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63rd Paris-Nice - ProTour

France, March 6-13, 2005

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Stage 1 - Monday, March 7: Etampes - Chabris, 186.5km

A crash favours Boonen's win, Dekker takes the lead

By Jean-François Quénet in Chabris

Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Stage 1 in Paris-Nice can often create more damage than people would generally expect. Last year, it was because of CSC putting the hammer down in a crosswind section. This year, the 41 second gap between the 23 men away and the main pack was a result of a crash just within 10km to go. The crash made life slightly easier for Tom Boonen and his Quick.Step team, who were well placed at the front when it happened and were able to keep him out of trouble until the finish, when he won the stage comfortably from Luciano Pagliarini (Liquigas) and Jaan Kirsipuu (Credit Agricole).

"The road was pretty narrow and some guys were riding on the dirt on the side," second placed Pagliarini explained. That's how the crash happened." Almost the whole Liberty Seguros team, including the defending champion Jörg Jaksche, went to the ground. It inspired their team manager Manolo Saiz to make this philosophical comment: "What a spectacle!"

The crash took away from the front group GC contenders like Sylvain Chavanel, who was also involved in the crash, Franco Pellizotti, Thomas Lövkvist, Gilberto Simoni, Cadel Evans, Michael Rogers and Lance Armstrong, although the six time winner of the Tour de France didn't look like racing Paris-Nice for the overall win since he wore leg warmers during the prologue. The win of "the race to the sun", whose first stage was actually held in much better conditions than expected with a dry climate and an average temperature of 6°C, is traditionally decided by a small margin. That's why every bonus sprint is more important in this event than in any other of the cycling calendar.

A crash
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Erik Dekker must be aware of that. He competed in the two hot spot sprints, finishing second in the first one behind Fred Rodriguez and winning the bunch sprint for third place later on, which gave him 3 seconds bonus, just enough to take the yellow jersey from Jens Voigt. The two men are now equal on time but Dekker has an advantage of 34 hundredths of a second from the prologue. "During the time trial, I surprised myself because I've been ill for almost all of the early part of the season," the Dutchman commented. "Last week I even had the feeling that I'd never be good for the classics this year, and suddenly the form came back. Today was my chance for taking the lead. I don't know if I'll be able to win Paris-Nice. I don't think I'll be good enough for Friday's stage up to the Mont Faron. This climb suits Jens Voigt better than me, he won up there at the Tour of the Mediterranean last month. Even the best Erik Dekker struggles on the Mont Faron."

Erik Dekker (Rabobank)
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Voigt may have lost the yellow jersey, his CSC team looks in an even better situation than after the inaugural time trial. None of their five top riders missed the front group at the end. Voigt, Vladimir Gussev, Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Bobby Julich and Franck Schleck are all in the top 12 on GC, which gives the Danish team many options for the coming days. As Paris-Nice is heading South, stage 2 to Thiers may be affected by some route changes due to the snow in the center of France. Alternative itineraries have been issued by the race organisation, so it's unsure how many of the six climbs will be visited. The riders will still sign on in La Châtre - where Cédric Vasseur took the yellow jersey in the 1997 Tour de France - but they will start either at km 94, km 144.5 or km 163 of the initial 191km long course. If the third possibility becomes a reality, it may remind Bjarne Riis how short the stage to Sestrières was when he took the yellow jersey - for good - in the 1996 Tour de France.

It looks chilly
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Stage 1 was the only dead flat stage of the week, and it was no surprise that Tom Boonen was the winner. The gradient of the finishing line was exactly what he prefers. "1 to 3 percent is the best for me, but I think Oscar Freire and Max van Heeswijk are still better than me when it's 4 or 5 percent," he explained to Cyclingnews on Saturday. Freire and Van Heeswijk aren't competing here. "I dedicate this victory to my best friend Dieter who died last week aged 27 while skiing in Germany," Boonen said after winning in Chabris. "On the day of his funeral, I promised his dad to win a stage of Paris-Nice for him."

Boonen made it in the absence of Robert Hunter (Phonak), who was another hot favourite in case of a bunch sprint. The South African crashed at km 81 and was taken to the hospital in Châteauroux for a little while. He went out with six stitches. "It could have been more but the doctor wanted to keep the leak instead of risking an infection," Hunter declared. "I didn't hurt anything but I have a big cut in my right arm. It's a U. The whole thing was all open! It was a stupid crash actually. Someone from Euskaltel-Euskadi went off, everyone stood on their brakes. I was about to pull my foot out of the pedal when someone hit me from behind. I fell down on my right hand side and landed on my elbow."

Robert Hunter (Phonak)
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The springbok is tough and he wanted to ride Tirreno-Adriatico starting on Wednesday. The whole staff of Phonak including team owner Andy Rihs, team manager John Lelangue and directeur sportif Jacques Michaud went to the headquarters of the race asking for the special permission to line him up in Italy. ASO okayed it but the UCI refused, because of riders in the past who pulled out from a race, pretending to be sick, then they went to another race. "But I need the racing before Milan-San Remo!" an extremely upset Hunter reacted. "Does that mean my next race is the Three Days of De Panne?" he questioned. "I'm not a cheat, I was injured, I pulled out for going to the hospital."

"For us it's a huge loss," a sad Michaud added.

Hunter is out but Pagliarini is in. The Brazilian who was known for winning stages in Le Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia during his years with Lampre has gone one step forward this year. He came second to Boonen in Chabris. "But I'm not happy with that, no," he said. "I was on Boonen's wheel when I got blocked in with 400 metres to go, then I found myself in 8th position with 100 metres to go, I passed everyone except Boonen who was already away from all of us. I've been second a few times this year already, behind Alessandro Petacchi in the GP Etruschi, but I desperately want a win. I'm obviously racing at a higher level now, I'm happy at Liquigas, it's a nice team." He's their sprinter on the French front while Mario Cipollini is winning on the Italian one.

Bram Tankink
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The other event of stage 1 was a long breakaway with Fabien Sanchez of la Française des Jeux and Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano from Liberty Seguros. "It was our plan to try and do something," the French pursuiter (6th at Athens Olympics) said. "We want to show ourselves and leave our leaders (especially Philippe Gilbert, 7th on GC) quiet in the bunch. Personally, I feel myself better up the road than inside the bunch but I didn't believe too much in our success. If I didn't believe at all, I'd better try nothing but I still hoped for something unusual to happen in the bunch. At first, I didn't recognise who I was away with, but then, I saw the name Igor on his gloves and I also heard his name through radio Tour. He also asked me 'what's your name' and he said 'we're friends', which meant we wouldn't attack each other. It was nice to ride with a former yellow jersey of the Tour de France."

Photography

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Results

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                   4.19.15
2 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                  
4 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                  
5 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                       
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                            
8 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                        
9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
10 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          
11 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       
12 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
13 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    
15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           
16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     
17 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
18 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               
19 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         
20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        
22 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               0.07
23 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                         0.10
24 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                 0.21
25 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         0.41
26 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                         
27 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
28 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
29 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
30 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
31 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             
32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             
33 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
34 Patxi Xabie Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                    
35 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
36 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
37 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                       
39 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            
40 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
41 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          
42 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
43 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
44 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
45 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
46 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
47 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
48 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
49 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            
50 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       
51 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
52 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
53 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
54 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
55 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                  
56 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
57 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                           
58 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
59 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                          
60 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
61 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
62 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                
63 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                               0.58
64 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
65 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                  
66 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  
67 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                     
68 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
69 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
70 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      
71 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
72 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
73 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              
74 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
75 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              
76 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
77 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        
78 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
79 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            
80 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                
81 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                      
82 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
83 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
84 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
85 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                  
86 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
87 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
88 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
89 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                
90 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
91 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             
92 M. Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems         
93 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                
94 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             
95 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                    
96 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth               
97 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
98 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
99 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                                 
100 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               1.28
101 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                              
102 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 
103 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
104 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                     
105 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                                
106 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
107 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
108 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                 
109 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
110 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
111 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                    
112 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                  
113 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                    
114 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
115 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                               
116 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
117 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
118 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
119 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
120 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       
121 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            
122 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
123 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
124 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
125 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
126 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                
127 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
128 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                  
129 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                
130 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                    
131 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            
132 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
133 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             
134 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
135 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
136 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                               
137 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       
138 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  
139 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
140 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
141 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
142 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
143 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
144 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone        
145 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                1.50
146 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       
147 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             2.11
148 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          2.22
149 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                             
150 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
151 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
152 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                       3.45
153 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                   
154 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                  
155 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     4.01
156 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
157 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                      
158 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            
159 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
160 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne        
161 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
162 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             6.40
163 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                        8.24
164 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                           9.15
DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
DNS Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               
DNS Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                              
DNS Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                
 
Points
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                        25 pts
2 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                          22
3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                20
4 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                18
5 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                     16
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            15
7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                          14
8 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                      13
9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     12
10 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        11
11 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                     10
12 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                9
13 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       8
14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                   7
15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          6
16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                    5
17 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  4
18 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              3
19 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        2
20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1
 
Mountains
 
Côte De Graviers - Cat. 3, 9.50 km
1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 4 pts
2 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        2
3 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              1
 
Sprints
 
Neuville-Au-Bois, 42.00 km
1 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                3 pts
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          2
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                1
 
Chabris, 174.50 km
1 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             3 pts
2 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth               2
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          1
 
Young rider
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                   4.19.15
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                            
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                        
5 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
6 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                
8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         
9 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          0.41
10 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                         
11 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
12 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            
14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
15 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
16 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
17 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
18 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     0.58
19 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
20 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        
21 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
22 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             
23 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                
24 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                    
25 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                             1.28
26 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                     
27 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
28 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          
29 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
30 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                    1.50
31 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              2.11
32 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                               3.45
33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      4.01
34 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
35 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
36 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         
 
Teams
 
1 Team CSC                                                     12.57.45
2 Fassa Bortolo                                                    0.07
3 Quick.Step                                                       0.21
4 Rabobank                                                         0.41
5 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                 
6 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                                   0.58
7 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                     1.22
8 Davitamon-Lotto                                                      
9 Bouygues Telecom                                                     
10 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                1.39
11 Francaise Des Jeux                                                  
12 Credit Agricole                                                     
13 Liberty Seguros-Würth                                           2.03
14 T-Mobile Team                                                       
15 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                   
16 Discovery Channel Team                                              
17 Lampre-Caffita                                                  2.20
18 Domina Vacanze                                                  2.37
19 Gerolsteiner                                                        
20 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              
21 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                 2.54
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                    4.24.30
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                            0.02
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                    0.03
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                      0.04
6 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                 0.07
7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                            
8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          
10 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             0.09
11 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  0.10
12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                    0.11
13 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     
14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             
15 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                       0.13
16 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    0.14
17 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               0.16
18 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                         0.19
19 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 
20 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                  0.22
21 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                             0.24
22 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                   0.26
23 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                 
24 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               0.35
25 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                 0.39
26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         0.45
27 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
28 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  0.47
29 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                   0.48
30 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            
31 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              0.49
32 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
33 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            
34 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             
35 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                              0.50
36 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            0.51
37 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
38 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                        0.53
39 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
40 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        0.54
41 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                   0.55
43 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               0.56
44 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                     0.58
45 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
46 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
47 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          0.59
48 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                          
49 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
50 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.00
51 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
52 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                      1.01
53 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                            1.02
54 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                  
55 Patxi Xabie Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                1.03
56 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                 1.04
57 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        
58 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          1.06
59 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
60 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                      
61 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
62 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
63 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth               
64 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
65 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 1.07
66 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
67 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
68 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
69 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                          1.08
70 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
71 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                           
72 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       1.09
73 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.10
74 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
75 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
76 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             
77 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.11
78 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
79 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.12
80 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
81 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                   1.13
82 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                              1.14
83 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  1.15
84 M. Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems         1.17
85 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                
86 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                
87 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                1.18
88 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                          1.19
89 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
90 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                         1.20
91 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
92 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            1.21
93 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                            1.22
94 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                  
95 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                        1.23
96 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                         1.24
97 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         1.27
98 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              1.29
99 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               1.30
100 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                 1.33
101 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     1.37
102 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             1.38
103 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                    
104 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                           1.39
105 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 
106 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         1.41
107 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
108 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               1.42
109 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1.44
110 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
111 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
112 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                1.45
113 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         1.46
114 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                   1.47
115 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
116 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        1.48
117 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
118 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone    1.49
119 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
120 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       
121 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                    
122 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                          1.50
123 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              1.51
124 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            
125 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
126 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             1.53
127 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
128 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     1.54
129 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
130 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
131 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       
132 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
133 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                              1.55
134 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone        1.56
135 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                1.57
136 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                              1.58
137 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
138 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
139 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    2.00
140 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                            2.01
141 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
142 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        2.02
143 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                            2.03
144 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            2.05
145 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                           2.10
146 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                2.13
147 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             2.46
148 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
149 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
150 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   2.57
151 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                             
152 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               4.02
153 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                       4.06
154 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     4.12
155 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                              4.13
156 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        4.17
157 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           4.22
158 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                  4.24
159 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    4.29
160 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             4.32
161 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          4.39
162 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             7.12
163 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                        8.48
164 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                           9.25
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         34 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          31
3 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                      28
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                        25
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              25
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                          22
7 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                          22
8 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                20
9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                18
10 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  16
11 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                    16
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           16
13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           15
14 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 15
15 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                      14
16 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                     13
17 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                    13
18 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    12
19 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    12
20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                   11
21 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                      10
22 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                9
23 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             8
24 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       8
25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        6
26 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                      6
27 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                    5
28 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                           5
29 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  4
30 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            3
31 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                               3
32 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 3
33 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 2
34 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth              2
35 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           1
36 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 4 pts
2 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        2
3 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                         4.24.32
2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                    0.01
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                      0.02
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                        0.05
5 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              0.07
6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                     0.09
7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
8 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     0.12
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         0.47
10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            0.49
11 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                        0.51
12 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        0.52
13 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               0.54
14 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                     0.56
15 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
16 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                    1.02
17 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        1.04
18 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 1.05
19 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         1.08
21 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.09
22 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                            1.15
23 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                1.16
24 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     1.17
25 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      1.35
26 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1.42
27 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                 1.47
28 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1.52
29 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        
30 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                             1.59
31 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              2.44
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      4.10
33 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                               4.11
34 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         4.15
35 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            4.20
36 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne     4.27
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                     13.13.38
2 Fassa Bortolo                                                    0.21
3 Quick.Step                                                       0.43
4 Rabobank                                                         0.55
5 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                             1.16
6 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                                   1.20
7 Davitamon-Lotto                                                  1.35
8 Bouygues Telecom                                                 1.40
9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                     1.44
10 Francaise Des Jeux                                              1.55
11 Credit Agricole                                                 2.08
12 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                2.09
13 Liberty Seguros-Würth                                           2.15
14 Discovery Channel Team                                          2.30
15 T-Mobile Team                                                   2.31
16 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               2.51
17 Lampre-Caffita                                                  2.59
18 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          3.04
19 Gerolsteiner                                                    3.05
20 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                 3.26
21 Domina Vacanze                                                  3.31

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