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63rd Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 6-13, 2005
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Stage 3 - Wednesday, March 9: Thiers - Craponne-sur-Arzon, 118 km
Illes Balears has another uphill sprinter: Vicente Reynes
By Jean-François Quénet in Craponne-sur-Arzon
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Cycling definitely doesn't need long distances to produce a thrilling scenario and bringing up new faces. 23 year-old Vicente Reynes of Illes Balears has won stage 3 of the 2005 Paris-Nice that covered only 117.5 km. He created a huge surprise at the finish line where his teammate Alejandro Valverde was expected to win. It was another bunch sprint at the end, finally located in Craponne-sur-Arzon instead of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon where there was too much snow for a bike race to come through. It will also not be possible to start from that village on Thursday, and stage 4 will take off from St-Peray near Valence. It will be only 108km long with a few climbs at the end but nothing special, the start being given at 14:00 local time.
Stage 2 may have left David Moncoutié (Cofidis) very bitter since he couldn't hold the crazy pace and got dropped. The Frenchman, winner of a stage in the Tour de France last year, reacted positively after making the first attack with his fellow compatriot Freddy Bichot. With Moncoutié, Dariusz Baranowski (Liberty Seguros), Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r), Nicki Sørensen (CSC), Floyd Landis (Phonak), Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel), Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel), Mauro Facci (Fassa Bortolo), Xavier Zandio (Illes Balears), Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto) and Iñigo Cuesta (Saunier Duval) formed the front group at km 20. Their biggest advantage was 1'50. The teams of Rabobank, T-Mobile and Domina Vacanze kept the peloton to an acceptable distance.
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On the Côte de Lavet (km 77), defending champion Jörg Jaksche was no longer overshadowed by his former teammates from CSC. In a fantastic effort, he bridged the gap by himself and joined the 11 leaders. His enterprise created a strong chase by Quick Step and CSC. It was obvious that serious action was happening under the order of Manolo Saiz. "We were asked to try and do something," Jaksche explained. "I felt really good and I was happy to ride up the front. I'm not at the same level of shape as last year in Paris-Nice, that's what explains my result in the prologue (20th). It was good to try to break clear again with two team-mates, unfortunately that last climb was too far from the finish."
With 5km to go - the Moncoutié group being caught with 10km to go - Jaksche went away again with Alberto Contador and Luis Leon Sanchez, the two stage winners of the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under earlier this year, the latter being also the overall winner of the South Australian event, which is the only race he took part in before Paris-Nice. Just like the day before, Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) attacked with 3km to go, following the example of Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel), but there was nothing to do to avoid another bunch sprint in the uphill finishing straight of Craponne-sur-Arzon.
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Tom Boonen saw himself as a winner for a third consecutive day. "400 metres before the line, it looked perfect," he said. "But Jens Voigt closed me the door. I've got nothing to reproach him for. I would have done the same. I'm just frustrated and I've got mixed feelings. I'm disappointed to have lost the stage but I'm happy that I was one of the few sprinters up there in the hills today. It's a good sign for Milan-San Remo, I'm not worried about the fact that stages here are shortened before the longest classic of the year. I'll go and reconnoitre the course on Monday."
It wasn't Valverde crossing the line first but Vicente Reynes who was already fourth the day before in Thiers. "I'm having a great moment of form," the Spaniard said. "It's the right time to take advantage of it, but I can't believe I've done it, it's Paris-Nice!"
Reynes was terribly emotional after his win. "I didn't even recognise Bernard Hinault on the podium," he realized later. "With two kilometres to go, I didn't know what to do when Alexandre Vinokourov accelerated, we had very little information about the new finish and it was a very hard stage. When I saw the uphill finish, I remembered I got most of my amateur wins in such conditions. I've was very close to touching Voigt's wheel, I almost crashed, now I'm so happy with this win. It's my first pro win but not the last one, I hope."
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Reynes will turn 24 in August, he hails from Deia in Majorca, he's actually one of the four riders from Illes Balears who actually comes from one of the islands backing the team. He also gave to the new co-sponsor Caisse d'Epargne their first win in professional cycling. The French bank wanted to be associated with a ProTour team. Since they didn't manage to get a spot on the Bouygues Telecom jersey, they paired with Illes Balears through the influence of former pro rider Yvon Ledanois. Caisse d'Epargne is expected to become a title sponsor in two years time. It will give Reynes other opportunities to show his talent. "But our team leader remains Valverde," he added. "He's a better cyclist than I am."
Reynes has moved up to third place overall behind Boonen and Erik Dekker, who also sees Valverde as a bigger threat for the final win in Paris. "Voigt, Valverde and Kirchen are my three main competitors. As for myself, I'm feeling better and better every day", Dekker said.
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- Everyone's a sprinter, but Vicente Reynes (Illes Balears) has the last laugh in Craponne-sur-Arzon.
- Tom Boonen's beard isn't slowing him down one bit, as he holds onto the overall lead after Stage 3.
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- Synchronize watches boys, we're robbing a bank!
- David Moncoutie (Cofidis) attacks after 20 km
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) leads Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in stage 3
- It has to be said that it looks nice
- The peloton rides through the snow-bound French countryside
- Jorg Jaksche (Liberty) rides in the break, along with Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery)
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) knows that he's doing himself the world of good
- Rebellin, Armstrong and Dekker ride during stage 3
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) trying to keep the grit away
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) looking comfortable on the climb
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) rides in the company of his teammates and a couple of Fassa Bortolo riders through the snow
- Jens Voigt (CSC) puts in a massive attack at the end, with Jorg Jaksche (Liberty) in tow
- Yeah! Vicente Reynes (Illes Balears) celebrates his first pro win
- Vicente Reynes (Illes Balears) really enjoying his success
- A happy Vicente Reynes (Illes Balears) on the podium
Results
1 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.40.51 2 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 9 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 11 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 13 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 18 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 19 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 20 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 22 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 23 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 24 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 25 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 26 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 34 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 35 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 39 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 40 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 41 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 42 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 45 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 47 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 48 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 49 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 52 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 53 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 54 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 55 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 56 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 58 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 59 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 61 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 62 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 63 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 64 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 65 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 66 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 69 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 70 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 71 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 73 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 74 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 75 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 76 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 77 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 79 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 81 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 82 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 83 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 84 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 86 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 88 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 89 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 90 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 91 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 92 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 93 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 95 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 96 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 98 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 99 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 100 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 101 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 103 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 104 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 105 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 106 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 108 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 109 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 110 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 111 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 112 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.20 113 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 114 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.29 115 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.08 116 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 117 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.18 118 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 119 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.35 120 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 121 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 122 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 123 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 124 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 125 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 126 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 127 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 128 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 129 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 130 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 132 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 133 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 134 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 135 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 136 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 137 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 139 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 141 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 142 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 144 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 145 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 146 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 147 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 14.02 148 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 149 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 150 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 151 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 152 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 153 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 154 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 155 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 156 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 157 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 19.05 158 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 159 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 160 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 161 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Points 1 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 22 3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 20 4 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 16 6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 14 8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 13 9 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12 10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 11 11 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 9 13 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8 14 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 15 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 16 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 17 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 18 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 3 19 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 2 20 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Mountains Côte de Courpière - Cat. 2, 14.00 km 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 pts 2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3 4 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 5 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1 Côte de Lavet - Cat. 1, 77.30 km 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 pts 2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 4 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 5 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 6 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 7 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1 Sprints Ambert - 47.3 km 1 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 3 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Best young rider 1 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.40.51 2 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 6 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 10 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 14 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 19 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 22 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 23 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 24 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.08 25 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.35 26 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 27 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 29 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 14.02 33 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 34 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 35 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux Teams 1 Davitamon-Lotto 8.02.33 2 Team CSC 3 Quick.Step 4 Liberty Seguros-Würth 5 Rabobank 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Francaise Des Jeux 8 Domina Vacanze 9 Fassa Bortolo 10 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 12 Liquigas-Bianchi 13 Gerolsteiner 14 Ag2R Prevoyance 15 Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Discovery Channel Team 18 Lampre-Caffita 19 Credit Agricole 20 Bouygues Telecom 21 T-Mobile Team 9.35 General classification after stage 3 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 7.58.46 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.03 3 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.04 4 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.05 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 0.09 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.11 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 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.25 17 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 0.29 18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 0.31 19 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.48 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.54 21 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 22 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 23 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.56 24 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 0.57 25 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.58 26 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 27 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 28 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.00 29 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.02 30 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.03 31 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 1.04 33 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.07 34 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 35 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 1.08 36 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.09 37 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.10 39 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.11 40 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 1.12 41 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 1.13 42 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.15 43 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 44 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 45 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 46 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.16 47 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 1.17 49 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.19 50 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.20 51 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1.23 52 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.24 53 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.26 54 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.28 55 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.29 57 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.30 58 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.31 59 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 60 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.33 61 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 62 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.35 63 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.36 64 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.37 66 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.39 67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.44 68 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.46 69 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 1.47 70 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.48 71 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.50 72 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.55 73 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.03 74 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.07 75 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.09 76 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.15 77 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.16 78 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 79 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.23 80 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2.29 81 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.33 82 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 2.40 83 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 2.51 84 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.54 85 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.09 86 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 3.21 87 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.24 88 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.28 89 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.30 90 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.31 91 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 92 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.40 93 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.43 94 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.14 95 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.29 96 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.39 97 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 4.41 98 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.09 99 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.16 100 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.24 101 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.32 102 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.44 103 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.08 104 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.20 105 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.28 106 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.36 107 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.13 108 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.46 109 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.02 110 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9.30 111 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.52 112 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.58 113 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.00 114 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10.15 115 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10.28 116 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.32 117 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.35 118 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10.50 119 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.58 120 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 11.08 121 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 11.10 122 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 11.14 123 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11.34 124 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11.40 125 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 11.42 126 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 11.44 127 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.52 128 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 11.57 129 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 12.03 130 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.08 131 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 132 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 12.18 133 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 12.28 134 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 12.40 135 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 12.48 136 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 13.15 137 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 14.30 138 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 14.42 139 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.14 140 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 15.25 141 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.50 142 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 15.52 143 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.07 144 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.59 145 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17.14 146 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 17.38 147 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 148 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.21 149 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18.40 150 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19.05 151 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19.35 152 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 19.47 153 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20.02 154 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20.04 155 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 20.08 156 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 21.26 157 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22.45 158 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 22.51 159 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 23.55 160 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25.26 161 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 26.25 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 64 pts 2 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 53 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 52 4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 49 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 48 6 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 40 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 38 8 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 35 9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 10 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27 11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 26 13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 25 14 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 23 15 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 22 16 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 18 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 20 19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 18 20 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 18 21 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 22 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 18 23 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 24 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15 26 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 27 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 28 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 13 29 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 30 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 11 31 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 33 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10 34 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 35 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 9 36 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9 37 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 38 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 39 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 40 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5 41 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 42 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 43 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 3 44 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 45 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 46 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 47 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 48 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1 49 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17 pts 2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4 5 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 6 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 7 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 9 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 10 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 11 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 13 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1 14 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1 15 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Best young rider classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 7.58.46 2 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.04 3 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 0.09 4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.11 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 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.58 9 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.02 10 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.03 11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.07 12 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.16 13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.26 14 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.28 15 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.31 16 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.37 17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.03 18 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 2.16 19 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 2.51 20 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.30 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.14 22 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.29 23 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.13 24 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.58 25 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.32 26 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10.50 27 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.58 28 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.08 29 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 12.18 30 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.21 31 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19.35 32 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 19.47 33 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20.02 34 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 20.08 35 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25.26 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 23.56.47 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 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.28 18 Gerolsteiner 3.47 19 Ag2R Prevoyance 3.50 20 Domina Vacanze 4.54 21 T-Mobile Team 12.42
