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92nd Tour de France - GT
France, July 2-24, 2005
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Stage 19 - Friday, July 22: Issoire - Le Puy-en-Velay, 153.5 km
Guerini gets his day
The podium: it's all about tomorrow
By Anthony Tan in Le Puy-en-Velay, and Jeff Jones
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In complete contrast to his victory atop the legendary L'Alpe d'Huez six years ago, T-Mobile's Giuseppe Guerini left a quartet he'd been with most of the day 1400 metres from the finish line, unleashing a predictable though perfectly-timed attack to claim a second Tour de France stage win. Finishing 10 seconds behind were his stunned breakaway companions, Sandy Casar (Francaise Des Jeux), Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Tuesday's winner Oscar Pereiro (Phonak).
"I've been looking for a win for a long time," said the 35 year-old Guerini, affectionately known as 'Turbo'.
"My condition was very good; I looked for the right break as I've been doing for the past few days and today it worked perfectly. The last road in was very straight - I jumped away and got a good gap. They didn't chase me immediately, so I knew I could win it and I am delighted that I did."
Captain Jan Ullrich was only too happy for his loyal climbing domestique: "I'm really delighted for Giuseppe, he rode brilliantly. This morning, we decided to get 'Turbo' in a breakaway and we all worked hard to get him up there in the lead group. Beppe then took the bull by the horns to clinch the stage win - super!"
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Third-placed Pellizotti was also concerned about his chances in a four-man sprint, but Guerini's attack preceded his own: "I was afraid that if I jumped with Guerini, Casar would take my wheel and then outsprint me, so I took the risk, waited...and lost. But Guerini's attack was really strong, too," he said.
Predictably, things remained status quo at the top, middle and back-end of the leaderboard. Four and a half minutes separate third to fifth place on the overall classification, and five and half minutes separate fifth to tenth - which means that in tomorrow's challenging 55k time-test around St. Etienne, anything can happen - and probably will.
Said the maillot jaune of Lance Armstrong: "Big day tomorrow - I'll give it everything I have. It's difficult to really enjoy yourself too much because it's the Tour de France; every day, there's attacks going up the road. No-one's throwing their retirement party just yet."
Even though it's more than likely the cake's already started to be made, and the 33 year-old is riding his last hours on the bike as a professional, Armstrong said that for now, he's not terribly sad about leaving what's been his life for more than a decade. When asked what image he'd like to be remembered with, he said: "I don't think it will be a picture from the race, or the podium. Maybe a picture from the training camp back in 1999, with Johan, myself, a mechanic...when there were just four of us."
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The Guerini one saw today was not unlike the George Hincapie of five days ago, who took a well-earned though surprise victory atop Pla d'Adet on Stage 15. His victory also made it another one for the gregarios, though this time it was the Italian's turn to show he's not only good for what he's paid for, triumphing on a stage predicted to be one for the Classics specialist.
Twice third in the Giro d'Italia, 'Beppe' gave up most his personal ambitions as a stage racer six years ago. Though strangely enough, 1999 was also the year he is best-remembered for, when the-then 29 year-old claimed victory atop 'L'Alpe'. Since then, Guerini has continued to work largely at the service of Ullrich, a man who he has become close friends with. But today, with his job for Der Jan all but done, he got his chance and ran with it - all the way to Le Puy-en-Velay
How it unfolded
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The 155 riders remaining in the Tour de France lined up for the second Massif Central stage in the small Auvergnat town of Issoire under sunny skies and warm temperatures in the upper 20s. The short but difficult 153 km stage headed north across the Puy-de-Dome into the Haut Loire region, climbing from the start and topping out on the Cat. 3 Côte de Saint-Eloy-la-Glacière after 38km. Then it was down to Ambert, up the Cat. 2 Col de Pradeaux and then up and down for the next 85km over two Cat. 4 climbs to the rolling, then flat run-in to Le Puy en Velay.
Swiss rider Alexandre Moos (Phonak) opened the hostilities with an early attack, before the general bagarre began to determine who would make it into today's expected winning break. 10th on GC Christophe Moreau (CA) attacked with Gerolsteiner's Ronny Scholz to take the points on the Cat. 4 Côte des Gerbaudias after 23 km, with Aussie Bradley McGee (Française Des Jeux) chasing them for third. After 35 km, an attack by T-Mobile's Giuseppe Guerini, Sandy Casar (Francaise des Jeux), and the always aggressive Oscar Pereiro Sio (Phonak) created a small gap over the peloton, which they held until the summit of the Côte de Saint-Eloy-la-Glacière after 38 km. Pereiro took the points ahead of Guerini and Casar, further securing his second place in the mountains classification.
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The lead trio were being chased at 20 seconds by Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC), Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas-Bianchi), and Juan Manuel Garate (Saunier Duval), but only Pellizotti was able to get across to the leaders with a big effort over the top of the climb. Garate fell back to the peloton, while Arvesen was caught by a counter-attacking group containing Jose Azevedo (Discovery), Salvatore Commesso (Lampre), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Bert Grabsch (Phonak), Carlos Da Cruz (FDJ), Alessandro Bertolini (Domina Vacanze), Pieter Weening (Rabobank), Nicolas Portal (Ag2r), and Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo). The 10 man group was 40 seconds behind the leading quartet, but didn't have the cohesion to bridge the gap, despite the efforts of Commesso and Chavanel in particular. The peloton sat up as Pereiro was 17'10 down on GC, and Discovery Channel assumed the position on the front to protect their team captain Lance Armstrong.
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The leading four cooperated perfectly, with Pereiro doing some strong turns, Casar and Guerini not holding back, and Pellizotti seemingly in good shape after his long breakaway yesterday. Pereiro took the sprint points and bonus seconds in Ambert (km 55), and the group commenced the Cat. 2 Col de Pradeaux with a one minute gap to the 10 chasers and 4'00 to the peloton. The climb was 11.4 km at 5.6 %, and the leaders drove the pace hard to make sure none of the chasers came back. Behind, Toto Commesso felt that the chase wasn't going fast enough, and set off alone in pursuit of the leaders. He got within 45 seconds before he sagged and was caught by the rest of the group, which split and reformed several times on the climb. In the peloton, Discovery kept the pace hard to prevent attacks and knocked the gap back to 3'30 at the summit of the climb.
The leaders continued to press their advantage, and once it was out to two minutes, it seemed clear that the 10 behind were not coming back. The chase was hampered by the fact that Grabsch and Da Cruz were not working, while Azevedo only started to come through fairly late in the piece. Commesso was continuously aggressive, and was usually marked by Chavanel whenever he tried to attack, but he couldn't rid the break of the dead wood. The bunch had fallen back to nearly nine minutes behind with 50 km to go, which prompted Illes Balears to start chasing in order to protect Paco Mancebo's fifth place on GC from Pereiro. Credit Agricole (for Moreau), Gerolsteiner (for Leipheimer), and Davitamon-Lotto (for Evans and a possible fifth place for McEwen) also put men on the front, and reduced the gap to the leaders to 4'31 at the finish.
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Pereiro, winner three days ago, was clearly riding for a top 10 GC place, and he succeeded in this aim, probably at the expense of another stage win. The break held its two minute plus advantage as it dove off the plateau down into Le Puy-en-Velay with 10 km to go, and Pereiro's strength kept the break together almost to the end. There was just one attack: Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) turboed off the front with 1.5 km to go, Casar and Pellizotti looked at Pereiro to chase, but Oscar had already spent his bikkies. The other two realised this too late, as Guerini opened up a 10 second lead under the flamme rouge and hammered to the line to celebrate his second Tour de France stage win. Casar took the sprint for second ahead of Pellizotti, but it was clear that the Frenchman had missed his chance today. The remnants of the chasers were led in by Commesso at 2'43, while McEwen won the bunch sprint for 14th at 4'31.
Stage 20 - Saturday, July 23: Saint-Etienne - Saint-Etienne ITT, 55 km
All things being equal (and even with a few inequalitites) the final 55 km individual time trial in Saint'Etienne should provide a great spectacle at the end of a gruelling three weeks - Armstrong thrives in this race against the clock, and his dominance is well documented. The distance suits Armstrong, but the undulating terrain suits Ullrich's ability to push the big gears and power along. A surprise may be in the works, but chances are it'll come down to these two - Armstrong will want to win at least one stage in this year's Tour, while Ullrich will be trying to pull back 2'12 on Michael Rasmussen to get onto the final step of the podium.
Photography
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Images by Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) leads the bunch on a descent to the valley below.
- The bunch rides through the scenic region of the Massif Central.
- Two Liberty Seguros-Wurth riders try to catch back on to the group as a Gendarme watches.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) celebrates his win in Le Puy-en-Velay
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) on the line
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) gets it comfortably
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) after the finish
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) post-stage
- A happy T-Mobile camp with Beppe Guerini
- Sandy Casar (FDJ) beats Pellizotti for second
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) after finishing third
- Sandy Casar (FDJ) crushed by the media
- We love Lance!
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) arrives
- The peloton arrives
- Salvatore Commesso (Lampre) exhausted post-stage
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) with the day's earnings
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) on the podium
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) puts on the maillot jaune
- This is how the yellow jersey zips up
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) enjoying podium life
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) from a different angle
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Ivan Basso (CSC) at the sign on
- Ivan Basso (CSC) nearly finished
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) rides during stage 19
- The Tour passing through the dry farm country in central France
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) with Guerini on his wheel
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) enjoyed another day out in front
- Salvatore Commesso (Lampre) trying but failing to bridge to the leaders
- Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery Channel) tows the team up the Col des Pradeaux
- Savoldelli and Popovych lead Armstrong on the Cat. 2 Col des Pradeaux
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) with Sandy Casar on his wheel
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) wins the 19th stage
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) can't believe it
- A victorious Guerini post-stage
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) grins from the podium
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) for the third last time
Images by AFP Photo
- Der Jan waits
- Jan and his teddy bear
- The peloton rolls out for the start
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) enjoying himself a lot
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) drives the pace early on
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) on the attack in stage 19
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) in the thick of it
- Sandy Casar (FDJ) leading Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile)
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) leads the break, while Guerini and Casar refuel
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) is ecstatic
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) celebrates in Le Puy-en-Velay
Results
1 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3.33.04 (43.225 km/h) 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.10 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.12 5 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.43 6 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.48 7 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3.50 11 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 4.21 12 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 14 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4.31 15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 19 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 20 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 22 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 23 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 24 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 25 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 27 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 28 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 29 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 30 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 31 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 32 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 34 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 35 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 36 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 37 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 38 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 39 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 40 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 45 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 46 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 47 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 48 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 49 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 51 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 53 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 54 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 55 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 56 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 57 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 58 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 59 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 60 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 61 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 62 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 63 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 64 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 65 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 66 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 67 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 69 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 70 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 71 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 73 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 74 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 75 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 76 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 77 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 79 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 80 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 81 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 82 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 84 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 85 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 86 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 87 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 88 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 89 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 90 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 92 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 93 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 94 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 95 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 96 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 97 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 98 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 99 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 101 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 102 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 103 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 104 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 105 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 106 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 107 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 109 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 110 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 113 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 114 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 115 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 116 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 117 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 118 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 119 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 121 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 123 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 124 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 126 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 127 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 128 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 129 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 131 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 132 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 133 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 134 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 135 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 136 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 138 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 139 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.40 140 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 141 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 142 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 143 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 144 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 145 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 146 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 147 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 148 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 149 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.18 150 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 151 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 152 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.38 153 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 154 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 155 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.55 Points 1 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 35 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 30 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 26 4 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 5 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 22 6 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 20 7 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 19 8 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17 10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 16 11 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 15 12 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14 13 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 13 14 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12 15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 11 16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 17 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9 18 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 8 19 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 7 20 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6 21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 5 22 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4 23 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 3 24 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 25 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Mountains Côte des Gerbaudias - Cat. 4, km 23 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 pts 2 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1 Côte de Saint-Eloy-la-Glacière - Cat. 3, km 38.5 1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 pts 2 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Col des Pradeaux - Cat. 2, km 68 1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 pts 2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9 3 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 8 4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7 5 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6 6 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Côte des Terrasses - Cat. 4, km 96 1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Côte de Malaveille - Cat. 4, km 107.5 1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 3 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 Sprints Ambert - km 55.5 1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 pts 2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 3 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 Bellevue-La-Montagne - km 123.5 1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 pts 2 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 Young rider 1 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3.36.54 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.41 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 8 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 9 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 13 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 14 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 15 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 17 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 19 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 20 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.50 25 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 26 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 27 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.05 Most combative 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 10.46.43 2 Francaise Des Jeux 1.31 3 T-Mobile Team 4 Liquigas - Bianchi 1.41 5 Lampre - Caffita 4.14 6 Team Csc 4.19 7 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 9 Rabobank 5.21 10 Discovery Channel Team 5.52 11 Fassa Bortolo 12 Davitamon - Lotto 6.02 13 Gerolsteiner 14 Credit Agricole 15 Domina Vacanze 16 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 17 Bouygues Telecom 18 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 19 Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Quick Step - Innergetic General classification after stage 19 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 81.22.19 (41.664 km/h) 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.46 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3.46 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.58 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.08 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 8.12 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9.49 8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 10.11 9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.42 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.39 11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.15 12 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15.13 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 15.53 14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.26 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 20.06 16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20.16 17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 21.15 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 22.35 19 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 23.40 20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.51 21 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 28.17 22 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 29.26 23 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 31.14 24 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 31.45 25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 37.42 26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 43.14 27 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 46.02 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.30 29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 49.55 30 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 53.23 31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 57.13 32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 59.23 33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.02.37 34 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.03.12 35 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.06.24 36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.06.40 37 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 1.11.13 38 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.12.15 39 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.14.22 40 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.16.33 41 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.17.19 42 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 1.19.14 43 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.24.17 44 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.25.21 45 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.31.22 46 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.34.49 47 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.35.26 48 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.36.09 50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.40.40 51 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.41.04 52 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.42.58 53 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.44.17 54 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.56.27 55 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.56.46 56 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.56.48 57 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.57.15 58 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.58.04 59 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.58.19 60 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 1.59.19 61 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.00.03 62 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.00.32 63 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.01.46 64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 2.03.07 65 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.06.33 66 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.07.52 67 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.08.09 68 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.08.23 69 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.14.26 70 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.15.31 71 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 2.15.40 72 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.15.46 73 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.15.59 74 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.16.13 75 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.17.56 76 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.18.35 77 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.19.17 78 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.22.20 79 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.23.05 80 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.23.18 81 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.23.20 82 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.24.47 83 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.25.22 84 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.25.45 85 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.27.57 86 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.28.07 87 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.28.46 88 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.29.51 89 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.30.52 90 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.32.31 91 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.37.06 92 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.37.10 93 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.37.27 94 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.39.01 95 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.39.53 96 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.42.52 97 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.43.22 98 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.43.29 99 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.43.46 100 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 2.44.00 101 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.44.53 102 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.47.12 103 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.47.38 104 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.49.40 105 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2.50.18 106 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 2.50.25 107 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.52.53 108 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.53.51 109 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 2.55.22 110 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.55.57 111 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.57.23 112 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.58.36 113 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.59.05 114 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.02.03 115 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.04.07 116 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.07.47 117 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3.08.35 118 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.10.14 119 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.10.30 120 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.10.37 121 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.11.41 122 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.11.56 123 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.12.24 124 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3.14.07 125 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.14.45 126 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.18.39 127 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.19.59 128 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.24.00 129 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.24.17 130 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.26.04 131 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.28.08 132 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.28.45 133 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.29.32 134 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.30.29 135 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 3.31.13 136 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.35.07 137 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.35.43 138 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 3.35.45 139 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.36.06 140 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.36.57 141 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.37.42 142 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.37.45 143 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 3.37.49 144 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.39.36 145 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.41.23 146 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.42.25 147 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.44.17 148 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.44.38 149 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.47.19 150 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.48.38 151 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.49.48 152 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 3.50.28 153 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.51.47 154 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.00.04 155 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.08.35 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 175 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 160 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 154 4 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 118 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 110 6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 107 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 8 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 84 9 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 84 10 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 79 11 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 78 12 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 13 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 75 14 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 73 15 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 72 16 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 71 17 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 71 18 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 69 19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 65 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 61 22 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 58 23 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 54 25 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 52 26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 51 27 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 50 28 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 48 29 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 45 30 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 43 31 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 43 32 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 33 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 41 34 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 35 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 40 36 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 40 37 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 39 38 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 36 39 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 36 40 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 35 41 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 35 42 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34 43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 33 44 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 45 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 32 46 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 30 47 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 30 48 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 30 49 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 29 50 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 29 51 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 52 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 27 53 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 26 54 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 55 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 56 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 57 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 25 58 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 24 59 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 60 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 61 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24 62 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 63 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 64 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 65 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 24 66 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 23 67 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 23 68 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 23 69 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 23 70 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 22 71 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 72 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20 73 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 74 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 19 75 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 19 76 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 19 77 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 78 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 17 79 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 80 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 81 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 82 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 15 83 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 84 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 13 85 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 86 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 87 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 13 88 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 89 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 12 90 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12 91 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 12 92 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 11 93 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11 94 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 9 95 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 96 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 8 97 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 98 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 99 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 100 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 101 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 102 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 4 103 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 4 104 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 105 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 106 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 107 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3 108 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 109 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 110 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 111 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 112 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 113 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 114 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth -1 115 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto -4 116 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -4 117 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 118 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 119 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux -5 120 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 121 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel -5 122 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi -10 Mountains classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 185 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 155 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 92 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 92 5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 90 6 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 8 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 74 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 73 10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 72 11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 65 12 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 63 13 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 56 14 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 50 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 44 17 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 43 18 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 41 19 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 41 20 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 36 22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 36 23 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34 24 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 31 25 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 30 26 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 29 27 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 29 28 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 28 29 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 30 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 28 31 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 26 32 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 26 33 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 34 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 24 35 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 36 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 37 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 38 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 39 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 40 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 18 41 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 42 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17 43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 17 44 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 45 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 16 46 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 47 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 48 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 14 49 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 14 50 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 14 51 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 14 52 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 53 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 13 54 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 56 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 57 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 58 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 10 59 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 60 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 10 61 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 62 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 63 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9 64 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 65 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 66 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 67 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8 68 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 7 69 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 7 70 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 71 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 72 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 73 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3 74 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 75 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 76 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3 77 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 78 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 79 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 80 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2 81 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 82 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 83 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 84 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 85 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1 86 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 87 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 88 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Young rider classification 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 81.38.12 2 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 7.47 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 41.20 4 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 56.22 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.08.24 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.24.47 7 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.28.24 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 1.43.26 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.47.14 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.59.38 11 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.00.20 12 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.07.12 13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.07.27 14 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.09.52 15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.12.53 16 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.21.17 17 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.27.36 18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.27.53 19 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.41.30 20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.46.10 21 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.54.37 22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.58.52 23 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.10.11 24 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.12.52 25 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.20.13 26 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.21.04 27 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.21.52 28 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.26.32 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 241.25.56 2 Discovery Channel Team 15.47 3 Team Csc 25.02 4 Credit Agricole 49.36 5 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 59.43 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.05.22 7 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 1.39.35 8 Rabobank 2.14.04 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.34.57 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.37.41 11 Gerolsteiner 2.59.08 12 Bouygues Telecom 3.02.16 13 Francaise Des Jeux 3.21.13 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.27.14 15 Davitamon - Lotto 3.30.02 16 Domina Vacanze 4.08.39 17 Lampre - Caffita 4.14.01 18 Liquigas - Bianchi 4.41.15 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.45.47 20 Fassa Bortolo 6.00.49 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 6.20.46
