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57th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 5-12, 2005
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Stage 1 - Monday, June 6: Aix-les-Bains-Givors, 224 km
Hushovd for three
By Jeff Jones
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Norwegian Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) has won the first road stage of the Dauphine Libéré in a bunch sprint in Givors. Hushovd made no mistakes as he powered to the line ahead of South African Robert Hunter (Phonak) and Spaniard Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo). It was Hushovd's third stage win in the Dauphine after claiming Stage 1 in 2004 and Stage 2 in 2003.
"That's three years in a row that I've won a stage here," said the delighted Hushovd after the stage. "I feel more confident than last year.
Race leader George Hincapie was protected by his Discovery Channel teammates all day and finished 26th, three seconds behind the winner, but kept his one second lead over Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner). Hincapie benefited from the work of all of his teammates, including Lance Armstrong. "Lance seems to be very good," said Hincapie. "When there was only 25 seconds to the break he decided to close the gap by himself and he did it."
How it unfolded
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The longest stage of the Dauphiné started in Aix-les-Bains and headed west to Givors, over an undulating 224 km parcours. With just one Cat. 4 and two Cat. 3 climbs to be ridden along the way, it was expected to be a stage for the sprinters' teams to control. The stage started at 10:59am without Bingen Fernandez (Cofidis), who crashed in the prologue, and Santiago Gonzalez (Phonak).
It didn't take long for the attacks to liven things up, as Maryan Hary (Bouygues Telecom) and Alessandro Cortinovis (Domina Vacanze) initiated hostilities after approximately 20 km. A larger group containing nine riders escaped next, but was brought back after 40 km. That's when French cyclo-cross champion Francis Mourey (Francaise des Jeux) countered, and got a gap. He was chased and caught by Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Iles Baleares), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) and Oscar Mason (Liquigas-Bianchi), and the four had a 1'30 lead after 50 km. Koos Moerenhout (Davitamon-Lotto) and Andriy Grivko (Domina Vacanze) were able to bridge across, forming a six man break.
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At the Cat. 4 Côte de Bilieu after 82 km, Mourey crossed first ahead of Chavanel and Grivko, with the peloton led by Discovery Channel coming up some five minutes behind them. The boys in blue and white never let the break have more than 5'50, and were obviously riding to protect Hincapie's leader's jersey and get in some pre-Tour de France team practice. Lance Armstrong himself took part in the relaying at the front.
Fassa Bortolo lost its U23 World Champion Kanstantsin Siutsou at the feed zone, after the Belarusian abandoned. The next difficulty for the leaders was the Cat. 3 Côte de Chambarand (km 120), where Mourey again crossed first ahead of Grivko, Chavanel, Mason, Garcia Acosta, and Moerenhout. The gap was only 4'30 at that point, and with 104 km still to travel, the break's chances of surviving were very slim.
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Chavanel won the day's final climb of the Côte de Hauterives (km 149) ahead of Grivko and Mourey, but the latter had done enough to secure the mountains jersey by the end of the day. Discovery started to lift the tempo with 60 km to go and the gap fell below the four minute mark. Crédit Agricole also came to the front with 50 km left, and the breakaways quickly lost another two minutes, then another, until the peloton had them within its sights in the final 10 km. Nicola Loda (Liquigas) crashed an abandoned the race at this point.
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Garcia Acosta attacked the break and stayed away until 4 km to go, when the bunch swept him up and 157 of the 158 riders still in the race came into Givors for the expected mass sprint. As has done in the last two years, Thor Hushovd came across the line in first place, beating Robert Hunter (Phonak) and Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) for the win. Yellow jersey wearer George Hincapie finished 26th at 3 seconds, but kept his leader's jersey.
Tomorrow's second stage is between Givors and Chauffailles over 187 km, and is not considered a difficult test. Most of the GC riders will be trying to conserve energy before Wednesday's 47 km time trial in Roanne.
Photography
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- Hincapie and Hushovd suddenly realise they have to be somewhere else
- Look at all that serenity
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) talks to Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros)
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) talks to The Boss
- I could have sworn it was right back there. Hey, what happened to the peloton?
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) wearing the green points jersey
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) driving the six man break
- Christophe Moreau (Credit Agricole) rides with Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile)
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) trying to make it harder for himself
- Benjamin Noval powers the Discovery train
- Synchronisation, as we know, is crucial in cycling
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) was happy to do a bit of work for Hincapie today
- Hincapie and Armstrong consult while Lotto's Ardila and Vansummeren look on
- Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears) was the last man standing of the breakaways
- Hushovd ('R) just gets it from Hunter
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) salutes from the podium after taking his third ever Dauphine stage win
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) is king for another day
Images by Russell Standring/http://grenoblecycling.free.fr
- Axel Merckx (Dvitamon-Lotto) in Aix les Bains
- Race leader George Hincapie with his Discovery Channel team at the sign on in Aix les Bains
- Euskaltel-Euskadi riders cycle to the start in Aix les Bains
- George Hancapie lines up with Stuart O'Grady in Aix les Bains
- Riders from Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne enjoy five minutes to chat before the depart in Aix les Bains
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) has a chat while riding to the start
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) is interviewed in Aix les Bains
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) is happy to warm up in Aix les Bains
- Armstrong stays focused on his warm up
- The number one of Lance Armstrong as he powers away in Aix les Bains
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) has 700 metres left to ride in Aix les Bains
- Ex-Tour de France stage winner, Frederic Moncassin in Aix les Bains for the start
- Josu Silloniz (Euskatel) climbs above Aix les Bains
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) warms up before the prologue start
Results
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 5.10.55 (43.227 km/h) 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 5 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 9 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step 15 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 17 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.03 21 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 22 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 23 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 24 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 26 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 28 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 32 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 33 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 35 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 37 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 38 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 39 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 40 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 41 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 42 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 44 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 47 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 49 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 50 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 51 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 52 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 54 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 57 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 59 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 60 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 61 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 63 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 65 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 67 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 69 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 70 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 71 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 72 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 73 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 74 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 75 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 76 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 77 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 78 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 79 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 80 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 81 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 82 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 83 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 84 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 86 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 88 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 89 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 91 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 93 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 94 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 95 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 96 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 97 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 98 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 99 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 100 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 101 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 102 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 103 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 104 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 105 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 106 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 107 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 108 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 109 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 110 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 111 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 112 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 113 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 114 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 115 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 116 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 118 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 119 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 121 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 122 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 123 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 124 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 125 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 126 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 127 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 129 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 130 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 131 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 132 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 133 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 134 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 135 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 136 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 137 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 138 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 140 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 141 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 142 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 143 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 144 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 145 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 146 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 147 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 148 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 149 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 150 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 151 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 152 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 153 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 154 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step 155 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 156 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 157 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 158 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 4.29 DNF Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC DNF Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo DNF Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi DNS Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNS Santiago Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems Points 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 20 pts 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 15 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13 5 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 6 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 7 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 8 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 8 9 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 7 10 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 13 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 14 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step 2 15 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Mountains Bilieu - km 81,500 1 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1 Foret De Chambaran - km 120 1 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 pts 2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 5 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 4 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 5 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Hauterives - km 149 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 pts 2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3 3 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Sprints Anneyron - km 166,500 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 pts 2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 4 3 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 2 Champagne - km 179 1 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 6 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 3 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 2 General classification after stage 1 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.20.50 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 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.13 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 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 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.16 14 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.17 16 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.18 19 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 20 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 21 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.19 22 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 23 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.21 24 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 25 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 0.22 26 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 27 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.23 29 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 0.24 31 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 36 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 37 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.25 39 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 40 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 41 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.26 42 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 43 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 44 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.27 46 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.29 47 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 48 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 49 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 50 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.30 51 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.31 53 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 54 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 55 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.32 56 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 57 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 58 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.33 59 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.34 61 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 0.35 62 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 63 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.36 64 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 65 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 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 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 76 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.40 79 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 80 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.41 81 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 82 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 83 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.42 84 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 85 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 86 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.43 87 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 88 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.44 89 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 0.45 91 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 92 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.46 93 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.47 94 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 95 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 96 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 97 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 98 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.48 99 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.49 100 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 101 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 102 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 103 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.51 104 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 105 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 106 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 107 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 109 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.52 110 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 111 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.53 112 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 113 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 114 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 115 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 116 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.54 118 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 119 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 120 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.55 121 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 122 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 0.56 123 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 124 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.57 125 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 126 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.58 127 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 129 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 130 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.59 131 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 132 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 133 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 1.00 134 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.02 135 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 137 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 138 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 139 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03 140 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.04 141 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.07 142 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 143 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step 1.08 144 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 145 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 146 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 147 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.09 148 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.10 149 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.11 150 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.12 151 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.16 152 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 153 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18 154 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22 155 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step 2.02 156 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 2.03 157 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.19 158 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 4.58 Points classification 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 20 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 4 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 15 5 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13 6 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 7 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 8 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 8 10 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 7 11 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 12 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 13 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 14 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 3 15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 16 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step 2 17 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Mountains classification 1 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11 3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 9 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 8 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 9 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 10 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Combination classification 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 60 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 52 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 45 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 34 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 26 9 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 24 11 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 23 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 21 13 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 20 14 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 20 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 18 16 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 18 17 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 18 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 19 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13 20 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 21 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 10 22 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 23 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 8 25 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 7 26 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 27 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 28 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 29 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 30 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 31 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4 32 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 33 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 2 34 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step 2 35 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 36 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1 37 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 38 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 39 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1
