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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
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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.'"
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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- After a few minor tweaks the Cthe Cyclingnews blimp recently passed the Swiss B.L.I.M.P. test for air-worthiness - even more stringent than the SNELL test for bike helmets! - and is back in business. On Wednesday, it was spotted over Lake Lucerne, as the peloton made its way to the finish of Stage 5 in Altdorf.
- Fun and games for the kids at the village départ.
- Yesterday's stage winner and sprints classification leader, Michael Albasini (Liquigas-Bianchi).
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) is hopeful for a return to top form sooner rather than later.
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) would probably prefer if the kids had Quick.Step caps!
- Are Jan Ullrich's pins the legs of the next Tour de France champion?
- Jan Ullrich's spell in yellow ended after today's stage finishing in Arosa.
- Der Jan, Der Kaiser, Der Man.
- Jan goes through a few pre-race checks on his machine in Bürglen.
- Aww, it's alright Mr. Diablo, the riders will be on their way soon. You can wave your trident soon enough.
- I said many things to him... Chris Horner (Saunier Duval-Prodir) tells it like it was at the post-stage press conference.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Heading into the high mountains
- The Swiss try their own version of the CN blimp
- Clearly it needs work
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) drives for home
- Vincenzo Nibali (Fassa Bortolo) in the hurt box
- Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) leading Koldo Gil (Liberty)
- Mick Rogers (Quick.Step) fights for every second
- Ullrich puts the power down
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) leads McGee
- Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick.Step) suffers
- Moos and Evans go at it
- Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) leads Totschnig and Voigt
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) had another hard day today
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) trying to build form
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) wins the sixth stage
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) salutes as he wins
- Vincenzo Nibali (Fassa Bortolo) gives a mini-salute for finishing second
- Mick Rogers (Quick.Step) crosses for third, and the yellow jersey
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) finishing 7th, having done a good job for Jeker and Horner
- Ullrich and McGee lead their group home for 10th and 11th
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) crosses the line in 10th place
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) wasn't delighted with his performance today
- Totschnig and Beat Zberg cross together
- The bus stops here
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) with his director Mauro Gianetti
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) on the podium
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) smiles as the stage winner
- Mick Rogers (Quick.Step) is the new leader of the Tour de Suisse
- Mick Rogers (Quick.Step) grins as the new leader
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
