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69th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 11-19, 2005
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Stage 4 - June 14: Vaduz FL - Bad Zurzach, 208 km
McEwen takes another, as big teams watchful
By Gabriella Ekström, with additional reporting from Anthony Tan in Bad Zurzach
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Australian champion Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto) won the longest stage of Tour de Suisse, 208 kilometres between Vaduz near the Austrian border and Bad Zurzach. During the stage, many teams showed an unwillingness to work at the front of the peloton, and the three man break that escaped halfway through got an honest chance to stay away. At the end, race leader Jan Ullrich finished in the peloton at the same time as the winner, and none of the top riders in the GC gained any bonus seconds.
"We could sit back and let the others chase the breakaway, because we had Bart Dockx in a group of three, which was a really great move from him," McEwen explained after his win. In the final kilometres, "The rest of the guys, especially [Nick] Gates, Wim Vansevenant and [Fred] Rodriguez, did a really great job in the final to keep me out of the wind.
"It was a technical finish; it was something that suited me with a few corners and a little bit uphill. Just at the end, before the last corner, I got a little bit caught, had to brake slightly and then go again. But I was able to wriggle my way out of the first two guys through the corner, and the last 50 metres, I was able to enjoy my sprint... it was a nice day out (smiles)."
How it unfolded
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Despite the length of the stage, many riders were interested in getting away shortly after the start, notably some of the bigger names, including Tom Boonen (Quickstep), Mirko Celestino (Domina Vacanze), Jens Voigt and Bobby Julich (CSC) and Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo). The peloton was reluctant to let anyone away, and all attempts were terminated.
Despite Jan Ullrich's promises not to wear his team out, the T-mobile team were responsible for the work up front until they happily let Bart Dockx (Davitamon Lotto), Allan Johansen (CSC) and Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) away with 136 kilometres to go. The trio quickly gained a lot of time on the rolling peloton, reaching a maximum of 7'20 seconds with 66 kilometres to go.
T-mobile was reluctant to let go of all control at the front, and probably worked harder than they needed to, waiting for one of the sprinters teams to take control. That proved to be hard, since Oscar Freire's Rabobank was nowhere to be seen and Bradley McGee's and Baden Cooke's Francaise des Jeux was playing it way cool, using its two seconds disadvantage to its advantage instead. Robbie McEwen, who had his eye on this particular stage, could benefit from having Dockx at the front, so none of these teams came to the aid of T-mobile.
Finally, with around 50 kilometres to go, QuickStep decided that it was not going to happen unless they did it themselves, and they moved Hulsmans and Knaven to the front. The gap started to decrease, but it didn't look as if the two men leading the peloton were superior to the three men in front of them. Bernucci rode over the first intermediate sprint in Koblenz, without looking up. The break still looked to have a good chance to stay away, having 4'30 with 35 km to go.
In the peloton, it was obvious that no team wanted to take full responsibility and it looked like the break had a 50/50 chance of staying away. The first scramble up third category Zurzacherberg didn't prove very hard for the peloton, but a lot of the top riders stayed close to the front to check the route out and to avoid accidents as the rain had started to fall.
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With 19 kilometres to go, the gap was down to 2'30 and now Davitamon Lotto joined the chase, since a sprint finish could not be avoided. Coming up Zurzacherberg for the second time, the pace in the peloton was much higher, but no real attacks were made, just dashes for the final GPM points. At the front Bernucci had dropped Johansen with ease going up the climb, but Johansen was able to come back to the duo in the flats and Bernucci calmed down for a minute or two.
Coming into the final ten, QuickStep had Christian Moreni up front, mixing it with the Phonak riders, determined to put Aurelien Clerc at the front for the sprint. After a final attack by Bernucci, the break was neutralized with four kilometres to go, and then it looked wide open. Most teams had representatives at the front, and although the pace was high, it wasn't the crazy gallop we are used to see towards the finish. The technical course leading to the line made it crucial for the riders to place themselves right, and especially Tom Boonen and Robbie McEwen came through fine.
Roger Hammond (Discovery channel) started out the sprint, but was overtaken by Daniele Colli (Liquigas) who in his turn had to see him beaten by McEwen who came past on pure power. The riders placed high on the GC all finished in the peloton, and there were no major changes.
Photography
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Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
- These young 'uns are laughing with their prime-time position at the finish in Bad Zurzach.
- Here come the sprinters...
- 75 metres to go and Robbie McEwen has already hit the front...
- ... and McEwen wins by two bike lengths!
- All too easy for Rockin' Robbie McEwen.
Images by AFP Photo
- The peloton rides during stage 4
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) in the peloton during stage 4
- Hang on a tic, I just won a race.
- Shield your eyes, Jan is here
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4.42.40 2 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 7 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 10 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 16 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 18 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 24 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 27 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 28 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 30 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 31 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 33 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 34 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 36 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 37 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 39 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 40 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 41 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 45 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 46 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 49 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 50 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 51 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 52 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 54 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 57 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 58 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 59 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 60 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 61 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 62 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 63 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 64 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 65 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 67 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 68 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 69 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 70 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 71 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 72 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 73 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 74 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 75 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 76 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 79 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 80 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 81 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 82 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 83 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 84 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 85 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 87 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 88 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 89 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 90 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 93 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 95 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 96 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 97 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 98 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 99 Josluis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 100 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 101 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 102 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 104 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 105 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 106 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 107 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 108 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 110 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 111 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 113 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 115 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 116 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 117 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 118 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 119 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.29 120 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 121 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.31 122 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.34 123 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 0.39 124 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 0.49 125 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.56 126 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 127 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.13 128 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 129 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.45 130 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 131 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 132 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 133 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 134 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 135 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 136 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 137 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 138 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 139 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 140 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 141 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 142 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 143 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 144 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 145 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 146 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 147 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.43 148 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 149 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 150 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 9.37 151 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 152 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne DNF David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne DNF Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 pts 2 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20 3 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 13 5 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 10 7 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 9 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 7 10 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Mountains Kerenzerberg, 44.5 km 1 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 5 pts 2 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 3 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 1 Zurzacherberg Passage 1 1 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 pts 2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 3 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 2 4 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Zurzacherberg Passage 2 1 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 pts 2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 3 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 2 4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Sprints Koblenz, 165 km 1 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 pts 2 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 3 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 1 Klingnau, 179 km 1 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 14.08.00 2 Credit Agricole 3 Francaise Des Jeux 4 Fassa Bortolo 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Team CSC 7 Davitamon-Lotto 8 Bouygues Telecom 9 Discovery Channel 10 Quick Step - Innergetic 11 Lampre - Caffita 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 Rabobank 14 Liquigas-Bianchi 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 17 Cofidis 18 T-Mobile Team 19 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 20 Domina Vacanze 2.45 General classification after stage four 1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13.13.50 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.02 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 0.18 4 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.12 5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.14 6 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.25 7 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.31 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.41 9 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 1.47 10 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52 11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.53 12 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.56 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.02 14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 2.08 15 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.17 16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2.20 17 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.21 18 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 2.29 19 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.37 20 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.47 21 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 2.48 22 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.51 23 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.54 24 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3.04 25 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 26 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.09 27 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.17 28 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.18 29 Josluis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.58 30 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.03 32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4.04 33 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.13 34 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.19 35 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 4.22 36 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.34 37 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.36 38 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.52 39 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 4.54 40 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.57 41 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.05 42 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.14 44 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.23 45 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.53 46 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.00 47 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 6.04 48 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.07 49 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.15 50 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.32 51 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.42 52 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 6.43 53 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6.53 54 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.00 55 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.09 56 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7.26 57 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7.34 58 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.38 59 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.39 60 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 7.41 61 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.48 62 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 7.56 63 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.05 64 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.35 65 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 8.36 66 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 8.37 67 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.40 68 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8.42 69 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.43 70 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.52 71 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 9.01 72 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 9.30 73 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.44 74 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.46 75 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 9.48 76 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 9.49 77 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 9.50 78 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 9.52 79 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.55 80 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.59 81 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.01 82 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.11 83 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 10.21 84 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.25 86 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 10.35 87 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.08 88 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 89 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11.29 90 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11.34 91 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.51 92 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 12.28 93 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.32 94 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12.42 95 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 12.47 96 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.06 97 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 98 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.15 99 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.23 100 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.25 101 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13.35 102 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 13.51 103 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 13.55 104 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 14.02 105 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14.24 106 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 14.39 107 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.43 108 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 14.50 109 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.54 110 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 15.12 111 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15.14 112 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15.15 113 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.34 114 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15.36 115 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.38 116 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.39 117 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 15.47 118 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.49 119 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16.07 120 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 16.09 121 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.12 122 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.14 123 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 16.16 124 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.18 125 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 16.21 126 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16.24 127 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 16.37 128 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.38 129 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.41 130 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16.53 131 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 17.14 132 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 17.18 133 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17.27 134 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 17.40 135 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 17.44 136 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.49 137 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19.25 138 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19.43 139 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20.04 140 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 20.21 141 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 20.24 142 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 20.25 143 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20.29 144 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 20.31 145 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22.48 146 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.36 147 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 24.42 148 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 25.59 149 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26.06 150 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26.47 151 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 28.09 152 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.34 Points classification 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 39 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 33 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 25 5 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 6 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 20 8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 18 9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 10 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 11 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 15 12 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 13 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 13 14 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 15 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 16 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 10 17 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 19 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 20 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 22 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 23 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 24 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 7 25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 26 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 27 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 28 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5 29 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 30 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 31 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 32 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 33 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 34 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 35 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1 Mountains classification 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11 pts 2 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 3 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6 5 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 6 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 7 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 5 8 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 4 9 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 10 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2 11 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 1 14 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Sprints classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 16 pts 2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 3 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 4 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 5 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 7 6 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 7 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 8 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams classification 1 Fassa Bortolo 39.45.29 2 Gerolsteiner 0.53 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.10 4 Team CSC 1.31 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.48 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.00 7 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 5.37 8 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.56 9 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 6.06 10 T-Mobile Team 7.11 11 Credit Agricole 8.09 12 Domina Vacanze 9.01 13 Lampre - Caffita 13.52 14 Bouygues Telecom 14.24 15 Discovery Channel 14.44 16 Cofidis 15.18 17 Liquigas-Bianchi 16.11 18 Davitamon-Lotto 17.24 19 Francaise Des Jeux 17.55 20 Rabobank 20.47
