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92nd Tour de France - GT
France, July 2-24, 2005
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Stage 7 - Friday, July 8: Lunéville - Karlsruhe, 228.5 km
McEwen does the double
Wegmann's solo flight pays off with maillot à pois
Tim Maloney-European Editor in Karlsruhe
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Three faces told the story of Stage 7 today in Karlsruhe, Germany. Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) crossed the finish line with a huge grin of satisfaction, while just behind him, a fast closing Magnus Bäckstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi) just ran out of road. The huge Swede speedster might have gotten past any other man, but the experience and smarts of Robbie McEwen snagged the Queenslander his seventh career Tour de France stage win.
"It was a great win for me and also for my Davitamon-Lotto team today," exulted Robbie after the stage, with a win that brought him within striking distance of the maillot vert he wants in Paris. Bäckstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi), who powered past McEwen just after the line was pleased at his second place. Once Maggie got his 90+ kilos going, he is hard to stop and explained post-stage, "Yeah, I'm happy how the stage turned out today. I was the sprinter today for our team and if I had another 20 meters..."
The freckled face of Fabian Wegmann beamed as he stood on the Tour de France podium to don his maillot à pois of Best Climber as the German crowds cheered for the day's hero. Author of a 160km solo break, was also voted most aggressive rider and the rider from Munster told the media, "This is a dream come true for me. Yesterday I told my teammates that the best thing in the world would be to stand on that podium and hear that music in Germany."
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In front of huge crowds on a Friday afternoon in Karlsruhe, birthplace of Baron of Drais de von Sauerbronn, inventor of the precursor to the bicycle, radsport fans saw a tumultuous, wide open sprinters' show with thrills and chills and spills.
Robbie explained post-stage, "My (Davitamon-Lotto) team worked so well for me all day today. We brought the break back and in the last 10km, I had Van Bon and Rodriguez who brought me to the finish. Today the whole team was just fantastic. I took Rodriguez's wheel in the last kilometre and he led out the sprint perfectly for me..." When asked about his now 2-2 Tour de France match-up with Tom Boonen, Robbie laughed and said, "this isn't football...with Tom, I have a sporting rivalry. After being DQ'ed in Tours, I thought I didn't have a chance to get the (maillot vert) but I still think I have a chance at it."
After crashing hard at km 23, Boonen had bloody abrasions to his left butt cheek and ankle, a deep cut in his left elbow, as well as pain in his lower back. Boonen did a test in the second intermediate sprint to see how he felt and all was OK, as he beat Hushovd for second. In the final kilometre, he lost his leadout man Trenti when Jaan Kirsipuu took out Trenti's front wheel. After changing out of his ripped, bloody shorts, big boy Boonen explained, "Yeah, I crashed today and that was hurting me a little bit in the sprint, but not much. As the sprint started, I was on the left and Robbie was on the right and the peloton was filling up the middle of the road. It opened up on his side in the last 100m. and he got through. But it's good for the race to have a match like this between Robbie and me."
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So far, Lance Armstrong isn't feeling the pressure in the 92nd Tour de France, despite his the third day in the maillot jaune. "Nothing compared to last year, so I'm a little relieved that I don't have that pressure of trying to win the sixth Tour that nobody thought could be done. (This Tour) is different in that regard. And also, the race is about to start. We've made it through the first week, there's not been any major crises; in fact, I think it's been a pretty good week. Of course, these stages are always scary; you have to stay out of trouble. I'm glad to be one week down and two to . We've lucked into the (maillot jaune) so far. There are two or three teams that are interested in keeping the group together. And when that happens, (Discovery Channel) ride a tempo, a medium tempo during the race and then when they take over to bring the entire race back together for a field sprint, it works out well for us. So we might be defending (maillot jaune), but we're getting a lot of help."
As for the upcoming stages in the Vosges Mountains of eastern France this weekend, which hold the first real climbing of the 92nd Tour de France, Armstrong was asked whether he feared an attack by Kazakh champion Alex Vinokourov (T-Mobile). The sextuple Tour champ affirmed that Vino was one of the danger men to watch. "He's always aggressive, always ready to attack. He's a great rider who's especially motivated for this Tour. I have to confess that I don't know (Saturday's) climb, only what I read on paper. (2nd cat. Col de la Schlucht/16.8km climb 4.4% avg. gradient, which begins with 29km to go). But I feel certain that my condition is good enough to follow some attacks. In fact, some attacks would be nice so we don't have a field sprint again."
How it unfolded
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Today's Stage 7 from Lunéville, France to Karlsruhe, Germany over 228.5km, started with 187 riders, as Claudio Corioni abandoned after Stage 6. The day commenced with a 4.1 km neutral section and the flag fell at 12:08 for the official start. As is usual in this year's Tour de France, Rabobank was active from the start, but the first real break escaped after 12 km, with Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto), Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) Quinziato (Saunier Duval), Vicioso (Liberty), Bäckstedt (Liquigas) and Rich (Gerolsteiner). It was brought back quickly, and after 23km, maillot vert Tom Boonen crashed hard, sustaining abrasions on his left side and hurting his back. Van Bon (Davitamon-Lotto) and Dekker (Rabobank) attacked before the sprint in Rambervillers (km 32.5) and JP Nazon (Ag2r) and Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) tried to bridge, but Van Bon and Dekker took the points with Hushovd (Credit Agricole) third. Boonen didn't contest sprint after his crash.
After 40km, seven riders attacked before the Cat. 4 Col de la Chipotte; Flecha (Fassa), Contador (Liberty), Rodriguez (Davitamon), Scholz (Gerolsteiner), Chavanel (Cofidis), Carlstrom (Liquigas), and Petrov (Lampre) but they were caught before the top. Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) won the climb ahead of Voeckler and Augé. Like a battery bunny, Wegmann continued on his own, with McEwen bridging just over the top. The average speed in the first hour of racing was again blazing fast at 48.8 km/h. It was hard to figure why McEwen (who was fourth over the climb) went with Wegmann: perhaps to talk him out of breaking away in the first place.
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After 50km, Lampre-Cafitta's Spezialetti crashed hard on his face and cut his lip deeply and decided to abandon, while six kilometres later, Zampieri (Phonak) abandoned, leaving 185 riders left in Le Tour. After 62km, McEwen realised that he didn't want to be there and sat up, leaving Wegmann all alone up front, 1'20 lead ahead of the Discovery Channel led peloton. But McEwen didn't rejoin the peloton in the conventional manner - instead he hid in the bushes and waited for it to go past before slipping on from the back. Why? Because he could.
After 72.5km, Wegmann began the Cat. 3 Col du Hantz, a 3.5 km ascent and continued his lonely path from Lunéville to Karlsruhe. Behind the peloton, yesterday's crash victim Mengin (FDJ) was already 1'50 off the back. At the summit of the Col du Hantz, Wegmann is maillot jaune virtuel, with only 110 km to go to the German border. 7'05 behind, Wegmann's Gerolsteiner teammates Ronny Scholz and Beat Zberg were second and third, meaning that Wegmann secured the mountains jersey for the day.
After a 100km of racing, Wegmann had 6'50 a lead and at the feed zone in Urmatt, his average speed was 47.3 km/h after two hours. Discovery Channel was still up front riding tempo and as the Tour approached the outskirts of Molsheim, home of historic French automobile Bugatti, the on and off rain showers were on again. By the center of Molsheim, the determined Wegmann increased his lead to 8'30 as he got a bidon from his Gerolsteiner team car.
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30 kilometres later under on and off rain, Wegmann was in Quatzenheim, with just under 100km to race, while Discovery Channel were just letting Wegmann dangle 8'00 in front until the sprinters took over. With 80km to go, Wegmann hit the second intermediate sprint in Brumath just under 8'00 ahead. Tongue extended, his mouth like a mad dog, Moreau (Crédit Agricole) hit the front to set up the second intermediate sprint for Hushovd, but Trenti (Quick.Step) moved up with Boonen on his wheel to take second from Hushovd.
With 75km to race after the second intermediate sprint, Wegmann's lead began to drop fast, as Davitamon-Lotto send three riders up front to increase the tempo, but the freckle faced Gerolsteiner rider continued riding his heart out, knowing his dream of donning the maillot à pois would come true in a few hours. Across the Rhine River valley Wegmann rode, crossing the Franco-German border near Wintersdorf with 39.5km to race with a 2'40 lead. Quick.Step, Davitamon-Lotto and Credit Agricole were all chasing hard now, and just outside of the tiny burg of Neumalsch, Wegmann was absorbed after a gutsy, rewarding 160km solo breakaway.
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On the long, straight run-in and then through the city streets of Karlsruhe, the sprinters' trains battled and under the flamme rouge with 1km to race, it was Francaise de Jeux trying to get Cooke and Eisel home first. With 400m to go, Kirsipuu clipped Trenti's front wheel and took maillot vert Boonen's leadout man out of the action. As the riders charged to the line, McEwen went right with Bäckstedt trying to wind it up enough to get past him. Boonen was all alone in the middle with only the left open to him. Behind the front row, Davis switched lines and took out Galvez (Illes Balears) and Furlan (Domina Vacanze), who got up at after the crash and blamed the Spanish sprinter. McEwen held off Bäckstedt for the win and moved within 37 points of maillot vert Boonen.
Stage 8 - Saturday, July 9: Pforzheim-Gérardmer, 231.5km
One week down in the 92nd Tour de France and Stage 8 starts in the German city of Pforzheim in the Black Forest, renowned for its jewelry production. The Tour now heads due west into France and a finish in new stage town Gérardmer, a quaint French summer resort in the Vosges Mountains. With 29km to go on stage 8, the major difficulty of the day is the 2nd cat. Col de la Schlucht, a 16.8km climb with a 4.4% avg. gradient, then a sinuous 15km descent to the finish in Gérardmer.
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- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) spends much of the day solo.
- The peloton passes an old US military jeep.
- Discovery comes to the front after the feed zone.
- Fans are out as the race approaches Germany.
- The group still together after the start.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) riding in the green of the top sprinter.
- Heading towards Germany the terrain changes and the trees are denser.
- Fans watch as the group rounds the bend towards the finishing straight.
- A crash with 200m to go took out Isaac Galvez (C) and Angelo Furlan (L)
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep), Baden Cooke (Francaise Des Jeux) going for it at the line.
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) celebrates his second stage win
- Robbie McEwen (Davitomon-Lotto) does it again.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Grey skies and rain greeted the riders today
- The Tour passes through Germany
- Deutschland greets the Tour
- Lance Armstrong unpacks his lunch, while Santi Botero looks at his tunafish flavoured energy bar somewhat quizzically
- Lance, Vino, and Jan never far from each other
- McEwen and Backstedt fight it out for the win
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) beats Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi) to win stage 7 in Karlsruhe
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) celebrates as he wins stage 7
- Armstrong and Hincapie ride across the line
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Dang
- McEwen and Backstedt throw their bikes, but McEwen has it by three quarters of a wheel
- One rider can smile, and that's McEwen
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) celebrates his win over Backstedt and Eisel
- A happy McEwen at the finish
- Armstrong and Hincapie roll in together
- That was interesting
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas-Bianchi) rolls in
- Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) after a tough day
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) in yellow still
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) blows a kiss to his family and supporters
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) smiles from the podium
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) smiles with his trophies
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) slips on the treasured maillot jaune
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) in the yellow again
- A battered Tom Boonen increased his lead in the green jersey competition
- This is how you wear the spotty jersey
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) likes the dots
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) won the mountains jersey today
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.03.45 (45.135 km/h) 2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 4 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 8 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 10 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 11 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 12 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 16 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 18 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 20 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 21 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 24 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 29 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 31 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 32 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 33 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 34 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 36 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 37 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 38 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 40 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 41 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 42 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 43 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 45 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 46 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 47 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 49 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 50 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 51 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 52 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 53 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 54 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 55 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 56 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 58 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 60 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 61 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 62 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 63 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 64 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 65 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 66 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 67 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 69 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 70 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 71 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 73 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 74 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 75 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 76 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 77 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 78 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 79 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 80 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 81 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 82 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 83 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 87 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 88 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 89 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 90 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 91 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 92 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 93 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 94 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 95 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 96 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 97 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 98 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 100 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 101 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 102 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 103 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 104 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 105 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 106 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 107 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 108 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 109 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 110 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 111 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 112 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 113 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 114 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 115 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 116 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 117 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 118 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 119 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 120 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 121 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 122 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 123 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 126 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 128 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 130 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 131 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 133 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 134 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 135 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 136 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 137 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 138 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 139 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 140 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 141 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 142 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 143 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 144 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 145 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 147 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 148 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 149 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 150 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 151 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 152 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 153 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 154 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 155 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 156 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 157 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 158 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 159 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step 160 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 161 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 162 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 163 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 164 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 165 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 166 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 167 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 168 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 169 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 170 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 171 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 172 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 173 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 174 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.26 175 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 0.58 176 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.00 177 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 178 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.23 179 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 180 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.45 181 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 182 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 2.04 183 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.00 184 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.22 185 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne DNF Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 35 pts 2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 30 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 26 4 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 24 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 22 6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 20 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 19 8 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18 9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 17 10 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 16 11 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15 12 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 14 13 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 14 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 12 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 11 16 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 17 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9 18 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8 19 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 7 20 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 6 21 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 22 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 23 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 24 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 25 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Mountains Col De La Chipotte - Cat. 4, km 45 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 Col Du Hantz - Cat. 3, km 74 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 3 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 4 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Sprints Rambervillers - km 32.5 1 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 6 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 Brumath - km 146.5 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 4 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 Rastatt - km 197.5 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 4 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 Young rider 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 5.03.45 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 5 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 9 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 10 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 13 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 14 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 17 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 18 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 23 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 24 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 26 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 27 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 28 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 29 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 30 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 31 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.26 Most combative 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner Teams 1 Francaise Des Jeux 15.11.15 2 Liquigas - Bianchi 3 Lampre - Caffita 4 Fassa Bortolo 5 Gerolsteiner 6 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 7 Credit Agricole 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Bouygues Telecom 11 Quick Step - Innergetic 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Davitamon - Lotto 14 T-Mobile Team 15 Domina Vacanze 16 Team Csc 17 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 18 Discovery Channel Team 19 Rabobank 20 Saunier Duval - Prodir 21 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team General classification after stage 7 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 23.01.56 (47.368 km/h) 2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.55 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1.02 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.04 5 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.07 6 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.14 7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.16 8 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.26 9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 10 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.32 11 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 12 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.33 13 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.36 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1.37 16 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 1.38 17 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.44 18 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.50 19 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.00 20 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 2.01 21 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.12 22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.13 23 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.18 24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.29 25 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.30 26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 2.31 27 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.35 28 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.43 29 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.48 30 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.54 31 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.56 32 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.58 33 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2.59 34 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 3.01 35 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.02 36 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 37 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.06 38 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.10 39 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 3.12 40 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.13 41 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 42 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.21 43 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.22 44 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.24 45 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3.26 46 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.27 47 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.29 48 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.31 49 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.32 50 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.34 52 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.39 53 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.52 54 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 55 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3.53 56 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3.54 57 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.55 58 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3.56 59 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.57 60 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.58 61 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4.01 62 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4.04 63 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.08 64 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 65 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.09 66 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.11 67 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 68 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 4.12 69 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 70 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.23 71 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.28 72 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 4.36 73 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.42 75 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.44 76 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.47 77 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 4.49 78 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.50 79 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.53 80 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 81 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 4.54 82 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 83 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 4.58 84 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.01 85 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.04 86 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 5.08 87 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.11 88 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.12 89 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 90 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.13 91 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.15 92 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.16 93 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 5.17 94 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 95 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 5.20 96 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.22 97 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.23 98 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.24 99 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 100 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 101 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5.25 102 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 103 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.28 104 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 5.29 105 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.34 106 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 5.38 108 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.42 109 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.43 110 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 111 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.48 112 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 5.53 113 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.56 114 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.57 115 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 5.58 116 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.00 117 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.01 118 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.10 119 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.18 120 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.21 121 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 6.34 122 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.47 123 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.48 124 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.00 125 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.10 126 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 7.13 127 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.18 128 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.27 129 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7.47 130 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8.01 131 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.11 132 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 133 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.16 134 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.23 135 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.28 136 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.38 137 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8.45 138 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.50 139 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 8.55 140 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.07 141 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 9.15 142 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 9.18 143 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 144 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.24 145 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.26 146 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9.27 147 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 9.29 148 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.31 149 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.33 150 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 9.41 151 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.51 152 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 9.53 153 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 10.03 154 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 155 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 10.06 156 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.10 157 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10.15 158 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 10.19 159 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 10.28 160 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 10.41 161 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.00 162 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.23 163 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.26 164 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11.41 165 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11.42 166 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11.45 167 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.13 168 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.16 169 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.36 170 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 12.43 171 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 12.53 172 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 12.55 173 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13.27 174 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step 13.30 175 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 176 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13.34 177 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13.38 178 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.47 179 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 15.05 180 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15.22 181 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15.29 182 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16.12 183 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.16 184 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.19 185 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 20.52 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 133 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 122 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 96 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 91 5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 73 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 69 8 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 60 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 59 10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 58 11 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 51 12 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 50 13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 49 14 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 49 15 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 48 16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 17 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 40 18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 19 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35 20 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 29 21 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 27 22 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 23 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 24 24 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 24 25 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 26 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 24 27 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 28 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 23 29 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 23 30 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 21 31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 32 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 33 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 34 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 35 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 36 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 17 37 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 38 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 15 39 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 15 40 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 41 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 42 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 43 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 44 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14 45 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 13 46 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 13 47 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12 48 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 12 49 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 12 50 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11 51 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 52 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 11 53 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 10 54 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 55 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 56 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 9 57 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 9 58 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 59 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8 60 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 8 61 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 62 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 6 63 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 64 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 65 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 66 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5 67 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5 68 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 69 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 70 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 71 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 72 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 73 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 74 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 75 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 76 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 77 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1 78 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 79 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 80 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance -5 Mountains classification 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 pts 2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 7 4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 5 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 6 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 7 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 8 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3 9 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 10 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 11 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 13 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 14 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 16 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 17 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 1 18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Young rider classification 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 23.03.12 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.57 3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.14 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.19 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 1.45 6 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.54 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.06 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.16 9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.18 10 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.38 11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.53 12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 3.33 13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 3.38 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.42 15 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.48 16 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.56 17 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.57 18 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 4.04 19 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4.09 20 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.18 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 4.37 22 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 4.42 23 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.02 24 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 7.51 25 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 8.50 26 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 9.03 27 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10.25 28 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10.29 29 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.57 30 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.31 31 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.56 Teams classification 1 Team Csc 66.46.37 2 Discovery Channel Team 0.02 3 T-Mobile Team 2.17 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.02 5 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 3.22 6 Gerolsteiner 3.45 7 Fassa Bortolo 4.26 8 Credit Agricole 4.29 9 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 5.16 10 Rabobank 6.06 11 Liquigas - Bianchi 6.18 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 6.24 13 Domina Vacanze 6.28 14 Davitamon - Lotto 6.30 15 Bouygues Telecom 6.49 16 Francaise Des Jeux 8.04 17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 8.50 18 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.32 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.35 20 Lampre - Caffita 9.44 21 Ag2R Prevoyance 10.12
