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60th Tour de Romandie - PT

Switzerland, April 25-30, 2006

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Stage 3 - April 28: Bienne-Leysin , 164.6km

The Liberty to win: Contador triumphs with copycat victory

By Anthony Tan in Leysin

Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros)
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How the tide turns en Suisse. One day Discovery, the next two Davitamon... Well, today, Liberty Seguros proved their Würth - pun intended - as 23 year-old comeback kid Alberto Contador took full advantage of the freedom to do what he wanted, when he wanted and how he wanted. An almost identical performance to his victory atop Les Paccots exactly twelve months ago, the Spaniard attacked with an inner force of someone who has being on the brink of death and bounced back, driving home his advantage to not only earn him the stage, but also the overall lead in the 60th Tour de Romandie.

"From the beginning of the day, I had good sensations and was waiting for the last climb," said Contador. "Since we had a majority of riders, the key was our strategy and it has worked out perfectly for us. I saw my opportunity at four kilometres to go, attacked and it paid off.

"The difference between the two victories [in Switzerland] was that last year I was in better form. [Last year], I had won a stage of the Tour Down Under and Setmana Catalana, plus the overall, and few weeks before, I won the final time trial at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco.

"So far this year I hadn't won anything, but in the Tour of the Basque Country, I had a good level. I believe that this new preparation, far more delayed [to focus on] the Tour of France, is giving good results. This victory is very important for me: Romandie was the last opportunity to win before starting my preparations for the Tour, and now I will be able to do it with better sensations and hope for good things for the rest of the season."

You're following in the footsteps of a myriad of great Spanish climbers, like Luis Ocaña and Federico Bahamontes, Contador was told - how does he feel about that? "Well, that's a great compliment," was his modest reply, "but they conquered some of the biggest mountains, and I have some way to go before I can put myself in that league," he smiled.

Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros)
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Consequently, overnight leader Chris Horner lost his race lead, but as he said the day before, he was realistic about his chances before turning a pedal-stroke today: "Yeah, you kind of know... I wasn't surprised, I knew yesterday. I'm a pretty realistic guy, I know where my form's at; unless I recovered from Liège, which was what I was hoping... especially with Cadel up there too, I just ran out of days of going at the limit," he said to Cyclingnews at the finish line in Leysin.

"I really hurt yesterday, but I think it was the effort from Liège [Bastogne-Liège], so deep, so many times... basically all season so far, I've been goin' deep. Today, in all honesty, I wasn't at maximum suffering, but I just couldn't do it; I would try, then the legs would just stop... I think I've just ran out of how many days I can do in the red like this season - and today was probably the peak!" laughed the good-natured Horner.

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Nonetheless, his third-placed team-mate Cadel Evans was one of the day's biggest beneficiaries, jumping from seventh to fourth overall, behind Contador, Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears, 0'16 back) and Jörg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros-Würth, 0'28 behind). Clearly, whatever problems the Australian was having earlier on appears to have been sorted - or are at least being dealt with.

"Yeah, yeah - the problem was last week, we didn't know what was causing the problem I had with my eye, and I think we found out what it is now," he told Cyclingnews.

Declared a far more confident Evans: "All the best riders are at the top of the classification now."

Asked if the stage yielded any surprises, he replied, "No, it was actually what I expected. Yesterday, Liberty looked like the best with three; we were good with two, we played our cards right and we managed to win and get the jersey, which, on our part, was tactically very good. But today on an uphill finish, when they're three and I'm one," Evans shrugged with a gesture of 'what can you do?', before saying, "I can follow one, I can follow two - but when a third goes full gas... "

Still, with a shade over a minute separating the top ten and arguably the hardest stage to come tomorrow, followed by what will most probably be a very important time trial, it's a Tour de Romandie for the taking. However, with three of those ten from Liberty Seguros-Würth, it would take a wild punter not to back them.

Said Contador, "Of course I am interested in the general classification and holding onto the leader's jersey. I believe that here we have the strongest team with three riders - Jaksche, Kashechkin and myself - with options for victory and we have to try to take advantage of this opportunity."

Stage 4 - April 29: Sion-Sion, 127,7 km

The penultimate stage looks eerily similar in profile to that cruel final day in Ulrichen at last year's Tour de Suisse. which saw Australian Michael Rogers lose to an amazing Aitor Gonzalez, albeit under controversial circumstances. Three Category 1 climbs in just under 130 kilometres for a total 2,360 metres elevation can only be described as a sufferfest - even the gruppetto will need to be moving just to make the time limit!

How it unfolded

Minus the face of Milram's Fabio Sacchi, 155 riders began the third stage under a light north wind and damp roads, although when the race got underway at 13:25, it wasn't raining. The day's menu began with 75 flat kilometres to the base of the Cat. 2 climb at Vuarrens, and like yesterday, the peloton got off to a snappy pace, scooting along the edges of Neuchâtel and the Bienne Lakes at 50 clicks an hour.

An ever so slight lull sparked the first attack after 25 kilometres, initiated by Quick.Step-Innergetic's Wouter Weylandt and eagerly assisted by Liberty Seguros-Würth's Jose Redondo Ramos. By the first of the day's two sprints in Auvernier (km 34,6), the Belgian-Spanish combo had a one and a half minute advantage, and after 50 kilometres, their lead was just shy of the four-minute mark.

After getting dropped and suffering like the proverbial dog yesterday, it was little surprise to see the abandon of Dimitri Konyshev, who will be remembered for a 120 kilometre breakaway that amounted to exactly nothing two days ago. A bientôt, Dimitri! Meanwhile, the lead duo were riding so well that 21 year-old neo-pro Redondo became the maillot jaune virtuel by km 65, the two enjoying a 9'20 buffer from the peloton. Back in the bunch, a mass pile-up saw the names of Montgomery, Guidi, Mazzoleni and Bertogliati hit the deck, but none were believed to be seriously hurt. Though later in the day, Montgomery was forced to exit the race.

Over the climb at Vuarrens (km 85.5), LPR's Roger Beuchat took third place and improved his lead in the mountains classification, now with a 10 point advantage over compatriot David Loosli (Lampre-Fondital). Just shy of the century mark, Redondo and Weylandt held their gap, the time-keeper telling us 9'30.

With 60 kilometres remaining, Davitamon-Lotto assumed their place at the head of the peloton to give race leader Chris Horner every possible chance. However, our friends up front resisted the chase and continued to look good: approaching the Swiss Riviera town of Vevey (km 126.5, 38.1 km to go, and last year's European residence for yours truly!), their lead was still a little over eight minutes. But that's when the peloton began motoring, causing Redondo to lose his maillot jaune virtuel - oh well, mate, it wasn't real, anyway :) At km 140 and after 120 kilometres away, their lead was 5'40; as they hit the final climb to Leysin, it was a little more than four minutes.

It was also announced (fairly discreetly, mind you) that early race leader Paolo Savoldelli was suffering from diarrhoea, so we weren't expecting the Discovery Channel leader to force the pace in the finale, who in fact lost a massive 12 minutes by the day's end. At exactly 17:00 hours, the youngster Redondo said adieu to his Belgian companion Weylandt, still holding a two-minute lead, while back in the peloton, the attacks began thick and fast.

First Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) attacked, then Liquigas' Dario Cioni took a solo flyer. But still, it was Redondo two kilometres from Le Sépey (km 159,5, 5.1 km to go) and 48 seconds in front, with Sevilla and Cioni a little further behind.

Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros)
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Just before the summit of Le Sépey, the two Spaniards met, while another, Redondo's team-mate Alberto Contador, shot out of a rapidly dwindling front group and went straight past them. Chasing behind was a group of 11: Sevilla, Redondo, Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Phonak), Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre-Fondital), Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto), Alejandro Valverde, Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Sergio Ghisalberti (Milram), Jorg Jaksche, Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros-Würth) and Andrea Noe (Liquigas).

For this group, however, their efforts were to little avail. Contador was pedalling with a fury one first witnessed in Australia a year and half ago, where he came back from a life-threatening blood clot to take a magnificent comeback victory at the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under, declaring it the most significant of his career. And twelve months after he earned his first stage win at the Tour de Romandie, he repeated the triumph in Leysin.

Photography

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Results

1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           4.03.41 (40.528 km/h)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears       0.24
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                          
4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          0.26
5 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                   0.30
6 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  0.32
7 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                                  
8 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                   
9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
10 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                 0.42
11 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 1.01
12 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                      1.05
13 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                     1.06
14 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
15 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
16 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                        
17 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
18 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
19 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
20 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                         1.15
21 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                     1.17
22 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
23 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 1.23
24 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           1.25
25 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
26 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                  1.32
27 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
28 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
29 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         1.43
30 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                   1.46
31 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
32 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                               
33 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
34 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 1.52
35 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                                   1.55
36 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
37 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Team L.P.R.                                   2.11
38 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                            2.16
39 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               2.22
40 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                            
41 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                             
42 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  2.34
43 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                                   
44 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.41
45 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       
46 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                     2.42
47 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                  2.46
48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         3.05
49 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     
50 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                        
51 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
52 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                           
53 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                       3.10
54 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              3.11
55 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital                             3.19
56 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
57 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic                             3.28
58 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
59 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
60 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
61 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                             3.34
62 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                                4.11
63 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 4.23
64 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         4.36
65 Jos Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            4.44
66 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    5.05
67 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                             
68 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
69 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                  5.20
70 Jose A Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
71 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                       5.31
72 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               5.51
73 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                            5.55
74 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               5.57
75 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          6.02
76 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                       6.04
77 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          6.18
78 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  6.20
79 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                7.11
80 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears        
81 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
82 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
83 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    
84 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  
85 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    8.02
86 Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          8.07
87 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                         
88 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    9.45
89 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
90 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
91 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 
92 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
93 Jose Angel Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                       
94 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                          11.14
95 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          11.49
96 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                    
97 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                        
98 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                              
99 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                          
100 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
101 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
102 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
103 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                      
104 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
105 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
106 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                        
107 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                                
108 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
109 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     
110 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                       
111 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                       
112 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                        
113 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
114 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                          
115 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                          
116 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
117 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                       
118 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
119 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                            
120 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
121 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
122 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                           
123 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     
124 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  
125 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                         
126 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
127 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                      
128 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                       
129 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
130 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                          
131 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                                       
132 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
133 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
134 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
135 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                      
136 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
137 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
138 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                      
139 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
140 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      
141 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                          
142 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
143 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       
144 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   
145 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                         16.04
146 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                      
147 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   
148 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
149 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
150 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             16.11
151 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    16.17
152 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                 19.55
DNF Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
DNF Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.                                        
DNF Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
DNS Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                           
 
Points
 
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                15 pts
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         12
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                        10
4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                             9
5 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                      8
6 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     7
7 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                                 6
8 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                  5
9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        4
10 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                    3
11 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    2
 
Mountains
 
GPM Prix Le Gruyere - Cat. 2
1 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     8 pts
2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               6
3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                           4
4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               2
5 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                                        1
 
GPM Prix Le Gruyere - Cat. 1
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                12 pts
2 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                      8
3 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                                 6
4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                             4
5 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     2
 
Sprints
 
Bonus PMU - km 34.6
1 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     6 pts
2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               3
3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                        1
 
Bonus PMU - km 149.4
1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               6 pts
2 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     3
3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                        1
 
Teams
 
1 Liberty Seguros - Wurth Team                                       12.12.01
2 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears                                         1.38
3 Liquigas                                                               1.45
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 2.16
5 T-Mobile Team                                                          2.37
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                    3.00
7 Davitamon - Lotto                                                      3.06
8 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                        3.45
9 Lampre-Fondital                                                        4.35
10 Team CSC                                                                  
11 Team Milram                                                           5.00
12 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                                       5.54
13 Bouygues Telecom                                                      6.10
14 Quick Step - Innergetic                                               7.20
15 Credit Agricole                                                       7.48
16 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                8.59
17 Gerolsteiner                                                          9.48
18 Rabobank                                                             11.33
19 Francaise Des Jeux                                                   11.34
20 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                   18.31
21 Team L.P.R.                                                          24.51
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          12.35.01
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears       0.16
3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          0.28
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                          
5 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  0.49
6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     0.53
7 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                   0.54
8 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                              0.57
9 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
10 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                 1.07
11 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                      1.13
12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           1.17
13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         1.43
14 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team                              2.03
15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        2.31
16 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                    2.41
17 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                         2.43
18 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                     2.46
19 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               2.48
20 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                     2.54
21 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 3.00
22 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           3.15
23 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 3.18
24 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           3.26
25 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 3.29
26 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                  3.33
27 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           3.37
28 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         3.46
29 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                         3.57
30 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                   3.59
31 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                                   4.00
32 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                             4.05
33 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                           4.07
34 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                            4.26
35 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Team L.P.R.                                   4.35
36 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        4.40
37 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   4.48
38 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                  4.53
39 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             4.54
40 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                               4.57
41 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  4.58
42 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                       5.08
43 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       5.12
44 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              5.14
45 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 5.15
46 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    5.22
47 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                     5.25
48 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                        5.31
49 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                5.33
50 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                     5.37
51 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  5.40
52 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         6.39
53 Jos Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            6.50
54 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic                             6.53
55 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                  7.16
56 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          8.16
57 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          8.47
58 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
59 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 9.00
60 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                       9.06
61 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                9.10
62 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    9.21
63 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    9.29
64 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          9.57
65 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                               10.35
66 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  11.19
67 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            11.38
68 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               11.46
69 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            11.47
70 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           12.07
71 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
72 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    12.09
73 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          12.15
74 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                              12.30
75 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                      12.50
76 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                           13.29
77 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital                            13.40
78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      13.43
79 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                            13.56
80 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  14.01
81 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
82 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                    14.02
83 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                           
84 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          14.10
85 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                               14.14
86 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                14.45
87 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                        15.20
88 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                   15.23
89 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   15.27
90 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      15.30
91 Jose A Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      15.44
92 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              15.49
93 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              16.06
94 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 16.53
95 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             17.23
96 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  17.33
97 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               17.36
98 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             17.48
99 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                  17.59
100 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         18.06
101 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                     18.14
102 Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        18.26
103 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                        
104 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  18.45
105 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                  19.39
106 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                  20.16
107 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         21.28
108 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    21.39
109 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               21.47
110 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                        21.49
111 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                     21.53
112 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                 21.55
113 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                              21.56
114 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  21.57
115 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  
116 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                   
117 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               21.59
118 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            22.00
119 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                 22.03
120 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                                       
121 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                            
122 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  22.04
123 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
124 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             22.06
125 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
126 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                        
127 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      22.07
128 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                          
129 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems               22.09
130 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
131 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                22.11
132 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                22.12
133 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                 22.14
134 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                             22.18
135 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              22.19
136 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
137 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                           
138 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    22.20
139 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                       
140 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                           22.23
141 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                22.26
142 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                    22.32
143 Jose Angel Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                 22.37
144 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    25.33
145 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                              25.56
146 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               26.28
147 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           26.29
148 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                 26.31
149 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
150 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          26.34
151 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             29.05
152 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                 29.48
 
Points classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         37 pts
2 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                            29
3 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                26
4 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                 25
5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                      25
6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                22
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                        20
8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                       20
9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              16
10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   16
11 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   15
12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      13
13 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                        13
14 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                            11
15 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                    10
16 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                               10
17 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   10
18 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                      10
19 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                  10
20 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   9
21 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                      9
22 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                    8
23 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         8
24 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                     8
25 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   8
26 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                     7
27 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           6
28 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                              6
29 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                 5
30 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   5
31 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                              5
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 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                              3
36 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               3
37 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    2
38 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      2
39 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                       1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                          28 pts
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                24
3 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                       14
4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              13
5 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    10
6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              10
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          8
8 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                             8
9 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                      8
10 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                                6
11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  6
12 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                              6
13 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              3
14 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                2
15 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  2
16 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       1
17 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 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                           6
5 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                    4
6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               3
7 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                      1
8 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        1
9 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                              1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Liberty Seguros - Wurth Team                                       37.46.40
2 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears                                         2.36
3 Liquigas                                                               2.54
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 4.09
5 Davitamon - Lotto                                                      4.39
6 T-Mobile Team                                                          6.33
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                    7.28
8 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                        8.13
9 Team Milram                                                            8.56
10 Team CSC                                                              9.35
11 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                                      11.03
12 Bouygues Telecom                                                     11.44
13 Quick Step - Innergetic                                              13.03
14 Lampre-Fondital                                                      14.41
15 Gerolsteiner                                                         15.33
16 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               16.35
17 Credit Agricole                                                      17.32
18 Francaise Des Jeux                                                   21.19
19 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                   22.01
20 Rabobank                                                             22.33
21 Team L.P.R.                                                          38.55

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