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57th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 5-12, 2005
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Stage 6 - Saturday, June 11: Albertville - Morzine-Avoriaz, 155 km
Botero back in business; Landaluze still leads
By Anthony Tan in Morzine-Avoriaz
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The word 'epic' is often overused in cycling, but for today's penultimate stage of the Dauphiné Libéré, there really is no other word.
After a short lull following his comeback victory at the Tour de Romandie, 32 year-old Colombian Santiago Botero (Phonak) has found himself in top form once again. While the Colombian's TT win three days ago in Roanne was strong though not convincing, today the man from Medellin left a class group of riders on the steepest slopes of the much-feared climb of the Col de Joux-Plane, then descended like a bat out of hell to drop David Moncoutié (Cofidis) and fly away to a second - and this time dominant - stage victory, rocketing six places up the GC into second overall.
The day also gave plenty of indication of the ominous upward progress of defending Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong. Riding within himself the entire race, the 33 year-old American appears to be growing ever-stronger towards his July 2 countdown, where he will ride La Grand Boucle for the final time.
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Seventh on the stage and holding onto his fourth-place overall, it was a pragmatic Armstrong that greeted the press after the stage: "I haven't raced a lot of big mountains this year, so I'm still lacking a little bit of punch," he said. "The Tour is a long way; what counts is July 24." [The final day of the Tour de France - ed.]
Former race leader Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) was also solid, finishing with Armstrong's group and holding his third spot on the classement general, while Botero's team-mate Floyd Landis was well inside the hurt box on the Joux-Plane, finishing four minutes back and slipping to seventh on GC.
No where near as spectacular as Botero but equally courageous was the maillot jaune of Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Finding himself totally isolated on the final climb, the Spaniard did not panic, 'doing a Savoldelli' by going his own tempo and limiting his losses. Landaluze eventually finished 4'17 in arrears, but more importantly, he still holds onto his race lead by 49 seconds, which should be enough to see him the overall winner in Sallanches tomorrow.
How it unfolded
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With the tables unexpectedly turned the day before, today was really the last opportunity for the pre-favourites to exact revenge if they wanted to become the ultimate winner of the 57th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.
Only 155 kilometres long, but it had all the markings of a brutal day in the saddle. An entrée of three Cat. 1 climbs to begin with - the Col de la Forclaz, Col de la Croix-Fry and Col de la Colombiére - before the main meal less than 10 kilometres from the finish in Morzine, the hors categorié Col de Joux-Plane. Pundits lest not forget: the Joux-Plane was the scene of Armstrong's famous case of hunger knock at the 2000 Tour de France, where he almost lost the race to Jan Ullrich - so we were expecting LA to treat this stage very, very seriously.
Lousy weekend weather predicted a few days ago was thankfully not the case, with the 12:45 start in Albertville a very pleasant 22°C, and a just a few swirls of wind that didn't even register on Météo France radar. Just the one rider was missing from the start, Enrico Franzoi from Lampre-Caffita, making it 141 to start the day - but very unlikely the same number would finish...
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Yesterday's successful break won by Axel Merckx and Samuel Dumoulin's win a few days before sparked renewed interest from the opportunists, and it took just 15 minutes for an eight-man move to go clear. In the break were: Ivan Gutierrez (Iles Baleares, 38th GC), Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick.Step, 103rd GC), Rémy Di Grégorio (Française des Jeux, 43rd GC), Joost Posthuma (Rabobank, 71st GC), Massimo Giunti (Fassa Bortolo, 19th GC), Pierre Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom, 109th GC), Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas-Bianchi, 78th GC) and Sylvain Calzati (Ag2r, 53rd GC). 20 minutes later, Andriy Grivko (Domina Vacanze) and José-Cayetano Julia (Iles Baleares) launched a counter-attack, but the boat had long departed and they spent the next two hours in a fruitless chase before giving up.
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Alberto Contador was another rider who gave up, but for him, the situation was far more serious. Attempting to get something out of his wheel, Contador's fingers came to grief, and the 22 year-old Liberty Seguros rider was evac'd to hospital, suffering serious cuts to his hand.
Ag2r's Sylvain Calzati imposed a strong rhythm on the first climb of the day, the Col de la Forclaz, which saw their advantage tick over the seven-minute mark and Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom) cramping and already in trouble, leaving just seven. By the top of the climb, the gap was 10'20 and the best-placed rider in the break, Massimo Giunti (Fassa Bortolo, 19th on GC, 10'12 behind Inigo Landaluze), was in the maillot jaune virtuel, but only by a handful of seconds.
Five minutes behind, Grivko (Domina Vacanze) had caught Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom) while Julia (Iles Baleares) was a further minute back. 9'20 from the lead group, another seven had escaped, those names being: David Arroyo (Iles Baleares), Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak), Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros), Frédéric Bessy (Cofidis), Juan-Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo), Maryan Hary (Bouygues Telecom) and Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r).
Not surprisingly, it was Giunti (Fassa Bortolo) who was doing plenty of the pacemaking on Col de la Croix-Fry, no doubt spurred on by wayward thoughts of the maillot jaune. At the crest of this second Cat. 1 climb, it was still the same seven, 8'15 ahead of the peloton; those names again: Ivan Gutierrez (Iles Baleares), Juan Miguel Mercado (Quickstep), Rémy Di Grégorio (Française des Jeux), Joost Posthuma (Rabobank), Massimo Giunti (Fassa Bortolo), Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Sylvain Calzati (Ag2r).
Just to keep things confusing, another nine - Moreau, Arroyo, Botero, Pereiro, Moncoutié, Weening, Bruseghin, Flecha, and Astarloza - left the peloton on the Croix-Fry, while Grivko, Drancourt and Dumoulin were somewhere in between them and the break, leaving three groups out in front.
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Shortly before the climb of the Col de la Colombière (km 78), Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) made a brief though unexpected stop to adjust his saddle, but with the aid of his team-mates, he soon rejoined the bunch. Ahead of Lance, Maryan Hary (Bouygues Telecom), part of the second chase group, crashed heavily on the descent of the Colombière, and was immediately taken to hospital at the direction of race doctor Gérard Porte, who informed race radio the Frenchman was suffering from lumbar (back) trauma.
After the descent into Cluses (km 109), the seven chasers had just 45 seconds' advantage to the next group behind, now 11 strong and containing the names of Moreau, Arroyo, Mancebo, Botero, Pereiro, Moncoutié, Weening, Bruseghin, Flecha, Goubert, Astarloza and Dumoulin. There was also action aplenty behind, as a select five-man group that included Armstrong and George Hincapie (Discovery Channel), Floyd Landis (Phonak), yesterday's winner Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) and Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) formed at km 116, not long before the start of the Cat. 4 Côte de Châtillon.
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Without any team-mates, the maillot jaune of Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was somewhat isolated, but provided he could keep it together, the Basque had time on his side. Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) was also with him and thanks to the efforts of his team-mates, they made it back on just before they commenced the dreaded Col de Joux-Plane.
Sensing danger, Ivan Gutierrez (Iles Baleares) attacked the lead group 30 kilometres from the finish, while his six former companions found the company of 13 other men, as the group behind them made the junction. But once that junction was made, Tour of Romandie champion Santi Botero (Phonak) and David Moncoutié (Cofidis) took off three kilometres into the climb's savage slopes, flying past Gutierrez and splitting the bunch to pieces. Mancebo (Illes Balears) and Moreau (Credit Agricole) were never going to catch them, but did what they could to limit their losses.
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The group now behind them read like a who's who of cycling, as Armstrong (Discovery Channel), Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), Vinokourov (T-Mobile), Landis, Pereiro (Phonak) and Kashechkin (Credit Agricole) joined forces, some three minutes behind the lead duo, Landaluze a further 30 seconds back. However, 10 kilometres from the top of the Joux-Plane, Vino and Pereiro left this chase group in their wake, but Armstrong bided his time in bringing them back and dropped Landis in the process, his fellow American looking in a bad, bad way.
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By the top of the Joux-Plane (km 143) and with just 12 kilometres left to race, it was still Botero and Moncoutié. Trailing two and a half minutes behind the lead pair was le groupe Armstrong, who, by this stage, had just four others for company - Vinkourov, Arroyo, Gomez Marchante and Leipheimer.
Incredibly, it was on the descent where the 2002 world TT champion made his winning move. By the finish in Morzine, Botero had 23 seconds to think about his victory salute, but all he could muster was a very tired-looking one-armed punch before both arms were raised, his energy totally spent on the road behind. After Moncoutié, Mancebo, Moreau and Bruseghin, Vinokourov sprinted hard to take sixth place, a couple of seconds in front of an exhausted though satisfied Armstrong, while the maillot jaune Landaluze held tough to finish 4'17 behind Botero, and thus keep his race lead by 49 seconds.
Stage 7 - Sunday, June 12: Morzine-Avoriaz - Sallanches, 128 km
The final day is one for the spectators, with the race cresting the Cat. 4 Côte de Domancy seven times in the final 70 kilometres, before the stage and race draws to a close in Sallanches. Timings are tight at the top of the leaderboard, so the top five riders on GC will need to keep their wits about them, and as the last two days have shown, anything can happen. But most probably, it's another one for those adventurers who still have the legs. Philippe Gilbert (La Francaise des Jeux) or Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) would make likely protagonists.
Photography
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- It ain't easy getting a quote from the man.
- Sheryl Crow looks more pumped about the day than her boyfriend...
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) has a warm-inner glow about him today.
- The peloton on their way to Morine at the start of the day.
- The peloton a pretty sight in Les Alpes.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) was Armstrong's ever-faithful lieutenant today.
- Maryan Hary (Bouygues Telecom) was the second rider of the day to come to grief after Alberto Contador, crashing on the descent of the Col de la Colombière.
- Now this is how you do it...
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) launches his winning move three kilometres into the Col de Joux-Plane, with David Moncoutié (Cofidis) bridging up to him moments later.
- Behind, what remained of the peloton went into damage control.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) takes off with Floyd Landis in tow, but it wasn't for long.
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) was in a no-fuss mood today.
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) had a great ride to finish with Armstrong today.
- Jose Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) leads the group containing Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) and Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) on the Joux-Plane.
- Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) rode within himself today, and as a result, retained the race lead.
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) wasn't too far behind Botero and Moncoutié.
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) comes home a winner in Morzine.
- A limp salute is all Santiago Botero (Phonak) can muster, his energy totally spent on the road behind.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) looking quietly confident for the month ahead at the start in Albertville.
- The peloton ride through the area known as Les Alpes.
- The weekend crowds were out in force today. Check out all those campervans!
- What's left of the 'peloton' at the start of the Col de Joux-Plane.
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) and David Moncoutié (Cofidis) go for it on the Col de Joux-Plane.
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) steps on the gas.
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) and David Moncoutié (Cofidis) away on the Col de Joux-Plane.
- Did you say attack? Santiago Botero (Phonak) appears to be having problems with radio reception.
- David Moncoutié (Cofidis) giving it plenty on the Joux-Plane.
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) was roughly 30 seconds behind the leading pair on the Joux-Plane.
- And Christophe Moreau (Credit Agricole) was just a few seconds behind Mancebo.
- Marzio Bruseghin (Fassa Bortolo) rode very well to eventually finish fifth.
- Here comes Lance!
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) drives the group behind, with Armstrong and Leipheimer in tow.
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) rode within his limit today.
- Jose Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) drives the group containing Armstrong.
- Armstrong and Gomez Marchante share the pace-making on the Joux-Plane.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) in the hurt box.
- Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) cheered on by a Basque fan, before leaving his group behind.
- Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) rode courageously to hold onto his maillot jaune.
- Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) was part of the Armstrong group that formed on the Col de la Colombière, but succumbed to the pace set on the Joux-Plane.
- Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) was another victim of the Joux-Plane.
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) was well off the winning pace, eventually finishing almost 17 minutes down.
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) triumphs in Morzine.
Images by Russell Standring/http://grenoblecycling.free.fr
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) rolls out in Albertville at the last possible moment
- David Arroyo (Illes Balears) finishes in eighth place in Morzine
- Axel Merckx (davitamon-Lotto) the previous day's winner in Grenoble, is all smiles in Albertville
- The CSC spares lorry is well stocked
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) signs autographs in Albertville
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) looking pretty relaxed in Albertville
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) seems to have somehting on his mind in Albertville
- The finish in Morzine with the OLN team of Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen taking up the road with their pre-show interview
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) sprints in Morzine to finish two seconds in front of Lance Armstrong
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) rolls out at the start in Albertville
Results
1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.30.54 (34.33 km/h) 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.23 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.53 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.58 5 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.27 6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 2.50 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.52 8 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.43 12 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.02 13 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.17 14 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.39 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4.51 17 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.19 19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5.48 20 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 6.54 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.04 27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 7.06 28 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.39 29 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 8.15 31 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.35 32 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.45 33 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 9.24 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 9.40 35 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 37 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10.16 38 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10.30 39 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10.58 40 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11.25 41 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 42 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 43 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 44 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 45 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 12.42 47 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 48 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 12.53 49 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 13.09 50 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 13.20 51 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 15.09 52 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 16.41 53 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 54 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 56 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19.35 57 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 20.44 58 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 60 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 62 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 65 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 66 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 68 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 69 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 70 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 71 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 73 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 74 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 75 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 76 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 78 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 79 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 80 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 81 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 82 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20.56 83 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 22.45 84 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25.38 85 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 86 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26.07 89 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 90 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 26.37 91 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 92 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 93 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 94 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 30.33 95 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 96 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 97 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 98 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 99 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 100 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 102 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 103 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 104 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 105 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 30.37 106 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 107 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 108 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 109 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 110 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 111 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 112 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 113 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 33.25 114 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 115 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 116 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 117 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 118 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 119 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 120 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 121 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 122 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 124 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 125 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 126 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 128 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 129 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 33.32 130 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 131 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole DNF Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne DNF Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC DNF Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita DNF Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance DNS Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita Points 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 5 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 10 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 8 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8 9 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 6 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 5 12 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 13 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 14 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 16 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne -5 17 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo -5 18 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir -5 19 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team -5 20 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto -5 21 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team -5 22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 23 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 24 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 25 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole -5 Mountains Col De La Forclaz - km 31 1 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30 pts 2 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 26 3 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22 4 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 18 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 14 6 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12 7 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 10 8 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 6 10 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 11 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 12 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Col De La Croix Fry - km 64,5 1 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30 pts 2 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26 3 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 22 4 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 18 5 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 14 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10 8 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 9 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 11 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Col De La Colombiere - km 90 1 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30 pts 2 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 26 3 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22 4 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 18 5 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 6 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 12 7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 10 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 11 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 12 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 Cote De Chatillon Sur Cluses - km 118 1 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5 pts 2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3 3 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 Col De Joux Plane - km 142 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 35 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 26 5 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22 6 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18 7 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 14 9 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 10 11 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 6 13 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4 14 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 15 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Sprints Morillon - km 126 1 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6 pts 2 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4 3 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 Ranfolly - km 145 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 Teams 1 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 13.44.06 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.17 3 Credit Agricole 2.57 4 Discovery Channel 3.01 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.23 6 T-Mobile Team 8.12 7 Fassa Bortolo 9.22 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 10.29 9 Davitamon-Lotto 11.24 10 Rabobank 12.24 11 Team CSC 18.32 12 Cofidis 21.08 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 24.08 14 Liberty Seguros Team 32.55 15 Gerolsteiner 33.08 16 Bouygues Telecom 35.49 17 Francaise Des Jeux 46.20 18 Domina Vacanze 47.51 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 49.04 20 Liquigas-Bianchi 50.51 21 Lampre - Caffita 52.49 General classification after stage 6 1 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.16.36 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.49 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1.16 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.37 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1.40 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.32 7 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.13 8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.58 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.01 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 4.07 11 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.09 12 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.21 13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.50 14 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.28 15 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.40 16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.19 17 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10.01 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.58 19 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 12.05 20 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.39 21 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 12.40 22 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 12.45 23 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14.26 24 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.46 25 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.02 26 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16.41 27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 16.47 28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.14 29 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 17.23 30 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19.11 31 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.03 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 20.43 33 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.31 34 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22.48 35 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 23.00 36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 23.41 37 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 24.06 38 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 24.17 39 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 24.46 40 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25.31 41 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 25.35 42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 27.11 43 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.28 44 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 28.23 45 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 29.14 46 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29.31 47 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30.12 48 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31.10 49 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 31.36 50 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32.48 51 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 33.20 52 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 33.29 53 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 33.40 54 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33.41 55 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33.47 56 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 35.10 57 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35.50 58 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 36.36 59 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 36.37 60 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36.54 61 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 37.23 62 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37.30 63 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 37.49 64 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 39.00 65 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39.19 66 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 39.33 67 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 39.38 68 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 39.46 69 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 39.51 70 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 40.21 71 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 40.30 72 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 40.44 73 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40.51 74 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40.56 75 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 42.02 76 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 42.26 77 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 43.27 78 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 43.30 79 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 45.05 80 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 45.47 81 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 46.55 82 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 48.23 83 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 49.04 84 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 85 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 49.45 86 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50.14 87 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 50.19 88 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 50.26 89 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 50.34 90 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51.22 91 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 52.06 92 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52.40 93 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 52.57 94 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 53.43 95 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 54.28 96 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 55.44 97 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 56.20 98 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56.32 99 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 56.44 100 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 56.46 101 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 57.16 102 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 58.35 103 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 58.40 104 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 59.38 105 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 1.01.30 106 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02.25 107 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.03.48 108 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.04.03 109 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.04.12 110 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.05.00 111 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.05.10 112 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.05.14 113 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 1.05.27 114 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.05.53 115 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.06.02 116 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.06.48 117 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.07.27 118 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 1.08.18 119 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.08.22 120 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 1.08.48 121 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.09.10 122 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.10.23 123 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.11.36 124 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.11.57 125 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.12.07 126 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.12.37 127 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.14.17 128 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.15.46 129 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.20.35 130 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.20.44 131 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.21.06 Points classification 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 49 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 45 5 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 40 6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 35 8 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 10 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 28 11 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 12 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 27 13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26 14 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 15 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 23 17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 20 19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 20 20 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19 21 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19 22 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 23 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 24 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 25 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15 26 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 27 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13 28 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 29 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 30 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 10 31 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 32 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 33 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 34 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9 35 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8 36 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 37 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 39 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 40 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 41 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 42 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 43 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 44 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4 45 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4 46 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 47 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 48 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 49 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 50 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 51 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 3 52 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 53 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3 54 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 3 55 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 56 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 57 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2 58 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 59 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1 60 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 61 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team -4 62 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC -5 63 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto -5 64 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance -5 65 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 66 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 67 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole -10 Mountains classification 1 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 95 pts 2 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 67 3 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 62 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 61 5 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 53 7 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 52 8 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51 9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 50 10 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 44 11 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 13 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 40 14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 39 15 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 38 16 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 33 18 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 32 19 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30 21 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30 22 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 24 23 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 23 24 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 22 25 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 26 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 15 27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 28 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 29 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 30 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11 31 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 32 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 33 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 34 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 35 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4 36 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 37 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 38 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 39 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3 40 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 41 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2 42 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 43 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 44 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 45 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 46 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 47 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 48 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Combination classification 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 139 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 129 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 115 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 112 5 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 110 6 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 7 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 101 8 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 11 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 78 12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 71 13 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 70 14 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 69 15 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 67 16 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 65 17 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 54 18 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 53 19 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 52 20 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 50 21 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 43 22 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39 23 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 39 24 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 25 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 38 26 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 34 27 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 34 28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 33 29 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 30 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 31 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 30 32 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 30 33 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 34 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 25 35 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22 36 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 37 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18 39 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13 40 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 41 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 42 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 43 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 44 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9 45 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 46 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 47 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 48 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 7 49 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 50 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 51 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 52 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 53 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 54 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 55 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 56 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4 57 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 58 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4 59 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 60 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3 61 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 3 62 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 3 63 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 64 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 65 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 66 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 67 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 68 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 69 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 70 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1 71 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 72 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 76.02.59 2 Discovery Channel 6.00 3 Credit Agricole 8.50 4 Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.01 5 Davitamon-Lotto 18.06 6 T-Mobile Team 18.49 7 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 19.33 8 Fassa Bortolo 21.21 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 28.35 10 Rabobank 30.19 11 Cofidis 40.31 12 Team CSC 53.57 13 Liberty Seguros Team 56.30 14 Bouygues Telecom 56.44 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.01.26 16 Gerolsteiner 1.02.16 17 Francaise Des Jeux 1.14.57 18 Domina Vacanze 1.35.15 19 Lampre - Caffita 1.48.52 20 Liquigas-Bianchi 1.53.16 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.59.49
