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57th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 5-12, 2005
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Stage 2 - Tuesday, June 7: Givors - Chauffailles, 187 km
Dumoulin does the deed
By Anthony Tan
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On a day believed to one for the sprinters, four Frenchman decided to foil the fast-men's plans, with young Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r Prevoyance) taking out the stage in Chauffailles this afternoon.
The 24 year-old fourth-year pro, a two-time winner of the Tro Bro Léon (2003-04), held his own against three more experienced rivals to earn himself the biggest stage win of his career, and most likely, a place on the Ag2r team for the upcoming Tour de France.
Taking less than half an hour to happen, the early break turned out to be the winning break, as Dumoulin and Frédéric Bessy (Cofidis) were joined by Anthony Charteau (Bouygues Telecom) and Frédéric Finot (Française des Jeux) to form the final four. Their lead, which approached 20 minutes at one stage, proved to be too much to handle for even the likes of Discovery Channel, and by the finish in Chauffailles, the gap was still 3'16.
As a consequence, George Hincapie relinquished the race lead to the short but sprightly Dumoulin - but he'll have a tough time defending his maillot jaune in tomorrow's 46.5 kilometre time trial, with Finot a former world's TT silver medallist in the espoir category back in 1998.
How it unfolded
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If any of the sprinters were kicking themselves for not winning the day before, today they got another chance - but with tomorrow's TT in mind, the breakaway specialists also wanted a piece of the action.
Whichever way the stage was to end, the parcours was unlikely to shape the race. A virtual carbon copy of the previous day, only shorter at 184 kilometres, the 158 riders remaining in this year's Dauphiné faced the same number (three) and same category climbs (one Cat. 3, two Cat. 4s) as they headed north by northwest from Givors to Chauffailles. Along the route, two sprint primes were also on offer: the first at Chauffailles after 110 kilometres, and the second some 40-odd kilometres later in Le Guidon.
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Leaving the Place Henri Barbusse départ in Givors at 11:45, it didn't take long for the early break to go. Shortly after the clock struck twelve, Frédéric Bessy (Cofidis) and Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r Prevoyance) left the grasp of the peloton, which spurred a subsequent counterattack from Volta a Catalunya stage winner Anthony Charteau (Bouygues Telecom) and Frédéric Finot (Française des Jeux).
By half-twelve, the four Frenchman were riding as one and away. At the 55 kilometre mark, the quartet had amassed a handy lead of 5'45, and after two hours and 66 kilometres covered, the gap had blown out to 12 minutes!
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Eager to prove their worth before the Tour de France, coupled with Discovery Channel's lack of enthusiasm in rallying their troops up to this point, where it seemed likely overnight leader George Hincapie would hand over his jersey by the day's end, the breakaway never looked like coming back.
Cofidis' Bessy, 2003 winner of the Route du Sud and fourth in the mountains classification at this year's Volta a Catalunya, took the maximum seven points over the first KOM of the Col des Echarmeaux (km 87), followed by Finot, Dumoulin and Charteau. By the summit of the climb, these guys were sitting very pretty indeed, enjoying a 16-minute lead over the peloton, and as the quartet headed into the finish town of Chauffailles for the first time (km 110), the situation only got better, their advantage now 17 and a half minutes.
But not long thereafter, three teams - T-Mobile, Phonak and Fassa Bortolo - began assembling their crew at the head of the peloton, with Liberty Seguros and Rabobank soon joining them, and their combined forces made an immediate impact on the good times out in front. In the space of half an hour, six minutes were slashed between the quartet and the peloton, and with 50 kilometres left to race, their breakaway had a solid though slimming lead of 11'25.
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At a quarter to four, and with roughly an hour left to race, the gap ticked below the 10-minute barrier. Bessy (Cofidis) took out the sprint uncontested in Le Guidon, the quartet no doubt realising there was something far more important at stake if they were to stay away.
150 kilometres down and 34 to go, the jerseys of Discovery Channel begun to make an appearance at the head of affairs, imposing a solid TdF-style rhythm that they've long been accustomed to. However, it was still touch and go whether or not the break would succeed, and for the locals at least, they were hoping for the former.
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The final 15 was exciting stuff; the four Frenchies weren't giving in, and neither was the peloton, the gap now at 4 minutes 40. Five kilometres later, the peloton had only made five seconds on the break, Frédéric Finot (Française des Jeux) nonetheless deciding to take his chances in solo flyer.
28 year-old Finot's palmarès as a silver medallist in the 1998 world espoir TT championships didn't do him much good, however, and it was all together moments later. Under the flamme rouge signifying one kilometre to go, it was still anyone's race - so long as you were in the breakaway...
In the four-up dash to the line in Chauffailles, it was young Dumoulin (Ag2r Prevoyance) who took line honours, and to make the day even better, the maillot jaune to boot!
Photography
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- Go west, young man!
- A bug's eye view of Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel).
- Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r Prevoyance) forces the winning move early in the race.
- Alexandre Vinkourov (T-Mobile) will be a man to watch come the Tour.
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) gives the signal for 'It's okay to eat, George'.
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) has been laying low until now.
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) grabs a quick bite to eat.
- Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinkourov (T-Mobile) and Andrey Kashechkin (Credit Agricole) ride side by side.
- Christophe Moreau (Credit Agricole) is one of France's best hopes for overall victory at the Dauphiné.
- The peloton passes a house in need of more than just a quick trim.
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) is flanked by T-Mobile's Oscar Sevilla and Alexandre Vinkourov.
- Whaddya reckon Lance - me winning the Tour? Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) and Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears) chew the fat.
- Eventual winner Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r Prevoyance) bides his time in the breakaway.
- Hey hun, leave the leg-smashing till tomorrow. Sheryl Crow offers some words of wisdom to her boyfriend Lance Armstrong.
- Okay, babe, you can go and play with your friends now. A few more words of wisdom from Sheryl.
- Recent Volta a Catalunya stage winner Anthony Charteau (Bouygues Telecom) ups the tempo in the break.
- Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r Prevoyance) outsprints Anthony Charteau (Bouygues Telecom) and Frederic Finot (Française Des Jeux) to take the stage in Chauffailles.
- Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r Prevoyance) lets out a winning roar.
- Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r Prevoyance) finishes off his victory salute.
- Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r Prevoyance) waves to the partisan crowd before accepting his winner's trophy.
- Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r Prevoyance) in the leader's jersey.
Images by Russell Standring/http://grenoblecycling.free.fr
- The break play cat and mouse with 500 metres left to the finish line
- The peloton chase the four riders in the break with 85 kilometres left to ride
- The small town of Chauffailles was the perfect host for the arrival of stage two
- The Liberty Seguros-Würth team lead the peloton over the Col des Echarmeaux after 87 kilometres
- Lance checks his connection back to the team at the start in Givors
- The Mountains classification leader, Francis Mourey enjoys a joke in Givors
- Credit Agricole lead the peloton in the last 500 metres in Chauffailles
- Robert Hunter is in good spirits in Givors before the start
- T-Mobile rider, Francisco Lara Ruiz (T-Mobile) prepares for the start in Givors
Results
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.47.06 2 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.16 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 7 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 9 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 12 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 14 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 19 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 21 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 24 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 30 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 32 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 33 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 35 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 37 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 38 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 40 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 41 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 43 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 46 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 48 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 51 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 52 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 53 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 54 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 55 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 57 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 59 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 60 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 61 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 62 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 63 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 64 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 65 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 66 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 67 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 69 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 70 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 71 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 72 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 73 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 74 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 75 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 76 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 77 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 79 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 80 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 81 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 83 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 84 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 85 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 86 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 87 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 88 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 89 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 90 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 91 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 92 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 93 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 94 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 95 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 96 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 97 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 99 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 100 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 101 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 102 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 103 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 105 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 106 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 107 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 108 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 109 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 110 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 111 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 112 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 113 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 114 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 115 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 116 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 118 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 119 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 120 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 121 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 122 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 123 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 124 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 125 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 126 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 127 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 128 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 129 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 130 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 131 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 132 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 133 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 134 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 135 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 136 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 137 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 138 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.41 139 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.56 140 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6.41 141 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.34 142 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 143 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 144 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 145 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 10.40 146 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 147 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 148 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 149 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 150 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 151 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 152 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 153 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step 154 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.14 155 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 18.47 156 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step DNF Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNS Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank Sprints Chauffailles, km 112,5 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 3 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 Le Guidon, km 148,5 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 3 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 Mountains Col des Echarmeaux, km 87 1 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 pts 2 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 4 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 5 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Col de la Cepee, km 98,5 1 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 pts 2 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 3 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Col de la Cepee, km 173 1 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 pts 2 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 Teams 1 Cofidis 14.27.50 2 Française des Jeux 3 Bouygues Telecom 4 Ag2r Prevoyance 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.16 6 Quick.Step - Innergetic 7 Liquigas-Bianchi 8 Lampre - Caffita 9 Davitamon - Lotto 10 Illes Balears - C.Epargne 11 Crédit Agricole 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Gerolsteiner 14 Fassa Bortolo 15 T-Mobile Team 16 Liberty Seguros Team 17 Discovery Channel 18 Domina Vacanze 19 Team CSC 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Rabobank General classification after stage 2 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 10.08.06 2 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.20 3 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.21 4 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.28 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.06 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 3.07 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.09 8 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.11 9 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.12 10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.13 11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.15 12 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.19 13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 3.20 15 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 17 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.22 18 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.23 20 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 22 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.24 23 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 24 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.25 26 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.27 27 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 28 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.28 29 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.29 31 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3.30 33 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 37 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 38 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 39 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 3.31 40 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 41 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 42 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.32 43 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 44 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.33 46 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.35 47 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 48 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 49 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.36 50 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.37 52 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 53 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 54 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 3.38 55 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 56 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 57 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.39 58 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.40 60 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 3.41 61 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 62 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.42 63 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 64 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 65 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 3.43 66 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 67 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.45 68 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 69 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 70 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 71 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.46 75 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 76 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.47 77 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 78 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.48 79 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 80 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 81 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.49 82 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.50 83 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 3.51 84 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 85 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.52 86 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.53 87 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 88 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 89 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 90 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.54 91 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.55 92 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 93 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 94 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 95 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.57 96 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 97 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 98 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 99 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 101 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.58 102 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.59 103 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 104 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 105 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 106 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 107 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.00 109 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 110 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 111 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.01 112 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.02 113 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.03 114 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 115 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.04 116 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 117 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 118 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.05 119 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 120 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 121 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 4.06 122 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.08 123 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 125 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 126 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 127 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.10 128 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.13 129 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.14 130 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 131 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.15 132 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 133 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.17 134 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.18 135 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.22 136 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.24 137 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.51 138 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 5.09 139 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.25 140 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7.47 141 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.48 142 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.07 143 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.27 144 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.32 145 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.08 146 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.14 147 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 11.17 148 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 11.22 149 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.25 150 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 11.26 151 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.28 152 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11.37 153 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.46 154 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step 12.32 155 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 19.06 156 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step 20.05 Sprints classification 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 40 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 30 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 4 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 23 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 6 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19 7 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 8 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 17 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 15 11 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 12 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13 13 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 14 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 15 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 16 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 10 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 19 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 20 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 21 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9 22 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 23 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 24 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7 25 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 26 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6 27 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 28 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 29 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 30 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 31 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 4 32 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 33 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4 34 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 35 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 3 36 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 3 37 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 38 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 39 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step 2 40 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 41 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 42 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 43 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC -5 44 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team -5 45 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole -5 46 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team -5 Mountains classification 1 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 pts 2 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 3 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11 5 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 9 6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 7 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5 9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 12 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 13 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 14 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams classification 1 Ag2r Prevoyance 30.31.39 2 Bouygues Telecom 0.06 3 Cofidis 4 Française des Jeux 0.37 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.23 6 Discovery Channel 2.27 7 Gerolsteiner 2.37 8 Crédit Agricole 2.44 9 T-Mobile Team 2.49 10 Liberty Seguros Team 2.50 11 Fassa Bortolo 3.00 12 Quick.Step - Innergetic 3.02 13 Rabobank 3.03 14 Team CSC 3.08 15 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.14 16 Illes Balears - C.Epargne 3.25 17 Liquigas-Bianchi 3.33 18 Domina Vacanze 3.36 19 Lampre - Caffita 3.54 20 Davitamon - Lotto 4.09 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.12
