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Deutschland Tour - ProT
Germany, August 1-9, 2006
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Stage 5 - August 6: Bad Tölz - Seefeld (Austria), 189 km
Defending champ back in business
Tough-as-nails Voigt takes race lead
By Anthony Tan
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Triumphing on the first mountain stage, defending champion Levi Leipheimer has put himself in contention to earn back-to-back victories in the Deutschland Tour. With three kilometres to go, the 32 year-old American attacked his two breakaway companions and quickly distanced himself, flying towards the finish in Seefeld and winning by a margin of two seconds over Andrey Kashechkin (Astana) and Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre-Fondital).
"I believe so, I think it was the right thing to do," replied Leipheimer to ARD television on his attack just before the rain-soaked descent to the finish. "You could see how cold and wet it is here, and we were supposed to go to two-thousand metres... it was very dangerous, and it was definitely the right thing to do - it made a great race."
"A new team next year - will you come back to the Deutschland Tour?" the American was asked.
"I will always want to come back to the Deutschland Tour," he smiled. "I think it's a great race."
Finishing on the same time was Jens Voigt (Team CSC) and Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir), the former hanging tough on the climb to Mösern, grappling back onto the chase group with three kilometres to go, and finding himself in the leader's yellow jersey by the day's end.
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"Jens had a hard time keeping up when Leipheimer attacked, but he sat with [Vladimir] Gusev for a while, who ended up burning out all of a sudden, and then Jens bridged up to a couple of others, who were pursuing Leipheimer," said CSC directeur-sportif Kim Andersen on team-csc.com. "We have two guys up top ahead of the queen stage on Monday, but it's a very tough stage up to St. Anton, so a lot can happen yet."
Another who rode exceptionally well was Discovery Channel's Vladimir Gusev. The 24 year-old Russian and early race leader finished the stage alone in sixth place, 17 seconds behind Leipheimer, but more importantly, held onto his second place overall, and trails Voigt by just three seconds. Lampre-Fondital's Bruseghin is now third on GC at 13 seconds, while Leipheimer lies ominously in fourth, 18 seconds away from the lead.
The late change to today's parcours as a result of inclement weather appeared to have little effect on the race outcome, and tomorrow, the peloton face another difficult mountain stage from Seefeld to Sankt Anton, with the finish 1,762 metres above sea level in St. Christoph am Alberg.
How it unfolded
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The first mountain stage of the Deutschland Tour didn't go quite as planned. Weather reports coming from the Kühtal Pass informed race organisers of snow and rain, with temperatures a chilly one degree Celsius at the top. The peloton soon mounted a protest, refusing to climb the hors categorie ascent, and the parcours was changed at the last minute, where a diversion was found.
The change saw the original 192.1 kilometre parcours cut by roughly 30 kilometres, and the peloton leaving Bad Tölz almost one hour later, at 11:40. Cofidis' Leonardo Bertagnolli was the only non-starter, having abandoned the race yesterday, making a field of 169 riders.
Once again, the peloton got off to a brisk pace, averaging close to 50km/h in the first hour's racing. Shortly before the day's first intermediate sprint in Achenkirch (km 39,2), won by Gerolsteiner's Andrea Moletta, a group of 20 riders broke away, but the field was soon back together again.
A break of 17 was next to go, causing the peloton to split into two, and while they were caught, the group behind the main field struggled to regain contact, still 40 seconds behind at Wattens (km 80).
Shortly before half-past one, a promising sextet left the peloton's grasp at km 82.7, comprising Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole), Christian Knees (Team Milram), Jan Boven (Rabobank), Sébastien Rosseler and Kevin De Weert (Quick Step-Innergetic), and Paolo Fornaciari (Lampre-Fondital).
Best-placed of the break on GC was Rosseler, 1'04 behind overnight leader Erik Zabel of Team Milram, and the Belgian Quick-Stepper soon found himself in the maillot jaune virtuel coming into the feed zone at km 88,9. By km 104, the front six had a lead approaching two and a half minutes, with group behind the peloton still chasing, 45 seconds in arrears.
What the escapees' intention was remains a mystery (maybe they just wanted to keep warm), but they needed to make plenty more space between them and the peloton given what lay ahead. After skirting around the Kühtal Pass, the riders found themselves back on the original parcours, the break holding a 1'30 advantage behind the Gerolsteiner-led peloton with 122 kilometres covered.
Just before the 20 kilometre to go mark, Rosseler attacked his companions, and began the final climb to Mösern alone. The Belgian lasted another 10 kilometres before he was caught by a rapidly-thinning peloton on the climb's lower slopes.
As the select group of riders formed, the names of Evgeni Petrov, Marzio Bruseghin (both Lampre-Fondital), Inigo Cuesta, Andy Schleck, Jens Voigt (all CSC), Vladimir Gusev and Stijn Devolder (both Discovery Channel), Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Andrey Kashechkin (Astana), and defending champ Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) were all present; notable absentees were Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) and Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile).
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Two kilometres from the summit (5,1 km to go), Petrov, Schleck, Voigt, Gusev, Devolder, Piepoli, Kashechkin, Cuesta and Leipheimer were left, but the group was thinned to just three when Kashechkin attacked half a kilometre from the top, taking Leipheimer and Piepoli with him.
Just after the KOM prime, on a piece of false flat, Leipheimer launched a savage attack that quickly distanced himself from his companions. Despite those behind him chasing as one, with Voigt and Bruseghin back in the chase, Leipheimer maintained his advantage to the line, successfully negotiating the tricky final right-hand corner and crossing the line with arms aloft.
Kashechkin took second, Bruseghin third, with Voigt's fourth place good enough to take the race lead from up-and-coming Discovery Channel rider Vladimir Gusev.
Photography
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Images by AFP Photo
- The peloton rides during the weather affected fifth stage of the Tour of Germany
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) celebrates loudly
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) is kissed on the podium after his stage win
- Jens Voigt (CSC) smiles as he becomes the new leader
Results
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 3.44.20 2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 0.03 3 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.17 7 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 0.29 8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.36 9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 10 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.52 12 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.08 13 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.16 16 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 18 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 19 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 20 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 24 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 1.34 25 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 26 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 27 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 28 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 29 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 30 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 31 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 33 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.58 34 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud 37 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.13 38 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 39 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.32 40 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.55 41 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.58 42 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team 43 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 44 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.05 46 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 47 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 48 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 52 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.35 54 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 55 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 56 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 57 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 58 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 59 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 60 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 61 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 64 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 66 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 68 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 69 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3.41 70 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 71 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.21 72 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 73 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 74 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 4.39 75 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team 76 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team 77 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 78 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 79 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 80 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 81 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 82 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 83 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 85 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 86 Luis Fernandez Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 87 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.18 88 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 89 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 90 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 91 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 93 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.23 94 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 5.42 95 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.23 96 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 7.10 97 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 98 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 99 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7.49 100 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 101 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 103 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 104 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 105 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 106 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 107 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 108 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 10.29 109 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 110 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 111 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 112 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 113 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 115 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 116 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 118 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 119 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 120 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 121 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 122 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 123 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 124 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 125 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 126 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 127 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 128 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 129 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 130 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 131 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 132 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 133 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 134 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 135 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 136 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 137 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 138 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 139 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 140 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 141 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 142 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 143 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 144 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 145 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 146 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 147 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 148 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 149 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 150 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 151 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 152 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 12.39 153 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 154 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg 155 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 156 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 13.26 157 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14.13 158 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 15.42 159 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 160 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 161 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 162 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud 163 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 164 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 17.08 165 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 166 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.37 167 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.44 DNF Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom DNF Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Sprints km 39,2 - Achenkirch 1 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 6 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 4 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 km 98,2 - Innsbruck 1 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 6 pts 2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 4 3 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 Mountains Bergwertung Mösern - Cat. 1 1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 10 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 8 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 5 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 Teams 1 Team CSC 11.14.08 2 Lampre-Fondital 1.05 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.17 4 Gerolsteiner 1.42 5 Astana-Würth Team 2.03 6 Liquigas 2.50 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.58 8 Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.14 9 Rabobank 4.29 10 T-Mobile Team 4.36 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.29 12 Davitamon-Lotto 5.45 13 Phonak Hearung Systems 6.10 14 Team Vorarlberg 6.36 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 7.06 16 Credit Agricole 7.18 17 Ag2R Prevoyance 9.37 18 Française Des Jeux 11.27 19 Bouygues Telecom 13.51 20 Team Milram 14.55 21 Team Wiesenhof Akud 16.28 22 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 17.42 General classification after stage 5 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 22.27.51 2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.03 3 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.13 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.18 5 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 0.25 6 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 0.36 7 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.38 8 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.43 9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 0.49 10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.57 11 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.11 12 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 1.23 13 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 1.37 14 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas 1.38 15 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.41 16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.43 17 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 1.47 18 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.49 19 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.54 20 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.01 21 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud 22 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.05 23 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 2.07 24 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.14 25 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 2.20 26 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.23 27 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.24 28 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.42 29 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 2.47 30 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.48 31 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.51 32 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.52 33 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana Team 2.59 34 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.00 36 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.13 37 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.18 38 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3.30 39 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.42 40 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3.50 41 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.57 42 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.03 43 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 44 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.06 45 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 4.11 46 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.13 47 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.17 48 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.21 49 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 4.34 50 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 4.36 51 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.38 53 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 4.44 54 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.49 55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.53 56 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.56 57 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 4.59 58 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 5.03 59 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Astana Team 5.34 60 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana Team 5.35 61 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Team 5.39 62 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 5.42 63 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5.45 64 Luis Fernandez Oliveira (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.47 65 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Astana Team 5.48 66 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.54 67 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.56 68 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 69 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 5.57 70 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 6.08 71 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.17 72 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 6.23 73 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.25 74 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.27 75 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.33 76 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 77 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.37 78 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 6.47 79 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.55 80 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 6.57 81 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 7.09 82 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7.28 83 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 7.50 84 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 7.58 85 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.08 86 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram 8.09 87 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 8.23 88 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.29 89 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 8.48 90 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.52 91 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 8.54 92 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.10 93 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9.15 94 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.55 95 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 10.28 96 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.12 97 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 98 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11.20 99 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 11.23 100 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 11.28 101 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 11.30 102 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 11.38 103 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 104 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 11.39 105 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.46 106 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.02 107 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 12.40 108 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12.46 109 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 12.47 110 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.52 111 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 112 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.53 113 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 12.58 114 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.13 115 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 13.15 116 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.22 117 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 13.33 118 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.37 119 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 13.40 120 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 13.41 121 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.56 122 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 14.01 123 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.04 124 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.12 125 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg 14.52 126 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 128 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 14.56 129 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 15.00 130 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 131 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 15.36 132 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 15.43 133 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 15.48 134 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15.56 135 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.16 136 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 16.34 137 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.14 138 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 17.31 139 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 17.52 140 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 18.20 141 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.44 142 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.22 143 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.15 144 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21.26 145 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.41 146 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 21.57 147 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.06 148 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22.46 149 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.56 150 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.16 151 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 23.17 152 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 23.40 153 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 24.05 154 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 25.04 155 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 25.41 156 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 25.45 157 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 26.18 158 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 26.29 159 Patrick Riedesser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 26.36 160 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.34 161 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 28.21 162 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28.35 163 Christoph Girschweiler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 31.03 164 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 32.13 165 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud 32.19 166 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33.12 Points classification 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 83 pts 2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 39 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 38 5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 36 6 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 35 7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 30 9 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29 10 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 27 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 25 12 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 25 13 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25 14 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 24 15 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 23 16 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 17 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 22 18 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 19 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 20 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 17 21 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 16 22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16 23 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 16 24 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 25 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 15 26 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 27 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 13 28 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 13 29 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 13 30 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13 31 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13 32 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 33 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 34 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 35 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 11 36 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 37 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 10 38 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 39 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 40 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 41 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 42 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 43 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 8 44 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 7 45 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 46 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 6 47 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 6 48 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 6 49 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 6 50 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6 51 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team 6 52 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 53 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 5 54 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 55 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 56 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 4 57 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 4 58 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Vorarlberg 4 59 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 60 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 4 61 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 62 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 63 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 64 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 3 65 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 66 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 67 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 68 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 69 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 70 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Wiesenhof Akud 1 71 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 72 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 73 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains classification 1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Team 15 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 8 5 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 7 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 7 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 10 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 11 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 13 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 14 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 15 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 16 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 2 17 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 18 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1 19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 1 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 67.24.57 2 Lampre-Fondital 1.20 3 Gerolsteiner 1.25 4 Astana-Würth Team 1.54 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.25 6 Liquigas 3.50 7 Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.13 8 T-Mobile Team 4.19 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.57 10 Rabobank 6.14 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.38 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 7.42 13 Phonak Hearung Systems 8.05 14 Davitamon-Lotto 9.09 15 Team Vorarlberg 9.42 16 Credit Agricole 10.00 17 Française Des Jeux 14.07 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 14.32 19 Team Milram 16.38 20 Team Wiesenhof Akud 17.57 21 Bouygues Telecom 19.46 22 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 21.46
