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Deutschland Tour - ProT

Germany, August 15-23, 2005

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Stage 9 - August 23: Bad Kreuznach – Bonn , 170 km

Deutschland Tour belongs to Levi

Bennati finishes with three stage wins

By Hedwig Kröner

Daniele Bennati (Lampre)
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Italian Daniele Bennati has won his third stage of the 2005 Deutschland Tour by crossing the line first in stage 9, after 168 kilometres of racing between Bad Kreuznach and former German capital Bonn. In the final bunch sprint, the Lampre-Caffita rider beat Baden Cooke (Francaise des Jeux), with Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) getting third.

"Our team controlled the race all day to bring Daniele to the sprint and we won!," said a very happy Guido Bontempi, Lampre-Caffita directeur sportif in the finish. "We are really satisfied and happy."

Overall winner Leipheimer shared the feeling. "It's great to win here," the 31-year old said. "The race has matured, and it's one of the best races in the world now. It's very well organised, the roads are safe, and the spectators are incredible - for example, the Tour of Spain never has that many crowds. It's truly a great race."

Leipheimer, as well as winning the leader's jersey, also took stage four on this season's highest mountain finish, the dreaded Rettenbachferner, as well as the overall mountains classification.

Second-placed Jan Ullrich, who won yesterday's time trial, was satisfied with his performances. "I would have liked to win - I lacked 31 seconds in the end, and that's a pity," the Kaiser said. "But I'm very satisfied given the circumstances. I didn't expect to get on the podium as my illness really handicapped me."

How it unfolded

Levi and Jan
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Nothing much happened on stage nine until the race finale, as Gerolsteiner and Lampre-Caffita led the peloton and controlled the pace along the Rhine river and no attacks could be made. In the intermediate sprints, the later stage winner Bennati consolidated his jersey of the best sprinter, but the bunch stayed together for more than 140 kilometres, after the very first break attempt by T-Mobile's Steffen Wesemann and Phonak's Alexandre Moos didn't get through.

But as the bunch hit the last circuit around Bonn with 25 kilometres to go, there was finally some action: T-Mobile's Steffen Wesemann attacked, and Quick.Step's Wilfried Cretskens took his wheel. After the two got a small gap of 15 seconds, Lampre reacted and started the chase, Daniele Righi in first position. Predictably, the seconds didn't last, and as Cofidis' Frédéric Bessy joined them with 15 kilometres to go, the peloton was right behind them.

The final podium (L to R):
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The next attack was made by T-Mobile's Matthias Kessler, still without a contract for 2006, but Lampre reeled them in, too. T-Mobile was looking to disrupt Lampre's plans as the finish was right in front of their sponsor's headquarters in Bonn, but didn't succeed. The tempo was incredibly high as one could see Jörg Jaksche always in the very first positions, with Georg Totschnig on his wheel. It was clear that the third spot on the podium was still up for discussion... Both of them even were in front of the bunch with four clicks to go, as Nico Mattan (Davitamon-Lotto) also tried his luck - in vain.

Then, CSC hammered in front with four riders, Voigt in very first position. Soon after, Lampre's Alessandro Ballan came up to lead out for Bennati, and the sprinters got into position. But Bennati came off Ballan's wheel with 300 metres to go and easily outsprinted anybody else, clearly showing that he was the fastest man in the race.

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Results

1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                            3.53.07
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux                                     
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                    
4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                              
5 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof                                         
6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep                                            
7 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof                                        
8 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
9 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
10 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                 
11 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                
12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
13 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                                
14 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
15 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
16 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
17 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel                                   
18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
19 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
20 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi                       
21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                     
22 Gennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Discovery Channel                               
23 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
24 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile                                              
25 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                               
26 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
27 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                
28 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      
29 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               
30 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      
31 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile                                             
32 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
33 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
34 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         
35 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
36 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                                 
37 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                           
38 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                      
39 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                    
40 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
41 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep                                        
42 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof                                         
43 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
44 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                
45 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof                                            
46 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
47 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                           
48 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                             
49 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                              
50 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                               
51 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                       
52 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            
53 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
54 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                              
55 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile                                         
56 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                    
57 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               
58 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof                                          
59 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile                                         
60 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole                                       
61 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
62 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
63 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  
64 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         
65 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                         
66 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                           
67 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
68 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  
69 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
70 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre - Caffita                                    
71 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                          
72 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel                           
73 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                     
74 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                   
75 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              
76 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
77 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof                                        
78 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
79 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
80 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               
81 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas - Bianchi                            
82 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                                  
83 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               
84 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
85 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                        
86 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile                                       
87 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
88 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep                                      
89 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                     
90 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
91 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
92 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         
93 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                   
94 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                                         
95 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
96 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
97 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
98 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                    
99 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                            
100 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
101 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
102 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
103 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                                    
104 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
105 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                      
106 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep                                         
107 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
108 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                        
109 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
110 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
111 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                         
112 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel                                
113 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               0.55
114 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux                            1.22
115 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                   
116 Martin Müller (Ger) Wiesenhof                                      2.07
DNF Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
DNF Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
DNS Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep                                       
DNS Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                       
 
Points
 
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                 25 pts
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   20
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                  16
4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                            13
5 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof                                       11
6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep                                          10
7 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof                                       9
8 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     8
9 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 7
10 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                6
11 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               5
12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      4
13 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                               3
14 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            2
15 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      1
 
Mountains
 
1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        3 pts
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                     2
3 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                   1
 
Sprints
 
Koblenz, km 76,9
 
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                  6 pts
2 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               4
3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       2
 
Andernach, km 98,8
 
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                  6 pts
2 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               4
3 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                                         2
 
Bonn (finish line 1), km 141,4
 
1 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre - Caffita                                    6 pts
2 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         4
3 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                    2
 
Teams
 
1 Credit Agricole                                                  11.39.24
2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                       
3 Team Wiesenhof                                                           
4 Lampre - Caffita                                                         
5 Gerolsteiner                                                             
6 Française Des Jeux                                                       
7 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                         
8 Davitamon-Lotto                                                          
9 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                   
10 Team CSC                                                                
11 Illes Balears - Caisse d'Epargne                                        
12 T-Mobile Team                                                           
13 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                  
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                        
15 Fassa Bortolo                                                           
16 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                 
17 Rabobank                                                                
18 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                     
19 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                            
20 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                                        
 
Final General classification
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                               37.24.35
2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile                                           0.31
3 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   1.23
4 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        1.29
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                  1.53
6 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          3.53
7 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            4.26
8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 5.07
9 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole                                    6.03
10 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep                                    6.30
11 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                              7.16
12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         8.07
13 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       8.15
14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            8.29
15 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             8.31
16 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               9.40
17 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        10.38
18 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          11.27
19 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                             12.47
20 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   13.30
21 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  14.06
22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            15.46
23 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          17.03
24 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
25 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                         18.04
26 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                         19.20
27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre - Caffita                               21.06
28 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 23.24
29 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              24.21
30 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        24.44
31 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team    25.24
32 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             26.10
33 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile                                    26.20
34 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof                                    28.02
35 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                28.17
36 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   31.05
37 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      31.35
38 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile                                    32.44
39 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       33.42
40 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             35.16
41 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        36.00
42 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           36.14
43 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                     37.24
44 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                    37.30
45 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             37.38
46 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas - Bianchi                       37.50
47 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   38.12
48 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                            38.30
49 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                41.25
50 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        41.38
51 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  41.48
52 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          42.22
53 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile                                  44.41
54 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              46.15
55 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               47.08
56 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        49.04
57 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                          49.48
58 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             50.04
59 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             50.33
60 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    51.37
61 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    51.47
62 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               52.48
63 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             52.53
64 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                                    53.50
65 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                               54.57
66 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel                            55.08
67 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         55.34
68 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                    56.13
69 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                               57.22
70 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                           57.39
71 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          57.45
72 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             58.05
73 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole                              58.20
74 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           58.25
75 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              59.49
76 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             1.00.08
77 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof                                   1.00.26
78 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          1.01.49
79 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                         1.01.57
80 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.02.28
81 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof                                1.02.42
82 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                 1.04.46
83 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                          1.04.50
84 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           1.05.05
85 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                1.05.10
86 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux                             1.05.56
87 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.05.58
88 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     1.06.10
89 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                        1.06.34
90 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep                               1.07.02
91 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   1.07.30
92 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                1.08.04
93 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                      1.08.29
94 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                             1.08.35
95 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  1.10.23
96 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                        1.10.39
97 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                            1.11.01
98 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof                                 1.11.43
99 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof                                     1.11.54
100 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                          1.12.06
101 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                             1.12.38
102 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.13.18
103 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel                           1.13.36
104 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof                                1.13.43
105 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi               1.14.02
106 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                             1.14.34
107 Gennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Discovery Channel                       1.14.57
108 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep                                  1.15.01
109 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep                                   1.15.43
110 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1.18.11
111 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile                                     1.18.22
112 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                         1.20.11
113 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel                   1.20.16
114 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   1.21.56
115 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux                         1.31.54
116 Martin Müller (Ger) Wiesenhof                                   1.32.43
 
Points classification
 
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                101 pts
2 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          60
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                     54
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                    53
5 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof                                      48
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   47
7 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile                                             46
8 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                            45
9 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     37
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                 36
11 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi                     33
12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  32
13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               30
14 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel                                 30
15 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             29
16 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     29
17 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             27
18 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                  25
19 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                            23
20 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              22
21 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                           22
22 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            20
23 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                           20
24 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel                         20
25 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             19
26 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   18
27 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           17
28 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           16
29 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                              16
30 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             15
31 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof                                      15
32 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    13
33 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         12
34 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                   12
35 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                        12
36 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                11
37 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             11
38 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                             11
39 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                10
40 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof                                      10
41 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole                                     10
42 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep                                      10
43 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 10
44 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof                                        10
45 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep                                         10
46 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               9
47 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                        8
48 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                        8
49 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                      8
50 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              8
51 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                          7
52 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                7
53 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   7
54 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre - Caffita                                   6
55 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                               6
56 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                6
57 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            6
58 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      6
59 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    4
60 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        4
61 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              4
62 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                      4
63 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team        3
64 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           3
65 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                                2
66 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                   2
67 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                                        2
68 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                     25 pts
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                    22
3 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       21
4 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          16
5 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      15
6 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team        13
7 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                   12
8 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     12
9 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole                                      12
10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                            10
11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile                                            10
12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           10
13 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             10
14 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             10
15 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                         9
16 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              8
17 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                  6
18 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              5
19 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        4
20 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                                        4
21 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      4
22 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel                          3
23 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3
24 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   3
25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                            3
26 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    3
27 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             3
28 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                                 2
29 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof                                         2
30 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     1
31 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile                                        1
32 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                                  1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                    112.33.56
2 Gerolsteiner                                                         3.40
3 Davitamon-Lotto                                                      7.49
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               8.30
5 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              13.16
6 Team CSC                                                            19.48
7 Illes Balears - Caisse d'Epargne                                    24.07
8 Rabobank                                                            26.36
9 T-Mobile Team                                                       38.42
10 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                                   44.12
11 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                   44.49
12 Quick Step - Innergetic                                          1.04.38
13 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                              1.04.41
14 Fassa Bortolo                                                    1.09.16
15 Credit Agricole                                                  1.10.02
16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                               1.11.14
17 Bouygues Telecom                                                 1.19.14
18 Française Des Jeux                                               1.50.02
19 Lampre - Caffita                                                 1.53.28
20 Team Wiesenhof                                                   2.11.05
   

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