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63rd Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 6-13, 2005
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Stage 2 - Tuesday, March 8: Aigueperse - Thiers, 46.5 km
Boonen doubles up in 53 minute long stage
By Jean-François Quénet in Thiers
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Paris-Nice race organiser Christian Prudhomme of ASO was impressed by Tom Boonen when he saw him winning two stages and the GC in the Tour of Picardy last year, and once again during the Tour of Qatar earlier this year. He predicted "at least" one win from the Belgian prodigy on the roads supposedly "to the sun" but he already welcomed two of them. Boonen also claimed the yellow jersey thanks to the bonus seconds given on the finishing line.
Erik Dekker now lies in second, but he increased his lead on his big rival for the overall win, Jens Voigt of CSC. The Dutchman won the only hot spot sprint of this stage that was finally held on a 46.5 km course, covered in less than one hour: 53'31 for an amazing average speed of 52.13 km/h! Dekker's Rabobank team was no stranger to this speed, since the orange house rode flat out from the gun and surprised a few riders. It was actually a fantastic spectacle to see a never ending lead out till the only climb of the day, the côte de Podime, whose summit was located 6.5km away from the end of the stage.
Some riders were victims of the high speed. Among them, French champion Thomas Voeckler lost contact for a little while. He struggled to get back on with the help of three Bouygues Telecom team-mates, then he was smart enough to find his position in the first part of the peloton again. That was the only place to be on this rough day.
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In-form Luxembourg champion Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) paid a lot of attention to being able to take his chance on the climb. He attacked strongly and was joined by Voigt. Alejandro Valverde's brutal effort to close the gap was hopeless since the peloton wasn't far behind on the summit, but the Spaniard confirmed that he's a serious contender for the overall win. "I'm not a kamikaze, that's why my only possibility of trying something today was in the hill," Kirchen said. "I believe my best option for a win is the stage up to the Mont Faron where I had a good ride at the Tour of the Mediterranean."
"The final 4km were absolutely crazy," eventual winner Boonen commented. "Fortunately I was always behind Kevin Hulsmans, we never had any chance to talk to each other, but we knew what we had to do. There wasn't any need for a briefing before the start. I watched a DVD in the bus for relaxation on the way to the real start of the race. We knew that a shortened stage was a great opportunity for me to take both stage win and the lead. My Quick Step team did a great job staying in front with Rabobank all the time, and in doing so, we didn't have to be afraid of any nasty surprises. Michael Rogers and Marc Lotz kept me up there in the climb where I was 15th at the top, which was perfect. I'd love to have to race only 46.5km every day until the finish in Nice!"
Questioned about whether the finale of this stage was something similar to the Poggio in Milan-San Remo, he said, "Not at all! The Poggio comes after 285km of racing."
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Runner-up Erik Dekker isn't afraid of Boonen for the overall classification. "But I couldn't do anything against him today," said Dekker. "I tried to get away at the end but Hulsmans was always on my back. I couldn't defend my jersey but I'm still satisfied because I now have six seconds advantage on Voigt." He got 3 by winning the only hot spot sprint of the day, and 3 more because there was a gap of more than one second between Valverde, 10th, and Sylvain Chavanel, 11th, at the finishing line. The Cofidis new recruit was tired after trying to break clear in the downhill in Thiers. He was mostly alone with 3km to go, then Leon van Bon came across, but they got caught before the 1km to go sign. The Frenchman may have lost a few teammates earlier on during that stage, as well as his hopes for the overall win when he crashed the day before, but his intentions to put his mark on the first important race of the year remain undisputed.
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One more day of Paris-Nice is threatened by the weather conditions. Jean-François Pescheux, a member of the organisation company, was sent on the course of stage 3 to check the road. "We can't take any decision too early because the conditions are changing so quickly, race organiser Prudhomme told Cyclingnews. "Our priority is to have a stage finish every day, no matter how many kilometres are covered before."
Only tomorrow morning, ASO and the race officials will decide which option will be chosen between another shortened stage on the scheduled course or one of the three alternative routes already considered for stage 3 due to the current snowy conditions in the East part of France at the moment.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) takes his second stage win in this year's Paris-Nice, and thoroughly enjoys it.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) in the leader's jersey after Stage 2, but some tough days are just around the corner.
Images by AFP Photo
- Race leader Erik Dekker at the start, with race director Christian Prudhomme
- Rabobank and Quick.Step drove the peloton hard for the whole stage
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery) loving every minute of it
- The peloton flies along in the snow
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) beats Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) and Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) to win stage 2
- Jens Voigt (CSC) finishes the stage in 20th place
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) on the podium, now in the leader's jersey
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) looks dubiously at the Credit Lyonnais mascot
- Race director Christian Prudhome (C) discusses tomorrow's stage with the police and director of competition, Jean-Francois Pescheux
Images by Jean Francois Quenet
- Lance Armstrong made himself popular with the kids from the cycling school of La Châtre
- Andy Flickinger of Ag2r turned himself into a mechanic at the gathering in La Châtre 4 hours prior to the real start of stage 2
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 53.31 (52.13 km/h)
2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
4 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team
6 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
7 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.03
12 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
14 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
15 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze
16 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
20 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
21 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step
22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
23 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
24 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step
25 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
26 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
27 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
28 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
29 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
30 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
31 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
33 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
34 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
35 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole
37 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
38 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
39 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step
40 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
41 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
42 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
43 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC
44 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
45 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step
46 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
47 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team
48 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth
49 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
50 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
51 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step
52 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
53 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
54 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
55 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
56 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
57 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
58 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
59 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
60 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
61 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole
62 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
63 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
64 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze
65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
66 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
67 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
68 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step
69 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth
70 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
71 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
72 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
73 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
74 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
75 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
76 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
77 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.19
78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 0.21
79 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
80 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
81 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
82 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance
83 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole
84 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
85 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
86 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
87 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step
88 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems
89 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems
90 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
91 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
92 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
93 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.27
95 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 0.36
96 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
97 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
98 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team
99 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems
100 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.20
101 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze
102 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze
103 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi
104 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
105 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team
106 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team
107 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
108 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux
109 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
110 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.28
111 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.37
112 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team
113 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux
114 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole
115 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
116 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo
117 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
118 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
119 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
120 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
121 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
122 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
123 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.43
124 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 1.47
125 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
126 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
127 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi
128 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
129 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
130 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank
131 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
132 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.04
133 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.12
134 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 3.12
135 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
136 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team
137 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
138 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
139 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
140 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
141 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
142 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.21
143 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
144 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance
145 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
146 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
147 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
148 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
149 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
150 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
151 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
152 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze
153 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
154 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole
155 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
156 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.56
157 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
158 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
159 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
160 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
161 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.52
162 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
163 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
164 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
Points
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 25 pts
2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 22
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20
4 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18
5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16
6 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15
7 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13
9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 12
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10
12 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9
13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8
14 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 7
15 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6
16 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3
19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 2
20 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1
Mountains
Côte de Boutureau - Cat. 3, 14.50 km
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1
Sprints
Soumans - 43 km
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 pts
2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2
3 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1
Best young rider
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 53.31
2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
3 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.03
8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
10 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
13 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
14 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
15 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
17 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
18 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze
19 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth
20 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.21
21 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole
22 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step
23 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
24 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 0.36
25 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.20
26 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.37
27 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 1.47
28 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
29 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank
30 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3.12
31 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.21
32 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze
33 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.56
34 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
35 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.52
36 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
Teams
1 Team CSC 2.40.36
2 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.03
4 Quick.Step
5 Discovery Channel Team
6 Bouygues Telecom
7 Davitamon-Lotto 0.06
8 Fassa Bortolo
9 Liquigas-Bianchi
10 Liberty Seguros-Würth
11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
12 Euskaltel-Euskadi
13 Lampre-Caffita
14 Rabobank 0.21
15 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.24
16 Credit Agricole
17 Ag2R Prevoyance
18 T-Mobile Team 0.36
19 Francaise Des Jeux 0.39
20 Gerolsteiner 0.42
21 Domina Vacanze 1.23
General classification after stage 2
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5.17.55
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.03
3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.05
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 0.09
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.11
7 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.14
8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.16
9 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.17
13 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.18
14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.20
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
16 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.23
17 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.25
18 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.28
19 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 0.31
20 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 0.35
21 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.48
22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.54
23 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
24 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.56
25 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.57
26 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC
27 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team
28 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.58
29 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
30 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
31 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.59
32 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
33 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.00
34 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
35 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.02
36 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.03
37 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 1.04
39 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.07
40 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
41 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 1.08
42 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.09
43 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
44 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.10
45 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.11
46 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 1.12
47 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 1.13
48 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.15
49 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
50 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
51 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth
52 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
53 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.16
54 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
55 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 1.17
56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.19
57 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.20
58 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.23
59 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
60 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.24
61 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.26
62 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.28
63 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
64 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.29
65 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.30
66 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.31
67 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
68 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.33
69 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
70 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance
71 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.35
72 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
73 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.36
74 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
75 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.37
76 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.39
77 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi
78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.44
79 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.46
80 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 1.47
81 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.48
82 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.50
83 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.55
84 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.57
85 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.03
86 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.05
87 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 2.07
88 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
89 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 2.09
90 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
91 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.15
92 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.16
93 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step
94 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2.22
95 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.23
96 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 2.28
97 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2.29
98 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.33
99 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems
100 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze
101 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 2.40
102 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 2.43
103 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 2.51
104 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.53
105 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.55
106 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.03
107 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.05
108 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.09
109 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.12
110 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3.13
111 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.20
112 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 3.21
113 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.24
114 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.28
115 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.30
116 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.31
117 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
118 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.34
119 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.36
120 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team
121 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.40
122 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
123 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.43
124 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 3.46
125 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.14
126 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.29
127 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.38
128 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.39
129 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 4.41
130 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 4.50
131 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.02
132 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5.07
133 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.09
134 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.16
135 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.26
136 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.39
137 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.44
138 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 5.45
139 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 5.50
140 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.00
141 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 6.06
142 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.08
143 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.15
144 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.16
145 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 6.17
146 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.20
147 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.28
148 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.32
149 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.13
150 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 7.20
151 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 7.24
152 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
153 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.46
154 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
155 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.02
156 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.30
157 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9.34
158 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.52
159 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
160 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.00
161 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.24
162 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11.34
163 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12.27
164 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 13.15
Points classification
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 52 pts
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 50
3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 40
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 40
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 32
6 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 28
7 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 26
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 25
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 25
12 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 22
13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 22
14 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 20
15 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20
16 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 18
17 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17
18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 16
19 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16
20 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15
21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14
22 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 13
23 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 13
24 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12
25 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 11
26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10
27 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10
28 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9
29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8
30 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 7
31 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 7
32 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 6
33 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6
34 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5
35 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3
36 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3
37 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
38 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2
39 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
40 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1
Mountains classification
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts
2 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2
4 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1
6 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
Young rider classification
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5.17.55
2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 0.09
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.11
4 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.14
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.16
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.17
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.20
8 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.23
9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.57
10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.58
11 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.02
12 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.03
13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.07
14 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.15
15 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.16
16 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.23
17 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.26
18 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.28
19 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.31
20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.37
21 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.03
22 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 2.16
23 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.33
24 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 2.43
25 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 2.51
26 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.30
27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.14
28 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.29
29 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 5.45
30 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.00
31 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 6.06
32 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.13
33 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.46
34 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.52
35 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.24
36 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12.27
Teams classification
1 Team CSC 15.54.14
2 Fassa Bortolo 0.20
3 Quick.Step 0.46
4 Rabobank 1.16
5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.19
6 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.20
7 Davitamon-Lotto 1.41
8 Bouygues Telecom 1.43
9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.50
10 Liquigas-Bianchi 2.15
11 Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.21
12 Credit Agricole 2.32
13 Discovery Channel Team 2.33
14 Francaise Des Jeux 2.34
15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.57
16 Lampre-Caffita 3.05
17 T-Mobile Team 3.07
18 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.28
19 Gerolsteiner 3.47
20 Ag2R Prevoyance 3.50
21 Domina Vacanze 4.54
