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69th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 11-19, 2005
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Stage 7 - June 17: Einsiedeln - Lenk, 193 km
Young German talent scores in Switzerland
By Gabriella Ekström
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The rider described by Bjarne Riis as "the next Jan Ullrich", 22 year old Linus Gerdemann (CSC) won the seventh stage of Tour de Suisse with a late attack from the breakaway group. Race leader Michael Rogers (QuickStep) finished in the peloton, 23 seconds down on the winning Gerdemann, and his QuickStep team looked solid throughout the stage, with even team sprinter Tom Boonen stepping in defending the yellow jersey.
Gerdemann, who attacked when the gap between the breakaway and the peloton dropped below one minute, was rapt by his stage win and told the reporters after the stage, "I was riding right at the back of the group to really surprise them when I attacked. Then, I didn't look back anymore and just dug in there. In the end, the gap was sufficient! I'm so happy to win at such an important race as the Tour de Suisse."
For the remaining two hard stages, Gerdemann is looking to pay back even more of the trust that Riis has put in him. "Now, I want to help Frank Schleck who's well-placed on GC (5th, 1'27 down - Ed). We get on really well, too, and I hope that he can still improve his placing."
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For race leader Michael Rogers, it was a standard though not overly difficult day at the office: "My team was very strong; we set a pace where no one was able to attack me, and in the last 50 kilometres, some of the other teams came [to help] who were interested in the sprint. So for us, it worked out well," he said.
However, for the riders vying for a place on the podium, the Australian says it will be a case of the strongest man wins over the forthcoming days - and he has all intentions of being that man.
"I think tomorrow, a lot of people are going to try and make the break again, so I think we're going to control the race till the last climb. And then, who's the strongest, wins...
"I think I'm in a good opportunity [to win] here, and there's no saving any energy here - I'll hang onto the jersey till I drop. I think it's always a mistake to be saving your energy for down the road, because down the road might never arrive. When opportunities come, I'm the kind of person who likes to take them, and that's the way I'll race the next two days."
How it unfolded
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The peaceful images of the riders broadcasted to various TV-stations as they rode out from Einsiedeln were to change as soon as the road started to rise. Despite it not being a categorised climb, the riders faced an ascent up to Raten early in the stage, and the attacks were off as soon as it went uphill.
18 riders got away early, and they were Giuseppe Guerini (T-mobile), Gert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto), Karsten Kroon (Rabobank), Martin Elmiger (Phonak), Jens Voigt (CSC), Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo), Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval), Dariusz Baranowski, David Etxebarria and Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros), Michael Albasini (Liquigas), Patrick Sinkewitz (Quickstep), Frank Scholz (Gerolsteiner), David Loosli and Manuele Righi (Lampre), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues), Jose Luis Arrieta (Illes Baleares) and Joseba Albizu (Euskaltel). Not long after they got away, Barredo slipped back into the peloton while Alexander Moos (Phonak) managed to bridge across.
Patrick Sinkewitz had the best time in the breakaway, but since he was a teammate of Rogers, he didn't pose a threat, instead the QuickStep team had to look out for Voigt and Moos who were both around three minutes down. Quickstep didn't take it easy, and during the first hour, the speed was 48,2 kilometres per hour. This speed, in combination with the first climb split the peloton apart, and the riders behind were left to chase for a good thirty kilometres before they regained contact with the peloton containing Rogers.
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After 37 kilometres of racing, the peloton caught the breakaway, but there were riders in it who wanted it differently. A new attack was launched, and a new front group formed. Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon), Linus Gerdemann (CSC) and Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) were new additions while Elmiger, Bernucci, Etxebarria and Albizu tried again. With Elmiger being the best rider, 5'40 down on Rogers, this was the break Quickstep had waited for, and they happily sat back after their early stage efforts and allowed the break four minutes.
None of the riders in the break paid much attention to the GPM in Schallenberg, and the same attitude was seen as the riders passed the intermediate sprint in Gwatt. Back in the peloton, other teams had realised that QuickStep wasn't interested in closing the gap to the break, but would just control them. The fact that Boonen sat at the front, working, also spoke for the fact that he was more interested in defending Rogers' jersey than joining a bunch gallop. Francaise des Jeux and Lampre joined forces at the front, and shortly after Liquigas riders Albasini and Carlström offered their services too.
The last mountain prize was passed with 11 kilometres to go, and Etxebarria took the points in an attempt to stir things up and to check the strength of his breakaway companions. The peloton was now 1'11 behind the break, but Etxebarria's move made the others unwilling to work together. Albizu couldn't hang onto the break, and the others started to look at each other. With seven to go, Gerdemann seized the opportunity to jump away behind a motorbike, and after a few seconds of hesitation, Elmiger tried to follow on the sidewalk. However, the Swiss rider could not match the pace of the young German, and despite the fact that the chasers were now working together, Gerdemann fought them off.
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With two kilometres to go, Lorenzo Bernucci realized that his four companions were too slow, and tried to bridge across to Gerdemann alone. Gerdemann looked under his arm with one hundred metres to go, and saw that Bernucci would not reach him. Gerdemann who has recently signed for the Pro Tour team CSC gave up a loud cry when it occurred to him that he'd win the stage, and a strong Bernucci had to settle for second while Etxebarria led the remains of the break over the line to take third.
In the less enthusiastic bunch sprint, Liquigas' Daniele Colli outsprinted Rene Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner) for seventh place.
Photography
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- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) warming up
- Mick Rogers (Quick.Step) a bit nervous
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) rides to the start
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) has that look
- Der Jan signs autographs
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) prepares for another day
- Guerini and Ullrich tell the one about the bear
- Joke's over
- You had to be there
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) looking pensive
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) looking fairly focused
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) reclaims his steed
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) catches up on his reading
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) smiles at the start
- Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) and family
- Knaven and Boonen are two of Quick.Step's key men
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) always smiling
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) ready for a hard day
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues) with Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto)
- Linus Gerdemann (CSC) wins the stage!
- Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) crosses for second
- Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) comes in second
- Martin Elmiger (Phonak) finishes third
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) crosses the line
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) comes in
- The bunch comes rolling in
- Mick Rogers (Quick.Step) post-stage
- Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) post-stage
- Linus Gerdemann (CSC) grins from the podium
- Stage winner Linus Gerdemann (CSC)
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) and flowers
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) salutes from the podium
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) puts on yellow again
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) still in yellow
Results
1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 4.25.00 (43.653 km/h) 2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.04 3 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.14 4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 0.15 5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.23 8 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 17 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 21 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 22 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 24 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 26 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 28 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 33 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 34 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 35 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 38 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 41 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 42 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 43 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 44 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 45 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 46 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 47 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 49 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 55 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 56 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 57 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 58 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 59 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 60 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 61 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 62 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 63 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 64 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 70 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 71 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 73 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 74 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 75 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 76 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 77 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 78 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 79 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 80 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 83 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 85 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 86 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 87 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 88 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 90 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 91 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 92 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 93 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 94 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 95 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 96 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 97 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 98 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 99 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 100 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 101 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 102 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 103 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 0.48 105 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.13 106 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.21 107 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.54 108 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.56 109 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 110 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 111 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 112 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.00 113 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 114 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.02 115 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.49 116 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 117 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 118 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 119 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 120 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 122 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 123 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.53 124 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 125 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 126 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 127 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.55 128 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 129 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.44 130 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 131 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.46 132 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9.07 133 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 10.51 134 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.07 DNF Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne DNF Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze DSQ Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNS Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi Points 1 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 25 pts 2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 3 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 13 5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 11 6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 7 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9 8 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 7 10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6 11 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 12 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 13 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 14 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 15 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Mountains Schallenberg 1 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 pts 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 2 4 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Blankenburg 1 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 pts 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 2 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Sprints Gwatt 1 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 pts 2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 3 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Zweisimmen 1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 3 3 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 13.15.46 2 Fassa Bortolo 0.04 3 Liberty Seguros Team 0.14 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.15 5 Davitamon-Lotto 6 Rabobank 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.23 8 Liquigas-Bianchi 9 Gerolsteiner 10 Cofidis 11 Quick Step - Innergetic 12 Credit Agricole 13 Francaise Des Jeux 14 Bouygues Telecom 15 Discovery Channel 16 T-Mobile Team 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 18 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 19 Domina Vacanze 20 Lampre - Caffita 0.48 General classification after stage 7 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 25.54.03 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.20 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.22 4 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.11 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.27 6 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.31 7 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.38 8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.39 9 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.42 10 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.57 11 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 2.07 12 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.14 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.22 14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 2.28 15 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.55 16 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.57 17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3.03 18 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 3.31 19 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.06 20 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.08 21 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 4.14 22 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.36 23 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.10 24 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.32 25 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.39 26 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.06 27 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.09 28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 6.36 29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.17 30 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.19 31 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.17 32 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 8.37 33 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.39 34 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.50 35 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.02 36 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 9.58 37 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10.10 38 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10.28 39 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11.07 40 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 12.39 41 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13.09 42 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 13.21 43 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 13.50 44 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13.57 45 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.08 46 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.21 47 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 14.37 48 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 14.49 49 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.21 50 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15.28 51 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16.39 52 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 17.28 53 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.21 54 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.44 55 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 20.45 56 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 20.58 57 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 22.18 58 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22.47 59 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 23.08 60 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.23 61 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.04 62 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.27 63 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 25.08 64 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 25.13 65 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 25.48 66 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 26.38 67 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 28.02 68 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.27 69 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 28.43 70 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28.52 71 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 29.18 72 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 73 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 29.36 74 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 29.56 75 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 30.05 76 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 30.41 77 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 78 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.01 79 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.14 80 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 31.39 81 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 31.49 82 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31.57 83 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32.38 84 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32.54 85 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 33.29 86 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 33.41 87 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 34.01 88 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 34.08 89 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34.19 90 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 35.21 91 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35.45 92 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 35.53 93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.55 94 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 35.58 95 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 36.13 96 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 36.43 97 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 36.44 98 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 37.03 99 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 37.16 100 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 37.24 101 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 38.09 102 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 38.22 103 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.39 104 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 38.44 105 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 39.30 106 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 40.39 107 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 41.49 108 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42.11 109 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 110 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 43.36 111 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 43.58 112 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 43.59 113 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 44.39 114 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 46.24 115 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 46.38 116 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47.36 117 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48.19 118 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 48.30 119 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.43 120 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 48.55 121 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 49.09 122 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 49.14 123 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 49.22 124 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 49.26 125 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 49.45 126 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 49.52 127 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 50.52 128 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51.43 129 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 52.54 130 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 52.56 131 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 57.32 132 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 59.36 133 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.04.15 134 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12.26 Points classification 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 41 pts 2 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 36 4 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 33 6 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 27 8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 25 9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 25 10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 11 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 20 13 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 14 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 15 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 17 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 18 18 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 19 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 15 21 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 14 22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 23 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 24 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 13 25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 13 26 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 27 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 11 28 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 11 29 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 30 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 31 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9 32 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 33 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 9 34 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 35 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 36 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 37 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 38 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 39 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 40 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 7 41 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7 42 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 43 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 44 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 45 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 46 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 47 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5 48 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 49 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 50 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 51 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 52 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 53 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 54 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 2 55 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1 Mountains classification 1 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 20 3 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17 4 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 5 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 6 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 8 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 9 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 7 10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6 11 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 12 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 13 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 5 14 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 15 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 17 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 19 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 20 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 4 21 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 22 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2 23 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 24 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 2 25 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 2 26 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 27 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 1 28 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 29 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 30 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 Sprints classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 28 pts 2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13 3 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 4 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 10 5 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 6 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 7 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 8 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6 9 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 10 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 3 11 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 12 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 13 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 14 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 15 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 1 16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 17 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 Teams classification 1 Saunier Duval - Prodir 77.45.22 2 Team CSC 3.30 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.58 4 Gerolsteiner 4.12 5 Liberty Seguros Team 8.48 6 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 12.24 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.22 8 T-Mobile Team 13.41 9 Fassa Bortolo 15.20 10 Credit Agricole 18.28 11 Lampre - Caffita 23.49 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 26.54 13 Cofidis 27.59 14 Domina Vacanze 28.15 15 Bouygues Telecom 33.46 16 Discovery Channel 36.33 17 Liquigas-Bianchi 43.28 18 Davitamon-Lotto 58.34 19 Rabobank 58.52 20 Francaise Des Jeux 59.13
