakaway less than four kilometres from the finish, the 24 year-old, 65 kilogram Veronese went on to say he was "tranquillo" [calm] throughout the day: "I thought the break would come back; and 10 kilometres from the finish, I was not concerned."
One not-so-well informed journalist asked whether he's thinking about overall honours in the race, to which Cunego laughed before replying: "No, tomorrow [Stage 4] isn't nearly hard enough, and against Botero [world time trial champion in 2002 - ed.] in the chrono ... I don't think so!"
So, barring disaster, can anyone beat the 32 year-old Colombian? Not really.
How it unfolded
Starting from UCI headquarters, 150 riders set off at 1.40 this afternoon for a 146.5 kilometre jaunt around the Swiss countryside, with Frank Schleck (Team CSC), Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) and Alessandro Spezialetti (Lampre-Caffita) missing from today's start list.
With the real action not due to take place until the final 30 kilometres, three Frenchmen broke clear of the meandering peloton at km 13.5: Christophe Edaleine (Cofidis), Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole) and national champion Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom). No more than a kilometre later, two Rabobanks - Erik Dekker and Joost Posthuma - and Belgian Preben Van Hecke (Davitamon-Lotto) decided they also wanted a piece of the action, and made the junction shortly thereafter.
By km 30, the sextet had roughly a two minute advantage, and by km 90.8 at the first PMU sprint prime in Sion that was taken by Poosthuma, the gap was hovering around the four minute mark. The Dutchman also decided he didn't want to leave Suisse without a few mountain points, and took the first GPM atop Lens with a century of kilometres completed.
At km 106, and approaching the business end of the bike race to quote effervescent Aussie cycling commentator Stuart Doyle, a quartet of poursuivants - Steve Zampieri (Phonak), Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval), Dario Cioni (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Angel Vicisio (Liberty Seguros - left the relative comfort of the peloton, and with just Dekker, Posthuma, and Bellotti left in front, Lobato and Zampieri made contact with the trio just before the first passage of Anzère (km 114.3) to form a five-man lead group.
Out of this quintet, it was the Spaniard Lobato who looked the best, and as they began climbing again out of Sion with around 15k to go, the Saunier Duval rider left the others in his wake. With just six kilometres remaining, Lobato's lead was still at the minute mark, but around the same time, Damiano Cunego's appetite for the high mountains was growing ever stronger, the 2004 Giro champ instigating a six-man chase group that eventually decided the race.
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Possessing a fast finish for a mountain guy, 'The Kid' simply rose out of his saddle on the final hairpin corner, stomped on the pedals a few times, and comfortably outsprinted Rabobank's Denis Menchov and Phonak rider Santiago Botero, who came in four seconds in arrears, but took the race leadership as a result.
Unsurprisingly, being such a decisive stage, the top 10 stage place-getters - Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Botero (Phonak), Daniel Atienza (Cofidis), Manuel Beltran (Discovery Channel), Marco Fertonani (Domina Vacanze), Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros), Alberto Ardila (Davitamon-Lotto), Alexandre Moos (Phonak) and Aitor Osa (Illes Balears) - now occupy the top 10 places on the general classification. In fact, that scenario virtually applies all the way down the classement general.
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- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) shows some of that Giro winning form by taking out the third stage of the Tour de Romandie
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) seems to have his attention directed elsewhere
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) finds himself in the very pleasant position of being the race leader
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) back to his best in Switzerland
Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews
- Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole) leads the break down the descent after the first passage of Anzère.
- Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval) and Erik Dekker (Rabobank) were just behind Bellotti.
- The Phonak team lead the chase.
- And this CSC rider doesn't.
- Some stragglers knew they still had to ride reasonably hard to make the time cut.
- It's a one-man sprint to the line for Damiano Cunego.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta) wins the stage, with Denis Menchov second.
- Confirmation for Cunego.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) rode himself into third overall.
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) finished four second behind Cunego, and did enough to take the race lead.
- Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval-Prodir) was the last of the breakaways to be caught, and still managed to finish in 12th place.
- A smiling Santiago Botero, now in the leader's yellow jersey.
- Kisses for the new race leader.
- Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval-Prodir) tries on the mountains jersey for size.
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) became the new leader of the sprints classification.
- Blowing their own trumpets.
Results
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.45.49 (38.925 km/h) 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.04 4 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 0.09 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 6 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.28 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.37 8 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 0.40 9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02 10 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.07 12 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.16 13 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.23 14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.39 15 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 17 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.44 19 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.50 20 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.36 22 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.44 23 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.54 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 2.57 25 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 3.15 26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.55 27 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep 4.10 29 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 30 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 4.35 31 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 4.45 32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.55 33 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.00 34 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.03 35 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 5.04 36 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.28 37 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 5.35 39 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 5.40 41 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 5.42 42 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC 5.51 43 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 6.54 44 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 45 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.56 46 Mourey Francis (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 7.06 47 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.31 48 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 7.44 49 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8.08 50 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 8.13 51 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 52 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.50 53 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.07 54 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.48 55 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 56 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Jérémy Roy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 58 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 10.01 59 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 60 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep 61 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10.04 62 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.25 63 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 10.28 64 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 10.51 65 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 66 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quickstep 67 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 11.08 68 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep 11.19 69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 11.57 70 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 71 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 72 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 12.44 73 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 74 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 13.15 75 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 13.46 76 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14.21 77 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16.35 78 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18.29 79 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 18.35 80 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep 18.36 81 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19.44 82 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 83 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 20.09 84 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20.19 85 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 86 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 20.24 87 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 21.20 88 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 21.37 89 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 90 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 22.50 91 Aïtor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.21 92 Daniele Becke (Ger) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 24.38 93 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 94 José Luis Arieta Lujambio (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 95 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 96 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 98 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 99 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 100 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 101 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 102 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 103 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 105 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.43 106 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 107 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 108 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 109 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 110 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 111 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 112 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 113 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 114 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 115 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 25.51 116 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 25.55 117 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 118 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 119 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 José Cayetano Julia (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 121 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25.59 122 Pedro Horillo Muños (Spa) Rabobank 26.01 123 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 124 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 125 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 126 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep 127 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 128 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep 129 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 26.04 130 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 26.11 131 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 132 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 133 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 134 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 135 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 136 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 137 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 138 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 139 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26.15 140 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 141 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 26.19 142 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel 143 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 144 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 26.23 145 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) La Francaise des Jeux 26.37 146 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 26.57 147 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 33.47 DNF Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep DNF Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner DNS Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC DNS Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita Points 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12 3 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 4 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 9 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 8 6 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 8 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 5 9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 10 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 3 11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 12 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Mountains Lens 1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 3 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 6 4 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 5 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 2 Anzere 1 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 4 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2 Anzere 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 8 3 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 4 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 4 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2 Sprints Sierre 1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1 St Germain / Saviese 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 3 3 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 11.19.40 2 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 1.47 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.26 4 Credit Agricole 7.55 5 Discovery Channel 8.23 6 Team CSC 8.32 7 Rabobank 10.05 8 Credit Par Telephone 10.30 9 Liquigas-Bianchi 12.55 10 Davitamon - Lotto 13.18 11 Illes Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 13.27 12 Lampre-Caffita 14.13 13 Domina Vacanze 16.19 14 Bouygues Telecom 19.01 15 Gerolsteiner 19.22 16 Quickstep 22.49 17 T-Mobile Team 25.13 18 Fassa Bortolo 28.10 19 Francaise Des Jeux 36.18 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 50.41 General classification after stage 3 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.50.34 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.02 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.10 4 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.22 5 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 0.28 6 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.36 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.37 8 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 0.39 9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.56 10 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 1.02 11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.05 12 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.21 13 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.26 14 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.37 15 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.44 16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.50 18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.53 19 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.57 21 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.40 22 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.53 23 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3.00 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3.10 25 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 3.23 26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.55 27 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4.12 28 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep 29 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.16 30 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 4.36 31 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 4.38 32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.46 33 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.04 34 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.13 35 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 5.24 36 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.27 37 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.32 38 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 5.39 39 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 5.42 40 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 5.45 41 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC 5.59 42 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 6.52 43 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 6.57 44 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7.00 45 Mourey Francis (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 7.23 46 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.35 47 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 7.46 48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8.03 49 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 8.12 50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 8.25 51 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.53 52 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.23 53 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.46 54 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.47 55 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 9.49 56 Jérémy Roy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 9.56 57 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10.02 58 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep 10.05 59 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 10.10 60 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10.11 61 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 10.27 62 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.34 63 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11.01 64 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quickstep 11.03 65 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 11.20 66 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 11.27 67 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep 11.36 68 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 12.03 69 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 12.07 70 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 12.32 71 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 12.41 72 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 12.56 73 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 13.19 74 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 13.58 75 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14.18 76 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.10 77 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep 18.47 78 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 19.13 79 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19.21 80 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19.49 81 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 20.00 82 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20.02 83 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20.20 84 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20.25 85 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 20.40 86 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 21.22 87 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 21.29 88 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 21.45 89 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 23.17 90 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24.22 91 Aïtor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.27 92 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24.37 93 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 94 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24.38 95 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24.39 96 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.43 97 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 24.45 98 José Luis Arieta Lujambio (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 99 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 100 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 24.48 102 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.49 103 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 24.52 104 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 24.56 105 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 106 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.57 107 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 25.05 108 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 109 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25.23 110 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25.42 111 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26.03 112 Pedro Horillo Muños (Spa) Rabobank 26.05 113 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.06 114 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 26.11 115 Daniele Becke (Ger) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 116 José Cayetano Julia (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 117 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 26.12 118 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 119 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.13 120 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 121 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep 26.14 122 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 26.18 123 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 26.24 124 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 26.25 125 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel 26.28 126 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 26.30 127 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.32 128 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 28.21 129 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 33.40 130 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 34.00 131 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 34.46 132 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 34.50 133 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 34.51 134 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 35.04 135 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 35.05 136 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35.13 137 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 35.43 138 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 35.58 139 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 140 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) La Francaise des Jeux 36.19 141 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37.37 142 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep 37.38 143 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37.39 144 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 38.10 145 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39.11 146 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 39.12 147 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40.32 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 3 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 23 5 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20 6 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 20 7 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 8 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 18 9 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15 11 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 13 12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12 13 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 12 14 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 12 15 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 16 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 10 17 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 10 18 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 10 19 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 20 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 9 21 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 9 22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 8 23 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 24 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 25 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7 26 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 27 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 28 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 5 29 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep 5 30 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 4 31 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 3 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3 33 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep 3 34 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 3 35 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 37 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 38 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Sprints classification 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6 4 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 6 5 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 7 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 4 8 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 3 9 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 10 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 11 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 12 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 13 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 16 4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 14 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12 6 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 7 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 8 9 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 11 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 7 12 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 13 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 6 14 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 6 15 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 4 16 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2 18 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2 19 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 20 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 21 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 22 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 35.33.40 2 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 2.00 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.42 4 Credit Agricole 8.23 5 Discovery Channel 8.25 6 Team CSC 8.47 7 Rabobank 10.15 8 Credit Par Telephone 10.46 9 Liquigas-Bianchi 13.09 10 Davitamon - Lotto 13.35 11 Illes Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 13.42 12 Lampre-Caffita 14.28 13 Domina Vacanze 16.35 14 Bouygues Telecom 19.17 15 Gerolsteiner 19.32 16 Quickstep 23.07 17 T-Mobile Team 25.39 18 Fassa Bortolo 28.29 19 Francaise Des Jeux 36.39 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 51.17
