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57th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 5-12, 2005
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Stage 4 - Thursday, June 9: Tournon-sur-Rhône - Le Mont Ventoux, 182 km
Vino the King of Ventoux
By Anthony Tan
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On the queen stage of the Dauphiné Libéré, T-Mobile's Alexandre Vinkourov has found himself the King of Mont Ventoux. The 31 year-old Kazakhstan rider, already a winner of this year's Liège-Bastogne-Liège, today demonstrated his versatility and abundance of strength to outride all the favourites and conquer the Giant of Provence.
Brilliant rides were also done by Jose Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Wim Van Huffel (Davitamon-Lotto), the young Belgian having already shown his class with an 11th place overall at the Giro d'Italia. Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) was dropped with around 10 kilometres to go, but clawed his way back to the lead group and rode to a gutsy fourth place finish, 37 seconds behind Vinokourov.
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The best of the rest - Floyd Landis (Phonak), Andrey Kashechkin (Credit Agricole) and overnight leader Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) - all finished within five seconds of each other, between 41 and 46 seconds back, with Leipheimer doing enough to retain his race lead over Armstrong, who is now 21 seconds behind the maillot jaune. Vinokourov is now third overall and in striking distance, just five seconds behind Armstrong, while Landis (Phonak) sits fourth, 47 seconds off the race lead.
How it unfolded
With the favourites all placed within two minutes of each other after yesterday's time trial in Roanne, today was going to see the first - but no means final - shake up on the classement général at the 2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.
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Temperatures at the start in Tournon-sur-Rhône were almost perfect: 20°C and a moderate 30km/h wind blowing from the north, with expected gusts of up to 60km/h. However, that was nothing compared to the conditions awaiting the riders atop Le Mont Ventoux, otherwise known as the "Le Géant de Provence".
153 riders took to the start; big Swede Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi) deciding to call it quits after yesterday. Naturally, with just the one Alpine climb at the end, plenty of riders were looking for a head-start more than a stage win, and Rafael Casero (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Damien Nazon (Crédit Agricole) the first to leave the peloton, albeit very briefly.
Because of the high average speed, it wasn't until towards the end of the first hour's racing a group of seven escaped: Nicolas Vogondy (Crédit Agricole, 66th GC), Daniele Becke (Iles Baleares-Caisse d'Epargne, 59th GC), José Gutierrez (Phonak, 21st GC), Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros-Würth, 58th GC), Devis Miorin (Liquigas-Bianchi, 112th GC), Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval-Prodir, 55th GC) and Elia Rigotto (Domina Vacanze, 130th GC) the ones who got away.
By km 54, the septet had extracted a 2'40 lead over the peloton, but with the first hour completed at a 55,6 km/h average, they were working overtime. Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery Channel) had what appeared to be a minor spill, but with the aid of two of his team-mates, the Spaniard found his way back in the bunch.
Entering the feed zone (km 93), the break had forged another minute and a half's lead, now up to 4'10. Phonak's José Gutierrez was the best-placed of the seven, 2'57 down on race leader Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) at the start of the day, and was therefore sitting in the maillot jaune virtuel.
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However, unlike two days ago, the teams holding GC riders weren't so blase about controlling the break, and after two hours in the saddle, Rabobank and Discovery Channel sent a few of their men up front, which saw the gap reduced to a more manageable 2'50. Not long afterwards, a large group of 27 riders containing Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) and Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) tried to get away, but the teams of the lead riders weren't having anything of it, and they were brought back to the peloton after no more than 10 minutes.
At the sprint prime in Cairanne (km 126.5), taken out by Vogondy (Crédit Agricole), the break's lead had gone back out to 3'45. Still, with the 21 kilometre Giant of Provence ahead of them, the seven were going to need a lot more than that. The second sprint in Baaume-de-Venise was an equally lacklustre affair, this time won by Zaballa (Saunier Duval), and was more significant for the fact that it signaled 40 kilometres left to race, the gap to the peloton now 4'15.
From there, the only way was up, and shortly into the climb (though not the climb proper), Gutierrez (Phonak), Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) and Zaballa (Saunier Duval) gradually rode away from their companions - but there was no time to say adieu, as the peloton were only 1'50 behind them.
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Back in the bunch, the action had started early, and it was David Moncoutié (Cofidis) who took off first, seemingly unsatisfied with the pace Christophe Moreau (Crédit Agricole) was setting at the head of the peloton, which was enough to see Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) in trouble.
A little further up front, Zaballa was dropped, leaving just two - Gutierrez and Jaksche - at the 10km to go mark, who were 1'25 ahead of the remains of the peloton; Lance Armstrong and Manuel Beltran (Discovery Channel), Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), Andrey Kashechkin (Credit Agricole), Floyd Landis, Santiago Botero and Oscar Pereiro (Phonak), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Wim Van Huffel (Davitamon-Lotto), Jose Gomez Marchante, Rafael Casero and Nicolas Fritsch (Saunier Duval), Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile), David Arroyo (Illes Balears) and Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) all still in there.
By this stage, Moncoutié (Cofidis) had been absorbed. However, Armstrong (Discovery Channel) and Fritsch (Saunier Duval) were in difficulty, losing a few lengths to le groupe maillot jaune, but clawed their way back 10 minutes later. Speaking of the maillot jaune, Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) was looking comfy at the head of the group that had now eaten up and spat out Gutierrez and Jaksche, but the catch instigated a new counter by Belgian climbing sensation Wim Van Huffel (Davitamon-Lotto).
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At five kilometres to go, the front group contained 11 riders - Armstrong, Vinokourov, Kashechkin, Landis, Leipheimer, Jaksche, Menchov, Moncoutié, Fritsch, Landaluze and Gomez-Marchante - but a attack by the latter rider saw Menchov and Landaluze dropped, leaving just nine.
As the slopes steepened, Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), Vinokourov (T-Mobile) bridged to Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) and distanced themselves from a group containing Armstrong (Discovery Channel), Landis (Phonak), Moncoutié (Cofidis) and Kashechkin (Credit Agricole), although the trio were still half a minute behind Van Huffel, with the Armstrong group a further 10 seconds back.
But then it became Levi's turn to let go, leaving Vino and Gomez Marchante out in front, who made the junction with Van Huffel at three kilometres to go. Leipheimer soon fell into the cradle of the group being driven by his former leader, Lance Armstrong, 27 seconds behind, with Landis and Kashechkin also hangin' in there.
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Passing underneath the flamme rouge, Van Huffel saw his super day over, as Vinokourov and Gomez-Marchante upped the tempo ever so slightly. 300 metres before the line, Vino attacked his Spanish companion, and moments later, the stocky Kazakhstan rider found himself a glorious victor, 1,909 metres above sea level.
Stage 5 - Friday, June 10: Vaison-la-Romaine - Grenoble, 219 km
With six categorised climbs and about a kilometre of flat road along its 219 kilometre-long parcours from Vaison-la-Romaine to Grenoble, some may find tomorrow's stage even harder. Maybe one for Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) or Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom).
Photography
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- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) signs a magazine for a fan
- Leipheimer's Gerolsteiner boys kept him out of the wind
- "Where's the boss?"
- "George to Lance, George to Lance, come in Lance...Where are you? Oh. Right."
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) and Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile)
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) climbs
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) with Botero and Vinokourov on his wheel
- David Moncoutie (Cofidis) checks to see the damage he's caused
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) puts the hurt on Leipheimer and Armstrong
- Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) attacks the leader's group
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) just a little off the pace
- Armstrong's group chases Leipheimer
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) nears the summit of Mont Ventoux
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) in suffer mode
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) leads Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) and Wim Van Huffel (Davitamon-Lotto) on the Ventoux
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) celebrates his win at the top of Mont Ventoux
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) followed in the footsteps of Petrarch (and many others) by climbing Mont Ventoux. He also did it faster than anyone else today.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) on the podium
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) still in the lead
Images by Russell Standring/http://grenoblecycling.free.fr
- José Gutierrez (Phonak) leads the break through the village of Suze-la-Rousse after 114 kilometres
- Christophe Edaleine (Cofidis) rides up to the finish on Mont Ventoux
- Massimo Giunti (Fassa Bortolo) rounds the final bend on Mont Ventoux
- Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) has a quiet chat in Tournon-sur-Rhône before the start
- Jose Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) was dropped by stage winner Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) with 150 metres left to the summit of Ventoux
- Daniel Mangeas, the voice of the Tour de France and Dauphine Libere
Images by Luc Claessen/www.actiefotos.be
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) leads Jose Marchante (Saunier Duval) on his way to stage victory
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) seems pretty relaxed heading up Ventoux
- Showing the strain of Ventoux in many different ways
- Team CSC were quiet today
- Together, we can take on Ventoux or so the theory goes
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) with what appears to be a smile...don't know why
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) finished down the order today
- Frederic Finot (Française Des Jeux) climbs with the Gerolsteiner boys behind him
- We're almost there; the barren slopes of Ventoux provide a dramatic backdrop for racing
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) hits the gas next to Floyd Landis
- The end is in sight but there's more to come in this race
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) hanging tough up Ventoux
- If you keep toiling... you're bound to get somewhere
- Manuel Beltran (Discovery Channel)
- Andrey Kashechkin (Credit Agricole) continues the Kazakh theme up Ventoux
- Nicki Sorensen (CSC) pushes hard and feels the pain
- Maxim Iglinskiy (Domina Vacanze) wasn't as high placed as his compatriot today
Results
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 4.07.23 (44.14 km/h) 2 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.06 3 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.16 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.37 5 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.41 6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.43 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.46 8 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31 9 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.36 10 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.45 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.17 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.35 13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.39 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.40 15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.48 16 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.59 17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.18 18 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.05 19 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.12 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4.24 21 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.35 22 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 4.43 23 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.45 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4.57 25 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.00 26 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.35 27 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.41 28 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.58 29 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.13 30 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 31 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.18 32 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 34 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 38 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 6.42 39 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.45 40 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 6.48 41 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6.57 42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 43 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 7.07 44 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.22 45 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.31 46 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 8.14 47 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.51 49 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9.27 50 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.54 51 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.00 52 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 53 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 54 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 55 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 58 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 59 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 60 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.35 61 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11.17 62 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.50 63 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 65 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 66 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 68 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 69 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 70 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 71 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 73 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 74 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 75 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 76 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 12.16 77 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12.31 78 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13.10 79 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.49 80 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 13.58 81 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 82 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14.21 83 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14.36 85 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14.53 86 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15.44 87 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 88 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 89 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 90 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 92 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 93 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 94 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 95 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 96 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 97 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 98 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 99 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 100 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 101 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.57 102 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15.59 103 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17.47 104 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 21.01 105 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 106 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 107 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 108 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 109 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 110 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 111 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 113 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 115 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 117 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 118 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 119 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 120 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 121 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 122 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 123 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 124 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 125 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 126 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 127 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 128 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 130 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 131 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 132 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 133 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 134 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 135 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 136 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 137 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 139 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 140 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 141 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22.39 142 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 143 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 144 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 145 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 146 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 147 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 148 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 149 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 150 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step 23.07 151 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23.57 DNF Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC DNF Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step DNF Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNS Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi Points 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 20 pts 2 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 3 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 5 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 10 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 9 8 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 9 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 10 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2 15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 16 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team Mountains Le Mont Ventoux - km 182 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 40 pts 2 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 3 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 5 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 18 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 16 8 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 9 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 10 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2 15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Sprints Cairanne - km 126,500 1 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 pts 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 Beaumes De Venise - km 143 1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 3 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 12.28.37 2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.49 3 Credit Agricole 1.14 4 Discovery Channel 3.45 5 T-Mobile Team 4.33 6 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 6.29 7 Rabobank 8.06 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 9.26 9 Davitamon-Lotto 9.29 10 Fassa Bortolo 10.34 11 Bouygues Telecom 12.53 12 Cofidis 14.44 13 Liberty Seguros Team 14.50 14 Gerolsteiner 16.08 15 Francaise Des Jeux 20.01 16 Quick Step - Innergetic 23.01 17 Domina Vacanze 25.26 18 Team CSC 26.33 19 Liquigas-Bianchi 35.42 20 Lampre - Caffita 36.59 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 37.05 General classification after stage 4 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 15.19.29 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.21 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 0.26 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.47 5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.00 6 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.25 7 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.53 8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.07 9 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.16 10 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.45 11 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.30 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.39 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5.08 14 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.25 15 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 6.47 17 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.04 18 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.21 19 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.03 20 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.09 21 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.20 22 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.45 23 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.55 24 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 8.57 25 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.08 26 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.15 27 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.17 28 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.18 29 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 9.30 30 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.40 31 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 9.48 32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.23 33 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 10.44 34 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.51 36 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.57 37 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 11.13 38 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 11.17 39 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 11.19 40 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11.20 41 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.56 42 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 12.14 43 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.30 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 12.39 45 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12.45 46 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 47 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.07 48 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 13.11 49 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13.20 50 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13.24 51 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 13.43 52 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.48 53 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 13.53 54 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14.00 55 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.18 56 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14.24 57 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 14.29 58 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.51 59 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14.53 60 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15.09 61 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15.42 62 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15.43 63 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.57 64 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16.08 65 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16.10 66 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.13 67 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.27 68 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 16.53 69 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16.55 70 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 16.57 71 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 72 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17.13 73 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.36 74 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.41 75 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.00 76 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18.06 77 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 18.46 78 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19.02 79 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19.05 80 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 19.22 81 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 19.23 82 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 19.25 83 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19.51 84 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19.52 85 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 20.02 86 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 20.07 87 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20.23 88 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 89 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 20.30 90 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20.32 91 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 20.35 92 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 20.40 93 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 21.13 94 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 21.41 95 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 21.52 96 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 22.02 97 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 22.36 98 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 22.39 99 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 23.08 100 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 23.12 101 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 23.24 102 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 23.45 103 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 24.11 104 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 24.16 105 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24.19 106 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 24.34 107 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 24.52 108 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 25.21 109 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25.29 110 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 25.46 112 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 25.58 113 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 26.06 114 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26.11 115 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 26.13 116 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 26.19 117 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 26.25 118 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 26.30 119 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 27.01 120 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 27.04 121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 27.19 122 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27.23 123 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 124 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 27.38 125 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 27.59 126 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 28.14 127 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 28.25 128 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.28 129 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28.37 130 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 28.40 131 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28.41 132 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.52 133 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 29.32 134 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 135 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.33 136 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 29.45 137 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.02 138 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30.12 139 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 31.00 140 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 31.58 141 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.04 142 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 33.29 143 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33.54 144 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 34.25 145 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34.51 146 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.29 147 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 35.51 148 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 36.09 149 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.22 150 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 38.09 151 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step 48.06 Points classification 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 43 pts 2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 40 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 35 5 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 30 8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 30 9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 10 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 11 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 23 12 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 13 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19 14 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19 15 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 16 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 17 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13 19 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 20 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 21 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13 22 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 23 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 10 25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 26 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 27 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 28 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9 29 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 30 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 31 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 32 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 33 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 34 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 35 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 36 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 37 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6 38 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 39 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 40 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 41 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4 43 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 44 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3 45 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 46 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 47 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 3 48 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 3 49 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2 50 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 51 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step 2 52 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 53 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 54 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 55 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team -5 56 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC -5 57 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance -5 58 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team -5 59 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team -5 60 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole -5 Mountains classification 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 47 pts 2 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 3 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 23 6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 18 8 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 9 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 10 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 11 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 12 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11 14 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 9 16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 18 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 19 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 20 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 22 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 23 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2 24 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 25 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 26 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 27 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 28 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 46.04.45 2 Discovery Channel 7.07 3 Credit Agricole 8.14 4 Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.16 5 T-Mobile Team 10.54 6 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 15.50 7 Fassa Bortolo 16.21 8 Rabobank 16.28 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 16.39 10 Gerolsteiner 18.39 11 Davitamon-Lotto 19.54 12 Bouygues Telecom 20.03 13 Cofidis 21.17 14 Liberty Seguros Team 23.52 15 Francaise Des Jeux 31.03 16 Team CSC 35.42 17 Quick Step - Innergetic 36.26 18 Domina Vacanze 39.53 19 Liquigas-Bianchi 47.57 20 Lampre - Caffita 51.30 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 56.51
