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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

Pieter Weening (Rabobank)
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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).

Descending
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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.

Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner)
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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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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

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