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57th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 5-12, 2005
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Stage 3 - Wednesday, June 8: Roanne - Roanne ITT, 47 km
Botero repeats 2002 TT win
Leipheimer in yellow; Armstrong solid
By Jeff Jones
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Just as he did in 2002, Colombian time trial specialist Santiago Botero (Phonak) has won the Dauphiné Libéré's long time trial, a tough, hilly 47 km loop around Roanne. In 2002, he beat the then leader and eventual winner of the Dauphiné, Lance Armstrong, by 42 seconds in a 41 km test. Today in Roanne, his margin of victory was just 1 second over American Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), with Armstrong in third at 26 seconds. Botero's teammate Floyd Landis was fourth at 39 seconds, with Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) coming home in fifth at 1'00. Once again, it was an American top-heavy stage result.
Botero rode the course in 1:00:06.55, an average speed of 46.915 km/h, and described how hard it was because of the wind. "In the first part, I fought against the wind and I couldn't exceed a speed of more than 55 km/h," said Botero. "The bike almost blew over at certain moments. I lost about 15 seconds. Fortunately, on the descent, I was able to recover."
The Phonak rider has now notched his third victory in 2005 following the time trial and the overall in the Tour de Romandie earlier this year. It has been a satisfying return for Botero, who had two very poor years with Telekom/T-Mobile, during which he received a lot of criticism. "It's not necessary to take account of what's said or written, only patience and results count," said Botero.
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Gerolsteiner's Levi Leipheimer looked on track to win the stage, setting the best time checks early on, but couldn't match Botero's finishing pace and was just beaten by the Colombian. But thanks to his excellent ride in the prologue, Leipheimer had enough time in hand to take over the leader's jersey from Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r), who was more than five minutes down today.
"We're super happy to get the leader's jersey of one of the biggest races that prepare for the Tour de France," said sports director Reimund Dietzen. "This is just one of those days where you can finally sit back and appreciate. We're very satisfied.
"Levi rode a fantastic race. Even if he was a little upset, because of that one second gap [to stage winner Botero]." As for tomorrow's mythical stage to the 'bald giant' Mont Ventoux in Provence, Leipheimer's team director said, "We will give everything we have and fight until the end. It would be a dream to defend the jersey on Mont Ventoux. The guys will definitely get Levi into the best possible position at the foot of the climb - and he will have to do the rest."
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Lance Armstrong's ride to finish third and place him in third on the general classification was right in line with the Texan's expectations, even if it didn't exceed them. "That was hard," Armstrong was quoted by Reuters as saying. "I started fast and hard, it was difficult with a hard climb and long downhill with headwind. It was a 100 percent effort all the way but that's OK.
"I'm not overwhelmingly pleased but I'm not disappointed, I'm on my schedule. I feel much better than in Georgia, more comfortable on the bike, my position is much better, my cadence is much better. It wasn't perfect but the overall sensation was good."
Armstrong's Discovery Channel team director Johan Bruyneel added that he was "satisfied" with Armstrong's ride, which was considered an important test for the Tour de France.
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For overnight leader Samuel Dumoulin, his time in the yellow and blue jersey was limited to just one day after he finished 96th at 5'29. But that didn't seem to bother the diminutive Frenchman. "I had a marvelous day," Dumoulin said post-stage. "In any case, if I hadn't lost the jersey today, I would have tomorrow! My objective here really was a stage win, not the general classification, so I can only be satisfied. I'll continue to fight during the next few days."
"We knew that it was going to be difficult against the specialists of that kind of competition," said AG2R director Vincent Lavenu. "But it was very good, he [Samuel Dumoulin] was fighting to the very end. Yesterday, we experienced an excellent day thanks to him, and today, he kept the green jersey, so that's another bonus."
Stage 4 - Thursday, June 9: Tournon-sur-Rhône - Le Mont Ventoux, 182 km
Tomorrow's fourth stage from Tournon-sur-Rhône to the top of Le Mont Ventoux is a fairly straightforward one, even though it will shake up the general classification again. Mont Ventoux is only climb of the day, and the riders will tackle it via Bedoin. It's well known by all the riders, measuring 22.7 km and climbing 1622 metres at an average of 7.1%. They will also have to contend with a Mistral wind blowing from the north (35-65 km/h), which should be behind them for most of the stage, and temperatures of 23 degrees.
Photography
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- Santiago Botero (Phonak) during his winning ride
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) can even keep the aero tuck while riding through grass
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) drives out of a corner
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) using his excellent aero position to good advantage
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) passed Andrey Kashechkin, who started two minutes ahead of him, in the final metres
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) finishes his ride, one second short of Botero
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) keeps his eyes on what's coming up
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) drives along in the third stage TT
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) in TT mode
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) at full tilt
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) powers along through the trees
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) with his uniquely angled TT style
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) showed excellent form to finish in the top five
- Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) winds it up
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) happy to be on the podium again
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) puts on the leader's jersey
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) in the yellow and blue leader's jersey
Images by Russell Standring/http://grenoblecycling.free.fr
- The muscles of Cofidis rider, Sylvain Chavanel as he warms up in Roanne
- Erik Dekker is interviewed in Roanne
- Roberto Heras rolls into the last kilometre in Roanne
- The look of a contented man - Levi Leipheimer on the podium in the yellow jersey in Roanne
- The view of the road ahead in Rik Verbrugghe's sunglasses
- The yellow jersey, Samuel Dumoulin starts his time-trial in Roanne
- Thor Hushovd leaves Roanne at the start of his time-trial
Images by Luc Claessen/www.actiefotos.be
- Wim Van Huffel (Davitamon Lotto) gets it going during the time trial
- Gerolsteiner were on song today with two riders in the top ten
- Somebody give me air!
- Man, that's sleek!
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) lets rip
- Yeah? You don't say... talking to yourself makes time trials go faster
- Yarolav Popovych powers along
- Note to self: never use borrowed helmets when they are too large
- Luis Sanchez (Liberty Seguros) looks strong during the TT
- At least he can see the funny side
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) is hurting a bit
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) sucking in plenty of air for the engine
- Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Liberty Seguros) with a less-than-well-fitted helmet
- Marzio Bruseghin (Fassa Bortolo) takes in plenty of air as he drives it
- Christophe Moreau (Credit Agricole) and tongue make a great team
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) putting in the big ones
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) in green and looking mean...and fast
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) is sleek and fast
- Santiago Botero (Phonak) flies on his way to winning the stage
- Francisco Ruiz (T-Mobile) shows the strain
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) looks slightly perturbed...
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) pushes it during the TT
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) in go fast mode, albeit with a funny face
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) grimaces slightly on his way to second
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) gets down and into it
- Frederic Finot (Française Des Jeux) hurts because mountain men aren't supposed to time trial
- Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r Prevoyance) only had a short stint in yellow
- Bouygues Telecom are using the new Time TT frame and it looks pretty darn fast
Results
1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.00.06.55 (46.915 km/h) 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.01 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.26 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.39 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1.00 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.09 7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.11 8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.14 9 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.16 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.19 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.02 12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.16 13 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.26 14 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.28 15 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.29 16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.35 17 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.38 18 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 19 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.40 20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.45 21 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 2.46 22 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.58 23 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.59 24 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.02 25 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.06 26 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.08 27 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3.10 28 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 3.12 29 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.14 30 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 3.18 31 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.21 32 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.22 33 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.24 34 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.25 35 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.27 36 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.29 37 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.30 38 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.32 39 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.37 40 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 41 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 42 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.39 43 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 3.48 44 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.49 45 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.50 46 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.54 47 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.55 48 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.59 49 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.04 50 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.05 51 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.10 52 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4.14 53 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.15 54 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.18 55 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.21 56 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.23 57 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.30 58 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.31 59 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 4.33 60 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.34 61 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.36 62 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.37 63 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 4.39 64 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.40 65 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.42 66 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.43 67 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 68 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4.44 69 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.47 70 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.49 71 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.51 72 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 73 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 4.52 74 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 4.56 75 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.57 76 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 77 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.59 78 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.01 79 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.02 80 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.03 81 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 5.09 82 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 83 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.13 84 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 85 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.14 86 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 87 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 88 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.15 89 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 90 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.16 91 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.18 92 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.20 93 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 5.23 94 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 95 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.26 96 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.29 97 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 5.31 98 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.39 99 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.43 100 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.49 101 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.50 102 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.02 103 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.04 104 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.09 105 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.10 106 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.11 107 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.12 108 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 109 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.13 110 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6.15 111 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 112 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.16 113 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 114 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6.17 115 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.19 116 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6.20 117 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.21 118 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 6.22 119 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6.26 120 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 6.31 121 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 6.34 122 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 6.44 123 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.48 124 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 6.50 125 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.51 126 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 6.55 127 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.56 128 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 7.04 129 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 7.12 130 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.13 131 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7.16 132 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.24 133 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 7.27 134 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.35 135 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.40 136 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 137 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7.47 138 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 139 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.00 140 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.01 141 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.02 142 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.03 143 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 8.06 144 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 8.19 145 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.28 146 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 8.29 147 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.31 148 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.35 149 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.43 150 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step 8.48 151 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.50 152 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.48 153 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step 10.17 154 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.42 155 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 11.15 DNS Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team Points 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 17 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 11 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 9 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 5 11 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 12 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 13 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 14 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 15 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 Mountains Aimpillod - km 20.5 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 2 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.02.06 2 Gerolsteiner 2.17 3 Discovery Channel 3.18 4 Fassa Bortolo 5.10 5 T-Mobile Team 5.55 6 Credit Agricole 6.39 7 Rabobank 7.42 8 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 8.19 9 Team CSC 8.24 10 Liberty Seguros Team 8.35 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.36 12 Davitamon-Lotto 8.39 13 Cofidis 8.50 14 Bouygues Telecom 9.27 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 9.36 16 Liquigas-Bianchi 11.05 17 Quick Step - Innergetic 12.46 18 Francaise Des Jeux 12.48 19 Lampre - Caffita 13.00 20 Domina Vacanze 13.14 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.57 General classification after stage 3 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 11.11.20 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.12 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.30 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.42 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.09 6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1.12 7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.14 8 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.27 9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.36 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.43 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.03 12 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.21 13 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.26 14 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.30 15 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.46 16 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.48 17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.50 18 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.53 19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.56 20 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.57 22 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.58 23 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.03 24 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3.14 25 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 3.16 26 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.22 27 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 3.30 28 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.31 29 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.33 30 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 3.36 31 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3.37 33 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.43 34 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.45 35 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.46 36 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.47 37 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.49 38 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 39 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.51 40 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.53 41 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.59 43 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.01 44 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 45 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 4.05 46 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4.19 47 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.22 48 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4.25 49 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.32 50 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4.37 51 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.38 52 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.39 53 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 54 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.49 55 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.51 56 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.52 57 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.53 58 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.54 59 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 60 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 5.02 61 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.04 62 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 5.06 63 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.09 64 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 65 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5.10 66 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 67 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.11 68 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.12 69 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.15 70 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5.19 71 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.23 72 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.25 73 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 74 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.26 75 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.30 76 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.31 77 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 78 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 5.37 79 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5.43 80 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 5.47 81 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.51 82 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 5.53 83 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 84 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 85 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.55 86 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 87 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 5.58 88 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.59 89 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.04 90 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step 6.10 91 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.11 92 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.15 93 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 94 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.23 95 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.29 96 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.42 97 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.46 98 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.49 99 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 6.50 100 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6.54 101 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.56 102 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 103 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.58 104 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 7.04 105 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 106 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7.08 107 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step 7.09 108 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.13 109 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 7.18 110 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 7.20 111 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step 7.23 112 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 7.26 113 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.40 114 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank 7.42 115 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 7.44 116 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 7.47 117 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 7.55 118 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.57 119 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 7.59 120 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.01 121 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.06 122 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 8.10 123 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.13 124 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 8.18 125 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.19 126 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.25 127 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.26 128 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 129 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.37 130 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.47 131 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 9.01 132 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9.07 133 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.12 134 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 9.17 135 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 136 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.28 137 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.30 138 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.47 139 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.31 140 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.13 141 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.49 142 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.01 143 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 13.14 144 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13.39 145 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.10 146 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.36 147 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.14 148 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 15.36 149 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15.54 150 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.07 151 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16.16 152 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 16.43 153 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step 19.41 154 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.41 155 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step 25.45 Points classification 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 40 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 34 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 30 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 7 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 8 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 9 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 23 10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 20 12 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19 13 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 14 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 15 16 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 17 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 18 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 19 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 21 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 10 22 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 23 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 24 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9 25 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 26 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 27 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 28 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 29 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 30 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6 31 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 32 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 33 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4 34 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 35 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 36 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 37 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 3 38 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 3 39 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 40 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 41 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 42 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step 2 43 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 44 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 45 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 46 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 47 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 48 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 50 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 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 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7 6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 7 9 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 10 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 11 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 11 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 14 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 15 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 16 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 16 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 18 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 19 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Combination classification 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 74 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 7 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 40 8 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 35 10 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 30 12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 30 13 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28 14 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 27 15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22 16 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 17 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 18 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19 19 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13 20 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 21 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11 23 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10 24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 25 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 10 26 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 27 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 28 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 29 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9 30 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 31 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 32 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 33 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6 34 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 35 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 36 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 37 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 38 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4 39 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 40 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 3 41 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 3 42 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 43 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step 2 44 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 45 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 46 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 33.36.08 2 Gerolsteiner 2.31 3 Discovery Channel 3.22 4 Fassa Bortolo 5.47 5 T-Mobile Team 6.21 6 Cofidis 6.33 7 Credit Agricole 7.00 8 Bouygues Telecom 7.10 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 7.13 10 Rabobank 8.22 11 Liberty Seguros Team 9.02 12 Team CSC 9.09 13 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 9.21 14 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.27 15 Davitamon-Lotto 10.25 16 Francaise Des Jeux 11.02 17 Liquigas-Bianchi 12.15 18 Quick Step - Innergetic 13.25 19 Domina Vacanze 14.27 20 Lampre - Caffita 14.31 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.46
