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92nd Tour de France - GT

France, July 2-24, 2005

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Stage 3 - Monday, July 4: La Châtaigneraie - Tours, 212.5 km

Boonen bis in Tours; Robbie relegated for argy-bargy

Zabriskie maintains maillot jaune, Tuesday team time test critical

By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Tours

Tom Boonen (Quick.Step)
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Avenue de Grammont is the classic finishing straight of the sprinters' classic Paris-Tours and today's Stage 3 finish at the 92nd Tour De France had plenty of Fourth of July fireworks. But all that happened behind maillot vert Tom Boonen (Quick.Step), who blasted through a gap with 200m to go to go two out of three at this year's Tour De France. Boonen explained, "A sprint on the Tour is a sprint with 200 riders and that's always scary. Today's finish was also a long, large straight and I started my sprint with Robbie. Then I saw behind my shoulder that there was a bit of a "casino" [Italian for mess - ed.]... [laughs] - but I won and that's important."

After an argy-bargy with Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) in the last 100m, Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) was relegated by the Jury of Commissaires to last place in the peloton and fined 200 Swiss Francs for an irregular sprint. Runner up to Boonen yesterday, McEwen has been frustrated so far this Tour De France. "I had good legs, but I went too late...I was boxed in on the left and the right. Yesterday I went too early and today I was too late."

Although both have mellowed in recent years, there's been no love lost between McEwen and O'Grady over the years, and today's incident may have re-opened old wounds between them. O'Grady was furious post-stage, telling Cyclingnews, "That was over the top! Sure, there's argy-bargy in the sprints but today was too much."

O'Grady and McEwen both thought they had a shot at Boonen and the Cofidis man explained, "It was going good for me...at 150m, I came off Hushovd's wheel and went right. I saw Boonen go and tried to get his wheel, but suddenly I had Robbie's head in my face."

Argy-bargy
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McEwen's team director Marc Sergeant claimed to the race officials that "O'Grady put his elbow in front of Robbie first," but they weren't buying it, and relegated the Australian champ to last place.

Gerolsteiner's "Paco" Wrolich, who is usually the lead-out man for Robert "Frösi" Förster was a superb second today and said, "We were super positioned, it couldn't have been better, but the Australians are really going for it...Frösi lacked that final touch today (6th), but if he stays on my wheel he can beat Boonen."

After his second day wearing the coveted yellow tunic, CSC's Dave Zabriskie seems to be getting used to his new duds. Zabriskie told French TV post race, "I'm feeling more relaxed today, but I'm not getting used to wearing the maillot jaune. It would be really nice to keep (maillot jaune) after the team time trial, but you never know what can happen. I'm looking forward to it and the entire team is good at that event. I'll give it 100 percent."

Early in the day, the irrepressible Dave Z was seen chatting with Lance Armstrong at the beginning of the stage and when asked about their chat, Zabriskie explained that "Oh, that was just a little bit of ha-ha. We just talked about stuff; (Lance) asked if he could have a turn with (maillot jaune) and I said 'sure why not?'"

Bobby and DZ
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Dave Z's CSC teammate Jens Voigt, who will be a major motor in tomorrow's team time trial explained his vision for the 67.5km stage Tuesday. "I'm not going to say that we want to finish 8th or something like that", said Voigt to German TV. "I think we are amongst the favourites and it's not arrogant to say it." As far as defending CSC's maillot jaune, Voigt explained that "If I was captain, I'd never let it go. But we'll see what Bjarne has in mind. It depends on what happens tomorrow - maybe we don't have to think about this anymore if we lose the jersey, but if we still have it tomorrow evening, I could imagine that because we've already had a stage win, the yellow for three days...and we do have a higher goal where we want to put somebody up on the podium in Paris, so we might have to say 'OK, we can't have everything, so we need to make little sacrifices."

CSC team boss Bjarne Riis echoed Voigt sentiments on the team time trial, saying in his usually laconic style, "I think we'll ride fast tomorrow. It's our goal to win this time trial."

As for the keeping Zabriskie's maillot jaune, Riis continued, "We won't give it away for free but maybe we'll have to. Ivan Basso proved at the Giro that he was the strongest rider there, had it not been for his illness. I think he will be great at the Tour too. Lance is very strong, that's no secret. We will have to attack him to win - or at least try - and we will do just that."

Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel)
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Stage 3 isn't exactly Lance Armstrong's favourite type of stage. He started the day without signing in and ended up with a 100 Swiss Franc fine when the Jury of Commissaires caught up with him. The six-time Tour champ, who is one step closer to knocking on seven's door, seemed relieved to get the stage over with today. "I was glad nobody fell in front of me in the finale...then there was just 3k straight in to the finish."

Armstrong is looking ahead to tomorrow's Stage 4 67.5km Tours-Blois team time trial, saying, "It's an important day for us...(Discovery Channel) is up against a tough team (CSC) and it's important for us to ride steady and keep the team together as long as possible."

Armstrong admitted that he hopes to be clad in the maillot jaune tomorrow, saying "I still cherish the maillot jaune and you better believe I'll be pedaling hard tomorrow. A good performance is good for team morale too, to show how strong we are. But even if we don't win, I know I just have to be patient. I have good legs and now have to wait for the hard moments."

How it unfolded

Zabriskie and Boonen
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It was a little more special of a day for American maillot jaune Dave Zabriskie today, as the Salt Lake City native got to spend the Fourth of July in the tiny French country hamlet of La Châtaigneraie. Well part of it anyway, as Dave Z and his CSC team had a race to ride, along with 180 riders, a 212.5km Tour De France stage that headed north to Cholet, then northeast lower Loire Valley, across rolling green countryside past beautiful chateaux like Chinon and Azay-le-Rideau to finish on Avenue Grammont in Tours, where the Paris-Tours classic finishes every October.

First attacker was Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) at km 4 and he quickly got 0'50 but when mullet-man Brochard (Bouygues) and his teammate Eisel gave chase, this woke the peloton up and Gilbert was reeled back in after 15km. On the first GPM of the day, the Côte de Pouzauges at km 22 (1.2 km climb / 4.8% grade), Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) took the points ahead of maillot a pois Voeckler (Bouygues) and Brochard (Bouygues).

10km later, old fox Erik Dekker (Rabobank) attacked before the first intermediate sprint in Saint-Michel-Mont-Mercure and was quickly joined by Nicolas Portal (AG2R) and Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier). Dekker took the points ahead of Bertogliati and Portal and after a halfhearted chase, the CSC team took over the tempo and the front trio tried to make their escape last until Tours.

Erik Dekker (Rabobank)
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At le Puy du Fou after 38km, where Lance Armstrong took his first Tour De France maillot jaune six years and one day ago, the break had 2'30 with maillot jaune Dave Zabriskie's Team CSC riding tempo up front. Bertogliati was best placed GC rider (69th at 2'13), while Dekker was at 2'19 (78th) and Portal at 2'53 (139th) and thus became maillot jaune virtuel. 42.6km was raced in first hour as Stage 3 headed north for Cholet. The roads may have looked familiar to Stuart O'Grady, where he wore his maillot jaune in 1998, or Floyd Landis, who won the local Cholet-Pays de Loire race here when he rode for Mercury.

At the second intermediate sprint in Coron (km 79), Portal took the points, followed by Bertogliati and Dekker, with the gap to the peloton at 4'20. After Cholet, Stage 3 headed west and the strong tailwind kicked in. CSC now had help in the chase from Davitamon-Lotto and Quick.Step, as the pace had increased to 44 km/h for the first two hours.

At the feed zone in Le-Coq Hardi after 93km, the break's lead was up to five minutes and after the peloton had lunch, they settled in to chop down the lead of the escapees, and 5km later, the lead had dropped more than a minute. Quick.Step's big rouleur Kevin Hulsmans was now pounding on the front of the peloton with Davitamon-Lotto just behind; both sprinters teams riding respectively for maillot vert Boonen and McEwen. In Les Trois Moutiers (km 137) Bertogliati took the sprint from Dekker and Portal with the gap at 2'30 and dropping fast.

Cloudy skies and an old church
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On the first of the two Cat. 4 climbs on the run-in, the Côte de Chinon after 161.5km, Erik Dekker took the six points and on the Côte de la Taconnière 18km later, the flying Dutchman grabbed another 3 points and took the maillot a pois lead from Voeckler. The peloton was at 1'20 and could smell blood now, as a Crédit Agricole rider joined the chase the small bourg of Cheille with 32 km to go. 15km later, the gap was down to 0'40, and when Dekker accelerated, only Portal followed, as Bertogliati decided to cut his losses, sat up, and was absorbed by the peloton as the finale through the twisting streets and HLM's of Joue'-les-Tours approached.

Dekker and Portal were still pounding hard, as Quick.Step had the peloton stretched out in one long line at over 50km/h. As the dynamic duo made the lefthand turn onto the N10 and began the looping descent into the final kilometres, the lead was only 0'06 ahead of the peloton. Down the hill, through the final roundabout and under the 3km to go banner, Dekker and Portal tried to hold on, but as the duo approached the bridge across the Cher River and entered Tours, Fabian Cancellara exploded off the front and Dekker and Portal were caught after 177km of liberty. Ag2r's Nico Portal said after the stage, "It was good to be in the breakaway today...but in the end, when the peloton was getting closer, I tried to be optimistic, but I knew we were going to get caught."

The photo finish
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Clad in his maillot blanc of Best Young Rider, Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) rode flat out with 1.5km to go on the Avenue de Grammont, but a vigilant Francaise des Jeux train pulled back his 50m lead quickly. Under the flamme rouge with 1km to go, Credit Agricole started to wind it up for Hushovd as Kirsipuu hit the front, then Liquigas-Bianchi's Magnus Bäckstedt was there for Pagliarini. Fred Rodriguez made his final burst to set up McEwen, but the Aussie champ was boxed in, and when Boonen made his winning move up the middle of Avenue de Grammont, he couldn't get out of the box and ended up as last man.

Stage 4 - July 5: Tours-Blois TTT, 67.5km

Starting Tuesday afternoon in the center of Tours, Stage 4's TTT heads due east along the Loire River with a twisting, up and down profile to finish in Blois. As always, there will be a west wind blowing up the Loire River valley, a tailwind that should increase as the afternoon continues. The main battle here will between the CSC team of maillot jaune Dave Zabriskie and Lance Armstrong's Discovery Channel squad, with even money on both teams to ride a close race. ProTour TTT winners Gerolsteiner will be looking to keep leader Levi Leipheimer close, while ProTour team leaders Phonak want to position Floyd Landis well. Jan Ullrich’s T-Mobile squad will have a lot of pressure to not lose more time to Armstrong and his other rivals.

Photography

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Results

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                   4.36.09 (46.17 km/h)
2 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                
4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                              
5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              
6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
7 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                              
8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                   
10 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  
11 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
12 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step                                       
13 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             
14 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
15 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
16 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
17 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             
18 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                 
19 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                
20 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
21 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 
22 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
23 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                
24 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                                
25 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
26 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                        
27 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                   
28 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
29 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 
30 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             
31 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
34 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
35 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                 
36 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                                
37 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                            
38 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
39 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                
40 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
41 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                              
42 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
43 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
44 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                              
45 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
46 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
47 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               
48 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 
49 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           
50 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                
51 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                   
52 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            
54 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    
55 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                           
56 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      
57 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           
58 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
59 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         
60 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                              
61 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step                                       
62 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            
63 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
64 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               
65 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                 
66 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                     
67 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             
68 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
69 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
70 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     
71 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
72 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
73 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                                   
74 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
75 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
76 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                    
77 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
78 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                           
79 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
80 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                
81 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  
82 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                           
83 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step                                     
84 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                   
85 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
86 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
87 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                             
88 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
89 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                             
90 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step                                     
91 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
92 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                 
93 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
94 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               
95 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           
96 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
97 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          
98 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                              
99 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                         
100 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                        
101 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
102 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            
103 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                               
104 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       
105 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               
106 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                           
107 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
108 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
109 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               
110 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step                                
111 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                          
112 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                 
113 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       
114 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
115 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth              
116 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
117 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
118 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
119 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
120 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                             
121 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel                              
122 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                                      
123 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         
124 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                            
125 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                      
126 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                            
127 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
128 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      
129 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
130 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            
131 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
132 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           
133 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
134 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
135 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
136 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
137 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
138 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
139 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               
140 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
141 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
142 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                
143 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                     
144 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
145 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
146 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
147 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
148 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
149 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                
150 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            
151 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            
152 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       
153 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                 
154 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               
155 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             
156 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               
157 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               
158 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
159 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          
160 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              
161 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                        
162 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
163 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
164 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
165 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
166 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                             
167 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
168 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              
169 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             
170 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                        
171 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
172 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    
173 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
174 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                 
175 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                   
176 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step                                    
177 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
178 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
179 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
180 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                 
181 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
182 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
183 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
184 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
185 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
186 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                
187 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                        0.20
188 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                        0.24
189 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 1.38
 
Points
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                        35 pts
2 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   30
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              26
4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                            24
5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            22
6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  20
7 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                            19
8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              18
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 17
10 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                16
11 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 15
12 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step                                     14
13 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                           13
14 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                         12
15 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 11
16 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       10
17 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                            9
18 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                8
19 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                               7
20 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  6
21 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                5
22 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      4
23 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               3
24 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                               2
25 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Pouzauges - Cat. 4, km 22 
1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   3 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              2
3 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1
 
Côte de Chinon - Cat. 4, km 161.5
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          3 pts
2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       2
3 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                1
 
Côte de la Taconnière - Cat. 4, km 179.5
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          3 pts
2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       2
3 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                1
 
Sprints
 
Saint-Michel-Mont-Mercure, km 29 
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          6 pts
2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       4
3 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                2
 
Coron, km 79
1 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                6 pts
2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       4
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          2
 
Les Trois-Moutiers, km 137 
1 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       6 pts
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          4
3 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                2
 
Young rider
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                   4.36.09
2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                              
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              
4 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        
6 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                    
7 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                             
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                           
11 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                 
12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             
13 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                                   
14 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                           
15 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               
16 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        
17 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
18 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       
19 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             
20 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       
21 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                 
23 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
24 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
25 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                  
26 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               
27 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               
28 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
29 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
30 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               
31 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
32 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                         0.24
 
Most combative
 
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           
 
Teams
 
1 Gerolsteiner                                                 13.48.27
2 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                         
3 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                   
4 Lampre - Caffita                                                     
5 Bouygues Telecom                                                     
6 Quick Step - Innergetic                                              
7 Francaise Des Jeux                                                   
8 Domina Vacanze                                                       
9 Illes Balears-Caisse D Epargne                                
10 Credit Agricole                                                     
11 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              
12 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                     
13 Davitamon - Lotto                                                   
14 T-Mobile Team                                                       
15 Fassa Bortolo                                                       
16 Rabobank                                                            
17 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                        
18 Team Csc                                                            
19 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 
20 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              
21 Discovery Channel Team                                              
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                8.48.31
2 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                          0.02
3 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                             0.47
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                         0.53
5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                          0.57
6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.02
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                        1.04
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            1.05
10 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth           1.06
11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                     1.07
12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 1.08
13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                     1.09
14 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems             1.12
15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                              1.13
16 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
17 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                       1.16
18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                       1.18
19 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                      1.24
20 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                              
21 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                     1.25
22 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                       1.26
23 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               1.27
24 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                          1.28
25 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1.30
26 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
27 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                         
28 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.31
29 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                1.32
30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
31 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 1.34
32 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel                               
33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                        1.35
34 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                   1.39
35 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                
36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.41
37 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           1.42
38 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              1.46
39 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                  
40 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 1.48
41 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                 
42 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                         1.50
43 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step                                     
44 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                         1.51
45 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step                                 1.53
46 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    1.55
47 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
48 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                    1.57
49 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   1.59
50 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 2.00
51 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                
52 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              2.01
53 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                                       
54 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
55 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   2.02
56 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      2.03
57 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       2.05
58 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
59 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  2.06
60 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            
61 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                      2.07
62 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          2.08
63 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
64 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                             
65 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            2.09
66 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               2.11
67 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
68 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         2.12
69 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step                                       
70 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            2.13
71 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
72 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                          2.14
73 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         2.16
74 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         2.17
75 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
76 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance                           2.18
77 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              2.19
78 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         2.20
79 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           
80 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              2.24
81 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             
82 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
83 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     2.25
84 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                               2.28
85 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
86 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
87 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          2.29
88 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
89 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              
90 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                            2.30
91 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
92 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
93 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                   2.31
94 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
95 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                                   
96 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
97 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
98 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                
99 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                    
100 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step                            2.32
101 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               
102 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    
103 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              2.33
104 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                           2.34
105 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     2.35
106 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          
107 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                2.36
108 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step                                2.37
109 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
110 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                        2.38
111 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                             2.39
112 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                            
113 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        2.40
114 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir          2.41
115 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             2.42
116 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                           2.43
117 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               
118 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                          
119 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
120 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          2.44
121 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                
122 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               
123 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
124 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                
125 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
126 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                  
127 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           2.45
128 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                            2.46
129 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   
130 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
131 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
132 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 
133 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                       2.48
134 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            2.49
135 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               
136 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        2.50
137 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           2.51
138 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    2.52
139 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
140 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
141 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                     2.53
142 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                        
143 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              
144 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                            2.54
145 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                            
146 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                 2.55
147 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        2.56
148 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
149 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            2.57
150 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                       2.58
151 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            
152 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                        2.59
153 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                             
154 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             3.00
155 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3.01
156 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
157 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                          3.03
158 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
159 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              3.04
160 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                      3.05
161 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                         3.06
162 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                            3.08
163 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          3.09
164 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
165 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              3.10
166 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            3.11
167 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                            
168 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                            3.12
169 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                               3.14
170 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              3.15
171 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
172 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          3.18
173 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                              3.20
174 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step                                  3.21
175 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            3.23
176 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        3.25
177 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                  3.27
178 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                        
179 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                          3.31
180 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          3.36
181 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                               
182 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                       
183 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              3.37
184 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                3.41
185 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        3.44
186 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                         3.50
187 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                        3.57
188 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 4.33
189 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    4.40
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                        70 pts
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              50
3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   49
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 47
5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            38
6 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                          34
7 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                            29
8 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 27
9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                26
10 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             26
11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       25
12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                           24
13 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        20
14 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 20
15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                           19
16 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                              19
17 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                              18
18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              18
19 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step                                     16
20 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                    15
21 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 15
22 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     14
23 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               14
24 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              13
25 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                           13
26 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        12
27 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                           12
28 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              12
29 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 11
30 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              10
31 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          10
32 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                               10
33 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                            9
34 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                            8
35 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                8
36 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    7
37 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  6
38 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              6
39 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          5
40 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                             5
41 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                5
42 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              4
43 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            4
44 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      4
45 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  4
46 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             4
47 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          3
48 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               3
49 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                3
50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              2
51 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            2
52 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                          2
53 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth              1
54 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                   1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          6 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              5
3 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       4
4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   3
5 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             2
6 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                2
7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1
8 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                         8.49.33
2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            0.03
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                      0.07
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                        0.16
5 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                    0.37
6 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                               0.44
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                     0.55
8 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  0.58
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         1.04
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                         1.06
11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.09
12 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         1.10
13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         1.22
14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               1.26
15 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                               1.29
16 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                         1.36
17 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         1.38
18 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir           1.39
19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           1.42
20 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            1.43
22 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         1.44
23 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1.54
24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                       2.03
25 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                             2.06
26 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               2.08
27 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             2.09
28 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                             2.10
29 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                               2.18
30 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   2.25
31 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                           2.29
32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         2.42
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team Csc                                                     26.27.44
2 Discovery Channel Team                                           0.04
3 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           1.33
4 Gerolsteiner                                                     1.42
5 T-Mobile Team                                                    1.51
6 Fassa Bortolo                                                    2.16
7 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                     2.31
8 Credit Agricole                                                  2.50
9 Illes Balears-Caisse D'Epargne                                   3.13
10 Rabobank                                                        3.20
11 Quick Step - Innergetic                                         3.21
12 Domina Vacanze                                                  3.26
13 Francaise Des Jeux                                              3.27
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                3.43
15 Liquigas - Bianchi                                              3.54
16 Davitamon - Lotto                                               4.00
17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                    4.24
18 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                          4.28
19 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                 4.51
20 Lampre - Caffita                                                5.37
21 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             5.38

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