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62nd Tour of Poland - ProT
Poland, September 12-18, 2005
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Stage 6 - September 17: Piechowice – Karpacz, 153 km
Weening triumphs on toughest day
By Daniel Marszalek in Karpacz
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24-year old Dutchman Pieter Weening won the sixth stage of the 62nd Tour de Pologne in Karpacz Orlinek and took the race lead after some impressive performances from the Rabobank riders. A very strong Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) was second on the day with just four seconds deficit. After a tough and rainy day in Karkonosze, only six men remained contenders for the overall victory. On this short list, there are big stars like Michael Boogerd (Rabobank), Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) and two 21 year-old youngsters Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) and Swede Thomas Lövkvist (Francaise des Jeux).
How it unfolded
The hardest stage of the TdP started under heavy clouds and with rain which started to pour just after the riders left the neutral start in Piechowice at 12:04. The first of the two intermediate sprints on the day was situated in Cieplice (km 4) with the always active German Robert Forster (Gerolsteiner) taking first place ahead of Estonian Andrus Aug (Fassa Bortolo) and Forster's teammate, Dane Frank Høj. After a few initial attempts to split the field, the first group that broke away from the pack for a bit longer was a trio with Dutchman Joost Posthuma (Rabobank), Basque Iker Flores (Euskaltel), who was the last man on GC standings this morning, and last year's best climber of the TdP, Przemyslaw Niemec (Miche). During the first ascent to Karpacz Górny, Niemec dropped his two companions and won the first of six mountain sprints ahead of Spaniard Jesus Hernandez (Liberty Seguros) and Marek Rutkiewicz (Intel-Action) leading the bunch.
On the way down to Sosnówka, first Niemec, and then Hernandez was caught, and a new breakaway was formed with Swiss Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval), Basque Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) and KoM competition leader Bartosz Huzarski (Intel-Action). Huzarski was ranked 40th on GC with a 1'07 deficit to leader Luca Paolini (Quick Step), and was a danger for race favourites. The second mountain sprint at km 47 was won by Huzarski ahead of Bertogliati and Verdugo, while the break had around minute's advantage on the peloton. Their gap to the main bunch grew through the second 21.7 km-long lap, reaching 3'50 at maximum and 3'20 when the riders passed Karpacz Górny for the third time at km 69. Although this time, we already had a decimated group of favourites with around 20 riders, including Paolini and ProTour leader Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas).
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During the third lap around Karpacz, the advantage of the leading trio dropped to just one minute, which allowed young Spaniard Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) to jump from the pack and join the three early leaders. Bertogliati was the fastest across the line in Karpacz Górny at km 90 ahead of Verdugo, Barredo and Huzarski, with the leader's group just 10 seconds back with Dutchman Pieter Weening (Rabobank) in the lead. The attacking quartet was swallowed by the favourites' group, but race leader Luca Paolini was already a minute behind his main rivals. Soon after this regroupment, Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych tried to break away together with Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Dutchman Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) and Italian Paolo Valoti (Domina Vacanze), but they were allowed only some 10 seconds advantage. Chavanel managed to win the second intermediate sprint in Karpacz ahead of Dekker and Popovych, but soon this quartet was caught.
Shortly after that, Spaniard Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery Channel) countered the move of his teammate and broke away alone. The Spanish climber reached the fifth mountain sprint at Karpacz Górny with 0'41 advantage on the group of favourites led by Cezary Zamana (Intel-Action) and Italian Andrea Noè' (Liquigas). After descending to the flatter part of the course, Noè' was doing hard work for his team leader at the front of the chasing group, clearly reducing Rubiera's advantage. Di Luca made good use of it with a strong attack on the penultimate ascent of the stage, breaking away and taking with him the strong Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) from Luxembourg and young Dutchman Pieter Weening (Rabobank). They reached the start of the last lap at Orlinek with few seconds advantage on counter-attacking Rutkiewicz, and 15 seconds on a group of nine riders with American Bobby Julich (Team CSC), Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Swede Thomas Lövkvist (Francaise des Jeux) and two Rabobank riders, Michael Boogerd and Thomas Dekker, among others. At Karpacz Górny, there were three riders at the head with Kirchen winning the last mountain sprint ahead of Di Luca and Weening, while the chasing group was reduced to just seven riders with Rutkiewicz now in it.
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On the slippery descent to Sosnówka, the two leading groups linked together and a little later, those ten riders were also joined by a few more. Rutkiewicz tried to break away on the descent, but was caught at the bottom of it. On the undulating road to Milków, Chavanel tried his luck and got a gap, but Kirchen, Weening, Spaniard David Arroyo (Illes Balears) and Slovenian Gorazd Stangelj (Lampre) caught him just before the entrance to Karpacz. On the last time up to the Orlinek, Kirchen forced the pace too fast for all of his companions except for Weening, while at the back Di Luca's acceleration dropped most of the riders in the chasing group with only Boogerd, Dekker and Lövkvist capable of follow the Italian. This quartet soon caught and dropped first Arroyo and Stangelj, and then also Chavanel. Nevertheless, because of the hard work at the front by Kirchen, they were not able to catch the leading duo.
In the tough two-man finish at Orlinek (with the last 300 metres averaging 12%), Weening, who sat on Kirchen's wheel for the last couple of kilometres, was not surprisingly faster than the Fassa Bortolo rider. He not only took the stage win, but thanks to four seconds gap on Kirchen at the finish line, the young Dutchman also became the new race leader. Rabobank has a strong position with Boogerd and Dekker now also ranked in the top five on the general classification.
Photography
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Images by Luczycki Maciej/bikeworld.pl
- Descending in the wet
- An Euskaltel rider descends during stage 6
- Here they come up the hill
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) needs some help
- Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval) waits rather miserably in the rain
- Pieter Weening (Rabobank) on the podium as the stage winner and new leader of the Tour of Poland
Results
1 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4.16.37 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 0.04 3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.25 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.27 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.31 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.24 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.46 9 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 1.55 11 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 2.13 12 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 2.45 13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3.38 14 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.45 15 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.48 16 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3.58 17 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 4.11 18 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.18 19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.28 20 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.34 21 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 5.00 22 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Intel-Action 23 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5.42 24 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.54 25 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6.01 26 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.10 27 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.29 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.32 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8.25 30 Janes Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 8.31 31 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.49 32 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 9.32 33 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9.44 34 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 35 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9.57 36 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 10.19 37 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.32 38 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.36 39 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 13.35 40 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 41 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 42 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 43 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears 14.50 44 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears 45 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 15.14 46 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 47 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 48 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 16.35 49 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 16.38 50 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.14 51 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17.33 52 Gustav E. Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 18.19 53 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18.51 54 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 19.43 55 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.40 56 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.44 57 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 21.02 58 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 21.57 59 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 60 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 24.09 62 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24.22 63 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 24.28 64 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.47 65 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 24.59 66 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 67 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 25.08 68 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25.13 69 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche 26.15 70 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 26.32 71 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action 29.56 72 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 31.29 73 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 32.32 74 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 32.46 75 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 76 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 77 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 78 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32.56 79 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34.52 DNF Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC DNF Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC DNF Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Arkaitz Daran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo DNF Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole DNF René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel DNF Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Discovery Channel DNF Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team DNF Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team DNF Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team DNF Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner DNF Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step DNF Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step DNF Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step DNF Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step DNF Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step DNF Jose C. Julia (Spa) Illes Balears DNF Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita DNF Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita DNF Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux DNF Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche DNF Seweryn Kohut (Pol) Miche DNF Massimo Amichetti (Ita) Miche DNF Antonio d'Aniello (Ita) Miche DNF Leonardo Caneschi (Ita) Miche DNF Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Intel-Action DNF Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Intel-Action DNS Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNS Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux Points 1 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 20 pts 3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 19 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 18 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 17 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 16 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 14 9 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13 10 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 12 11 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 11 12 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 10 13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 9 14 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 15 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 16 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6 17 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 5 18 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 20 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 Sprints Piechowice, 4 km 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 1 Karpacz, 107 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 pts 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1 Mountains Climb 1 - Cat. 1, 25,3 km 1 Przemyslaw Niemec (Pol) Miche 6 pts 2 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 3 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 3 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 5 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Climb 2 - Cat. 1, 47 km 1 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 6 pts 2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 3 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 5 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 1 Climb 3 - Cat. 1, 68,7 km 1 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 6 pts 2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step 2 5 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1 Climb 4 - Cat. 1, 90,4 km 1 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 4 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 2 5 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1 Climb 5 - Cat. 1, 112,1 km 1 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 6 pts 2 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 4 3 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 2 5 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Climb 6 - Cat. 1, 133,8 km 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 3 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1 General classification after stage 6 1 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 30.01.35 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 0.04 3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.25 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.33 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.37 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.31 8 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.56 9 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 10 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.05 11 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 2.23 12 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 2.54 13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3.48 14 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.57 15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.08 16 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.16 17 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 4.21 18 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.28 19 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.38 21 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 5.10 22 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Intel-Action 23 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.25 24 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.42 25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8.35 26 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 9.42 27 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.49 28 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.46 29 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13.17 30 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 14.06 31 Janes Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 15.18 32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 15.24 33 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 15.32 34 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16.44 35 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.48 36 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears 18.02 37 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20.06 38 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20.23 39 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 21.11 40 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears 21.13 41 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22.03 42 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.06 43 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 24.13 44 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24.52 45 Gustav E. Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 25.06 46 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 25.21 47 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 28.03 48 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 29.16 49 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 29.44 50 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 30.29 51 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 30.32 52 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31.43 53 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 32.23 54 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche 32.38 55 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33.47 56 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 35.50 57 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action 36.19 58 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37.29 59 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 37.43 60 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 38.03 61 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 38.27 62 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41.32 63 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 41.53 64 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 42.25 65 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45.06 66 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 46.16 67 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51.15 68 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 51.36 69 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 52.42 70 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 57.56 71 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58.04 72 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 59.26 73 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.00.13 74 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1.01.43 75 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.02.06 76 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 1.03.36 77 Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche 1.06.09 78 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.07.02 79 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.09.18 Points classification 1 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action 41 pts 2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 35 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34 5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 32 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 30 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 8 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 26 9 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 24 10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 23 11 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 22 12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 21 13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 17 14 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 16 15 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 14 17 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 13 18 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 19 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 11 20 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche 10 21 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 22 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 23 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 24 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 25 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 7 26 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 27 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5 28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 5 29 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 4 30 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 31 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 32 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Intel-Action 3 33 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 Mountains classification 1 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 34 pts 2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 3 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 8 4 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 8 5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 7 6 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel-Action 7 7 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 8 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 7 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6 10 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 6 11 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 13 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 14 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 15 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 3 17 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 3 18 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 19 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 20 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2 21 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 22 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 1 23 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 24 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 Sprints classification 1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 3 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3 4 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 6 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 2 7 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Intel-Action 1 8 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 9 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1 10 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 11 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 1 12 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 90.06.03 2 Intel-Action 9.10 3 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.32 4 Team CSC 20.47 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26.01 6 Liquigas-Bianchi 26.38 7 Bouygues Telecom 34.12 8 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 39.59 9 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 42.18 10 Gerolsteiner 43.33 11 Fassa Bortolo 49.22 12 Française Des Jeux 49.35 13 Lampre-Caffita 55.56 14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 56.30 15 Credit Agricole 1.15.47 16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.34.59
