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63rd Paris-Nice - ProTour

France, March 6-13, 2005

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Stage 4 - Thursday, March 10: Saint-Peray - Montélimar, 101km

Fabian Cancellara puts the hammer down

By Jean-François Quénet in Montélimar

Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo)
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Paris-Nice has a new leader with Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) who showed how strong he was in stage 4 when he outsprinted the man with 117 wins, Jaan Kirsipuu of Crédit Agricole. Fassa Bortolo's horse power went extremely fast on the descent of the côte du bois de Grignan in the final 20 kilometres. Juan Antonio Flecha and Paolo Bossoni, two of his teammates, contributed with him to create a split in front of the peloton. Thus, Jörg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros), Bobby Julich (CSC) and Jaan Kirsipuu (Crédit Agricole), the latter being dropped earlier on in a climb, broke clear from the bunch with the white and blue trio.

They caught the riders who went away with 25km to go: Iker Camaño (Euskaltel), Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) and Nicolas Portal (Ag2r) to form a nine man group. "I wasn't initially with the other two because I wasn't very well positioned in the bunch," Portal explained. "But no one else dared to bridge the gap, so I had a go despite the headwind. Too many riders are still up there on GC with a small margin, that's why breakaways like ours don't have much possibility to get a big advantage. 45 seconds was our maximum lead. Since I've got nothing to lose in this race, I'm happy to try and do something. I'll try again if I get a chance, but for now I'm only half satisfied with my result because it's only eighth out of nine men away."

Jalabert and Portal
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Right near the end of the stage, in the streets of Montélimar, it didn't look like a good enough position for Fassa Bortolo to have three riders in a 9 man breakaway. They kept hammering and taking risks in corners, that's how Cancellara and Flecha managed to split the group again. Only Kirsipuu went with them. "He was the fastest of the three of us," Cancellara explained. "Personally I was a bit cooked. Our plan was to lead Flecha out but I started sprinting from too far. When I saw him slow down, I understood that I had to go." Kirsipuu was so upset after losing to Cancellara that he refused to answer the questions from the press, which is very unusual from him.

Fassa Bortolo was one of the first teams in action right after the start of this shortened stage, held over only 101 km with a strong tailwind at the beginning in the valley of the Rhône. On a day of strikes all over France, mostly in the transport sector, despite the visit of the IOC in Paris for the bid for the 2012 Olympics, the cyclists were extremely generous at work. "This is the fastest race of my life!" Cancellara said. Although there was some headwind at the end, 46.242 km/h was the average on the day, the average on GC is 44.803 km/h. It's huge, but only 455.5 km have been covered in five days. Unanimously, the cycling world paid tribute to ASO and its new race director Christian Prudhomme for having taken the right decisions regarding the snowy conditions of the road. Short stages have even made the event more intense than it was in the previous years.

Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo)
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"Our win was planned today, Cancellara admitted. But that was the case every day. Our goal in Paris-Nice was to win a stage. We've tried it all and we've had a magnificent race today. I was sure of myself. Coming second in the prologue has given me a lot of confidence. I came here to realize what my condition actually was because my preparation wasn't as good as last year. I was sick two weeks before coming here."

Questioned about his intentions to repeat his win in the prologue of the Tour de France this year, he gave a clear answer: "I don't want to think about that yet. For now, I'm aiming at the Belgian classics, that's it. I came fourth in Paris-Roubaix last year, I want something more this year. For now, because of my condition, I can be very good on short races. I also use my talent to make the luck turn into my favour, but I still have to find the right rhythm for the Belgian classics. Fortunately, the bad weather looks like it's over now. With this win I'm on the right track and I can work properly towards my next goals."

He's now Paris-Nice's race leader but doesn't seem to worry about keeping the white-and-yellow jersey at the top of the Mont Faron scheduled on Friday for being the key to the final win. "I don't think I'm able to keep the jersey," Cancellara said. "It's not my goal anyway. I'll rather give a hand to my teammates Flecha and Kim Kirchen, who have the right condition for that kind of climb."

Jens Voigt (CSC)
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Mont Faron above the Mediterranean city of Toulon is a 5.5km long climb with a gradient of 8.9% on a 3 metre-wide road. It's no stranger to the professional cyclists who often finish up there during the Tour of Med. Voigt won at there less a month ago. Kirchen, Jaksche, Vinokourov, Alejandro Valverde, Erik Dekker and Franco Pellizotti are named as the main competitors to the team CSC that remains the hot favourite with so many cards to play with Voigt, Julich, Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Vladimir Gussev and Franck Schleck, despite Fassa Bortolo's tour de force on the road to Montélimar.

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Results

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                          2.11.03 (46.24 km/h)
2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                   
3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                           0.02
4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       0.05
5 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
6 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              
7 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               0.08
8 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              0.10
9 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 0.22
10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                      0.32
11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            
12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           
13 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
14 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                        
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                      
16 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                     
17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         
18 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                
19 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                 
20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
21 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                            
23 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
24 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
25 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 
26 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                          
27 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                            
28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                             
29 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        
30 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
31 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
32 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              
33 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
34 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                               
35 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                       
36 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                   
37 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                        
38 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                              
39 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
40 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
41 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           
42 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
43 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
44 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
45 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                 
46 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                    
47 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
48 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
49 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
50 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                         
51 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
52 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
53 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
54 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                                
55 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
56 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         
57 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       
58 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
59 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                
60 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
61 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       
62 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
63 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
64 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
65 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
66 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           
67 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                      
68 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                    
69 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
70 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
71 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                      
72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      
73 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
74 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
75 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                      
76 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                             
77 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   
78 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
79 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                   
80 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
81 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                      
82 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                        
83 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
84 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
85 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                 
86 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                
87 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
88 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              
89 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                         1.02
90 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                  2.26
91 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                               
92 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
93 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
94 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        
95 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
96 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
97 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               
98 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         
99 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                       
100 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          
101 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
102 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                
103 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      3.23
104 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
105 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
106 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
107 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems         
108 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
109 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
110 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     6.28
111 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
112 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                                 
113 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
114 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                       
115 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             
116 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             
117 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     12.37
118 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 
119 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                          
120 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
121 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
122 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
123 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
124 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                   
125 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    
126 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                              
127 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
128 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
129 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
130 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
131 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
132 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
133 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
134 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                    
135 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
136 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  
137 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
138 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  
139 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
140 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
141 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              
142 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
143 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                    
144 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                            
145 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
146 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
147 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
148 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                
149 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
150 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                  
151 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
152 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                   
153 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                  
154 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         
155 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
 
Outside time limit (hors delai)
 
HD Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          
HD Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
DNF Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                 
DNF Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                                 
DNS Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
DNS Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
 
Points
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               25 pts
2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                 22
3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             20
4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         18
5 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       16
6 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            15
7 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 14
8 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                13
9 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   12
10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                        11
11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          10
12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          9
13 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      8
14 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                       7
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     6
16 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    5
17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        4
18 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               3
19 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                2
20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Puy-Saint-Martin (52.00 km)
1 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                4 pts
2 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                               2
3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               1
 
Côte d'Aleyrac (76.00 km)
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               7 pts
2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          5
3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       3
4 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           2
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            1
 
Côte du bois de Grignan (89.00 km)
1 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                        4 pts
2 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 2
3 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  1
 
Sprints
 
Cleon-D'Andran - 59.00 km
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            3 pts
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              2
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           1
 
Best young rider
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                          2.11.03
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                       0.32
3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          
4 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                  
5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               
7 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
8 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                           
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                             
10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                             
11 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              
13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                        
14 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
15 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         
16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
17 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
18 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
19 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
20 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                      
21 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
22 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              
23 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                2.26
24 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        
25 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
26 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           3.23
27 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
28 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                              6.28
29 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            12.37
30 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
31 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
32 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                     
33 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
34 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                    
 
Teams
 
1 Fassa Bortolo                                                  6.33.33
2 Credit Agricole                                                   0.40
3 Team CSC                                                          0.45
4 Liberty Seguros-Würth                                                 
5 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                 0.48
6 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                   0.50
7 Rabobank                                                          1.12
8 Domina Vacanze                                                        
9 Quick.Step                                                            
10 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                     
11 Davitamon-Lotto                                                      
12 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                                       
13 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                 
14 Discovery Channel Team                                               
15 Bouygues Telecom                                                     
16 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                         
17 Francaise Des Jeux                                               3.06
18 Lampre-Caffita                                                       
19 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           3.36
20 Gerolsteiner                                                     5.00
21 T-Mobile Team                                                   25.22
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                         10.09.50
2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                           0.15
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       0.20
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                       0.31
5 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        0.33
6 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               0.35
7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  0.36
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                         0.37
9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                     0.40
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                        0.47
11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
12 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          0.48
14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                     0.51
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                      
16 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                0.56
17 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                    1.00
18 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         1.02
19 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                       
20 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              1.16
21 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                  1.19
22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          1.23
23 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                    1.25
24 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
25 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                         1.28
26 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         1.29
27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         1.31
28 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         1.33
29 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         1.34
30 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
31 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                    1.35
32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          1.38
33 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              
34 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     1.40
35 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       1.41
36 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                1.43
37 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                  1.44
38 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               1.46
39 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       
40 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
41 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                
42 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  1.47
43 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                        1.48
45 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                1.50
46 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
47 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            1.51
48 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                               1.54
49 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   1.55
50 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                             1.57
51 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                           1.59
52 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
53 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             2.01
54 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             2.02
55 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
56 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                            2.04
57 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          2.07
58 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
59 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                          2.08
60 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                             2.15
61 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               2.19
62 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                           2.26
63 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                     2.34
64 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                  2.47
65 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          2.54
66 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                      3.04
67 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                      3.22
68 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            3.25
69 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             3.36
70 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  3.40
71 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
72 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                3.52
73 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           3.58
74 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                  3.59
75 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                  4.12
76 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           4.15
77 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                   4.40
78 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       4.45
79 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       4.51
80 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                     4.54
81 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                    5.38
82 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                         5.42
83 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               5.47
84 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       5.55
85 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              5.56
86 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    6.54
87 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            6.59
88 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                           7.04
89 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          7.25
90 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                7.34
91 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        8.06
92 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      8.34
93 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           8.46
94 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems      9.06
95 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      9.33
96 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          9.42
97 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            10.01
98 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    10.29
99 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              10.35
100 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              10.56
101 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           11.03
102 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                            11.37
103 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                        11.39
104 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        11.59
105 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                12.28
106 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                     12.39
107 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                          12.59
108 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             13.11
109 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                           13.19
110 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              13.23
111 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 13.32
112 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                     13.44
113 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        14.17
114 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               14.45
115 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                   15.13
116 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                              15.16
117 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         16.00
118 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         16.16
119 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                           16.19
120 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  18.44
121 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                            18.45
122 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone    19.12
123 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         21.22
124 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         21.43
125 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                  21.52
126 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     22.28
127 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        22.36
128 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              22.51
129 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              23.04
130 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       23.26
131 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                         23.46
132 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                      23.50
133 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                             24.39
134 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            24.44
135 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                        25.07
136 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                        25.51
137 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            27.06
138 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                          27.50
139 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        28.26
140 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                          28.28
141 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          28.43
142 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   29.35
143 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             29.50
144 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             30.14
145 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                
146 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             31.41
147 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                               32.23
148 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        32.38
149 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               32.40
150 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                              32.44
151 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                       34.02
152 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                35.21
153 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                         36.31
154 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           38.02
155 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               39.01
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                         75 pts
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          62
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           61
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 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    45
8 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                       42
9 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                 42
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                          38
11 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     35
12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        28
13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            28
14 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  27
15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            26
16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                    24
17 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                               23
18 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       22
19 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                          22
20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         21
21 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                            20
22 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                     18
23 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            18
24 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                18
25 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       17
26 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           16
27 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      16
28 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   16
29 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 15
30 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             15
31 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                14
32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               14
33 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               13
34 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                     13
35 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  12
36 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     12
37 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                    11
38 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               11
39 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       10
40 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             10
41 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       9
42 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   9
43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              8
44 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems         7
45 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            6
46 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            5
47 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                5
48 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        4
49 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            4
50 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             3
51 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  3
52 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               3
53 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  2
54 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth               2
55 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              2
56 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              25 pts
2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             13
3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                      12
4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          5
5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                      4
6 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                        4
7 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                4
8 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                  4
9 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                4
10 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     3
11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           3
12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          2
13 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   2
14 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              2
15 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              2
16 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                2
17 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        2
18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             1
19 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1
20 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       1
21 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      1
22 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              1
 
Best young rider classification
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                         10.09.50
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                       0.31
3 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               0.35
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                     0.40
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                         0.47
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           0.48
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      0.51
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                          1.29
9 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          1.33
10 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         1.34
11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          1.38
12 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  1.47
13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                             1.57
14 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      1.59
15 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     2.02
16 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                          2.08
17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                     2.34
18 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                  2.47
19 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                      3.22
20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       4.45
21 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       5.55
22 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    6.54
23 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    10.29
24 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              10.35
25 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            11.03
26 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               13.23
27 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                             18.45
28 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          21.43
29 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        23.26
30 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             24.44
31 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                32.23
32 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         32.38
33 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                               32.44
34 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            38.02
 
Teams classification
 
1 Fassa Bortolo                                                 30.30.40
2 Team CSC                                                          0.25
3 Quick.Step                                                        1.38
4 Rabobank                                                          2.08
5 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                              2.11
6 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                                    2.12
7 Davitamon-Lotto                                                   2.33
8 Bouygues Telecom                                                  2.35
9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                      2.42
10 Liberty Seguros-Würth                                            2.46
11 Credit Agricole                                                  2.52
12 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                 3.07
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                3.25
14 Discovery Channel Team                                               
15 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                  4.20
16 Francaise Des Jeux                                               5.20
17 Domina Vacanze                                                   5.46
18 Lampre-Caffita                                                   5.51
19 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           6.44
20 Gerolsteiner                                                     8.27
21 T-Mobile Team                                                   37.44
 

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