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92nd Tour de France - GT
France, July 2-24, 2005
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Stage 3 - Monday, July 4: La Châtaigneraie - Tours, 212.5 km
Boonen bis in Tours; Robbie relegated for argy-bargy
Zabriskie maintains maillot jaune, Tuesday team time test critical
By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Tours
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Avenue de Grammont is the classic finishing straight of the sprinters' classic Paris-Tours and today's Stage 3 finish at the 92nd Tour De France had plenty of Fourth of July fireworks. But all that happened behind maillot vert Tom Boonen (Quick.Step), who blasted through a gap with 200m to go to go two out of three at this year's Tour De France. Boonen explained, "A sprint on the Tour is a sprint with 200 riders and that's always scary. Today's finish was also a long, large straight and I started my sprint with Robbie. Then I saw behind my shoulder that there was a bit of a "casino" [Italian for mess - ed.]... [laughs] - but I won and that's important."
After an argy-bargy with Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) in the last 100m, Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) was relegated by the Jury of Commissaires to last place in the peloton and fined 200 Swiss Francs for an irregular sprint. Runner up to Boonen yesterday, McEwen has been frustrated so far this Tour De France. "I had good legs, but I went too late...I was boxed in on the left and the right. Yesterday I went too early and today I was too late."
Although both have mellowed in recent years, there's been no love lost between McEwen and O'Grady over the years, and today's incident may have re-opened old wounds between them. O'Grady was furious post-stage, telling Cyclingnews, "That was over the top! Sure, there's argy-bargy in the sprints but today was too much."
O'Grady and McEwen both thought they had a shot at Boonen and the Cofidis man explained, "It was going good for me...at 150m, I came off Hushovd's wheel and went right. I saw Boonen go and tried to get his wheel, but suddenly I had Robbie's head in my face."
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McEwen's team director Marc Sergeant claimed to the race officials that "O'Grady put his elbow in front of Robbie first," but they weren't buying it, and relegated the Australian champ to last place.
Gerolsteiner's "Paco" Wrolich, who is usually the lead-out man for Robert "Frösi" Förster was a superb second today and said, "We were super positioned, it couldn't have been better, but the Australians are really going for it...Frösi lacked that final touch today (6th), but if he stays on my wheel he can beat Boonen."
After his second day wearing the coveted yellow tunic, CSC's Dave Zabriskie seems to be getting used to his new duds. Zabriskie told French TV post race, "I'm feeling more relaxed today, but I'm not getting used to wearing the maillot jaune. It would be really nice to keep (maillot jaune) after the team time trial, but you never know what can happen. I'm looking forward to it and the entire team is good at that event. I'll give it 100 percent."
Early in the day, the irrepressible Dave Z was seen chatting with Lance Armstrong at the beginning of the stage and when asked about their chat, Zabriskie explained that "Oh, that was just a little bit of ha-ha. We just talked about stuff; (Lance) asked if he could have a turn with (maillot jaune) and I said 'sure why not?'"
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Dave Z's CSC teammate Jens Voigt, who will be a major motor in tomorrow's team time trial explained his vision for the 67.5km stage Tuesday. "I'm not going to say that we want to finish 8th or something like that", said Voigt to German TV. "I think we are amongst the favourites and it's not arrogant to say it." As far as defending CSC's maillot jaune, Voigt explained that "If I was captain, I'd never let it go. But we'll see what Bjarne has in mind. It depends on what happens tomorrow - maybe we don't have to think about this anymore if we lose the jersey, but if we still have it tomorrow evening, I could imagine that because we've already had a stage win, the yellow for three days...and we do have a higher goal where we want to put somebody up on the podium in Paris, so we might have to say 'OK, we can't have everything, so we need to make little sacrifices."
CSC team boss Bjarne Riis echoed Voigt sentiments on the team time trial, saying in his usually laconic style, "I think we'll ride fast tomorrow. It's our goal to win this time trial."
As for the keeping Zabriskie's maillot jaune, Riis continued, "We won't give it away for free but maybe we'll have to. Ivan Basso proved at the Giro that he was the strongest rider there, had it not been for his illness. I think he will be great at the Tour too. Lance is very strong, that's no secret. We will have to attack him to win - or at least try - and we will do just that."
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Stage 3 isn't exactly Lance Armstrong's favourite type of stage. He started the day without signing in and ended up with a 100 Swiss Franc fine when the Jury of Commissaires caught up with him. The six-time Tour champ, who is one step closer to knocking on seven's door, seemed relieved to get the stage over with today. "I was glad nobody fell in front of me in the finale...then there was just 3k straight in to the finish."
Armstrong is looking ahead to tomorrow's Stage 4 67.5km Tours-Blois team time trial, saying, "It's an important day for us...(Discovery Channel) is up against a tough team (CSC) and it's important for us to ride steady and keep the team together as long as possible."
Armstrong admitted that he hopes to be clad in the maillot jaune tomorrow, saying "I still cherish the maillot jaune and you better believe I'll be pedaling hard tomorrow. A good performance is good for team morale too, to show how strong we are. But even if we don't win, I know I just have to be patient. I have good legs and now have to wait for the hard moments."
How it unfolded
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It was a little more special of a day for American maillot jaune Dave Zabriskie today, as the Salt Lake City native got to spend the Fourth of July in the tiny French country hamlet of La Châtaigneraie. Well part of it anyway, as Dave Z and his CSC team had a race to ride, along with 180 riders, a 212.5km Tour De France stage that headed north to Cholet, then northeast lower Loire Valley, across rolling green countryside past beautiful chateaux like Chinon and Azay-le-Rideau to finish on Avenue Grammont in Tours, where the Paris-Tours classic finishes every October.
First attacker was Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) at km 4 and he quickly got 0'50 but when mullet-man Brochard (Bouygues) and his teammate Eisel gave chase, this woke the peloton up and Gilbert was reeled back in after 15km. On the first GPM of the day, the Côte de Pouzauges at km 22 (1.2 km climb / 4.8% grade), Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) took the points ahead of maillot a pois Voeckler (Bouygues) and Brochard (Bouygues).
10km later, old fox Erik Dekker (Rabobank) attacked before the first intermediate sprint in Saint-Michel-Mont-Mercure and was quickly joined by Nicolas Portal (AG2R) and Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier). Dekker took the points ahead of Bertogliati and Portal and after a halfhearted chase, the CSC team took over the tempo and the front trio tried to make their escape last until Tours.
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At le Puy du Fou after 38km, where Lance Armstrong took his first Tour De France maillot jaune six years and one day ago, the break had 2'30 with maillot jaune Dave Zabriskie's Team CSC riding tempo up front. Bertogliati was best placed GC rider (69th at 2'13), while Dekker was at 2'19 (78th) and Portal at 2'53 (139th) and thus became maillot jaune virtuel. 42.6km was raced in first hour as Stage 3 headed north for Cholet. The roads may have looked familiar to Stuart O'Grady, where he wore his maillot jaune in 1998, or Floyd Landis, who won the local Cholet-Pays de Loire race here when he rode for Mercury.
At the second intermediate sprint in Coron (km 79), Portal took the points, followed by Bertogliati and Dekker, with the gap to the peloton at 4'20. After Cholet, Stage 3 headed west and the strong tailwind kicked in. CSC now had help in the chase from Davitamon-Lotto and Quick.Step, as the pace had increased to 44 km/h for the first two hours.
At the feed zone in Le-Coq Hardi after 93km, the break's lead was up to five minutes and after the peloton had lunch, they settled in to chop down the lead of the escapees, and 5km later, the lead had dropped more than a minute. Quick.Step's big rouleur Kevin Hulsmans was now pounding on the front of the peloton with Davitamon-Lotto just behind; both sprinters teams riding respectively for maillot vert Boonen and McEwen. In Les Trois Moutiers (km 137) Bertogliati took the sprint from Dekker and Portal with the gap at 2'30 and dropping fast.
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On the first of the two Cat. 4 climbs on the run-in, the Côte de Chinon after 161.5km, Erik Dekker took the six points and on the Côte de la Taconnière 18km later, the flying Dutchman grabbed another 3 points and took the maillot a pois lead from Voeckler. The peloton was at 1'20 and could smell blood now, as a Crédit Agricole rider joined the chase the small bourg of Cheille with 32 km to go. 15km later, the gap was down to 0'40, and when Dekker accelerated, only Portal followed, as Bertogliati decided to cut his losses, sat up, and was absorbed by the peloton as the finale through the twisting streets and HLM's of Joue'-les-Tours approached.
Dekker and Portal were still pounding hard, as Quick.Step had the peloton stretched out in one long line at over 50km/h. As the dynamic duo made the lefthand turn onto the N10 and began the looping descent into the final kilometres, the lead was only 0'06 ahead of the peloton. Down the hill, through the final roundabout and under the 3km to go banner, Dekker and Portal tried to hold on, but as the duo approached the bridge across the Cher River and entered Tours, Fabian Cancellara exploded off the front and Dekker and Portal were caught after 177km of liberty. Ag2r's Nico Portal said after the stage, "It was good to be in the breakaway today...but in the end, when the peloton was getting closer, I tried to be optimistic, but I knew we were going to get caught."
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Clad in his maillot blanc of Best Young Rider, Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) rode flat out with 1.5km to go on the Avenue de Grammont, but a vigilant Francaise des Jeux train pulled back his 50m lead quickly. Under the flamme rouge with 1km to go, Credit Agricole started to wind it up for Hushovd as Kirsipuu hit the front, then Liquigas-Bianchi's Magnus Bäckstedt was there for Pagliarini. Fred Rodriguez made his final burst to set up McEwen, but the Aussie champ was boxed in, and when Boonen made his winning move up the middle of Avenue de Grammont, he couldn't get out of the box and ended up as last man.
Stage 4 - July 5: Tours-Blois TTT, 67.5km
Starting Tuesday afternoon in the center of Tours, Stage 4's TTT heads due east along the Loire River with a twisting, up and down profile to finish in Blois. As always, there will be a west wind blowing up the Loire River valley, a tailwind that should increase as the afternoon continues. The main battle here will between the CSC team of maillot jaune Dave Zabriskie and Lance Armstrong's Discovery Channel squad, with even money on both teams to ride a close race. ProTour TTT winners Gerolsteiner will be looking to keep leader Levi Leipheimer close, while ProTour team leaders Phonak want to position Floyd Landis well. Jan Ullrich’s T-Mobile squad will have a lot of pressure to not lose more time to Armstrong and his other rivals.
Photography
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- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) signs some autographs for eager fans.
- Matt White (Cofidis) all smiles at the start.
- The break that tried to get away.
- The bunch chases the group of three.
- An old stone wall provides a backdrop for the group.
- A ribbon of colour through the wheat.
- Cloudy skies and an old church provide a dramatic background for the peloton.
- The bunch makes its way up to the first KOM of the day.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) enjoying the moment
- Bobby and DZ chillin'
- An empty podium
- The CSC team wait on stage
- Team CSC is still the number one team
- Voeckler and Fedrigo are two of Bouygues Telecom's highest profile riders
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) climber extraordinaire
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) descends from sign-on
- Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues) smiles in his French champion's jersey
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) walks down from sign-on
- Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) wonders what comes next
- Quo vadis? Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas-Bianchi)
- The name's Vino… Vinokourov
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) ready to roll
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile)
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) concentrates at the start
- T-Mobile DS Mario Kummer with Jan Ullrich
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) poses
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) the man in green
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) has a nice green kit now
- Zabriskie and Boonen at the start
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) wonders what the day has in store
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) makes his way through the scrum
- Armstrong nervous
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) is a bit wary of signing autographs these days
- I bequeath 5 million dollars to Prince George Sanoussi, the first son of Late Zainoul Abidine Sanoussi, who was the former Foreign Affairs Minister of Guinea-Conakry
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) adjusts his helmet
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) never far from his bodyguard at the start
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) ready to go
- The peloton lines up under overcast skies
- And it's Boonen who gets it
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) celebrates
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) moments after crossing the line
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) signals his second stage win
- Make that two for Tom
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) post-stage
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) post-stage
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) salutes from the podium
- One more CL Lion for Zabriskie
- I'm starting to enjoy this
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) one more day in yellow
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) smiles from the podium
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) salutes from the podium
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) smiles in green
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) looking good in green
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) in the polka dot mountains jersey
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) rides in the company of a couple of Davitamon-Lottos
- A sunflower greets the breakaways
- A few medieval knights take time out of their busy schedules to watch the Tour. Hang on…
- Vive le Tour!
- Massive crowds are a feature of the Tour, every year
- The Tour peloton en route to Tours
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) drives for home as McEwen puts his head into O'Grady, leading to a relegation
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) wins the third stage in Tours
Images by AFP Photo
- CSC riding to protect Zabriskie's yellow
- Here comes the Tour circus!
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) cruising
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) getting into the swing of things
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) likes it shaken, not stirred
- Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval) leads the three man break
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) powers the break
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) did his best to ensure the break's success
- This is what the rest of the peloton saw of Tom Boonen at the finish
- The photo finish has Boonen ahead by over a length
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 4.36.09 (46.17 km/h) 2 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 10 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 13 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 18 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 19 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 20 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 22 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 23 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 24 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 25 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 27 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 28 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 30 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 31 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 34 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 35 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 36 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 37 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 38 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 40 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 42 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 43 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 44 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 45 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 48 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 50 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 51 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 52 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 54 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 55 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 56 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 57 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 58 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 60 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 61 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 62 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 63 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 64 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 65 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 66 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 67 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 68 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 70 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 71 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 73 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 74 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 75 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 76 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 77 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 78 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 79 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 80 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 81 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 82 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 83 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 84 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 85 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 86 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 87 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 88 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 89 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 90 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 91 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 92 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 93 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 94 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 95 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 96 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 98 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 99 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 100 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 101 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 102 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 103 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 104 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 105 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 106 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 107 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 109 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 110 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 111 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 112 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 113 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 114 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 115 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 116 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 117 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 118 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 119 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 121 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 122 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 123 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 124 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 125 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 126 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 127 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 129 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 130 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 131 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 132 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 133 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 134 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 135 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 136 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 137 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 140 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 141 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 142 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 143 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 144 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 145 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 146 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 147 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 148 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 150 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 151 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 152 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 153 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 154 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 155 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 156 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 157 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 158 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 159 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 160 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 161 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 162 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 163 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 164 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 165 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 166 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 167 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 168 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 169 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 170 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 171 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 172 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 173 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 174 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 175 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 176 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step 177 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 178 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 179 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 180 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 181 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 182 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 183 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 184 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 185 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 186 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 187 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.20 188 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.24 189 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.38 Points 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 35 pts 2 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 30 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 26 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 24 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 22 6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 7 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 17 10 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 11 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 12 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 14 13 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13 14 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 12 15 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11 16 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 17 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 9 18 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 8 19 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 7 20 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 21 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 22 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 23 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 24 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2 25 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains Côte de Pouzauges - Cat. 4, km 22 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Côte de Chinon - Cat. 4, km 161.5 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 3 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Côte de la Taconnière - Cat. 4, km 179.5 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 3 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Sprints Saint-Michel-Mont-Mercure, km 29 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 3 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 Coron, km 79 1 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 Les Trois-Moutiers, km 137 1 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4 3 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 Young rider 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 4.36.09 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 7 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 11 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 14 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 15 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 16 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 19 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 20 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 21 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 23 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 26 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 28 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 29 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 31 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.24 Most combative 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 13.48.27 2 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3 Liquigas - Bianchi 4 Lampre - Caffita 5 Bouygues Telecom 6 Quick Step - Innergetic 7 Francaise Des Jeux 8 Domina Vacanze 9 Illes Balears-Caisse D Epargne 10 Credit Agricole 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 13 Davitamon - Lotto 14 T-Mobile Team 15 Fassa Bortolo 16 Rabobank 17 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 18 Team Csc 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Saunier Duval - Prodir 21 Discovery Channel Team General classification after stage 3 1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 8.48.31 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 0.02 3 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 0.47 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 0.53 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.57 6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02 7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.04 9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.05 10 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.06 11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.07 12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.08 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 1.09 14 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.12 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1.13 16 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.16 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.18 19 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.24 20 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 21 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.25 22 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 1.26 23 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.27 24 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.28 25 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.30 26 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 28 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.31 29 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.32 30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 31 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.34 32 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.35 34 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.39 35 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.41 37 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.42 38 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.46 39 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 40 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.48 41 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 42 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.50 43 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 44 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.51 45 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 1.53 46 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.55 47 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.57 49 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.59 50 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.00 51 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 52 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.01 53 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 54 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.02 56 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.03 57 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.05 58 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 59 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.06 60 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 61 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.07 62 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.08 63 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 64 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 65 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.09 66 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.11 67 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 68 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.12 69 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 70 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.13 71 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.14 73 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.16 74 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.17 75 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 76 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.18 77 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.19 78 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.20 79 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 80 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.24 81 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 82 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 83 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.25 84 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 2.28 85 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 86 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 87 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.29 88 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 89 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 90 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.30 91 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 92 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 93 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.31 94 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 95 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 96 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 98 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 99 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 100 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 2.32 101 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 102 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 103 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.33 104 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.34 105 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.35 106 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 107 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 2.36 108 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step 2.37 109 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 110 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.38 111 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 2.39 112 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 113 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.40 114 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.41 115 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.42 116 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.43 117 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 118 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 119 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.44 121 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 122 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 123 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 125 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 126 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 127 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.45 128 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 2.46 129 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 130 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 131 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 133 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.48 134 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.49 135 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 136 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.50 137 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.51 138 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.52 139 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 140 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 141 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.53 142 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 143 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 144 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 2.54 145 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 146 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.55 147 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.56 148 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 149 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.57 150 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.58 151 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 152 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.59 153 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 154 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.00 155 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.01 156 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 157 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.03 158 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 159 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.04 160 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3.05 161 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.06 162 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.08 163 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.09 164 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 165 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.10 166 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.11 167 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 168 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 3.12 169 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3.14 170 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.15 171 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 172 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.18 173 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 3.20 174 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 3.21 175 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.23 176 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.25 177 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3.27 178 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 179 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.31 180 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.36 181 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 182 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 183 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.37 184 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 3.41 185 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.44 186 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.50 187 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.57 188 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.33 189 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.40 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 70 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 50 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 49 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 47 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 38 6 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 34 7 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 29 8 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 27 9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 26 10 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 24 13 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 14 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 16 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 19 17 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 18 18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 19 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 16 20 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 15 21 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 22 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 23 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 24 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 13 25 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13 26 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 12 27 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 12 28 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 12 29 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11 30 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 10 31 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 10 32 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 10 33 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 34 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 8 35 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 8 36 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 37 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 38 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 39 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 40 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5 41 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 42 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4 43 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 44 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 45 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 46 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 47 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 48 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 49 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 3 50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 51 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 52 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2 53 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1 54 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1 Mountains classification 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 3 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 5 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 6 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 8 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Young rider classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 8.49.33 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.03 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 0.07 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.16 5 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.37 6 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 0.44 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.55 8 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.58 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.04 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 1.06 11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.09 12 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.10 13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.22 14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26 15 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 1.29 16 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.36 17 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.38 18 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.39 19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.42 20 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.43 22 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.44 23 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.54 24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.03 25 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.06 26 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.08 27 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.09 28 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 2.10 29 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.18 30 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.25 31 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.29 32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.42 Teams classification 1 Team Csc 26.27.44 2 Discovery Channel Team 0.04 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.33 4 Gerolsteiner 1.42 5 T-Mobile Team 1.51 6 Fassa Bortolo 2.16 7 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 2.31 8 Credit Agricole 2.50 9 Illes Balears-Caisse D'Epargne 3.13 10 Rabobank 3.20 11 Quick Step - Innergetic 3.21 12 Domina Vacanze 3.26 13 Francaise Des Jeux 3.27 14 Bouygues Telecom 3.43 15 Liquigas - Bianchi 3.54 16 Davitamon - Lotto 4.00 17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.24 18 Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.28 19 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.51 20 Lampre - Caffita 5.37 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.38
