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92nd Tour de France - GT
France, July 2-24, 2005
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Stage 15 - Sunday, July 17: Lézat-sur-Lèze - Saint-Lary Soulan (Pla d'Adet), 205.5 km
Survival of the fittest: A new world order
Is Hincapie Discovery's future Tour contender?
By Anthony Tan and Hedwig Kröner in Saint-Lary Soulan, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney
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The most anticipated stage of the 2005 Tour went better than anticipated and beyond expectation, as the best riders in this year's race went mano-a-mano until the two strongest prevailed - but what one also saw was a surprise winner and a possible successor to Lance Armstrong's throne within Discovery Channel, as 32 year-old Classics man turned mountain man George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) deservedly won the finest victory of his career.
"I kind of decided on my own to go on my own in one of these breaks, get a gap, and be there when Lance needed me," said Hincapie on his earlier motives. "But we ended up getting 18 minutes and once Johan saw that, he said: 'Listen George, you're probably not going to come back here now, you can do your own race.' From then on, I started thinking about the win and thinking it was possible, and for it to work out is a dream come true."
When Lance Armstrong was interviewed after the stage, the maillot jaune was only too happy for his teammate and best friend, and even went as far as saying he could be Discovery's man for next year's Tour de France.
"I'm trying to deal with one thing right now - I just won the biggest race of my life!" smiled a bemused Hincapie. "Let me think about this and other stuff later. You know, I've been working for Lance a long time, and for him to say stuff like that is pretty amazing; if they want to give me a shot, I'll do what I can."
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The only other rider from the original 14-man breakaway to match the American all-star from Greenville, South Carolina, was Spaniard Oscar Pereiro (Phonak), who was also the best-placed GC rider in 24th position at the start of the day. As a consequence of his second-place finish, the 27 year-old moved inside the top 20 on GC and took the day's combativitié prize, but for Pereiro, it was small consolation for doing the lions's share of the work, only to be outsprinted with 300 metres to go.
Said a rather pissed Pereiro at the finish line: "I asked him [Hincapie] to work, as we had to collaborate to battle it out in a sprint - but he didn't. Sometimes it's not the strongest that wins. I think I showed I was one the guys that wanted this stage the most. I thought there was victory in it for me, but that's life... I'll continue trying and one day I hope to be rewarded. Now, I'll continue to help Floyd [Landis] get on the podium."
Back in the peloton, it was predictably a race of attrition. Not too far into the final climb, just Ivan Basso (CSC) and Armstrong were left, while Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) was left floundering in a similar position to what we've seen in years past, losing precious seconds as the kilometres ticked downwards and the road veered upwards. At the line, there was no sprint for sixth, as the 27 year-old Italian and six-time Tour winner rolled across five minutes and four seconds behind Hincapie, silently acknowledging each other's strength.
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"It is a great day for the team," said Armstrong, overjoyed at his teammate's success and looking ever-surer of a seventh Tour victory exactly one week from now.
"It is an ideal situation to have a teammate in the break who didn't have to work and to have three or four guys with me. It was perfect; I could wait until the final climb to ride with Ivan, but also to take time out of Jan. But it wasn't easy being on Ivan's wheel; he was very strong today."
Ninth placed Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile), who was unable to respond to an early, though hardly difficult acceleration from Basso on the Pla d'Adet, did what he always does, containing his losses as best as he could, but today his best was still one and a half minutes behind Armstrong. While the powerful German retained his fourth place overall, his [time] deficit on GC is far too large to see him wearing yellow, and will have his work cut out for him just to make the podium come Paris.
While Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) isn't at the top level he was throughout the second week of the race, the lanky Dane isn't faltering, either. Today, the 31 year-old former world MTB champion dug deep to finish a mere four seconds behind Ullrich and only lose one place on the overall to Basso - and with just 23 seconds between them, the Italian should be wary if Chicken decides to fly the coop once more.
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"I wanted to stay in the race for the podium, but at first, it was a matter of controlling at not letting any dangerous people get away as far as the [mountains] jersey goes," Rasmussen said after the stage. "It's almost practically impossible that I lose the jersey right now, so yes, I can focus 100 percent on the podium. I'm very happy with the way things are going."
Ullrich's teammate Alexandre Vinokourov, who rarely fails to attack but never quite cracks, rode the stage the only way he knows how - by attacking, of course! Vino may have given up hopes of a podium finish, but winning a stage? Never! "You know, I always attack, it's in my head, that's how I am," said the hard-headed though likeable Kamikaze Kazakhstani. "It just gets very hard after two weeks of riding and then there's the heat. I suffered a little, but I wanted to break the others' rhythm by attacking."
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Next to come in behind the Kazakhstan national champion was Gerolsteiner's Levi Leipheimer, who rode commendably to finish on his on in 13th place, and now finds himself sitting pretty in sixth on GC. "It was just...just survival. All anybody can do is do their own pace... " said the exhausted 31 year-old American straight after he finished.
Tomorrow in Pau, the second and final rest day takes place before the 2005 Tour is laid to rest one week from now. Those riders still well-placed on the classement général have 24 hours to mull over what is ostensibly their last chance on Stage 16 from Mourenx to Pau, given Armstrong's dominance against the clock in each of his previous six Tour victories. But for the sprinters, it feels like the battle for green's just getting started...
How it unfolded
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Sunday's Stage 15 was the Queen Stage of the 2005 Tour de France, the hardest stage of the race with five tough ascents before the final Hors Categorie climb to Saint-Lary Soulan (Pla d'Adet), where Lance Armstrong took top honours four years ago. With a blast of hot, humid high pressure from Africa baking southern Europe, the day's stage was made even more difficult from the weather conditions.
At 11:10, Stage 15 got under way in first time stage town Lézat-sur-Lèze and the temp was 24 degrees celsius. There were a few preliminary attacks as always, but things got serious after 20km near Sabarat, when a 10 rider group got a gap, including Arrieta (Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne), Botero (Phonak Hearing Systems), Contador and Serrano (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Pellizotti (Liquigas-Bianchi), Augé (Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone), Pineau (Bouygues Telecom), Commesso (Lampre-Caffita), Casar (Française Des Jeux) and Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), but Discovery chased the dangerous break down after 6km.
In the tiny village of Maury after 28 km, Boogerd (Rabobank) was on the attack and got a gap, which provoked a big reaction and 13 riders go across to him. The bakers dozen plus Boogie were Hincapie (Discovery Channel), Sevilla (T-Mobile Team), Dekker and Kroon (Rabobank), Pereiro (Phonak Hearing Systems), Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Davis (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Caucchioli (Credit Agricole), Brochard and Pineau (Bouygues Telecom), Bertolini (Domina Vacanze), Camano (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Astarloza (Ag2r-Prevoyance). Davis took the sprint in Clermont with the peloton chasing behind, but once the news filtered back to the peloton who was up the road, they sat up and the big break was quickly 4'00 up the road. At the next intermediate sprint in Argein (km 69.5), Bertolini took the sprint, with Discovery Channel riding easy tempo 13'00 behind.
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Atop the first climb, the Cat. 2 Col du Portet d'Aspet (souvenir Casartelli) a 5.9km, 6.9% climb to 1069m, Rabobank's Dekker was driving the break and at the summit, the 13 escapees had 17'24 on the peloton. On the descent of the Portet d'Aspet, the break and peloton passed the flower bedecked monument where Italian 1992 Olympic Champion Fabio Casartelli died after a crash ten years ago tomorrow. The status-quo remained as Dekker and Kroon drove the pace up and over the Cat. 1 Col de Menté, a 7km climb at 8.1% to 1349m., where Luis Ocaña crashed out of the 1971 Tour De France while wearing the maillot jaune. The gap over the top back to the peloton was 17'57 with 120km still left to race.
As the heat and fast pace began to take its toll as the temps climbed into the low 30s. The break sped down the tricky descent to Saint-Beat and the feed zone with the gap now 19'10, the largest gap for any break in this year's Tour De France. The race then passed through Spain for 10km, where the Cat. 1 Col du Portillon began. Ascending to 1320m, Portillon is an 8.3km climb with a 7.2% grade, and while Rabobank continued to drive the break, CSC sent Luke Roberts to the front to up the pace as the third of the day's six ascents approached, but Basso had a puncture, which shut off the CSC action. Up front, Dekker dropped off the break after his day's work was done, while his teammate Kroon took over. Atop the Portillon, Astarloza, Pineau and Bertogliati had all dropped off, leaving 10 up front as the hot wind began to pick up as the afternoon progressed. As the peloton climbed up the Portillon, CSC's Sorensen had limited the gap to 16'30 behind.
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Down the wide open descent the now 10 front runners were still working hard, with Pereiro and the Rabobank riders driving the pace. Hincapie was just sitting on, acting as break police for his Discovery Channel leader, maillot jaune Armstrong. As the Cat. 1 Col de Peyresourde commenced with 56km to race, the day's longest ascent at 13km, a 6.9% climb to 1569m, Kroon pushed the pace hard and then dropped off, and he and his Rabobank team were doing a great job of taking the pressure off of Rasmussen and defending his maillot a pois of the Tour's best climber.
The gap was still around 15'00 as the groupe maillot jaune began the first slopes of Peyresourde. Carlos Sastre was doing the forcing for CSC, with Armstrong, Popovych, Azevedo and Rubiera (Discovery Channel), Ullrich, Klöden and Vinokourov (T-Mobile Team), Basso (CSC), Landis (Phonak), Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), maillot a pois Rasmussen (Rabobank), Mazzoleni (Lampre-Cafitta), Horner and Piepoli (Saunier Duval), Moreau and Kashechkin (Credit Agricole), Mancebo Illes Balears), Contador and Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) and Evans (Davitamon-Lotto). The stakes were getting higher as Discovery Channel took over the chase and atop the Peyresourde, the gap was 11'28 behind the break.
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The sweltering heat was at its peak as the break and the groupe maillot jaune plunged down to Loudenvielle, where the penultimate climb of the day began. Perhaps inspired by his Tour de France stage win here eight years ago, Brochard rode hard before the ascent of the Cat. 1 Col de Val Louron-Azet, but his tempo was quickly matched by Pereiro and Boogerd. Hincapie looked good and was just marking everything, obviously under team orders not to work. There were now just six riders left up front: Pereiro, Boogerd, Hincapie, Caucchioli Brochard and Sevilla as the 7.5km climb at 7.9% grade commenced.
Pereiro and Boogerd were doing the forcing up front, while Hincapie and Sevilla were sitting on. Savoldelli and Guerini came back to the peloton on the descent and as the Col de Val Louron-Azet began for the groupe maillot jaune. Sastre went to the front and upped the pace, then Guerini took over the forcing. Next it was Vino's turn, then Basso wound up the pace and all this action completely exploded the groupe maillot jaune. Ullrich was gapped, but dieseled his way back on to Armstrong and Basso. After 2.5km of the penultimate ascent of Stage 15, the break was 8'30 on the group MJ, with maillot a pois Rasmussen almost a half minute back. It was deja vu from the final ascent the day before as Basso and Armstrong powered away with Ullrich hanging on. This was the status quo at the summit of Val Louron-Azet, with the break now 7'37 ahead. But down the mountain to Saint-Lary Soulan at the base of the day's final ascent, the maillot a pois chase group had not rejoined the groupe maillot jaune.
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As the steep 10.7km long, 7.6% grade up to the mountaintop finish of the Hors Categorie Pla d'Adet climb to 1669m, this situation wouldn't last for long. The break was now whittled down to four, with Pereiro, Boogerd, Caucchioli and Hincapie 7'05 up the road. Basso attacked hard and only Armstrong could follow. Ullrich was 0'15 behind, with Rasmussen's group 1'25 behind, 8'30 behind the break. In Rasmussen's group, Vino then attacked and Mancebo came across to him. But the T-Mobile strategy to take time from the determined Dane backfired as Rasmussen increased the pace on the last half of the climb and rode away from Vino to close down on Ullrich by the finish of the stage.
Up front, Pereiro attacked with 5km to go and only Hincapie could stay with him. The Phonak man tried to drop Hincapie several times, but it was nothing doing. Hincapie sprinted away from Pereiro and gapped him, sitting up 50 meters from the line, clutching his head in disbelief. George shook his head and then raised his arms for a victory salute for the biggest win of his career.
Caucchioli was a solid third at 0'38, while Rabobank's Boogerd, whose team rode so well today was 4th at 0'57, ahead of tough old (37 today) mullet man Brochard at 2'19. Basso and Armstrong finished sixth and seventh, 5'04 behind Hincapie.
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When the dust settled on the hot, hard day, the Tour's toughest, CSC's Basso had gone past Rasmussen into second on GC. The maillot a pois maintained his possible podium spot, as Ullrich managed to pull back a little time on Rasmussen, but not much. The Dane is still 2'49 ahead of the powerful German, but the skinny Dane nicknamed Chicken may need more than that to hold Der Kaiser in next Saturday's penultimate TT. Paco Mancebo had a good day in the heat and suffered to 5th, jumping two places on GC past two Americans. Levi Leipheimer rode smart today and leaped past Floyd Landis into 6th. Landis cracked on the final ascent to Pla d'Adet and lost 4'33 to maillot jaune Armstrong, falling back to 7th on GC. Discovery Channel's other podium visitor Yaro Popovych moved up one place on GC to 12th, and stretched his lead on Kashechkin for the Best Young Rider title to almost 6'00.
Rest Day Monday, July 18, Pau
Stage 16 - Tuesday, July 19: Mourenx-Pau, 180.5km
After a rest day in Pau, the action starts again in the final mountain stage of the 92nd Tour de France. Starting west of Pau in Mourenx, Stage 16 climbs into the heart of the western Pyrenees over the Cat. 3, 4.4km at 6.2%, Col d'Ichere, then the Cat. 2 Col de Marie-Blanque, a 9.3km ascent at7.7%, then up the legendary Col d'Aubisque, the final hors categorie climb of the Tour. Aubisque is 16.5km long at 7%, then it's 72km back over rolling terrain to Pau, with only a small Cat.4 Cote de Pardies-Pietat with 20km to race likely to be a springboard for the winning attack.
Photography
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- A yellow Live Strong bracelet hangs from the top of Fabio Casartelli's memorial.
- The front side of the Casartelli memorial features a sundial which hilights special moments in Fabio Casartelli's life from start to end.
- A view of the whole memorial.
- Fabio Casartelli's mother, wife and son look to the sky while remembering Fabio.
- The break rolls through the countryside.
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) leads the bunch on the Col de Mente.
- An Euskaltel rider woooshes by.
- Another group making its way up.
- Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) works on his climbing.
- Magnus Backstedt (Bianchi-Liquigas) had some troubles on the road today.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) wins his first ever Tour stage
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) grits his teeth to get across the finish line.
- Ivan Basso (CSC) leads in Lance Armstrong at the finish.
- Oscar Sevilla (T-mobile) leads in Jan Ullrich.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) makes it in.
- Mickael Rasmussen (Rabobank) comes in at 6'32 back after a long hard day.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) struggles in at 7'33 back, slipping to 8th in GC.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) up close
- George Hincapie (Discovery) salutes from the podium.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- George Hincapie and Oscar Pereiro fight it out for the victory
- Hincapie and Pereiro nearly there
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) leading Hincapie
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) driving for home
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) salutes on Pla d'Adet
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) wins the stage
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) was second
- Pietro Caucchioli (CA) near the end
- Pietro Caucchioli (CA) comes home for third
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) aims dead ahead
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) in a lot of pain
- Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) wants it to end
- La Broche finishes his ride
- Ivan Basso (CSC) was determined to consolidate his second place
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) did what he had to today
- Basso and Armstrong with 350 to go
- Ivan Basso (CSC) with Armstrong on his wheel
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) finishes, no problems today
- Sevilla and Ullrich coming home
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) had to go deep again today
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) finishes
- Oscar Sevilla (T-mobile) leads home a blown Jan Ullrich
- Mancebo and Rasmussen battle for time
- Rasmussen leads Mancebo across
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) rode a great final climb
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) fighting his way to the top
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) has a lot of power back there
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) suffered a lot
- Christophe Moreau (Credit Agricole lost a bit more time today
- Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel) leads Evans home
- Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre) on the way in
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) comes home, somewhat off the pace
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) defended his white jersey today
- Giro winner Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel)
- A disappointed Jan Ullrich after the finish
- Any left?
- Smilin' George
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) on the podium
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) can feel Paris now
- Raymond Poulidour congratulates Lance on another yellow
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Armstrong and Ullrich
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) freshens up
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) very concentrated
- Armstrong and Basso up and at 'em
- Basso and Armstrong come up the final climb
- That was nice says George Hincapie
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) with Fabio Casartelli's son
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) on the podium
Images by Luc Claessen/www.actiefotos.be
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) upbeat at the start
- Fans of Lance
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) in the sunflowers
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) framed by sunflowers
- The peloton through sunflowers
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) taking it steady
- Oscar Sevilla (T-mobile) on a descent
- Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) on a descent
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) plays follow the leaders
- Mikel Astarloza (Ag2r)
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) gives it full gas
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) loves that molten tar
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) on his way down
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) descends serenely
- Walter Beneteau (Bouygues)
- Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) worried
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) watchful
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues) scared, after puncturing on a descent
- Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) relaxed
- Johan Vansummeren (Davitamon-Lotto)
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) keeps his cool
Images by AFP Photo
- Christophe Moreau (Credit Agricole leads the peloton early on
- Discovery Channel sets the early tempo
- Armstrong and Basso in discussion
- Some cows take no interest in the proceedings
- A portrait in yellow
- How to get run over in the Tour de France
- That can't be good for you
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) sprays water over himself on a hot climb
- A determined Ivan Basso, with Armstrong on his wheel
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) approaches the line
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) wins on Pla d'Adet
Results
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 6.06.38 (33.63 km/h) 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.06 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 0.38 4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.57 5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.19 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 5.04 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6.28 9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6.32 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 7.33 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7.54 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.14 15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.47 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 8.54 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 9.32 19 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.34 20 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10.37 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.00 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.27 23 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 11.58 24 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 12.13 26 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 27 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 12.17 28 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 12.44 29 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.13 30 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.49 31 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.01 32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.22 33 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 14.28 34 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.54 35 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 15.09 36 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16.01 37 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 16.11 38 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16.31 39 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.23 40 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 18.48 41 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19.34 42 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 20.41 43 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 24.01 45 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 24.43 46 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 26.14 47 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 35.42 48 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36.09 49 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 52 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 54 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 56 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 58 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 60 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 61 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 62 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 64 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 66 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 67 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 68 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 69 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 70 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 71 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 73 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 74 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 75 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 77 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 78 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 79 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 80 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 81 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 82 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 86 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 87 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 88 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 89 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 90 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 91 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 92 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 94 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 95 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 96 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 97 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 98 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 99 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 101 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 37.57 102 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 44.10 103 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 105 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 106 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 107 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 108 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 109 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 111 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 112 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 113 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 114 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 115 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 116 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 117 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 119 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 120 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 121 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 122 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 123 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 124 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 125 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 126 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 127 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 128 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 129 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 131 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 132 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 133 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 134 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 135 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 136 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 137 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 138 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 139 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 140 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 141 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 142 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 143 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 144 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 145 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 146 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 147 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 148 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 149 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 150 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 151 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 152 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 153 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 154 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 155 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 157 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 46.37 158 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze DNF Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step DNF David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Points 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 20 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 15 4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 13 5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 10 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 9 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 8 9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 10 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5 12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 4 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 3 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains Col du Portet d'Aspet (souvenir Casartelli) - Cat. 2, km 85 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 9 3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 8 4 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6 6 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 Col de Menté - Cat. 1, km 100.5 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15 pts 2 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 13 3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11 4 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 8 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 7 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 8 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Col du Portillon - Cat. 1, km 137.5 1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 15 pts 2 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 13 3 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 9 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 7 7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 6 8 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Col de Peyresourde - Cat. 1, km 162 1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 pts 2 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 13 3 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 9 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 8 6 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 7 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 8 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Col de Val-Louron-Azet - Cat. 1, km 182.5 1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11 4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9 5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 8 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 7 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 8 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Saint-Lary-Soulan (Pla-d'Adet) - HC, km 205.5 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 40 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 32 4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 28 5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 20 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 16 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 14 9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 10 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10 Sprints Clermont - km 37 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 3 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 Argein - km 69.5 1 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 pts 2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 Young rider 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 6.16.10 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.05 3 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.12 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.50 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.29 6 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.59 7 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.37 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 9 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 10 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 17 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 28.25 18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 34.38 19 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 21 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 24 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 25 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 26 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 27 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 28 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux Most combative 1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems Teams 1 Discovery Channel Team 18.34.30 2 T-Mobile Team 5.53 3 Credit Agricole 7.00 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 12.27 5 Bouygues Telecom 15.54 6 Rabobank 17.36 7 Team Csc 21.29 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 25.19 9 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 26.30 10 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 28.01 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 43.33 12 Domina Vacanze 48.40 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 53.45 14 Gerolsteiner 1.05.36 15 Davitamon - Lotto 1.06.29 16 Lampre - Caffita 1.06.36 17 Fassa Bortolo 1.33.51 18 Francaise Des Jeux 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.41.52 20 Liquigas - Bianchi 21 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone General classification after stage 15 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 62.09.59 (42.309 km/h) 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.46 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3.09 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.58 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.31 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7.35 7 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.33 8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 9.38 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.47 10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12.01 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12.57 12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 14.27 13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.26 14 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 17.56 15 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18.16 16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 19.03 17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.30 18 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 19.35 19 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 20.35 20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.48 21 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 27.20 22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 27.37 23 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 28.47 24 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 38.51 25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 41.25 26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 41.44 27 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 42.17 28 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 44.49 29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.30 30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 50.20 31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 51.09 32 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52.41 33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 52.47 34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 55.03 35 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 56.18 36 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 59.05 37 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 1.00.56 38 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 1.08.04 39 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.08.29 40 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11.18 41 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.14.45 42 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.17.55 43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.19.35 44 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.19.39 45 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.20.11 46 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.24.20 47 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.27.15 48 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.28.38 49 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.30.49 50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.32.57 51 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.35.31 52 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.40.33 53 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.40.37 54 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.41.26 55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.43.55 56 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.44.11 57 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 1.44.16 58 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.44.50 59 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.44.55 60 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.46.41 61 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.47.09 62 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.48.55 63 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.49.14 64 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.49.31 65 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.49.51 66 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.51.26 67 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.52.06 68 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52.21 69 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.54.14 70 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.54.49 71 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.54.58 72 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.55.26 73 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.56.53 74 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.58.15 75 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.01.48 76 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.01.49 77 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.02.26 78 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.03.10 79 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.05.00 80 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.05.52 81 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 2.06.05 82 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.06.17 83 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.06.29 84 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.07.24 85 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.09.15 86 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.10.14 87 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.10.28 88 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.10.38 89 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.10.39 90 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.13.00 91 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.14.34 92 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 2.15.31 93 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.16.18 94 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.16.24 95 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2.16.45 96 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.17.09 97 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.17.23 98 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.18.26 99 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.22.50 100 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.23.37 101 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.24.24 102 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.24.56 103 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.27.45 104 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 105 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.28.25 106 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.28.38 107 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.30.52 108 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.31.34 109 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.31.42 110 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.32.18 111 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.33.33 112 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 2.38.49 113 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.40.50 114 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 2.41.31 115 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 2.42.47 116 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.43.12 117 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.46.35 118 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.47.02 119 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.48.49 120 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.49.04 121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.50.10 122 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.52.49 123 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.53.29 124 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.54.31 125 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 2.55.06 126 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.55.20 127 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.57.35 128 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.58.00 129 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.58.20 130 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.58.42 131 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.59.17 132 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.59.35 133 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.59.36 134 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.59.46 135 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.01.06 136 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.04.19 137 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.05.57 138 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.06.20 139 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 3.06.29 140 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 3.07.16 141 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.07.20 142 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.07.56 143 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.08.16 144 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.08.40 145 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.09.29 146 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.09.50 147 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.11.05 148 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.11.37 149 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.11.48 150 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.14.52 151 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.16.09 152 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.17.33 153 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.18.44 154 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.18.45 155 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 3.20.42 156 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.22.14 157 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.25.39 158 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.33.05 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 164 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 150 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 142 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 90 5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 81 7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 79 8 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 77 9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 10 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 75 11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 73 12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 71 13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 67 14 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 66 15 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 61 16 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 56 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 54 20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 21 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 45 22 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 43 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 43 24 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 25 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 42 26 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 40 27 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 38 28 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 37 29 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 37 30 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 31 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 32 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 29 33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 29 34 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 29 35 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 27 36 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 37 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 38 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 39 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 24 40 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 24 41 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24 42 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 43 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24 44 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 45 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 46 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 47 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 24 48 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 23 49 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 23 50 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 23 51 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 23 52 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 22 53 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20 54 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 55 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 19 57 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18 58 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 59 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 60 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16 61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 62 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 15 63 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 64 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 65 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14 66 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 67 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 68 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 69 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12 70 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 71 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 12 72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 11 73 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 11 74 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11 75 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11 76 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 11 77 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 78 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 79 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 80 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 8 81 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 8 82 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 83 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 84 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 85 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 86 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 87 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 88 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 89 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4 90 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 91 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 92 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 4 93 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 4 94 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 95 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 4 96 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 97 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 98 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3 99 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 100 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 101 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 2 102 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 103 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 104 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 105 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 106 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 107 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 108 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -4 109 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 110 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 111 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 112 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel -5 113 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux -5 114 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance -5 115 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi -10 116 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto -10 Mountains classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 185 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 114 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 92 4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 90 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 89 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 71 11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 65 12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 56 13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 44 15 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 41 16 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 17 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 36 18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 36 19 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34 20 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 31 21 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 30 22 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 23 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 26 24 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 25 25 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 27 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 20 28 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 29 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 30 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 31 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 18 32 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17 33 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 34 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 35 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 16 36 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 37 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 38 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 39 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 14 40 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 14 41 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 13 43 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 45 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12 46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 47 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 48 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 49 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 10 50 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 51 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9 52 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 53 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 54 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 55 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 56 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 57 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 58 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 4 59 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 60 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3 61 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 62 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 63 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 64 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 65 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 66 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 67 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 68 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 69 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 70 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 Young rider classification 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 62.24.26 2 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 6.08 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 36.42 4 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 54.02 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.05.12 6 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.05.44 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.18.30 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 1.29.49 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.40.22 10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.48.43 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.51.25 12 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.56.01 13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.58.33 14 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.02.56 15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.03.59 16 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.08.23 17 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.09.10 18 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.13.18 19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.17.07 20 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.32.35 21 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.43.08 22 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.43.53 23 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.44.15 24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.45.08 25 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 2.51.53 26 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.53.49 27 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.56.38 28 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.04.18 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 184.24.01 2 Discovery Channel Team 19.28 3 Team Csc 21.58 4 Credit Agricole 28.11 5 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 32.09 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 34.30 7 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 1.31.14 8 Rabobank 1.42.42 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.47.57 10 Gerolsteiner 2.15.43 11 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.34.42 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.41.11 13 Bouygues Telecom 2.52.22 14 Davitamon - Lotto 3.02.50 15 Francaise Des Jeux 3.23.03 16 Domina Vacanze 3.24.08 17 Lampre - Caffita 3.36.51 18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.25.49 19 Liquigas - Bianchi 4.26.45 20 Fassa Bortolo 4.33.36 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.12.04
