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Tour de Romandie - PT
Switzerland, April 26-May 1, 2005
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Stage 5 - May 1: Lausanne Time Trial, 20.4km
Botero better than the rest
By Anthony Tan in Lausanne
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Ever since Santiago Botero showed he could match some of the best climbers in the world after finishing third on the third stage to Anzère, overall victory was always a strong possibility. Today, it became a certainty.
On one of the most demanding though exciting parcours ever conceived, the 32 year-old Colombian produced a flawless display of controlled power, blitzing the 20.40 kilometre Lausanne TT in 26 minutes and 29.41 seconds, and never - not even for a millisecond - looking in doubt of losing the race. 25 seconds behind in second place was Bradley McGee (La Francaise des Jeux), who appears to have exorcised his demons that prevented him from contesting the overall classification, where he finished ninth in 2004 before going on to another top 10 finish at the Giro d'Italia.
33 was the race-winning margin between Botero and overnight leader Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta). Despite an excellent performance from the 24 year-old lad from Verona, it was always going to be a case of "mission impossible" for Kid Cunego to lose no more than three seconds to Boom-boom Botero. In the end, he placed fourth on the stage and finished the tour second overall. But we all know he's got bigger fish to fry, starting next week in the Giro.
"Today, I think I'm the happiest man in the world," Botero told Cyclingnews at the post-race press conference, his piercing green eyes glimmering with joy.
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"In this sport, you need everything to be perfect. That hasn't happened the last few years, but now I am healthy and I trained very hard in Colombia during the winter [16,000 kilometres to be exact - ed.]. This is the result of all my efforts."
McGee, who came into the race with sizeable expectations but failed to deliver until today, told Cyclingnews almost the exact same thing: "It's just one of the crazy things about this sport," he lamented with a wry smile before the start.
"Everything has to be right, and if it's not, then forget about it. I'm not sick, I'm feeling healthy, but I'm having trouble breathing sometimes - it could be an allergic reaction, so I'm having some tests done... we'll see what they say."
Well, Brad, maybe today was the best test you could have done.
"I was the one who stuck my hand out and said I want to be a GC rider, so the pressure's on me," said McGee. "But sometimes the best thing for me is to have that little bit of pressure, and I'm going to continue livin' my dream."
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One of the Sydneysider's favourite phrases, often aimed at those who choose the path of sin and doping, which he is a staunchly outspoken opponent of, the 29 year-old from Parramatta will continue to 'live it real' by riding targeting next month's Tour de Suisse before Le Tour comes his way in July.
For Santi Botero, the possibilities seem endless. When asked 'where to from here?', Botero nodded in acknowledgement when Cyclingnews said his form appears as good as in 2002, the year he won two stages in the Tour de France, one stage at the Vuelta and Dauphiné Libéré, the Classique des Alpes and the world time trial championship.
While Botero admitted the Tour de France is 'the' big objective for his Phonak team, 'Santi' didn't get into specifics as to who would lead the Swiss squad at the world's biggest bike race. Rather, he told Cyclingnews that this is one of the team's advantages, in that "there are no big stars, nobody bigger than all the rest, but everyone on roughly the same level" - a strong reference to his previous situation at T-Mobile the last two years.
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"This is what I like about this team. Phonak did not put pressure on me; they let me train my own way, and they trusted me. In the Tour, we will have Floyd [Landis], we have Oscar Pereiro, Alexandre Moos and myself... I think we have a very good team," he said with quiet confidence.
Other top rides were done by: Oscar Pereiro (Phonak), who catapulted from 15th to 7th on GC after finishing third on the stage, and along with team-mates Botero and Alexandre Moos, secured their lead in the teams classification; Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas-Bianchi), Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) and Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom), who placed fifth, sixth and seventh on the stage; and Aussie neo-pro Luke Roberts (Team CSC), who set the early best time before the big hitters had their say in the classement. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) maintained their fourth and fifth positions on GC, placing 18th and 15th respectively.
Said Contador's DS Manolo Saiz on his star pupil, whose performance was less than what many expected today: "He has not been well - fourteenth is not his place. He is so young and lacks a lot of force to confront a parcours like this one, but he has done a great week and the balance is very positive."
Photography
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- Signing on for a day of torture.
- Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros) just can't seem to get going again, today finishing second-last.
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) in a hurry to be somewhere.
- Bradley McGee (La Francaise des Jeux) experienced a welcome reversal of form today, finishing second to Botero.
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) had a solid ride today, finishing in 21st place.
- Riders passed through the centre of Lausanne on their way to the finish.
- A need for speed.
- Pieter Weening (Rabobank) wasn't really enjoying himself today.
- With two tough, cobbled climbs, stronger riders often passed their minute men.
- Olympic silver medallist Sergio Paulinho (Liberty Seguros) finished 23rd.
- Jurgen Van Den Broeck was Discovery Channel's best-placed rider in 14th place.
- The only way is up.
- The lil'uns had mixed feelings about today's stage.
- David Moncoutie (Cofidis) was one of the fastest riders up the cobbled climbs, but only managed 18th place in the end.
- Three cheers for this La Francaise des Jeux rider.
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) was the best of the neo-pros, finishing sixth.
- This Fassa Bortolo rider gives it his all.
- Playing the pain game.
- Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) en route to 22nd place.
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) rode brilliantly to finish third and move into seventh overall.
- Miguel Perdiguero (Phonak) slipped a few spots after a less than satisfactory performance.
- Mountains leader Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval) had a particularly ordinary ride to finish in 97th place, but still kept his mountains jersey.
- Aitor Osa (Illes Balears) slipped outside the top 10 after a poor TT ride.
- Alexandre Moos (Phonak) was the best Swiss rider, moving from eighth to sixth overall.
- Manuel Beltran (Discovery Channel) finished a disappointing 50th place, doing the exact opposite of Moos in terms of GC.
- Daniel Atienza (Cofidis) didn't have a good ride either, slipping from sixth to ninth place.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) held onto his third place overall, but only just, finishing four seconds ahead of Alberto Contador.
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) en route to the stage win and overall victory in the Tour de Romandie.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta) did everything he could to keep his race lead, but fourth place wasn't quite good enough today.
- The face of a winner and a man reborn - Tour de Romandie victor Santiago Botero.
Images by AFP Photo
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) gives it the works
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) gets the winner's kiss
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) with his trophies on the podium
- Santi Botero has a big grin and rightly so
- The final podium: Denis Menchov (3rd), Santiago Botero (1st) and Damiano Cunego (2nd)
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Caffita) rides in the yellow jersey during the final stage time trial
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas-Bianchi) finished in the points jersey
- Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval) scored the mountains jersey, but no podium girls
Results
1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 26.29 (46.208 km/h) 2 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 0.25 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.35 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.36 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.39 6 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.49 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.50 9 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.52 11 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.54 12 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.01 13 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.04 14 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 15 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.06 16 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.07 17 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 18 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.08 19 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 1.09 20 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 21 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 22 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.10 23 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.11 24 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 1.13 26 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.16 27 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 1.19 28 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep 1.22 29 Aïtor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.28 30 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.29 31 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.31 33 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1.32 34 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.37 35 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.40 36 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 1.42 37 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.44 38 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.47 40 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 1.48 41 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 1.49 42 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.50 43 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 1.52 44 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.53 45 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 46 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.54 48 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.57 49 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 1.58 50 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.01 51 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 52 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep 53 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.02 54 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 2.03 55 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.04 56 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 2.05 57 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 2.06 58 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 59 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.08 60 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.11 61 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 2.12 62 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 2.15 63 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 64 Pedro Horillo Muños (Spa) Rabobank 2.16 65 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 2.17 66 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.19 67 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC 2.22 68 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.25 69 Daniele Becke (Ger) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 70 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 71 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.27 72 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 73 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.28 74 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Jérémy Roy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.29 76 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 77 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 78 Mourey Francis (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.36 79 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.37 80 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.38 81 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep 2.41 82 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 2.42 83 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 2.43 84 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.44 85 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.45 86 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 2.49 87 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 2.50 88 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep 2.51 89 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.53 90 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) La Francaise des Jeux 91 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.01 92 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 3.02 93 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 94 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 3.05 95 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3.07 96 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.11 97 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 98 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep 3.12 99 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.13 100 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 101 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel 3.14 102 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 3.15 103 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 104 José Luis Arieta Lujambio (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 3.16 105 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.18 106 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.19 107 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 3.22 108 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 3.24 109 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.26 110 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.30 111 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 112 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3.32 113 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.33 114 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.35 115 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3.38 116 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quickstep 3.42 117 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 118 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 119 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.44 120 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.51 121 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.54 122 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.57 123 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.02 124 José Cayetano Julia (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 4.08 125 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.10 126 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.14 127 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4.21 128 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.41 129 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.07 130 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.16 DNS Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNS Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep DNS Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita DNS Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNS Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze Points 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 pts 2 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 12 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8 6 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 8 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 9 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3 11 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 12 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.21.10 2 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 1.24 3 Rabobank 4 Liquigas-Bianchi 1.30 5 Discovery Channel 1.32 6 Team CSC 1.53 7 Domina Vacanze 2.03 8 Lampre-Caffita 2.36 9 Bouygues Telecom 2.47 10 Gerolsteiner 2.55 11 Credit Agricole 3.10 12 Credit Par Telephone 3.21 13 Francaise Des Jeux 3.48 Final general classification 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.58.02 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.33 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.18 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.22 5 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.40 6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.02 7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.29 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.31 9 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 2.34 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.57 11 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 3.03 12 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 3.12 13 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.20 14 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 3.35 15 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.36 16 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.37 17 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.02 18 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 4.59 19 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.01 20 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.04 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.09 22 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 5.16 23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.25 24 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 5.29 25 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.53 26 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.06 27 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 6.30 28 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep 6.36 29 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 7.13 30 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.22 31 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 7.49 32 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 8.48 33 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 9.17 34 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC 9.40 35 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 36 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.48 37 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10.09 38 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11.11 39 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 11.17 40 Mourey Francis (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 11.18 41 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 11.37 42 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 11.40 43 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.27 44 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12.31 45 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 12.44 46 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.49 47 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 13.19 48 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.33 49 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 13.37 50 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 13.58 51 Jérémy Roy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 14.05 52 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.27 53 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 14.39 54 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 15.18 55 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16.09 56 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 16.13 57 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 16.22 58 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 16.28 59 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 16.48 60 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 16.53 61 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 17.09 62 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17.20 63 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17.26 64 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quickstep 17.40 65 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 18.01 66 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 18.22 67 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.28 68 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23.10 69 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep 23.20 70 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 25.20 71 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 26.09 72 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 27.04 73 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27.11 74 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27.18 75 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 27.43 76 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 27.45 77 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27.47 78 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 79 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 27.54 80 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.12 81 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep 28.19 82 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep 28.21 83 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 28.32 84 Aïtor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28.36 85 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 29.19 86 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 34.15 87 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 35.52 88 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36.27 89 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 36.39 90 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 37.27 91 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 37.36 92 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 38.14 93 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 40.45 94 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 40.50 95 Pedro Horillo Muños (Spa) Rabobank 40.52 96 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 41.37 97 José Luis Arieta Lujambio (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 41.55 98 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42.09 99 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42.14 100 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 42.18 101 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 42.28 102 Daniele Becke (Ger) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 42.30 103 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 42.39 104 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 42.57 105 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 42.59 106 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.02 107 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 43.11 108 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 43.22 109 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 43.38 110 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 43.39 111 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 43.46 112 José Cayetano Julia (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 44.13 113 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 44.21 114 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 44.56 115 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 44.59 116 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel 45.52 117 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.07 118 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 48.09 119 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51.14 120 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 52.52 121 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 53.04 122 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53.21 123 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 53.34 124 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 54.17 125 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 54.36 126 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) La Francaise des Jeux 54.45 127 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 54.46 128 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 55.19 129 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep 57.00 130 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1.00.28 Points classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 40 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 34 4 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 5 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 21 7 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 21 8 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 21 9 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 18 11 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 13 12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 12 15 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 16 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 12 17 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 11 18 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 10 19 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 10 20 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 21 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 22 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 24 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 25 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 26 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 7 27 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 28 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 29 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 5 30 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep 5 31 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 32 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 4 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3 34 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep 3 35 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 3 36 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 37 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 38 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1 39 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Mountains classification 1 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 46 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 28 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 26 4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 14 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12 6 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 12 7 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 10 8 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 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 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 14 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 6 15 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 16 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 6 17 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 4 18 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 19 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 20 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 21 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2 22 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2 23 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 24 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 2 25 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 26 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 27 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 28 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 13 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 3 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 6 4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 6 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 7 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 6 8 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 4 9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 3 10 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 3 11 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 15 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 47.57.46 2 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 4.24 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.00 4 Discovery Channel 12.58 5 Team CSC 13.04 6 Credit Agricole 14.08 7 Rabobank 14.57 8 Liquigas-Bianchi 15.32 9 Credit Par Telephone 16.14 10 Domina Vacanze 22.41 11 Illes Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 23.21 12 Bouygues Telecom 24.26 13 Davitamon - Lotto 24.31 14 Lampre-Caffita 25.43 15 Quickstep 33.58 16 T-Mobile Team 39.13 17 Fassa Bortolo 41.33 18 Francaise Des Jeux 47.36 19 Gerolsteiner 48.01 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.26.57
