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63rd Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 6-13, 2005
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Stage 5 - Friday, March 11: Rognes - Toulon (Mont-Faron), 172.5km
Old warriors back in business
By Jean-François Quénet in Toulon
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After four stages won by under-25 young guns - Tom Boonen, Vicente Reynes and Fabian Cancellara - the old warriors are back in business in Paris-Nice with Gilberto Simoni and Bobby Julich, both aged 34, taking power up Mont Faron: the Italian as a stage winner, the American as the new race leader.
Four riders opened the road from km 53 until the bottom of Toulon's gruelling climb: Nicolas Fritsch (Saunier Duval), Matthew Hayman (Rabobank), Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) and Marco Serpellini (Gerolsteiner). They had a maximum lead of 5'15 and the fight was concentrated on the 5.5km uphill finish.
CSC and Liberty Seguros were the two teams giving everyone else a hard time on the climb. It became obvious that 23 year-old Alberto Contador, dragging his leader Jörg Jaksche up the road, is a champion in the making. But with two kilometres to go, it was up to Simoni to climb better than anyone. Initially, Saunier Duval's recruit José Angel Gomez accompanied him but couldn't hold the pace. "I had learnt from [Alexandre] Vinokourov two years ago how to read the Mont Faron," Simoni explained. "That's why I attacked exactly at the same place as he did."
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Almost two minutes down, the Kazakh didn't meet his expectations this time, although T-Mobile made sure he would get a good position at the bottom of the Mont Faron. "This climb is a myth," Simoni continued. "All year, among the riders, we talk about it. It makes a very prestigious win. This is an important pearl in my career. For me, it's just as good to win here as in Loudenvielle during the Tour de France or at the Angliru in the Vuelta. Yes, you can print that: winning this stage in Paris-Nice makes me as happy as winning a stage in the Tour de France. I'm actually so happy that I won't be able to fall asleep tonight."
When his 2005 season took off in Australia at the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under, Simoni said he wanted to put his mark on the calendar earlier than the Giro but he didn't specify when and where. "I'm very surprised about winning now," the Italian commented. "I didn't believe I'd be able to do so, but I wanted a win badly. It's not a resurrection because I was never dead. However, I don't have great form right now. My grinta (determination) was much higher than my condition today. This win will give me a lot of confidence for the coming races."
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The Lampre-Caffita team has planned to ride the Giro d'Italia for him again, meanwhile defending champion Damiano Cunego should save some energy for the Tour de France where Simoni isn't expected to race this year. At the top of the Mont Faron, 'Gibo' didn't want to confirm this schedule. "This year, I'll take the races day by day." He seems to have kept some ambition for the Tour de France one day, although he only managed to win a stage in the 2003 centennial edition, but never contested Lance Armstrong's superiority despite strong allegations prior to the event. "To have won this prestigious stage today in France will push me to ride the Tour again," added Simoni.
For second place, Gomez was caught before the top by Cadel Evans and David Moncoutié. "It's a pity that I lost 58 seconds because of a crash on the first day," Evans said. "I initially came to this race to win but after stage 1 I had to change my ambitions. I wanted to win a stage but honestly, I couldn't follow Simoni." Evans, who is just 58 seconds down on GC, has one big goal this year: to climb with the best riders in the Tour de France.
Moncoutié wasn't 100 per cent happy either. "Everyone says this climb suits me but I always find someone stronger than me," he said. "It wasn't easy to read the race between the guys who targeted the stage win and the other ones riding for GC. When Simoni attacked, I didn't react early enough. I thought Voigt would bring us back to him but it didn't happen."
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CSC promoted Julich instead. "Since I finished in the breakaway yesterday, I knew I could make a difference today," the new race leader acknowledged. "I'll be riding the two last stages in my neighbourhood, I know the roads very well and I think I'll be able to keep the lead."
Three Spanish teams are now the main competitors for the Danish squad: Saunier Duval with surprising second overall Constantino Zaballa, Illes Balears with Alejandro Valverde, and Liberty Seguros with Jörg Jaksche who keeps moving up on GC, although he's aware it will be a mission to make his former teammates lose Paris-Nice. Can Valverde surprise everyone by winning two sprint finishes credited with 10 seconds bonus each?
Julich has accumulated 7 wins in his 11 year long pro career: The time trial and GC of Route du Sud and Tour de l'Ain in 1997, Criterium International in 1998 after Christophe Moreau's disqualification, Luk Cup (with Voigt) and time trial of the Tour of the Basque country in 2004, when he came out of semi-retirement as he joined Bjarne Riis' team. He came third overall in Paris-Nice last year.
Photography
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- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in the points jersey
- The peloton navigate a switchback climb
- The peloton racing through vineyards
- Fassa Bortolo in command
- Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) in the leader's jersey
- Jorg Jaksche (Liberty) and Jens Voigt (CSC) stay close to each other
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) suffered a bit today
- David Moncoutie (Cofidis) leading Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros)
- Alberto Contador (Liberty) made life tough for Jens Voigt, and the rest…
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) leading Jose Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval) on Mont Faron
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) rides away from Jose Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval)
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) wins the 5th stage atop Mont Faron
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) is really happy with his win
- Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) kisses his medal
- Bobby Julich (CSC) in the yellow and white leader's jersey
Images by Hedwig Kröner/Cyclingnews.com
- Jens Voigt (CSC) at the start, still hoping to take the lead
- Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) being interviewed before taking the road
- Cancellara leaves Rognon in his Yellow/white jersey
- 'Gibo' just after the finish line celebrating with his soigneur
- Julich arriving on Mont Faron, just before Jaksche
- Exhausted: Tom Danielson
- Bobby Julich (CSC) holding up the lion - he'll give it to his daughter
- The American in a post-podium interview
Images by Mark Hazelton
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) ready but not happy
- Jose Luis Rubiera making his former teammates Landis and Pena laugh
- Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel) on the move
- Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) interviewed at the start
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) happy at the start
- It's almost over for these three Euskaltel riders
- Bobby Julich (CSC) in yellow now
- CSC manager Bjarne Riis in the hot seat again
- Bobby Julich (CSC) and the photographer's dog
Results
1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.07.27 (41.82 km/h)
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.19
3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
4 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.22
5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.25
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.33
7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.36
10 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.41
11 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.44
12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.51
13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.08
14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
16 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.22
17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
18 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
19 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
20 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
21 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.27
22 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
23 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.32
24 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.42
25 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
27 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.47
28 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.53
29 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1.55
30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1.58
31 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
32 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
33 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.03
34 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.10
35 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.16
36 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.20
37 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
38 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.23
39 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 2.27
40 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 2.29
41 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
42 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
43 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.34
44 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.36
45 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
46 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
47 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.40
48 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.47
49 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.52
50 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.00
51 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC
52 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
53 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
54 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.07
55 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.09
56 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
57 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole
58 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.31
59 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
60 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.42
61 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.48
62 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.52
63 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
64 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze
65 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
66 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
67 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems
68 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
69 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.15
70 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 4.18
71 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.21
72 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze
73 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.29
74 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.40
75 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.43
76 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.56
77 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.15
78 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
79 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
80 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5.26
81 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.31
82 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5.43
83 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.07
84 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.17
85 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
86 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.41
87 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 6.56
88 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7.03
89 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
90 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 7.10
91 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 7.20
92 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.07
93 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.45
95 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 10.01
96 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
97 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
98 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
99 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank
100 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance
101 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step
102 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
103 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth
104 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux
105 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
106 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
107 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team
108 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
109 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
110 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step
111 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
112 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
113 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step
114 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
115 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step
116 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
117 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
118 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
119 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
120 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
121 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
122 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
123 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
124 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
125 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step
126 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
127 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux
128 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
129 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
130 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC
131 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze
132 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
133 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team
134 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole
135 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
136 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole
137 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze
138 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
139 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance
140 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
141 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
142 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
143 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.41
144 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 11.02
145 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 11.25
146 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 11.59
147 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12.15
148 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12.48
149 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team
150 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 14.17
DNF Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
DNF Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
DNS Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux
Points
1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 25 pts
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 22
3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 20
4 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18
5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 16
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15
7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14
8 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13
9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12
10 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 11
11 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10
12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9
13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8
14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 7
15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6
16 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5
17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4
18 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
19 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2
20 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1
Mountains
Côte de La Cride - Cat. 3, 11.00 km
1 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 pts
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1
Côte de Mazaugues - Cat. 3, 107.00 km
1 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 pts
2 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2
3 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
Côte de le Beausset - Cat. 3, 146.50 km
1 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 pts
2 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2
3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1
Côte de Saint-Anne-d'Evenos - Cat. 2, 154.50 km
1 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 pts
2 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5
3 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3
4 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2
5 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
Col du Corps-de-Garde - Cat. 2, 159.50 km
1 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 pts
2 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5
3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3
4 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2
5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1
Toulon - Mont-Faron - Cat. 1, 172.50 km
1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10 pts
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8
3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6
4 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2
7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
Sprints
Peyrolles-En-Provence, 33.50 km
1 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts
2 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2
3 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1
Signes, 128.00 km
1 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 pts
2 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2
3 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1
Best young rider
1 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.07.49
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.11
3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.29
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.46
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.00
7 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.10
8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.41
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.58
10 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.01
11 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.14
12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.25
13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 2.38
14 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.47
16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.09
17 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.53
18 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 3.59
19 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.09
20 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.45
21 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.55
22 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.45
23 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 9.39
24 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank
25 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step
26 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth
27 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux
28 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
29 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
30 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux
31 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
32 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
33 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 10.40
Teams
1 Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.23.49
2 Team CSC 1.29
3 Liberty Seguros-Würth
4 Lampre-Caffita 1.57
5 Discovery Channel Team 2.38
6 Davitamon-Lotto 2.41
7 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3.56
8 Liquigas-Bianchi 4.36
9 Fassa Bortolo 4.44
10 Bouygues Telecom 5.21
11 Phonak Hearing Systems 6.03
12 Rabobank 6.10
13 Ag2R Prevoyance 6.11
14 Credit Agricole 6.13
15 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.51
16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.32
17 Domina Vacanze 7.38
18 Gerolsteiner 10.51
19 T-Mobile Team 11.41
20 Francaise Des Jeux 12.01
21 Quick.Step 21.01
General classification after stage 5
1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 14.18.18
2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.19
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.20
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.44
5 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.45
6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.55
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.58
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
9 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.12
10 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.20
11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.21
12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.25
13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.28
14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.36
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 1.48
16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.06
17 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.07
18 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.08
19 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 2.09
20 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.16
21 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.20
22 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 2.22
23 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.24
24 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.25
25 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.28
26 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze
27 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.30
28 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 2.39
29 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.47
30 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.51
31 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
32 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.55
33 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 3.01
34 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.05
35 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.10
36 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.11
37 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.15
38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3.16
39 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.26
40 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.30
41 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.33
42 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.37
43 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.45
44 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.46
45 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.49
46 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.25
47 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4.32
48 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 4.34
49 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4.37
50 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.42
51 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.51
52 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.55
53 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.58
54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.06
55 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.24
56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.33
57 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.40
58 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 6.43
59 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.04
60 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 7.35
61 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8.20
62 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.29
63 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 8.40
64 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8.56
65 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 9.02
66 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.05
67 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 9.31
68 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 9.36
69 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 10.00
70 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.01
71 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 10.02
72 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.14
73 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10.18
74 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 10.19
75 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.23
76 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 10.25
77 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
78 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.29
79 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10.38
80 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.41
81 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 10.44
82 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.45
83 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.47
84 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 11.15
85 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 11.47
86 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 12.22
87 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.34
88 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.49
89 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 13.12
90 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 13.23
91 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 13.40
92 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 13.47
93 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.51
94 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 13.54
95 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 14.42
96 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14.55
97 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15.59
98 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.23
99 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17.03
100 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 17.19
101 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.34
102 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.35
103 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 18.31
104 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 18.33
105 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.39
106 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 19.01
107 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.28
108 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19.56
109 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 20.37
110 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 21.21
111 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 21.59
112 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 22.11
113 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 22.44
114 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 23.13
115 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 23.43
116 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 23.45
117 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25.14
118 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25.16
119 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 25.19
120 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.36
121 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 27.44
122 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 27.45
123 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 28.07
124 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 28.42
125 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.14
126 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29.34
127 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 30.34
128 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.43
129 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.36
130 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 32.04
131 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 32.26
132 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 32.46
133 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 34.07
134 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 34.48
135 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 35.43
136 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 36.06
137 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 36.50
138 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 37.28
139 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.35
140 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 38.50
141 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 39.14
142 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team
143 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 40.41
144 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 41.38
145 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 42.45
146 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44.27
147 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 45.31
148 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 47.08
149 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 47.18
150 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 48.01
Points classification
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 75 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 67
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 62
4 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 53
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 50
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 49
7 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48
8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 45
9 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 42
10 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 42
11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 41
12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 39
13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 38
14 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 31
15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 28
16 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27
17 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 26
18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26
19 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 25
20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 24
21 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 23
22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 22
23 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 22
24 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 22
25 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 21
26 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20
27 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 20
28 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18
29 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 18
30 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18
31 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 18
32 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17
33 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16
34 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15
35 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15
36 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14
37 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
38 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14
39 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14
40 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 13
41 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 13
42 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12
43 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12
44 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12
45 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11
46 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 11
47 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10
48 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10
49 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 9
50 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9
51 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8
52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 7
53 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7
54 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
55 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5
56 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 5
57 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4
58 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3
59 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3
60 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
61 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
62 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3
63 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2
64 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
65 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2
66 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1
67 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1
68 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1
69 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1
Mountains classification
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 31 pts
2 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19
3 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16
4 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14
5 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 12
6 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12
7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10
8 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8
10 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5
11 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5
12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4
13 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4
14 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
15 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
16 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
17 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3
19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3
20 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2
21 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2
22 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2
23 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
24 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2
25 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2
26 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
27 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1
28 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1
29 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1
30 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
31 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1
32 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1
33 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
Best young rider classification
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14.18.38
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.38
3 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.00
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.16
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.46
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.04
7 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 2.08
8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.10
9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 2.19
10 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.35
11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.50
12 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.17
13 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.29
14 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.46
15 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.20
16 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8.42
17 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 9.11
18 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10.18
19 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.27
20 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 11.27
21 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 12.02
22 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.14
23 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.29
24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14.35
25 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.15
26 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.19
27 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 27.25
28 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.54
29 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.23
30 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 32.06
31 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 35.23
32 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 41.18
33 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 42.25
Teams classification
1 Team CSC 42.56.23
2 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.17
3 Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.21
4 Fassa Bortolo 2.50
5 Davitamon-Lotto 3.20
6 Discovery Channel Team 4.09
7 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.44
8 Liquigas-Bianchi 5.49
9 Lampre-Caffita 5.54
10 Bouygues Telecom 6.02
11 Rabobank 6.24
12 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.09
13 Credit Agricole 7.11
14 Ag2R Prevoyance 8.37
15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.03
16 Phonak Hearing Systems 10.53
17 Domina Vacanze 11.30
18 Francaise Des Jeux 15.27
19 Gerolsteiner 17.24
20 Quick.Step 20.45
21 T-Mobile Team 47.31
