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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

Gilberto Simoni (Lampre)
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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."

Simoni rides clear
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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."

David Moncoutie (Cofidis)
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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."

Bobby Julich (CSC)
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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.

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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

                              

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