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60th Tour de Romandie - PT
Switzerland, April 25-30, 2006
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Stage 5 - April 30: Lausanne ITT, 20.4km
Evans incredible!
Australian takes eleventh hour victory in Romandie
By Anthony Tan in Lausanne
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'Taking the bull by the horns' is the only way to describe the performance of Cadel Evans today. The former world-class mountain biker has experienced his fair share of ups and downs since turning professional on the road in 2001, but this week in Switzerland, the only way was up for the 29 year-old Australian, who refound his best right when he needed it to clinch an incredible eleventh hour victory in the 60th Tour de Romandie.
"I knew I was going well this week, and this morning, I woke up relaxed and calm. The pressure was not on me to win; it was on the others to lose," said a delighted Evans, most likely referring to overnight leader Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Wurth)and Alejandro Valverde, who bore the full brunt of the Aussie's might and power, finishing the race second and third overall.
Born in the small outback town of Katherine in the harsh climes of Northern Territory, where temperatures often exceed 40 degrees Celsius, today's weather in Lausanne was mild in comparison, but with his European residence in Switzerland with his Italian wife, Chiara, it was exactly how he liked it.
"The course was perfect for me, and although the hills weren't big, I've been climbing well and also enjoy the time trial. I gave it everything I had, and to come away with the stage and overall victory is just superb!" Evans exclaimed.
Affected by what he believed to be a mild case of Hunter's Syndrome during the last of the Spring Classics, which explains his sub-standard results in La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Evans said he's now managed to control the problem. As each day went by this week, he continued to look stronger and self-assured; from a top-20 prologue performance in Geneva, to helping his team-mate Chris Horner win the second stage, to his third place on the mountain-top finish in Leysin followed by another third yesterday - before culminating in the stage win and overall victory today.
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"It's true," Evans said, "my targets were Flèche and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but I couldn't see out of one eye and suffered from some very bad headaches. I think I've found the way to treat what I had, and to stop it from happening again."
With three stages and the Tour de Romandie to boot, Davitamon-Lotto have firmly got the monkey off their back, and can approach next month's Giro d'Italia with sprinter Robbie McEwen as their leader and the upcoming Tour de France with Evans as their man for the general classification with tranquility and confidence. And after finishing eighth overall in 2005, big things are expected from the latter.
How it unfolded
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With riders taking off in descending order, laterne rouge Robbie McEwen was supposed to be the first cab off the rank at 14:24, but like those taxis that never come, the Aussie did a no-show, making the first rider South African Ian McLeod, who left the start gates outside La Stade Olympique one minute later under glorious sunshine. His time of 30 minutes and 53 seconds wasn't anything to rave about, but we never said it would be.
It was pleasing to see the seventh rider to leave, T-Mobile's TdF contender Jan Ullrich, post a respectable time of 28 minutes and 47 seconds and set the early best mark, but that was bettered less than four minutes later by Belgian Bart Dockx from Davitamon-Lotto.
At half-past three, Illes Balears' Frenchman Florent Brard became the new provisional leader, his time of 28 minutes 2 seconds three seconds faster than Dockx. But Brard's best didn't stand for long, either, as a quick succession of riders improved on his time, including Discovery Channel's Pavel Padrnos and Leif Hoste.
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As it turned out, the latter rider's time of 26 minutes and 41 seconds was very, very competitive indeed, Hoste holding off specialists like Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole, 27'15), Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile, 27'08) and Bobby Julich (CSC, 26'57). Another ride that showed promise was that of Joseba Beloki (27'52), the Spaniard struggling with his form ever since he crashed out of the 2003 Tour de France in spectacular fashion.
In fact, more than one and a half hours after Hoste finished his contre la montre and after the last rider, race leader Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Wurth), had left at 17:00 hours, the Belgian Classics specialist continued to hold the very top spot. Hoste most recently displayed his time trialling prowess when he won the final time trial en route to overall victory at the De Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde, but was he to hold off the rest of the best today in Lausanne?
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Dark horse Dario Cioni (Liquigas), 11th on GC at the start of the day, came within half a minute but couldn't do it. Likewise for Horner (Davitamon-Lotto, 10th on GC, time 27'19), Moos (Phonak, 9th GC, 27'23), Szmyd (Lampre-Fondital, 8th GC, 27'58), Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros, 7th GC, 27'03), Noe (Liquigas, 6th GC, 28'24), Ghisalberti (Milram, 5th GC, 27'45), and Jaksche (Liberty Seguros-Würth, 4th GC, 27'09).
But when Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto, 3rd GC) flew out of the gates, he was a man on a mission. After a shaky start to the season, the Australian's form has bounced back this week, and at the time-check atop the steep cobbled ascent of the Rue du Petit-Chêne, he was in the maillot jaune virtuel by one second, based on the intermediate progress of Alberto Contador. Powering towards the finish and throwing his bike over the line, Evans beat Hoste's time by 22 seconds.
For Valverde and Contador, however, it was a different story. Both Spaniards appeared to lack the rhythm required to master this unforgiving parcours, and their times of 27'21 and 27'10 showed at the end, falling to third and second place respectively on the general classification, and elevating Evans to the top step of the podium.
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- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) sets off
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) won the stage and the overall
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) en route to a big win
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) drives for the line
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) lost too much time to be a contender for the overall
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) comes up to the finish
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) finished 69th in the time trial
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) puts on the leader's jersey
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) smiles on the podium
- The final podium: Alberto Contador (2nd), Cadel Evans (1st) and Alejandro Valverde (3rd)
Results
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 26.19.87 (46.485 km/h) 2 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.22 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.38 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.44 5 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 0.49 6 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.50 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.51 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 9 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.53 10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 11 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 0.56 12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.57 13 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.00 14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.02 15 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1.03 16 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.04 17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 1.10 18 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.17 19 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 20 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.21 21 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 1.25 22 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.27 23 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.31 24 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1.32 25 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.33 26 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.34 27 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1.36 28 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.38 29 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 30 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.40 31 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1.43 32 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 33 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 34 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.46 35 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.48 36 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.49 38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.50 39 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.53 41 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.54 42 Jos Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.55 43 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.57 44 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.01 45 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 2.02 46 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 2.03 47 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 48 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.04 49 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 2.05 50 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.07 51 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.09 52 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.12 53 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 54 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.15 55 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.16 57 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 2.17 58 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 59 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 2.18 60 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.19 61 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.21 62 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 2.22 63 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 64 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 65 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.23 66 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.26 68 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.27 69 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.28 70 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 2.29 71 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2.30 72 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.31 73 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.33 74 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.36 75 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.37 76 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.40 77 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.43 78 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 79 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 80 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.44 81 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 2.46 83 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.47 84 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 2.50 86 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 87 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.51 88 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 2.55 89 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 90 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 2.57 91 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 92 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2.58 93 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.59 94 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 3.04 95 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 96 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 3.05 97 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.12 98 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3.13 99 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3.15 100 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.17 101 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 102 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.22 103 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Team L.P.R. 3.28 104 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.29 105 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.30 106 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 107 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 108 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.36 109 Jose Angel Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.38 110 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.48 111 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 3.49 112 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 113 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.57 114 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 115 Ivan Ramirez Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 116 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 4.10 117 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.29 118 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 4.34 119 Jose A Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.45 120 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 5.56 DNF Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic DNS Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNS Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto DNS Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNS David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNS Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team Points 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 pts 2 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 5 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 8 6 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5 9 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 11 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 2 12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 Teams 1 Liberty Seguros - Wurth Team 1.21.22 2 Davitamon - Lotto 0.21 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.24 4 Team CSC 0.57 5 T-Mobile Team 1.10 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.42 7 Liquigas 1.59 8 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 2.23 9 Bouygues Telecom 2.29 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.33 11 Lampre-Fondital 2.45 12 Team Milram 2.50 13 Credit Agricole 3.19 14 Gerolsteiner 3.33 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.55 16 Rabobank 4.11 17 Quick Step - Innergetic 4.23 18 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 4.35 19 Francaise Des Jeux 4.38 20 Team L.P.R. 5.38 21 Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.08 Final General classification 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 16.43.08 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.27 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.44 4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.54 5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.24 6 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.46 7 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.50 8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.51 9 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 1.55 10 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2.21 11 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 2.38 12 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team 2.42 13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.45 14 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.28 15 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 5.19 16 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.36 17 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 5.39 18 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.41 19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 5.52 20 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.54 21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 5.58 22 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.08 23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 7.57 24 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 8.02 25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.28 26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10.04 27 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 10.07 28 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.36 29 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.12 30 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.30 31 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.33 32 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.02 33 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 34 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 12.38 35 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 12.55 36 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.09 37 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14.52 38 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 15.12 39 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 16.16 40 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.36 41 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17.24 42 Ivan Ramirez Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 17.25 43 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Team L.P.R. 17.57 44 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.12 45 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19.03 46 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.19 47 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 20.50 48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.50 49 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 22.47 50 Jos Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 23.00 51 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 24.08 52 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 24.39 53 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 24.43 54 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.14 55 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 25.17 56 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 25.51 57 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 58 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 27.53 59 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 29.09 60 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 29.12 61 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 29.30 62 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 29.50 63 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 30.06 64 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.21 65 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 30.26 66 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31.58 67 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.14 68 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.22 69 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32.28 70 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.49 71 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 32.58 72 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33.19 73 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33.34 74 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33.35 75 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.41 76 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 34.04 77 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34.29 78 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35.09 79 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 35.10 80 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35.20 81 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 36.09 82 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 37.24 83 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 37.37 84 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 37.56 85 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 38.21 86 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 38.28 87 Jose A Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 88 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 89 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 39.18 90 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 39.43 91 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39.45 92 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 41.19 93 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 41.20 94 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 41.27 95 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 41.51 96 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 42.05 97 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 42.08 98 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 42.14 99 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42.15 100 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 42.23 101 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 42.25 102 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 42.51 103 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 43.05 104 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 43.15 105 Jose Angel Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 44.10 106 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45.18 107 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 108 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 46.16 109 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 46.29 110 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 46.37 111 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 46.42 112 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47.04 113 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 47.26 114 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 49.36 115 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 49.59 116 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 50.26 117 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 50.32 118 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 50.42 119 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52.35 120 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 56.30 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 45 3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 45 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 34 5 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 6 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 25 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22 8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 20 9 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 16 10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16 11 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 14 12 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 13 13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 13 14 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 12 15 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team 12 16 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 17 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11 18 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 19 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 10 20 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 10 21 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 10 22 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 10 23 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 24 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 9 25 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 8 26 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 27 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 7 28 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 29 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 30 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 31 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 32 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 4 33 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 4 34 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 35 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 36 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 2 37 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 38 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 39 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1 40 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 Mountains classification 1 Ivan Ramirez Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 31 pts 2 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 28 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 24 4 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 18 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 14 6 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 14 7 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 9 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 10 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 11 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 13 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 15 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 8 16 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 6 17 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 18 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 4 19 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team 2 20 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 21 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 2 22 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 23 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 1 Sprints classification 1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 14 pts 2 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 3 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 6 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 6 7 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 4 8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 9 Ivan Ramirez Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 10 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 12 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1 13 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 14 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros - Wurth Team 50.12.28 2 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 6.02 3 Liquigas 6.22 4 Davitamon - Lotto 10.00 5 Ag2R Prevoyance 11.25 6 Team Milram 21.51 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 25.36 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 26.26 9 T-Mobile Team 27.31 10 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 29.51 11 Bouygues Telecom 32.17 12 Lampre-Fondital 37.14 13 Team CSC 40.02 14 Gerolsteiner 41.55 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 42.36 16 Credit Agricole 54.46 17 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56.52 18 Saunier Duval - Prodir 57.16 19 Francaise Des Jeux 1.03.22 20 Rabobank 1.05.56 21 Team L.P.R. 1.14.39
