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92nd Tour de France - GT
France, July 2-24, 2005
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Stage 21 - Sunday, July 24: Corbeil-Essonnes - Paris Champs-Élysées, 144 km
Suddenly seven
By Anthony Tan in Paris
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It seemed like only yesterday. A then 27 year-old American by the name of Lance Armstrong standing on the Paris podium, arm across his chest, eyes looking skywards, ears listening to the tune of the star-spangled banner as he basked in the glow of his first Tour victory.
Now it's suddenly seven. Seven Tour de France victories. And seven in a row.
But before that, let's relive the incredible move from Alexandre Vinokourov, who took the final stage of the 92nd Tour de France and left a plethora of sprinters baffled. With 1,500 metres to go, the Kamikaze Kazakhstani dived towards the wheel the lone breakaway Bradley McGee (La Française des Jeux), and although he struggled to get there, Vino still found the energy to sail right past the Sydneysider and Fabian Cancellara for a truly rabbit-out-of-hat win.
"That was victory made of courage and guts - I really gave it all in the last kilometres, although I didn't think it was possible until I crossed the line," said an ecstatic Vinokourov."
"I just went 'à bloc' - it's unbelievable, magnificent! I have no words for it... I did think a lot about Kivilev yesterday in St. Etienne, and I think that motivated me even more. I'm very happy to win."
Although he was up against a very formidable opponent, McGee came very close to pulling off another Tour de France stage win, as he recalled to Cyclingnews. "It was never planned; it was look after the boys, but in the closing stages, it was one of the moves we discussed. I had to go across [to Vinokourov and Krivtsov]; I had to hit him and I did, because I was coming from behind, but he [Vinokourov] just had it all in his favour, you know," he said.
McGee noticed that Vinokourov struggled to get on his wheel, and that motivated him: "Yeah, I hit it hard out of the corner because I've seen the guys coming from behind; I imagined Vino had a bit of acid in his legs - he's been stomping pretty hard these last three weeks - so I just looked at the finish line, put it in the 11 and went for it. I was surprised when he came off me - he came off quite quick. I saw him [Vinokourov] in the sprint, but he wouldn't do it [come around]; he stayed 10 metres off me... he put on a good face. [alluding to bluff - ed.]"
A few seconds later there was Lance Armstrong, the now 33 year-old American bearing the same name, the same pedaling style, and virtually the same face - maybe looking a tad older - rolled across the line, buoyed in the company of his team-mates, with best biking buddy and ever-faithful lieutenant George Hincapie by his side. Victory was his.
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"It was hard for me, hard for my team of course. Basso...has been a great rival. It's tough to race against him, he's too much of a friend. He's perhaps the future of the Tour de France. So, Ivan: next year, this is your step; or Jan: this might be your step next year, I don't know, but I'm outta here, so... I couldn't have done it without my team, who has the best sponsor, programme, trainer, best doctors and all of that for so many years," said Armstrong to a captivated audience, lined six-deep on the Champs Elysées.
Number seven was perhaps his easiest win. Both he and his director Johan Bruyneel admitted this time around, the only pressure Armstrong had was the pressure he placed upon himself. "It's just something I had within myself as a sportsman, I wanted to go out on top. That was the only incentive and that was the only pressure," he said.
But that was more than enough pressure to win again. Right from day one, when he lost the opening time trial to a former team-mate, David Zabriskie, Armstrong got angry. When CSC director Bjarne Riis said he thought the Discovery Channel team for the Tour was strong, but not as strong as in the past, he got even angrier, his team proving the Dane wrong in the team time trial and earning himself the maillot jaune. And after the stage first mountain stage to Courchevel, where the Texan regained the golden fleece after losing it for a day to Jens Voigt, he never looked like giving it back.
As the 33 year-old said after his time trial win yesterday in Saint-Etienne, "There's no reason to continue. It's time for a new face, it's time for a new story - no regrets."
But who is this new face?
Is it the not-so-new face of 1997 champion and this year's third overall Jan Ullrich, who would have surely won at least another two Tours had Armstrong not arrived? Or is it second-placed Ivan Basso, the 27 year-old Italian continuing to improve markedly year after year, and is now very much the complete Grand Tour rider? Or will there be a surprise winner? Take your pick from maillot blanc Yaroslav Popovych, Alexandre Vinokourov, Cadel Evans, Floyd Landis, Andrei Kashechkin or even maillot à pois Michael Rasmussen - that's if he manages to stay on his bike...
Basso told Cyclingnews at the end, "The best thing about this Tour is that I got better and better throughout and have always improved the last four years at the Tour. It's a race that I like and I feel good about. However, now I have to try and win the next year's Tour."
While Der Jan is already thinking about 2006, saying: "I hope I'll be back, I will try!"
How it unfolded
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Today's early afternoon start was welcomed by all, but not so welcome was the intermittent rain that preceded the 1.45pm kick-off in Corbeil-Essonnes. Apart from the final eight laps of six and half kilometres, it was always going to be a lazy run-in to Paris, but the lack of sunshine made for an even lazier beginning.
After the ceremonial passing of champagne within the peloton, along with Armstrong saying his goodbyes to riders, team-managers and whoever else he wanted to say au revoir to - which seemed to take a good two hours - the six-time, soon to be seven-time winner also decided he wanted the last mountain prime of the day at the Côte de Gif-sur-Yvette, coming after 57 kilometres.
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Some 18 kilometres later, things took an interesting twist. Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile), sixth overall at the start of the day but only by two seconds from Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), attacked one and a half kilometres out from the first sprint prime at Chatenay-Malabry and took line honours ahead of Leipheimer, placing both on equal time. On a count-back, the American still led by a fraction of a second, but as it turned out, it was not for long.
As the peloton wound its way to Paris, Française Des Jeux's Philippe Gilbert decided he wanted a bit of TV time, prompting a Discovery-led chase but also resulting in George Hincapie and Yaroslav Popovych sliding out on a tight right-hand corner. Although unhurt, the race jury intelligently decided the rules for a wet finish in Paree would be applied, with the overall time for each rider taken on the first pass of the Champs Elysées. However, to keep the audience on the feet for the finale, the final eighth lap would still determine the stage winner, with 20, 12 and 8 bonus seconds still on offer for first to third respectively.
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Naturally, as 155 riders remaining in this year's race hit the Place de la Concorde and the sun slowly seeped through the clouds, a series of escapes began. There were none were too serious until six laps to go, when a 10-man move broke clear, comprised of: Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak), Salvatore Commesso (Lampre-Cafitta), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), the ever-combative Carlos Da Cruz, Cedric Vasseur (Cofidis), Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo), Michael Albasini (Liquigas-Bianchi), and Domina Vacanze's Andrei Grivko and Alessandro Vanotti.
The break reached a maximum lead of around 30 seconds until Davitamon-Lotto was largely responsible for bringing them back with 24 kilometres left to race. Servais Knaven (Quick.Step-Innergetic) was next to go, albeit only briefly, before team-mate Bram Tankink countered, taking with him Saunier Duval's Chris Horner, the pair doing almost two laps on their on own.
That regrouping took the race down to the nine kilometre mark. Then, some six kilometres later, the crowd saw the start of what turned out to be the surprise winning move...
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Laurent Brochard's (Bouygues Telecom) first attack was chased by Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile), who flew past the Frenchman, taking Yuriy Krivtsov (Ag2r-Prevoyance) and Brad McGee (Française Des Jeux) with him. McGee then countered and got away, only to see the never-say-die figure of Vinokourov clawing his way back to him under the flamme rouge. The Kazakhstani struggled to bridge, but then feigned his real legs, sitting 10 metres back from the Sydneysider before shooting through for a magnificent win, and as a consequence, doing more than enough to end the race fifth overall.
See also: The good old days: Lance finishes on top
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Lining up for the start
- A damp peloton early on
- The most impressive sight in bicycle racing
- Woah! Vansevenant, Commesso, and Da Cruz hit the deck
- The peloton thunders along the Champs Elysees
- There they go
- Davitamon-Lotto leads the peloton
- After it dried up the pace quickened
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) wins the final stage as Brad McGee missed it by that much
- Celebration for Vino, disappointment for McGee
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) wins the final stage
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) enjoying the moment
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) won the final stage
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) ended as Best Sprinter
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) finished with the polka-dot jersey of Best Mountain Climber
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) was the Best Young Rider
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) was the Tour's most aggressive rider
- T-Mobile was the best team in the 2005 Tour de France
- The jersey winners on the podium: Popovych, Hushovd, Armstrong, and Rasmussen
- The jersey winners on the podium: Popovych, Hushovd, Armstrong, and Rasmussen
- Lance Armstrong smiles atop the podium for the final time
- Thanks Jan
- To Jan: this might be your step next year
- The final podium: Ivan Basso (CSC, 2nd), Lance Armstrong (Discovery, 1st), and Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile, 3rd)
- Basso, Lance, and Jan
- Basso, Lance, and Jan on the podium
- Lance Armstrong celebrates number 7
- The final podium on the Champs Elysees is always impressive
- Lance Armstrong Tour de France champion
- The end of an era for Lance and the kids
- Lance Armstrong with some of his most important trophies
- Lance Armstrong with his seventh Sevres bowl
- Lance Armstrong exits the podium, with son Luke
- Lance Armstrong finished with a magic seven Tour de France victories
- The end of the day on the Champs Elysees
Images by Tim Maloney/Cyclingnews.com
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) had a good Tour, but just lost out on his fifth GC place at the end
Images by AFP Photo
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) enjoying himself in the final stage
- Clearly this is Paris
- The peloton rides towards the Arc de Triomphe in the wet
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) goes past the Arc de Triomphe
- Carlos Da Cruz hits the deck with Wim Vansevenant and Salvatore Commesso. Either that or they are engaged in a bit of break dancing on the Champs Elysees.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) wins the final stage
- The jersey winners: Yaroslav Popovych (best young rider), Thor Hushovd (points), Lance Armstrong (overall GC), and Michael Rasmussen (mountains). And Armstrong's kids.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) the toast of the town
- Truly, this is a champagne moment for Lance Armstrong
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) beats Brad McGee and Fabian Cancellara to win the final stage
Images by Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery) comes in to Paris.
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) looking for a stage win.
- Lance Armstrong leads the bunch.
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) held onto the polka-dot jersey.
- A break tries to get up the road.
- The bunch comes in.
- Things heat up at the front.
- Another group tries to get away.
- Chris Horner (Saunier Duval-Prodir) tried hard to get away.
- Alexander Vinokourov (T-Mobile) wins on the Camps E'Lysees.
- Alexander Vinokourov (T-Mobile) very excited with his win.
- Discovery lines up for the obligatory team photo during the parade.
Images by Luc Claessen/www.actiefotos.be
- You're not supposed to do this but what's the Tour organisation going to do to Lance Armstrong for giving an interview during the race - disqualify him?
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) grabs a bottle from the team car
- The devil. Not retiring.
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) in the green jersey of points leader, which he held on to in Paris.
- Ivan Basso (CSC) rides in the bunch on the Champs Elysees
- Lance Armstrong and Discovery round a corner with the Arc de Triomphe in the background
- Lance's fans
- Lance Armstrong and team-mates look happy that it's almost all over.
- Lance Armstrong can taste the winner's champagne now
- Lance Armstrong and team with one-off team jerseys incorporating yellow sleeves for Armstrong's win.
- Lance Armstrong on his last-ever yellow jersey laps of the Champs Elysees
- Davitamon-Lotto moves to the front to chase down an escape.
- Bram Tankink (Quick.Step) leads Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) in their escape attempt of the Champs Elysees
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) wears the white jersey of best young rider on the lap of honour.
- Discovery does a lap of honour.
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) basks in his stage win podium moment. And why not!
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) salutes the crowd as he accepts the award for best young rider.
- Ivan Basso (CSC) and daughter with Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich on the podium
- Podium daddies
- Just kidding! Lance Armstrong announces he's not going to retire after all. (Don't email us, we are making it up)
- The final top three Ivan Basso (CSC, 2nd), Lance Armstrong (Discovery, 1st) and Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile, 3rd)
- Lance Armstrong waves from the podium
- Lance Armstrong waves from the podium
- The jersey winners - best young rider Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery), points winner Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole), overall winner Lance Armstrong (Discovery) with his children and king of the mountains Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank)
- Au revoir!
Images by Elmar Krings
- The Ag2R boys were extremely happy to make it to the finish after a testing Tour
- Illes Balears were missing Valverde after his early exit, but glad it was over
- Stage 6 winner Lorenzo Bernucci and Fabian Cancellara enjoy their time in the sun which luckily came out at some point during the day
- One of these Credit Agricole guys has a special green jersey...can you tell which one?
- Cofidis took a stage win from this year's Tour
- CSC had a great Tour and look set to get even better in 2006
- Riis, Sastre, Voigt and Zabriskie enjoy the finish on the Champs Elysees
- Domina Vacanze had a quiet Tour but found out Petacchi will be there in 2006
- Euskaltel had a quiet Tour after some big expectations before the race
- Time to take out the slippers and relax after a very fast Tour
- Fassa missed Petacchi but still picked up a stage win
- FD Jeux were a tad disappointing but they'll be back and ready next year
- Gerolsteiner enjoyed a strong Tour and enjoy their time cruising the boulevard in Paris
- Who's a happy boy in his green jersey
- Once more, with feeling... Lance waves goodbye to pro cycling
- Play it again, Uncle Sam. Armstrong and the Disco boys carry the stars and stripes in Paris for the last time together
- Lance and the lieutenant carry the pride of the USA along the Champs Elysees
- A reforming Tour for the Liberty Seguros boys
- They should be a force in 2006 after a couple of Tours coming back into the fold
- Liquigas enjoyed mixed fortunes during this year's Tour
- A great race from a great team and it should get even better in 2006
- Paco Mancebo finished fourth and can be extremely satisfied with his performance
- The Lotto Aussies, McEwen and Evans showed everyone what they're capable of in 2005, with Robbie just falling short of another green jersey
- Phonak relax after getting two riders in the top ten overall
- Phonak United... it could be a football team, hey?
- Missing Boonen... the Quickstep team may have had a green jersey if Boonen had been there
- Rabobank are satisfied with their efforts, taking polka dots and two stage wins
- Saunier Duval improved greatly and can relax in Paris
- Juan Manuel Garate and the Saunier Duval squad take it easy
- The top team on the team classification
- Vino was super-strong and relaxes with the magenta gang
- Oppy made it through! With Lesley O'Grady at the helm
Results
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 3.40.57 (39.239 km/h) 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 12 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 13 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 14 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 22 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 24 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 27 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 28 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 29 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 31 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 33 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 34 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 35 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 36 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 38 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 40 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 41 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 42 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 44 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.20 45 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 46 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 47 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 48 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 49 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 50 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 51 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 52 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 54 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 55 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 56 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 57 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 58 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 60 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 61 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 62 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 63 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 64 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 66 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 67 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 68 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 69 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 70 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 71 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 73 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 74 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 75 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 77 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 79 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 80 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 83 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 84 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 86 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 87 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 88 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 90 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 91 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 92 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 95 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 97 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 98 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 99 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 100 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 101 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 102 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 103 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 104 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 105 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 106 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 108 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 109 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 110 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 112 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 113 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 114 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 0.18 115 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 116 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 117 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 118 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 119 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 120 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 121 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 123 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 124 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 125 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 126 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 127 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 128 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 129 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 130 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 131 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 132 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 133 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 134 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 135 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 136 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 137 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 138 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 139 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 140 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 141 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 142 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 143 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 144 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 145 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 146 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 147 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 148 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 149 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 150 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 151 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 152 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 153 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 154 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 155 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner Points 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 35 pts 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 30 3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 26 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 24 5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 22 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 19 8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 18 9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 17 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 11 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 15 12 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 14 13 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 13 14 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 12 15 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 16 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 17 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 9 18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 19 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 7 20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 21 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 5 22 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 23 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3 24 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 25 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountains Côte de Gif-Sur-Yvette - Cat. 4, km 57.1 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 3 pts 2 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Sprints Châtenay-Malabry - km 74.9 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 6 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 4 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 Haut des Champs-Elysées - km 107 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 pts 2 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 Young rider 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.40.57 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 4 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 7 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 8 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 12 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 15 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 0.18 21 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 26 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 28 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner Most combative 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux Teams 1 Francaise Des Jeux 11.02.51 2 Fassa Bortolo 3 Credit Agricole 4 Bouygues Telecom 5 Liquigas - Bianchi 6 Domina Vacanze 7 Davitamon - Lotto 8 Team Csc 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 10 Lampre - Caffita 11 Rabobank 12 T-Mobile Team 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 14 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 15 Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Gerolsteiner 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 20 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 21 Discovery Channel Team Final General classification 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 86.15.02 (41.654 km/h) 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 4.40 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.21 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9.59 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 11.01 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 11.21 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 11.33 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11.55 9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.44 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.04 11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.26 12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 19.02 13 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 21.06 14 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 23.40 15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.43 16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24.07 17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 24.08 18 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 27.45 19 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 28.04 20 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 33.02 21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 34.24 22 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 36.20 23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 38.29 25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 44.30 26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 49.14 27 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 54.03 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55.29 29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 56.47 30 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 59.48 31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.03.25 32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.04.49 33 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.07.57 34 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1.10.53 35 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.11.48 36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.16.21 37 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.18.44 38 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 1.19.05 39 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.20.15 40 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.21.31 41 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 1.24.32 42 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.25.35 43 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.31.38 44 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.33.17 45 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.38.33 46 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.41.14 47 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.41.38 48 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.42.29 49 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.42.35 50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.43.45 51 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.49.22 52 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.53.26 53 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.54.12 54 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.00.39 55 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2.02.23 56 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.03.10 57 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.03.56 58 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.05.20 59 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 2.07.48 60 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 62 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.08.37 63 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.08.56 64 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.09.37 65 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.11.18 66 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.15.17 67 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.15.23 68 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.17.06 69 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.22.41 70 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.24.00 71 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 2.24.08 72 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.24.16 73 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.24.21 74 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.25.27 75 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.26.26 76 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.26.49 77 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.27.19 78 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.28.08 79 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.29.32 80 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.29.34 81 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.31.02 82 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.33.10 83 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.33.59 84 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.34.40 85 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.35.00 86 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.35.52 87 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.36.13 88 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.38.01 89 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.39.27 90 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.39.51 91 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.43.03 92 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.45.03 93 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.46.24 94 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.47.14 95 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 2.49.53 96 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.51.28 97 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.51.58 98 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.52.02 99 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.52.41 100 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.53.46 102 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 2.54.12 103 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.54.35 104 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.54.56 105 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2.55.59 106 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.56.10 107 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 3.00.59 108 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.03.19 109 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.03.36 110 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.04.17 111 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 3.05.12 112 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.07.30 113 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.09.13 114 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.11.02 115 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.14.33 116 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.15.40 117 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.16.06 118 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3.18.21 119 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3.18.44 120 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.20.47 121 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.21.30 122 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.21.50 123 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.23.41 124 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.25.32 125 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.25.36 126 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.27.03 127 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.30.59 128 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.32.40 129 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.34.59 130 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.37.13 131 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.37.31 132 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.37.58 133 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.38.43 134 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.41.52 135 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 3.42.03 136 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.43.05 137 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.44.22 138 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.44.26 139 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 3.46.24 140 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 3.46.54 141 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.47.02 142 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.47.17 143 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.47.35 144 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.49.30 145 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.51.03 146 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.51.50 147 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.54.14 148 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.56.34 149 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 3.59.07 150 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.00.24 151 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.01.40 152 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.02.16 153 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.03.09 154 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.09.25 155 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.20.24 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 194 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 182 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 178 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 158 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 130 6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 118 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 8 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 93 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 91 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 88 11 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 84 12 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 84 13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 14 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 15 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 79 16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 77 17 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 75 18 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 72 19 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 69 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 69 21 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 64 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 61 23 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 58 24 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 58 25 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 55 27 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 54 28 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 54 29 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 52 30 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 50 31 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 46 32 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 33 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 43 34 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 41 35 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 41 36 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 37 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 40 38 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 40 39 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 40 40 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 39 41 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 38 42 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 36 43 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 35 44 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 35 45 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 46 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34 47 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 34 48 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 33 49 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 50 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 32 51 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31 52 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 31 53 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 30 54 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 30 55 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 30 56 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 29 57 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 58 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 27 59 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 60 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 26 61 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 62 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 63 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 64 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 24 65 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 66 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 67 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24 68 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 69 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 70 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 24 71 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 23 72 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 23 73 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 23 74 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 22 75 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 22 76 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 22 77 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20 78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 19 79 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 80 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 81 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 17 82 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 83 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 84 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 85 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 13 86 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 87 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 88 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 13 89 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 90 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 12 91 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12 92 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 12 93 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 94 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11 95 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 9 96 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 97 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 9 98 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 99 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 8 100 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 101 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 102 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 103 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 104 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 105 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 4 106 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 4 107 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 108 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 109 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 110 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3 111 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3 112 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 113 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 114 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 115 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 116 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 117 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth -1 118 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto -4 119 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -4 120 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 121 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 122 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux -5 123 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel -5 124 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi -10 125 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -25 Mountains classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 185 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 155 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 99 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 93 5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 90 6 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 75 8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 74 10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 73 11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 65 12 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 63 13 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 58 14 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 51 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 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 84 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 85 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 86 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1 87 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 88 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 89 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Young rider classification 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 86.34.04 2 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 9.02 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 44.23 4 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 59.42 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.12.36 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.24.43 7 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.35.10 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 1.48.46 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.04.58 11 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.05.14 12 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.09.06 13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.10.30 14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.14.57 15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.15.38 16 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.28.12 17 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.32.56 18 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.33.39 19 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.44.17 20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2.52.00 21 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.01.45 22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 3.08.01 23 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.13.38 24 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.19.41 25 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.24.03 26 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.28.33 27 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.30.28 28 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.32.01 Most combative classification 1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 256.10.29 2 Discovery Channel Team 14.57 3 Team Csc 25.15 4 Credit Agricole 55.24 5 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 1.06.09 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.09.20 7 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 1.47.56 8 Rabobank 2.26.30 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.48.58 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.52.04 11 Gerolsteiner 3.05.20 12 Bouygues Telecom 3.13.31 13 Francaise Des Jeux 3.32.15 14 Davitamon - Lotto 3.37.45 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.41.05 16 Domina Vacanze 4.20.38 17 Lampre - Caffita 4.33.06 18 Liquigas - Bianchi 4.50.57 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 5.03.04 20 Fassa Bortolo 6.13.26 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 6.36.48
