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93rd Tour de France - ProT
France, July 1-23, 2006
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Stage 20 - Sunday, July 23: Antony (Parc de Sceaux) - Paris Champs-Elysées, 154.5 km
Landis doping case - Pereiro declared winner
Floyd Landis: Cycling's new American hero
Bookend victories for Hushovd
By Anthony Tan in Paris
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Complementing his prologue victory in Strasbourg three weeks ago, Crédit Agricole's God of Thunder finished his Tour de France just the way he started it. Powering past Robbie McEwen in the final one hundred metres as if the maillot vert and the peloton behind him were standing still, Thor Hushovd won arguably the most-prized sprinters' stage in the entire cycling year.
"For a sprinter, I think the best thing that can happen to you is to win a stage on the Champs-Elysées," said a delighted Hushovd. "I've suffered like hell in the Alps and the Pyrenées but I kept thinking of the Champs-Elysées as a motivation for staying in the race.
"With one kilometre to go, there was a hole in front of me; Sébastien Hinault closed it, then Julian Dean overtook everyone else until I took Robbie McEwen's wheel. He [McEwen] opened the sprint but I was stronger than him today. I was just stronger than anybody else," he said, still pumping with adrenalin.
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Rolling across the line in 69th place was the maillot jaune of Floyd Landis. It's still hard to fathom the American's performance of three days ago, where he returned from the brink of defeat and staged the most remarkable turnaround since Charly Gaul's comeback victory at the 1958 Tour de France. But that's exactly what he did.
At 30 years-old, the man hailing from the small town of Farmersville in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, could well have another three or four Tours left in him, but much of that will depend on the results of his imminent hip replacement, with surgery expected some time this fall.
"I think this one should be dedicated to Andy Rihs, the boss of the team," said Landis.
"I'm a bit more relaxed [about the surgery] now with this victory. It would have been much worse if I hadn't won the Tour because of an accident or whatever. I certainly know that I'll fight as long as it takes to come back next year, or the following year. Whatever it takes, I will do it to be here again, because it's a dream to me."
Standing on the Paris podium with his daughter Ryan, the final owner of the maillot jaune couldn't have looked happier.
"From my perspective, we raced to win; as to how the race will be rated in history, that is beyond my control," said Landis. "First of all, we raced conservatively, but then, because of the bad day I had, we had to completely change our approach. That's how I found out what I was able to do."
But let's not forget each of the 139 men who finished deserves recognition and applause, for they have raced 3,657 kilometres on all types of terrain and in all sorts of weather conditions, and never lost sight of what now lies before them. Chapeau, le peloton du Tour de France!
Three new faces
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It may have been an American standing on the Paris podium, but it was a refreshing podium nonetheless, with three completely different faces to that of one year ago.
"There's a lot of people on the race that want to win," mused Landis when asked if there was a particular trait that has seen yet another American win arguably the toughest endurance event in the world. "Like I said, I feel lucky because it's three weeks long, and a lot of things can happen for a lot of people. Overall, I don't think that Americans are any different from the other guys in the race."
Landis proved that putting all your eggs in one basket isn't a bad thing if there's a chance of winning the world's biggest bike race; Oscar Pereiro may be thinking what might have been if Landis hadn't done so on that day to Morzine, but should also count himself fortunate to have picked the right break one week before that brought him back into contention; and Andreas Klöden should also be satisfied after a superlative performance in yesterday's time trial, and be optimistic about a strong latter half of the season and maybe another step or two higher in Paris next year.
"When I finished that stage, all I felt was humiliation and depression," Landis said of his forgettable day to La Toussuire.
"That was not in any way part of my plan. It took a long time after the race before I felt better and got my spirit back to keep fighting. But that was one of the most humiliating things that has ever happened to me.
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"My parents taught me that hard work and patience are some of the most important things in getting what you want. It took me a long time in my life to learn patience," smiled Landis, "but that, and persistence, is the lesson I learned in this race."
"We have been criticised a lot," said Klöden, "but as you can see now, our strategy was right. Everybody did their job, also in the mountains, when I had a bad day. I completed the team's result; this podium placing belongs to all of the team.
"After all of these setbacks I had in my career, I can be proud of what I have achieved with my talent and my work, as well as with my trainer and everybody else who supported me. Now, I'm hungry for more as I've been able to have a go at the victory.
"I would be lying if I said that I'd like to become fourth or third again next year," added Klöden.
"I know that I can be up front in this race, and that I can beat my rivals. Congratulations to Floyd Landis - he had a bad day, too, and came back - as well as to Oscar Pereiro, who really fought hard in the Alps. That just goes to show that you shouldn't let somebody like him [Pereiro] come back... "
A hat-trick of greens for McEwen
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Robbie McEwen not only proved he was the best sprinter of the 2006 Tour de France with three stage victories, but also the most consistent; tomorrow, he'll be taking his third maillot vert back to his Belgian home in Brakel.
While world champion Tom Boonen lost confidence by the day before dropping out of the race, and Thor Hushovd unintentionally got gut by an object held by a spectator, McEwen was in a league of his own right from the start. When Fred Rodriguez exited the race, the 34 year-old was thought be vulnerable without his normal TdF lead-out man, but youngster Gert Steegmans filled that role to a T, and played a major role in two of McEwen's wins.
"Every year you have to prove yourself again and again," said Davitamon-Lotto's winningest rider of the last three years. "And you can't forget the fact that I've just turned 34; they often say that when sprinters get older, they get slower; I haven't slowed down yet, so that's a good sign!
"I think that what makes [the Tour de France] special is that every year you start with a big zero on the scoreboard. You have to come here and you have to score. That's the pressure to get that stage win," said McEwen.
Chicken finger lickin' good
In the vein of Landis' magical comeback ride, last year's polka-dot champion Michael Rasmussen successfully defended his maillot á pois title in one fell swoop. When team leader Denis Menchov faltered slightly on the road to L'Alpe d'Huez, the lithe, lanky Dane told his manager Erik Breukink that same night he was going to do it 'my way'.
True to his word, the 32 year-old got himself into the right breakaway on Stage 16, and over the following 150 kilometres, he proceeded to blow each and every one of his companions off his wheel on one of the hardest days of the Tour. Just like Richard Virenque before him, Rasmussen showed that you have to be aggressive to win the maillot á pois classification.
'The Kid' will be back
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Speaking of new faces, best young rider Damiano Cunego admitted a few days ago he's fallen in love with La Grande Boucle. After another crack at a second Giro d'Italia victory next year, the 24 year-old Beckham-styled blond from Cerro Veronese says he wants to come back to try and win the 2008 Tour.
Second-placed Marcus Fothen was disappointed with his time trial of yesterday, as he was the logical favourite, but as Cunego discovered: "At the end of the Tour, the legs count more than being a specialist for time trial."
24 year-old Fothen did achieve one of his goals, though - to finish in the top fifteen on the Classement Général - but with Gerolsteiner's leaders Leipheimer and Totschnig not performing as hoped and nearing their mid-30s, he'll have more responsibility on his shoulders next year.
"I deeply wanted to win this jersey," Cunego said. "I share the jersey with all the people who have suffered with me when nothing was going well for me. This experience at the Tour shows me that the best result can come with serenity instead of pressure."
How it unfolded
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Just after half-past one on a sunny Sunday afternoon, the 139 remaining riders left in this year's Tour de France via avenue Le Notre in Sceaux-Antony on the outskirts of Paris.
Two riders weren't able to make it: Phonak's Robert Hunter failed to make the time cut yesterday, as he had to do the whole TT out of the saddle because of a bad saddle sore; and French champion Florent Brard crashed during the TT and broke his hand.
Like last year, the peloton followed an anti-clockwise route on the smaller departmental roads; first to Palaiseau (km 25.5) and then Nanterre (72 kilometres), before continuing on the D1 that took the riders into central Paris. The first hour was covered at a quaint 30 kilometre-an-hour average - the slowest start to a Tour stage yet! Continuing to stroll through the streets as if on a coffee ride, Phonak led the peloton at a moderate tempo as they edged ever closer to their final destination.
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Entering the famous cobblestoned street of the Rue de Rivoli marked the beginning of the end; after just nine circuits of 6.5 kilometres, the 2006 Tour de France would come to a close for another year. As tradition has it, Floyd Landis' six remaining team-mates gave their fearless leader the virtual red carpet treatment by leading the maillot jaune and the peloton behind him onto the Champs-Elysées.
Once on the world-famous tree-lined boulevard, escape attempts were numerous, but none were allowed to get too far away. The most promising move started at 40 km to go and grew to contain Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Jens Voigt (CSC), Mikel Astarloza (AG2R), Johan Vansummeren, Chris Horner (Davitamon), Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery), Anthony Charteau (CA), Christian Knees (Milram), Moises Duenas (Agritubel), Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues), Christophe Mengin, Philippe Gilbert (FDJ), Vicente Garcia Acosta, Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne), David Millar (Saunier Duval), Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel). The break gained half a minute, but the presence of two Davitamons and one Credit Agricole rider, who were all not working, doomed it to be caught by the chasing Cofidis and Liquigas teams. With 13 kilometres left to race, it was peloton groupé.
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Entering the final lap, Crédit Agricole and Davitamon-Lotto led the field at breakneck speed, hoping to deliver a win for their sprinters Thor Hushovd and Robbie McEwen. With 150 metres to go, one of these two was set for victory, and as things turned out, it was the God of Thunder who powered past the Pocket Rocket from Down Under, winning the final stage by a country mile.
Photography
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- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) at the start
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) reflects on what might have been
- The four jersey wearers at the start
- Jean-Marie Leblanc retires from the Tour de France
- Cunego, Rasmussen, Landis and McEwen: the four jersey winners in the Tour
- Phonak controls with Horner up there for Davitamon
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) in yellow
- Koos Moerenhout and Victor Pena on the front
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) leading the bunch
- Chris Horner (Davitamon) playing a spoiler role in the break
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) in control
- The peloton lines out on the finishing straight
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) concentrates during the last stage
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) is the man!
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) with Koos Moerenhout
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) steps on stage with son Ewan
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) enjoying the post-race atmos
- Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel) after his final Tour de France
- T-Mobile on the podium as best team
- Jimmy Casper (Cofidis) has fun with his teammate Arnaud Coyot
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) enjoying the Champs-Elysees
- Evans and McEwen on the post-stage parade
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) rides in the maillot jaune
- Phonak's remaining six workers lead Floyd Landis into Paris
- Phonak leads into the finishing straight on lap 1
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) rides down the Champs-Elysees
- The finish line in sight
- The peloton comes down the Champs-Elysees
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) triumphs in the final stage
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) is happy
- Landis congratulates Kloden at the finish
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) rides with the American flag
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) salutes in the maillot jaune
- The podium (L to R): Oscar Pereiro (2nd), Floyd Landis (1st) and Andreas Kloden (3rd)
- Team T-Mobile was the best team in the Tour
- The jersey winners: Robbie McEwen (points), Floyd Landis (overall), Michael Rasmussen (mountains) and Damiano Cunego (best young rider)
- The new boss and the old: Christian Prudhomme (L) and Jean-Marie Leblanc (R)
Images by AFP Photo
- Jean-Marie Leblanc flags the riders off for their final stage. It was also Leblanc's final Tour de France as race director.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) rides with his teammates during the final stage
- The peloton rides beside the Seine
- The peloton heads up to the Arc de Triomphe
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) in yellow, with Jimmy Casper on his wheel
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) and the Phonak train thunder down the Champs-Elysées
- Christian Knees (Milram) on the front of the breakaway
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) strikes out for home, leaving McEwen behind
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) wins the final stage on the Champs-Elysées
- Mighty Thor Hushovd celebrates his victory
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) on the podium
Results
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.56.52 (39.135 km/h) 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 13 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 14 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 15 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 16 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 18 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 19 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 0.06 21 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 24 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.08 25 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 27 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 28 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 29 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 30 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 31 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 33 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 34 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 35 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 36 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 37 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 38 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 39 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 40 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 41 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 43 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 44 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 46 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 47 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 48 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 51 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 52 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 53 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 54 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 56 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 57 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 59 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 60 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 61 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 62 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 63 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 64 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 65 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 66 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 67 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 68 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 69 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 70 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 71 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 72 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 73 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 74 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 75 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 76 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 77 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 78 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 80 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 81 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 82 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 83 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 84 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 85 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 86 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 87 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 88 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 89 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 90 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 91 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 92 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 93 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 94 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 95 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 96 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 97 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 98 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 100 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 101 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 102 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 103 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 104 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 105 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 106 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 107 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 108 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 109 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 110 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 112 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 113 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 0.21 115 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 116 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 117 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 118 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 0.27 119 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 120 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 121 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 124 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 125 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 126 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 127 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 128 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 129 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 130 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 131 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 132 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 133 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 134 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 135 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.51 136 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.56 137 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.46 138 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.54 139 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 2.10 DNS Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears Points 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 35 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 30 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 26 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 24 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 22 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 20 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 19 8 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 10 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 11 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 12 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 14 13 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 13 14 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 12 15 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 11 16 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 10 17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9 18 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 8 19 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 20 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 21 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 22 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 24 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 25 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains Côte De Gif-Sur-Yvette - Cat. 4, km 43.5 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 2 3 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 1 Mont-Valérien - Cat. 4, km 72 1 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 3 pts 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 3 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Sprints Boulogne-Billancourt, km 92 1 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 3 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 2 Haut Des Champs-Elysées, km 116.5 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 4 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 Young rider 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 3.56.52 2 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.06 5 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0.08 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 9 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 10 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 12 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 13 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 14 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.21 15 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 0.27 16 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 17 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval Most combative 1 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Teams 1 Team Milram 11.50.36 2 Team CSC 0.08 3 Davitamon - Lotto 4 Lampre-Fondital 0.12 5 AG2R Prevoyance 0.14 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.16 7 Quick Step - Innergetic 8 Francaise Des Jeux 9 Gerolsteiner 10 Bouygues Telecom 11 Discovery Channel Team 12 Credit Agricole 13 Liquigas 14 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 15 Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 0.22 17 T-Mobile Team 0.24 18 Rabobank 19 Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Agritubel Final General classification 1 (*) Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 89.39.30 (40.784 km/h) 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.57 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 1.29 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.13 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.08 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7.06 7 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 8.41 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 9.37 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.05 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 15.07 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 17.46 12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 19.19 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 19.22 14 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 19.46 15 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.57 16 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 21.12 17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 26.25 18 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 28.33 19 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 38.08 20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 43.05 21 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 44.00 22 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 44.28 23 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 49.01 24 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 50.19 25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 52.02 26 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 57.59 27 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 1.02.40 28 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.03.00 29 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.05.27 30 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.07.18 31 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 1.09.28 32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 1.11.14 33 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.16.47 34 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.20.26 35 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.21.34 36 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.24.26 37 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.28.33 38 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.30.24 39 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 1.30.55 40 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.34.24 41 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 1.34.59 42 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.35.12 43 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 1.37.09 44 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 1.38.07 45 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1.40.05 46 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.40.52 47 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.42.55 48 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.43.03 49 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.44.46 50 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.48.22 51 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.48.31 52 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 1.49.22 53 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.50.41 54 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 1.52.03 55 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 1.53.55 56 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.55.19 57 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.56.55 58 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 2.03.10 59 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 2.04.10 60 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 2.07.18 61 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 2.07.59 62 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 2.09.03 63 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 2.12.13 64 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.12.25 65 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 2.16.45 66 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.25.15 67 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.26.34 68 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.27.17 69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.28.34 70 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.32.08 71 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.32.36 72 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.32.47 73 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.32.54 74 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.33.46 75 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.33.52 76 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.34.24 77 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.40.01 78 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 2.41.22 79 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 2.46.33 80 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.47.33 81 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 2.47.48 82 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 2.49.53 83 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.51.22 84 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 2.51.33 85 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.52.00 86 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 2.52.13 87 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.52.31 88 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.52.57 90 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 2.53.27 91 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2.55.25 92 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.55.44 93 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.56.03 94 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.57.02 95 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.58.55 96 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.00.48 97 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 3.01.34 98 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 3.01.37 99 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 3.02.09 100 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.02.20 101 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 3.04.18 102 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 3.04.21 103 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 3.05.05 104 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 3.05.58 105 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 3.06.14 106 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.06.26 107 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 3.08.23 108 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 3.08.59 109 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.12.51 110 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 3.13.03 111 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.15.41 112 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.18.44 113 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.19.15 114 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.20.29 115 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.20.32 116 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.21.01 117 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3.21.27 118 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3.21.34 119 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3.21.48 120 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 3.22.15 121 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.23.52 122 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 3.24.36 123 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 3.25.19 124 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 3.25.32 125 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 3.25.54 126 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 3.26.23 127 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.30.12 128 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3.30.33 129 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.33.28 130 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 3.35.34 131 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3.35.52 132 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3.35.53 133 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 3.37.06 134 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 3.39.00 135 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.39.20 136 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.50.16 137 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.59.16 138 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 4.00.05 139 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.02.01 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 288 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 199 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 195 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 176 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 174 6 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 130 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 128 8 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 116 9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 98 10 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 93 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 88 12 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 78 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 72 14 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 71 15 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 69 16 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 63 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 61 18 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 59 19 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 58 20 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 57 21 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56 22 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 56 23 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 55 24 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 53 25 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 50 26 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 49 27 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 49 28 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 48 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 46 30 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 44 31 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 44 32 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 44 33 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 43 34 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 43 35 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 42 36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 42 37 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 40 38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 40 39 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 37 40 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 37 41 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 42 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 34 43 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 34 44 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 33 45 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 46 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 33 47 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 33 48 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 33 49 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33 50 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 32 51 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 30 52 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 53 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 30 54 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 29 55 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28 56 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 28 57 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 28 58 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 59 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 27 60 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26 61 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25 62 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 25 63 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 24 64 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 65 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 66 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 22 67 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 20 68 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 69 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 70 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 71 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 18 72 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 16 73 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 74 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 14 75 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 14 76 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12 77 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11 78 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 79 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 10 80 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 81 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 8 82 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 8 83 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 8 84 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 85 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 7 86 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 7 87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 88 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 6 89 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 5 90 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 91 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 4 92 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 93 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 94 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3 95 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 96 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3 97 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 2 98 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 2 99 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 2 100 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2 101 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 2 102 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 2 103 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2 104 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1 105 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 106 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 107 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 108 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1 109 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 110 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance -1 111 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic -1 112 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -3 113 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital -5 114 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic -10 115 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi -13 116 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -15 117 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas -15 Mountains classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 166 pts 2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 131 3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 113 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 99 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 96 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 93 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 80 8 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 72 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 66 10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 64 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 63 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 60 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 60 15 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 48 16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 42 17 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 41 18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 41 19 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 39 20 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 36 22 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 36 23 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 35 24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 34 25 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 26 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31 27 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 30 29 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 30 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 26 32 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 33 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 24 34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 24 35 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 23 36 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 23 37 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 22 38 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 22 39 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 21 40 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 20 41 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 42 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 20 43 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 19 45 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 18 46 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 17 47 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 16 48 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 14 49 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 50 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12 51 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 12 52 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 12 53 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 54 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 55 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 10 56 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 57 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 58 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 10 59 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 9 60 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9 61 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9 62 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 9 63 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 8 64 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 65 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 66 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 7 67 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 68 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 69 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 70 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 71 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 72 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 73 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 5 74 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 5 75 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 76 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 3 77 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 3 78 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 2 79 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 80 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 81 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 82 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1 83 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 84 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 1 85 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 89.58.49 2 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.38 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.29.12 4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.36.00 5 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 1.48.40 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 1.52.54 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 2.22.03 8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.32.41 9 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.33.12 10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.36.44 11 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 2.42.18 12 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 2.46.39 13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 2.49.40 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 2.53.44 15 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.59.25 16 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3.02.08 17 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3.02.29 18 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 3.17.47 19 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.30.57 Most combative classification 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 269.08.46 2 Team CSC 17.04 3 Rabobank 23.26 4 AG2R Prevoyance 33.19 5 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 56.53 6 Lampre-Fondital 57.37 7 Gerolsteiner 1.45.25 8 Discovery Channel Team 2.19.17 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.26.38 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.49.06 11 Credit Agricole 2.58.18 12 Davitamon - Lotto 3.10.35 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.15.55 14 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3.23.21 15 Bouygues Telecom 3.26.20 16 Agritubel 4.45.38 17 Francaise Des Jeux 5.36.05 18 Liquigas 6.39.10 19 Team Milram 6.40.46 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 7.02.18 (*) ASO declared Oscar Pereiro the Tour winner in October 2007 due to the Landis doping case. Landis is still appealing the decision.
