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93rd Tour de France - ProT
France, July 1-23, 2006
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Stage 10 - Wednesday, July 12: Cambo-les-Bains - Pau, 190.5 km
Mercado jubilates as Dessel takes overall lead
By Hedwig Kröner and Brecht Decaluwé in Pau, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney
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Young Spaniard Juan Miguel Mercado scored his second stage victory in the Tour de France today in Pau, outsprinting his French breakaway companion Cyril Dessel after leading the race for 150 kilometres. Euskaltel's Iñigo Landaluze tried to bridge the gap to the pair in the flat finale, but had to settle for third anyway.
"It's a great victory for me!" said the Agritubel rider, 27, whose first Tour stage win was in Lons-le-Saunier in 2004. "It wasn't easy, because the stage was very mountainous, and Dessel wasn't ready to give the stage win away, even though he was going to take the yellow jersey."
The new leader of the general classification, AG2R's Dessel, was overjoyed in the finish - while still regretting not to have taken the stage win, too.
"It was a marvelous day, I can be very satisfied with my ride - I have the maillot jaune and the maillot à pois. Still, I would have liked to win the stage, as there aren't a lot of opportunities like this in my career... Of course, Mercado also deserved it, as we spent the whole day in front together. But he already had a Tour stage win. He surprised me in the sprint; it's a pity. I had really good legs today."
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But of course, the 31 year-old was overjoyed when he put on the desired yellow jersey - which actually hadn't been his objective this morning in Cambo-les-Bains. "Every rider dreams about this jersey... it's a great honour to wear it," he said after the podium ceremony. "In the break, I didn't think about it at all, actually. My only goal this morning was the mountain's jersey! I knew all week that I could get it in the first mountain stage; my form is right."
Dessel believed that the yellow jersey was the reward for a solid first week of racing for him. "I even did a decent time trial although I really am a climber," he said. "I had been waiting for this stage all week, and I was right to ask our mechanic to give me a compact chainset for these really tough climbs. That certainly helped!"
Stage 10 to Pau finally served everybody's needs: not only did a Frenchman get the yellow jersey, but it was also gladly passed on as the defending rider, Serguei Gonchar could not live up to the expectations once the race hit high mountains. In addition, his T-Mobile team really felt the pressure of the precious garment.
GC strategy: T-Mobile lets the jersey go
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Back in the bunch, it was interesting to see the GC tactics unfold, and many observers again thought that yellow-defending T-Mobile's showing was not the smartest one. It was the German team who put on the pace in the front of the peloton all day, with three of its four riders placed in Top 5 doing all the work to keep the gap to the leaders reasonably small. Still the two-man break led by 7'23 when they crossed the finish line in Pau, which gives the new wearer of the yellow jersey a lead of 3'45 to 5'35 on the T-Mobile riders Gonchar, Rogers, Sinkewitz and Klöden.
As Australian Mick Rogers put it, "our only goal today was to reduce the gap to those leaders a little, while not spending too much energy, either."
This initiative put overall race favourite Floyd Landis (Phonak) in the lucky position of just having to follow, just like Cadel Evans (Davitamon), George Hincapie (Discovery Channel), Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and all the other GC contenders. Still, the T-Mobile management opted to let go of the overall lead, and give it to French underdog team AG2R, who has Christophe Moreau as team captain since it lost Francisco Mancebo due to the Spanish doping affair. Vincent Lavenu's squad will be very motivated to keep the maillot - and the remaining seven riders of the German team will be relieved not to bear its responsibility any more. For now.
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Today's stage also gave the first indications of which riders surprisingly seem to have difficulties in the mountains. In addition to Gonchar, who was already mentioned, Spanish climber Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) was the first to show weaknesses when the bunch reached the first climb, the Col du Soudet. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) had trouble following the pace in the Col du Marie-Blanque, where Damiano Cunego (Lampre) and Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) were also struggling. None of these riders lost any time though, as the main bunch reformed after the descent of the last climb.
How it unfolded
160 riders departed Cambo-les-Bains at 1215, under sunny skies and 23.5 degrees, with a 15-20 km/h wind blowing from the west. Non-starter was mullet-man Laurent "Broche" Brochard (BTL).
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The peloton proceeded through the neutral zone and when the flag dropped at 1230, the attacks started immediately. Aitor Hernández (EUS) went off the front and was joined by Vansummeren (DVL), O'Grady (CSC) and Patrick "Beautiful" Calcagni (Liquigas). More riders bridged across but the determined chase by T-Mobile brought it all together on the climb out of Cambo-les-Bains, where Chavanel (COF) made a solo counter move and after 15km in Helette, his 15" lead drew a strong reaction by the peloton. On small roads among the picturesque Basque country-like Irrissary and Louhoussoa, the pursuit of Chavanel continued on the up and down terrain and the French rider was powering a big gear, half a minute ahead of the peloton.
The chase behind was too intense for Chavanel to stay away solo and he was caught after 33km in the countryside past Lacarre. The first of two intermediate sprints came at Larceveau after 37.5km, where Da Cruz (FDJ) took the points. Quinziato (LIQ) and Vasseur (QST) got off the front a few clicks later and eventually 15 riders were away. Da Cruz (FDJ), Vasseur (Quick.Step), Quinziato (Liquigas), Voigt (CSC), Steegmans (Davitamon), Moreni (Cofidis), Hushovd (Credit Agricole), Landaluze, Isasi (Euskaltel), Posthuma (Rabobank), Bennati (Lampre), Dessel (AG2R), Rinero (Saunier Duval), Sprick (Bouygues) and Mercado (Agritubel) made up the move and at the base of the days's first climb after 44km, the escape had 48" lead on the T-Mobile-led peloton. Atop the first climb of the day, the Cat. 3 Col d'Osquich after 50km, the escape had 1'30" while T-Mobile had Kessler and Rogers riding tempo for now as Mercado was the danger man in the break.
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On the other side on Col d'Osquich in Ordiarp with 133km to go, T-Mobile suddenly peeled off the front, with the break already 2' in front. The fuchsia flyers had decided to take a play out of Johan Bruyneel's poker playbook and see what other team might chase if they didn't. Although Phonak moved to the front, the chase pace had slowed dramatically as no team was willing to take the responsibility. The other teams called T-Mobile's bluff and once the break's lead got up to 7' about 10km later, the fuchsia team hit the front again with Kessler and Sinkewitz on the front, right in front of maillot jaune Gonchar's and with the white, green and yellow jerseys of Phonak clustered behind.
At the second intermediate sprint in Laguinge at 74km, it was Lampre's Bennati who took the points and the time bonus, with the peloton 6'30" behind. Then it was a a gentle climb up the small D113 crossroads and the first slopes of the beyond-category Col de Soudet after 101.5km, a 14.7km ascent at 7.3 %. The break was working well and was still gaining time on the peloton. The day had become progressively overcast and muggy as the parcours penetrated deeper into the Pyrenees.
With 6km to the summit of the Col de Soudet and 93km to go, there were only two riders left in the front - Mercado and Dessel - who had shed Landaluze and Rinero, with their lead 9'03". Ag2r's Dessel was best placed on GC in 28th, 3'50" behind Gonchar's and had been maillot jaune virtuel for 30km, while back in the peloton, Iban Mayo was struggling; even though T-Mobile's pace was not that fast, the Euskaltel man seemed to be in agony, as he went out the back early on. On the cloud-shrouded summit of the Soudet amidst large crowds, many of which waving the Basque ikkurina flag, the gap between the break and T-Mobile0led peloton was steady at 9' with 89km still to race. Gonchar's was having problems at the back of the main group as he hung on at the back of the main field.
Out front, Mercado tried to attack for the GPM but Dessel countered and took the points and the front duo then dove down through the mist of the 15km descent of the Soudet and then to the feed zone in Arette with 67km still to race. Landaluze was at 0'50", Rinero at 1'15 and Isasi at 1'40", with Moreni and Vasseur chasing hard to get across to the front group. At the base of Soudet, Landaluze and Rinero got across before the feed zone with 67km, while the other two chasers bridged 10km later outside Escot to make a front group of 7, with a lead of 10'42" on the groupe maillot jaune.
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Tuesday's L'Equipe had an article on Landaluze, wondering why the Euskaltel-Euskadi rider who won the Dauphiné Libéré in 2005 was even in the race. Landaluze was found positive in a doping control in '05 and was suspended, then cleared by the Spanish federation. However, the UCI didn't agree with this decision and have recently appealed Landaluze's case to the Court for Arbitration of Sport. According to the ProTour Code of Ethics, any rider under investigation should not be allowed to race, but the Euskaltel-Euskadi squad seems to have a unique interpretation of the rules and Landaluze didn't seem too concerned in the break.
With 52km to go in Escot, as the first slopes of the Cat. 1 Col de Marie-Blanque began after 148km, the seven breakaways confronted the 9.3km climb at 7.7% grade together. Moreni and Vasseur were just sitting on after their hard chase, while the T-Mobile-led peloton was 11' behind. Halfway up the ascent, Mercado attacked and only Dessel could follow him. This attack off the front blew the break apart and the remaining five riders just rode at their own pace to try and stay close and get back on the steep descent of the Marie-Blanque. T-Mobile sent Eddy Mazzoleni to the front to up the pace on the long, straight and steep ascent of the Marie-Blanque. Although no one attacked, T-Mobile's pace was taking its toll on the groupe maillot jaune as riders continually went out the back. Matze Kessler was on the front for T-Mobile riding tempo.
Atop the Marie Blanque, Dessel took the GPM ahead of Mercado, with Landaluze trailing at 27", while Moreni and Rinero were at 1' and Vasseur and Isasi at 2'. There were 42km left to the finish in Pau and it looked like Dessel had an excellent change to become maillot jaune in Pau.
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Rasmussen, Moreau, Popovych, together with Kessler and Sinkewitz of T-Mobile, were leading up the Marie Blanque while 2km from the summit, maillot jaune Gonchar's was just hanging on at the back. Suddenly, Chicken Rasmussen flew the coop from the groupe maillot jaune and there was no reaction from behind. Maillot blanc Fothen had dropped off the back, as just ahead of him, both Leipheimer and Cunego were struggling. Chicken hit the GPM line in 8th place, 8'37" behind Dessel, while the groupe maillot jaune was at 9'15", with Gonchar's was still there.
Long, lean Landaluze was trying hard to get back across to the front duo and on the ascent to Sevignacq-Meyracq with 25km to go, the Basque was within 5", but the two front riders punched it and Landaluze then lost ground, while Moreni and Rinero were at 1'15". But no-one was getting across to the two front riders, as Dessel was looking for the dream of a maillot jaune, while Mercado was hoping for his second Tour de France career stage win in Pau. With 20km to go, the two front runners had a lead of 9'15" on the groupe maillot jaune, where there was the bizarre sight of current maillot jaune Gonchar's fetching bottles for his teammates.
The front duo rode into Pau after being away for 160km and the chasers hadn't pulled back much time on the from riders. Dessel and Mercado duelled it out and the Spanish rider took the head-to-head sprint to win the stage. Landaluze soloed in at 0'55", while Moreni was fourth over Rinero at 2'24", Isasi at 5' and Vasseur at 5'34", with Bennati taking the bunch sprint at 7'27". Dessel was the new maillot jaune ahead Mercado, while Moreni had moved into fourth on GC, just 6" behind former maillot jaune Gonchar's, who maintained 3rd place overall.
Thursday, July 13 - Stage 11: Tarbes-Val d'Aran/Pla-de-Beret (Spain), 206 km
More mountains on the menu, including a new stage finish atop Pla-de-Beret in Spain. This long, hard stage will show just who the real contenders are for the win in the 93rd Tour de France. With one beyond-category and four first category climbs on the program, there is no margin for error on the second and hardest stage across the Pyrenees. Will a Euskaltel-Euskadi rider try to show off in front of their fervent Basque supporters by attacking on the final 13.5km ascent up to the Spanish ski station of Pla-de-Beret? Don't bet against it!
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- Plush green fields provided a stark contrast to the scenery up north.
- The valley that the race came up through today.
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R) leads the break on the Col du Soudet.
- Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel-Euskadi) finding it a bit rough going.
- Christophe Rinero (Saunier Duval-Prodir) chases the front group.
- Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) a little off the back of the leaders.
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) made the break early on and then faded.
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) was also in the main break today.
- Carlos Da Cruz (Française Des Jeux) comes through 5'15" behind the leaders.
- T-Mobile leads the chase bunch up the Col du Soudet.
- Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) back in the group after losing the break.
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) had to fend for himself on the climb.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) tried hard to stay in the lead group today.
- Jerome Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) couldn't hold onto the mountain jersey today.
- Oscar Freire Rabobank) not enjoying the climb.
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) did not look very good today.
- Christian Vandevelde (CSC) comes through.
- The Gerolsteiner boys come through leading a group.
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) excited with his win.
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) takes to the podium.
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel)
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R) takes over the maillot jaune.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Mercado beats Dessel to win the stage
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) celebrates in Pau
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R) is mobbed
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) in post-race celebration mode
- Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) arrives for third
- Christian Moreni (Cofidis) beats Rinero for fourth
- Christian Moreni (Cofidis) finishes
- Christophe Rinero (Saunier Duval) had a solid ride for fifth
- Christian Moreni (Cofidis) was fourth in the stage
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre) beats Zabel for eighth
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre) after winning the sprint for eighth
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) finishes in the bunch, but loses the jersey
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) finished at 12'00
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) made it to the finish with the bunch
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) comes in with Simon Gerrans
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) finishes with the bunch
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) chugs down a bottle of water after a long day
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) had a tough day
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) on stage
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) salutes from the podium
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) happy with his stage win
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R) puts on the maillot jaune
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R) is the new leader
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R) salutes in the maillot jaune
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R) the new maillot jaune
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R) is congratulated by Hinault
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R) is also the leader in the mountains GC
Images by AFP Photo
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) contemplates another day in yellow
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R) leads Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) in their escape
- Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) chases the two leaders
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) wins the 10th stage in Pau ahead of Cyril Dessel
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) celebrates his win
Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
- Michael Rasmussen already thinking about what lies ahead after signing on.
- A motivated Cadel Evans, who is no doubt happy to get to the mountains unscathed.
- The fans in Cambo Les-Bains were delighted to have the Tour de France visit their neighbourhood.
- Bjarne Riis finds himself changing strategy day by day, in line with the Team CSC's changing fortunes.
- Vladimir Karpets hopes his mullet won't slow him down in the mountains.
- Legendary sprint king Mario Cipollini as popular as ever.
- Big Mother is watching you.
- Feeding time for the piggies in Cambo Les-Bains.
Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com
- Discovery expects a lot from Yaroslav Popovych
- Cadel Evans didn't expect many differences
- Tom Boonen wearing his cap in an old fashioned way
Images by Hedwig Kröner/Cyclingnews.com
- Jens Voigt, always ready to roll
- The Rabo riders look up to something at the start in Cambo-les-Bains
- Not looking forward to today: World champ Tom Boonen chatting to Alessandro Ballan
Results
1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 4.49.10 (39.527 km/h) 2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.56 4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 2.24 5 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 2.25 6 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.03 7 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 5.35 8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.23 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 11 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 12 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 14 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 17 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 22 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 24 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 27 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 29 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 30 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 33 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 34 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 35 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 37 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 38 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 41 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 42 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 43 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 44 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 45 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 46 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 47 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 48 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 49 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 50 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 51 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 52 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 53 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 55 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 56 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 57 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 58 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 59 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 60 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 61 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 63 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 64 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 65 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 66 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 67 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 68 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 69 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 70 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 71 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 72 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 73 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 74 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 76 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 77 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 78 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 79 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 80 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 81 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 82 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.00 83 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 84 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 86 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 87 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 88 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 89 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 91 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 93 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 94 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 95 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 96 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 97 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 98 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 99 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 100 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 16.33 101 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 102 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 103 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 106 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 107 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 109 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 110 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 24.24 111 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 112 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 113 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 114 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 115 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 116 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 117 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 118 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 119 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 120 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 121 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 122 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 123 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 124 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 125 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 126 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 127 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 128 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 129 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 130 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 131 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 132 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 133 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 134 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 135 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 136 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 137 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 138 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 139 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 140 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 141 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 142 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 143 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 144 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 145 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 146 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 147 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 148 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 149 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 150 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 151 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 152 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 153 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 154 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 155 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 156 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 157 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 158 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 159 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 160 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 161 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 162 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 163 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 164 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 165 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 167 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 168 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNS Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Points 1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 20 pts 2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 17 3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 13 5 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 12 6 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 7 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 9 8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 7 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 6 11 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 12 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 13 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 3 14 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 2 15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Mountains Col D'Osquich - Cat. 3, km 50 1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 4 pts 2 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 3 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 4 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 1 Col De Soudet - HC, km 101.5 1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 20 pts 2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 18 3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 4 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 14 5 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 6 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 10 7 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 8 8 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 10 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 Col De Marie-Blanque - Cat. 1, km 148 1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 30 pts 2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 26 3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 4 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 18 5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 16 6 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 7 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 12 8 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10 Sprints Larceveau, km 37.5 1 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 pts 2 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2 Laguinge, km 74.5 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 pts 2 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 Young rider 1 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 4.56.33 2 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 5 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 8 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4.37 9 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 12 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 13 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.10 14 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 17.01 17 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 20 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 21 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 23 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas Most combative rider 1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel Teams 1 Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.40.52 2 AG2R Prevoyance 1.24 3 Agritubel 4 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3.48 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.49 6 Lampre-Fondital 8.47 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Team Milram 9 Bouygues Telecom 10 Davitamon - Lotto 11 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Discovery Channel Team 14 Team CSC 15 Credit Agricole 16 T-Mobile Team 17 Rabobank 18 Francaise Des Jeux 17.57 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 24.00 20 Liquigas 34.58 General classification after stage 10 1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 43.07.05 2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 2.34 3 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 3.45 4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 3.51 5 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 4.45 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 4.53 7 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.22 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 5.30 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 5.35 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.37 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 5.38 13 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.48 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 5.52 15 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 5.55 16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5.58 17 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 6.01 18 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6.12 19 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 6.15 20 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.42 21 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 6.46 22 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.00 23 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 7.10 24 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 7.12 25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 7.31 26 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 7.32 27 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.41 29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 30 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 7.54 31 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 8.03 32 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 8.15 33 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 8.18 34 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 35 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 8.31 36 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 37 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 38 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.45 39 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 9.10 40 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 9.11 41 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 9.19 42 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 9.24 43 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 44 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 9.27 45 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 9.29 46 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.33 47 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.39 48 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 9.40 49 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 50 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 9.42 51 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.09 52 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 10.10 53 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 54 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 10.12 55 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 10.15 56 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 10.21 57 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 10.26 58 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 10.28 59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 10.35 60 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.51 61 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.01 62 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 11.09 63 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 11.12 64 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 11.25 65 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 11.43 66 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 11.50 67 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.57 68 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 12.00 69 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 12.03 70 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 12.07 71 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 12.18 72 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.21 73 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 12.24 74 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 13.04 75 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 14.37 76 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 14.39 77 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 15.00 78 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.03 79 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 15.04 80 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 15.09 81 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.17 82 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 15.37 83 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.54 84 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 16.04 85 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 16.09 86 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 16.26 87 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16.35 88 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 16.47 89 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.53 90 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 91 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.02 92 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.17 93 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.19 94 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 17.22 95 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.43 96 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.46 97 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18.14 98 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18.22 99 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 20.07 100 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 22.09 101 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.12 102 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23.16 103 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 23.20 104 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 23.52 105 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 23.58 106 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 24.01 107 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.11 108 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 25.06 109 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 25.56 110 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 26.36 111 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.10 112 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 27.29 113 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 27.31 114 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 28.04 115 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 28.07 116 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.57 117 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 29.00 118 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 29.05 119 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 29.18 120 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 29.29 121 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.32 122 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 29.34 123 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 30.07 124 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 30.12 125 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 30.16 126 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 30.17 127 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 30.43 128 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 32.04 129 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 32.18 130 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 32.32 131 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 32.43 132 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 33.33 133 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 33.55 134 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 34.26 135 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 34.28 136 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 34.30 137 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 34.52 138 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 34.54 139 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35.07 140 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 35.13 141 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.43 142 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 36.16 143 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 36.36 144 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 37.02 145 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 37.07 146 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 38.45 147 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 38.52 148 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 38.54 149 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 39.30 150 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 40.16 151 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 40.22 152 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 40.34 153 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 40.38 154 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 41.22 155 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 41.44 156 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42.16 157 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 42.25 158 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 47.09 159 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 47.17 160 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 47.53 161 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 53.16 162 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 56.10 163 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 56.44 164 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 165 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57.35 166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.01.51 167 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.02.38 168 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.10.16 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 211 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 188 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 181 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 165 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 148 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 134 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 127 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 126 9 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 10 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 94 11 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 93 12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 91 13 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 80 14 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 71 15 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 59 16 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 46 17 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43 18 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42 19 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 39 20 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39 21 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 22 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 23 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 33 24 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 33 25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 32 26 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 32 27 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 31 28 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 31 29 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 27 30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 31 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25 32 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 25 33 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 24 34 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 24 35 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 36 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 21 37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 21 38 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 20 39 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 20 40 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 41 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20 42 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 20 43 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 44 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 45 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 19 46 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 18 47 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 18 48 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 49 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 50 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 15 51 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 52 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 53 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 15 54 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 56 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 14 57 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 13 58 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 13 59 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 13 60 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 61 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 62 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 12 63 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 11 64 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11 65 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10 66 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 67 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 68 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 10 69 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 70 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 71 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 9 72 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 73 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 74 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 8 75 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 7 76 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 77 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 6 78 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 79 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 80 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 81 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 4 82 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 4 83 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 4 84 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 85 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 86 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3 87 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3 88 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 89 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2 90 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 91 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2 92 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 93 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2 94 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 95 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2 96 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 97 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1 98 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 54 pts 2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 45 3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 4 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 35 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 6 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 7 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 24 8 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 22 9 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 17 10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 11 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 13 12 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 13 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 14 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10 15 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9 16 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 17 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 6 18 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 19 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 20 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 21 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 23 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 24 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 25 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 26 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4 27 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 3 29 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3 30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 31 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 32 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 2 33 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2 34 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 35 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 36 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 37 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 38 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43.12.53 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 0.58 3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 3.22 4 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 3.23 5 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 4.24 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.03 7 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 6.02 8 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 8.49 9 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 9.49 10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 10.21 11 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 11.05 12 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 11.34 13 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.24 14 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.23 15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 20.08 16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 23.17 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 23.30 18 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 24.24 19 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 34.28 20 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 36.28 21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 36.37 22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 50.56 23 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51.47 Teams classification 1 AG2R Prevoyance 129.32.35 2 T-Mobile Team 2.55 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 6.04 4 Gerolsteiner 6.51 5 Team CSC 7.13 6 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 7.16 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.22 8 Discovery Channel Team 7.24 9 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 8.55 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.56 11 Rabobank 9.22 12 Bouygues Telecom 12.14 13 Davitamon - Lotto 12.15 14 Lampre-Fondital 12.23 15 Agritubel 12.30 16 Team Milram 14.12 17 Francaise Des Jeux 17.41 18 Credit Agricole 19.21 19 Quick Step - Innergetic 31.38 20 Liquigas 42.41
