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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) wins the third stage
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) enjoys the success
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) finishes second
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) gets a couple of podium kisses
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) is the new leader of the Tour de Romandie
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) puts on a jacket on top of the mountain
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) with the Spanish flag
Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
- Four hours, three minutes and forty-one seconds later, Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth) triumphs in Leysin.
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth) blows a kiss to the crowd.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) beats Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) for second place.
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) bounced back to show his old self today.
- Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros-Würth) comes in for fourth place.
- Cadel Evans' face shows the strain of a big day in the saddle.
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth) on the podium.
- Try this on for size...
- On the cheek, Alberto...
- Two are better than one.
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth) faces the media at the winner's press conference.
- Are we looking at the future winner of the 60th Tour de Romandie?
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- ProTour leader Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth) drives for the line
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth) wins the third stage
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
