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Tour de Romandie - PT
Switzerland, April 26-May 1, 2005
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Stage 4 - April 30: Châtel-St-Denis - Les Paccots, 150.2km
Alberto's year
And maybe, just maybe, Alberto's race
By Anthony Tan in Les Paccots
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Alberto Contador is having a remarkable year. It began last year, where he overcame a life-threatening blood clot in his brain, risky surgery and six months of painful rehabilitation to finally make a return the peloton in January at the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under.
In Adelaide, the 22 year-old showed a small glimpse of his amazing fortitude and potential brilliance, winning the hardest stage and telling Cyclingnews at the time: "it was a return to competition and it was the demonstration to myself that I was able to be there again". From there, Contador's run continued at the Setmana Catalana and Vuelta a Pais Vasco, which saw him take two more difficult stages and in the former event, the overall classification.
And today, in glorious sunshine and featuring another difficult parcours, the third-year Liberty Seguros-Würth professional from Madrid made the most of what he doesn't have much of, as the 61 kilo flyweight counter-attacked Leonardo Piepoli's earlier attack with such force that left the Saunier Duval-Prodir rider and the best of the rest look like second-class bike riders.
"It is special because it means that my path [of success] this season has not been by chance," said a beaming Contador shortly after the stage finished. "Besides, it is important to win after a rest period and with the level that exists here, with almost all the aspirants who could win the Giro d'Italia."
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"Cunego, Menchov and Botero were controlling the final kilometres. I expected that, but I didn't know if they were going their maximum or whether they could change the pace. But I had seen them attack without conviction - so, with one kilometre to go, I decided to try, because they still needed to pass me [if I did attack]. And I could not allow the race to end without trying."
Contador added he didn't want to make the same 'mistake' today that he did at the Vuelta a Pais Vasco, where in hindsight he should have attacked race eventual race winner Danilo Di Luca in the morning's stage before the afternoon time trial, which he won. "I still had a bad flavour in my mouth of not having tried, and I did not want to make the same mistake today," he said.
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While Piepoli held on for second place, the other significant result was that of the third-placed rider, Damiano Cunego from Lampre-Cafitta, who took the yellow jersey off Santiago Botero's shoulders as a result of a five-second time bonus. However, with the 2002 world time trial champion finishing in the same select group of nine riders as Cunego, three seconds will clearly not be enough - unless Botero decides to ride tomorrow's chrono in Lausanne on a unicycle. Now there's a thought...
Probably the one rider with a shot of snatching victory from Botero tomorrow, Contador, who now lies 19 seconds behind Cunego and just 16 seconds behind the Colombian, said his sole thought process before attacking today was to have any sort of chance of taking the overall race honours.
"I attacked with the idea of taking time from Botero and Menchov, so I could do the best time trial [tomorrow]. I thought neither of catching Piepoli nor of winning the stage; it was only when I passed Piepoli, I realised I could also win. There are possibilities of winning [overall], but it is very difficult because [Denis] Menchov and Botero are very good in the time trial and Cunego has the leader's jersey."
"Speaking about his young star protégé, Liberty DS Manolo Saiz only said: "The most important thing for me is that Contador continues learning and advancing a little more every day."
How it unfolded
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A slight change in parcours meant today's bumpy stage was lengthened by a few kilometres to 150.2 instead of 146.9, but what's a few k's between mates?
Having the start/finish in Châtel-St-Denis Les Paccots, that the riders had to face three ascensions of if they wanted to make it to the finish, brought bigger crowds than seen on previous days of the race, but maybe it had something to do with it being the weekend as well. Clearly, Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto), Max van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) and Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) weren't that interested in finishing; in fact, the three of them didn't even show up!
Trivialities aside, the fourth stage of the Tour of Romandie got off to a brisk start, with French champion Thomas Voeckler (Bouyges Telecom) deciding the moment to attack was kilometre zero. He brought Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) and Spaniard David Etxebarria (Liberty Seguros) along with him, the latter rider nicknamed 'Extra Barrier', for his kamikaze riding style has seen him head over heels on more than one occasion.
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The escape didn't last too long, but it seemed Monsieur Voeckler's legs were rather itchy, going again at km 16 before realising the same outcome around 10 kilometres later. But at the 26 kilometre mark, an eight-man escape stuck, becoming 12 as they made their way up to Les Paccots, with Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Erik Dekker (Rabobank) and Alessandro Vanotti (Domina Vacanze) taking the GPM prime in that order.
By the 58 kilometre mark, the dirty dozen held an advantage of 1'10, but due to solid tempo riding from Phonak and Lampre, they never really got much more than that. This, combined with a lack of cohesion saw the group gradually self-destruct, with David Moncoutie (Cofidis) and Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) riding away from the remnants of the break the second time up Châtel-St-Denis.
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Meanwhile, as this was going on, a quintet of poursuivants - Christian Moreni (Quick.Step), Manuel Garate (Saunier-Duval), Dario Andriotto (Liquigas-Bianchi), Thomas Voeckler (Bouyges Telecom) and Ruslan Ivanov (Domina Vacanze) - formed on the long, 30 kilometre descent to Corsier, joining Moncoutie and Zberg after 110 clicks covered.
The day's second move looked as promising as the first one, gaining a minute to a minute-and-a-half before inevitably succumbing to an itchy-footed peloton, which wasn't willing to let them go. So with 10 kilometres remaining, it was all together again bar Ivanov, the wiry Domina Vacanze rider holding off the lead group for five more kilometres.
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Heading up to Les Paccots the last time, the crab-like figure of Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) created the first of a few final selections. Next up was Denis Menchov (Rabobank), before Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) launched a savage accleration 500 metres before the flamme rouge, while overnight leader Santiago Botero (Phonak) simply sat on the wheel of his only real threat, Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta), who would take the leader's jersey by the day's end.
Piepoli's move looked good as gold with most thinking the Italian had it... until Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth) broke clear with a Lance-style attack, rocketing out of his nonplussed group and ripping past Piepoli, who tried to grab his wheel with such desperation it looked a slightly comical, resembling a Road Runner vs. Coyote scenario.
Safe to say, the 22 year-old man from Madrid had a few seconds to spare at the finish line, taking time to zip up his jersey, blow a big air-kiss to the crowd, and in doing so, notch up his fourth big win for 2005.
Photography
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- There's the big cheese - but where's Lance?
- Riders roll out of Les Paccots at the start.
- Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) leads a small group the first time up Châtel-St-Denis.
- But the peloton weren't far behind.
- Lampre-Cafitta set the tempo at the head of the peloton.
- The second ascension of Châtel-St-Denis saw David Moncoutie (Cofidis) and Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) ride away from the remnants of the earlier break.
- Trailing this pair was Erik Dekker (Rabobank) and José Luis Arieta (Iles Baleares).
- In atypical fashion, Erik Dekker (Rabobank) has found himself in the sprint leader's jersey.
- The younger Dekker, Thomas, was not far behind his namesake, and bridged the gap with Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Prodir) on the climb of Les Paccots.
- The Phonak team did a great job keeping things under control.
- These riders were happy to stay at the back of the Phonak and Lampre-led peloton.
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) takes his fourth pro win of 2005 in style, while Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) not too far behind.
- Yeeesss!!!
- Oh what a feeling! (Those who have seen the Toyota ad will get this joke.)
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) knows a stage win would most certainly have been his if it wasn't for Contador.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Caffita) takes a close sprint for third place from Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas-Bianchi).
- Cunego's five second bonus for third place put him into the race leader's jersey.
- Martin Perdiguero (Phonak) was next to come in, 11 seconds down on Contador.
- Marco Fertonani (Domina Vacanze, L) took the sprint for eighth from Aitor Osa (Iles Baleares).
- Daniel Atienza (Cofidis) finished just outside the top 10 in eleventh place.
- A tough day in the saddle for Discovery Channel's Manuel Beltran.
- Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) was the best-placed Frenchman in 13th place.
- At 37 years of age, French fans are pondering who will take Brochard's place at the top of the cycling tree when he retires.
- Time for reflection. Or maybe just a rest.
- Time for Steve Zampieri (Phonak) to find the team car, a shower, massage, dinner and bed.
- Ooh, look what I've got here!
- Stage winner Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) likes his present. A lot.
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) on the dais.
- Now it's Damiano Cunego's turn as the new race leader of the Tour de Romandie.
- Damiano prefers blondes - it's not hard to tell which of the podium girls Cunego prefers.
Images by AFP Photo
- Alberto Contador (Liberty) beats Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) to win stage 4
- Alberto Contador (Liberty) celebrates as he wins the 4th stage
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) wasn't sure about taking the lead, but he didn't shy away in the final sprint
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) now in yellow, for a day at least…
Results
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.40.48 (40.815 km/h) 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.04 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.11 4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 8 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.19 13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.28 14 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.30 15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.33 17 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.36 18 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.37 19 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 21 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.43 22 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 0.46 23 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 0.52 25 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 26 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.56 27 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 0.57 28 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 0.59 29 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.07 30 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 31 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.11 32 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.13 33 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 34 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep 35 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.20 36 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.25 37 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 1.29 38 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.30 39 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC 40 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 41 Mourey Francis (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 42 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 43 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.49 44 Jérémy Roy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.51 45 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 2.01 46 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 47 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.10 48 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 2.14 49 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.34 50 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 51 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 52 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 53 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 2.37 54 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep 2.43 55 Aïtor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.52 56 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.54 57 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.56 58 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 2.58 59 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 3.02 60 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 61 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quickstep 3.06 62 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.13 63 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 3.15 64 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 3.40 65 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.41 66 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 4.21 67 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 68 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4.27 69 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.52 70 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 5.36 71 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 72 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.43 73 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 74 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 76 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 77 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 78 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 6.02 79 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.09 80 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.20 81 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 7.26 83 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 7.57 84 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.09 85 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11.09 86 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 12.31 87 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.42 88 Pedro Horillo Muños (Spa) Rabobank 89 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.05 90 Daniele Becke (Ger) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 91 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 92 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 93 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 94 José Luis Arieta Lujambio (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 95 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 96 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 97 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep 98 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 99 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 100 José Cayetano Julia (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 101 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 102 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 103 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 104 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 105 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 106 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 107 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 108 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 109 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 110 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 111 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 112 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 113 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 114 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep 14.12 115 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 116 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.14 117 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 15.44 118 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 119 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) La Francaise des Jeux 120 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 121 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 122 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 123 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 124 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep 125 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 126 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 127 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 128 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 129 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep 16.21 130 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 131 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 132 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel 133 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 134 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 135 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 17.54 136 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 31.13 DNF Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto DNF Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto DNF Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole DNF Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNS Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto DNS Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel DNS Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner Points 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 15 pts 2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10 4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9 5 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 6 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 8 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 9 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 4 10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 11 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 2 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 1 Mountains Les Paccots 1 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 3 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 4 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 2 5 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Les Paccots 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 8 pts 2 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4 4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 5 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 La Veveyse 1 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 12 pts 2 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 3 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 2 Sprints Semsales 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 3 3 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 Chatel-St-Denis Rte De Vevey 1 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 6 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 11.02.57 2 Liquigas-Bianchi 0.52 3 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 1.00 4 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.25 5 Credit Par Telephone 2.06 6 Bouygues Telecom 2.22 7 Team CSC 2.23 8 Credit Agricole 2.35 9 Discovery Channel 3.00 10 Rabobank 3.18 11 Domina Vacanze 4.02 12 Illes Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 5.17 13 T-Mobile Team 6.04 14 Fassa Bortolo 6.25 15 Quickstep 6.29 16 Davitamon - Lotto 6.54 17 Francaise Des Jeux 7.09 18 Lampre-Caffita 8.38 19 Gerolsteiner 25.34 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 29.06 General classification after stage 5 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15.31.30 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.03 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.13 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.19 5 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 0.31 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.33 7 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.39 8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.58 9 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 1.05 10 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 1.23 11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.31 12 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.55 13 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.56 14 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.57 16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.13 17 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 2.22 18 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.28 19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.43 20 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.56 21 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.08 22 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.19 23 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3.44 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4.09 25 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4.12 26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.15 27 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.49 28 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep 5.17 29 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.35 30 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 5.41 31 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 5.55 32 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC 7.21 33 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 7.32 34 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.58 35 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 8.11 36 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8.31 37 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 38 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 8.34 39 Mourey Francis (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 8.45 40 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.22 41 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 9.23 42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 10.05 43 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.11 44 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.32 45 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 10.40 46 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.59 47 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.04 48 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.08 49 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 11.15 50 Jérémy Roy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 11.39 51 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11.49 52 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 12.32 53 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12.50 54 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 13.32 55 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quickstep 14.01 56 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 14.06 57 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 14.29 58 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 14.41 59 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 14.49 60 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15.01 61 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 15.02 62 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 15.12 63 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15.21 64 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 15.24 65 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16.12 66 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 16.27 67 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.13 68 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep 21.22 69 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21.42 70 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 22.33 71 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23.30 72 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24.15 73 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 24.24 74 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24.31 75 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 24.39 76 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24.56 77 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25.18 78 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep 25.33 79 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep 25.41 80 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.48 81 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 25.58 82 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 26.04 83 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 26.06 84 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 26.08 85 Aïtor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27.11 86 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 27.25 87 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 30.40 88 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31.53 89 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 32.23 90 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 33.10 91 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33.46 92 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 35.33 93 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 37.05 94 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38.19 95 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38.34 96 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 38.35 97 Pedro Horillo Muños (Spa) Rabobank 38.39 98 José Luis Arieta Lujambio (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 38.42 99 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 100 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 38.45 102 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38.47 103 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 38.53 104 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 39.15 105 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39.20 106 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39.39 107 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40.00 108 Daniele Becke (Ger) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 40.08 109 José Cayetano Julia (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 110 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel 40.09 111 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 40.10 112 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep 40.18 113 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 40.27 114 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 40.28 115 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40.33 116 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40.38 117 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 41.47 118 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 41.48 119 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 42.01 120 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel 42.41 121 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 46.07 122 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46.23 123 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.44 124 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 49.01 125 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49.10 126 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 50.41 127 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 50.59 128 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 51.03 129 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 51.34 130 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 131 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) La Francaise des Jeux 51.55 132 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 52.14 133 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep 53.51 134 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 55.25 135 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 57.29 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 32 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 25 4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 5 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 21 7 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 18 9 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 18 10 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 11 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 12 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 13 13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 14 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 12 16 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 17 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 12 18 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 11 19 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 10 20 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 10 21 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 9 22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 23 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 24 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 25 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 26 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 7 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 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3 32 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep 3 33 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 3 34 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 35 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 36 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 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6 5 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 6 6 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 6 7 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 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 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 13 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 15 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 46.36.37 2 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 3.00 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.07 4 Credit Agricole 10.58 5 Team CSC 11.10 6 Discovery Channel 11.25 7 Credit Par Telephone 12.52 8 Rabobank 13.33 9 Liquigas-Bianchi 14.01 10 Illes Baleares-Casse d'Epargne 18.59 11 Davitamon - Lotto 20.29 12 Domina Vacanze 20.37 13 Bouygues Telecom 21.39 14 Lampre-Caffita 23.06 15 Quickstep 29.36 16 T-Mobile Team 31.43 17 Fassa Bortolo 34.54 18 Francaise Des Jeux 43.48 19 Gerolsteiner 45.06 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.20.23
