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63rd Paris-Nice - ProTour

France, March 6-13, 2005

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Stage 2 - Tuesday, March 8: Aigueperse - Thiers, 46.5 km

Boonen doubles up in 53 minute long stage

By Jean-François Quénet in Thiers

Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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Paris-Nice race organiser Christian Prudhomme of ASO was impressed by Tom Boonen when he saw him winning two stages and the GC in the Tour of Picardy last year, and once again during the Tour of Qatar earlier this year. He predicted "at least" one win from the Belgian prodigy on the roads supposedly "to the sun" but he already welcomed two of them. Boonen also claimed the yellow jersey thanks to the bonus seconds given on the finishing line.

Erik Dekker now lies in second, but he increased his lead on his big rival for the overall win, Jens Voigt of CSC. The Dutchman won the only hot spot sprint of this stage that was finally held on a 46.5 km course, covered in less than one hour: 53'31 for an amazing average speed of 52.13 km/h! Dekker's Rabobank team was no stranger to this speed, since the orange house rode flat out from the gun and surprised a few riders. It was actually a fantastic spectacle to see a never ending lead out till the only climb of the day, the côte de Podime, whose summit was located 6.5km away from the end of the stage.

Some riders were victims of the high speed. Among them, French champion Thomas Voeckler lost contact for a little while. He struggled to get back on with the help of three Bouygues Telecom team-mates, then he was smart enough to find his position in the first part of the peloton again. That was the only place to be on this rough day.

Rabobank and Quick.Step
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In-form Luxembourg champion Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) paid a lot of attention to being able to take his chance on the climb. He attacked strongly and was joined by Voigt. Alejandro Valverde's brutal effort to close the gap was hopeless since the peloton wasn't far behind on the summit, but the Spaniard confirmed that he's a serious contender for the overall win. "I'm not a kamikaze, that's why my only possibility of trying something today was in the hill," Kirchen said. "I believe my best option for a win is the stage up to the Mont Faron where I had a good ride at the Tour of the Mediterranean."

"The final 4km were absolutely crazy," eventual winner Boonen commented. "Fortunately I was always behind Kevin Hulsmans, we never had any chance to talk to each other, but we knew what we had to do. There wasn't any need for a briefing before the start. I watched a DVD in the bus for relaxation on the way to the real start of the race. We knew that a shortened stage was a great opportunity for me to take both stage win and the lead. My Quick Step team did a great job staying in front with Rabobank all the time, and in doing so, we didn't have to be afraid of any nasty surprises. Michael Rogers and Marc Lotz kept me up there in the climb where I was 15th at the top, which was perfect. I'd love to have to race only 46.5km every day until the finish in Nice!"

Questioned about whether the finale of this stage was something similar to the Poggio in Milan-San Remo, he said, "Not at all! The Poggio comes after 285km of racing."

The peloton
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Runner-up Erik Dekker isn't afraid of Boonen for the overall classification. "But I couldn't do anything against him today," said Dekker. "I tried to get away at the end but Hulsmans was always on my back. I couldn't defend my jersey but I'm still satisfied because I now have six seconds advantage on Voigt." He got 3 by winning the only hot spot sprint of the day, and 3 more because there was a gap of more than one second between Valverde, 10th, and Sylvain Chavanel, 11th, at the finishing line. The Cofidis new recruit was tired after trying to break clear in the downhill in Thiers. He was mostly alone with 3km to go, then Leon van Bon came across, but they got caught before the 1km to go sign. The Frenchman may have lost a few teammates earlier on during that stage, as well as his hopes for the overall win when he crashed the day before, but his intentions to put his mark on the first important race of the year remain undisputed.

Race director Christian Prudhome (C)
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One more day of Paris-Nice is threatened by the weather conditions. Jean-François Pescheux, a member of the organisation company, was sent on the course of stage 3 to check the road. "We can't take any decision too early because the conditions are changing so quickly, race organiser Prudhomme told Cyclingnews. "Our priority is to have a stage finish every day, no matter how many kilometres are covered before."

Only tomorrow morning, ASO and the race officials will decide which option will be chosen between another shortened stage on the scheduled course or one of the three alternative routes already considered for stage 3 due to the current snowy conditions in the East part of France at the moment.

Photography

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  • Lance Armstrong made himself popular with the kids from the cycling school of La Châtre
  • Andy Flickinger of Ag2r turned himself into a mechanic at the gathering in La Châtre 4 hours prior to the real start of stage 2

Results

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                 53.31 (52.13 km/h) 

2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                 
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
4 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
6 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       
7 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                    
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone     0.03
12 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                    
14 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              
15 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            
16 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                     
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                       
19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                 
20 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                       
21 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                 
22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                               
23 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  
24 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                 
25 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
26 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
27 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                    
28 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                              
29 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                           
30 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
31 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              
32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         
33 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                         
34 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                        
35 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                       
37 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                         
38 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      
39 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                 
40 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        
41 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                      
42 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                  
43 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                   
44 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                            
45 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                      
46 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
47 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                        
48 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        
49 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                            
50 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                        
51 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                   
52 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth           
53 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         
54 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
55 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                  
56 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             
57 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                              
58 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
59 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                        
60 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         
61 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                          
62 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                 
63 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita               
64 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                            
65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          
66 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            
67 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
68 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                   
69 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        
70 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
71 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
72 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
73 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
74 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                          
75 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
76 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      
77 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           0.19
78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                        0.21
79 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                    
80 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
81 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         
82 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                           
83 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         
84 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                          
85 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
86 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               
87 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                 
88 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
89 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                   
90 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        
91 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                
92 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          
93 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems               0.27
95 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                         0.36
96 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                  
97 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                    
98 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                               
99 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
100 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                        1.20
101 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                              
102 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                     
103 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                      
104 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
105 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                           
106 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                             
107 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
108 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                  
109 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
110 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                       1.28
111 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         1.37
112 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
113 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        
114 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                            
115 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                            
116 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                            
117 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                           
118 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                          
119 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             
120 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             
121 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                
122 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        
123 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                       1.43
124 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                     1.47
125 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                              
126 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        
127 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                         
128 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     
129 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
130 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                    
131 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
132 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            2.04
133 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         2.12
134 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                   3.12
135 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  
136 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               
137 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                   
138 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                       
139 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
140 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              
141 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                        
142 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone      4.21
143 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
144 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                          
145 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  
146 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   
147 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems    
148 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
149 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
150 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone    
151 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                        
152 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                               
153 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         
154 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                          
155 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
156 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                         6.56
157 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
158 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
159 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
160 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           
161 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    7.52
162 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
163 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
164 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    
              
Points
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                         25 pts
2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    22
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          20
4 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 18
5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    16
6 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          15
7 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      14
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                13
9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       12
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            11
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            10
12 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        9
13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        8
14 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  7
15 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                6
16 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   5
17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         4
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                           3
19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     2
20 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Boutureau - Cat. 3, 14.50 km
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                      4 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            2
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              1
 
Sprints
 
Soumans - 43 km
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           3 pts
2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                     2
3 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  1
 
Best young rider
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                      53.31
2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
3 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                         
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               
7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      0.03
8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                             
10 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         
12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                
13 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
14 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
15 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                             
17 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              
18 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                 
19 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
20 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     0.21
21 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              
22 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                      
23 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
24 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                              0.36
25 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              1.20
26 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          1.37
27 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                1.47
28 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
29 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                          
30 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    3.12
31 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               4.21
32 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                     
33 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           6.56
34 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
35 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              7.52
36 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          
 
Teams
 
1 Team CSC                                                       2.40.36
2 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                                        
3 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                              0.03
4 Quick.Step                                                            
5 Discovery Channel Team                                                
6 Bouygues Telecom                                                      
7 Davitamon-Lotto                                                   0.06
8 Fassa Bortolo                                                         
9 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                      
10 Liberty Seguros-Würth                                                
11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                         
12 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                    
13 Lampre-Caffita                                                       
14 Rabobank                                                         0.21
15 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           0.24
16 Credit Agricole                                                      
17 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                      
18 T-Mobile Team                                                    0.36
19 Francaise Des Jeux                                               0.39
20 Gerolsteiner                                                     0.42
21 Domina Vacanze                                                   1.23
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                    5.17.55
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        0.03
3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  0.05
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                     0.09
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             
6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                             0.11
7 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               0.14
8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                         0.16
9 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          
12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          0.17
13 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                          0.18
14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                     0.20
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                      
16 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     0.23
17 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                0.25
18 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              0.28
19 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                   0.31
20 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                    0.35
21 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                  0.48
22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          0.54
23 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
24 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   0.56
25 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             0.57
26 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        
27 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                             
28 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         0.58
29 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                             
30 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
31 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 0.59
32 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
33 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                1.00
34 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
35 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         1.02
36 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         1.03
37 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                    1.04
39 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          1.07
40 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              
41 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                       1.08
42 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              1.09
43 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
44 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       1.10
45 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             1.11
46 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                1.12
47 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                  1.13
48 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               1.15
49 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       
50 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
51 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
52 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                
53 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  1.16
54 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
55 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                        1.17
56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                1.19
57 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            1.20
58 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1.23
59 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                   
60 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   1.24
61 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                             1.26
62 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                           1.28
63 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
64 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       1.29
65 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             1.30
66 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             1.31
67 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
68 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           1.33
69 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                              
70 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                                
71 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                           1.35
72 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
73 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1.36
74 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
75 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                          1.37
76 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.39
77 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                             1.44
79 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                    1.46
80 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                  1.47
81 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               1.48
82 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           1.50
83 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                           1.55
84 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                1.57
85 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                     2.03
86 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               2.05
87 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                              2.07
88 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
89 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                              2.09
90 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     
91 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                   2.15
92 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                    2.16
93 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                      
94 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                  2.22
95 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          2.23
96 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                               2.28
97 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                     2.29
98 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              2.33
99 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
100 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
101 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                               2.40
102 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                             2.43
103 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                     2.51
104 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                           2.53
105 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           2.55
106 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         3.03
107 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              3.05
108 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 3.09
109 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              3.12
110 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                            3.13
111 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               3.20
112 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                               3.21
113 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3.24
114 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                 3.28
115 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      3.30
116 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             3.31
117 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                
118 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         3.34
119 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              3.36
120 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                
121 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 3.40
122 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
123 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                            3.43
124 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                             3.46
125 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      4.14
126 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   4.29
127 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                         4.38
128 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                          4.39
129 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                        4.41
130 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                          4.50
131 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 5.02
132 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                    5.07
133 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               5.09
134 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              5.16
135 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          5.26
136 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                           5.39
137 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems     5.44
138 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                5.45
139 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                   5.50
140 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         6.00
141 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                               6.06
142 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   6.08
143 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         6.15
144 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone     6.16
145 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                           6.17
146 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         6.20
147 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           6.28
148 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           6.32
149 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              7.13
150 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                7.20
151 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                        7.24
152 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
153 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          8.46
154 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
155 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     9.02
156 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              9.30
157 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            9.34
158 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      9.52
159 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
160 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        10.00
161 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           11.24
162 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             11.34
163 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    12.27
164 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                        13.15
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          52 pts
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                         50
3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    40
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       40
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           32
6 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 28
7 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      26
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             26
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             26
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              25
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                          25
12 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                          22
13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       22
14 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                20
15 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         20
16 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                18
17 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       17
18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                     16
19 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   16
20 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  15
21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               14
22 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                      13
23 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                     13
24 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     12
25 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                    11
26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        10
27 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       10
28 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   9
29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              8
30 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     7
31 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  7
32 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       6
33 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                6
34 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            5
35 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             3
36 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                3
37 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  3
38 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  2
39 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth               2
40 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                      4 pts
2 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                  4
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            2
4 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         2
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              1
6 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                    5.17.55
2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                     0.09
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                             0.11
4 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               0.14
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                         0.16
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           0.17
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      0.20
8 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      0.23
9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              0.57
10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         0.58
11 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         1.02
12 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         1.03
13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          1.07
14 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         1.15
15 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  1.16
16 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1.23
17 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                             1.26
18 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      1.28
19 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     1.31
20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                          1.37
21 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                     2.03
22 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                  2.16
23 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              2.33
24 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                              2.43
25 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                      2.51
26 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       3.30
27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       4.14
28 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    4.29
29 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                 5.45
30 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          6.00
31 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                6.06
32 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               7.13
33 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           8.46
34 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              9.52
35 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            11.24
36 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne     12.27
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                      15.54.14
2 Fassa Bortolo                                                     0.20
3 Quick.Step                                                        0.46
4 Rabobank                                                          1.16
5 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                              1.19
6 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                                    1.20
7 Davitamon-Lotto                                                   1.41
8 Bouygues Telecom                                                  1.43
9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                      1.50
10 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                 2.15
11 Liberty Seguros-Würth                                            2.21
12 Credit Agricole                                                  2.32
13 Discovery Channel Team                                           2.33
14 Francaise Des Jeux                                               2.34
15 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                2.57
16 Lampre-Caffita                                                   3.05
17 T-Mobile Team                                                    3.07
18 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           3.28
19 Gerolsteiner                                                     3.47
20 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                  3.50
21 Domina Vacanze                                                   4.54

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