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60th Tour de Romandie - PT

Switzerland, April 25-30, 2006

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Stage 1 - April 26: Payerne-Payerne , 169.0km

Davitamon delivers on McEwen's promise

By Anthony Tan in Payerne

Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto)
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Today in Payerne, Robbie McEwen delivered on his promise, taking the stage everyone knew he could and should. And in doing so, the 33 year-old Queenslander lifted a massive weight off the shoulders of his Davitamon-Lotto team, who, until this day, had spent the entire season in Europe without a major victory.

"I've been telling the boys since yesterday that this was our only chance for a sprint and I wanted to win it, because I've had a hard time since, well, since I crashed and broke my rib on the fifth of March [at the Three Days of West Vlaanderen - ed]," he told Cyclingnews.

"I rode Tirreno with a broken rib - basically rode everything with my rib broken and just couldn't go 100 percent - but now I'm finally back. This is really my first race in almost a month, so this is a good comeback race and I knew this was my only chance."

Continued McEwen: "I wanted to have a sprint and go for the win. When Konyshev had 10 minutes, I went back to the boys and said, 'Right, we're going to start [chasing] now.' The boys rode right at the front until the last two k when other teams come and took over, but I just kept my position, stayed in the first three coming into the sprint and I hit out from 200 [metres to go]. I'm not sure even who came second, but anyway, I won pretty easy in the end 'cos nobody got next to me," he said, a certain air of confidence returning to his voice.

McEwen added that despite riding over the final kilometres twice before the finish, he wanted to scout the parcours a few times before the stage. "I wanted to see it at ease, cruise over it and see what it was like and see where I was going to hit out from before we hit that hill. I didn't want to get swamped from behind because I lost a couple of sprints in Portugal like that, so I just decided I was just going to go, and when I hit out, I hit the front right at that little dogleg as we hit the uphill finish. From there, it was less than 100 metres to go."

Race leader Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel)
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Overnight leader Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) had no problems in maintaining his race lead, albeit a slender one, less than a second separating he and Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears). And after picking up a two-second sprint bonification out on the road today, Française des Jeux's Bradley McGee moved within two seconds of the race lead, and by chance, he too is on equal time with today's stage winner and fellow Australian.

Asked what's next for him, McEwen replied: "Ah, just ride through the next few days for race condition. I'm going alright, but I just need that extra bit of conditioning to go to the Giro with... hopefully it'll be dry tomorrow."

Stage 2 - April 27: Porrentruy-Porrentruy

Tomorrow starts and finishes at the race's northernmost point in Porrentruy, also the longest stage at 171,2 kilometres. With two Category 1 climbs (km 56,2 and km 157,7) along the way and a total 1,810 metres' elevation, April 27 is one of the most difficult days in the saddle - maybe one for those often-aggressive Liberty Seguros guys, like Jörg Jaksche or David Etxebarria. Savoldelli shouldn't have any problems in the hills, saying today he's been doing specific training in the mountains in order to be ready for the Dolomiti at the Giro d'Italia.

How it unfolded

The peloton
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Mild, sunny conditions greeted the 162 riders left in the 60th edition of the Tour de Romandie, the small market town of Payerne hosting both the start and finish for today's opening road stage. With Roy Sentjens (Rabobank) and Koldo Gil Perez (Saunier Duval-Prodir) abandoning yesterday - no easy feat in a 3.4 kilometre prologue! - Euskaltel-Euskadi's Gorka Gonzalez became the third rider to exit stage left prior to the 13:35 start.

La parcours du jour consisted of three loops of varying length and three tours of Payerne: the first measuring 51,5 kilometres without any particular difficulty; the second 40 kilometres long with one Cat.3 climb at Lucens after 76,5km; and a final large loop of 77.5 kilometres, again with one Cat.3 climb in Sassel (km 123,4) and by far the most picturesque, hugging the banks of the Lac de Neuchâtel before returning to Payerne.

The official start took place at twenty minutes to two and it was a very leisurely one at that, the peloton rolling along at 30 kilometres an hour for the first 10 kilometres. At km 14, a move by Mickael Delage (Françasie des Jeux) and Pierre Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom) proved unsuccessful, but 12 kilometres later, Dimitri Konyshev's attack was, the LPR rider leaving the peloton's grasp at km 26.

The one and only Continental team to have received a wildcard in this year's race, Team LPR had so far shown they had come to Switzerland to compete; in yesterday's prologue, Swiss local Andreas Dietziker earned himself a top-ten performance, and now their Russian rouleur was displaying his worth with a massive 11-plus minute advantage after 60,7 kilometres covered.

Dmitri Konyshev (LPR)
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As mentioned in our Latest News bulletin today and depending on who you spoke to, Davitamon-Lotto were hungry - actually, ravenous - for their first big win on 'home soil' (home being Europe), choosing to place all their bets with sprinter Robbie McEwen. So it was going to be a tough ask for 'Kony' to hold off the peloton and at 40 years-old, the evergreen Ruskie would need to call on all his 17 years' experience if he were to force an upset.

Over the first GPM at km 76,5, Konyshev was still way out in front, cresting the climb of Lucens with nine minutes' advantage over Phonak's Steve Zampieri and Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto from Cofidis. At km 113,7, however, which signalled a 100 kilometre escape so far, the LPR rider's efforts began to take their toll, his advantage at this point just six and a half minutes.

Things looked more ominous for the lone breakaway when Davitamon-Lotto began motioning their troops inside the final 50 kilometres. The increased speed of the peloton also created some anxiety within, and not long afterwards, T-Mobile's Bernhard Kohl had a rather spectacular crash into the fields but was thankfully unhurt, and rejoined his companions with a few extra grass stains.

At a quarter to five in the afternoon, Konyshev crested the day's final categorised climb in Sassel (km 123,4), his lead now hovering at around three minutes. Behind him, the peloton gave more than a few spectators a brief scare when half the field experimented with a little cyclo-cross, cutting their travels a few metres short around a hairpin bend. Maybe the bunch were preempting the wet-weather finish, for the skies over Payerne had begun to turn nasty and rain and thunder could be heard in the distance. The gloomy temps also coincided with Konyshev's chances: 27 kilometres from home, just 45 seconds separated him with le peloton.

McEwen
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Sure enough, at km 146 and after 120 kilometres out on his own, the Russian met his destiny with the now rapidly-moving peloton. Just three kilometres later on the last small climb of the day, Frenchmen Cédric Vasseur (Quick.Step-Innergetic) and Patrice Halgand (Crédit Agricole) escaped, the names of Moos, Etxebarria, Halgand, Anton and Voeckler tacking on a few hundred metres down the road.

But with Davitamon driving, it wasn't to be, and with two kilometres to go, McEwen still had three men up front: Horner, Van Summeren and Roesems. Coming past the flamme rouge, Liquigas also wanted a piece of the action, cutting in on the train and seemingly intent on foiling the Belgian team's plans with their man Enrico Gasparotto.

Recalled McEwen, "When they got swamped with about 2k to go, I sort of followed [Daniele] Bennati a little bit and through the corners, I didn't follow anyone, really... I just made sure I was near the front and followed Bennati again because he was in second position; I just waited for the moment."

Despite being left on his own on the rain-soaked roads, McEwen kept his cool and good position, sitting pretty in fourth wheel. And having reconnoitred the final kilometres twice earlier this morning and twice during the stage, the Gold Coast speedster hit out with 200 metres to go to hold off fast-charging Milram man Mirco Loreznzetto and Lampre-Fondital's Daniele Bennati, with Gasparotto fourth.

"I've finally been training my sprint in the last weeks and felt when I went, I had heaps of power and I could've kept sprinting for another 150 metres past the finish," McEwen said.

Photography

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Results

1 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                             4.10.21 (40.503 km/h)
2 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                     
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
4 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                       
5 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                           
6 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                     
7 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                    
8 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
10 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
11 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
12 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                                    
13 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
14 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
15 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                    
16 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
17 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                                   
18 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    
19 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
20 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
21 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
22 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             
23 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                      
25 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                         
26 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
27 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                             
29 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
30 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                             
31 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                       
32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                  
33 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 
34 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
35 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    
36 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
37 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                       
38 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears      
39 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
40 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             
41 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team                              
42 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                     
43 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                
44 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                
45 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
46 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                  
47 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
48 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
49 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              
50 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                        
51 Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          
52 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
53 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
54 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                 
55 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              
56 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
57 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
58 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                    
59 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                  
60 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                       
61 Jos Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            
62 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
63 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
64 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
65 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
66 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                     
67 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
68 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
69 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
70 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               
71 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     
72 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                
73 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
73 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    
75 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
76 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
77 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                         
78 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
79 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
80 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
81 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                
82 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
83 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
84 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           
85 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                           
86 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
87 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
88 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                       
89 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital                             
90 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
91 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                     
92 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
93 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                   
94 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
95 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  
96 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
97 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                       
98 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           
99 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
100 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
101 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                  
102 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
103 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                      
104 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
105 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 
106 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          
107 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
108 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                
109 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
110 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                              
111 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
112 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
113 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
114 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                   
115 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
116 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   
117 Jonathan Patrick Mccarty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                
118 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
119 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
120 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                      
121 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                       
122 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears        
123 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                
124 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
125 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
126 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               
127 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
128 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                  
129 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      
130 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
131 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                     
132 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                  
133 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                
134 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
135 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              
136 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                             
137 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                        
138 Jose A Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
139 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
140 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Team L.P.R.                                  
141 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                 
142 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                    
143 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                       
144 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
145 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                  
146 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
147 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                        
148 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
149 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
150 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                
151 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                
152 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
153 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
154 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
155 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 0.31
156 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
157 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          2.21
158 Jose Angel Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic              2.22
159 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.                                4.11
DNF Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             
DNF Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
DNF Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               
DNS Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               

Points
 
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                 25 pts
2 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                  20
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               16
4 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    13
5 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                        11
6 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                  10
7 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                  9
8 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                               8
9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                7
10 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                         6
11 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         5
12 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                                  4
13 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3
14 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 2
15 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                  1
 
Mountains
 
Prix Le Gruyere - Cat. 3
1 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.                                    5 pts
2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          3
3 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          2
4 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                      1
 
Prix Le Gruyere - Cat. 3
1 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.                                    5 pts
2 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                  3
3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          2
4 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          1
 
Sprints
 
Bonus PMU - km 106.1
1 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.                                    6 pts
2 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                               3
3 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                 1
 
Bonus PMU - km 132.9
1 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.                                    6 pts
2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          3
3 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                         1
 
Teams
 
1 Rabobank                                                      12.31.03
2 Team Milram                                                           
3 Liquigas                                                              
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                
5 Davitamon - Lotto                                                     
6 T-Mobile Team                                                         
7 Gerolsteiner                                                          
8 Quick Step - Innergetic                                               
9 Liberty Seguros - Wurth Team                                          
10 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                   
11 Francaise Des Jeux                                                   
12 Lampre-Fondital                                                      
13 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                      
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  
15 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                       
16 Bouygues Telecom                                                     
17 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               
18 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                                      
19 Credit Agricole                                                      
20 Team L.P.R.                                                          
21 Team CSC                                                             
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       4.14.48
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears       
3 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                             0.02
4 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
5 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                               0.06
6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              0.07
7 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                               0.09
9 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
10 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                          
11 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
12 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                   
13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           
14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                                
15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             0.10
16 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                      
17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                             
19 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                   0.11
20 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              
21 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    
22 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                        
23 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         
24 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
25 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                    
26 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
27 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                0.12
28 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 
29 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             
30 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                         
31 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
32 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               0.13
33 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                                   
34 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                       
35 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
36 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                      
37 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
38 Jos Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                        0.14
39 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            0.15
40 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
41 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                  
42 Oscar Sevilla Ribera (Spa) T-Mobile Team                              
43 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                   
44 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       0.16
45 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic                         0.17
46 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
47 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
48 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               
49 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
50 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                
51 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                   
52 Victor Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
53 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             0.18
54 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
55 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    
56 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems             0.19
57 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                         
58 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
59 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                    
60 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          0.20
61 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
62 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
63 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
64 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         0.21
65 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              
66 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                  
67 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                     
68 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                       
69 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
70 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                   
71 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 0.22
72 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
73 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
74 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                               0.23
75 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                     
76 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                                    
77 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                         
78 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
79 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
80 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
81 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 0.24
82 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    
83 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                         
84 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                              
85 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                           0.25
86 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                        
87 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    
88 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           0.26
89 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               
90 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
91 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
92 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                     
93 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                         0.27
94 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                 
95 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
96 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                       
97 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                       
98 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
99 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                       0.28
100 Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         
101 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
102 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                      
103 Jonathan Patrick Mccarty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems            0.29
104 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          
105 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          
106 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
107 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
108 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                          
109 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       0.30
110 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital                            
111 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
112 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                
113 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            0.31
114 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
115 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                              
116 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
117 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 
118 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             0.32
119 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
120 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
121 Carlos Jose Ochoa (Ven) Team L.P.R.                                  
122 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
123 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
124 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  0.33
125 Jose A Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
126 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
127 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
128 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                
129 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           0.34
130 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
131 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux                              0.36
132 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
133 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
134 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
135 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     0.37
136 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            
137 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                          0.38
138 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           0.39
139 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
140 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                       
141 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears        
142 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                               0.40
143 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
144 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
145 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                   
146 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                        0.41
147 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                  0.42
148 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
149 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                        0.43
150 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                  0.45
151 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         0.46
152 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
153 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                0.51
154 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 0.52
155 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                     
156 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1.00
157 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          3.03
158 Jose Angel Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic              3.15
159 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.                                4.59

Points classification
 
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                 25 pts
2 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                  20
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               16
4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           15
5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    13
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    12
7 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                        11
8 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                              10
9 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                  10
10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              9
11 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               9
12 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                 9
13 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                8
14 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              8
15 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                7
16 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      6
17 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                         6
18 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              5
19 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         5
20 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                 4
21 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                                  4
22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         3
23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3
24 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 2
25 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                    1
26 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                  1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.                                   10 pts
2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          5
3 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                  3
4 Ivan Ram Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          3
5 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.                                      1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) Team L.P.R.                                   12 pts
2 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux                               3
3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          3
4 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                 1
5 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                         1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears                                12.44.49
2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                0.02
3 Lampre-Fondital                                                   0.06
4 Davitamon - Lotto                                                 0.07
5 Liquigas                                                          0.11
6 Rabobank                                                          0.13
7 Francaise Des Jeux                                                0.14
8 Team CSC                                                              
9 Credit Agricole                                                   0.15
10 Bouygues Telecom                                                 0.16
11 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               
12 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                              0.18
13 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                      
14 Quick Step - Innergetic                                          0.21
15 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           0.22
16 T-Mobile Team                                                        
17 Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                                  0.23
18 Gerolsteiner                                                         
19 Liberty Seguros - Wurth Team                                         
20 Team L.P.R.                                                      0.24
21 Team Milram                                                      0.25

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