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Deutschland Tour - ProT
Germany, August 15-23, 2005
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Stage 1 - August 15: Altenburg – Plauen, 170 km
'The Tank' drives away solo
By Hedwig Kröner
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Quickstep's Bram Tankink has won the first stage of the Tour of Germany between Altenburg and Plauen, totaling 164 kilometres. The Dutchman scored the victory on his own, ahead of the chasing Spaniard Juan José Cobo Acebo (Saunier Duval) and Austrian Bernhard Eisel (Francaise des Jeux).
Tankink is therefore awarded the first Yellow jersey of the German ProTour stage race, as well as the mountains jersey as the 26 year-old scored the points of two Cat. 3 climbs included in today's parcours.
The Dutchman was part of a three-man breakaway with Eisel and Cobo Acebo, which jumped clear of the peloton after only 30 kilometres raced. The group gained a maximum gap of almost 10 minutes, which was then reduced again by the chasing T-Mobile and Gerolsteiner teams. Just before the wet finale on a circuit course in Plauen, Tankink attacked his fellow break mates with 16 kilometres to go, knowing that Austrian Eisel would beat him if it came to a sprint. Although the Quick.Step rider crashed in a slippery curve during his final solitary ride, the two chasers were unable to catch him.
With sometimes heavy rain and cool temperatures making the racing rather unpleasant, the few remaining sprinter's teams excluding Francaise des Jeux (Cofidis for Australian Stuart O'Grady, Liquigas-Bianchi for Luciano Pagliarini) conceded to the will of the two German ProTeams in the race, who kept the breakaway at a calculated distance, eventually crossing the line a little more than three minutes behind.
How it unfolded
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Under damp and cool weather conditions, 21 teams started the Deutschland Tour in Eastern Germany's Altenburg at 12.40 this afternoon. Due to illness, Mark Renshaw (Francaise des Jeux) could not start so instead of 163 riders only 162 made it to the start line.
Jörg Ludewig (Domina Vacanze) initiated the first breakaway after just four kilometres of racing, but was caught soon after. The next attempt was made by Crédit Agricole's Cyril Lemoine, but the Frenchman didn't succeed, as the tempo in the bunch was extremely high. Finally, just after the first prime classification at the 'Wand von Meerane' won by Alessandro Bertolini (Domina Vacanze) ahead of Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) and Björn Schröder (Wiesenhof), Austrian Bernhard Eisel (Francaise des Jeux) managed to jump clear of the peloton, soon followed by Bram Tankink (Quick.Step) and Juan José Cobo Acebo (Saunier Duval).
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Their lead grew rapidly and with the bunch controlled by T-Mobile and Gerolsteiner, the three riders raced off towards the first intermediate sprint at kilometre 43 in Zwickau. The Austrian secured the points ahead of Cobo and Tankink. The break's gap increased to almost 10 minutes at kilometre 70 as none of the sprinter's teams engaged in the chase. Meanwhile, after only 60 kilometres, CSC's Kurt-Asle Arvesen abandoned due to stomach problems.
At the first rated climb of this year's Deutschland Tour at kilometre 86 in Stützengrün-Neulehn, Bram Tankink took the points before Cobo and Eisel under heavy rain, which made everybody very careful on the descent.
With 65 km to go, Swiss rider David Loosli (Lampre-Caffita) crashed and had to give up the race, his right knee visibly hurting.
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As the breakaway reached the foot of the Reichenbach climb, the second Cat.3 hill of the Deutschland Tour, the rain had almost stopped, leaving the roads to dry up. At the top, Bram Tankink consolidated his mountain points lead by scoring all the points in front of Cobo and Eisel in that order.
With 47 kilometres to go, the peloton directed by the two German ProTeams T-Mobile and Gerolsteiner was still 7.30 minutes behind. Eventually, Team CSC also helped out in the front of the bunch, but the sprinter's teams had made no effort to catch the breakaway before the stage finish in Plauen, so stage victory was clearly out of sight.
The race finally grew more intense as Bram Tankink, who knew that he wouldn't be able to beat Eisel in a sprint, attacked with 16 kilometres to go, taking advantage of a small climb. The rain had started again, and Cobo set out in the chase, Eisel on his wheel. But the Spaniard soon made it clear that he wouldn't chase alone, so the pair worked together. But Tankink got a good gap and drove away - only to crash minutes later in a slippery curve! But the Dutchman didn't hurt himself, and jumped on his bike again, still in the lead as he entered the circuit course in Plauen. Meanwhile, the chasing Eisel and Cobo had sat up so the 26 year-old Tankink crossed the line 'en solitaire' - or 'im Alleingang', as the Germans would say.
Photography
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- The peloton rides through a crowded street during stage 1
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) clearly loves the rain
- Eating is important
- Bram Tankink (Quick.Step) going for it alone
- Oooh yeah. Bram Tankink wins the first stage of the Deutschland Tour
- Bram Tankink (Quick.Step) enjoys his time on the podium
- Bram Tankink (Quick.Step) puts on the first leader's jersey
Results
1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 4.00.25
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.48
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 0.51
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.07
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita
6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof
7 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi
8 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
9 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
10 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
11 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi
12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep
13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
14 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile
17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
19 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
20 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
23 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
24 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
25 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto
26 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto
27 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
28 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
29 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
30 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
31 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
32 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir
33 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
34 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux
35 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto
37 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
38 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
39 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
40 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
41 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
42 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze
43 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
44 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
45 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
46 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems
47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas - Bianchi
48 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
49 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
50 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
51 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
53 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
54 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
55 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
56 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
57 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
58 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof
59 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir
60 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile
61 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
62 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
63 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
64 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi
65 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
66 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
67 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
68 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
69 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
70 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre - Caffita
71 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre - Caffita
72 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
73 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep
74 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
75 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto
76 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
77 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
78 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank
79 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto
80 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita
81 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze
82 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
83 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
84 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
85 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
86 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
87 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze
88 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto
89 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo
90 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
91 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
92 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
93 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Caffita
94 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
95 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
96 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep
97 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof
98 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole
99 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto
100 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
101 André Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof
102 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi
103 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
104 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
105 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
106 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof
107 Gennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Discovery Channel
108 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile
109 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof
110 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
111 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep
112 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi
113 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep
114 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
115 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi
116 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel
117 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita
118 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
119 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof
120 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep
121 Kilian Patour (Fra) Crédit Agricole
122 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole
124 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
125 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
126 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile
127 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto
128 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems
129 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Crédit Agricole
130 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
131 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
132 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
133 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
134 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
135 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze
136 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
137 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux
138 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi
139 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC
140 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep
141 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
142 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir
143 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
144 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
145 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 3.59
146 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir
147 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita
148 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 4.29
149 Martin Müller (Ger) Wiesenhof
150 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
151 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
152 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.34
153 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.38
154 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.07
155 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
156 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux 6.26
157 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
158 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.33
159 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 8.06
160 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.10
DNF Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
DNF David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Caffita
Points
1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 25 pts
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 20
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 16
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 11
6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 10
7 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi 9
8 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8
9 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7
10 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 6
11 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 5
12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep 4
13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3
14 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1
Mountains
Stützengrün - Cat. 3, km 86,3
1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 3 pts
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 1
Reichenbach - Cat. 3, km 117,3
1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 3 pts
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 1
Sprints
Zwickau, km 43
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 6 pts
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4
3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 2
Talsperre Pöhl, km 145,9
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 6 pts
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4
3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 2
Teams
1 Quick Step - Innergetic 12.07.29
2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.48
3 Française Des Jeux 0.51
4 Credit Agricole 3.07
5 Lampre - Caffita
6 Team Wiesenhof
7 Liquigas-Bianchi
8 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team
9 Rabobank
10 Phonak Hearing Systems
11 Illes Balears - Caisse d'Epargne
12 Team CSC
13 T-Mobile Team
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi
15 Gerolsteiner
16 Fassa Bortolo
17 Bouygues Telecom
18 Davitamon-Lotto
19 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
20 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
21 Domina Vacanze
General classification after stage 1
1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 4.00.13
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.50
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 0.53
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.19
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita
6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof
7 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi
8 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
9 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
10 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
11 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi
12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep
13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
14 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile
17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux
19 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
20 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
23 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
24 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
25 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto
26 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto
27 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
28 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
29 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
30 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
31 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
32 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir
33 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
34 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux
35 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto
37 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
38 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
39 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
40 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
41 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
42 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze
43 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
44 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
45 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
46 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems
47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas - Bianchi
48 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
49 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
50 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
51 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux
53 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
54 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
55 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
56 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
57 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
58 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof
59 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir
60 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile
61 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
62 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
63 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
64 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi
65 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
66 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
67 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
68 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
69 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
70 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre - Caffita
71 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre - Caffita
72 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
73 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep
74 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
75 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto
76 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
77 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
78 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank
79 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto
80 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita
81 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze
82 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
83 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
84 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
85 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
86 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
87 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze
88 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto
89 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo
90 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
91 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
92 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
93 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Caffita
94 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
95 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
96 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep
97 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof
98 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole
99 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto
100 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
101 André Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof
102 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi
103 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
104 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
105 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
106 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof
107 Gennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Discovery Channel
108 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile
109 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof
110 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
111 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep
112 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi
113 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep
114 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
115 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi
116 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel
117 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita
118 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
119 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof
120 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep
121 Kilian Patour (Fra) Crédit Agricole
122 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole
124 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
125 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
126 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile
127 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto
128 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems
129 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Crédit Agricole
130 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
131 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
132 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
133 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
134 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
135 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze
136 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
137 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux
138 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi
139 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC
140 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep
141 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
142 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir
143 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
144 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
145 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
146 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
147 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 4.11
148 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir
149 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita
150 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 4.41
151 Martin Müller (Ger) Wiesenhof
152 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
153 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
154 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.46
155 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.50
156 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux 6.38
157 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
158 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.45
159 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 8.18
160 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.22
Points classification
1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 29 pts
2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 28
3 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 28
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 11
6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 10
7 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi 9
8 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8
9 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7
10 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 6
11 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 5
12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep 4
13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3
14 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1
Mountains classification
1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 6 pts
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 2
Teams classification
1 Quick Step - Innergetic 12.07.29
2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.48
3 Française Des Jeux 0.51
4 Credit Agricole 3.07
5 Lampre - Caffita
6 Team Wiesenhof
7 Liquigas-Bianchi
8 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team
9 Rabobank
10 Phonak Hearing Systems
11 Illes Balears - Caisse d'Epargne
12 Team CSC
13 T-Mobile Team
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi
15 Gerolsteiner
16 Fassa Bortolo
17 Bouygues Telecom
18 Davitamon-Lotto
19 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
20 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
21 Domina Vacanze
