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60th Tour de Romandie - PT
Switzerland, April 25-30, 2006
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Stage 1 - April 26: Payerne-Payerne , 169.0km
Davitamon delivers on McEwen's promise
By Anthony Tan in Payerne
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Today in Payerne, Robbie McEwen delivered on his promise, taking the stage everyone knew he could and should. And in doing so, the 33 year-old Queenslander lifted a massive weight off the shoulders of his Davitamon-Lotto team, who, until this day, had spent the entire season in Europe without a major victory.
"I've been telling the boys since yesterday that this was our only chance for a sprint and I wanted to win it, because I've had a hard time since, well, since I crashed and broke my rib on the fifth of March [at the Three Days of West Vlaanderen - ed]," he told Cyclingnews.
"I rode Tirreno with a broken rib - basically rode everything with my rib broken and just couldn't go 100 percent - but now I'm finally back. This is really my first race in almost a month, so this is a good comeback race and I knew this was my only chance."
Continued McEwen: "I wanted to have a sprint and go for the win. When Konyshev had 10 minutes, I went back to the boys and said, 'Right, we're going to start [chasing] now.' The boys rode right at the front until the last two k when other teams come and took over, but I just kept my position, stayed in the first three coming into the sprint and I hit out from 200 [metres to go]. I'm not sure even who came second, but anyway, I won pretty easy in the end 'cos nobody got next to me," he said, a certain air of confidence returning to his voice.
McEwen added that despite riding over the final kilometres twice before the finish, he wanted to scout the parcours a few times before the stage. "I wanted to see it at ease, cruise over it and see what it was like and see where I was going to hit out from before we hit that hill. I didn't want to get swamped from behind because I lost a couple of sprints in Portugal like that, so I just decided I was just going to go, and when I hit out, I hit the front right at that little dogleg as we hit the uphill finish. From there, it was less than 100 metres to go."
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Overnight leader Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) had no problems in maintaining his race lead, albeit a slender one, less than a second separating he and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears). And after picking up a two-second sprint bonification out on the road today, Française des Jeux's Bradley McGee moved within two seconds of the race lead, and by chance, he too is on equal time with today's stage winner and fellow Australian.
Asked what's next for him, McEwen replied: "Ah, just ride through the next few days for race condition. I'm going alright, but I just need that extra bit of conditioning to go to the Giro with... hopefully it'll be dry tomorrow."
Stage 2 - April 27: Porrentruy-Porrentruy
Tomorrow starts and finishes at the race's northernmost point in Porrentruy, also the longest stage at 171,2 kilometres. With two Category 1 climbs (km 56,2 and km 157,7) along the way and a total 1,810 metres' elevation, April 27 is one of the most difficult days in the saddle - maybe one for those often-aggressive Liberty Seguros guys, like Jörg Jaksche or David Etxebarria. Savoldelli shouldn't have any problems in the hills, saying today he's been doing specific training in the mountains in order to be ready for the Dolomiti at the Giro d'Italia.
How it unfolded
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Mild, sunny conditions greeted the 162 riders left in the 60th edition of the Tour de Romandie, the small market town of Payerne hosting both the start and finish for today's opening road stage. With Roy Sentjens (Rabobank) and Koldo Gil Perez (Saunier Duval-Prodir) abandoning yesterday - no easy feat in a 3.4 kilometre prologue! - Euskaltel-Euskadi's Gorka Gonzalez became the third rider to exit stage left prior to the 13:35 start.
La parcours du jour consisted of three loops of varying length and three tours of Payerne: the first measuring 51,5 kilometres without any particular difficulty; the second 40 kilometres long with one Cat.3 climb at Lucens after 76,5km; and a final large loop of 77.5 kilometres, again with one Cat.3 climb in Sassel (km 123,4) and by far the most picturesque, hugging the banks of the Lac de Neuchâtel before returning to Payerne.
The official start took place at twenty minutes to two and it was a very leisurely one at that, the peloton rolling along at 30 kilometres an hour for the first 10 kilometres. At km 14, a move by Mickael Delage (Françasie des Jeux) and Pierre Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom) proved unsuccessful, but 12 kilometres later, Dimitri Konyshev's attack was, the LPR rider leaving the peloton's grasp at km 26.
The one and only Continental team to have received a wildcard in this year's race, Team LPR had so far shown they had come to Switzerland to compete; in yesterday's prologue, Swiss local Andreas Dietziker earned himself a top-ten performance, and now their Russian rouleur was displaying his worth with a massive 11-plus minute advantage after 60,7 kilometres covered.
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As mentioned in our Latest News bulletin today and depending on who you spoke to, Davitamon-Lotto were hungry - actually, ravenous - for their first big win on 'home soil' (home being Europe), choosing to place all their bets with sprinter Robbie McEwen. So it was going to be a tough ask for 'Kony' to hold off the peloton and at 40 years-old, the evergreen Ruskie would need to call on all his 17 years' experience if he were to force an upset.
Over the first GPM at km 76,5, Konyshev was still way out in front, cresting the climb of Lucens with nine minutes' advantage over Phonak's Steve Zampieri and Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto from Cofidis. At km 113,7, however, which signalled a 100 kilometre escape so far, the LPR rider's efforts began to take their toll, his advantage at this point just six and a half minutes.
Things looked more ominous for the lone breakaway when Davitamon-Lotto began motioning their troops inside the final 50 kilometres. The increased speed of the peloton also created some anxiety within, and not long afterwards, T-Mobile's Bernhard Kohl had a rather spectacular crash into the fields but was thankfully unhurt, and rejoined his companions with a few extra grass stains.
At a quarter to five in the afternoon, Konyshev crested the day's final categorised climb in Sassel (km 123,4), his lead now hovering at around three minutes. Behind him, the peloton gave more than a few spectators a brief scare when half the field experimented with a little cyclo-cross, cutting their travels a few metres short around a hairpin bend. Maybe the bunch were preempting the wet-weather finish, for the skies over Payerne had begun to turn nasty and rain and thunder could be heard in the distance. The gloomy temps also coincided with Konyshev's chances: 27 kilometres from home, just 45 seconds separated him with le peloton.
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Sure enough, at km 146 and after 120 kilometres out on his own, the Russian met his destiny with the now rapidly-moving peloton. Just three kilometres later on the last small climb of the day, Frenchmen Cédric Vasseur (Quick.Step-Innergetic) and Patrice Halgand (Crédit Agricole) escaped, the names of Moos, Etxebarria, Halgand, Anton and Voeckler tacking on a few hundred metres down the road.
But with Davitamon driving, it wasn't to be, and with two kilometres to go, McEwen still had three men up front: Horner, Van Summeren and Roesems. Coming past the flamme rouge, Liquigas also wanted a piece of the action, cutting in on the train and seemingly intent on foiling the Belgian team's plans with their man Enrico Gasparotto.
Recalled McEwen, "When they got swamped with about 2k to go, I sort of followed [Daniele] Bennati a little bit and through the corners, I didn't follow anyone, really... I just made sure I was near the front and followed Bennati again because he was in second position; I just waited for the moment."
Despite being left on his own on the rain-soaked roads, McEwen kept his cool and good position, sitting pretty in fourth wheel. And having reconnoitred the final kilometres twice earlier this morning and twice during the stage, the Gold Coast speedster hit out with 200 metres to go to hold off fast-charging Milram man Mirco Loreznzetto and Lampre-Fondital's Daniele Bennati, with Gasparotto fourth.
"I've finally been training my sprint in the last weeks and felt when I went, I had heaps of power and I could've kept sprinting for another 150 metres past the finish," McEwen said.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins the first stage
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) on the podium after winning stage 1
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) in the lead
Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
- Race leader Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) looking tranquillo before the start of the opening road stage in Payerne.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) sporting his '06 hairstyle that resembles the famed 'mullet'. Go Jan, and go the mullet!
- Stage winner Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) tells reporters how the race was won, giving his team a much-needed victory.
Images by AFP Photo
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) prepares for another day
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) does the pre-race bike check routine
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) likes it shaken, not stirred
- The peloton races during stage 2
- Dmitri Konyshev (LPR) was the hero of the day
- McEwen gets his wheel in front
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto) wins in the rain
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto) waves from the podium
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) is kissed on the podium
- Dmitri Konyshev (LPR) got the sprints and mountains jerseys
Results
1 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4.10.21 (40.503 km/h) 2 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 5 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 6 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 7 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 8 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 13 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 16 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 18 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 19 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 25 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 26 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 29 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 30 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 31 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 33 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 36 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 37 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 38 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 40 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 41 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team 42 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 43 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 44 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 45 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 47 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 49 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 50 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 51 Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 52 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 55 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 56 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 57 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 58 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 59 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 60 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 61 Jos Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 62 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 64 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 67 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 68 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 69 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 70 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 71 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 72 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 73 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 73 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 75 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 76 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 77 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 78 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 79 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 80 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 81 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 82 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 84 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 85 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 86 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 87 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 88 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 89 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital 90 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 91 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 92 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 93 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 94 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 96 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 97 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 98 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 99 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 100 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 101 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 102 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 103 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 104 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 106 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 107 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 108 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 109 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 110 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 111 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 112 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 115 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 117 Jonathan Patrick Mccarty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 118 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 119 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 120 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 121 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 122 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 123 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 124 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 125 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 126 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 127 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 128 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 129 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 130 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 131 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 132 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 133 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 134 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 135 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 136 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 137 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 138 Jose A Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 139 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 140 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Team L.P.R. 141 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 142 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 143 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 144 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 145 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 146 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 147 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 148 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 149 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 150 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 151 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 152 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 153 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 154 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 155 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.31 156 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 157 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.21 158 Jose Angel Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.22 159 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R. 4.11 DNF Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance DNS Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 pts 2 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 20 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16 4 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 13 5 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11 6 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 10 7 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 9 8 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7 10 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 11 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 12 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 4 13 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 14 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 15 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1 Mountains Prix Le Gruyere - Cat. 3 1 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R. 5 pts 2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 3 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 4 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 1 Prix Le Gruyere - Cat. 3 1 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R. 5 pts 2 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 3 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 4 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Sprints Bonus PMU - km 106.1 1 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R. 6 pts 2 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 3 3 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1 Bonus PMU - km 132.9 1 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R. 6 pts 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 3 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 12.31.03 2 Team Milram 3 Liquigas 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Davitamon - Lotto 6 T-Mobile Team 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Quick Step - Innergetic 9 Liberty Seguros - Wurth Team 10 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Francaise Des Jeux 12 Lampre-Fondital 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 Bouygues Telecom 17 Saunier Duval - Prodir 18 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 19 Credit Agricole 20 Team L.P.R. 21 Team CSC General classification after stage 1 1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.14.48 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 0.02 4 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 0.06 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.07 7 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.09 9 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.10 16 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 19 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.11 20 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 21 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 22 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 23 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 24 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 25 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 26 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 0.12 28 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 30 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 31 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.13 33 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 34 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 35 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 37 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Jos Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.14 39 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.15 40 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 42 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team 43 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 44 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.16 45 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.17 46 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 49 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 51 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 52 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.18 54 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 55 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 56 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.19 57 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 58 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 59 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 60 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.20 61 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.21 65 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 66 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 67 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 68 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 69 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 71 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.22 72 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 73 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 74 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.23 75 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 76 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 77 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 78 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 79 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 80 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 81 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.24 82 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 83 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 84 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 85 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 0.25 86 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 87 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 88 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.26 89 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 90 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 91 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 92 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 93 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 0.27 94 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 95 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 97 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 98 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.28 100 Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 101 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 102 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 103 Jonathan Patrick Mccarty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.29 104 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 105 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 106 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 107 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 108 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 109 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.30 110 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital 111 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 112 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 113 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.31 114 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 115 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 116 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 118 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.32 119 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 120 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 121 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Team L.P.R. 122 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 123 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 124 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.33 125 Jose A Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 126 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 128 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 129 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.34 130 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 131 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 0.36 132 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 133 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 134 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 135 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.37 136 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 137 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.38 138 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.39 139 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 140 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 141 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 142 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 0.40 143 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 144 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 145 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 146 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.41 147 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 0.42 148 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 149 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.43 150 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 0.45 151 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.46 152 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 153 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 0.51 154 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.52 155 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 156 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.00 157 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.03 158 Jose Angel Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.15 159 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R. 4.59 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 pts 2 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 20 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16 4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 13 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 7 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11 8 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 10 9 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 10 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 11 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9 12 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 9 13 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 8 14 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 15 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 7 16 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 17 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 18 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 19 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 20 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 4 21 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 4 22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 24 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 25 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 1 26 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1 Mountains classification 1 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R. 10 pts 2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 3 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 3 4 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 5 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 1 Sprints classification 1 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R. 12 pts 2 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 3 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 4 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1 5 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams classification 1 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 12.44.49 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.02 3 Lampre-Fondital 0.06 4 Davitamon - Lotto 0.07 5 Liquigas 0.11 6 Rabobank 0.13 7 Francaise Des Jeux 0.14 8 Team CSC 9 Credit Agricole 0.15 10 Bouygues Telecom 0.16 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.18 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 0.21 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.22 16 T-Mobile Team 17 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 0.23 18 Gerolsteiner 19 Liberty Seguros - Wurth Team 20 Team L.P.R. 0.24 21 Team Milram 0.25
