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60th Tour de Romandie - PT

Switzerland, April 25-30, 2006

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Stage 5 - April 30: Lausanne ITT, 20.4km

Evans incredible!

Australian takes eleventh hour victory in Romandie

By Anthony Tan in Lausanne

Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto)
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'Taking the bull by the horns' is the only way to describe the performance of Cadel Evans today. The former world-class mountain biker has experienced his fair share of ups and downs since turning professional on the road in 2001, but this week in Switzerland, the only way was up for the 29 year-old Australian, who refound his best right when he needed it to clinch an incredible eleventh hour victory in the 60th Tour de Romandie.

"I knew I was going well this week, and this morning, I woke up relaxed and calm. The pressure was not on me to win; it was on the others to lose," said a delighted Evans, most likely referring to overnight leader Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Wurth)and Alejandro Valverde, who bore the full brunt of the Aussie's might and power, finishing the race second and third overall.

Born in the small outback town of Katherine in the harsh climes of Northern Territory, where temperatures often exceed 40 degrees Celsius, today's weather in Lausanne was mild in comparison, but with his European residence in Switzerland with his Italian wife, Chiara, it was exactly how he liked it.

"The course was perfect for me, and although the hills weren't big, I've been climbing well and also enjoy the time trial. I gave it everything I had, and to come away with the stage and overall victory is just superb!" Evans exclaimed.

Affected by what he believed to be a mild case of Hunter's Syndrome during the last of the Spring Classics, which explains his sub-standard results in La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Evans said he's now managed to control the problem. As each day went by this week, he continued to look stronger and self-assured; from a top-20 prologue performance in Geneva, to helping his team-mate Chris Horner win the second stage, to his third place on the mountain-top finish in Leysin followed by another third yesterday - before culminating in the stage win and overall victory today.

The final podium
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"It's true," Evans said, "my targets were Flèche and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but I couldn't see out of one eye and suffered from some very bad headaches. I think I've found the way to treat what I had, and to stop it from happening again."

With three stages and the Tour de Romandie to boot, Davitamon-Lotto have firmly got the monkey off their back, and can approach next month's Giro d'Italia with sprinter Robbie McEwen as their leader and the upcoming Tour de France with Evans as their man for the general classification with tranquility and confidence. And after finishing eighth overall in 2005, big things are expected from the latter.

How it unfolded

Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile)
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With riders taking off in descending order, laterne rouge Robbie McEwen was supposed to be the first cab off the rank at 14:24, but like those taxis that never come, the Aussie did a no-show, making the first rider South African Ian McLeod, who left the start gates outside La Stade Olympique one minute later under glorious sunshine. His time of 30 minutes and 53 seconds wasn't anything to rave about, but we never said it would be.

It was pleasing to see the seventh rider to leave, T-Mobile's TdF contender Jan Ullrich, post a respectable time of 28 minutes and 47 seconds and set the early best mark, but that was bettered less than four minutes later by Belgian Bart Dockx from Davitamon-Lotto.

At half-past three, Illes Balears' Frenchman Florent Brard became the new provisional leader, his time of 28 minutes 2 seconds three seconds faster than Dockx. But Brard's best didn't stand for long, either, as a quick succession of riders improved on his time, including Discovery Channel's Pavel Padrnos and Leif Hoste.

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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As it turned out, the latter rider's time of 26 minutes and 41 seconds was very, very competitive indeed, Hoste holding off specialists like Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole, 27'15), Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile, 27'08) and Bobby Julich (CSC, 26'57). Another ride that showed promise was that of Joseba Beloki (27'52), the Spaniard struggling with his form ever since he crashed out of the 2003 Tour de France in spectacular fashion.

In fact, more than one and a half hours after Hoste finished his contre la montre and after the last rider, race leader Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Wurth), had left at 17:00 hours, the Belgian Classics specialist continued to hold the very top spot. Hoste most recently displayed his time trialling prowess when he won the final time trial en route to overall victory at the De Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde, but was he to hold off the rest of the best today in Lausanne?

Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros)
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Dark horse Dario Cioni (Liquigas), 11th on GC at the start of the day, came within half a minute but couldn't do it. Likewise for Horner (Davitamon-Lotto, 10th on GC, time 27'19), Moos (Phonak, 9th GC, 27'23), Szmyd (Lampre-Fondital, 8th GC, 27'58), Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros, 7th GC, 27'03), Noe (Liquigas, 6th GC, 28'24), Ghisalberti (Milram, 5th GC, 27'45), and Jaksche (Liberty Seguros-Würth, 4th GC, 27'09).

But when Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto, 3rd GC) flew out of the gates, he was a man on a mission. After a shaky start to the season, the Australian's form has bounced back this week, and at the time-check atop the steep cobbled ascent of the Rue du Petit-Chêne, he was in the maillot jaune virtuel by one second, based on the intermediate progress of Alberto Contador. Powering towards the finish and throwing his bike over the line, Evans beat Hoste's time by 22 seconds.

For Valverde and Contador, however, it was a different story. Both Spaniards appeared to lack the rhythm required to master this unforgiving parcours, and their times of 27'21 and 27'10 showed at the end, falling to third and second place respectively on the general classification, and elevating Evans to the top step of the podium.

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Results

1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                      26.19.87 (46.485 km/h)
2 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     0.22
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                             0.38
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      0.44
5 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                     0.49
6 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                           0.50
7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               0.51
8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
9 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           0.53
10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                           
11 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                   0.56
12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          0.57
13 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.00
14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears       1.02
15 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team                               1.03
16 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            1.04
17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                   1.10
18 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 1.17
19 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                        
20 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                          1.21
21 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                   1.25
22 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                            1.27
23 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    1.31
24 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                   1.32
25 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         1.33
26 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 1.34
27 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                        1.36
28 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                      1.38
29 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                      
30 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 1.40
31 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                     1.43
32 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                          
33 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         
34 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                       1.46
35 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                        1.48
36 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                          
37 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.49
38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      1.50
39 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
40 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                1.53
41 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  1.54
42 Jos Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                             1.55
43 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    1.57
44 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                      2.01
45 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                                    2.02
46 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                          2.03
47 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              
48 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  2.04
49 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                              2.05
50 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                              2.07
51 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                         2.09
52 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   2.12
53 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 
54 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            2.15
55 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
56 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            2.16
57 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                               2.17
58 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                               
59 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                 2.18
60 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    2.19
61 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 2.21
62 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                    2.22
63 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                            
64 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                      
65 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                2.23
66 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
67 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  2.26
68 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                                2.27
69 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        2.28
70 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                    2.29
71 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     2.30
72 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   2.31
73 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                2.33
74 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic                              2.36
75 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                             2.37
76 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   2.40
77 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             2.43
78 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                     
79 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
80 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                              2.44
81 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
82 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                     2.46
83 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  2.47
84 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
85 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                   2.50
86 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                              
87 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  2.51
88 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                    2.55
89 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                            
90 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                      2.57
91 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
92 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                        2.58
93 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                2.59
94 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                                     3.04
95 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                       
96 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                     3.05
97 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          3.12
98 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                       3.13
99 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                     3.15
100 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                3.17
101 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears        
102 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                               3.22
103 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Team L.P.R.                                   3.28
104 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                3.29
105 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    3.30
106 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  
107 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                           
108 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                3.36
109 Jose Angel Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                   3.38
110 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                3.48
111 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    3.49
112 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
113 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3.57
114 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     
115 Ivan Ramirez Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           
116 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                        4.10
117 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           4.29
118 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                   4.34
119 Jose A Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       4.45
120 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                    5.56
DNF Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic
DNS Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
DNS Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team
DNS Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
DNS Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
DNS David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
DNS Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
 
Points
 
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                         15 pts
2 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                       12
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                               10
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         9
5 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                        8
6 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                              7
7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  6
8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    5
9 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              4
10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          3
11 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                      2
12 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                             1
 
Teams 
 
1 Liberty Seguros - Wurth Team                                         1.21.22
2 Davitamon - Lotto                                                       0.21
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      0.24
4 Team CSC                                                                0.57
5 T-Mobile Team                                                           1.10
6 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                         1.42
7 Liquigas                                                                1.59
8 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears                                          2.23
9 Bouygues Telecom                                                        2.29
10 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 2.33
11 Lampre-Fondital                                                        2.45
12 Team Milram                                                            2.50
13 Credit Agricole                                                        3.19
14 Gerolsteiner                                                           3.33
15 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                    3.55
16 Rabobank                                                               4.11
17 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                4.23
18 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                                        4.35
19 Francaise Des Jeux                                                     4.38
20 Team L.P.R.                                                            5.38
21 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                 7.08
 
Final General classification
 
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                   16.43.08
2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               0.27
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears        0.44
4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                           0.54
5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      1.24
6 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        1.46
7 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                1.50
8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             1.51
9 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                    1.55
10 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                  2.21
11 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                              2.38
12 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team                               2.42
13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          3.45
14 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                      4.28
15 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                          5.19
16 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         5.36
17 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                     5.39
18 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                5.41
19 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                      5.52
20 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          5.54
21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                   5.58
22 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            7.08
23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                         7.57
24 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                      8.02
25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 8.28
26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           10.04
27 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                           10.07
28 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 10.36
29 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 11.12
30 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           11.30
31 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 11.33
32 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  12.02
33 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                                        
34 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                            12.38
35 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               12.55
36 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                             14.09
37 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    14.52
38 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 15.12
39 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                  16.16
40 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   16.36
41 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         17.24
42 Ivan Ramirez Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone       17.25
43 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Team L.P.R.                                   17.57
44 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          18.12
45 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                19.03
46 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                                19.19
47 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 20.50
48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         21.50
49 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                   22.47
50 Jos Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            23.00
51 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        24.08
52 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           24.39
53 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                       24.43
54 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                     25.14
55 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                               25.17
56 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                   25.51
57 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
58 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   27.53
59 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                  29.09
60 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          29.12
61 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                29.30
62 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  29.50
63 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 30.06
64 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                            30.21
65 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic                             30.26
66 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     31.58
67 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               32.14
68 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   32.22
69 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              32.28
70 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            32.49
71 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                       32.58
72 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   33.19
73 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                33.34
74 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    33.35
75 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          33.41
76 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                       34.04
77 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     34.29
78 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    35.09
79 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 35.10
80 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                35.20
81 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                         36.09
82 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    37.24
83 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                             37.37
84 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                       37.56
85 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                          38.21
86 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                38.28
87 Jose A Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
88 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
89 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                    39.18
90 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                       39.43
91 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               39.45
92 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                   41.19
93 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                    41.20
94 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    41.27
95 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                   41.51
96 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                         42.05
97 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 42.08
98 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                42.14
99 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              42.15
100 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                  42.23
101 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      42.25
102 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                42.51
103 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                   43.05
104 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 43.15
105 Jose Angel Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                  44.10
106 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     45.18
107 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                  
108 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   46.16
109 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                               46.29
110 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                              46.37
111 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                     46.42
112 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               47.04
113 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                       47.26
114 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                               49.36
115 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      49.59
116 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 50.26
117 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                                   50.32
118 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                          50.42
119 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              52.35
120 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                  56.30
 
Points classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          52 pts
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                         45
3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                             45
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 34
5 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               28
6 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                  25
7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        22
8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                        20
9 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                     16
10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    16
11 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                                14
12 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                     13
13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                              13
14 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         12
15 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                 12
16 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      12
17 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                             11
18 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    10
19 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  10
20 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                     10
21 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                       10
22 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   10
23 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    9
24 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                       9
25 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                       8
26 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    8
27 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                      7
28 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            6
29 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    5
30 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               5
31 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             4
32 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                       4
33 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                                        4
34 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             3
35 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                3
36 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                         2
37 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     2
38 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       2
39 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                        1
40 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                             1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Ivan Ramirez Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           31 pts
2 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                           28
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 24
4 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                       18
5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   14
6 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                        14
7 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               13
8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        12
9 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    12
10 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    10
11 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              10
12 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                           10
13 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                             8
14 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          8
15 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                      8
16 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                                 6
17 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               6
18 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                               4
19 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                  2
20 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   2
21 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                           2
22 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        1
23 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                                        1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                        14 pts
2 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      9
3 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                9
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         6
5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                              6
6 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                            6
7 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                     4
8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                3
9 Ivan Ramirez Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            3
10 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                                   3
11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   2
12 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                      1
13 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        1
14 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                              1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Liberty Seguros - Wurth Team                                        50.12.28
2 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears                                          6.02
3 Liquigas                                                                6.22
4 Davitamon - Lotto                                                      10.00
5 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                        11.25
6 Team Milram                                                            21.51
7 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                    25.36
8 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 26.26
9 T-Mobile Team                                                          27.31
10 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                                       29.51
11 Bouygues Telecom                                                      32.17
12 Lampre-Fondital                                                       37.14
13 Team CSC                                                              40.02
14 Gerolsteiner                                                          41.55
15 Quick Step - Innergetic                                               42.36
16 Credit Agricole                                                       54.46
17 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                    56.52
18 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                57.16
19 Francaise Des Jeux                                                  1.03.22
20 Rabobank                                                            1.05.56
21 Team L.P.R.                                                         1.14.39

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