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GP Ouest France-Plouay - CDM & ProT
France, August 26-27, 2006
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Race 2 - August 27: Men's ProTour GP Ouest-France, 226km
Young gun Nibali becomes a killer
By Jean-François Quénet in Plouay
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Following the path of UCI ProTour first hero Danilo Di Luca last year, Liquigas rider Vincenzo Nibali claimed his first major win at the GP Ouest-France in Plouay. The circuit of the 2000 World championship was extended by one more hill with the clear intention of avoiding a bunch sprint, as has occurred a few times since Romans Vainsteins took the rainbow jersey on the "boulevard des championnats du monde" - that's now the name of the street where the finishing line is drawn.
Nibali is a future great cycling champion. He's a pure product of the Italian federation, as he followed all the steps of the squadra azzurra, claiming bronze medals twice at the time trial world championship, as a Junior and U23 in Bardolino behind Slovenian Janez Brajkovic and flying Dutchman Thomas Dekker. Nibali hails from Messina in Sicily, but he has lived for the last six years in Mastromarco in Tuscany, just one kilometre away from Andrea Tafi.
"I started cycling when I was 12 years old," he explained. "The passion was given to me by my father Salvatore who was an amateur Sunday rider. Now my younger brother Antonio, 14, is also a cyclist. I dedicate my victory to my girlfriend Elena who stays in Sicily and my whole family who is always far away from me. I also thank my two fan-clubs, I have one in Sicily, one in Tuscany, they are always faithful to me. Right now I also have thoughts for Fabio Casartelli. When I was a young cyclist, I won a prize dedicated to his memory, at a dinner I said I'd have a nice word for him when I'd win something big. It is something big today."
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Nibali is one of the youngest winners of a Pro Tour race. Born on November 1984, he's two months younger than Tirreno-Adriatico champion Thomas Dekker (who was still younger than Nibali when he won T-A). "I came to Plouay last year already but I didn't finish because I didn't have great shape," he said. "This year, I found the right condition between San Sebastian where I came in the first group and the Tour of Benelux where I was 3rd. I came back to Plouay with the intention of doing well, but honestly I thought I was too young to win a ProTour race ahead of such great riders."
Nibali is a smart cyclist. "It came all good for me at the end," he added. "I followed Popovych when he attacked. I took the risk of losing the race, that was the best way to win it. I realized the three other guys didn't have as good legs as me. When I crossed the finishing line, I almost cried. It's an enormous joy to win here. Plouay and San Sebastian are my favourite ProTour races, as well as the hardest of them all, Liège-Bastogne-Liège. I'm also fascinated by Paris-Roubaix, but I'm too light to do that one."
Nibali describes himself as a "climber-rouleur". "I set my sights on time trials because there aren't many specialists in Italy. I'd really like to ride the World's this year. I'm up for both road race and time trial. I spoke with the federation about the time trial mostly. I'll prepare for it at the Tour of Poland and I'll ride all the way till the end of the season. It's a long time far away from my family, but it's worth it when time comes to enjoy such a nice win."
We'll hear a lot about Nibali in the coming years!
How it unfolded
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The riders were very active in first four laps. A group of 25 went away with the likes of Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) and Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas). As they got caught, two of them insisted: Rémi Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux) and Mathieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), who were joined a bit later by Christophe Le Mével (Crédit Agricole) and ‘Patxi' Vila (Lampre).
After 100 kilometres of racing, the group of four had eight minutes lead. The gap went down under the action of Quick Step, Liquigas and Unibet. At the end of the bell lap, Le Mével tried to stay away by himself. As soon as he was brought back, his teammate Nicolas Vogondy attacked. Jakob Piil (CSC) came across. At the same time, the captain of Team CSC Fränk Schleck crashed and split the bunch in two.
Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) jumped from the bunch, quickly followed by Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas), Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval) and Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank). They overtook Vogondy and Piil. With a gap of 30 seconds before the final hill of Ty-Marrec, the win was to be disputed by the four men. Nibali and Flecha broke clear in the climb, Popovych came across and counter attacked. But they re-grouped in the downhill with 2km to go. Nibali sprinted from a long way out and won.
Photography
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Images by AFP Photo
- Fränk Schleck (CSC) at the start
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) smiles at the start
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) gets it from Flecha and Mori
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) celebrates his win
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) enjoying this part
- The podium (L to R): Juan Antonio Flecha (2nd), Vincenzo Nibali (1st) and Manuele Mori (3rd)
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Aussie mates
- Viatchslav Ekimov's last race
- Japanese champion Fumiyuki Beppu finished in the bunch
- Fränk Schleck (CSC) was confident before the race but he crashed at the wrong time
- Superman Nibali
- The podium girls seem impressed by the young Italian
- Flecha and Mori also admire Nibali
Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.com
- Eventual winner Nibali at the start.
- Garzelli and Moreni chats about the race.
- Stéphane Augé looks happy to be in Britain for this big popular race.
- Ekimov waits in the start line.
- The start.
- In the first lap there were a lot of attacks for example Arnaud Gerard (Française des Jeux).
- Blaudzun and Bonnet try to escape.
- Benoit Salmon leads a group
- The big escape of the day led by Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole).
- Bottle on the road provides a hazard for the following riders.
- An attack on the last lap.
- Nibali wins the Grand Prix de Plouay 2006.
- Nibali after his win.
- A big win for this young rider.
- Nibali talks to the press
- Beautiful victory boy!
- Nibali on the podium
- Yeah I won!
- The podium with Flecha, Nibali and Mori.
Results
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 5.18.56 (42.52 km/h) 2 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.05 5 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 0.18 6 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 9 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 13 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 17 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 0.21 18 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 0.30 19 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 20 Koen Kort (Ned) Astana Team 21 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 23 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 26 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 27 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 28 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 30 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 31 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 32 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 34 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 35 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 36 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 38 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 40 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 41 Angel Castresana (Spa) Unibet.com 42 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole ?44 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 45 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 46 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 47 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 49 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 50 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 51 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 52 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 55 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 56 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 58 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 59 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 60 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 61 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 63 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana Team 65 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 67 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 68 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 69 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 70 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 71 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 72 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 73 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 74 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 75 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 76 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 77 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 78 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Team Milram 80 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 0.39 81 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.10 82 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.20 84 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.21 85 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.33 86 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 88 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 89 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 90 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 91 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.56 92 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 93 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.12 94 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 3.24 95 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.54 ?96 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 97 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 98 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 99 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 100 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 101 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 8.14 102 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Quick Step-Innergetic 103 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel 104 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 105 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 106 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 108 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 109 Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 110 Stephano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 111 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 113 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Freddy Ravaleu (Fra) Agritubel DNF Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance DNF Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance DNF Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance DNF Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner DNF Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep-Innergetic DNF Guido Trenti (USA) Quickstep-Innergetic DNF Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic DNF Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC DNF Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Astana DNF Ivan Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana DNF Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval DNF Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team DNF Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team DNF Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team DNF Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team DNF Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram DNF Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram DNF Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas DNF Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas DNF Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank DNF Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank DNF Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel DNF Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com DNF Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com DNS Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Unibet.com
ProTour standings
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 200 pts 2* 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 154 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 150 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 138 6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 120 7 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 120 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 118 9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 117 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 114 11 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Astana-Würth Team 110 12 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 106 13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 106 14 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 99 15 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana-Würth Team 94 16 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 90 17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 89 18 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 87 19 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 85 20 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 85 21 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 84 22 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 83 23 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 83 24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 77 25 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 26 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 76 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 75 28 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 75 29 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana-Würth Team 75 30 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 74 31 José Enrique Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 73 32 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 72 33 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 71 34 Patxi Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 69 35 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 36 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 65 37** 38 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 60 39 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 58 40 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 56 41 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 42 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 53 43 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 52 44 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 45 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 50 46 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 49 47 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 48 48 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 48 49 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 45 50 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 51 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 44 52 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 53 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 54 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 41 55 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 40 56 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 39 57 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 38 58 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 38 59 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 36 60 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 35 61 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 35 62 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Astana-Würth Team 35 63 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 35 64 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 65 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 66 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 32 67 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 32 68 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 69 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 70 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30 71 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 30 72 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 73 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 30 74 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 29 75 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 28 76 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 27 77 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27 78 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 23 79 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 23 80 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 23 81 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Astana-Würth Team 23 82 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 83 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 21 84 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 20 85 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 20 86 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 20 87 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 88 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team 20 89 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 19 90 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 18 91 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 92 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 93 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 16 94 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 95 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 15 96 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 97 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 15 98 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15 99 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 100 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 14 101 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 102 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 103 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 11 104 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 105 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 106 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 107 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 108 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 109 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 10 110 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 111 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 112 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 113 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 9 114 Allan Davis (Aus) Astana-Würth Team 9 115 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 116 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 9 117 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 118 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 119 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 120 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Astana-Würth Team 7 121 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 122 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 6 123 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 6 124 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 125 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 126 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 127 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 5 128 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 5 129 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 130 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 131 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 132 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 133 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 5 134 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 135 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 136 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 137 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 138 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 139 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 5 140 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 5 141 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 4 142 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 143 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 144 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 145 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 146 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 147 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 148 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 4 149 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 4 150 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Astana-Würth Team 3 151 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 152 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana-Würth Team 3 153 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 154 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 155 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 156 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 3 157 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 158 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 159 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 160 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 161 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 162 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 163 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 164 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 165 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 2 166 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 167 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 168 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana-Würth Team 2 169 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 2 170 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 171 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 172 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 2 173 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana-Würth Team 2 174 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 175 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 176 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1 177 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 178 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 179 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 180 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 181 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 1 182 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 183 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 184 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 185 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 *Floyd Landis has been removed pending a doping investigation **Jan Ullrich has been removed pending a doping investigation
