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Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 3-10, 2005
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Stage 3 - August 6: Beek (Ned) - Landgraaf (Ned), 206 km
Davis brilliant as Verbrugghe back in red
By Jeff Jones
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An impressive solo attack with 3 km to go has given Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) the victory in the third stage of the Eneco Tour, from Beek to Landgraaf. With the chasing bunch breathing down his neck, Davis left his two breakaway companions - Leif Hoste (Discovery) and Michael Blaudzun (CSC) - on a short rise, and drove it over the final kilometres to finish 5 seconds clear of Erik Dekker (Rabobank) and Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Caffita). The overall lead shifted back to prologue winner Rik Verbrugghe (Quick.Step), who finished in the first group while overnight leader Max van Heeswijk (Discovery) was dropped.
"I had to give everything to get this win," said a delighted Davis post-stage. "I'm very satisfied. This is a fantastic win. Of course I had a lot of support with me, but just before we were caught I wanted to give everything because I felt I had a bit of power left. It was the right choice.
"I was lucky enough that we had two from our team in the break. We just played our cards as the day went on. I dedicate this to my teammate Rene Andrle, who was in the break, and I want to thank all my Liberty Seguros-Wurth teammates as well. We've been trying to get a win since the start of the tour."
Davis had a bad crash in Paris-Roubaix in April that put a hole in the middle of his season. However, he said he has recovered from that and it was "nice to be back and get a win...I've had a pretty hard racing block for a month and a half, with the Tour and Hamburg [where he was third], and now the Benelux Tour. The World's are in my mind and Australia should have a good team."
Davis is now two seconds off the lead, but is not sure how he will pull up for tomorrow's very difficult stage. "Yeah, it's going to be another hard stage. It was nice to get the win today. It's going to be difficult tomorrow. I spent a lot of energy today so we'll see what happens."
Prologue winner Rik Verbrugghe found himself back in the leader's jersey, although it was touch and go between he and Davis. He was also very happy to have taken it back. "I had a huge amount of support from Nick Nuyens, who was with out group," said Verbrugghe. "He did mountains of work for me. We got a bit of help from the Rabobank team in the chase. The rest didn't really work with us.
"We couldn't bring back Allan Davis any more. That guy was incredibly strong. It's now up to me to defend the red leader's jersey. Sunday is another hard stage, but I know the parcours like my thumb."
How it unfolded
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The 206 km stage between Beek and Landgraaf was designed as a mini-Amstel Gold race, featuring the short but steep hills of the Limburg region of The Netherlands. It was expected to provide a real shake up in the general classification after the last two days of flat stages. Starting shortly before 11:00am in cool, overcast conditions, the first attack came in the opening kilometre from Dimitri De Fauw (Quick.Step) and Johan Coenen (Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech), who were joined by Bram De Groot (Rabobank), Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ), Alexandre Botcharov (CA), Anthony Charteau (Bouygues), Jose Luis Carrasco (Illes Balears) and Julien Smink (Shimano-Memory Corp). This attack lasted only 3 km before the peloton came back, and the typical opening hour fireworks began.
After 15 km, Allan Davis got in a group of 16 containing Vandenbroucke (MrBookmaker), Dockx (Davitamon), Engels (Quick.Step), Van Den Broeck (Discovery), Giling (T-Mobile), Vandevelde (CSC), Kaggestad (CA), Vaugrenard (FDJ), Engoulvent (Cofidis), Franzoi (Lampre), Calcagni (Liquigas), Horrach (Illes Balears), Bertogliati (Saunier), and Caethoven (Jacques). This was a more serious move, and gained 35 seconds lead over the main bunch, but some hard chasing saw them come back at the 30 km mark.
8 km later, De Groot tried with Koos Moerenhout and Vierhouten (Davitamon), Ziegler and Høj (Gerolsteiner), McCartney (Discovery), Peron (CSC), Barredo (Liberty) and Eeckhout (Jacques). These nine remained clear for a few kilometres but were unable to escape, with 45.5 km being covered in the first hour. But as so often happens in racing, the one hour mark proved to be the breaking point. After 48 km, Moerenhout went again with Leif Hoste (Discovery) and Davis, and were eventually joined by Guesdon (FDJ), De Jongh (Rabobank), Baumann (T-Mobile), Blaudzun (CSC), Scheirlinckx and Roche (Cofidis), Furlan (Domina), Andrle (Liberty), Smink (Shimano) and Boucher (MrBookmaker). This was the break of the day and by the time it hit the Cauberg with 125 km to go, it had over 3 minutes lead to the peloton.
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Eric Baumann was on a mission for the climbers' jersey today, and was first to the top of the Cauberg, later taking the two more climbs to give him the lead in that competition. At the halfway point in the stage, the lead was 6'30 and the peloton started to chase, led by Rabobank, Gerolsteiner and Quick.Step. When the gap was five minutes with 68 km to go, Hoste, Davis, Moerenhout, Scheirlinckx and Blaudzun tried to ride away, but their companions came back to them a few kilometres later. On the Wittemerberg at 51 km to go, Furlan, Smink and Boucher were dropped, reducing the group to 10.
On the Eyserbosweg with 47 km to go, the chasing peloton had reduced dramatically in size, with notable absentee being leader Van Heeswijk, and was just 2'20 behind the 10 leaders. Scheirlinckx took the points on the climb ahead of Baumann, but the latter had done enough to secure his jersey by this stage. Davis then won the first bonus sprint at 38 km to go, and two km later, the leading group broke into two with Hoste, Davis, Blaudzun, Moerenhout and Scheirlinckx leaving the rest behind, although Scheirlinckx quickly punctured out of the break.
The chase was getting closer, and at the entry to the three 9.7 km finishing circuits, a group with Verbrugghe, Nuyens (Quick.Step), Lastras (Illes Balears), Schmitz and Ivanov (T-Mobile), both Dekkers and Boogerd (Rabobank), Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), Van Petegem and Baguet (Davitamon), Julich (CSC), Mertens (Jacques), Van den Broeck (Discovery), Bennati (Lampre) was just a minute behind. Allan Davis won the next bonus sprint with 28 km to go, but Blaudzun was still the virtual leader on the road, having started the day 13 seconds behind Van Heeswijk, who was now well off the pace.
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The gap came down to 35 seconds to the four leaders with 25 km to go, and it looked as though they would be caught. But the cooperation among the chasers wasn't great, as only Nuyens (for Verbrugghe), De Jongh, T. Dekker and Boogerd (for Erik Dekker), and Schmitz (for Ivanov) were really working. Davis won the third bonus sprint at 18 km to go and the lead was still 42 seconds, but the four became three when Koos Moerenhout ran out of gas at 15 km to go.
At the start of the last lap with just under 10 km to go, the rain had begun to fall, and the three leaders now had only 24 seconds over the chasers, where Nuyens, Boogerd, and Schmitz were still doing most of the work. On the last lap, the organisers had to stop the a large group of dropped riders, which was so far behind that it was in danger of being lapped by the leaders.
The gap closed slowly, but with Hoste, Blaudzun, and Davis giving everything in the pouring rain, the chasers didn't have an easy time of it. At 3 km to go, it was less than 10 seconds when Davis wound it up on a small incline and dropped Hoste and Blaudzun in a bid for a solo victory. Despite having been in front for 160 km, he had just enough in the tank to hold off the hard-charging bunch by 5 seconds to win on the track in Landgraaf, with Erik Dekker taking second ahead of Bennati. Davis' win and intermediate sprints bonuses weren't quite enough to give him the red leader's jersey, as Rik Verbrugghe moved back into the lead by just two seconds over the versatile Australian sprinter.
Tomorrow's stage between Landgraaf and Verviers over 232 km should suit Verbrugghe, as it goes through his favourite Ardennes country. But there are still 23 other riders within a minute of the lead, so anything can happen.
Photography
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- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) is delighted to win stage 3 of the Eneco Tour
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) proud of his team
Images by Elmar Krings
- Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) gluing himself to the wheel in front
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) enjoying himself
- Fabio Baldato (Fassa Bortolo)
- The main peloton was eventually lapped by the leaders
- Saunier Duval doing some tempo work
- Leif Hoste (Discovery Channel) on the front of the break, with Davis close behind
- Enrico Franzoi (Lampre) driving the lead group
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) has a go
- Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) doing a bit of chasing
- Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile) being followed by Belgian champ Serge Baguet
- Julich leads Ivanov and Van Petegem
- Russian champ Sergey Ivanov surrounded by Liberty riders
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) finished in the lead group, and is a danger man for tomorrow
- Max van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) lost the lead today
- Bert Roesems (Davitamon-Lotto) on the front of a group in the wet
- Bas Giling (R) with the group that was lapped
- Woah.
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) leads Michael Blaudzun (CSC)
- Koos Moerenhout (Davitamon-Lotto) couldn't hold the leaders
- Rabobank setting a punishing pace
- After being in the break Steven de Jongh buried himself for his Rabobank teammates
- Bobby Julich (CSC) not enjoying the rain
- CSC leads a big bunch that lost contact with the leaders
- Peron and Vierhouten together as the rain falls
- Finnish champ Jussi Veikkanen (FDJ) leads a group
Results
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.56.44 (41.714 km/h) 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.05 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 5 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 6 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 10 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 12 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 14 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 17 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 18 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 19 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 20 Frderic Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 21 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 22 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 23 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 24 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 25 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.09 27 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.27 28 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 29 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 30 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 32 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 33 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 34 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 37 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 38 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 39 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 40 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 42 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 43 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 44 Johan Coenen (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 45 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 46 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 47 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 50 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 51 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 52 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Frderik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 54 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 55 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 56 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 57 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 58 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 59 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 60 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 61 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 62 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 65 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.34 66 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 67 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 6.10 68 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.28 69 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 71 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 72 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 73 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 74 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 75 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 76 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 77 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.32 78 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 8.58 79 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 80 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 81 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 82 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 83 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 84 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 9.04 85 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12.39 86 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 87 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Francaise des Jeux 88 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 89 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 90 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 91 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 95 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 96 Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 98 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 99 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 100 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 101 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 102 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 103 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 104 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 107 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 108 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 109 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 110 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 111 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 112 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 113 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.47 114 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.53 115 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 116 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 117 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 118 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 119 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 120 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 121 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 122 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 123 Viktor Rapinsky (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 124 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 125 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 127 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 128 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 129 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 130 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 131 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 132 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 134 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 135 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 136 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 137 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise des Jeux 138 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 139 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 140 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 141 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 142 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 143 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 144 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 145 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 146 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 147 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 148 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 149 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 150 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 151 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 152 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 153 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 154 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 155 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 156 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 157 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 19.23 158 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 22.12 159 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 160 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 161 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Francaise des Jeux DNF Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita DNF Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems DNS Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic DNS Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne DNS Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp Sprints Sprint 1 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 pts 2 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 5 3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 Sprint 2 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 pts 2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 5 3 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 3 Sprint 3 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 pts 2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 5 3 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 3 Climbs Climb 1 1 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 pts 2 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 7 3 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 5 4 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 5 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1 Climb 2 1 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 pts 2 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 7 3 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 4 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 5 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 1 Climb 3 1 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 10 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 3 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 4 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 5 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 1 Climb 4 1 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 pts 2 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 4 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 3 5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 Teams 1 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14.50.22 2 T-Mobile Team 0.05 3 Rabobank 4 Davitamon-Lotto 2.27 5 Quick Step-Innergetic 6 Team CSC 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 Gerolsteiner 4.49 9 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 7.11 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10.50 14 Lampre-Caffita 11.20 15 Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 13.19 16 Credit Agricole 13.42 17 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15.08 18 Francaise des Jeux 21.32 19 Fassa Bortolo 23.54 20 Bouygues Telecom 25.13 21 Liquigas-Bianchi 25.48 22 Domina Vacanze 29.25 23 Shimano- Memery Corp 42.04 General classification after stage 3 1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 13.38.29 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.02 3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.08 4 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.10 5 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.12 6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.14 9 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.16 10 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 0.17 11 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.19 12 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.24 13 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.27 14 Frderic Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 0.28 15 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 0.30 16 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 17 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 18 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 19 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 20 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.35 21 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 0.37 22 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 0.38 23 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.43 24 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.48 25 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.25 26 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.31 27 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 28 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 2.32 29 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.33 30 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 2.34 31 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 2.35 32 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 2.37 33 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 34 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.38 35 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.39 37 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.40 38 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.42 39 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.44 40 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.46 41 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.50 43 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.52 44 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 2.54 45 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.55 46 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.57 47 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.58 48 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.59 49 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 3.00 50 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.01 51 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.03 52 Frderik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 3.17 53 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.28 54 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.31 55 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 3.33 56 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.35 57 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 3.46 58 Johan Coenen (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 4.02 59 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.39 60 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.05 61 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 6.30 62 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.01 63 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 8.23 64 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 8.41 65 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.46 66 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 9.01 67 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 68 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.02 69 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.12 70 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9.18 71 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 9.19 73 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 9.55 74 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.22 75 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.30 76 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10.49 77 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.09 78 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 11.14 79 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 12.31 80 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 12.37 81 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 12.45 82 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13.00 83 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13.12 84 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.14 85 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.17 86 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.18 87 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13.21 88 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 13.24 89 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.25 91 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.26 93 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 13.28 94 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 95 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 13.34 96 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 13.36 97 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 13.45 98 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13.49 99 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Francaise des Jeux 14.03 100 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14.52 101 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16.01 102 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 16.07 103 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 16.28 104 Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.58 105 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 106 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17.03 107 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 108 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 17.13 109 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 17.17 110 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 17.20 111 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 17.23 112 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 113 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise des Jeux 17.26 114 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17.29 115 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 17.31 116 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 17.32 117 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 17.43 118 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 17.46 119 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17.47 120 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 17.52 121 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17.53 122 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 123 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18.10 124 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 18.24 125 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 19.00 126 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 19.12 127 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 19.13 128 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 19.48 129 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.53 130 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 20.02 131 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 20.49 132 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 21.01 133 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.17 134 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21.31 135 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 21.42 136 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 22.19 137 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 22.24 138 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 22.34 139 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.37 140 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.05 141 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 23.36 142 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 24.49 143 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25.10 144 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 25.14 145 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.16 146 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 26.18 147 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 26.49 148 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 26.57 149 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 27.25 150 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 28.13 151 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 28.24 152 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 28.42 153 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 29.07 154 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.13 155 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.29 156 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 30.48 157 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 30.49 158 Viktor Rapinsky (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 30.54 159 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 31.12 160 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 31.27 161 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 34.25 Points classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 77 pts 2 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 50 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 38 4 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 35 5 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 30 6 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 30 7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 25 8 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 24 9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 22 10 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 11 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 12 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 19 13 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 14 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 17 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 16 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 17 17 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 16 18 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16 19 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 20 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 21 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 15 22 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 15 23 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 13 24 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 25 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12 26 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 27 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 11 28 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 11 29 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 11 30 Frderic Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 3 31 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 3 32 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 3 Climbs classification 1 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 pts 2 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 27 3 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 10 6 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 6 7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1 8 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 1 Young rider classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13.38.31 2 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.08 3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 0.10 4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.17 5 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.25 6 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 0.28 7 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 8 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.29 9 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 10 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 2.35 11 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.36 12 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.40 13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.44 14 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.48 15 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.56 16 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 2.58 17 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.29 18 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 3.31 19 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.37 20 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.03 21 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.44 22 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9.16 23 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.20 24 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10.47 25 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 12.35 26 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.15 27 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.16 28 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.22 29 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.23 30 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.24 31 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 13.34 32 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 13.43 33 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Francaise des Jeux 14.01 34 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15.59 35 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 17.15 36 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise des Jeux 17.24 37 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17.27 38 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 17.44 39 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17.45 40 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 17.50 41 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 17.51 42 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 20.59 43 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.15 44 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 21.40 45 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.35 46 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.03 47 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.14 48 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 26.16 49 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 27.23 50 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 28.11 51 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.11 52 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.27 53 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 30.47 54 Viktor Rapinsky (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 30.52 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 40.55.58 2 Rabobank 0.03 3 T-Mobile Team 0.16 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.09 5 Quick Step-Innergetic 2.28 6 Davitamon-Lotto 2.35 7 Team CSC 2.40 8 Gerolsteiner 4.51 9 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 5.23 10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.32 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.48 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 8.30 13 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11.23 14 Lampre-Caffita 12.14 15 Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 13.31 16 Credit Agricole 15.00 17 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16.14 18 Francaise des Jeux 22.15 19 Fassa Bortolo 24.36 20 Bouygues Telecom 26.08 21 Liquigas-Bianchi 26.53 22 Domina Vacanze 29.48 23 Shimano- Memery Corp 43.36
