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57th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 5-12, 2005
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Prologue - Sunday, June 5: Aix-les-Bains ITT, 7.9 km
Hincapie surprises; Armstrong on track
By Anthony Tan
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An American standing on the highest step of the podium was to be expected at the conclusion of today's 7.9 kilometre opener in Aix-les-Bains - but George Hincapie?
After a perennially successful Spring Classics campaign, which almost saw him win Paris-Roubaix, the 31 year-old quiet American has also done what he always does year after year: take a short break, refocus, resume training, and reach his second peak at the Tour de France.
One of only three riders to break the 10-minute mark, Hincapie's time of 9 minutes and 55 seconds was enough to earn him the stage victory and the leader's jersey, but more significantly, reassure his Discovery leader Lance Armstrong that he will be with him all the way come July.
Just three seconds separated the top three placegetters - fellow American Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) came tantalisingly close two seconds behind to take second, with Kazahkstan's Andrey Kashechkin (Crédit Agricole) finishing another second back to round out the podium. Making it ostensibly an all-American affair was the fourth place of Floyd Landis (Phonak), who finished in 10 minutes flat, while Armstrong showed he's coming very close to where he needs to be one month from now, clocking a highly respectable time of 10'01.
How it unfolded
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Sunday temps in Aix-les-Bains were parfait for fast times: a mild 19 degrees Celsius, with a gentle 10km/h NNW breeze blowing. However, it wasn't deemed perfect enough for Michel Scotto D'Abusco (Lampre-Cafitta) and Isidro Nozal (Liberty Seguros-Würth), where it was announced 15 minutes before the start that these two riders would not be present. It was later confirmed that Nozal was declared unfit to start after a pre-race test found he had a haematocrit of 52,1 percent, well over the 50 percent allowable.
Powerhouse Norweigan Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) set the early best time for the 7.9 kilometre prologue, stomping across the line in 10 minutes and 22 seconds. But an hour and 32 minutes after the first rider left at 14:30, Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth) came in with a time of 10'04.
However, there were still plenty of big hitters left to come, and minutes later, Lance Armstrong's right-hand man at the last six Tours de France, George Hincapie (Discovery Channel), became the first rider to go under the 10-minute mark, clocking a very competitive time of 9'55.
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When Floyd Landis left the start house at 16:27, many expected the Phonak leader to better the time of his fellow American and ex-team-mate, but the best the 29 year-old Tour de Georgia TT winner could do was 10 minutes flat. 20 minutes later, Landis' team-mate Oscar Pereiro knocked Contador out of a spot on the stage podium with a time of 10'02, but Andrey Kashechkin (Crédit Agricole) gave back the Spaniard some of his own medicine, a time of 9'58 slotting him into second with 23 riders still to go.
With respective times of 10'30 and 10'15, pre-race favourites Oscar Sevilla (Phonak) and Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) were solid though not superb. But when the wily figure of Roberto Heras crossed the line with a time of 10'18, the Liberty leader showed he's back in business from now till the end of July.
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At half-past five, and with just seven riders left to come in, it appeared an all-American podium was on the cards as Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) finished just two seconds behind the time of Hincapie, and became the third rider to break the 10-minute barrier.
The best of the rest was indeed the last man to leave, six-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong - but the Discovery leader's time of 10'01 was only good enough for fifth, and as a result, his old pal George Hincapie became the first leader of the 2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.
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- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) powers to victory
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) demonstrates the perfect aero form for the TT
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) en route to a fine fourth
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) is cheered on by an estimated crowd
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) rides past a French supporter
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) going fast
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) hammers
- Santi Botero (Phonak) with the tuck happening
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) is back in action
- Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas) gives it some stick
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) flat out
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) doing his best to blend in
- Christophe Edaleine (Cofidis) rides past a couple of interested spectators
- Marc Wauters (Rabobank) inadvertently rides through a picnic
- Andrey Kasheckhin (Credit Agricole)
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) riding smoothly
Results
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.55 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.01 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.03 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.05 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.06 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.07 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.09 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.13 9 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 0.14 11 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 0.16 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.17 15 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.18 16 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 18 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.19 19 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 20 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.21 21 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.22 24 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 26 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.23 28 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.24 30 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 34 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 35 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.25 37 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 38 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 39 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.26 40 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 41 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 42 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.27 44 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.29 46 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 47 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 49 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 50 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 51 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.30 52 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 53 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.31 54 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 56 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.32 57 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 58 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 59 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.33 60 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.34 62 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 0.35 63 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 64 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.36 65 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 67 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 0.37 68 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 69 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.38 70 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 71 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.39 72 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 73 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 74 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.40 78 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 79 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.41 80 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 82 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 83 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 84 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.42 85 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 86 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 87 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.43 88 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 89 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.44 90 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 0.45 92 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 93 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.46 94 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.47 95 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 96 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 97 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 98 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 99 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.48 100 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.49 101 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 102 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 103 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 104 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.51 105 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 106 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 107 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 108 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 110 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.52 111 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 112 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.53 113 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 114 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 115 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 116 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 117 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.54 119 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 120 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 122 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.55 123 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 124 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 0.56 125 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 126 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.57 127 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 128 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.58 129 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 131 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 132 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.59 133 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 134 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 135 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.00 136 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 137 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.02 138 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 140 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 141 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03 142 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.04 143 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.07 144 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 145 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.08 146 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 147 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 148 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.09 149 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.10 150 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.11 151 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.12 152 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.16 153 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 154 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18 155 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22 156 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1.28 157 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 1.38 158 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step 2.02 159 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 2.03 160 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.19 Points 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 20 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 17 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 11 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 9 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears - C.Epargne 7 10 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6 11 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 4 13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick.Step - Innergetic 3 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 15 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Mountains 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 7 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 5 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 30.11 2 Discovery Channel 0.04 3 Gerolsteiner 0.14 4 Crédit Agricole 0.21 5 T-Mobile Team 0.26 6 Liberty Seguros Team 0.27 7 Fassa Bortolo 0.37 8 Quick.Step - Innergetic 0.39 9 Rabobank 0.40 10 Team CSC 0.45 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.51 12 Ag2r Prevoyance 0.53 13 Bouygues Telecom 0.59 14 Cofidis 15 Illes Balears - C.Epargne 1.02 16 Liquigas-Bianchi 1.10 17 Domina Vacanze 1.13 18 Française des Jeux 1.30 19 Lampre - Caffita 1.31 20 Davitamon - Lotto 1.46 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.49 General classification after prologue 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.55 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.01 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.03 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.05 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.06 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.07 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.09 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.13 9 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 0.14 11 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 0.16 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.17 15 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.18 16 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 18 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.19 19 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 20 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.21 21 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.22 24 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 26 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.23 28 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.24 30 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 34 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 35 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.25 37 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 38 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 39 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.26 40 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 41 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 42 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.27 44 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.29 46 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 47 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 49 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 50 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 51 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.30 52 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 53 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.31 54 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 56 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.32 57 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 58 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 59 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.33 60 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.34 62 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 0.35 63 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 64 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.36 65 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 67 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 0.37 68 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 69 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.38 70 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 71 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.39 72 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 73 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 74 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.40 78 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 79 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.41 80 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 82 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 83 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 84 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.42 85 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 86 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 87 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.43 88 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 89 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.44 90 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 0.45 92 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 93 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.46 94 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.47 95 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 96 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 97 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 98 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 99 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.48 100 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.49 101 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 102 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 103 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 104 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.51 105 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 106 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 107 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 108 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 110 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.52 111 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 112 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.53 113 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 114 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 115 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 116 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 117 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.54 119 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 120 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 122 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.55 123 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 124 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 0.56 125 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 126 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.57 127 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 128 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.58 129 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 131 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 132 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.59 133 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 134 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 135 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.00 136 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 137 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.02 138 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 140 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 141 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03 142 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.04 143 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.07 144 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 145 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.08 146 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 147 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 148 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.09 149 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.10 150 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.11 151 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.12 152 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.16 153 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 154 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18 155 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22 156 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1.28 157 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 1.38 158 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step 2.02 159 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 2.03 160 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.19 Mountains classification Biolay, km 1,900 - km 1,900 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 7 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 5 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 Points classification 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 20 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 17 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 11 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team 9 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears - C.Epargne 7 10 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6 11 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 4 13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick.Step - Innergetic 3 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 15 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 30.11 2 Discovery Channel 0.04 3 Gerolsteiner 0.14 4 Crédit Agricole 0.21 5 T-Mobile Team 0.26 6 Liberty Seguros Team 0.27 7 Fassa Bortolo 0.37 8 Quick.Step - Innergetic 0.39 9 Rabobank 0.40 10 Team CSC 0.45 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.51 12 Ag2r Prevoyance 0.53 13 Bouygues Telecom 0.59 14 Cofidis 15 Illes Balears - C.Epargne 1.02 16 Liquigas-Bianchi 1.10 17 Domina Vacanze 1.13 18 Française des Jeux 1.30 19 Lampre - Caffita 1.31 20 Davitamon - Lotto 1.46 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.49
