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Deutschland Tour - ProT
Germany, August 15-23, 2005
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Stage 4 - August 18: Kufstein – Sölden, 175 km
Leipheimer takes it all
Gerolsteiner strongest team in bittersweet situation
By Hedwig Kröner
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Gerolsteiner's Levi Leipheimer could really call himself 'King of the mountains' today as he won the season's highest mountaintop finish on the Austrian Rettenbachferner climb at 2670 metres above sea level. In doing so, the American took the yellow jersey as well as the polka-dot, crossing the finish line 15 seconds ahead of his teammate Georg Totschnig and taking 50 seconds out of German Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile).
The two Gerolsteiner riders proved to be the strongest over a group including Ullrich as well as Jörg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros), Cadel Evans (Lotto-Davitamon), Tadej Valjavec (Phonak) and Marco Fertonani (Domina Vacanze) - but Totschnig's forces just weren't great enough to continue the ascent together with Leipheimer, so the American decided to go for the maximum time bonus over Ullrich instead of letting his teammate win in his home region.
"I feel a little bit guilty because I know Georg wanted to win, but I felt so strong and I know he won a stage in the Tour," Leipheimer explained in the finish. "I hope he will forgive me. I hope to repay him in the next few days.
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"I think it's the most difficult climb of all the races we've done, including the Tour de France," he added about the long and steep Rettenbachferner. "With 10 km to go, I could hear Jan breathing quite heavily, so I knew it was maybe a day for us. The team did a great job today, with Markus Fothen, Davide Rebellin, Fabian Wegmann, and Markus Zberg, who worked hard before the climb. As a team tonight we'll have some champagne!"
But that will have to wait as Georg Totschnig was disappointed at first. "I had hoped that we would cross the line together, because he is actually the better time triallist so he will have better chances in the time trial than me. But he thought that he could gain a few seconds on Ullrich - a pity for me," Totschnig said.
How it unfolded
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At the start in sunny Kufstein, one rider did not appear at the sign-in: Phonak's Fabrizio Guidi. The 33 year-old Italian tested positive for EPO at the HEW Cyclassics in Hamburg and was therefore suspended by his team in the wait for the B sample result.
In the pre-mountain phase of the race until km 85, a two-man break consisting of Antonio Colom (Illes Balears) and André Greipel (Wiesenhof) had a maximum lead of little more than 10 minutes before the bunch 'woke up' and set out to chase. Wiesenhof, the German Continental team, is losing its main sponsor after this season, so this is a crucial time for good performances of the squad.
The peloton moved up on them quickly as the two reached the foot of the first mountain, the 2020 m high Kühtai (HC). As the peloton was on the climb, it was clear that the GC contenders would neutralize each other, so polka-dot jersey wearer Fabian Wegmann thought it a good opportunity to search for more points to add to his score. The 25 year-old German achieved more than a 2 minute lead as the GC contenders knew he was only going for the points on the first mountain, and would never last until the end. At the same time, Andrey Kashechkin (Crédit Agricole) abandoned behind.
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Wegmann was struggling indeed, riding only at 11 km/h on the 16 percent ramps of the climb, when behind him, Belgian Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) also abandoned the race. About three minutes ahead, Colom finally dropped Greipel, with Wegmann caught in between. The bunch slowly diminished under the tempo Steffen Wesemann and Matthias Kessler (both T-Mobile) imposed on the riders until a split occurred, with a second group forming about halfway up the climb. Yellow jersey wearer Bram Tankink had lost contact even to that group and was riding within the team cars, with Alexandre Vinokourov also dropped.
Danilo Di Luca was still looking easy in front, with Rasmussen, Ullrich, Jaksche, Leipheimer, Evans and co. all there chasing Wegmann and Colom, who was still leading with a few kilometres to go to the top. But the pace of the favourites increased, and Wegmann was caught, as well as the remaining Spaniard with only a couple of kilometres from the summit. Another Gerolsteiner youngster then attacked: Markus Fothen, who already surprised during the Giro d'Italia. Liberty's Sergio Paulinho went on the chase with Saul Raisin (Crédit Agricole), as Wesemann was still leading the main bunch. Fothen scored the 15 points before Paulinho and Raisin on the top of the Kühtai, as Wesemann nodded to Wegmann on his wheel to take the remaining points ahead of him.
On the descent, Lampre's Daniele Righi attacked to try and join the front riders Fothen, Paulinho and Raisin. Fothen crashed on a left hand hairpin but got up on his bike immediately and was able to continue without problems.
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On a flat stretch around km 128, Iker Flores (Euskaltel) also set out on a counter-attack. In Tumpen, a small Cat. 3 climb meant more mountain points, and Fothen scored three points, Raisin two and Paulinho one - but the 'Rettenbachferner' still loomed. Meanwhile, Flores' endurance didn't last against the velocity of the bunch, while Righi succeeded in joining the three leaders.
The next 27 kilometres until the foot of the final climb in the ski resort Sölden were all slowly but steadily uphill, and the four-man breakaway had 1'20 in front of the bunch. However, riding further in the mountains, their lead diminished again under the work of Tobias Steinhauser (T-Mobile) and by the time the riders neared Sölden, the bunch of about 50-60 riders was groupé again.
The next breakaway saw Cédric Vasseur (Cofidis), Carlos Barredo (Liberty) and Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) more talking about who should work than doing anything else, while Jason McCartney (Discovery) passed them to lead the race. As the riders hit the dreaded 14 kilometres up to the Rettenbachferner glacier (1250 metres higher in altitude than Sölden), which included ramps up to 16 percent, the break was caught, and the real fun began.
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Davitamon-Lotto was up there for Evans, Quick.Step for Sinkewitz and T-Mobile's Wesemann was still working for Ullrich as the bunch exploded right on the first hairpins. Rebellin was dropped, Ullrich-helper Kessler too, as well as Wegmann. In front, Domina Vacanze's Marco Fertonani attacked as CSC's Bobby Julich and Saunier Duval's Chris Horner couldn't hold the pace any more.
The next victim of the forcing was Danilo di Luca. Ullrich, Totschnig and Jaksche were in front of the remaining 10 riders as they neared the steepest part of the climb about halfway up, Fertonani still in the lead by about 20 seconds. Ullrich was grinding his big gear again, but today saw him also getting out of the saddle more. Jaksche, Totschnig, Evans, Valjavec and Leipheimer followed, while 2004 Deutschland Tour winner Sinkewitz had problems holding on.
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The five riders (Ullrich, Jaksche, Totschnig, Evans, Valjavec and Leipheimer) moved up on Fertonani, and as they caught him with six kilometres to go, the Italian was able to hold on to their wheels, whereas Valjavec was in trouble. Behind, Sinkewitz tried to come back or at least limit his losses. With a little more than four kilometres to go, Leipheimer forced the pace as Fertonani and Valjavec were gone, and Jaksche was in trouble. Within the four remaining riders (Ullrich, Leipheimer, Totschnig and Evans), the Australian was the next to bounce back and forth from their wheels in this steady but relentless drive up the mountain.
Finally, with two clicks to go, small gaps opened up between the two Gerolsteiner riders and Ullrich and Evans. The crowds were huge on the mountain, and some people tried to push Ullrich, but the Gerolsteiners were too strong, leading by 20 seconds. Unfortunately for Totschnig, the Austrian's energy faded, and Leipheimer led the race alone under the red flag of the last kilometre, trying to put as much time between him and Ullrich as possible. A great victory for the American, but at the same time so unfortunate...
Photography
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- Ullrich's adviser Rudy Pevenage
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) has got the light Lightweight on the front today
- Der Kaiser waits for the start
- Answering the call
- The peloton rides in Austria during stage 4
- Leipheimer leads Ullrich and Totschnig
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) on the Rettenbachferner climb
- Leipheimer and Totschnig en route to a 1-2 finish
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) suffers on his way to third place
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) salutes as he wins atop the Rettenbachferner
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) salutes from the podium
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) receives a podium kiss
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) now in yellow!
Results
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 5.11.56 2 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.15 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 0.50 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 1.12 5 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.24 6 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.41 7 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole 2.46 8 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.48 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.06 10 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep 11 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.48 12 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 13 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.28 14 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.03 15 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.39 16 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 6.29 18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.03 19 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 7.09 20 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.18 21 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 22 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.46 23 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 8.25 24 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 8.34 25 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.41 26 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9.16 27 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.47 28 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.50 29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.03 30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre - Caffita 10.28 31 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10.36 32 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 10.38 33 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 10.45 34 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11.00 35 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 11.47 37 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 12.16 38 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.04 39 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.28 40 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir 41 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.02 42 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.26 43 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.45 44 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 46 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 47 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 48 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.58 49 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 16.09 50 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16.39 52 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep 16.58 53 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 17.17 54 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 17.52 55 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 56 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 18.01 57 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 18.07 58 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18.17 59 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.23 60 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18.58 61 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 62 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas - Bianchi 21.01 63 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21.40 64 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.43 65 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.13 66 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 23.09 67 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 27.18 68 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 29.15 69 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34.07 70 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 71 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 72 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 73 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux 74 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 75 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 76 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 77 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 79 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 83 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 84 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 85 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 86 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep 87 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 88 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 89 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 90 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 91 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 92 Gennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Discovery Channel 93 Kilian Patour (Fra) Crédit Agricole 94 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 95 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 96 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 97 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 98 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 99 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 100 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 101 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 102 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 103 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 104 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 105 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 106 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 107 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 108 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 109 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep 111 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 113 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 114 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 116 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 117 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 34.36 118 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 119 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep 120 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 34.49 121 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 35.05 122 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 123 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep 35.12 124 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep 125 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 126 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35.31 127 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 128 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 129 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux 130 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 131 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35.48 132 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.54 133 André Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 35.59 134 Martin Müller (Ger) Wiesenhof 135 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 36.06 136 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 36.09 137 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 36.12 138 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 36.18 139 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi 36.38 140 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37.16 141 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 38.04 DNF Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile DNF Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne DNF Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux DNF Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux DNF Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole DNF Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze DNF Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir DNS Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems Mountains Kühtai - HC, km 109.7 1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 pts 2 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 3 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole 10 4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 5 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Tumpen - Cat. 3, km 130.6 e1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole 2 3 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Rettenbachferner - HC, km 171.6 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 15 pts 2 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 10 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 8 5 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 Sprints Wörgl, km 14.2 1 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 3 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 Innsbruck, km 75.7 1 André Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 6 pts 2 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 3 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 2 Most aggressive rider 1 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 15.47.03 2 Davitamon-Lotto 1.03 3 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 5.38 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 8.29 5 Illes Balears - Caisse d'Epargne 11.45 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 12.37 7 Rabobank 13.43 8 Liquigas-Bianchi 22.50 9 T-Mobile Team 24.44 10 Team CSC 25.53 11 Bouygues Telecom 28.48 12 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 29.20 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 33.19 14 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37.57 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 42.56 16 Credit Agricole 43.55 17 Domina Vacanze 47.20 18 Fassa Bortolo 1.01.27 19 Française Des Jeux 1.03.28 20 Lampre - Caffita 1.07.27 21 Team Wiesenhof 1.07.37 General classification after stage 4 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 19.17.02 2 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.18 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 0.56 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 1.22 5 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.28 6 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.51 7 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole 2.56 8 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.16 9 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep 10 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3.58 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.38 12 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.48 13 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.13 14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 5.23 15 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5.49 16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 6.39 17 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.12 18 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 7.24 19 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.56 20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 8.44 21 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.53 22 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.54 23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9.26 24 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9.47 25 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10.00 26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10.44 27 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11.10 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.38 29 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 11.57 30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre - Caffita 12.03 31 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 12.14 32 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 12.26 33 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.14 34 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.38 35 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 13.44 36 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.06 37 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 14.49 38 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.22 39 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 15.23 40 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.20 41 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 42 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 16.45 43 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.49 44 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 17.51 45 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.14 46 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep 18.33 47 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 18.52 48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 19.15 49 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 19.27 50 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 19.46 51 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.58 52 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.15 53 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.26 54 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20.33 55 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20.50 56 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21.23 57 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.23 58 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas - Bianchi 22.36 59 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.18 60 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.49 61 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 24.25 62 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24.31 63 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 24.44 64 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 28.04 65 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 29.57 66 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30.45 67 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 33.54 68 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep 35.06 69 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 35.13 70 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35.40 71 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 35.42 72 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 73 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 74 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 75 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 76 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 35.52 77 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 35.58 78 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 36.01 79 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36.03 80 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 36.05 81 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 36.40 82 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 36.46 83 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36.47 84 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 37.13 85 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 86 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 37.22 87 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 38.22 88 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux 38.26 89 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep 90 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 91 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39.03 93 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 40.31 94 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 96 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 97 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 98 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 99 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 100 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 101 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 40.56 102 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 103 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 41.55 104 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 105 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.12 106 André Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 42.20 107 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 42.42 108 Kilian Patour (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.49 109 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 43.15 110 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 43.46 111 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 45.20 112 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 45.25 113 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 114 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 115 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 116 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45.46 118 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45.54 119 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 45.57 120 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof 46.23 121 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 46.48 122 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 47.20 123 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 47.24 124 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 47.27 125 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi 47.56 126 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48.34 127 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.19 128 Gennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Discovery Channel 129 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 130 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep 131 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep 49.48 132 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep 50.24 133 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 50.43 134 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52.28 135 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 52.39 136 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 53.16 137 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.52 138 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 55.42 139 Martin Müller (Ger) Wiesenhof 56.05 140 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 59.44 141 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux 1.00.39 Points classification 1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep 45 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 36 3 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31 4 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 29 5 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 28 6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 26 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 25 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 23 9 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi 22 9 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22 11 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 22 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 19 13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 14 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 16 15 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 16 16 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 13 17 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 19 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux 11 20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 21 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 11 22 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof 10 22 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10 24 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 10 25 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep 10 26 André Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 9 27 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole 9 28 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 29 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 8 29 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 31 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 32 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 32 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7 34 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 35 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 35 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 38 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 6 39 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 40 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 5 41 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 5 42 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 43 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 43 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 4 45 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 46 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 46 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 2 46 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 2 49 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 50 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 51 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 1 52 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 21 pts 2 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 4 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13 5 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 6 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole 12 7 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 10 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 10 9 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 11 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep 6 12 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4 12 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 14 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 16 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 3 17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 17 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 2 19 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 Teams classification 1 Gerolsteiner 58.02.51 2 Davitamon-Lotto 1.03 3 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 6.34 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 8.29 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.43 6 Illes Balears - Caisse d'Epargne 12.41 7 Rabobank 16.27 8 Liquigas-Bianchi 25.40 9 Team CSC 27.18 10 T-Mobile Team 27.34 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 34.44 12 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 36.59 13 Bouygues Telecom 40.36 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 41.14 15 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47.01 16 Credit Agricole 48.35 17 Domina Vacanze 51.35 18 Fassa Bortolo 1.03.25 19 Française Des Jeux 1.05.21 20 Lampre - Caffita 1.16.50 21 Team Wiesenhof 1.17.38
