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58th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 4-11, 2006
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Prologue - June 4: Annecy - Annecy, 4.1 km
Zabriskie and his magic number
By Jean-François Quénet in Annecy
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Less than one month prior to the start of the Tour de France, David Zabriskie is back in yellow. He has won the prologue of the Dauphiné, a race he never took part in previously, but that doesn't mean he's got a secured start at the 2006 Tour de France, despite having been the fastest on Day 1 last year. CSC is putting together the best team possible with the most experienced riders at the service of Ivan Basso.
Thierry Cazeneuve, the organizer of the Dauphiné, couldn't find a more charming location than the road nearby the lake of Annecy, probably the most prestigious town in the French Alps, where the race hadn't held a stage for the last 16 years. A straight road was chosen with a U-turn. It was dead flat without much wind to interfere. "I like a course like that, for sure," Zabriskie commented after winning. "There weren't so many corners. It was just a question of going as fast as you can go. The legs' speed was the most important."
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Zabriskie isn't the most agile cyclist when it comes to cornering. He added: "It's a little bit of a surprise, because it's been a while since I've raced. My last competition was the Tour of Georgia, I mean the last one with the team. I've also done local things where I live in Utah. Just for the shape. I was hungry for racing again. It was exciting." That new program meant to skip the Giro d'Italia, where he was revealed at the highest level of world cycling with a time trial stage win last year. "I think I made the right choice to focus on the second part of the season, I was maybe over-raced last year. My teammates were doing so well in Italy! That brings motivation for training."
Asked about the Tour de France, Zabriskie answered ironically: "I think it starts on July 1st..." His participation is in question though. CSC's directeur sportif Alain Gallopin indicated, "Very few cyclists are able to accelerate like him on straight roads like today's. Tactically speaking, everyone knows his flows. We'll need a great experience around Ivan (Basso) at the Tour de France."
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"I'm on the list," Zabriskie said. "There are 15 on the list and the nine best riders will start the Tour. For sure, there will be Ivan. The other eight will decided soon. Of course there is a possibility for me to be there. I've done the necessary work. Bjarne (Riis) will decide and I'll support his decision, whatever it is."
The Dauphiné gives him a chance to convince his staff. "I've never done it before," he said. "I know it's very competitive. I've never done the Mont Ventoux and I'm looking forward to see this thing. I'll keep the yellow jersey for at least one night. I don't see myself in the lead till the end, but there is another time trial I'm interested in."
How it unfolded
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It was sunny with very little wind near the lake of Annecy, where Frenchman Christophe Edalaine (Crédit Agricole) scored the first interesting best time with 4'45. Russian champion Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) stayed in the lead for a while with 4'43 until Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) beat him by a little. Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) was the first to score 4'42, and Stuart O'Grady (CSC) the first to clock 4'41. It was tight between them all, so it was very impressive when David Zabriskie (CSC) rode home in 4'35 at the average speed of 53.509 km/h.
The commissaires examined Floyd Landis' bike closely, whose handlebar was in an unusual upright position, but they okayed it. The winner of Paris-Nice couldn't help for an all American top three. He clocked the 9th time, while George Hincapie (Discovery Channel), who hadn't raced since he crashed in Paris-Roubaix, was close to repeating his success from last year at the prologue of the Dauphiné. Two seconds separated the two Americans. "Two seconds? My magic number!", Zabriskie said. He also rode two seconds faster than runner up Lance Armstrong in the inaugural time trial of last year's Tour de France.
Photography
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- David Zabriskie (CSC) bolts out of the start ramp
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) was the second best rider in Annecy
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC) en route to third
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) powered to a ninth place
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) the number one
- Alexandre Vinokourov in the plain Wurth colours
- Carlos Barredo (Wurth)
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) winds up
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step)
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) goes out hard
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank)
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) in his last Dauphine prologue
- Christophe Moreau (AG2R) gets going
- Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) is the team leader
- Cedric Vasseur (Quick.Step)
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues) sets off
- Stage winner Dave Zabriskie (CSC) on the podium
- David Zabriskie (CSC) with the yellow jersey
- David Zabriskie (CSC) salutes in the yellow jersey
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Thomas Dekker was a hot favourite but slipped in the U-turn
- Vladimir Gusev cooling down after scoring the best time
- Alejandro Valverde watched the end of the race
- David Zabriskie doesn't know if he'll ride the 2006 Tour de France or not
Images by Russell Standring/www.grenoblecycling.com
- The crowds gather around the AGR team bus and warm up area
- The Italian winner over the Mont Ventoux in 1994, Eros Poli, in Annecy
- Frenchman Francis Mourey chats in Annecy
- Leonardo Piepoli stays focused on his warm up in Annecy
- Time to catch up on what's going to happen in the Tour de France in July
- The prologue depart in Annecy
- Phonak's Ryder Hesjedal gives it everything on the final metres to the line
- AG2R rider, Christophe Moreau waits for his start in Annecy
- Rabobank team leader Denis Menchov, in Annecy
- American rider, Chris Horner rides the last metres to the finish
- Levi Leipheimer in Annecy
- Floyd Landis rides to ninth place in the prologue
Results
1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 4.35.84 (53.509 km/h) 2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.01.88 3 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.06.07 4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.06.91 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.07.35 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.07.40 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.07.61 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.07.70 9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.08.00 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 0.08.19 11 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.08.50 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.08.96 13 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.09.01 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.09.32 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 0.09.62 16 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.09.67 17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.10.26 18 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.10.37 19 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.10.46 20 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.10.99 21 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.11.02 22 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.11.06 23 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.11.23 24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.11.30 25 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.11.34 26 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.11.35 27 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.11.39 28 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.12.10 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.12.19 30 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.12.30 31 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 0.12.38 32 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.12.40 33 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.12.68 34 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.13.30 35 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.13.36 36 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 0.13.40 37 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.13.82 38 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.13.85 39 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.13.90 40 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.14.60 41 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.14.79 42 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.15.06 43 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 0.15.09 44 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.15.15 45 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.15.23 46 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.15.50 47 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 0.15.73 48 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.15.82 49 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.15.83 50 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 0.15.89 51 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 0.15.90 52 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 0.15.91 53 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.16.05 54 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 0.16.19 55 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.16.28 56 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.16.42 56 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom 58 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 0.16.44 59 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 0.16.66 60 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.16.72 61 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.16.96 62 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 0.17.03 63 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.17.17 64 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.17.27 65 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.17.34 66 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.17.44 67 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.17.47 68 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 0.17.53 69 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth 0.17.54 70 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 0.17.84 71 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 0.18.05 72 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 0.18.08 73 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.18.13 74 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 0.18.35 75 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 0.18.38 76 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.18.40 77 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.18.68 78 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.18.71 79 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.18.75 80 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.18.82 81 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.19.00 82 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.19.02 83 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 0.19.05 84 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.19.10 85 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.19.42 86 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 0.19.43 87 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 0.19.56 88 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 0.19.64 89 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.20.16 90 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.20.25 91 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 0.20.41 92 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.20.71 93 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.21.15 94 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 0.21.18 95 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.21.21 96 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.21.29 97 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.21.54 98 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.21.63 99 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.21.82 100 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.21.83 101 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.21.95 102 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 0.22.05 103 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.22.08 104 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.22.24 105 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 0.22.44 106 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.22.50 107 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.22.86 108 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.23.14 109 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.23.32 110 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.23.45 110 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 112 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.23.60 113 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 0.23.74 114 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.23.75 115 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.23.88 116 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.24.35 117 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.24.62 117 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic 119 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 0.24.63 120 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.25.03 121 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.25.28 122 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.25.32 123 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.25.33 124 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.25.44 125 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 0.25.78 126 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.25.98 127 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.26.12 128 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.26.28 129 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.26.29 130 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Würth 0.26.45 131 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.26.54 132 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.26.90 133 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.26.99 134 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.27.00 135 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.27.01 136 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.27.23 137 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.27.32 138 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.27.82 139 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.28.01 140 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.28.04 141 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.28.34 142 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 0.28.77 143 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.28.89 144 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 0.28.99 145 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 0.29.10 146 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.29.41 147 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.29.55 148 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.29.79 149 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.30.15 150 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 0.30.52 151 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.30.82 152 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 0.30.98 153 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.31.23 154 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.31.35 155 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.31.41 156 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.32.75 157 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.32.89 158 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 0.34.18 159 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 0.34.31 160 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.34.79 161 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 0.38.35 162 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth 0.38.42 163 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.38.69 164 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.39.05 165 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 0.48.11 Points classification 1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20 pts 2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 3 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 15 4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 6 11 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4 13 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 1 Mountains Annecy Le Vieux - km 2 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.03 2 Team CSC 0.01 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.09 4 Rabobank 0.13 5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.14 6 Würth Team 0.15 7 Gerolsteiner 0.16 8 AG2R Prevoyance 0.21 9 Credit Agricole 0.22 10 Liquigas 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 Française Des Jeux 0.26 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 0.27 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Bouygues Telecom 0.28 16 Team Milram 0.29 17 Cofidis 0.32 18 Davitamon-Lotto 0.34 19 T-Mobile Team 0.35 20 Agritubel 0.38 21 Lampre - Fondital 0.55 General classification after prologue 1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 4.35 2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.02 3 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.06 4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.07 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.08 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 0.09 11 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 13 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.10 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 16 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.11 18 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 19 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 20 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 21 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.12 24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 25 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 26 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.13 30 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 31 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 32 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.14 35 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 37 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 39 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 40 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.15 41 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 43 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 44 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 45 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.16 46 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 47 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 48 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 49 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 50 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 51 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 52 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 53 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 54 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 0.17 55 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom 58 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 59 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 60 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 61 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 62 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 63 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.18 64 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 65 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 67 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 68 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 69 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth 70 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 71 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 72 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 73 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 0.19 75 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 76 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 77 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 78 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 80 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 81 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 83 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 84 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.20 86 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 87 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 88 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 89 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.21 90 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 91 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 92 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 93 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 0.22 95 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 97 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 98 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 99 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 100 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 101 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 102 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 103 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 104 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.23 105 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 106 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 107 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 109 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.24 110 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 110 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 112 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 113 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 114 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 115 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 116 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.25 117 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 117 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic 119 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 120 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 121 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.26 122 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 124 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 125 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 126 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 127 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 128 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.27 129 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 130 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Würth 131 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 132 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 133 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 134 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 135 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 136 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.28 137 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 138 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 139 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 140 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 141 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.29 142 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 143 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 144 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 145 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 146 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.30 147 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 148 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 150 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 0.31 151 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 152 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 153 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.32 154 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 155 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 156 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.33 157 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 0.35 159 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 160 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 161 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 0.39 162 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth 163 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 164 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 165 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 0.48 Points classification 1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20 pts 2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 3 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 15 4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11 6 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 6 11 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4 13 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 2 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 1 Mountains classification 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.03 2 Team CSC 0.01 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.09 4 Rabobank 0.13 5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.14 6 Würth Team 0.15 7 Gerolsteiner 0.16 8 AG2R Prevoyance 0.21 9 Credit Agricole 0.22 10 Liquigas 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 Française Des Jeux 0.26 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 0.27 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Bouygues Telecom 0.28 16 Team Milram 0.29 17 Cofidis 0.32 18 Davitamon-Lotto 0.34 19 T-Mobile Team 0.35 20 Agritubel 0.38 21 Lampre - Fondital 0.55
