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93rd Tour de France - ProT
France, July 1-23, 2006
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Stage 12 - Friday, July 14: Luchon - Carcassonne, 211 km
Popovych crusades to Carcassonne
By Hedwig Kröner in Carcassonne, with additional reporting from Brecht Decaluwé and Tim Maloney
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Discovery Channel's youngster Yaroslav Popovych scored a big victory today in medieval Carcassonne, making up for his team's recent disappointments in this Tour de France. The young Ukrainian went out on his very own crusade and attacked his breakaway companions in the final kilometres towards the historic city, and took the victory after 211 kilometres of racing. Italian Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) placed second, with double stage winner Oscar Freire (Rabobank) coming through the finish third - just in time before torrential rain cooled down the town that was baking under 40 degree heat.
"This morning when I stepped out of the team bus, Johan (Bruyneel) told us that we now had to try and win a stage... and that was exactly what we did," said the 26 year-old in the finish. "So I think I can be happy today.
"My most beautiful victory was when I won the World Championships in the U23 category," Popovych continued. "It was more important to me because the emotion was very different. You're standing on a podium and you hear the national anthem of your country. This victory comes in as a nice second, though!"
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Popovych, Ballan, Freire and Frenchman Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole) had been racing in front of the peloton for the last half of the stage, but the Phonak-led bunch kept a close eye on them. Nevertheless, today's stage winner moved up to tenth position at 4'15 behind GC leader Floyd Landis (Phonak).
"We'll have to see what happens in the next stages," Popovych replied when asked if he thought he could make a difference on GC now. "If I'm still as bad in the Alps as I was in the Pyrenees then of course, I don't have a chance. There’s still a long way to Paris."
Fast man Freire used this opportunity to grab a few sprint bonuses along the way. The Spaniard now sits in second behind Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) in the maillot vert , but didn't try to go for the points at today's finish line. When Popovych attacked, the Spaniard chose to stay in Ballan's wheel instead of chasing the Ukrainian down.
"No, not at all," explained Popovych when journalists asked him whether there had been an agreement between him and the Rabo rider. "I attacked because it was impossible for me to win over Freire in the sprint. I didn't have another option if I wanted to win the stage. Maybe Freire didn't react because he wanted to see what Ballan was doing. The circumstances were just like that during the race, so that was in my advantage."
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In the finale, Frenchman Le Mevel was the first to concede to the overall high pace of today's stage, taking place in the blisteringly hot département Aude. When Popovych charged to the first of his merciless attacks with 8 clicks to go, the Crédit Agricole rider knew his time was up.
"My legs just hurt so much; I couldn't react when Popovych left," a disillusioned Le Mevel told the press at the finish. "I'm disappointed, but it just wasn't possible. These three were just too strong, and they were not nobodies. I should have been able to attack, but it was also very, very hot, and I wasn't in the right rhythm."
Team Phonak and Yellow jersey wearer Floyd Landis were in charge of the field today across the bumpy roads coming down the Pyrenees. "It was a difficult day to control for me," said Landis in the finish. "Yesterday in the mountains was better... The problem was that there were always breaks with too many guys in them, and that other teams wanted to chase."
Indeed, stage 12 started fast and furious, with many break moves initiated, but soon destroyed by a raging bunch. One early jump included Robbie McEwen and Tom Boonen, who was plagued by light stomach troubles since yesterday. Boonen didn't appreciate the riding of his Australian rival in the break, saying it annihilated the escapists's chances.
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"Everybody was ready to work in that break to make it succeed," said the world champion, who later got his revenge on McEwen by winning the bunch sprint. "McEwen disturbed the flow by constantly coming up to the front and bringing down the rhythm. He was to one who ruined our break. I thought it was ridiculous."
Later, with the gap to the break of the day being down at a constant four minutes, many believed the sprinters' teams would collaborate to get the better of them before the finish line. But it wasn't to be, also because Quick.Step decided not to chase.
"I wasn't sure about a bunch sprint, as I'm not at a 100 percent because of those stomach problems," explained Boonen. "I didn't want to risk having my teammates work for me and not being able to finish it off. And I certainly didn't want anybody else take advantage of our work."
Asked if he now considered Popovych a threat, race leader Landis said, "No, I don't think so at the moment. He won the stage, congratulations to him. I don't think we are too worried about the classification with him now, but if he does it again, we have a problem."
How it unfolded
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On a hot midday Friday, Stage 12 began in the Pyrenees spa town of Luchon at 12.16pm, with 165 riders starting on 14 Julliet, the French national holiday on the way to the beautiful walled city of Carcassonne. Stage 12 had 4 categorized climbs, the Cat 2 Col des Ares after 27 km, the Cat 4 Cote de Pujos after 47.5 km then two back to back Cat 4 ascents, the Cote de Paul de Pailhes (126.0 km) and Cote de Pamiers (136.0 km). Stage 12 also had two intermediate sprints in Caumont after 76.0 km and Mirepoix at the 162.0 km mark.
As always on 14 Julliet, the French were on the attack and just outside of Luchon, it was '05 Giro d'Italia stage winner Le Mevel (C.A) on the move. His attack provoked a large break with French champion Brard (Caisse d'Epargne), Jensy Voigt (CSC), Kopp (Gerolsteiner), De Groot (Rabobank), maillot vert Robbie McEwen and teammate Vansummeren (Davitamon), Bennati and Righi (Lampre), world champ Boonen (Quick.Steo), Moreni (Cofidis), Ventoso (Saunier Duval), Da Cruz (Française des Jeux), massive Maggie Bäckstedt (Liquigas) and Fedrigo (Bouygues). But the break never got more than 0'30 and was doomed as Phonak and T-Mobile chased them down after 20 km at the foot of the first climb of the day.
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Spanish sprinter Galvez (Caisse d'Epargne) abandoned and as the Cat 2 Col des Ares began, Hincapie (Discovery), Voigt (CSC), Bennati (Lampre) and Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) counterattacked, but Rabobank's Chicken Rasmussen went peckin' for points at the GPM and the determined Dane took the honours. On the descent, another big break formed, including Hincapie, Voigt, Bennati, Pereiro, Rasmussen, Guerini (T-Mob), Goubert (AG2R), Cunego (Lampre), Hushovd (C.A), Verdugo (Euskaltel), Moncoutié, Chavanel and Moreni (Cofidis), Millar (Saunier) and Albasini (Liquigas), and as they approached the second climb of the day, the Cat 4 Cote de Pujos after 47.5 km, the 15 strong break had a 0'50 lead on the Davitamon-Lotto led peloton. The Belgian outfit had missed the break, while Discovery Channel's Paolo Savoldelli, who crashed on the descent of the Pla-de-Beret yesterday while returning to his hotel, abandoned after 42 km. Later in the stage, his Discovery Channel teammate Noval also abandoned.
Millar took the GPM points on the Cote de Pujos ahead of Rasmussen, but last year's TdF maillot á pois winner had gained enough points to get closer to the current maillot á pois David De la Fuente (Saunier Duval). It was a red hot afternoon with white hot racing as 46 km were raced in the first hour. The chase continued across the Haute-Garonne with about 1'00 between the break and the peloton, and as the escape passed into the Ariege departement, six riders sat up and waited for the peloton as they didn't think the break could stay away because Davitamon-Lotto wasn't going to let Bennati get away.
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Hincapie, Voigt, Guerini, Goubert, Bennati, Verdugo, Moncoutié, Millar and Albasini kept on riding and sure enough at the day's first intermediate sprint, Bennati took the points in Caumont after 76.0 km. The break had been away for 50 km and had never gotten more than a 1'10" lead, and once Bouygues and Milram joined the chase, that spelled curtains for this escape. 10 km later after the feed zone in St.Girons with the peloton closing fast, Albasini attacked but it was futile as he and the remains of the break were brought back two clicks later. Peloton groupé with 125 km to race and the pace was still swift, with average speed for the second hour of Stage 12 at 47.2 km/h on the small, rolling roads of the Ariege.
After the peloton settled down for lunch, at the 98 km point on the descent of the Plantaurel hills, Freire (Rabobank), Ballan (Lampre), Popovych (Discovery) and Le Mevel (C.A.) attacked and had gained 0'30 after 102 km in Clermont. Davitamon-Lotto considered chasing Freire briefly, but decided to let him and his three companions go. Next up were the two back-to-back Cat 4 ascents, the Côte Du Pâl De Pailhes after 126.0 km and Cote de Pamiers 10 clicks later. Le Mevel took the first GPM while Popovych took the second and the Phonak led peloton was already almost 4 minutes in arrears. At the day's second intermediate sprint in Mirepoix, it was Freire who took the points with 49.5 km to race to Carcassonne.
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The afternoon temps were 40 degrees as the break followed the baking asphalt ribbon towards the finish. Erik Zabel's Milram milkmen hit the front to relieve Phonak and the gap between the break and the peloton was stable at 4 minutes. As the front quartet hit the outskirts of Carcassonne in the last 10 km, the attacks started, with Popovych trying repeatedly to get away from the others and Ballan chasing him every time but one. That last attack with 3.5 km to go saw the Ukrainian talent finally cracking Ballan and riding to a solo win in Carcassonne, with Ballan, Freire and Le Mevel coming in about 0'30 behind the Ukrainian.
After yesterday's poor performance for Discovery Channel and today's abandons by Savoldelli and Noval, Popovych gave his team a much needed boost. Popovych was 26th on Thursday's mountain stage and lost 6'25 to maillot jaune Floyd Landis and dropped down to 23rd on GC, 9'00 behind the lead, but today, Popo clawed back half of his losses and won his first Tour de France stage and fifth career pro win. Popovych is currently in 10th on GC, 4'15 behind Landis and Discovery Channel's best placed rider in the 2006 Tour de France.
Stage 13 - Saturday, July 15: Béziers-Montélimar, 231 km
Le Tour's longest day is a flat to rolling stage from the seacoast through the hot rocky vineyards of Herault, Gard and the Ardeche that finishes in the sweet, nougaty town of Montélimar. Stage 13 should be a day long struggle between sprinters teams and escape artists who will try to hang on for the win, but as on Stage 9, the competition for the maillot vert may bring it all together in the end, where Big Bad Belgian Boonen will try to finally turn the tables on Killer Kangaroo McEwen. But don't count out Lampre-Fondital's cannonball Toto Commesso, who will be on the hunt for his third career Tour de France stage win in Montélimar.
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- The break group becomes disorganized.
- The main bunch strung out past the village of Saint-Lizier.
- Riders still on the chase.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) wins the sprint for 4th.
- Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) rolls in after a long hard day.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) takes to the podium after his win.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) happy to still be in yellow.
- The Aussies are everywhere!
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) wins the stage in Carcassonne
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) likes the feeling
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) crosses the line to win
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) enjoys the moment
- Ballan finished second
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) couldn't do better than second
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) didn't have the legs to go for it
- Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) finishes a painful 4th
- Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) rolls across
- McEwen and Boonen head for the line
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) won the sprint for 5th
- The bunch sprint for 5th was won by Tom Boonen
- Boonen and McEwen roll across after placing 5th and 6th
- Wegmann and Kloden finish in the bunch
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) didn't have any problems today
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon) finishes the stage
- The telltale signs of a hard race: Riders don't even know how to eat and drink any more.
- Florent Brard (Caisse d'Epargne) rolls in with the bunch
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre) after the finish
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) gives his view
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) the stage winner
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) waves from the stage
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) surprised, but happy
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel)
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) with his winner's trophy
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) pulls on the maillot jaune
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) on stage in yellow
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) salutes after his first day in yellow
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) in the maillot jaune again
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) with a tricolore lion
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) in yellow, before the stage
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) bided his time today
- World champ Tom Boonen follows Garzelli through a field of sunflowers
- Vive le Tour!
- Bert Grabsch on the front of the Phonak train
- The lead break passes through a tunnel
- The peloton passes through a tunnel
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) with Erik Zabel on his wheel
- Le Mevel leads the breakaway
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) wins the stage in Carcassonne
- Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) tells it how it was after the stage
- Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) gave it his best
Images by AFP Photo
- George Hincapie (Discovery) was in the early break that didn't quite make it
- Nicolas Jalabert gives a bidon to his teammate Robert Hunter
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) attacks the break
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) put in a powerful solo attack with 3 km to go to win stage 12
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) wins the 12th stage into Carcassonne
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) celebrates his win in Carcassonne
Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
- Jens Voigt thinking about one of his infamous day-long attacks?
- Oscar Freire gives Cyclingnews his big bad bandito face.
- Levi Leipheimer a far happier man today than he was a few days ago.
- Stuart O'Grady gives some time to a few young admirers.
- Rabobank have quickly become the dominant team of the Tour de France after their exceptional teamwork in the Pyrenées yesterday.
- Riders get ready to make their way to the départ fictif.
- The press cars leave a few minutes ahead of the peloton.
- Some Luchon locals take in a bird's eye view.
- New maillot jaune Floyd Landis looked the business in yellow.
- Not long to go now...
- Aww, thanks Robbie. Can you show me how to sprint one day?
- The various classification leaders on the start line in Luchon.
Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) at the winner's press conference
- These bikes performed really well yesterday
- Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabirskie, Zaribskie ....better stop now
- Rinero will be one of the riders who might have a go for the win today
- Erik Zabel looked like he recovered really well from yesterday's mountain stage
- An Austrian fan, you don't see them quite often
- A bit of folklore in Luchon, the traditional clothing was shown by these locals
- Retiring boss of the Tour de France JM Leblanc and his press chief Phillipe Sudres
- Savoldelli crashed on the descent of the Pla-de-Beret yesterday, while cruising to the hotel ... one Falco down
- Isaac Galvez the Spanish sprinter enjoyed the company of his family at the start in Luchon
- Quatorze Juillet, an important day for the French people ... this lady is definitely hoping for a French win today!
Images by Hedwig Kröner/Cyclingnews.com
- French champ Florent Brard knows the French would like to see him win on Bastille day
- 'Pippo' Pozzato does a little posing at the start
- Yesterday's locomotive for Menchov, Michael Boogerd, looked rather tired...
- A happy Stuey O'Grady
- Thor Hushovd will he take revenge on his unlucky fate today?
- 'Il Falco' injured himself in a crash yesterday
- Discovery's best-placed rider: José Azevedo.
Results
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4.34.58 (46.151 km/h) 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.27 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 0.29 4 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.35 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 4.25 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 12 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 15 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 19 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 23 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 25 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 26 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 27 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 28 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 29 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 32 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 33 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 34 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 35 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 36 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 37 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 38 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 39 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 40 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 41 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 42 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 43 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 44 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 46 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 47 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 48 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 49 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 50 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 51 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 52 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 53 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 54 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 55 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 56 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 57 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 58 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 60 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 61 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 63 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 64 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 65 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 4.40 66 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 68 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 69 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 70 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 71 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 73 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 74 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 75 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 76 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 77 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 78 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 79 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.44 80 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 82 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 83 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 84 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 85 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 86 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 87 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 88 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 89 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 90 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 91 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 92 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 93 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 94 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 96 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 97 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 98 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 99 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 100 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 101 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 102 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 103 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 104 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 105 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 106 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 107 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 109 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 110 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 111 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 112 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 113 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 116 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 117 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 118 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 119 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 120 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 121 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 122 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 124 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4.56 125 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 126 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 127 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 128 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 5.02 129 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5.05 130 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 131 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 132 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 5.12 133 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 5.13 134 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 135 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 136 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 137 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 138 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 139 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 140 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 141 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 142 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 143 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 144 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 145 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 146 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 147 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 5.23 148 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.31 149 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 6.05 150 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6.48 151 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 12.04 152 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 12.07 153 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 154 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 155 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 156 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 157 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 158 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 159 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 160 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux DNF Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel DNF Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel DNF Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel DNF Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel Points 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 25 pts 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 20 4 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 16 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 14 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 13 9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11 11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 10 12 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 8 14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 7 15 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 16 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 4 18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 3 19 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 20 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 1 Mountains Col Des Ares - Cat. 2, km 27 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10 pts 2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 6 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 5 Côte De Pujos - Cat. 4, km 47.5 1 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 3 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Côte Du Pâl De Pailhes - Cat. 4, km 126 1 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 pts 2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1 Côte De Pamiers - Cat. 4, km 136 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 3 pts 2 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Sprints Caumont, km 76 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 pts 2 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4 3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 2 Mirepoix, km 162 1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 3 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 Young rider 1 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 4.39.23 2 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 5 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 0.15 8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 0.19 11 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 12 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 13 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 14 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 0.31 16 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 17 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 0.48 18 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 19 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.06 21 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 7.42 22 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 23 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Most combative 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital Teams 1 Discovery Channel Team 13.53.44 2 Lampre-Fondital 0.27 3 Rabobank 0.29 4 Credit Agricole 0.35 5 Gerolsteiner 4.25 6 Davitamon - Lotto 7 Quick Step - Innergetic 8 T-Mobile Team 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 Team CSC 12 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Team Milram 15 AG2R Prevoyance 16 Agritubel 17 Francaise Des Jeux 18 Liquigas 4.44 19 Bouygues Telecom 4.55 20 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 5.03 General classification after stage 12 1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 53.57.30 2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 0.08 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.01 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.17 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.52 6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 2.29 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 3.22 8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 3.33 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 3.44 10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4.15 11 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.17 12 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.26 13 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 5.38 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 5.39 15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5.54 16 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.47 17 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.52 18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.07 19 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 7.42 20 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 8.30 21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8.37 22 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 8.39 23 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 9.37 24 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 11.18 25 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 11.35 26 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.07 27 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 13.41 28 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14.03 29 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 14.16 30 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 14.35 31 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 15.25 32 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16.32 33 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 16.34 34 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18.14 35 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 18.15 36 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 19.51 37 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20.44 38 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 22.49 39 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 22.59 40 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.43 41 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.50 42 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 26.57 43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 27.07 44 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 27.13 45 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 27.18 46 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.50 47 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.52 48 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 29.28 49 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 30.33 50 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31.12 51 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 31.26 52 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.33 53 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 31.59 54 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 32.51 55 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 33.14 56 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 33.26 57 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.36 58 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 34.55 59 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 35.02 60 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 35.17 61 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 35.41 62 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 35.56 63 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36.25 64 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 37.06 65 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 38.31 66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38.58 67 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 39.36 68 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 39.45 69 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.55 70 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 42.13 71 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 42.31 72 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 43.45 73 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 43.57 74 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 44.06 75 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44.27 76 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 44.29 77 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 44.38 78 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 44.47 79 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45.04 80 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 45.25 81 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 45.38 82 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46.22 83 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46.29 84 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 46.38 85 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.53 86 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 47.34 87 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 48.10 88 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 49.26 89 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.41 90 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 50.33 91 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 51.38 92 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52.08 93 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 52.32 94 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 53.32 95 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 53.36 96 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 55.10 97 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 55.27 98 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 56.35 99 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 57.07 100 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 57.21 101 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 57.29 102 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 58.10 103 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 58.15 104 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 58.37 105 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 58.39 106 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 58.41 107 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 58.59 108 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 59.34 109 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 59.51 110 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 59.56 111 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.00.57 112 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.01.28 113 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.02.59 114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.03.54 115 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.03.58 116 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.04.23 117 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 1.04.41 118 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.05.02 119 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 1.05.24 120 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.06.13 121 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 1.06.26 122 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.06.27 123 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.07.04 124 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.07.48 125 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.07.50 126 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.08.36 127 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.08.40 128 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.09.02 129 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.09.17 130 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1.10.26 131 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.10.53 132 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.11.21 133 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 1.11.35 134 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 1.11.39 135 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.12.11 136 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.13.38 137 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1.14.32 138 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.15.06 139 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 1.15.08 140 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.26 141 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.16.27 142 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.17.07 143 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.19.08 144 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.19.09 145 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 1.19.13 146 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.20.21 147 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1.20.47 148 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.20.57 149 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1.21.53 150 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.22.47 151 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 1.27.36 152 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.27.43 153 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 1.29.11 154 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.29.51 155 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.32.05 156 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.32.36 157 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.32.39 158 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.36.58 159 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.41.34 160 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.49.08 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 232 pts 2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 207 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 204 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 183 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 161 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 145 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 136 8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 127 9 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 107 10 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 11 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 98 13 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 71 14 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 67 15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 48 16 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46 17 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 46 18 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 40 20 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 40 21 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 39 22 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39 23 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 24 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 34 26 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 33 27 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 33 28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 32 29 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 32 30 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 31 31 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 31 32 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 28 33 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 34 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25 35 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 25 36 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 24 37 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 24 38 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 39 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 23 40 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 22 41 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 42 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 21 43 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 20 44 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 20 45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 46 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20 47 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 20 48 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 49 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 19 50 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 18 51 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 52 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 17 53 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17 54 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 55 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 56 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 16 57 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 15 58 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 59 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 61 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 62 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 14 63 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 13 64 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 13 65 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 66 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 12 67 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 11 68 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11 69 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10 70 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 10 71 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 72 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 73 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 10 74 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 10 75 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 76 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 77 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 78 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 9 79 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 80 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 81 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 8 82 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 7 83 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 84 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 85 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 6 86 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 87 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 88 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 89 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4 90 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 91 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 4 92 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 4 93 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 4 94 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 95 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 96 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3 97 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 98 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 2 99 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 100 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2 101 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2 102 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 103 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2 104 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 105 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1 106 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1 107 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 80 pts 2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 62 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 61 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 45 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 41 7 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 8 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 36 9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 35 10 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 35 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 28 14 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 25 16 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 17 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 24 18 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 22 19 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 16 21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 22 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 13 23 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13 24 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 12 25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 12 26 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 12 28 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 29 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 30 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 31 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 32 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 9 33 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9 34 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9 35 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 36 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 37 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 38 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 6 39 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 40 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 41 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 42 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 43 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 5 44 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 45 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 46 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4 47 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 3 48 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 3 49 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 50 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 51 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 52 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3 53 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 2 54 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2 55 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 56 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 57 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 58 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 59 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 60 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54.01.47 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.15 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.16 4 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 31.00 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 31.39 6 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 39.49 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 40.30 8 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 41.08 9 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 41.21 10 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 42.21 11 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 48.15 12 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 49.19 13 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 52.18 14 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 52.50 15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 53.04 16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 53.58 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 54.24 18 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.02.47 19 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03.31 20 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1.16.30 21 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.18.30 22 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.25.34 23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.28.22 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 162.02.16 2 Gerolsteiner 0.46 3 AG2R Prevoyance 5.00 4 Rabobank 5.21 5 Team CSC 7.52 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 16.03 7 Lampre-Fondital 20.59 8 Discovery Channel Team 22.40 9 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 23.45 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 24.58 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.09 12 Agritubel 40.39 13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 48.54 14 Bouygues Telecom 49.46 15 Davitamon - Lotto 53.20 16 Credit Agricole 53.55 17 Team Milram 1.23.27 18 Francaise Des Jeux 1.36.02 19 Liquigas 2.08.02 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.14.12
