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60th Tour de Romandie - PT
Switzerland, April 25-30, 2006
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Stage 4 - April 29: Sion-Sion , 127.7km
V is for victory, versatility - and Valverde!
The final countdown: Lausanne TT to decide overall
By Anthony Tan in Sion
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It's been an amazing last week and a half for Alejandro Valverde. His victory in Flèche Wallonne was brilliant; Liège-Bastogne-Liège was confirmation; then four days ago in Geneva, almost winning the Tour de Romandie prologue showcased his wealth of talents.
Today, after 2,360 metres of climbing in just under 130 kilometres, he still packed the punch of a bunch sprinter to claim the fourth stage ahead of Alexandre Moos (Phonak) and Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto). In doing so, it brings Mr. Versatility within six seconds of the overall lead of Liberty Seguros's Alberto Contador - but with four riders separated by just 28 seconds and eleven separated by 1 minute 17, the race is set for a nail-biting conclusion with tomorrow's time trial in Lausanne.
"It was a really hard day with the three climbs, but my legs were good and I'm glad the group worked well to catch Kashechkin," said Valverde.
Asked about his chances against Contador in tomorrow's chrono, and whether he believed himself to be better than his Spanish counterpart, he replied: "No, I'm not better or worse. Well, perhaps Contador is a little better, but regardless, it will be a really difficult time trial. I'm just really happy with what was happened these past few weeks, and now being able to fight for the general [classification] here in Switzerland.
"I already know the time trial course tomorrow because I did it in 2002 in my neo-pro year, and I know it's really hard. If I win, I'm happy; if Contador wins, I'm happy too, because credit should go to the best rider," he said.
For a moment, the day looked like turning into another win for Liberty Seguros when Andrey Kashechkin still had a one and a half minute lead over a very select group of riders with 13 kilometres to go, having attacked the peloton three kilometres from the summit of Crans Montana. In fact, he had become the virtual race leader, but in the end, the Kazakhstani succumbed to the Canton du Valais' typically fierce headwind.
"Our team was really good; they were all present [at the front] today and worked really hard," said Contador, despite losing 10 seconds to Valverde today. "It was a good day, because I still have the yellow jersey and the team has shown our strength. That Alejandro won, it's okay with me."
That Valverde has improved his time trialling quite considerably since last season, however, is some cause for concern, admits our race leader, but it's not because of what he saw in Geneva: "No, it's not the prologue that worries me, it's the performance of Valverde in the time trial on the last day of Pais Vasco [he came eighth, while Valverde finished second - ed.]," Contador said. "It's a hard time trial and while there is Valverde, there's also many others within a minute - so anyone could win tomorrow."
Stage 5 - April 29: Lausanne ITT, 20.4 km
Set in the city that houses the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, the Lausanne time trial will undoubtedly determine the overall winner of the 60th Tour de Romandie. It's arguably one of the most challenging TT parcours in any stage race, and a combination of power, suppleness and speed are the requirements; should one fall short in any one of the three, we'll find out 20 kilometres later.
Apart from Valverde, some of Contador's biggest challengers will be Australian Cadel Evans, third on GC (@ 0'24) and excellent against the clock; his own team-mates Jörg Jaksche and Andrey Kashechkin, currently fourth and seventh overall (@ 0'28 and 1'04 respectively) and both renowned time triallists, the former with seven top-ten finishes in events over a similar distance, most recently finishing fourth in the Tirreno-Adriatico TT, and the latter sixth at the world TT championship in Madrid last year and coming within a whisker of winning the prologue in Paris-Nice; and Liquigas' Dario Cioni, maybe a little too far away in eleventh on GC (@ 1'17), but a chrono specialist nonetheless and a good outside bet.
How it unfolded
Today's stage followed in the tradition of a three-looped parcours used twice earlier this week. But going against the grain was the inclusion of three Category 1 climbs within the relatively short distance of 127,7 kilometres: Ovronaz (km 25.7, altitude 1,165m) for starters, Veysonnaz (km 66.1, altitude 1,167m) for mains, and 'La Cima Coppi', the 1,529 metre climb to Crans Montana, would make a very hard-to-digest dessert.
147 lycra-clad lads lined up at the start in Sion at half-past one this afternoon, the notable absentee being Discovery Channel leader Paolo Savoldelli, who was unlucky to have suffered a bad bout of diarrhoea during yesterday's stage, with Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner), Bert Roesems (Davitamon-Lotto) and Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas) also marked as 'DNS'.
When we spoke with Discovery Channel's assistant team manager Lorenzo Lapage, he told us that Savoldelli's problems only began during the race. "I think he ate something wrong, but mentally, after the race, he was okay and he felt better. He went three or four times to the toilet [after the stage], he slept at the hotel last night and this morning he went home. He now says the problems are over, so I'm pretty sure it was something he ate."
No doubt it was the smart thing to do with Il Falco's main event just a week away: "When you have a stage like yesterday and you have problems with your stomach, you lose so much energy; it was better to send him home to recover, so that he's ready for the Giro," Lapage explained.
It took just two kilometres of racing before the day's first attack, sparked by Davitamon-Lotto's Bart Dockx and Cyril Dessel from AG2R-Prévoyance. Minutes later, another 15 joined them, the names of McCarty (Phonak), Peron (CSC, and the best placed on GC, 4'07 behind Contador), Engels, Garate, Santaromita (Quick.Step-Innergetic), Weening (Rabobank), Brard (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Iglinsky (Milram), Parra Pinto (Cofidis), Charteau (Crédit Agricole), Roy (Francaise des Jeux), Perez Moreno (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Albasini (Liquigas), Moreau (AG2R-Prévoyance) and Muraglia (LPR) all represented.
It was unsurprising to see this group narrow down to seven by the top of Ovronaz (km 25.7), Parra Pinto taking maximum points ahead of Charteau, Muraglia, Peron and Moreau, who were just under a minute and a half ahead of the peloton. Speaking of the peloton, not much was happening at this point, apart from one or two riders sporadically popping off the back and the team of race leader Alberto Contador controlling proceedings at its head.
Down the descent to Sion and on the dead-flat roads before the climb of Veysonnaz, another four got back on to make a lead group of 11 at km 45,9, now with a 1'45 advantage. In the move were: McCarty (Phonak), Peron (CSC), Zberg (Gerolsteiner), Engels, Garate, (Quick.Step-Innergetic), Iglinsky (Milram), Parra Pinto (Cofidis), Charteau (Crédit Agricole), Albasini (Liquigas), Moreau (AG2R-Prévoyance) and Muraglia (LPR).
This lead group were still all together at the Veysonnaz-Village, which marked the crest of the day's second climb after 66.1 kilometres. LPR rider Muraglia took the mountain prime ahead of Parra Pinto and Garate, the break's advantage having edged past the two-minute mark, but with the climb of Crans Montana left, it was never going to be enough.
Already by its lower slopes, the lead group shattered, with just three at the head - Juan Manuel Garate (Quick.Step-Innergetic), Maxim Iglinskiy (Milram) and Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Cofidis). The latter, who had previously demonstrated his ability on the first two climbs (although looked shaky on the descents), was setting the tempo, and a few minutes later, Iglinskiy found himself saying adieu - but it was more a bientôt when the Russian returned to the fold moments later.
After 93 kilometres' racing, an attack by T-Mobile's Oscar Sevilla saw Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) and Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros-Würth) join him. One by one, the trio picked out and dropped off each of the early breakaways until they neared the lead group, and three kilometres from the summit, Kashechkin accelerated, taking no-one.
With no more than seven riders in the groupe maillot jaune and a third from Liberty Seguros, it was left to Davitamon-Lotto and Illes Balears to chase who had two - Cadel Evans and Chris Horner - and two - Alejandro Valverde and Joaquin Rodriguez - apiece. The thing was, they either couldn't or didn't; Cadel Evans tried, but it was a similar scenario to that of yesterday, with the advantage firmly in favour of Liberty.
13 kilometres from the finish, the peloton was 1'26 in arrears and as a consequence, Kashechkin had become the maillot jaune virtuel, while three remnants from the early break - Garate, Parra and Moreau - were 22 seconds behind. Parra Pinto had also done enough to wrest the mountains jersey from the shoulders of local rider Roger Beuchat; an unpopular change, but a deserved one.
However, the long descent and flat run-in to Sion did nothing for Kashechkin's chances, particularly when the peloton caught the trio in front of them. Combined with a stiff headwind, the Kazakhstani's lead sadly withered away until he was caught by a Davitamon-Illes Balears-led peloton inside two kilometres to go. The slightly uphill finish proved perfect for Valverde, claiming his fifth win of the season ahead of Alexandre Moos (Phonak) and Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto). And significantly, moving within six seconds of the race lead.
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- The peloton rides during stage 4
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) didn't have one of his best days in the mountains
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) with teammate Eddy Mazzoleni
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) looking comfy in yellow, with Jorg Jaksche on his wheel
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) beats Moos and Evans to win stage 45 in Sion
- Two Spaniards Alberto Contador (leader) and Alejandro Valverde (stage winner)
- Valverde and Contador discuss matters of import
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) salutes from the podium
Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
- Hey, we know you! The friendly face of CSC sports director Scott Sunderland.
- The peloton get set to leave Sion. They'll be back... sometime.
- Winning is as easy as one...
- ... two
- ... three for Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears).
- Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) said he went so deep for team-mate Cadel Evans today, he got dropped in the final 150 metres.
- Race leader Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth) spends another day in yellow - but will it be his last?
- New mountains leader Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Cofidis) is a deserving leader of this classification after being away since kilometre two today.
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) and podium girl make a nice couple. In fact, just about anyone would.
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth) looking a little concerned about what lies ahead.
- Define boredom: first
- ... second
- ... and third.
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.41.24 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 6 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 9 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 10 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 11 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 0.04 12 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 13 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.05 14 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.14 15 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.17 16 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.23 17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.41 18 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.54 19 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.39 20 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 22 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 24 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 25 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Ivan Ramirez Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 27 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 28 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 29 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.57 30 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 31 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.09 32 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.24 33 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 34 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 36 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 39 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 40 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 41 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 43 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 44 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 45 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 46 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.21 47 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.15 48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 50 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 51 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Team L.P.R. 10.18 52 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.21 53 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.39 54 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 55 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 56 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 57 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 58 Jos Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 59 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 60 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 61 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 62 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 63 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 18.19 64 Jose Angel Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 65 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 67 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 18.23 68 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 69 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 70 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 71 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 72 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 73 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 74 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 75 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 76 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 77 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 78 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 79 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 80 Jose A Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 82 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 83 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 84 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 85 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 86 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 87 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 88 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 89 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 90 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 91 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 93 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 94 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 95 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 21.21 97 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 98 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 99 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 100 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 101 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 103 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 104 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 105 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 106 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 107 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 108 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 109 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 110 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 111 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 112 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 113 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 114 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 116 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 117 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25.49 118 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 119 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 120 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 121 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 122 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 123 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 124 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 125 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 126 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 127 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC DNF Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC DNF Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank DNF Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team DNF Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital DNF Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram DNF Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas DNS Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems DNS Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNS Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNS Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNS Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas Points 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 pts 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 10 4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 5 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 8 6 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team 7 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5 9 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 4 10 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 3 11 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 2 12 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 1 Sprints BONUS PMU - km 77.7 1 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 BONUS PMU - km 102.1 1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 pts 2 Ivan Ramirez Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Mountains GPM Prix Le Gruyere - Cat 1 1 Ivan Ramirez Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 pts 2 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 3 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 6 4 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 4 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 GPM Prix Le Gruyere - Cat 1 1 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 12 pts 2 Ivan Ramirez Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 4 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 2 GPM Prix Le Gruyere - Cat 1 1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 pts 2 Ivan Ramirez Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 5 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team 2 Teams 1 Liberty Seguros - Wurth Team 11.04.26 2 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 1.03 3 Liquigas 1.29 4 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.30 5 Davitamon - Lotto 5.00 6 Team Milram 10.05 7 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 14.13 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 Bouygues Telecom 18.04 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 19.44 11 Lampre-Fondital 19.48 12 T-Mobile Team 13 Gerolsteiner 22.49 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 25.10 15 Team Csc 29.30 16 Team L.P.R. 30.06 17 Saunier Duval - Prodir 33.33 18 Credit Agricole 33.55 19 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34.27 20 Francaise Des Jeux 37.25 21 Rabobank 39.12
General classification after stage 4 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16.16.25 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.06 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.24 4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.28 5 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 0.54 6 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 0.57 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.04 8 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 1.07 9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11 10 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.14 11 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.17 12 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team 2.03 13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.06 14 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.51 15 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.42 16 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.10 17 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 4.20 18 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 4.22 19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 4.33 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 5.12 21 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.16 22 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.25 23 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 5.29 24 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.12 25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.12 26 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.09 27 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 9.04 28 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.39 29 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9.42 30 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 9.50 31 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.53 32 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.55 33 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 10.24 34 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 10.50 35 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.36 36 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.39 37 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11.46 38 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.26 39 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 12.28 40 Ivan Ramirez Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 13.52 41 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Team L.P.R. 14.53 42 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.03 43 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 15.08 44 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.21 45 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 16.51 46 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.59 47 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.10 48 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 18.31 49 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.02 50 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 20.34 51 Jos Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 21.29 52 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 22.22 53 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22.59 54 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 23.14 55 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 23.31 56 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 23.53 57 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.00 58 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 24.03 59 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 25.58 60 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26.17 61 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 26.39 62 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 27.33 63 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 27.34 64 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 27.43 65 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 28.08 66 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 28.14 67 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 28.37 68 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.08 69 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 30.27 70 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.30 71 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 30.32 72 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 30.42 73 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30.45 74 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 31.03 75 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 32.06 76 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.12 77 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32.15 78 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.24 79 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 80 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 33.05 81 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33.08 82 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 33.43 83 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 33.46 84 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33.50 85 Jose A Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34.07 86 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 35.17 87 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 35.18 88 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 35.35 89 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 36.28 90 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36.29 91 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 36.32 92 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 36.37 93 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.10 94 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 38.02 95 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 38.39 96 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 38.44 97 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39.09 98 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 39.20 99 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 39.51 100 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 40.06 101 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 40.10 102 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 40.18 103 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 40.20 104 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 40.26 105 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 106 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 40.28 107 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 40.35 108 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R. 40.43 109 Jose Angel Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic 40.56 110 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 43.17 111 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 43.25 112 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 113 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 43.39 114 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43.40 115 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 116 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 43.53 117 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 43.56 118 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 47.17 119 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 120 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 47.52 121 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 47.55 122 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 47.58 123 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 48.00 124 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 48.09 125 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50.26 126 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 52.20 127 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 55.37 Points classification 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 pts 2 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 30 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 28 5 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 6 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 25 7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25 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 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13 14 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team 12 15 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11 16 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 17 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 10 18 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 10 19 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 9 20 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 21 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 9 22 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 8 23 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 24 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 7 25 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 26 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5 27 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 28 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 29 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 4 30 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 4 31 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3 33 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 34 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 2 35 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 36 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 37 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1 Sprint classifcation 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 Mountains classifcation 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 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 14 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 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 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros - Wurth Team 48.51.06 2 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 3.39 3 Liquigas 4.23 4 Davitamon - Lotto 9.39 5 Ag2R Prevoyance 9.43 6 Team Milram 19.01 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 21.41 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 23.53 9 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone 25.16 10 T-Mobile Team 26.21 11 Bouygues Telecom 29.48 12 Lampre-Fondital 34.29 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 38.13 14 Gerolsteiner 38.22 15 Team Csc 39.05 16 Saunier Duval - Prodir 50.08 17 Credit Agricole 51.27 18 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Te 56.28 19 Francaise Des Jeux 58.44 20 Rabobank 1.01.45 21 Team L.P.R. 1.09.01
