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57th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 5-12, 2005
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Stage 5 - Friday, June 10: Vaison-la-Romaine - Grenoble, 219 km
Superb solo for Merckx
Leipheimer crashes and loses lead to Landaluze
By Jeff Jones
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Belgian Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) has done what his teammate Wim Van Huffel couldn't do yesterday, taking out a stage of the Dauphine Libéré. Merckx won today's 219 km leg between Vaison-la-Romaine and Grenoble after attacking his breakaway group with 110 km to go, eventually beating Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) across the line by 2'15, with the race leader Levi Leipheimer finishing in the peloton at 9'36, after crashing on the last descent. Landaluze is now the new yellow and blue jersey wearer.
"The stage was long and it was reasonably hard," Merckx told Sporza Radio after the stage. "It turned out a bit better than expected. But the condition is there, the legs were good, and it went smoothly. When we had a dozen or so in front, there was a bit of doubt in the group because Iñigo Landaluze was there. I only rode away from the others then. Sometimes that works, and sometimes it doesn't."
Merckx's last win came in 2003 when he won the overall classification in the Tour De l'Ain. He was quick to say, "But I'm not a winner. I can't finish it off in the sprint."
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Levi Leipheimer did not have the best of days, as even before he crashed, he knew his jersey would be taken by Landaluze. "I was riding hard and carelessly," he explained. "I should have known better. I misjudged a corner and hit the ground." Leipheimer took skin off his elbow and thigh, but will be able to start tomorrow's stage. He didn't lose any time to the other main GC riders, after Lance Armstrong convinced the peloton to wait for him while he came back.
How it unfolded
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The fifth stage started in Vaison-la-Romaine, in the shadow of Mont Ventoux, at 10:37am, with a light Mistral blowing against the 150 riders as they headed north to Grenoble. Iker Camano (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was a non-starter, meaning that the Basque outfit was left with just four riders. Given the outcome of the stage, that will play an important role in the next two days.
Attacks were numerous in the first hour, but it took 50 km before a breakaway could be established. 13 riders managed to escape before the Col de Premol (km 68), with Benjamin Noval (Discovery), Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole), Francis Mourey (Francaise des Jeux), Sylvain Chavanel (Bouygues), Janek Tombak (Cofidis), Juan Antonio Flecha and Paolo Bossoni (Fassa Bortolo), Axel Merckx and Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto), Rafael Casero (Saunier Duval), Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel), Nicolas Portal (Ag2r), and Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre-Caffita). Landaluze was the best placed rider on GC, starting the day at 4'30 behind Leipheimer.
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Axel Merckx was obviously having a good day, and with seven kilometre to the top of the Cat. 2 Col de Grimone with more than 110 km to race, he attacked the breakaway group. At the top of the climb, he had 1'20 lead on a small group containing his teammate Mario Aerts, former mountains leader Francis Mourey, the best placed rider on GC, Iñigo Landaluze, and Eddy Mazzoleni. The remainder of the group was chasing at 30 seconds and managed to join the chasers, while the peloton lagged at nine minutes, giving Landaluze a fairly comfortable grip on the virtual maillot jaune.
While Merckx gained ground on his pursuers over the next two climbs and 20 km, Landaluze also effectively moved into a strong position on GC as the peloton was clocked at 13'40 behind Merckx and 10'25 behind Landaluze at the summit of the Col du Blanchet (km 137). Merckx had started the day only 9'17 behind on GC, meaning he was also a chance to take the jersey, depending on how Landaluze rode.
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The chase group 3'15 behind Merckx grew to contain Landaluze, Mourey, Mazzoleni, Aerts, Bossoni, Casero, Noval, Chavanel, Hushovd, and Flecha. On the Cat. 3 climb of La Mure with 55 km to go, Merckx had 3'50 on Landaluze, who had attacked alone, and 4'05 on seven remaining chasers after Hushovd and Flecha were dropped from the group. The peloton was still 13'25 behind, and it was certain that Merckx would stay away and either he or Landaluze would take the jersey.
Incredibly, Merckx's advantage over the peloton grew to 14'10 before it finally started to fall. Mazzoleni joined Landaluze in his pursuit of the Belgian, and the pair cut the gap down to 3'10 in Champ-Sur-Drac with 27 km to go. But Merckx couldn't be caught today, and kept his lead over the Cote Des 4 Seigneurs over Landaluze, who lost Mazzoleni. The peloton - now just 45 riders strong - managed to limit the gap to 9'36 by the finish, including waiting for leader Leipheimer when he crashed on the last descent. But it was not enough to prevent Merckx from winning the stage and Landaluze taking the jersey by 2'32 over Merckx and 2'51 over Leipheimer.
Stage 6 - Saturday, June 11: Albertville - Morzine-Avoriaz, 155 km
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The sixth stage of the Dauphine between Albertville and Morzine-Avoriaz will be the toughest climbing stage, with four big mountains to overcome. Starting with the Cat. 1 Col de la Forclaz (1150m, km 30), the riders will then tackle the Cat. 1 Col de la Croix-Fry (1467m, km 63), Cat. 1 Col de la Colombière (1634m, km 90), Cat. 4 Cote de Chatillon-sur-Cluses (733m, km 117), and the hors categorie Col de Joux Plane (1691m, km 142). The finish in Morzine is right after the tricky 10 km descent, and more than rider has lost their advantage here.
Look for some more fireworks from the climbers tomorrow, and for Landaluze and Merckx to be put under pressure.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) wins the fifth stage into Grenoble
- Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) celebrates his victory
- Ahh
- Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) refuels post-stage
- Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) finishes his ride
- Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) is escorted by a team soigneur
- Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre-Caffita) had a good ride, but faded at the end to finish fourth
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) crosses for fifth
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) finishing sixth
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) finishes in 10th after being part of the day's breakaway
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) finishes in 23rd
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) finishes the stage
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) comes across the line in 25th
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) kept the mountains jersey
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) crosses the line
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) is told where to go
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) looks for his bus
- Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) at the end of a long day
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) cruises across the line
- Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) back as a winner after a two year break
- Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) salutes from the podium
- Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) smiles from the podium
- Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) looks completely thrilled to be in yellow
- Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) contemplates being the new leader
- Hmm, two more days and three teammates. Not easy.
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) is now the points leader
Images by AFP Photo
- Levi and Odessa kiss each other before the start of the stage
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) kisses one of his dogs before the start
- Landaluze and Mourey ride in the early break
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) chats with Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel)
- The peloton during stage 5
- The peloton stretched out en route to Grenoble
- The T-Mobile train has a passenger
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) on a descent
- Vinokourov and Armstrong ride together
- Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) during his long, solo effort
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) descends, with Floyd Landis on his wheel
- Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) tries to get the most out of a descent
- Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) concentrates hard
- Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) striving for the yellow jersey
Images by Russell Standring/grenoblecycling.free.fr
- A contented Axel Merckx on the podium in Grenoble
- Inigo Landaluze leads the chase behind Mercx on the second category Col de Grimone
- The peloton is dwarfed by the mountains above the Col de Grimone
- Paolo Bossoni outsprints Sylvain Chavanel to take fifth place in Grenoble
- Benjamin Noval rolls over the line in third place in Grenoble
- Alexandre Vinokourov leads the mountains classification in Grenoble
- Janek Tombak (Cofidis) and Nicolas Portal (Ag2r) chase the front breakaway riders on the Col de Grimone
Results
1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.15.01 (41.712 km/h) 2 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.15 3 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.45 4 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.15 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.17 9 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.18 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 7.32 11 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 8.52 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.36 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 14 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 17 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 18 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 20 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 26 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 28 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 31 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 32 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 33 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 34 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 35 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 36 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 42 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 43 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 44 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 46 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 47 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 48 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 52 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 53 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 54 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 55 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 56 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.45 57 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 58 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 60 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 61 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 62 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 11.20 63 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 64 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 65 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 66 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 67 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 68 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 69 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 70 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13.36 71 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 73 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 74 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 75 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.31 76 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 77 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 78 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 79 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 80 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 81 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 82 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 83 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 84 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 85 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 86 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 87 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 88 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 90 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 91 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 92 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 93 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 95 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 96 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 98 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 99 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 16.33 100 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 101 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 102 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17.55 103 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 104 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 18.23 105 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 106 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 107 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 108 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20.22 109 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 110 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 111 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 112 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 113 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 114 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 115 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 116 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 117 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 118 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 119 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 120 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 121 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 122 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 123 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 124 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 125 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 126 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 127 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 128 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 130 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 22.31 131 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 132 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 133 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 134 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 135 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 136 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 137 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 138 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 139 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 140 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 141 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 142 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step DNF Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita DNF Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNS Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Points 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 3 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 4 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13 5 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 7 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 8 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 9 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 11 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3 14 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 15 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Mountains Col De Premol - km 68,500 1 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5 pts 2 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 3 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Col De Grimone - km 116,5 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20 pts 2 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 3 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12 4 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 5 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 6 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 7 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 8 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 10 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Col De La Croix Haute - km 124 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 pts 2 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 3 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Col Du Banchet - km 137 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 pts 2 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 3 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Cote De La Mure - km 164 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 3 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3 4 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 5 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Cote Des 4 Seigneurs - km 207 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 3 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3 4 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 5 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Sprints La Motte Chalancon - km 50 1 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 pts 2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4 3 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 Pierre Chatel - km 172 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 Teams 1 Davitamon-Lotto 16.00.56 2 Fassa Bortolo 8.50 3 Discovery Channel 9.04 4 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.34 5 Francaise Des Jeux 10.46 6 Credit Agricole 10.51 7 Cofidis 11.18 8 T-Mobile Team 12.55 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Liberty Seguros Team 11 Team Csc 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 14.04 13 Bouygues Telecom 14 Rabobank 14.39 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 16 Illes Balears-Casse D'epargne 16.55 17 Lampre - Caffita 17.45 18 Domina Vacanze 20.43 19 Gerolsteiner 23.41 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 27.06 21 Liquigas-Bianchi 27.40 General classification after stage 5 1 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.41.15 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.32 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 2.51 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.12 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 3.17 6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.38 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 4.51 8 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.16 9 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.44 10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.58 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.07 12 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.36 13 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.30 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7.59 15 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.16 16 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 9.38 18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9.55 19 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.12 20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.11 21 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11.36 22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.46 23 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 11.48 24 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11.59 25 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12.06 26 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.09 27 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 12.21 28 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12.57 29 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.14 30 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 13.35 31 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 14.08 33 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.39 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.47 35 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 15.13 36 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 15.19 37 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 15.30 38 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15.49 39 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.55 40 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 16.02 41 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.31 42 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16.43 43 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16.45 44 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 16.49 45 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16.51 46 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17.20 47 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.30 48 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17.44 49 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18.11 50 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 18.18 51 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18.33 52 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.37 53 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 19.04 54 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 19.46 56 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.16 57 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20.27 58 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20.45 59 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 21.06 60 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 21.13 61 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21.15 62 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 21.32 63 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 21.39 64 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 22.14 65 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 22.16 66 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 22.58 67 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.02 68 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23.14 69 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 23.16 70 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 23.21 71 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 23.25 72 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23.29 73 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23.54 74 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24.04 75 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24.17 76 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24.29 77 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.34 78 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.39 79 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 25.15 80 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 25.56 81 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 26.36 82 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26.43 83 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 26.45 84 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26.51 85 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 27.35 86 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 27.37 87 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 27.48 88 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 28.09 89 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 28.11 90 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 28.12 91 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 28.16 92 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 28.21 93 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28.28 94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 29.34 95 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 30.34 96 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 31.10 97 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 31.13 98 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 32.34 99 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 33.27 100 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 33.32 101 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33.57 102 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34.09 103 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 34.11 104 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 34.17 105 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34.22 106 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34.50 107 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 35.05 108 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 35.24 109 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36.14 110 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 36.16 111 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36.23 112 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 36.26 113 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 37.38 114 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 38.02 115 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 38.11 116 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 38.22 117 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 38.29 118 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 39.20 119 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 39.43 120 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 39.50 121 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 39.56 122 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 40.03 123 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 40.05 124 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 40.38 125 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 41.00 126 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41.15 127 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 42.16 128 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 42.18 129 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 42.38 130 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 43.09 131 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 43.17 132 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 43.22 133 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43.49 134 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 135 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45.19 136 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45.41 137 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48.28 138 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.40 139 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51.15 140 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 51.37 141 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 51.46 142 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.08 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 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 36 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 35 6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 7 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 32 8 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 30 10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 11 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 12 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26 13 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 14 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 20 16 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19 17 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19 18 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 19 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 20 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 21 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15 22 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 23 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 24 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13 25 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 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 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 32 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 33 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 34 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 35 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9 36 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 37 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 39 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 40 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 41 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 42 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 43 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 44 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6 45 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 46 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 47 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4 48 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 49 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 50 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 51 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3 52 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 53 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 54 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3 55 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 3 56 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 3 57 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2 58 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 59 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 60 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 61 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team -5 62 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC -5 63 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance -5 64 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole -5 Mountains classification 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 47 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 44 3 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 4 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 5 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 32 6 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 23 9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 23 10 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 18 12 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 14 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 15 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11 16 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 17 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 18 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 19 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 9 20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 21 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 22 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 23 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 24 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 25 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 26 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 27 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 28 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3 29 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2 31 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 32 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 33 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 34 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 35 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Combination classification 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 105 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 105 3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 96 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 94 6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 66 8 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 9 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 51 10 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 11 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 43 12 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39 13 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 38 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 36 15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 16 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 35 17 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 34 18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 33 20 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 21 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 22 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 30 23 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 26 24 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 24 25 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 26 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 27 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22 28 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 29 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 19 30 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18 31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 32 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 33 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13 34 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 35 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 36 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 11 37 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10 38 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10 39 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 40 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 41 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 42 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 43 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9 44 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 45 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 46 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6 47 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 48 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 49 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 50 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 51 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 4 52 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 53 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 54 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4 56 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3 57 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 3 58 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 3 59 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 60 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 61 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 62 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 63 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 64 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 62.18.36 2 Discovery Channel 3.16 3 Credit Agricole 6.10 4 Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.55 5 Davitamon-Lotto 6.59 6 T-Mobile Team 10.54 7 Fassa Bortolo 12.16 8 Rabobank 18.12 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 18.23 10 Cofidis 19.40 11 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 19.50 12 Bouygues Telecom 21.12 13 Liberty Seguros Team 23.52 14 Francaise Des Jeux 28.54 15 Gerolsteiner 29.25 16 Team CSC 35.42 17 Quick Step - Innergetic 37.35 18 Domina Vacanze 47.41 19 Lampre - Caffita 56.20 20 Liquigas-Bianchi 1.02.42 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.11.02
