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69th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 11-19, 2005
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Stage 9 - June 19: Ulrichen - Ulrichen, 100 km
Gonzalez wins the Tour de Suisse
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By Gabriella Ekström
Euskaltel's Aitor Gonzalez fulfilled the hopes upon him and the fears around him when he broke away over the final climb of Furkapass, and held on to the line, 48 seconds ahead of a helpless Michael Rogers (Quick.Step). The stage win was a nice bonus, but Aitor's real aim was the full title as winner of the 2005 edition of Tour the Suisse. His victory put him 22 seconds ahead of Rogers, and the final stage of the race this year proved just as exciting as last year's finale where Ullrich beat Fabian Jeker by less than one second to take the yellow.
After the line, the former winner of the Vuelta a España explained that today's victory was one of his most emotional ever. "I was so very tired in the last kilometres, but it feels so nice to win again after the low period I've had," Gonzalez explained. "I was confident before the stage, and I had shown everyone yesterday that I was strong enough to attack. Early in the stage, I wanted an Euskaltel rider to go in the break (Laiseka - ed.), so everything went according to plan."
Cyclingnews spoke to a bitter Michael Rogers after the finish, and asked whether he was satisfied with the fact that he did everything he could today. "Yeah, but really disappointed," said Rogers.
It seemed only Horner was helping you? "Yeah, well, Horner had his own objectives."
How it unfolded
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When the riders rolled out of Ulrichen, they had around three hours of riding in front of them, and it wasn't to be easy, since practically half the stage was uphill. The stage's only HC climbs were to be raced, and leader Michael Rogers and everyone else expected a lot of attacks. It didn't take long until their predictions came true, and Gerolsteiner's Ronny Scholz attacked after four kilometres.
Lots of riders were eager to create something early on, and Scholz was brought back. The pace was high, and after a few kilometres of racing, a group of seven seemed formed a solid break. Kim Kirchen and Vincenzo Nibali (Fassa Bortolo), Daniel Schnider (Phonak), Francesco Bellotti (Crédit Agricole), Luis Perez (Cofidis), Sven Montgomery (Gerolsteiner), and mountains leader Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) were the seven, and they were being chased by Daniel Atienza (Cofidis), who showed his strengths yesterday. Atienza later replaced Schnider in the break, and Schnider was quickly passed by what remained of the peloton as they chased after the break.
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Already at this point, Rogers teammates were getting dropped, and he had to rely on Christian Moreni and Patrick Sinkewitz. On the other hand, the other top riders didn't have a lot of teammates to rely on either. The front group gained a minute on Rogers group as they were heading up the Nufenenpass, and Nibali proved himself to be a slow starter as he trailed behind the break, unable to hold on early in the stage. Back in the peloton, Tadej Valjavec (Phonak) took off at an amazing speed, and when he was accompanied by Liberty Seguros Koldo Gil, they posed a threat to Rogers' lead. They caught up with Nibali who was able to make a change of speed and follow the strong climbers.
Coming closer to the summit, Laiseka took off to take the twenty points offered to the winning climber, and secured his caffe latte-coloured climber's jersey by doing that. Over the top, Nibali and Gil caught up with the leading riders, while Valjavec paid dearly for his kamikaze attack earlier, and was swallowed up by the 30-strong peloton that followed one minute after the break.
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The peloton was threatened by the presence of Gil in the break, and it was working to bring the break back on the early slopes of the Gotthardpass. CSC's Jens Voigt rode hard at the front of the peloton, and when the group he had on his wheel started to slow, he simply rode away with Lampre's Gerrit Glomser and Gerolsteiner's Beat Zberg behind him. The three riders caught up with the eight in front, and Beat Zberg's presence did little to brighten Michael Rogers day up. One rider who did was Christian Moreni, who rode strongly to regain contact with the peloton after the first climb, and put in a real effort ahead of Rogers, coming up the Gotthardpass.
With 59 kilometres to go, Nibali had to let go once more, this time for good. Bellotti couldn't follow either, nor could Glomser. Shortly after, Kim Kirchen was dropped, and Laiseka who had been in last wheel during the entire break except for over the mountain prize, looked tired rather than cunning. Great parts of the climb were cobbled, and most riders stuck to the right of the road, trying to avoid the rougher parts.
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After having been dropped previously, Saunier Duval's Fabian Jeker came back to the peloton and decided to attack them just the same. He caught the riders who had been dropped from the leading group. The remaining riders in the lead group were now Daniel Atienza and Luis Perez, Beat Zberg, Roberto Laiseka, Koldo Gil and Jens Voigt, with Sven Montgomery yo-yoing on and off the group.
Michael Rogers and Christian Moreni (QuickStep), Jan Ullrich and Giuseppe Guerini (T-mobile), Bradley McGee (FDJeux), Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel), Cadel Evans (Davitamon), Chris Horner and Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval), Frank Schleck and Wladimir Gussev (CSC) were all in the peloton, together with another dozen riders. They were 45 seconds behind the riders in the break.
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Luis Perez split the lead group with a little less than four kilometres to the summit of the Gotthardpass, and Koldo Gil, eager as ever, was the first rider to chase him. Zberg, Voigt, and eventually the others followed, but they had to regroup behind Perez, as the Spaniard looked strong one hairpin bend above them. Zberg tried again within one kilometre from the summit, and this time he reached Perez. His move encouraged Gil to do the same, and over the top, the group was coming together again. Laiseka looked certain to take the mountains prize, but it seemed that Laiseka's wheel sucking had upset Gil, who countered the Euskaltel rider, but tired and had to see himself passed by Perez. Laiseka secured the mountains jersey nevertheless, but Gil continued to set the tone in the break, giving Zberg a good yelling as the Swiss rider waited for Montgomery who was just about to catch up again.
Gil might be hot-headed, but at this point of the race, the break had 1'42 and he was the virtual leader. Back in the peloton, Moreni and Rogers were riding so hard on the descent that they opened up a gap to the others. Ullrich closed it with a confident face, and a piece of food in his mouth, as if to show Rogers how easily he could do it. The gap to the breakaway was down to a minute at the bottom of the second climb, and Laiseka was back with the peloton, unable to hang on with the leaders while he was waiting for the attack from Gonzalez that was likely to come.
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Koldo Gil now saw his chances everywhere, and jumped for the bonus sprint right at the foot of the last climb. He certainly needed the seconds, but his move meant he came into the climb straight after a sprint. Zberg saw is chance and attacked Gil and the rest, but the Liberty Seguros rider was able to come back with Atienza on his wheel. Meanwhile, in the peloton, Rogers surprised everyone with an attack. Guerini was the natural rider to bring him back, but the high tempo made a few riders lose contact with the group, including Bradley McGee.
Early in the long climb of Furkapass, Aitor Gonzalez attacked and was followed by Rogers and Schleck. Ullrich was in pain and couldn't follow, and seeing that, Gonzalez attacked again, leaving the yellow jersey and Schleck behind him as well. Rogers and Schleck who were now back with Ullrich, reached Voigt who had been dropped from the front riders. Voigt put in his last reserves to help Schleck, and tore the group apart again. Rogers and Schleck were now leaving Ullrich, Guerini, Moos and Valjavec behind.
Up front, Gonzalez caught Gil, Atienza and Zberg, and behind them Schleck rode away from Rogers together with Piepoli and Horner. Zberg was the first rider to be dropped from the leading four, and he joined forces with the three riders who followed closest, before succumbing to the inevitable and dropping back. Gil and Atienza hung on a little longer, but had to see themselves dropped by Gonzalez, and they too joined Horner's group. Gonzalez was now the most serious threat to Rogers' lead, and the Australian chased Horner's group, hoping to get some help.
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Rogers eventually did catch the group ahead of him, but Gonzalez had 49 seconds and was the virtual leader. The bigger group still had a chance to catch him, but it would be hard. Over the top of the last climb, Gonzalez had increased the gap between him and the yellow jersey, and started the descent, 1'13 ahead of Rogers' group. Rogers was now only accompanied by Schleck, Horner, Piepoli and Atienza, and he seemed grateful for the help given to him by Horner and Schleck.
At one point on the descent, the gap was down to 51 seconds, but it grew again as Gonzalez cut short every corner and took every risk possible. At the bottom, he had over a minute again. In the last few kilometres, Rogers was once again starting to bring the gap back as the lone Basque was getting tired. Unfortunately for Rogers, it was all too late, and a super strong Gonzalez rode all the way to the line before punching the air, 48 seconds ahead of Rogers.
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Rogers finished second in the GC, a result too painful to be happy about shortly after the finish. Jan Ullrich came back a bit and managed to defend a third place in the GC against an opportunistic Frank Schleck. Brad McGee who finished 4'17 down kept his points jersey all the way, just as Liquigas' Michael Albasini rode home with the sprints jersey. Laiseka kept his mountains jersey ahead of Horner and Gil, while Gerolsteiner can congratulate themselves on being the best team in Tour de Suisse 2005.
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- "Welcome to the Hotel California... " Why does this song always pop up in every town, city and village around the world?
- Race leader Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) looking understandably a little nervous before the start.
- "If you ride this, it'll be good training for the Tour!" Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) just resists the opportunity to do 3,500 metres of climbing on a penny-farthing.
- Smacking the barriers is all part of the finish-line frenzy.
- Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) drives it to the line.
- Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) warms up the shoulder for a victory salute.
- Yeaah! The stage and overall winner of the Tour de Suisse, Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
- The Michael Rogers fan club cheers on their man, whose group's about 15 seconds away.
- Frank Schleck (Team CSC) comes in for second place.
- Daniel Atienza (Cofidis) takes a rather cheeky third.
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) looks like he knows he's lost the jersey, with Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) right behind him.
- Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) makes his way to the podium.
- Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) tells how the race was won.
- Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) on the podium.
- "I see a bright future for you and me, baby…"
- It's a tight fit, but Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) is only too happy to wear it.
- Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) accepts his race winner's trophy.
- Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) gets smooched.
- Bradley McGee (Française Des Jeux) finishes the race as leader on points.
- Bradley McGee (Française Des Jeux) cracked a little on the last day, but can be satisfied with a good Tour de Suisse.
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) poses with his wife-to-be, Alessia.
- "Oh c'mon, it isn't all bad!" Roger's fiancee Alessia gives a disappointed Mick some support.
- Race over - time to pack up.
Images by AFP Photo
- Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick.Step) leads the bunch on the first climb
- Rogers keeps an eye on Ullrich
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) grits his teeth
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) grabs a musette
- Cristian Moreni leading Rogers on the Gotthardpass
- The peloton snakes its way up the Gotthardpass
- Spectators watch the action on the Gotthardpass
- Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) puts the pressure on Rogers
- Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) away alone
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) leads Ullrich and Guerini
Results
1 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.03.52 (32.763 km/h) 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.46 3 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.48 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 5 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.42 8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.50 13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.08 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4.17 15 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 16 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6.24 18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.28 19 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 21 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.29 22 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 6.31 23 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.27 24 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 25 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 27 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 28 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.26 29 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 10.35 31 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 32 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 33 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 34 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 13.30 35 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 37 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 39 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.37 40 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.44 41 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 19.47 42 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20.14 43 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 20.28 44 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 45 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 46 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 47 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 48 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 49 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 50 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 51 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 55 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 56 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 57 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 58 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 59 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 60 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 61 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 62 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 63 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 64 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 65 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 67 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 68 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 69 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 70 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.03 71 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 73 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 74 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 76 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 77 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 78 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 79 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 80 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 83 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 85 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 86 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 25.12 87 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 88 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 89 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 91 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.33 92 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank DNF Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC DNF Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step DNF Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step DNF Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNF Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux DNF Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNS Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNS Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNS Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC DNS Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step DNS Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step DNS Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux Points 1 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 pts 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 3 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 9 5 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 7 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 10 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 12 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains Passhohe (Nufenenpass) 1 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 pts 2 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15 3 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10 4 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4 Gotthardpass 1 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 20 pts 2 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 3 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 4 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 5 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 Furkapass 1 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 pts 2 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 10 4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 5 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 Sprints Airolo 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6 pts 2 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Realp 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 pts 2 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 3 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 9.22.27 2 Gerolsteiner 1.28 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.15 4 Liberty Seguros Team 5.45 5 Team CSC 6.54 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.01 7 T-Mobile Team 13.09 8 Lampre - Caffita 14.36 9 Cofidis 21.00 10 Credit Agricole 29.38 11 Quick Step - Innergetic 30.12 12 Discovery Channel 34.41 13 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 36.33 14 Liquigas-Bianchi 15 Francaise Des Jeux 39.06 16 Bouygues Telecom 40.08 17 Fassa Bortolo 40.12 18 Davitamon-Lotto 41.32 19 Rabobank 50.33 Final General classification 1 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.08.51 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 0.22 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.36 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.41 5 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.02 6 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.49 7 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.47 8 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 4.13 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.28 10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.01 11 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.17 12 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.23 13 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.24 14 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6.41 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 7.11 16 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 11.26 17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11.32 18 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16.11 19 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.20 20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.55 21 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.14 22 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18.19 23 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18.22 24 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19.20 25 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 19.40 26 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 19.54 27 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.22 28 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 24.38 29 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 25.38 30 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 28.10 31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 28.40 32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 29.15 33 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 30.10 34 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30.33 35 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.48 36 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 31.41 37 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 31.57 38 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 33.05 39 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 34.16 40 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 34.32 41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 34.37 42 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 37.28 43 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.33 44 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 37.59 45 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38.07 46 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 39.30 47 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.29 48 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 41.30 49 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41.49 50 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42.08 51 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 47.22 52 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47.41 53 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 48.43 54 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 49.29 55 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.38 56 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50.32 57 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 52.15 58 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 53.22 59 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 55.41 60 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 55.43 61 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 57.49 62 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58.47 63 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 1.00.24 64 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.03.14 65 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.03.57 66 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 1.04.56 67 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.05.03 68 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.05.37 69 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.06.28 70 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.07.35 71 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.07.37 72 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.08.10 73 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.09.56 74 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1.10.07 75 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.10.33 76 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.10.56 77 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11.47 78 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.12.17 79 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.12.52 80 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.14.03 81 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.14.13 82 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.14.51 83 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1.15.42 84 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.16.32 85 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.21.07 86 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1.21.32 87 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.25.55 88 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.28.53 89 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.29.10 90 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.29.19 91 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.31.14 92 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.54.14 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 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 32 5 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 6 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31 7 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 26 9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 25 10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 11 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 24 12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23 13 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 15 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 18 16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 17 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 19 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 15 20 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 14 21 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 14 22 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 24 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 13 25 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11 26 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 11 27 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 29 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 30 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9 31 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 9 32 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 33 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 34 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 35 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 36 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 7 37 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 39 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 40 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 41 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 42 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 43 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 44 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1 Mountains classification 1 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 pts 2 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 3 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 27 4 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 27 5 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 26 6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 7 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 20 8 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 9 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 10 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 10 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 13 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10 14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 10 15 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 16 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6 17 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 19 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 5 20 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 21 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 23 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 4 25 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 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 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 2 31 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 1 34 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 35 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 36 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 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 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 4 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 5 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 9 6 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6 8 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 9 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6 10 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 11 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 12 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 3 14 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 15 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 16 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 17 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 19 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 20 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 1 Teams classification 1 Gerolsteiner 99.44.56 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.33 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.40 4 Team CSC 9.55 5 Liberty Seguros Team 10.18 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.38 7 T-Mobile Team 23.31 8 Lampre - Caffita 41.57 9 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 47.03 10 Credit Agricole 51.12 11 Cofidis 52.37 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.08.57 13 Bouygues Telecom 1.14.38 14 Fassa Bortolo 1.18.41 15 Liquigas-Bianchi 1.23.30 16 Discovery Channel 1.27.25 17 Francaise Des Jeux 1.53.24 18 Rabobank 1.56.08 19 Davitamon-Lotto 1.58.34
