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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

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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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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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
 

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