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Tour of California - 2.1

USA, February 19-26, 2006

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Prologue - February 19: San Francisco ITT, 3.1km

Leipheimer Leads American Sweep of Prologue

by Mark Zalewski, North American Editor in San Francisco

Winner Levi Leipheimer
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American Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) will wear the first ever race leader jersey for the Tour of California into his hometown of Santa Rosa tomorrow, thanks to a strong ride in the short but tough prologue. "I've been dreaming about the possibility of winning the prologue here, wearing the first ever Tour of California leader's jersey in my home town, and I had a [good] feeling that with the steep climb up Coit Tower which is my strength," Leipheimer said. "It's really a dream come true for me, because I had been dreaming about it all winter. I've trained very hard. Words can't describe how special this is for me, especially tomorrow, coming into my hometown wearing the leader's jersey, it's really fantastic!"

Leipheimer led a contingent of five Americans on top of the podium today - all of whom who will likely be found on top of leader boards in July. Only five seconds behind Leipheimer is CSC's Bobby Julich, who surprised himself with such a strong early season ride. "I didn't really know my limits so I never got out of the saddle, and tried not to hurt myself too bad," Julich admitted. "I was totally surprised that I crossed the line and I had the best time. Then it held up almost to the end, but Levi kind of pumped all of us. I'm happy, gosh, first race of the year." But CSC Director Scott Sunderland was not as surprised by Julich's performance. "He's been good in training the last days, and motivation makes up for a lot."

Bobby was even more impressed with the attention the top riders are paying to this race - evidence that they value this race, even in its inaugural year. "This is February, it's not the Tour de France, but everyone is talking about reconning stages. I'm pretty amazed how the serious guys are taking this race. It's great for the future of the race. I wasn't quite planning on this competitiveness in February - most of the guys on the leader board today and thinking about July."

Bobby Julich (CSC)
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One second slower than Bobby was Discovery Channel's George Hincapie, who was most thankful just to be finished with such a violent effort. "I'm glad to have that over with. For three kilometers, an effort like that - you can't really train for it. It hurts a lot... extremely brutal." Hincapie chose to ride a road bike with aero bars because of the steep climb, as did his teammate Tom Danielson. "I ran a regular road bike - we did a little wind tunnel testing and both have similar drag coefficients," Danielson explained.

Floyd Landis (Phonak) also had a good ride, coming in less than a second behind Hincapie. "I felt pretty good today - something longer would be better."

In terms of teams, CSC and Discovery are well represented, with CSC taking three of the top six and Discovery posting five in the top eleven. This could be an advantage in that they have multiple riders who can contend for the overall. However, Gerolsteiner's pre-race plans are in step, according to Leipheimer, who is confident about his supporting cast. "With CSC and Discovery, they have more than one rider who can win the whole race. With us, the guys know how motivated I am and they come here to support me. They've been here for a week training with me, so they are ready."

George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
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Looking at the domestic teams, Health Net-Maxxis' Hayden Roulston sits in the best position at eighth. However, his teammate Nathan O'Neill looked set to be the first rider under the five minute barrier, until a mishap 150 meters from the finished resulted in the Australian time trial champion crashing into the barriers. "I was really ripping it up the climb," said O'Neill. "About 200 meters from the finish I shifted the front chain ring, and I'm pretty certain the chain came off. I stood up and went straight over the handlebars."

Even with that, O'Neill still finished in the top 25, only seventeen seconds off the lead. Team director Jeff Corbet was understandably upset with the day. "It's a big disappointment. We had a little bad luck today with Nathan and a technical issue. It's a lot of early season things. Everyone is scrambling to get TT bikes ready and tested. For Georgia, these bike would have had lots of races on them."

O'Neill is still motivated, after x-rays showed no broken bones. "Things can change a lot in the next few days."

In the best young rider competition, American Zak Grabowski (Colavita-Sutter Home) used the expertise of his captain Mark McCormack to ascend the tough climb. "McCormack said to keep it in the big ring - 53-21. When a guy like Mark gives you some advice, you listen to it. He gave me hints like staying wide on the corners and not the inside - using the flat section to get some speed up."

The week ahead

Dave Zabriskie
Photo ©: Frank Chan
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Leipheimer is probably the best rider to take the lead, as he knows this area the best. Besides the all important time trial on stage three, Leipheimer says that stage two will be important, which includes a tough climb close to the finish. "Sierra Road is very difficult," Leipheimer said. "I think the word is out now, they have all ridden it and have seen that it is steep. I was the first one to ride it, and I said, 'Don't tell anybody!' It's thirty kilometers from the finish, and it's a little bit tricky. I don't think you can do it alone - a small group can make it to the finish, and then it's who can time trial in that group."

Even though Levi is looking towards the Tour as his major goal, he is enthusiastic about racing in his home state - and is not worried about peaking at this point in the season. "It's February and July is a long way away. I can afford to take a rest after this, and then start training again. I'm not worried at all about being too strong in February. I would love to win the overall, but there are a lot of strong riders here. CSC has their Tour de France team here."

Photography

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Results

1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                4.53.43
2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       0.04.76
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                           0.05.67
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         0.06.12
5 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                    0.09.37
6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  0.09.76
7 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel                           0.10.26
8 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis                       0.10.67
9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                            0.10.79
10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                         0.11.40
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                         0.11.74
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                0.12.13
13 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                       0.13.63
14 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro                         0.13.97
15 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                             0.14.44
16 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada          0.14.76
17 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis                        0.16.03
18 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                    0.16.27
19 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              0.16.64
20 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole                               0.17.13
21 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        0.17.18
22 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                              0.17.33
23 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro                      0.17.40
24 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems             
25 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                       0.17.46
26 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                            0.17.80
27 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                     0.17.95
28 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance                          0.18.97
29 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                     0.19.64
30 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    0.19.84
31 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       0.19.85
32 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                               0.20.95
33 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                         0.21.06
34 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel                       0.21.14
35 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance                      0.21.28
36 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                0.21.64
37 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       0.21.90
38 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                            0.22.35
39 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                            0.22.44
40 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                  0.22.51
41 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole                                0.22.81
42 Michael Jones (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                        0.23.08
43 Zachary Grabowski (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines     0.23.11
44 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                             0.23.28
45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                          0.23.52
46 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance                          0.23.87
47 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines            0.24.17
48 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                      0.24.24
49 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      0.24.68
50 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines        0.24.74
51 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         0.24.85
52 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance                    0.24.86
53 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           0.25.38
54 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                        0.25.75
55 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                 0.26.05
56 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                0.26.39
57 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
58 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines       0.26.63
59 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                    0.26.82
60 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                       0.26.86
61 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              0.26.95
62 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance                     0.27.15
63 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            0.27.25
64 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro                           0.27.60
65 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                             0.27.68
66 Todd Herriot (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines          0.28.01
67 Brian Jensen (USA) Jelly Belly                                   0.28.56
68 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly                                0.28.72
69 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems           0.29.90
70 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  0.30.44
71 José-Manuel Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United Pro                       0.30.63
72 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 0.30.64
73 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis                    0.30.86
74 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                              0.31.71
75 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                               0.32.04
76 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           0.32.13
77 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                           0.32.32
78 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                        0.32.59
79 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                        0.32.74
80 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                0.32.92
81 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole                           0.33.14
82 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance                     0.33.18
83 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                0.33.22
84 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly                                   0.33.87
85 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly                                   0.34.13
86 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines       0.34.54
87 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      0.34.72
88 Michael Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                            0.35.87
89 Michael Dietrich (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada            0.36.39
90 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   0.36.42
91 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro                             0.36.49
92 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      0.36.51
93 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines          0.36.89
94 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 0.37.46
95 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines       0.37.81
96 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada            0.37.95
97 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                   0.38.08
98 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro                          0.40.42
99 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada             0.40.72
100 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                0.41.76
101 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                                  0.43.84
102 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole                             0.44.52
103 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada            0.44.65
104 Fausto Esparza (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team              0.44.68
105 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                         0.44.80
106 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance                      0.44.95
107 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly                               0.45.00
108 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir           0.45.33
109 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team            0.47.90
110 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                            0.50.55
111 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada             0.50.82
112 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro                        0.51.09
113 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly                                   0.51.37
114 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly                                   0.52.17
115 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                 0.52.46
116 Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada              0.53.73
117 Antonio Aldape (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team              0.54.01
118 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                             0.54.30
119 David Robinson (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada             0.59.14
120 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro                          0.59.17
121 Arquimides Lam (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team              0.59.55
122 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1.00.72
123 Manuel Hernandez (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team            1.04.78
124 Florencio Ramos (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team             1.09.21
125 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            1.13.05
126 Miguel Mesa (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team                 1.16.53
127 Jesus Zarate (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team                1.26.57
 
Mountains
 
1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                    4 pts
2 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada                  3
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                   2
4 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                             1
 
Teams
 
1 Team CSC                                                         15.03
2 Discovery Channel                                                 0.03
3 Phonak Hearing Systems                                            0.13
4 Gerolsteiner                                                          
5 Health Net p/b Maxxis                                             0.20
6 Davitamon-Lotto                                                   0.23
7 Prodir-Saunier Duval                                              0.35
8 Toyota-United                                                         
9 Credit Agricole                                                   0.38
10 Navigators Insurance                                             0.40
11 Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home Wines                             0.48
12 Team TIAA-Cref                                                   0.50
13 T-Mobile Team                                                    0.53
14 Kodak Gallery.com/Sierra Nevada                                  1.05
15 Jelly Belly                                                      1.07
16 KB Home Mexican National Team                                    2.03
 
General classification after prologue
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                4.53
2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       0.05
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                           0.06
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
5 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                    0.09
6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  0.10
7 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel                               
8 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis                       0.11
9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                                
10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                             
11 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                         0.12
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
13 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                       0.14
14 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Toyota-United Pro                             
15 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
16 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada          0.15
17 Gordon Fraser (Can) Health Net p/b Maxxis                        0.16
18 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                        
19 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              0.17
20 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
21 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
22 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                  
23 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Toyota-United Pro                          
24 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems          
25 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Health Net p/b Maxxis                           
26 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel                            0.18
27 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                         
28 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance                          0.19
29 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                     0.20
30 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
31 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
32 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                               0.21
33 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                             
34 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel                           
35 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance                          
36 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                0.22
37 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
38 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
39 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                
40 Danny Pate (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                      
41 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole                                0.23
42 Michael Jones (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                            
43 Zachary Grabowski (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines         
44 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 
45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                              
46 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance                          0.24
47 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines                
48 Timothy Johnson (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                          
49 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      0.25
50 Mark McCormack (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines            
51 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
52 Glen Alan Chadwick (Aus) Navigators Insurance                        
53 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
54 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                        0.26
55 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                     
56 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
57 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
58 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines       0.27
59 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
60 Scott Moninger (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                           
61 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
62 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance                         
63 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                
64 Justin England (USA) Toyota-United Pro                           0.28
65 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                 
66 Todd Herriot (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines              
67 Brian Jensen (USA) Jelly Belly                                       
68 Andrew Bajadali (USA) Jelly Belly                                0.29
69 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems           0.30
70 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
71 José-Manuel Garcia (Mex) Toyota-United Pro                       0.31
72 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
73 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Health Net p/b Maxxis                        
74 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                              0.32
75 Michael Creed (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                   
76 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
77 Jean Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
78 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                        0.33
79 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                            
80 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
81 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
82 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance                         
83 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                    
84 Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly                                   0.34
85 Caleb Manion (Aus) Jelly Belly                                       
86 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines           
87 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      0.35
88 Michael Friedman (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                            0.36
89 Michael Dietrich (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada                
90 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
91 Antonio Cruz (USA) Toyota-United Pro                                 
92 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
93 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines          0.37
94 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
95 Gustavo Artacho (Arg) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines       0.38
96 Dominique Perras (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada                
97 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                       
98 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Toyota-United Pro                          0.40
99 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada             0.41
100 Lucas Euser (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                0.42
101 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly                                  0.44
102 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
103 Jackson Stewart (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada            0.45
104 Fausto Esparza (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team                  
105 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net p/b Maxxis                             
106 Benjamin Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance                          
107 Alex Candelario (USA) Jelly Belly                                   
108 Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               
109 Domingo Gonzalez (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team            0.48
110 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                            0.50
111 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada             0.51
112 Mariano Friedick (USA) Toyota-United Pro                            
113 Kirk Albers (USA) Jelly Belly                                       
114 Brice Jones (USA) Jelly Belly                                   0.52
115 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
116 Peter Lopinto (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada              0.54
117 Antonio Aldape (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team                  
118 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 
119 David Robinson (USA) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada             0.59
120 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Toyota-United Pro                              
121 Arquimides Lam (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team                  
122 Charles Dionne (Can) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1.01
123 Manuel Hernandez (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team            1.05
124 Florencio Ramos (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team             1.09
125 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            1.13
126 Miguel Mesa (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team                 1.16
127 Jesus Zarate (Mex) KB Home Mexican National Team                1.27
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                    4 pts
2 Martin Gilbert (Can) Kodakgallery.Com-Sierra Nevada                  3
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                   2
4 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel                             1
 
Best young rider
 
1 Zachary Grabowski (USA) Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Wines      5.16
2 Craig Lewis (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                                  0.03
3 Taylor Tolleson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                              0.05
4 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team TIAA-CREF                              0.27
 
Team classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                         15.03
2 Discovery Channel                                                 0.03
3 Phonak Hearing Systems                                            0.13
4 Gerolsteiner                                                          
5 Health Net p/b Maxxis                                             0.20
6 Davitamon-Lotto                                                   0.23
7 Prodir-Saunier Duval                                              0.35
8 Toyota-United                                                         
9 Credit Agricole                                                   0.38
10 Navigators Insurance                                             0.40
11 Colavita Olive Oil/Sutter Home Wines                             0.48
12 Team TIAA-Cref                                                   0.50
13 T-Mobile Team                                                    0.53
14 Kodak Gallery.com/Sierra Nevada                                  1.05
15 Jelly Belly                                                      1.07
16 KB Home Mexican National Team                                    2.03

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