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93rd Tour de France - ProT
France, July 1-23, 2006
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Stage 3 - Tuesday, July 4: Esch-sur-Alzette - Valkenburg (Netherlands), 216 km
Reversal of fortune for Kessler
Hot, Holland, Hot! Boonen takes the daily double
By Anthony Tan & Brecht Decaluwé in Valkenburg, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney
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Like yesterday's stage to Esch-sur-Alzette, just one rider separated breakaway from bunch with five kilometres to go. Unfortunately for AG2R's José Luis Arrieta, he was caught at the base of the Cauberg three kilometres from home, but yesterday's sole escapee Matthias Kessler turned around his disappointment on the climb's 8.3 percent slopes, the T-Mobile man leaving the entire field in his wake and coming home a winner in Holland.
"Yesterday, I already had very good feelings, I felt really good. Today was exactly the same, so I thought I'd try again," said Kessler on his motivation to try, try again.
"The race was different [yesterday compared to today] though, for three reasons," added the 27 year-old.
"The heat, the distance and the fatigue of some riders - it all contributed to a hectic stage and loss of concentration in the peloton. Everybody must watch out if they don't want to be involved in a crash.
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"And the parcours was completely different; yesterday, the final climb was five kilometres from the finish so that allowed the peloton to reorganise - they were much faster than me, of course. Today, there were only two kilometres left after the [top of the] Cauberg, so I knew it would be harder for them to come back."
Five seconds later, his Australian team-mate Michael Rogers led home a group of 47 riders, with Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital), Tom Boonen (Quick-Step-Innergetic) and Erik Zabel (Milram) third to fifth respectively. On 'Le Cauberg', the rainbow-striped Belgian was a cut above the rest of the pure sprinters, with Hushovd and McEwen finishing two or three groups behind.
Consequently, Boonen elevated himself into the maillots jaune and vert - and without a doubt, fuelling his confidence no end in what is turning into a very fiery war for green.
"I was trying to win the stage - the [yellow] jersey would follow," the world champion began by saying.
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"But I had to deal with a slow leak in my tyre in the last five kilometres. It was very dangerous to stand on the pedals, so I stayed in the saddle and rode defensively. I hoped that everything would be brought back together, but that didn't happen.
"Tomorrow, I will be able to ride in the yellow jersey through Belgium!" Boonen exclaimed happily. "I guess that's something which maybe happens one every ten years, so I think it's very special. I will try to make the most of those moments."
Speaking about the maillot jaune, with 17 seconds separating first to tenth and no more than half a minute between 11th to 20th, it's still very much a wide-open affair. Unfortunately for Alejandro Valverde, the door was slammed shut for the Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears leader, who came off worst in a high-speed pile-up and fractured his right collarbone.
"I'm sorry to hear Valverde crashed and is out of the race," said stage winner Kessler, "because I knew how difficult it is for a team to continue riding without a leader." As for his own team, he said: "Now there's only with seven of us and Klöden is our new leader. We came here very well prepared, and for myself, I was 100 percent ready for the Tour. We're all motivated for this Tour de France."
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Pushed a little further on this, the T-Mobile 'Pit-bull' as he's sometimes nicknamed refused to budge. "The first day we affected by the removal of Ullrich and Sevilla, but we are pro riders, so we needed to get focused and show what we're capable of. Yes, I'm in contact with Jan and his wife [after what happened], but that it a private matter between them and myself, so I won't be telling you [the press] about it."
Perhaps spurred by Kessler's victory today, the next person to wear the coveted golden fleece could be world time trial champion Rogers, just one second behind Boonen. Maybe George Hincapie or Thor Hushovd would like another go - or maybe 'Tommeke' will hold onto it a little longer.
"Maybe I'll keep it until Paris!" joked Boonen.
"I don't know really; I should take a look in the road book to see what's possible. Rogers is very close but I guess he will stay away from the intermediate sprints to be fresh enough for the individual time trial.
"To know what's possible, I'll have to see how far the other sprinters are behind me. Of course, I need to make sure that fighting for yellow doesn't see that I miss out on the green jersey in Paris."
Whatever happens, it's been a real case of maillot jaune musical chairs in the opening week of Le Tour.
How it unfolded
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175 riders took the start today in Esch-sur-Alzette at 12:10 on a hot, sunny midday, with six climbs on the 216.5 km stage. It was a parcours that was like a cross between the Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Amstel Gold classics, as it wound north through the Belgian Ardennes and into the hilly southeast corner of the Netherlands to finish just after the Cauberg climb like in the Amstel Gold Race.
After a fast start and few early attacks, it was Jensy Voigt (CSC) who made a strong move at km 15 near Strassen, and he was quickly joined by Arrieta (AG2R), Pineau (Bouygues), Laurent (AG2R) and Etxebarria (Euskaltel). This was the right combination and the quintet cruised away as the peloton was in no mood to try and bring them back on the hot, hard and hilly stage. By Bridel, 5 km later, the break already had 1'30 and Voigt was virtual malliot jaune as the big German rouleur was in 47th, 0'36 behind leader Thor Hushovd.
At the first sprint in Mersch after 35 km, the break had extended its lead to 3'55, where Voigt beat Arrieta and Laurent for the points and time bonus. The first hour was run at 45 km/h average as Credit Agricole was riding tempo all alone at the front of the peloton. The break had 5'20 after 50 km as they began a long, gradual climb out of the Sure River valley up to Hosingen.
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Credit Agricole upped the chase pace behind as the lead reached 5'00 and the status quo remained as the afternoon heat went over 30 degrees. In the second hour of racing, 42.2 km were covered and the average for over two hours was 43.6 km/h. As the break passed into Belgium after 92 km, the lead was 5'25 over the peloton, with the tough climbs of the Belgian Ardennes looming ahead. In the feed zone in Trois-Ponts, the break increased its advantage to 6'00 on the bunch, and it didn't get much over this.
The first climb was Cat 3 Cote de la Haute Levee, where Pineau beat Etxebarria for the GPM points. Next was the second intermediate sprint in Spa with 72.5 km to race, where Voigt took the points ahead of Arrieta. On the Cat 3 Cote de Oneux after 155 km, a 5.1%, 3.2 km ascent, Pineau took the GPM points again and the peloton was 5'05 back.
Amid the verdant green Ardennes climbs, thousands of Belgian fans were lining the narrow roads to cheer the Tour De France peloton. After a crash on the outskirts of Verviers with 60 km to go, Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) and Eric Dekker (Rabobank) tangled and hit the deck. Both riders had to abandon, Rodriguez with a suspected broken collarbone (which turned out not to be one) and heavy concussion, and Dekker with concussion and facial injuries.
Past Verviers, Rabobank and Quick.Step hit the front to give Credit Agricole to help bring back the fugitives, who were now 4'30 ahead. The third climb of Stage 3, the Cat 4 Cote de Petit-Rechain came with 51 km to go where Pineau took the points again and was looking good to take over the maillot á pois after Stage 3.
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Atop the Cat. 4 Cote de Loorberg with 27 km to go, it was Pineau first again, and he would take over the maillot á pois, but the chase had brought the gap down to 1'40. Suddenly, with 22 km to go near Mechelen, ProTour leader Valverde crashed out with a broken right collarbone and the Tour De France had yet another big contender out of action. On the Cat 4 Cote de Tintelen after 201.0 km, Arrieta attacked with 16 km to go and went solo, while Commesso (Lampre-Fondital) was on the attack in the peloton 1'25 behind and got away. Toto was pulled back as Liquigas-Bianchi and Milram cranked up the pace for Garzelli and Celestino, who were looking to attack on the the Cauberg. With 7 km, the last elements of the break, Voigt and Laurent, were absorbed by the peloton, while AG2R's Arrieta was still 1'02 ahead and hanging tough.
With 4 km to go in Valkenburg, Discovery Channel joined the chase as Arrieta still had a 0'40 lead. The tension mounted as Arrieta still had to climb the tough cat 3 Cauberg climb, then hang on for another 2 km to the finish. But as the courageous AG2R man hit the base of the 1.5 km Cauberg, he had cracked and the peloton had him in its sights.
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Boogerd was going all out for Freire, and Boonen was right there with Hincapie Kessler and Gilbert as Casar had a mechanical. But Matthias Kessler's superb attack on the Cauberg was perfectly timed and he dumped Gilbert over the top and was alone as last kilometre, just like yesterday's Stage 2. With the last 800m all slightly downhill to the finish, Kessler wound it up and the chasers couldn't close the gap as they did in Esch-sur-Alzette yesterday. The T-Mobile man took a much needed win for the magenta team, while his teammate Mick Rogers won the group sprint for 2nd and a 0'12 time bonus, ahead of Bennati and Boonen.
Hushovd was gapped up the Cauberg and lost 0'17 to Boonen, so World Champ Tom Boonen took over the maillot jaune from the Credit Agricole rider.
Wednesday, July 5: Stage 4 Huy (B)-Saint-Quentin / 215 km
Time for Tom - Boonen that is - and Boonen-Mania will ring through the Kingdom of Belgium. The World Champ trades his rainbow stripes for the solid yellow of the maillot jaune, so Stage 4 from Huy to the northern French bourg of St.Quentin will be a perfect place for Quick.Step to flex their muscles all day. Can Tom Terrific be the first maillot jaune to win a stage in a sprint since Cipo did it in 1997? Not if Robbie McEwen has anything to say about it, but with his leadout man Freddy Rodriguez out of the race, Boonen may prevail in Saint-Quentin.
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- Johan Bruyneel (Discovery) explains his plans for the day.
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) with bandage still in place, rolls to sign in.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) signing autographs at sign in.
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) one of today's hopefuls, gives a pre-race interview.
- Jerome Pineau (Bouygues) leads the break earlier in the day.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) going strong on an early climb.
- Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R) powers the break with over a 5 minute lead.
- Credit Agricole works at the front to control the break.
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) spending another day in yellow.
- The bunch rolls through the town of Salmchateau.
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) trying to get teammate Oscar Freire to the front.
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) solos in for the win.
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) more than happy with his win.
- Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) makes it a 1,2 stage for T-Mobile.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) takes over the yellow jersey.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) also took over as the sprint leader with today's win.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) crashed out and broke his collarbone. Philippe Gilbert also crashed, but was able to make it back to the peloton
- The Cauberg was the main feature of today's stage
- Boogerd leads the bunch up the Cauberg
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) is quite happy with his stage win
- Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) celebrates a 1-2 for T-Mobile
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) after a tough day
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) is the new maillot jaune
- Freddy Maertens congratulations Boonen on his yellow jersey
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) attacks on the Cauberg
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) gives it gas with Gilbert on his wheel
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) on the front
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) tries to keep Freire in contention
- Despite a deflating front tyre Tom Boonen looked good on the Cauberg
- Popovych and Ballan
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) keeps himself in contention
- Carlos Sastre and Frank Schleck lead George Hincapie
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) keeps it going
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) struggles on the Cauberg
- Christophe Moreau (AG2R) fights for survival
- A small group on the Cauberg
- Carlos da Cruz (FDJ) on his own
- Florent Brard (Caisse d'Epargne) on the Cauberg
- Pozzato and Backstedt were the last riders
- Dammit, this used to be easy
- You're about 30 years behind the peloton
- A large crowd greeted the Tour in Valkenburg
- Dropped riders ascend the Cauberg
- Sandy Casar (FDJ) comes up the Cauberg
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) heads for home
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) wins the stage in Valkenburg
- Mick Rogers wins the sprint for second
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) comes home
- Iker Camano (Euskaltel) meets a group of finishers
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) winner of stage 3
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) with his winner's bouquet
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) gets up on the podium
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) salutes from the podium
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) the man in yellow
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) smiles with his lion
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) salutes in the yellow jersey
- The World Champ salutes the crowd
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) pulls on the maillot vert
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) smiles in the green jersey
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) is congratulated by Freddy Maertens after winning the green
- Jerome Pineau (Bouygues) now in dots
- Markus Fothen is best young rider
Images by AFP Photo
- The bunch rides through trees in stage 3
- Jerome Pineau (Bouygues) in the breakaway
- Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R) starts to croak on the Cauberg
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) is a happy chappy
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) celebrates with the yellow jersey
Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
- Valkenburg Mayor Dr. Constant Nuytens is looking forward to his town hosting the third stage of the Tour de France on July 4 in Holland.
- How to sell the Tour de France to men.
- One time, at band camp...
- Le Départ, sans coureurs, one hour before the start in Esch-sur-Alzette.
- The perennial voice of the Tour de France, Daniel Mangeas.
- If looks could kill... don't mess with the Tour de France.
- Mario Aerts had a strip running down his lower leg to help his knee track correctly when pedalling.
- Green jersey leader Robbie McEwen will be looking to extend his lead in the points competition.
- Gerolsteiner's great American hope, Levi Leipheimer.
- Will Carlos Sastre be CSC's new leader? Time will tell.
- Tom Boonen needs to score a stage victory to boost his confidence in the battle for the maillot vert.
- Cedric Vasseur likes the Tour de France. The Tour de France likes Cedric Vasseur.
- It's important to keep hydrated on days like this and make plenty of trips to the Aquarel tent. This mademoiselle had nothing to do with it.
- Anglo TT talk session - Cyclingnews' Brecht Decaluwé (far L) gets the low-down from three men in the know - (L to R) David Millar, Bradley Wiggins and Michael Rogers.
- The podium girls pack their bags for the finish in Valkenburg.
Images by Elmar Krings
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) on the attack
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) with Iban Mayo (Euskaltel)
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) keeps himself in touch
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues) fights his way up the Cauberg
- Jose Luis Arrieta (AG2R) has run outta gas
- Jens Voigt (CSC) comes up the climb after a long day out
- Florent Brard (Caisse d'Epargne) leads a group home
- Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) rides up the Cauberg steadily
- Cretskens and De Jongh suffer up the climb
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) tired
- Alex Moos (Phonak)
- Daniele Righi (Lampre-Fondital) looks a bit tired
- Gerolsteiner's Seb Lang cruises up
- David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) was well off the pace
- Charteau and Engoulvent at the end of the day
- Arnaud Coyot (Cofidis) with Aitor Hernandez in tow
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC) comes to the finsih after a crash
- Pozzato and Backstedt near the end
- Reliving old times
- Watching the action on the Cauberg
- Much people
- Time to head off
Results
1 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 4.57.54 (43.605 km/h) 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 0.05 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 7 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 8 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 9 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 12 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 13 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 16 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 21 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 23 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 25 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 26 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 27 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 29 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 30 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 31 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 32 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 33 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 34 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 36 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 37 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 38 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 39 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 40 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 43 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 44 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 45 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 46 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 47 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 48 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 49 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.12 50 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.17 51 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 53 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 55 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 56 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 57 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 58 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 60 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 61 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 62 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 63 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 64 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 65 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 66 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 67 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 68 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 69 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 70 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 71 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 72 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 73 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 74 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 75 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 78 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 0.22 79 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 80 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 81 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 82 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 83 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 85 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 86 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 88 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.34 89 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 90 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 0.42 91 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 92 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 93 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 94 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 95 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 96 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 97 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 98 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.48 99 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0.50 100 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 1.29 101 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 102 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 104 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 105 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 108 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 109 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 111 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 112 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 113 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 114 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 115 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 117 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 2.03 118 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 2.06 119 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 120 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.24 121 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 122 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 123 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 124 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 125 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 126 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 127 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 128 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 129 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.44 130 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 131 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 132 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 133 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 3.23 134 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.37 135 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.43 136 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.55 137 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.05 138 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 4.33 139 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 4.58 140 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 5.48 141 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 142 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 143 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 144 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 145 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 146 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 147 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 148 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 149 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6.51 150 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.05 151 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.05 152 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 153 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 154 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 155 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 156 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 157 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 158 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 159 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 160 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 161 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 162 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 163 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.46 164 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 165 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 11.35 166 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12.11 167 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 168 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 169 Kjelt Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 170 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 14.44 171 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 18.36 172 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic DNF Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank DNF Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Points 1 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25 pts 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 22 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 18 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 16 6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 15 7 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 14 8 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 13 9 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 10 12 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 9 13 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 8 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 7 15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 6 16 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 17 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 4 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3 19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 20 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1 Mountains Côte de la Haute-Levée - Cat. 3, km 131 1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Côte de Oneux - Cat. 3, km 155 1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Côte de Petit-Rechain - Cat. 4, km 165.5 1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 1 Côte de Loorberg - Cat. 4, km 189 1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 pts 2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 2 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Côte de Trintelen - Cat. 4, km 201 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 3 pts 2 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Le Cauberg - Cat. 3, km 214.5 1 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 4 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 3 3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 Sprints Mersch, km 35 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 pts 2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 4 3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2 Spa, km 144 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 pts 2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 4 3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2 Aubel, km 176.5 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2 Young rider 1 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.57.59 2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 4 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.12 5 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 7 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 8 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 0.17 12 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 0.37 13 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0.45 15 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.24 16 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5.43 20 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 8.00 21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 22 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.41 23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 18.31 Most combative 1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance Teams 1 T-Mobile Team 14.53.52 2 Gerolsteiner 0.05 3 Discovery Channel Team 4 Lampre-Fondital 5 Team CSC 6 Rabobank 7 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9 Team Milram 0.17 10 AG2R Prevoyance 11 Credit Agricole 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Francaise Des Jeux 14 Bouygues Telecom 0.29 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Quick Step - Innergetic 0.34 17 Agritubel 0.41 18 Davitamon - Lotto 0.46 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.11 20 Liquigas 1.29 General classification after stage 3 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 14.52.23 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 0.01 3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.05 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.07 5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.15 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.16 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.17 9 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 10 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.20 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 13 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 0.21 14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 0.23 15 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 16 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 0.24 17 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.25 18 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 19 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 20 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 0.26 21 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.27 22 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.28 23 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 26 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.29 27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.30 28 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 0.31 29 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.32 30 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 32 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.33 33 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 34 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 35 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 36 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 37 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 0.36 39 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.37 40 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.38 41 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 42 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.39 43 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.41 44 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 45 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 0.42 46 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 0.43 48 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 0.44 49 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 50 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.45 51 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 52 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 53 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 54 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 0.46 55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.47 56 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 0.48 57 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 58 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.49 59 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 60 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.50 61 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 62 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 63 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.51 64 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.52 65 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 66 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 0.53 67 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 68 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 69 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 0.55 70 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 0.56 71 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 0.57 72 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 73 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.58 74 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 75 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.00 76 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 77 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 1.01 78 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 79 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 1.03 80 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 82 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 83 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.07 85 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 86 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 87 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.16 88 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 89 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.17 90 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.20 91 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 1.22 92 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 1.23 93 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 1.25 94 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.26 95 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 1.31 96 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.34 97 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.35 98 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.39 99 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.51 100 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.54 101 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.58 102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 103 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.01 104 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.13 105 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 2.15 106 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.16 107 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 2.17 108 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 2.20 110 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 111 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 2.23 112 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 2.31 113 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2.36 114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.38 115 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 2.48 116 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 3.00 117 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 3.06 118 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 3.07 119 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 3.16 120 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.21 121 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.22 122 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.36 123 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 3.43 124 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 3.44 125 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 3.52 126 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.05 127 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.13 128 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.29 129 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 4.53 130 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 4.55 131 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 5.21 132 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 5.30 133 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6.06 134 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 6.12 135 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 6.17 136 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6.33 137 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 138 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 6.35 139 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.37 140 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 7.29 141 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 7.34 142 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.38 143 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 8.22 144 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 8.23 145 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.25 146 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.35 147 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 8.48 148 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.49 149 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.50 150 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 9.33 151 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 9.52 152 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 9.54 153 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 10.10 154 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.33 155 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.13 156 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 11.40 157 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 11.41 158 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.29 159 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 12.35 160 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 12.41 161 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.02 162 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 16.47 163 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 16.48 164 Kjelt Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 16.55 165 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.29 166 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 19.45 167 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.04 168 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.10 169 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 24.21 170 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.49 171 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 28.17 172 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 28.45 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 67 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 66 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 65 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 62 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 59 6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 57 7 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 54 8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 36 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 36 11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 35 12 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 31 13 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 28 14 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 15 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25 16 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 24 17 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 19 19 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 18 20 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 17 21 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 16 23 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 24 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 15 25 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 26 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 13 27 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 28 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11 29 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 30 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 10 31 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 10 32 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 10 34 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 9 35 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 9 36 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 37 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 8 38 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 39 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 8 40 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 41 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 7 42 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 6 43 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 44 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 5 45 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 4 46 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4 47 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 4 48 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 49 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3 50 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3 51 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 2 52 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 53 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 2 54 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 55 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 56 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 57 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1 58 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1 Mountains classification 1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 pts 2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 14 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 4 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 5 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 6 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 7 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 9 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 4 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 3 11 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2 12 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 13 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 14 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 Young rider classification 1 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.52.48 2 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.03 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 0.11 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 0.17 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 0.20 6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 0.23 7 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 0.25 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.35 9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 10 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 0.51 11 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.52 12 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.55 13 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 0.58 14 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 1.00 15 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.33 16 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52 17 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.55 18 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5.41 19 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.08 20 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 12.10 21 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 12.16 22 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.24 23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 28.20 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Team 44.37.55 2 Team CSC 0.01 3 T-Mobile Team 0.02 4 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 0.07 5 Gerolsteiner 0.18 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.26 7 Lampre-Fondital 0.37 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.42 9 Rabobank 10 Credit Agricole 0.43 11 AG2R Prevoyance 0.44 12 Francaise Des Jeux 0.51 13 Bouygues Telecom 1.10 14 Davitamon - Lotto 1.12 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.15 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.27 17 Team Milram 1.28 18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.40 19 Liquigas 1.56 20 Agritubel 1.59
