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69th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 11-19, 2005
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Stage 2 - June 12: Weinfelden - Weinfelden ITT, 36 km
Ullrich passes the test
By Gabriella Ekström
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It was no surprise that the 36 kilometre long time trial around Weinfelden was one of the stages Jan Ullrich (T-mobile) had in mind when he in pre-race interviews said that he intended to put himself to the test during Tour de Suisse. A fresh looking Jan Ullrich, riding his relatively new Giant TT machine, won the challenging time trial ahead of Francaise des Jeux's Bradley McGee and Quick.Step's Michael Rogers, thereby taking over the leader's jersey from Bernhard Eisel's shoulders. Yesterday's surprise winner Eisel finished 79th, 3'42 down on the winner.
"I was very motivated today and of course happy that I won," said a glowing Ullrich afterwards, who added that he wasn't nervous. "No, not really. It was just a question of finding and keeping a steady rhythm. You can't forget that my rivals have all come out of the Giro in good form."
Ullrich's aim for the Tour de Suisse is not to defend the jersey at all costs. "I want to test myself during the two mountain stages. But I don't want to put any pressure on myself or the team. The only thing that counts is what happens in a month in the Tour."
How it unfolded
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159 riders presented themselves at the start of the second stage, and the first obstacle awaited them just around the corner from the start. The elevation of Weersvilen was 124 metres in 3.3 kilometres, and anyone eager to show high up in the results at the end had to make a courageous ride to the top.
Ukrainian Serguei Gonchar (Domina Vacanze), who started early in the field, set the first real fast time of the day, clocking 44'46 over the line, putting himself ahead of CSC duo Bobby Julich and Jens Voigt, who both had solid rides. Jan Ullrich started earlier in the day than he normally does, since the race was only one day old, and the time difference between most of the riders before the stage wasn't great.
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Ullrich took off at a high speed, and powered up the early climb to set an outstanding intermediate time, well ahead of that of Gonchar. The fast ride over the first elevation might have been a long shot by Ullrich, but it seemed that the riders who followed and had Ullrich's time to ride on, overcooked themselves rather than benefiting from the fact that Ullrich was ahead on the road.
After negotiating the climb, Ullrich passed QuickStep's Patrik Sinkewitz, and got his countryman glued to his back wheel. Sinkewitz stayed on Ullrich's wheel for quite a while despite the protests from the commissaires, and this might have helped the young German to eventually finish tenth.
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Meanwhile, last year's biggest hero and most unfortunate rider, Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval), rode over the line with the decent time of 45'31, 45 seconds behind Gonchar. Bradley McGee, who saved the day for Eisel yesterday, rolled off the podium as one of the last riders, and certainly as the last contender for the stage win. McGee's countryman Michael Rogers was already out on the course, sporting his white world champion's skinsuit.
Ullrich's time at the finish was 44'06, a whole 40 seconds faster than the time of Gonchar, and it was now up to the other riders to see if Ullrich would go back to the hotel content or not. Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) and Brad McGee were slower over the intermediate time check compared to Ullrich, but Michael Rogers was coming in towards the finish, looking like a threat to the German's lead. When the clock came up, it showed that Dodger was late as well, but only by 18 seconds.
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Back out on the road, CSC's Russian rider Vladimir Gussev proved a surprise when he passed the intermediate time two seconds slower than Ullrich. Gussev, however, might have overdone it a little, and slowed to a respectable 6th place, 46 seconds behind Ullrich. But Ullrich couldn't be sure of his win before Cancellara and McGee were back in the nest. The Swiss powerhouse couldn't match the cruel pace set by Ullrich over the climb, and kept losing time over the finish, eventually finishing behind Rogers, 39 seconds down on Ullrich.
McGee, on the other hand, hadn't lost more time than he lost over that annoying climb, and if he could recover to repair that damage during the second half of the stage, he still had the chance to beat Ullrich. Coming into the final stretch, the clock was once again to Ullrich's advantage and a fit looking McGee had to see himself beaten by a mere 15 seconds.
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The stage win earned Ullrich the leader's jersey, and he'll start tomorrow's stage to St.Anton with a 12 second advantage over McGee, and 18 seconds ahead of Michael Rogers. Gregory Rast (Phonak) remains the leader in the mountains classification, and Michael Albasini (Liquigas) kept his lead in the sprints classification during a stage where no sprints were contested. CSC with their solid performance took over the lead in the teams competition.
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- Serguei Gonchar (Domina Vacanze) on his way to fifth
- Swiss TT champ Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) had a good ride to finish fourth
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) rode a solid time trial to finish third
- Bradley McGee (Francaise des Jeux) did an excellent second half to end up second on the day
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) sporting his aero-spacehelmet
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) clearly showed that he is in good form
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) powers along in the TT
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) salutes from the podium as the winner of stage 2
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) back in yellow
Images by Herbert Krabel/www.litespeed.com
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) on his way to the best time of the day and the leader's jersey.
- World TT Champion Michael Rogers (Quickstep) is also very fast today
- There is plenty of cheese for everyone here in Switzerland
- Vladimir Gusev (CSC) pushes hard on a steep section of the course
- Bradley McGee (FdJ) looked very smooth and powerful on his way to second place
- It is a lonely road for yesterday's stage winner and race leader Bernhard Eisel (FdJ)
Images by Christine Grein/www.capture-the-peloton.com
- Man, that stinks! Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) reckons his tt performance wasn't so great
- Bernhard Eisel in red, which looks ever so nice on him
- Francaise des Jeux's Bernhard Eisel looks pretty jovial in the leader's jersey before stage 2
- The face of a man on a mission. Bobby Julich (CSC) before the tt in Weinfelden
- Bradley McGee (Francaise des Jeux) looks extremely focussed before the start of stage 2, where he took second
- David Etxebarria (Liberty Seguros) looking a bit glum before the start of the time trial
- Iban Mayo (Euskatel) looks on before the stage 2 start
- Javier Ramirez (Liberty Seguros) gets the countdown before he sets off in the tt
- Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros) two seconds before take off
- Michael Albasini (Liquigas) is a happy boy in the sprinter's jersey after stage 2
- Michael Rogers (Quickstep) sporting his World Champion's jersey, looks focussed before the tt
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) cracks a relaxed smile before the start of stage 2
- Gregory Rast (Phonak) in the mountains jersey after stage 2
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) looks in good shape and sits on top of the podium after stage 2
- Now that I'm single...
- Yellow definitely suits Jan... and he thinks so too
- Man, this is good!
- Streamlined and set to go. Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) about to head off in the tt
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) all ready to go fast in the time trial
Results
1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44.06 (48.973 km/h) 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.15 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 0.18 4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.39 5 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 0.40 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 0.46 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.58 8 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.02 9 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.08 10 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 1.09 11 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.14 12 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.20 13 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.25 14 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.31 15 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.32 16 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.35 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.41 18 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.42 19 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 20 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 1.51 21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.53 22 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.56 23 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.58 24 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.03 25 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.05 26 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.08 27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 28 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.11 30 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.15 31 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.17 32 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.19 33 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.21 35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.23 36 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.30 37 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.37 38 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 39 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.40 40 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.41 41 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 42 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 43 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.47 44 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 45 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.48 46 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 47 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 48 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.53 49 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 50 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 2.54 51 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 2.58 53 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 54 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 2.59 56 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.00 57 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.01 58 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.04 60 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 62 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.05 63 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.08 64 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.10 65 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 3.11 66 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 3.15 68 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3.16 69 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.17 70 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3.19 71 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.22 72 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.24 73 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.27 74 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.32 75 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.36 76 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.37 77 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.40 78 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 3.42 79 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 80 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.45 81 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.46 82 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.47 83 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 84 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.48 85 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 86 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.50 87 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.52 88 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.53 89 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 90 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.54 91 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 3.56 92 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 3.57 93 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.01 94 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.03 95 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.04 96 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.07 97 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 98 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 4.08 99 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 4.12 100 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.13 101 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 4.14 102 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.17 103 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.20 104 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 4.23 105 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.24 106 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.28 107 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 4.29 108 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.30 109 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 110 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.31 111 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 112 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.32 113 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.36 114 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.37 115 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 116 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.39 117 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 118 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 119 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.40 120 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.43 121 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.44 122 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 4.46 123 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 124 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 4.51 125 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.54 126 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.02 127 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.07 128 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.08 130 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 131 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 132 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.09 133 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.11 134 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.12 135 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 136 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 5.15 137 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.18 138 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.20 139 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.25 140 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.28 141 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.31 142 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.33 143 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.41 144 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 5.43 145 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.47 146 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.50 147 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.53 148 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.55 149 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 5.58 150 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 6.00 151 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 152 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.04 153 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.09 154 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.21 155 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.40 156 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 6.49 157 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.17 158 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 8.50 159 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.53 Points 1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 12 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 10 4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 9 5 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 8 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 7 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 8 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 9 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 10 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 3 11 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 12 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 2.15.04 2 Fassa Bortolo 1.09 3 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.39 4 Gerolsteiner 2.02 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.19 6 T-Mobile Team 2.42 7 Discovery Channel 3.16 8 Domina Vacanze 3.48 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.01 10 Liberty Seguros Team 4.14 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.38 12 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 4.41 13 Credit Agricole 4.44 14 Davitamon-Lotto 4.53 15 Francaise Des Jeux 5.40 16 Liquigas-Bianchi 5.50 17 Bouygues Telecom 6.06 18 Lampre - Caffita 7.27 19 Cofidis 7.41 20 Rabobank 8.20 General classification after stage 2 1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.44.19 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.12 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 0.18 4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.39 5 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 0.40 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 0.46 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.58 8 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.02 9 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.08 10 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.14 11 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.20 12 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.25 13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.31 14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.32 15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.41 16 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.42 17 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 18 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 1.51 19 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.53 21 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.56 22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.58 23 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.03 24 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.05 25 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.08 26 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 27 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.11 29 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.15 30 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.17 31 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.18 33 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.21 34 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.23 35 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.30 36 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.37 37 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 38 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.40 39 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.41 40 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 42 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.47 43 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 44 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.48 45 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 46 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 2.52 47 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.53 48 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 49 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 2.54 50 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.58 52 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 53 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 2.59 54 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.00 55 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.01 56 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.04 58 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 59 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 60 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.05 61 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.08 62 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.10 63 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 3.11 64 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 3.15 66 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.17 67 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3.19 68 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.22 69 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.24 70 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.26 71 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.27 72 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.30 73 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.35 74 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.36 75 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.40 76 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.43 77 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.45 78 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.46 79 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.47 80 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.48 82 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 83 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.50 84 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.52 85 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.53 86 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.54 87 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 3.56 88 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 3.57 89 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.01 90 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.03 91 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.04 92 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 4.06 93 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.07 94 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 95 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 4.08 96 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.13 97 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 4.14 98 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.17 99 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.20 100 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 4.23 102 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.24 103 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.28 104 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4.30 105 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.31 106 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.32 107 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.35 108 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 4.36 109 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 110 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.37 111 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 112 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4.39 113 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 114 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.40 115 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.43 116 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 117 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.44 118 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 4.46 119 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 4.51 120 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 4.53 121 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.54 122 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.55 123 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.07 124 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 125 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.08 126 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 127 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.09 128 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.12 129 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 5.15 130 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.18 131 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.25 132 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.28 133 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.33 134 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 135 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.41 136 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.47 137 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.50 138 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.52 139 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.53 140 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.54 141 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 142 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.55 143 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5.57 144 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 5.58 145 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 146 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 6.00 147 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.04 148 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.15 149 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 6.37 150 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 6.49 151 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.14 152 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.17 153 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.40 154 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.05 155 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 13.10 156 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.03 157 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.01 158 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15.13 159 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.45 Points classification 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 25 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 23 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 20 4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 18 5 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 15 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 13 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 10 10 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 10 11 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 8 12 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 14 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 16 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 17 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 18 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 19 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 3 20 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 21 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 22 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 23 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1 Mountains classification 1 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 4 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Sprints classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 7 pts 2 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 3 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 4 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 5 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 14.15.43 2 Fassa Bortolo 1.09 3 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.27 4 Gerolsteiner 1.56 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.19 6 T-Mobile Team 2.42 7 Discovery Channel 3.16 8 Domina Vacanze 3.48 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.01 10 Liberty Seguros Team 4.14 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.38 12 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 4.41 13 Credit Agricole 4.44 14 Davitamon-Lotto 4.53 15 Francaise Des Jeux 5.28 16 Liquigas-Bianchi 5.50 17 Bouygues Telecom 6.06 18 Lampre - Caffita 7.27 19 Cofidis 7.41 20 Rabobank 8.20
