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69th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 11-19, 2005
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Stage 1 - June 11: Schaffhausen - Weinfelden, 170 km
That's not Baden!
By Gabriella Ekström
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Austrian Bernard Eisel (La Francaise des Jeux) surprised a few when his guarding position behind teammate and top sprinter Baden Cooke turned into a winning move. The tricky move towards the end also earned Eisel the yellow leader's jersey that during the first stage was worn by last year's winner Jan Ullrich.
How it unfolded
Two climbs of the lowest category were all that stood between today's stage and a flat stage, but it looked as though it was set up for the big sprinters like Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto), Baden Cooke (Francaise des Jeux), Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Tom Boonen (QuickStep). The attacks started early in the 170 kilometre stage, and the peloton saw attempts from Joan Horrach (Illes Balears), Michael Albasini and Kjell Carlström (Liquigas - Bianchi) and Walter Beneteau (Bouygues Telecom) before a rider was finally let away. It was the Swiss champion Gregory Rast from the local Phonak boys who pulled a PR stunt, showing off a piece of equipment behind his saddle. Could it be hearing aid related? Since his attack certainly wasn't a fluke, but looked planned days ahead, he was let go, and his gap started to grow. Saunier Duval who missed out in last year's competition, took some responsibility for the ace of the peloton, but didn't panic behind Rast.
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25 year-old Gregory Rast, sporting the Swiss championships as his only victory so far, pedaled along at a brisk speed, and had built up a four minute gap over the first climb of Hoochstroos. Michael Albasini (Liquigas-Bianchi) was the second rider over the little climb, and Illes Baleares rider Toni Colom was third. With 77 kilometres to go, Rast reached a maximum 4'48 before the peloton started to pull him back, and by doing so, they passed the feed zone so fast that they had to hold on to their musettes for dear life.
Worth noting at this point was that none of the strong sprinting teams took any responsibility for the stage, except for Davitamon-Lotto, who let one rider blend in with riders from Bouygues, Illes Baleares and Domina Vacanze at the front. Gregory Rast had a safe gap over the first intermediate sprint with 56 kilometres to go, and Daniele Colli and Michael Albasini from Liquigas-Bianchi made an effort to take second and third ahead of the peloton.
Rast managed to keep the peloton away over the second climb of Weerswilen, and avoided running out of power while being caught uphill. Shortly afterwards, Rast was eventually caught, and the peloton looked confused to say the least: 29 km to go, and nothing to do. The sprinters' teams remained low key, and they seemed to ask for attacks, and attacks they got. Phonak's Niki Aebersold rode off and was joined by Alejandro Valverde (Illes Baleares). Behind them, Christian Moreni (QuickStep) was the only rider representing the fast finishers, instead Phonak and Illes Baleares were allowed to keep their riders at the front and in the break.
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Rabobank's big guy Thorwald Veneberg countered when Valverde and Aebersold sat up, and shortly after, Veneberg slowed down. QuickStep's Paolo Bettini was seen screaming at the chief commissaire, mixing complaints about the motorcycles with hot blooded Italian phrases. Eventually the peloton calmed down, and Discovery Channel's Benoît Joachim took off on a solo attempt that didn't last too long.
Francaise des Jeux started to build what looked like a decent leadout, mostly because of the wind that made a few suffer and hampered most in their attempts to move closer to the front. Despite having a handful of strong riders at the front, Davitamon-Lotto's Robbie McEwen shook his head, and didn't re-appear at the front again. Coming into windy Weinfelden, Francaise des Jeux took over from the Davitamon-Lotto boys, and split the peloton up in two bits. The Francaise des Jeux boys were Bernhard Eisel, Baden Cooke, and Brad McGee, and they took Tom Boonen and Paolo Bettini (QuickStep) and Peter "Paco" Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) with them to the finish. Bettini hadn't waster any energy during his trip back to the cars at a point where other riders struggled, and made a jump for the line with 350m to go. His strength failed towards the end, and Baden Cooke managed to close the gap in time for Eisel to sprint to victory in front of Tom Boonen and Peter Wrolich.
Photography
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- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) looking a little apprehensive at the team presentation
- Last year's winner Jan Ullrich rides in the leader's jersey during stage 1
- The peloton is greeted by a blast from a horn player
- Gregory Rast (Phonak) is cheered on by local supporters
- Gregory Rast (Phonak) flies along
- Gregory Rast (Phonak) during his long, solo effort
- Bernhard Eisel (Francaise des Jeux) beats Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) to win stage 1
- Bernhard Eisel (Francaise des Jeux) is pretty happy about winning stage 1
Images by Herbert Krabel/www.litespeed.com
- This Swiss guy is not racing
- Lots of support motorcycles are ready to go
- The Swiss police is here in force too
- Jens Voigt (CSC) discusses race strategy with a fan
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) runs into former sponsor Herbert Krabel
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) and Saul Raisin (Credit Agricole) chat before the start.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) is surrounded by paparazzi
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) patiently signs one of many autographs
- The field getting on its way
- The race is on!
- Saul Raisin of Credit Agricole with Herbert Krabel
Images by Christine Grein/www.capture-the-peloton.com
- Andrea Peron (CSC) sips a bit of coffee before the start of stage 1
- Hey, I get the girls! Bernhard Eisel on the podium after stage 1
- Bernhard Eisel (Francaise de Jeux) was the leader after stage 1
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) may be contemplating his collarbone and how to keep it safe
- Daddy, what does this one do? Jan Boven's little ones give his bike the once over
- Jens Voight (CSC) thinks about the job at hand before the start of stage 1
- You're kidding, right? Patxi Vila (Lampre) doesn't look that amused
- Bernhard Eisel (Francaise de Jeux) looks pretty happy after stage 1
- The peoloton during stage 1 with Jan Ullrich in the background
- Andrea Peron (CSC) finished his coffee and at work during stage 1
- Jan Boven (Rabobank) and Servais Knaven (Quickstep) during stage 1
- Bernhard Eisel and Giampaolo Caruso ride tempo during the first stage
- Swiss rider Fabian Jeker (Saunier-Duval) looks comfortable in the pack during stage 1
- The peloton makes it's way from Schaffhausen to Weinfelden for stage 1
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) rides comfortably in the pack
- Ullrich and Jeker both in yellow and riding safely in the pack
Results
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 4.00.07 (42.454 km/h) 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.03 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.06 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 9 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 17 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 19 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 20 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 21 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 22 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 23 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 27 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 29 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 30 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 31 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 32 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 33 Josluis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 34 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 35 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 36 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 39 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 40 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 44 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 45 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 46 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 48 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 49 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 50 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 51 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 52 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 53 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 55 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 56 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 58 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 60 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 61 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 63 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 64 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 66 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 67 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 68 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 69 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 73 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 74 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 75 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 76 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 77 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 78 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 80 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 81 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 82 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 83 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 84 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 85 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 86 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 87 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 88 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 89 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 90 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 93 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 95 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 96 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 97 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 98 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 99 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 101 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 102 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 103 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 104 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 105 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 107 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 108 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 110 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 111 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 112 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 113 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 115 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 116 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 117 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 118 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 119 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 120 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 122 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 123 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 124 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 125 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 126 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 127 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 128 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 130 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 131 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 133 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 134 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 135 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 136 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 137 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.28 138 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 0.30 139 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 140 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 141 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 142 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 143 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.37 144 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.48 145 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 146 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.52 147 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.00 148 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.18 149 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22 150 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.51 151 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.14 152 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.31 153 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.26 154 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 155 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 156 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.58 157 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 158 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 159 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze Points 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 25 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 20 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 13 5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 11 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 10 7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 9 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 8 9 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 11 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 13 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 15 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Mountains Hoochstrooss, 75 km 1 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 3 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Weerswilen, 137.6 km 1 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Sprints Sirnach, 111.8 km 1 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 pts 2 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Morstetten, 164.9 km 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 pts 2 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 3 Josluis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams 1 Francaise Des Jeux 12.00.27 2 Quick Step - Innergetic 3 Gerolsteiner 0.06 4 Fassa Bortolo 0.12 5 Team CSC 6 Liquigas-Bianchi 7 Lampre - Caffita 8 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 9 Davitamon-Lotto 10 Discovery Channel 11 Bouygues Telecom 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 Liberty Seguros Team 14 Credit Agricole 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Rabobank 17 T-Mobile Team 18 Domina Vacanze 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Cofidis General classification after stage 1 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.59.57 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.04 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.06 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 0.10 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.12 6 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.13 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 8 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.14 9 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 Josluis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.15 11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.16 12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 13 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 20 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 22 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 23 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 24 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 27 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 28 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 30 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 32 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 33 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 34 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 35 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 36 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 37 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 38 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 41 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 42 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 46 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 47 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 50 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 51 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 52 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 53 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 54 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 56 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 57 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 59 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 60 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 61 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 62 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 64 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 65 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 67 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 68 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 69 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 70 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 73 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 74 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 75 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 76 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 77 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 78 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 79 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 80 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 83 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 84 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 85 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 86 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 87 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 88 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 89 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 90 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 93 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 95 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 96 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 97 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 98 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 99 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 101 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 102 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 103 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 104 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 105 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 107 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 108 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 110 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 111 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 112 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 113 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 115 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 116 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 117 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 118 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 119 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 120 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 122 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 123 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 124 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 125 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 126 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 127 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 128 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 130 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 131 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 133 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 134 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 135 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 136 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 137 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.37 138 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.38 139 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 0.40 140 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 141 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 142 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 143 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.47 144 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.58 145 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 146 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02 147 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.10 148 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.28 149 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.32 150 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.01 151 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.24 152 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.41 153 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.36 154 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 155 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 156 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9.08 157 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 158 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 159 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Points classification 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 25 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 20 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 13 5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 11 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 10 7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 9 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 8 9 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 11 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 12 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 13 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 15 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Mountains classification 1 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 4 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Sprints classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 7 pts 2 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 3 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 4 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 5 Josluis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams classification 1 Francaise Des Jeux 12.00.27 2 Quick Step - Innergetic 3 Gerolsteiner 0.06 4 Fassa Bortolo 0.12 5 Team CSC 6 Liquigas-Bianchi 7 Lampre - Caffita 8 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 9 Davitamon-Lotto 10 Discovery Channel 11 Bouygues Telecom 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 Liberty Seguros Team 14 Credit Agricole 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Rabobank 17 T-Mobile Team 18 Domina Vacanze 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Cofidis
