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69th Tour de Suisse - PT

Switzerland, June 11-19, 2005

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Stage 6 - June 16: Bürglen UR - Arosa, 158.7 km

Tables beginning to turn: Horner wins first mountain stage

By Anthony Tan in Arosa

Chris Horner (Saunier Duval)
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American Chris Horner has given himself a big shot at making Saunier Duval's Tour de France team after winning the first serious mountain stage of the Tour de Suisse. It was a shattered peloton that came into Arosa today, with race leader Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) and second place overall at the start of the day, Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux), both finishing almost two minutes in arrears and slipping one rung down the classement général, while McGee's fellow Australian, Michael Rogers (Quick.Step-Davitamon), leapfrogged from third into the yellow, the best finisher in a seven-man chase group, 1'14 behind Horner.

Asked about the motivation behind his attack, Horner said to Cyclingnews: "It was just tactical, pure tactics.

"Today was simple: I was three minutes down on GC and the leaders, if you take the top 10 on GC, the leaders had no-one [left] on the climb to pull me back - so it's logical to think: 'Okay, we're not going to use energy to chase Chris Horner.'

"What I've noticed in the race is that T-Mobile has very few riders left on the last mountain - normally one or two riders - and Française des Jeux, they have the same. So I thought: 'Who's going to chase? I'm three minutes down - maybe they'll give me a bit of a gap.'"

Vincenzo Nibali (Fassa Bortolo)
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That they did, and the 33 year-old American, along with Fassa Bortolo's Vincenzo Nibali, were left to fight out the stage. However, a colourful exchange of words (a little too colourful for this family-friendly publication) took place between the pair, before Horner attacked his companion and soled away with the victory.

"I said many things," Horner said with a grin when questioned about his tiff with Nibali, which brought loads of laughter from the press that surrounded him. "For me, I don't know the riders, I haven't raced with them much. It's not like in the States; when I race in the States, I know every rider, I know their ability, I know how they're going to ride the course. Here, it's completely different for me. I'm completely out of my realm, I don't know the riders by face, and I don't know what their abilities are.

"When the Fassa Bortolo rider attacked us, he looked very strong. So when I finally caught him and he wasn't working so much, I said some things to make him work, but then after he still wouldn't work, so I attacked him to see if he had something left or not." He didn't.

Mick Rogers (Quick.Step)
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Vincenzo Nibali explained, "I probably lack experience. With 15 km to go, I was flying as I felt I had really good legs. But the energy I spent then went missing in the finale. I'm still satisfied with my second placing and with the way I'm going at the moment. It's my first year as a pro, and everything that comes to me is good! That's why I live from day to day, as high goals would be too much of a burden."

That meant Horner not only won the stage, he made up two out of his three minute deficit to the favourites at the start of the day - although he admits trying the same move again won't be so easy. "Sure, tomorrow or in the coming stages, they won't. Ullrich and the other riders' form is better than mine, but I knew at three minutes down [at the start of today's stage], my form is probably the best out of the riders who are three minutes down! Unfortunately, I'm not three minutes down anymore, so it will be more difficult to ride away."

And for perhaps the bonehead question of the week, asked at the post-race press conference: "Can he win the whole thing?"

Horner laughed more than a little before answering: "No... it's the beginning of the season [for me]; it's the first time I've had multiple days of hard racing. At any moment, I'm sure the form could disappear for a day - but I think I could have very, very good form at the Tour de France."

How it unfolded

Heading into the high mountains
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146 riders started were greeted with warm sunshine in Bürglen this afternoon for a 12:59 start time - don't ask us why 1pm wouldn't satisfy the Swiss! The two riders missing were: Oscar Freire (Rabobank), who was complaining of a "sore undercarriage" according to Aussie sprinter Robbie McEwen and decided not to start today's sixth stage; and Michael Blaudzun from Team CSC.

It took only 11 kilometres before these 146 lads were greeted with a climb of the nastiest kind, the hors categorié Oberalp Pass. However, being so early in the peace, the GC riders weren't willing to disturb the peace (for now, at least) and rode up the Oberalp as calmly as one can ride up a 33 kilometre mountain pass that reaches 2,046 metres in height.

The group did splinter, eight riders - Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank, 80th GC), Niki Aebersold (Phonak, 97th GC), Linus Gerdemann (CSC, 74th GC), Matej Mugleri (Liquigas, 92nd GC) Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner, 115th GC), David Loosli (Lampre, 38th GC), Freddy Bichot (Française des Jeux, 139th GC) and Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears, 37th GC) - making a move, with Niki Aebersold (Phonak, 97th GC), Iban Mayo and Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel-Euskadi, 22nd and 33rd GC) and Daniel Atienza (Cofidis, 32nd) also stretching their legs at various points on the climb. In the end, a group formed with Mayo, Laiseka, Atienza, Loosli, Jose Luis Arrieta (Illes Balears), and Daniel Schnider (Phonak), the latter being the best placed on GC at 2'17 behind Ullrich.

Mick Rogers (Quick.Step)
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At the top of the Oberalp, Laiseka took line honours ahead of Loosli and Jose Luis Arrieta, their group 2'38 ahead of the T-Mobile-driven peloton, which was content to ride moderate tempo.

Aside from a third category 'bump' before the start of the final climb in Chur (km 124.1, 34.6km to go), it was a mostly downhill run till then. Excluding a very chatty 21-man autobus, it was still all together after the first climb, and as a consequence, the larger group's natural momentum helped bring back the break to 1'10 at the foot of the climb.

At 27 kilometres to go, what was left of the breakaway was reeled in by a very itchy-looking peloton. A kilometre after that happened, a four-man group comprised of Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Illes Balears), Vincenzo Nibali (Fassa Bortolo), Chris Horner (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Daniel Atienza (Cofidis) left the peloton in their wake, with two of those riders never seen again...

Seven kilometres into their escape and with 20 kilometres to go, the group had 1'46 on a 28-man peloton led by Giuseppe Guerini and Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile), Tadej Valjavec (Phonak) and Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner). However, Michael Rogers (Quick.Step-Davitamon) wasn't happy just hangin' around, and his attack at around the same mark saw six others - Frank Schleck (CSC), Koldo Gil (Liberty Seguros), Valjavec (Phonak), Leonardo Piepoli and Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) and Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) - joining him Aussie for the up-and-down ride to Arosa.

Ullrich
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With 10 kilometres remaining, just Horner and Nibali were left out in front, but the Italian wouldn't - or couldn't - contribute, resulting in a rather colourful (a little too colourful for this family-friendly publication) exchange of words between the two. Two k later, the 33 year-old American, who recently finished on the podium at the USPRO Championships in Philly after a long early season lay-off, let the legs do the talkin' and launched his winning move.

Entering Arosa with a 1'12 advantage on Nibali, who just hung on for second place, Horner had plenty of time to enjoy his victory - and keep his dreams of a Tour de France berth alive.

Two seconds after Nibali, Rogers came in for third, which saw him don the yellow tunic, while Schleck and Gil Perez were fourth and fifth respectively, both finishing on the same time.

Photography

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Results

1 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         4.24.43 (35.993 km/h)
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                1.12
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                    1.14
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           
5 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
6 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
8 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
10 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   1.48
11 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                                
12 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step                                    
13 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                       
14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
16 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                          2.11
17 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    
18 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         
19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             
20 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          2.32
21 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
22 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  
23 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               2.35
24 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  
25 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  2.40
26 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
27 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                3.13
28 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              
29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                         
30 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                
31 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      3.22
32 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
33 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                     
34 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                     
35 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 
36 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                   
37 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    4.00
38 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                    
39 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           
40 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                       
41 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
42 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
43 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         4.40
44 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                    4.53
45 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                              5.48
46 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
47 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                            
48 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     5.52
49 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                6.46
50 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                                
51 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              7.46
52 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole                                 8.24
53 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     
54 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             9.35
55 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            9.49
56 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
57 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  14.50
58 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                 16.55
59 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
60 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
61 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
62 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
63 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
64 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
65 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                              
66 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     
67 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
68 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       
69 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                           
70 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
71 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
72 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               
73 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                     
74 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                             20.14
75 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            21.34
76 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
77 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
78 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                           
79 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                               
80 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
81 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
82 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                 
83 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                      
84 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 
85 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                                  
86 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
87 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                     
88 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
89 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                   
90 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                
91 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                               
92 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
93 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
94 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  
95 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                    
96 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                          
97 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                              
98 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
99 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
100 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                    
101 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                        
102 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
103 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step                                     
104 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
105 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
106 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                   
107 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux                             
108 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     
109 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     22.30
110 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            30.33
111 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                   
112 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step                                      
113 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 
114 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
115 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                              
116 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
117 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             
118 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               
119 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
120 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
121 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
122 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
123 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                        
124 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               
125 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
126 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
127 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
128 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
129 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 
130 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
131 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
132 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            
133 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                
134 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                      
135 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
136 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                         
137 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   35.49
138 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 40.06
DNF Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
DNF Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
DNF Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                                  
DNF Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
DNF Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
DNF Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                              
DNF Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          
DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
DNS Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                    
DNS Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                      
 
Points
 
1 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              15 pts
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  12
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                      10
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          9
5 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      8
6 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                           7
7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           6
8 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                5
9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               4
10 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      3
11 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                               2
12 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step                                   1
 
Mountains
 
Oberalppass
1 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              20 pts
2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                    15
3 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               10
4 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          6
5 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 4
 
Waldhaus
1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                     5 pts
2 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               3
3 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          2
4 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1
 
Arosa
1 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              12 pts
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   8
3 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      6
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           4
5 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                2
 
Sprints
 
Domat/Ems
1 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                6 pts
2 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          3
3 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 1
 
Maladers
1 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          6 pts
2 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               3
3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                     1
 
Teams
 
1 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                         13.16.37
2 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             3.06
3 Liberty Seguros Team                                               4.01
4 Team CSC                                                           4.10
5 Gerolsteiner                                                       5.07
6 T-Mobile Team                                                      7.40
7 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne                                      7.57
8 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               10.32
9 Lampre - Caffita                                                  10.42
10 Credit Agricole                                                  12.07
11 Cofidis                                                          13.51
12 Fassa Bortolo                                                    17.27
13 Domina Vacanze                                                   20.24
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                 20.32
15 Quick Step - Innergetic                                          22.08
16 Discovery Channel                                                22.59
17 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                 29.05
18 Rabobank                                                         40.01
19 Davitamon-Lotto                                                  42.28
20 Francaise Des Jeux                                                    
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                21.28.40
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 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              4.25
23 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                4.36
24 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               5.10
25 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       5.39
26 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            5.40
27 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
28 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             6.06
29 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            6.09
30 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       6.36
31 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           7.17
32 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          7.19
33 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         8.17
34 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                 8.37
35 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               8.39
36 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  8.50
37 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                          9.02
38 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                9.25
39 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                   9.58
40 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               10.10
41 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                       10.24
42 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         10.28
43 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                10.36
44 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   11.07
45 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                   13.14
46 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             13.21
47 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                           13.58
48 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    14.08
49 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           14.21
50 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole                                14.37
51 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            14.49
52 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           15.21
53 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              15.28
54 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  16.39
55 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           18.21
56 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                18.25
57 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          19.44
58 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                20.20
59 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             21.01
60 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                              22.18
61 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                             23.08
62 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             23.15
63 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  23.23
64 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                24.04
65 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         24.40
66 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  25.13
67 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                25.22
68 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                 25.48
69 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
70 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 26.38
71 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                 28.02
72 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                          28.09
73 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                            28.43
74 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      28.52
75 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                29.16
76 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                      29.18
77 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                         
78 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step                                 29.36
79 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                         29.56
80 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                30.05
81 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux                         30.41
82 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
83 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 31.14
84 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               31.57
85 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            32.38
86 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   32.54
87 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     33.29
88 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               33.41
89 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                             34.01
90 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            34.08
91 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    34.19
92 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                      34.56
93 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                          35.18
94 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             35.21
95 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                          35.28
96 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           35.45
97 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  35.53
98 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           35.55
99 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         35.58
100 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             36.13
101 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                    36.43
102 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                36.44
103 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
104 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                         37.03
105 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     37.16
106 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                              37.24
107 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       38.09
108 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone        39.30
109 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                             40.39
110 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi                            41.52
111 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            42.11
112 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
113 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          42.54
114 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          43.29
115 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            43.44
116 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             43.58
117 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            43.59
118 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                         44.39
119 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      44.42
120 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     45.17
121 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       45.29
122 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       45.46
123 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          46.19
124 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 46.43
125 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                   46.45
126 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                    46.49
127 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             46.53
128 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   47.36
129 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        48.13
130 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               48.15
131 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            48.30
132 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           48.48
133 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              49.09
134 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                       49.26
135 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                49.30
136 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            52.04
137 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                 53.47
138 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step                                 55.04
 
Points classification
 
1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                               41 pts
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                          33
3 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          31
4 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  31
5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                  30
6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                              25
7 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                              25
8 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              23
9 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 22
10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                     20
11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                                20
12 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           20
13 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     19
14 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               18
15 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    16
16 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    15
17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       15
18 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step                                  14
19 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 14
20 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                       13
21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                         12
22 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                12
23 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                             11
24 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                              11
25 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                            10
26 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         9
27 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   9
28 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                    9
29 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   9
30 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              8
31 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         8
32 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    8
33 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      7
34 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                    7
35 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               7
36 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                   7
37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            6
38 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          6
39 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               6
40 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      6
41 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               5
42 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        5
43 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          5
44 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    4
45 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                            4
46 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                              3
47 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 3
48 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                        2
49 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 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               12
7 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     10
8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   8
9 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          8
10 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                        7
11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                      6
12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          6
13 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 6
14 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                             5
15 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                              5
16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          4
17 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                4
18 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                             3
19 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                               2
20 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               2
21 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                    2
22 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                              2
23 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         1
24 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                        1
25 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1
26 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      1
27 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) 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 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  9
6 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           9
7 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                7
8 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      4
9 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               3
10 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 3
11 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                1
12 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                             1
13 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                    1
14 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                         64.29.13
2 Team CSC                                                           3.53
3 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             4.06
4 Gerolsteiner                                                       4.12
5 Liberty Seguros Team                                               8.57
6 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne                                     12.24
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               13.22
8 T-Mobile Team                                                     13.41
9 Fassa Bortolo                                                     15.39
10 Credit Agricole                                                  18.28
11 Lampre - Caffita                                                 23.24
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                                                  58.42
19 Rabobank                                                         59.00
20 Francaise Des Jeux                                               59.13

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