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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

Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears)
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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.

Tom Boonen
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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.

A petrified spectator
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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.

Barredo, Lastras, and Wegmann
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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.

Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears)
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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.

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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

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