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93rd Tour de France - ProT
France, July 1-23, 2006
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Stage 15 - Tuesday, July 18: Gap - l'Alpe d'Huez, 187 km
A new page in cycling history: Luxembourger King of L'Alpe
Landis sails back into maillot jaune - and maybe for good
By Anthony Tan, Hedwig Kröner & Brecht Decaluwé in L'Alpe d'Huez
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145 kilometres from the foot of the legendary climb of L'Alpe d'Huez, twenty-five riders embarked on an escape fuelled only by hope. But when fifteen of the original twenty-five were still there at this critical point, almost half an hour ahead of schedule and holding a lead of three and a quarter minutes, hope turned to belief for two men.
As Damiano Cunego and Fränk Schleck went mano-a-mano virtually the whole way up the twenty-one hairpin ascent, a fierce battle for the maillot jaune was been waged behind. However, this didn't concern them, particularly Schleck, who was set to become the first Luxembourger in cycling history to achieve victory atop L'Alpe.
Although the 26 year-old looked the more comfortable, effortlessly spinning a small gear à la Armstrong, his equally prodigious Italian companion - not to mention a Giro d'Italia champion - was a renowned pure climber, desperate for a big win.
And if someone asked who would be leading the race three kilometres from the finish, a few may have picked Cunego - though certainly not Schleck. Yet the baby-faced Luxembourger defied the odds and the law of gravity with a perfectly-timed attack, flying up, up and away to earn the most magnificent achievement of his four-year career.
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"I'm a bit afraid to attack," said Schleck, "But today I had to attack, as I knew that Cunego is a better sprinter than me. If you get the chance to win the stage on Alpe d'Huez, you need to grab that chance.
"Normally, I would've needed to stay with Carlos [Sastre], to help him out if necessary. But I got in the breakaway, together with three teammates. A lot of riders told me to go back as I was too close in the GC. I was at eleven minutes, so I said no, just like Bjarne [Riis].
"He told me not to pull, as we had three more guys. Jens [Voigt] and David [Zabriskie] did an amazing job today, it was crazy what they did. They believed in me and they were never in doubt; I want to say thank you to those guys, and all of the team who believed in me."
Cunego's second place should not regarded as a loss, as he was up against someone who rode the best race of his life today. Rather, after two lacklustre years, the 24 year-old strawberry blonde from Cerro Veronese should use the occasion to mark his resurgence among the world's best riders.
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"I would have liked to win," lamented Cunego, "but when you have a guy that's this explosive in front of you, you just can't do anything about it. I don't regret anything, and I'm happy with the way that my form is coming up.
"Yesterday, I said that L'Alpe d'Huez was just a climb like the other ones. I also thought the same while I was climbing, but at the top, the emotion is different than anywhere else. My second place means a lot for the future. I'll come back to win that stage one day," he said.
Landis regains the yellow tunic
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Another Italian, Stefano Garzelli, was the next best of the early breakaway, but his third place was overshadowed by the man right behind him: Floyd Landis.
Not once looking like he was hurting ("I've got a good poker face!" he joked afterwards), the 30 year-old American from Farmersville, Pennsylvania, looked as if he were on training ride. Testing himself occasionally - which just happened to drop everyone bar Andreas Klöden - but never launching a full-blooded attack we know he's capable of, Landis sailed back into the maillot jaune as easily as he first found himself in it five days ago.
"I don't care at all about what people thought about it," he said when asked about losing the yellow jersey a few days before.
"I think it was a wise thing to do. If you understand how cycling works, you don't comment on that. Today, everybody saw that my team is stronger than some people hoped. I'll let you know when I am at the red line, but I felt well today. It wasn't necessary to take more time on the other guys, I was just content to follow Klöden.
"From now on, I would like to keep the jersey," said Landis. "I can't figure a reason why we would give it away now. But if that scenario arises, it's still a possibility to give it away, but it seems unlikely."
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Finishing on the same time as the new yellow jersey, Klöden moves himself one place closer to the top spot, now sitting sixth overall, but more importantly, the 31 year-old is now just two-and-a-half minutes behind the maillot jaune.
"At the foot of the climb, Matthias Kessler rode a great tempo; I saw that some guys had problems, so I told him to go flat out," explained Klöden. "When I passed him, the group had shrunk.
"It was very hard; I tried to take the initiative with our team. It went alright; Floyd was also really strong, but nobody took over the lead work - I had to lead almost everything myself. You saw the result."
Pereiro loses it - just; Dessel still well placed
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The man who Landis displaced, Caisse d'Epargne's Oscar Pereiro, lost 1'39 to his former teammate, which was enough to concede the golden fleece by ten seconds. It was an enormous ask for the Spaniard to hold onto the maillot jaune after today's epic stage, though there's little doubt the 28 year-old will continue fighting for a place on the Paris podium.
As for the three riders sitting between Pereiro and Klöden - Cyril Dessel (AG2R-Prevoyance), Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) - the first is a massive though popular surprise, and the French may have finally found themselves a new stage race hope.
"But being the best Frenchman doesn't mean much in my mind," Dessel said.
"What I'm doing is a good surprise for myself and for French cycling. I'm kind of living a dream. Today, the crowd was pushing me with their encouragement. Making the top 10 would be a fantastic result but we're not there yet; there is a 57 kilometre time trial, and I'm not a super specialist."
A pair of Aussies, Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) and Michael Rogers (T-Mobile), Gerolsteiner's GC-man Levi Leipheimer and Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi) round out the current top ten on GC.
"It was tough on the last climb but I came out alright so I'm quite happy," said Rogers, who is so far going far better than expected. "It was a hard day, and there's more hard days to come."
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With all bar Pereiro two minutes or more off the winning pace, each will need to step up their game or bank on an unlikely Landis collapse over the next forty-eight hours in the Haute Alpes, as the penultimate day's time trial has the American's name written all over it.
"During the next two stages, I'll be riding conservative again," said Landis. "I don't feel the need to win any of those stages; I'll try to win a stage, but if it doesn't work out that way...
"Cycle racing is a tactical game, and to my way of thinking, I would like to save my team as much as possible. Straight after the last day, I would like my team to go home feeling well, if that is possible.
"So, with that in mind, I'll do whatever I can to race conservatively. Most of the times, that means other riders are winning stages. I'm proud of what my team's done today, and on what I've done. Whether I win a stage or not, if I can win the Tour, I will be happy."
So, where to now for Fränk Schleck, a man who is being compared with the great Luxembourg climber Charly Gaul? "I will be more confident. Many people said that I could do well, that I had to be confident. At the end of the day, I ended up winning this fantastic stage. It will take a while before I realise that I've won over here," he said.
How it unfolded
By Tim Maloney
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Phase Three of the 93rd Tour de France went full gas with a massive stage through the dark heart through the Hautes Alpes into Isere. After a much needed rest day in Gap, Saunier Duval-Prodir, CSC and Gerolsteiner teams had a visit from the UCI 'vampires' this morning, but no one was found unfit to race.
No one abandoned on rest day so 156 riders took the start at 11:51. Right from the get-go, the attacks started out of Gap as the Tour peloton headed up the Luye River valley to then join the Durance River valley before the first sprint in Embrun. David De la Fuente (Saunier) went on the attack on the outskirts of Gap and was joined by Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Posthuma (Rabobank), Cunego (Lampre), Brard (Caisse d'Epargne), Charteau (C.A) and Albasini (Liquigas).
Then one after another, riders bridged up to the front and at the sprint in Embrun, the break had swelled to 25 riders, including Hincapie and Martinez (Discovery), Schleck, Voigt, Zabriskie (CSC), Mazzoleni (T-Mobile), Arrieta (AG2R), Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Flecha (Rabobank), Merckx (Phonak), Cunego & Vila (Lampre), Arroyo & Garcia-Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne), Charteau (C.A.), Landaluze (Euskaltel), Chavanel (Cofidis), De la Fuente & Lobato (Saunier), Eisel and Vaugrenard (FDJ), Albasini & Garzelli (Liquigas), Pineau (Bouygues) and big Chris Knees (Milram). Speedster Eisel took the sprint from Albasini as maillot jaune Pereiro's Caisse d'Epargne squad was riding tempo 1'30 behind and Schleck (CSC) was the best placed rider in the escape, as the Luxembourger is in 20th place, 10'06 behind Maillot Jaune Pereiro.
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The mountain air was cooler than the previous day's heat but the racing was red-hot as the tailwind coming up the valley pushed the break to ride 50.8km in the first hour, with the gap back to the peloton 3'40 in Guillestre after 54km. Before the front group hit the first slopes of the Izoard, Lobato jumped away to try and keep the pace high, and he was caught quickly as CSC jammed harder. As the ascent of the Izoard began after 68km, the gap back to the group MJ was 5'00.
Halfway up the Izoard, it was Stefano Garzelli on the attack as he made a quick jump. As the Bianchi-Liquigas man traversed the Izoard's eerie landscape of the la Casse desert section 3km from the summit with it's spiky seracs, perhaps he saw the ghost of his former teammate Marco Pantani, who helped Garzelli win the 2000 Giro d'Italia on this very ascent of the mythical Izoard. As he crested the hors categorie ascent after 86km of racing, his pace was 20'00 faster than the fastest time schedule. Maillot a pois De La Fuente took second at the GPM, 1'06 behind Garzelli. Garzelli's gap over the chasers never got much more than 1'00, so at the feed zone in Chantmerle at the base of the climb to Serre-Chevalier, Garzelli had sat up and let the chasers catch him.
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As the second ascent of the day of the Col du Lautaret commenced, CSC was driving the pace in the escape with Zabriskie and Voigt up the relatively gentle slopes of the Lautaret, but the gap to the group maillot jaune started to drop. In the peloton, Phonak and T-Mobile had now joined Caisse d'Epargne in the chase and the difference was 4'00 and falling, as De La Fuente and Vila had gone off the front of the break, which seemed to confuse the general organisation of the escapee until CSC's Dave Z and Voigt hit the front hard. World champion Tom Boonen was having a bad day and couldn't even stay with the gruppetto because of breathing problems, and he abandoned in the feed zone.
The pressure was on in the peloton as the additional chasers upped the pace in the group maillot jaune. Former MJ Gonchar was pounding his usual huge gear on the front and rider after rider went out the back as the group maillot jaune scaled the Lautaret. Rabobank's Weening was also pulling along with hardman Cente Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) who dropped out of the break after the Izoard to go back the group maillot jaune. At the summit of the Lautaret, De La Fuente and Vila passed over the summit 0'25 ahead of 13 others, with Cunego, Garzelli, Zabriskie, Voigt, Lobato, Schleck, Hincapie, Merckx, Hincapie, Landaluze, Arrieta, Mazzoleni and Chavanel, with the group maillot jaune at 4'20.
The break now had 38.5km to the foot of l'Alpe d'Huez; down the mountain to Le Freney d'Oisans, they raced then a long straight road down the Romanche River valley to Le Bourg-d'Oisans at the foot of the final ascent of the mythical hors categorie 13.9km ascent. De La Fuente and Vila had come back to the escape and as dark clouds gathered atop the crest of les Grandes Rousses above l'Alpe d'Huez, a few raindrops began to sprinkle down, then the skies opened up. Dave Z was on the front tracing a careful trajectory down the long, gentle descent of the Lautaret. The group maillot jaune was still at 3'50 with 30km to go.
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The rain had stopped, but the road was still wet as down past the Chambon Dam and then all along the valley towards Le Bourg-d'Oisans, the pursuit match between the escape and the groups was on, as Vila and Dave Z were hammering on the front with 25km to go. The gap was now 3'40 as the group maillot jaune had gained back 0'40 since the summit of the Lautaret. Rabobank's Flecha was hammering on the front, with Gonchar right behind. The tension began to crank up as the base of l'Alpe approached. Although he had crashed on the slippery descent of the Lautaret, Voigt had gotten back on and was now all out on the road to Le Bourg-d'Oisans, with the gap at 3'00 with 15km to go. Although the rain had cooled things down, the racing was still white hot as the break came through Le Bourg-d'Oisans a quarter of an hour ahead of the fastest time schedule.
After 140km away in the break, Vila hit the front as l'Alpe d'Huez commenced, and the courageous Voigt and his CSC teammate Dave Z dropped off the pace. Arrieta, Landaluze and Merckx came off. Cunego accelerated hard and maillot a pois De La Fuente went out the back. Cunego went again with only Schleck able to follow. As the group maillot jaune hit l'Alpe d'Huez, Rabobank's Flecha was all out on the front, as third place on GC Dessel (AG2R) dropped his chain at the worst moment possible!
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After 2km of l'Alpe and Cunego's accelerations, only Lobato, Schleck, Arroyo, Cunego and Mazzoleni were left in front as Hincapie and Garzelli were together 0'10 back. Clearly Cunego had great legs and was just tearing the break apart with his accelerations and when he went for the third time in the third kilometre of the ascent, only Schleck could get across to the Italian, while the group maillot jaune was still 2'45 behind. Phonak had blown things apart with Martin Perdiguero forcing for Landis, and only Kessler, Klöden, Evans and Menchov could hang on to the Fast Floyd. Behind them, Boogerd and Rasmussen were trying to get across, as Caucchioli was chasing with maillot jaune Pereiro, Simoni, Leipheimer, Azevedo and Horner, while Sastre was fighting his way up, and Popovych didn't have the legs.
With 10km to climb, Cunego and Schleck were 0'10 ahead of Mazzoleni and 0'20 ahead of Lobato, with the group maillot jaune at 2'20. The favourites' chase group was 2'00 behind the front duo and 0'20 ahead of maillot jaune Pereiro as Klöden then accelerated, dropping his teammate Kessler, Evans and big meat Menchov, whose big climbing gears finally caught up with him. It was just Floyd and Klöden, and although Evans had fought back, Landis went again and the Davitamon-Lotto Aussie went out the back again for good.
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CSC's Sastre was coming back as he caught his teammates Voigt and Zabriskie; Evans and Leipheimer was hanging on the back for dear life. Menchov was battling hard being this group to try and limit his losses to Landis. Sastre and Leipheimer come across to Landis and Klöden with 7.2km to go and 400m later, Floyd jumped across to his teammate Axel Merckx, who then upped the pace which then dumped Leipheimer.
In in Huez d'Oisans with 5km to go to the finish atop l'Alpe d'Huez, Cunego was riding hard, maybe too hard as Schleck was smartly playing possum and T-Mobile's Mazzoleni was ready to pounce in the front three, but the T-Mobile man then dropped off the front group to wait for Klöden. Chavanel, Lobato and Garzelli were at 040, maillot a pois De la Fuente at 1'15 and fading, Merckx Landis, Klöden, Leipheimer and Sastre were at 1'45, Evans and Menchov at 1'55 and the group maillot jaune at 2'45. With 4500m to race, Klöden attacked but Landis covered the move easily, while Leipheimer, then Sastre were dropped.
At the 2km mark, Rasmussen came up to a suffering Menchov to give the grimacing Russian a hand, while Mazzoleni had joined the Landis / Klöden group. The front duo still had 1'45 on the closest chasers and would go to the finish together, but with 2200m to race, Schleck went hard and Cunego hesitated and was gapped. The lanky Amstel Gold Race winner powered away while the Italian - like Schleck in his rookie Tour de France and his first time racing up l'Alpe d'Huez - did his best to stay close to Schleck.
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The CSC rider won the stage for his third career elite win and the lanky Luxembourger was certainly in a hurry to get to the top of l'Alpe d'Huez, as he finished 15'00 faster than fastest time schedule in an average speed of 38.38km/h. Schleck had started the day in 20th on GC, 10'00 behind maillot jaune Pereiro and jumped eight places to 12th, now 7'07 behind new leader Landis. A valiant, combative Cunego came across the line 0'10 behind Schleck and learned his first lesson on l'Alpe the hard way today, but can still be proud of his performance.
Garzelli took the sprint from Landis, Klöden and their five man group, 1'08 behind Schleck and the classy Italian also earned most aggressive rider on Stage 15. Sastre had tailed off the Landis group at 1'35, with Leipheimer off the pace at 1'49 and a gutsy Menchov, who fought l'Alpe d'Huez like a tiger today and finished at 2'21, losing 1'13 to Landis today.
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And speaking of fighting, a tenacious maillot jaune Pereiro was an excellent 14th today and dignified his cherished tunic by going all-out, but Landis was too strong for him to contain on the 13.9km final ascent and the Spanish rider from Caisse d'Epargne lost his maillot jaune to Landis by just 0'10. The record for the ascent of l'Alpe d'Huez of 36'50 was set by Marco Pantani, while Lance Armstrong rode a 37'30 when he won the ITT up l'Alpe d'Huez in 2004. Today, Landis and Klöden ascended the 13.9km climb in 38'37.
Courageous former maillot jaune Cyril Dessel came flying up l'Alpe d'Huez after dropping his chain at the beginning of the ascent and ended up 22nd on Stage 15, incredibly maintaining his 3rd place on GC just 10 ahead of Menchov, who stayed where he was in 4th but lost time on Landis.
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Sastre came up 1 place to 5th, 2'17 behind Landis, while Klöden also moved up one slot on GC to 6th. Evans dropped three places to 7th, Klöden's former slot, 2'56 behind Landis. Mercado and Moreau dropped out of the top 10, while Leipheimer and Zubeldia came back into the first 10 riders. Popovych lost 4'31 today and is now in 13th, 7'36 behind. CSC is atop the TDF Team GC, and besides Schleck's win and Landis adorning the maillot jaune for the second time at this Tour de France, as the Tour's podium music struck for Frank Schleck, Jens Voigt came across the finish line 13'50 behind his teammate, the jersey of his bloody left shoulder torn from his crash on the descent of the Lautaret. Voigt's left fist was clenched in victory as he saw that his teammate Schleck had won atop l'Alpe d'Huez and the CSC team strategy had worked.
Stage 16 - Wednesday, July 19: Le Bourg-d'Oisans-La Toussuire, 182 km
Stage 16 could be the key to the 2006 Tour. The crucial lynchpin stage begins by immediately ascending the immense Galibier, then descends over 60km to attack the Beyond Category Col de la Croix-de-Fer, then the transition climb of Col du Mollard, and then down to St.Jean-de-Maurienne to the final ascent of the new climb up to the ski station of La Toussuire. It's not a steep grade at 6% but it is 18.4km long, which could lead to big gaps at the finish. Look for Cunego to go on the attack again on the final ascent if he's still in contention, as Landis and Phonak just need to mark their adversaries.
Stage 16 climbs:
Beyond Category: 45.5km Col du Galibier 2,645 m - 42.8km @ 4.5%
Beyond Category: 127.5km Col de la Croix-de-Fer / 2,067 m - 22.7km @ 7%
Cat 2: 147.5km Col du Mollard / 1,638 m - 5.8km @ 7%
Cat 1: 182.5km La Toussuire / 1,690 m. - 18.4km @ 6%
Photography
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- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) leads stage winner Frank Schleck (CSC) on the way to the top.
- Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile) comes by just ahead of Floyd Landis.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) on the way to taking the yellow jersey on the top of Alp d'Huez.
- Fans react as Andreas Klöden and Floyd Landis come by.
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) fought hard all the way to the top.
- The yellow jersey comes through with the jersey still in the balance.
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) rode hard but lost more time today.
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) came in nearly 3 minutes back today.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) putting the power to the pedals.
- Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval-Prodir) gets in by himself.
- Mathias Kessler (T-Mobile) early stage winner was off the pace today.
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) way off the yellow jersey pace.
- An Illes Balears rider comes by looking pretty happy.
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) just sneaks past a Dutch fan cheering on the home team.
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) took his time and came in 28'01" back.
- A big group comes by with quite a ways to go.
- An Aussie fan cheers on Robbie McEwen at the front of the sprinters group.
- Another group makes its way to the top way at the back.
- The bunch still climbing
- The sprinters group comes up.
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) brings up the tail end of the bunch.
- The Aussies are everywhere!
- I'm not sure what the Dutch will find, but it sounds promising.
- The view that the riders will get tomorrow going up the Col du Galibier.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- L'Alpe d'Huez is a tortuous climb
- L'Alpe d'Huez
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) leading Frank Schleck
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) on the hunt for a stage win
- Frank Schleck (CSC) follows Cunego up
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) in front of the Landis group
- Chavanel and Mazzoleni on the front of the Landis group
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) with Landis in tow
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) was in control today
- The Landis group near the summit
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) on his own
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) in chase mode
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) leads Denis Menchov
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) rides up in the red
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) did a good job for Landis today
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) leads Rogers
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) on the climb
- David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) strengthened his lead on the dots
- George Hincapie (Discovery) was in the early break
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) rides up at his own tempo
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) was his team's best rider in 29th
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) with Fothen on his wheel
- Thomas Lövkvist (FDJ) follows Jose Angel Gomez
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) was 55th today
- Fans on the mountain watching the race
- Plenty of colour on L'Alpe d'Huez
- The sprinters bus
- A group of dropped riders comes up the climb
- Riders pass one of the 21 switchbacks
- Frank Schleck (CSC) zips up his jersey
- Frank Schleck (CSC) wins the stage on L'Alpe d'Huez
- Frank Schleck (CSC) salutes in victory
- Frank Schleck (CSC) looks back
- Frank Schleck (CSC) after the line
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) couldn't do better than second
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) after finishing second
- Garzelli wins the sprint for third
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) after crossing the line
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) performed well for a top five
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) was top 10
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) finishes with Rasmussen and Caucchioli
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) couldn't quite hold the yellow
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) stops his clock
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) started well, but blew up
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) comes to the finish
- Marcus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) finishes 37th and keeps the white jersey
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) didn't like the way it went uphill
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) rehydrates
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) keeps warm
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) after a good day out
- Frank Schleck (CSC) a proud winner
- A happy Schleck on the podium
- Frank Schleck (CSC) smiling
- Frank Schleck (CSC) waves to the crowd
- Frank Schleck (CSC) is happy with his win
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) prepares to don the maillot jaune
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) the new MJ
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) salutes on the podium
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) on the podium in yellow
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) grins in yellow
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) descends
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) had breathing difficulties, and abandoned today
- The Col d'Izoard has its own moonscape
- Are we there yet?
- A group of riders on the col d'Izoard
- The alien landscape of the Izoard
- Hurting on the col d'Izoard
- The Col d'Izoard in some of its glory
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) on the Izoard
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) heads for the summit of the Izoard alone
- The summit of the Izoard
- Descending the col d'Izoard
- David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) leads Patxi Vila on the col de Lautaret
Images by AFP Photo
- The peloton in the Alps
- The peloton rides in the early part of the stage
- Egoi Martinez (Discovery) on the front of the break
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) starts to reduce the break
- Cunego and Schleck ride past French flags
- Frank Schleck (CSC) attacks Damiano Cunego with less than 2 km to go
- Frank Schleck (CSC) is delighted to win stage 15
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) salutes as he becomes the new maillot jaune
Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
- Michael Boogerd looks admiringly at some photos of himself in the Pyrenees.
- Another break for Jens Voigt? Don't count it out!
- World champion Tom Boonen will be saving his legs today. Well, he'll be trying to...
- Five minutes before the start.
- Race doctor Gerard Porte wishes Cyclingnews bon journee.
- Some local onlookers in Gap.
Images by Hedwig Kröner/Cyclingnews.com
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) post-stage
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) post-stage
Results
1 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4.52.22 (38.376 km/h) 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.11 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 1.10 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 6 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.14 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1.18 8 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 1.28 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.35 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1.49 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.21 12 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 13 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 14 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.49 15 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 18 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 2.56 19 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 3.04 20 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 3.07 22 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.18 23 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 3.24 24 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 3.36 25 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 3.48 26 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 27 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 4.11 28 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.31 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 30 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 31 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 32 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.15 33 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.16 34 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 35 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 36 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 39 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 41 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 42 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 43 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 44 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 6.30 45 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 46 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 7.08 47 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 7.15 48 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 49 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 50 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 7.50 51 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 52 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 7.51 53 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 8.34 54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 8.39 55 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 9.06 56 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 57 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 10.10 58 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 10.52 59 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 10.53 60 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 11.34 61 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.52 62 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 12.20 63 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 12.26 64 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 13.52 65 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.11 66 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 15.56 67 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 68 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 69 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 70 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 71 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 72 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 73 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 75 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 76 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 17.28 78 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 80 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 81 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 18.28 82 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 19.22 84 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 19.44 85 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20.33 86 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 87 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 88 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 89 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 90 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 91 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 92 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 21.05 93 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 21.31 94 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 95 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21.36 96 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 22.31 97 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 98 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25.35 99 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 28.01 100 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 30.14 101 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 102 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 103 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 104 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 105 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 106 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 107 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 108 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 109 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 110 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 111 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 112 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 114 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 115 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 116 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 117 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 118 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 119 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 120 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 121 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 122 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 123 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 124 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 125 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 126 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 127 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 128 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 129 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 130 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 131 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 34.11 132 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 133 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 134 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 135 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 136 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 137 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 138 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 139 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 141 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 142 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 143 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 144 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 145 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 35.00 147 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 148 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 35.23 149 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 35.30 150 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36.05 151 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36.22 152 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank DNF Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNF Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic DNF Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram Points 1 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 20 pts 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 15 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 13 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 12 6 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 10 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 9 8 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 8 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 7 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 6 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 12 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4 13 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 3 14 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 15 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 1 Mountains Col D'izoard - HC, km 86 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 20 pts 2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 18 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16 4 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 14 5 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 12 6 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 7 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 8 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 7 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 Col Du Lautaret - Cat. 2, km 134 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 10 pts 2 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 9 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 8 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 5 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 6 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 5 L'Alpe-D'Huez - HC, km 187 1 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 40 pts 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 36 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 32 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 28 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 24 6 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 20 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 16 8 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 14 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 10 Sprints Embrun, km 35 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 6 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4 3 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 2 Le Monêtier-Les-Bains, km 121 1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 4 3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 2 Young rider 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.52.33 2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 3.25 3 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.05 4 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 7.04 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 8.28 6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 10.42 7 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15.45 8 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 17.17 9 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 19.11 10 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 21.20 11 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 22.20 12 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 30.03 13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 14 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 15 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 16 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 19 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 20 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 21 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.00 Most combative 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas Teams 1 T-Mobile Team 14.42.33 2 Team CSC 1.24 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.47 4 Rabobank 3.46 5 Lampre-Fondital 3.47 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.55 7 AG2R Prevoyance 4.32 8 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 5.10 9 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 5.56 10 Gerolsteiner 6.54 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.24 12 Discovery Channel Team 10.50 13 Agritubel 13.34 14 Davitamon - Lotto 14.12 15 Credit Agricole 16.36 16 Francaise Des Jeux 26.59 17 Bouygues Telecom 33.13 18 Liquigas 41.12 19 Team Milram 43.34 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 53.09 General classification after stage 15 1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 69.00.05 (41.535 km/h) 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.10 3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 2.02 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.12 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2.17 6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 2.29 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.56 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 5.01 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 6.18 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.20 11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6.22 12 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7.07 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 7.36 14 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 7.39 15 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.23 16 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 9.15 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 9.56 18 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 10.25 19 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 10.43 20 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10.53 21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.13 22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 12.15 23 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.24 24 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12.46 25 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 13.47 26 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15.21 27 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 16.48 28 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.12 29 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 17.35 30 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 17.58 31 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18.09 32 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 19.55 33 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20.22 34 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 20.25 35 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 23.08 36 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 23.32 37 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 24.32 38 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 26.18 39 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 26.24 40 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 31.11 41 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.07 42 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 32.43 43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 33.47 44 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.25 45 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 38.43 46 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38.54 47 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 40.59 48 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 41.44 49 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 42.36 50 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 44.16 51 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 46.41 52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 47.48 53 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 47.53 54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 48.36 55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 48.45 56 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 51.48 57 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 53.47 58 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 53.50 59 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 53.59 60 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 54.07 61 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 54.17 63 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 58.43 64 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 59.50 65 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.00.09 66 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.00.40 67 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.02.28 68 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03.50 69 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.05.25 70 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.05.27 71 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.06.17 72 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.07.05 73 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 1.07.12 74 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.08.38 75 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.10.17 76 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.10.27 77 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 1.12.47 78 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.13.33 79 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 1.14.21 80 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 1.14.32 81 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 1.16.46 82 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.19.26 83 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.19.29 84 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.19.56 85 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.20.22 86 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.21.23 87 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.21.48 88 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 1.22.34 89 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.22.39 90 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 1.22.50 91 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.23.33 92 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.23.51 93 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 1.26.13 94 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 1.26.58 95 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 1.28.16 96 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.28.32 97 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.29.07 98 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.31.22 99 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.31.33 100 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.31.58 101 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.32.16 102 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 1.32.28 103 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 1.33.05 104 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 1.33.14 105 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 1.33.42 106 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.34.22 107 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.34.39 108 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.34.41 109 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 1.35.10 110 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 1.36.35 111 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.36.41 112 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37.43 113 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 1.39.22 114 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.42.02 115 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.42.06 116 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 1.43.39 117 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.44.05 118 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.45.24 119 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.45.30 120 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.47.11 121 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.48.05 122 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.48.27 123 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.48.44 124 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.48.46 125 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1.49.02 126 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 1.49.30 127 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.49.37 128 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.50.31 129 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 1.52.09 130 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1.52.19 131 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52.27 132 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.54.52 133 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.56.16 134 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1.56.25 135 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.56.52 136 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.57.45 137 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.59.28 138 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 1.59.43 139 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 2.00.11 140 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.01.02 141 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.01.25 142 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.01.36 143 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.03.25 144 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2.03.46 145 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.03.54 146 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.04.06 147 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 2.10.40 148 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.12.42 149 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.15.41 150 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 2.19.38 151 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.22.45 152 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.23.26 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 252 pts 2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 207 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 192 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 172 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 159 6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 152 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 148 8 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 120 9 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 10 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 98 12 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 84 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 68 14 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 62 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 57 16 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56 17 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 53 18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 19 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 50 20 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 49 21 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 48 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 46 23 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46 24 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43 25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 42 26 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 41 27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 40 28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 40 29 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 40 30 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 39 31 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 39 32 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39 33 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 34 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 35 35 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 36 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 33 37 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 38 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33 39 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 32 40 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 32 41 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 31 42 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28 43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 28 44 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 26 45 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 46 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 47 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 26 48 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25 49 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 25 50 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 25 51 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 24 52 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 24 53 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 24 54 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 24 55 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 56 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 23 57 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 23 58 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 22 59 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 60 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 22 61 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 22 62 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 20 63 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 20 64 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 65 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 66 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16 67 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 68 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 16 69 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 16 70 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 15 71 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 72 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 73 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 74 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 75 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 14 76 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 77 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 12 78 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11 79 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10 80 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 81 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 10 82 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 10 83 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 84 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 8 85 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 86 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 7 87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 88 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 6 89 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 90 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 91 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 92 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4 93 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4 94 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 4 95 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 4 96 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 97 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 98 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 4 99 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 100 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 3 101 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3 102 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 103 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3 104 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 2 105 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 2 106 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 107 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2 108 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 109 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2 110 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 111 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1 112 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 108 pts 2 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 74 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 73 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 63 5 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 62 6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 7 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 61 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 60 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 52 10 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 45 11 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 38 13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 37 14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 36 15 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 36 16 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 35 17 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31 18 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 19 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 20 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 29 21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 26 23 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 24 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 25 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 24 26 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 23 27 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 22 28 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 20 29 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 30 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 31 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 19 32 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 17 33 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 34 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 16 35 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 36 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 14 37 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 38 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 14 39 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 13 40 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13 41 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12 42 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 43 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 44 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 9 45 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9 46 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9 47 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 9 48 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 49 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 50 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 51 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 52 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 53 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 54 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 55 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 56 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 5 57 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 58 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 59 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4 60 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 3 61 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 62 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 3 63 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 64 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3 65 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2 66 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2 67 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 68 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 69 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 70 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 71 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69.08.28 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6.58 3 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 33.21 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 40.13 5 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 51.46 6 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54.05 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 58.42 8 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 1.04.24 9 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.13.25 10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.14.16 11 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 1.17.50 12 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.22.59 13 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 1.24.42 14 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.25.59 15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 1.26.47 16 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.29.20 17 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.37.07 18 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.39.42 19 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1.40.39 20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 1.51.20 21 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.55.31 22 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.07.18 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 206.51.13 2 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 20.29 3 T-Mobile Team 20.45 4 Gerolsteiner 28.25 5 AG2R Prevoyance 30.51 6 Rabobank 33.34 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 42.06 8 Lampre-Fondital 45.24 9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 48.17 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 51.35 11 Discovery Channel Team 54.15 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 59.52 13 Agritubel 1.15.20 14 Credit Agricole 1.33.27 15 Davitamon - Lotto 1.33.28 16 Bouygues Telecom 1.47.39 17 Team Milram 2.22.18 18 Francaise Des Jeux 2.39.05 19 Liquigas 2.57.30 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 3.42.19
