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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

Yeeesss!!!
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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."

Ooh, look what I've got here!
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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.

Damiano prefers blondes
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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

There's the big cheese
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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.

Lampre-Cafitta setting the tempo
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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.

The younger Dekker, Thomas,
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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.

Cunego's five second bonus
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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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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

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