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69th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 11-19, 2005
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Stage 8 - June 18: Lenk - Verbier, 165 km
Lastras leads the Spanish push
By Gabriella Ekström
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Spanish rider Pablo Lastras (Illes Baleares) took an impressive victory when he outsmarted Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) and Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) during the tough finale to Verbier. Lastras, who underwent an operation in March was thrilled to have regained his form so fast, purely from training.
"It's an important win for me, and for my team," said Lastras who eagerly displayed the team's name on his jersey as he crossed the line. "No-one expected this win from me today. This win is for me!"
Race leader Michael Rogers kept his cool during the stage, and was never attacked by the rider closest to him in the GC, although he did lose a minute to Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel), who powered away on the final climb to finish fourth.
"The wind made it hard today," said Rogers to Cyclingnews after the stage. "No one gave me a hand [on the climb], so I spent a lot of energy today. I was going as hard as I could. Aitor [Gonzalez] was just so strong - I couldn't go with him today... tomorrow's going to be a hard day."
How it unfolded
Unlike the previous days, the break that formed early was not a threat to the riders best placed on GC. The attacks started from the gun, and after twenty kilometres, a final group of thirteen riders had been agreed upon, and QuickStep settled back in the peloton. Mathew Hayman and Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank), Niki Aebersold (Phonak), Fabian Wegmann and Rene Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner), Daniele Righi (Lampre), Walter Beneteau (Bouygues) Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile), Allan Johansen (CSC), Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval), Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros), Kjell Carlström (Liquigas), and Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) were the thirteen riders, and with Lastras being the most dangerous rider for the GC, 10'10 behind Rogers, it made sense to see QuickStep ease up.
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The leaders gained six minutes, and the peloton was content keeping them there, although the chance of a rider from the peloton winning the stage seemed slim. Race leader Michael Rogers said before the stage that his ideal scenario would be if a harmless break went away, leaving it to QuickStep to set it up for the battle of the top ten in Verbier, and so far in the race, things had been going Rogers' way.
Halfway during the stage, the peloton came across the flatter stretches of road, with a lot of side wind, and it became very obvious which teams were setting their top riders up for the final climb. Quickstep, T-mobile, Phonak, Saunier Duval, CSC and Fassa Bortolo were all sporting their own echelons in the wind. At the front, in the breakaway, not all riders were co-operating, and Johansen, Righi, Wegmann and Gomez were seen sitting at the back.
Coming into Martigny with 34 kilometres to go, the gap had grown to seven minutes, and with the wall up to Verbier ahead of them, QuickStep knew that the gap wouldn't get further than that. From kilometre 139 and onwards, the road started to rise, and the riders in the breakaway didn't agree any better as the road started to steepen. The first move came from Phonak rider Niki Aebersold who would have loved to win the stage. He didn't attack, but turned the speed up significantly as he hit the front. It wasn't an appreciated move, and Thorwald Veneberg responded with an attack and was followed by Lastras and Haselbacher. They were all brought back, but things were stirred up and the gap to the peloton was coming down fast.
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Saunier Duval's Angel Gomez countered but couldn't stay away for long either. Aebersold then attacked as expected, and this time riders were dropped, and after Gomez had tried a second attack, only the strongest climbers remained in the break. Back in the peloton, Saunier Duval had moved up to the front, and riders were flying of the back there as well. In the front, Veneberg had caught Gomez, and they were caught and passed by the remaining riders in the break.
Behind them, the group with the GC riders had hit the last seven kilometres, where the real climb up to Verbier started. The pace set by Saunier Duval earlier had damaged the peloton and only two dozen riders remained. Jan Ullrich and Giuseppe Guerini (T-mobile), Bradley McGee (FDJeuX), Tadej Valjavec (Phonak), Frank Schleck (CSC), Cadel Evans (Davitamon), Leonardo Piepoli and Christophe Horner (Saunier Duval), Aitor Gonzalez, Roberto Laiseka and Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) were some of the riders in that group, while an important rider who had gone missing was Fabian Jeker (Phonak), fourth before today's stage, 1'11 behind Rogers.
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In the front, Carlos Barredo threw an attack and was followed by Lastras, Aebersold and Veneberg, who all realized that this was the real deal. Aebersold had to let go, but the other three rode away from their breakaway companions. Back in the peloton, Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) attacked and put Michael Rogers in a tricky situation. Gonzales was only 1'38 behind Rogers before the stage, and Ullrich eased up behind Rogers, following the Australian who had to be wary, not spending all his reserves.
From the trio up the road, Barredo attacked a second time right when Lastras showed signs of weakness. Wegmann had to let go as well, and Barredo looked every bit the winner as he rode off with four kilometres to go.
The remains of the peloton was now Rogers, Ullrich, Piepoli, Horner, Guerini, Gil, McGee, Atienza, and Schleck, and suddenly McGee had to let go. Gil attacked and no one intended to follow straight away. Everyone was lining up behind Rogers, who once again kept his cool. One kilometre from the finish, McGee managed to get back to the group with Rogers and Ullrich, but the Francaise des Jeux rider looked tired to say the least.
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Barredo, who looked like the winner only a few kilometres ago, was suddenly passed by an exploding Lastras. Lastras, who was the first to be dropped from the trio, had sat behind Wegmann, taking advantage of the German who had slowly but consistently closed the gap to Barredo. When they caught up with the Liberty Seguros rider, Lastras took off.
Over the line, no one could catch Lastras, and Barredo could just fight of Wegmann and Gonzalez to take second. Beneteau and Righi survived to take fifth and sixth ahead of Gil, who earned a seventh place thanks to his attack. Rogers, McGee and Ullrich stayed together over the line, thereby leaving the ultimate battle for the jersey for tomorrow's stage to Ulrichen.
Photography
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- A high-altitude soccer game takes place on the penultimate Cat. 4 climb at Kirche, seemingly oblivious to the Tour de Suisse cycling race about to pass through.
- The best seat in the house - 45 minutes before the finish of today's stage, the cable cars have stopped to give some well-paying spectators a bird's eye view of the finale, as they hang 50 metres from the finish line in Verbier.
- Calling the race for Swiss TV channel TSI.
- Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) acknowledges his sponsors at the line in Verbier. That'll be 1,000 extra Euros for you!
- Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) eventually does the standard victory salute.
- Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) tries to get the crowd going.
- Yeeeah!
- Walter Beneteau (Bouyges Telecom) comes in for fifth place.
- Frank Schleck (Team CSC) leads the yellow jersey group home to take eighth.
- That hurt.
- Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) a happy camper.
- Sometimes putting on the yellow jersey is the hardest thing at the end of a mountain stage.
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step-Innergetic) seems to find this part a bit easier.
- Mountains leader Bradley McGee (Française Des Jeux) has a similarly difficult time.
- Bradley McGee (Française Des Jeux) said he went shopping today and came home with a handful of hurt bags.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The UCI centre in Aigle
- The UCI velodrome in Aigle
- Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) en route to victory
- Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) chasing Lastras
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) on his own
- Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) mowing down his opponents
- Walter Beneteau (Bouyges Telecom) fights his way up the final climb
- Rogers trying to limit the damage to Aitor Gonzalez
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step-Innergetic) leads his group in pursuit of Aitor Gonzalez
- Daniele Righi (Lampre) was part of the early break
- Daniele Righi (Lampre) wonders how he does that. That's right, he's the Devil.
- Just in case you forgot where we are
- Niki Aebersold (Phonak) missed out today
- McGee and Horner really suffering
- Horner tries to hang on
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) in the hurt box
- Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) protecting his top 10 GC place
- Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile) looking forward to the finish
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) with Giuseppe Guerini
- Tadej Valjavec (Phonak) wasn't too good today
- I'll take you on, anytime. Come ON!!
- Alexandre Moos (Phonak) on the final climb
- Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) is the mountains leader
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) finished top 30
- Jens Voigt (CSC) suffers on the last climb
- Bobby Julich (CSC) leads a group up for 31st
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) en route to 35th
- Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) fights his way to the finish
- Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) hasn't been one of the main players in the Tour de Suisse
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom)
- There's a lot of air in there
- Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) crosses the line to win
- Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) celebrates
- Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) finishes second
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) hurts a lot as he finishes third
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) went deep
- The TerminAitor is back
- Walter Beneteau (Bouyges Telecom) zips up as he finishes 5th
- Frank Schleck (Team CSC) leads the Rogers group
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step-Innergetic) comes in for 10th
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) finishes in the Rogers group
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) finishes in the Rogers group
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) finishes painfully
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) after a hard day
- That hurt. Horner recovers.
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) chooses a quick way to cool down
- Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) leads home Iban Mayo and Jens Voigt
- Vincenzo Nibali (Fassa Bortolo) finishes
- Where do we go from here?
- The bus stops here
- T-Mobile leads the bus up to the finish
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) after the finish
- The face of Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile)
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) after the finish
- Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile) feeling the cold?
- Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile) rehydrates
- Nardello and Guerini after the finish
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) slips into something more comfortable
- Alexandre Moos (Phonak) after the finish
- Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) smiles as the stage winner
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step-Innergetic) wonders why all the jerseys in Switzerland are so small
- Another couple of kisses for Mick Rogers
Images by AFP Photo
- Tom Boonen leads the Quick.Step train
- The peloton rides through the pristine Swiss countryside during stage 8
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) working hard on his stare
- A petrified spectator watches the breakaway go by
- Alex Moos (Phonak) didn't get the home win he wanted today
- Barredo, Lastras, and Wegmann on the final climb
- Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) makes the winning move
Results
1 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.09.09 (39.061 km/h) 2 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.16 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.19 5 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.56 6 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.00 7 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.17 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.21 9 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.30 15 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.48 16 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.56 17 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.19 19 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2.30 20 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.54 22 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.11 23 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 24 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.21 25 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.25 26 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.35 27 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.48 28 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3.52 30 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3.58 32 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 33 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 34 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.11 35 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 36 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4.19 37 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 4.26 38 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.31 39 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 40 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 4.43 42 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.57 43 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.17 44 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.18 45 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 5.37 46 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 47 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 48 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 49 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.14 50 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 7.22 51 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 52 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7.29 53 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 54 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 7.38 55 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7.59 56 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.25 57 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.28 58 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 9.18 61 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 62 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 63 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.24 64 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.25 65 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.45 66 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.47 67 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 68 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 69 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.24 70 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 73 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 74 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 75 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 76 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 77 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11.36 78 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 79 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11.54 80 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 12.48 81 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.51 82 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13.09 83 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13.27 84 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13.45 85 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16.02 86 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 87 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 88 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 89 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 90 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 91 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 92 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 93 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 94 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 95 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 96 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 97 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 98 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 99 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 100 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 101 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 102 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 103 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 104 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 105 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 106 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 108 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 109 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 110 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 111 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 112 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 113 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 114 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 115 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 116 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 117 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 118 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 119 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 16.13 120 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.22 121 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 21.55 122 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 23.14 123 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 124 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 125 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 25.51 126 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank DNF Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNS Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto DNS Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto DNS Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux Points 1 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 pts 2 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 4 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 5 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 6 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 7 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 9 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 3 11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 12 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1 Mountains Col Du Pillon - Cat. 2 1 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 pts 2 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6 3 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 4 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2 5 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 Posthlatestelle - Cat. 4 1 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3 pts 2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Volleges - Cat. 4 1 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3 pts 2 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 3 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Verbier - Cat. 2 1 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8 pts 2 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 4 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 5 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Sprints Martigny 1 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 3 3 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Le Chable 1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 3 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 12.31.27 2 Liberty Seguros Team 1.25 3 T-Mobile Team 2.21 4 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 3.46 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.55 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.15 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.05 8 Team CSC 5.11 9 Bouygues Telecom 6.24 10 Credit Agricole 8.46 11 Liquigas-Bianchi 9.09 12 Lampre - Caffita 9.12 13 Cofidis 9.18 14 Rabobank 12.23 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 17.31 16 Francaise Des Jeux 20.45 17 Discovery Channel 21.51 18 Davitamon-Lotto 24.08 19 Fassa Bortolo 28.49 20 Domina Vacanze 30.48 General classification after stage 8 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 30.04.33 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.20 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.22 4 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.36 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.27 6 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.38 7 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.40 8 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.32 9 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.41 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.12 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.20 12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.01 13 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 5.17 14 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 5.21 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5.34 16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.39 17 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.06 18 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 8.08 19 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.18 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.38 21 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 9.13 22 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.19 23 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10.09 24 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10.31 25 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.53 26 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.13 27 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11.18 28 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11.21 29 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.39 30 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.35 31 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 12.53 32 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 13.03 33 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13.18 34 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13.39 35 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.56 36 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 14.29 37 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 14.30 38 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.35 39 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15.19 40 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 17.09 41 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17.26 42 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.05 43 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.31 44 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 18.53 45 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 19.28 46 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20.10 47 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.48 48 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 21.47 49 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.11 50 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.55 51 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 24.07 52 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24.31 53 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 27.20 54 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 27.50 55 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 28.38 56 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 28.41 57 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28.45 58 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 29.27 59 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30.30 60 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 31.21 61 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 32.28 62 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33.18 63 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 33.20 64 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 33.34 65 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 35.39 66 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 35.41 67 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 35.46 68 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 36.42 69 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 37.47 70 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 39.37 71 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39.38 72 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 41.03 73 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 41.19 74 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 42.29 75 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 42.51 76 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 42.57 77 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 43.24 78 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 43.55 79 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.58 80 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 43.59 81 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 44.37 82 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 44.46 83 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 45.01 84 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45.10 85 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.42 86 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45.43 87 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 45.47 88 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.49 89 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 46.08 90 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 46.19 91 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 46.30 92 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 47.19 93 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 47.35 94 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 48.03 95 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 48.10 96 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 48.42 97 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 48.49 98 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50.26 99 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50.37 100 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 51.14 101 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 52.05 102 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 52.43 103 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 52.50 104 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 54.11 105 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55.33 106 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 56.30 107 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 58.40 108 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1.00.15 109 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.01.05 110 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1.01.30 111 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.03.11 112 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.03.24 113 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.03.36 114 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.03.50 115 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.04.07 116 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.04.26 117 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.04.33 118 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.05.33 119 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.07.35 120 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.07.37 121 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.08.44 122 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 1.09.56 123 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.12.49 124 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 1.24.06 125 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.26.08 126 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.27.07 Points classification 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 42 pts 2 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39 3 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 33 5 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 27 7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 25 8 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 9 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 23 11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 12 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21 13 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 14 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 18 17 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 19 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 15 20 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 22 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 14 23 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 24 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 25 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 13 26 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 13 27 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 28 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 29 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 11 30 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 31 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 32 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 33 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9 34 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 9 35 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 36 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 37 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 38 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 39 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 7 40 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 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 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5 47 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 49 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 50 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 51 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 52 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 53 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 2 54 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 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 5 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 7 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 8 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 9 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 11 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 7 12 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6 13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6 15 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 5 16 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 17 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 18 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 20 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 22 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 23 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 24 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 25 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 4 26 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4 27 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 28 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2 29 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 2 30 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 31 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 2 32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 33 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 34 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 1 35 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 36 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 37 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Sprints classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 28 pts 2 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 3 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 10 4 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 5 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 9 6 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 7 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 6 8 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 9 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6 10 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 11 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 12 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 3 13 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 15 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 16 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 17 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 18 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 19 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 1 20 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Teams classification 1 Gerolsteiner 90.21.01 2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.53 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.01 4 Team CSC 4.29 5 Liberty Seguros Team 6.01 6 T-Mobile Team 11.50 7 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 11.58 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.05 9 Credit Agricole 23.02 10 Lampre - Caffita 28.49 11 Cofidis 33.05 12 Bouygues Telecom 35.58 13 Fassa Bortolo 39.57 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 40.13 15 Liquigas-Bianchi 48.25 16 Discovery Channel 54.12 17 Domina Vacanze 54.51 18 Rabobank 1.07.03 19 Francaise Des Jeux 1.15.46 20 Davitamon-Lotto 1.18.30
