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58th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 4-11, 2006
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Stage 4 - June 8: Tain-l’Hermitage - Le Mont-Ventoux, 186 km
Menchov claims the Ventoux again, Leipheimer shows his ambitions
By Jean-François Quénet in Vaison-la-Romaine
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In the mountains of the Dauphiné, there are always two types of riders: those who race for the win and the others who have mostly the Tour de France in mind. Levi Leipheimer has chosen his camp. He's not holding the brakes. Just like one year ago, he took the yellow jersey at the top of the Mont Ventoux, but just like four years ago, Denis Menchov was the stage winner, and is now second on GC, whereas former leader Philippe Gilbert limited the damage and now lies third overall.
"I know from last year that you have to pay a lot of respect to Le Mont Ventoux," Leipheimer declared. "It's long. You have to be patient and wait. I could have waited even longer, but I wanted the jersey. I knew I couldn't get both stage win and yellow jersey, so I went for the jersey."
Menchov did the exact opposite. Rabobank hadn't won a race since April 6 with Oscar Freire at the Tour of the Basque country. More than two months with no win isn't exactly a part of the Dutch cycling culture, but Menchov wasn't on a mission for filling that gap. "Winning here is more than I expected," the Russian said. "I trained a lot before coming to this race. I was feeling good. The time trial confirmed that."
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Winning the stage to Mont Ventoux isn't anything new for the winner of last year's Tour of Spain. He did it four years ago while racing for Banesto. "The first time it gave me a lot of joy," he said. "Now, it's the work done for the Tour de France that produces good results. I'm a bit older now but I'm still very happy though. The Mont Ventoux always gives a lot of motivation, but I didn't come here for GC, so for that, we'll see what happens in the next few days."
Leipheimer doesn't make any mystery about his ambitions: "There are different ways that lead to the Tour de France, you can give it all or hold something back. Lance Armstrong did both at the Dauphiné. Some years he used a lot of energy, sometimes he rode conservatively. As for myself, I definitely want to win the Dauphiné. Last year I let it slip through my fingers (the day after the Ventoux, he let a breakaway go with Axel Merckx and eventual winner Iñigo Landaluze, ed.). It's a beautiful race. I would love to win it. I will give everything."
Not everyone rode that way up Mont Ventoux, obviously. Alexandre Vinokourov, Floyd Landis and George Hincapie looked like they were not trying their best, probably afraid of burning themselves instead of doing solid work in their lead up to the Tour de France. "I think they're coming all off a big break from racing," Leipheimer noticed. "At a point, they weren't pushing as hard as they could, that's what I think."
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Exactly ten years ago, Bjarne Riis climbed the Ventoux 15 minutes behind Miguel Indurain, one month before taking him down from his throne at the Tour de France. There are a few people in modern cycling following the example of Riis' methods.
As for Leipheimer, he's adamant that he keeps improving in the mountains every year. "I showed it today, as well as last year during the Tour of Germany," the Californian said. He has taken an important step towards the final win in the Dauphiné with two mountain stages to go, one including the col d'Izoard, the other one with the Galibier prior to the uphill finish in La Toussuire on Saturday. It will be the first time for a bike race in that ski station, and the second time will be next month during the Tour de France.
As Leipheimer reckons, there are different ways of approaching the world's biggest race, but everyone has both the Dauphiné and the Tour in mind these days.
How it unfolded
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From the gun, a group of nine riders took off: Joost Posthuma (Rabobank), who initiated the move, Florian Stalder (Phonak), Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Lars Bak (CSC), Cédric Vasseur (Quick Step), Danilo Napolitano (Lampre), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Alessandro Vanotti (Milram).
For 20 kilometres, the teams of Française des Jeux, Euskaltel and Caisse d'Épargne tried to bridge the gap, then they gave up and it was up to FDJ, because of Philippe Gilbert being the leader of the race, to set the pace in front of the bunch. The difference reached 6 minutes in Visan (km 107). With 40 km to go, Phonak took over from FDJ. At the bottom of the Mont Ventoux, the gap was under 3 minutes. After two kilometres of climbing, Vanotti was alone away but soon overtaken by Vasseur, who was looking good on the hill. At the same time, Alexandre Vinokourov was the first star to be dropped from the bunch, soon followed by Gilbert.
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Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) attacked from the bunch after four kilometres of climbing. He passed Vasseur but couldn't stay with José Azevedo (Discovery Channel) who had joined him 9 km before the top. The Portuguese rider got a maximum lead of 45 seconds at Chalet-Reynard 6 km before the finish. The chasing group was then composed of Christophe Moreau and Francisco Mancebo (Ag2r), Maxim Iglinsky (Milram), Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole), Sergio Paulinho (Würth), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile), Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) and Sevilla. With 3 km to go, Azevedo was caught by Leipheimer, Moreau and Menchov. Menchov attacked for the stage win 300 meters before the line. Moreau was a little bit too late to pass him in extremis. Leipheimer became the new race leader.
Photography
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- Mont Ventoux: imposing from wherever you are
- Mont Ventoux is a formidable sight
- The Tom Simpson memorial on Mont Ventoux
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) powers the break
- Christophe Moreau (AG2R) in trouble
- Jose Azevedo (Discovery) brings up the rear
- The lead group heads for the summit
- Chavanel and Kohl ride together
- Mancebo chases with Caucchioli
- Paco Mancebo (AG2R) with Caucchioli on his wheel
- The summit of Ventoux in the distance
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) was 13th
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) had to work to finish top 20
- Oi! Wait for me!
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) rides with Ryder Hesjedal
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) with Morris Possoni
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) goes by
- Pierrick Fedrigo leads Christophe Edaleine
- Cheering on Sevilla
- Are we there yet?
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) finished 50th, 8'10 down
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) comes up with Koos Moerenhout
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) lost nearly 10 minutes
- Iker Camano setting the pace for Mayo
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) follows Iker Camano
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) a far cry from his best
- Frederic Bessy (Cofidis)
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Wurth Team) lost 13 minutes to finish 81st
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) makes his way up the mountain
- It's a lonely road to the top
- The bus rides to the top of Ventoux
- The bus ascends Mont Ventoux
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) leads Christophe Moreau to the summit of Ventoux
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) drives for the line
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) holds off Moreau
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) satisfied
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) smiles on the podium
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) puts on the jersey
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) is the new race leader
Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- The bunch leaves the start in Tain-l’Hermitage
- The early break
- Francaise des Jeux leads the chase
- The peloton stretched a bit
- Check out the cool scenery
- The lavender of Provence
- The early break falls apart on the climb
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) leads the break
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) grabs a water bottle
- Jose Azevedo (Discovery) attacked on the Ventoux
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) with Menchov in tow
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) leads on the Ventoux
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) was strong on the Ventoux
- Paco Mancebo (AG2R) fighting hard
- Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) works hard
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) on the Ventoux
- Hincapie and Valverde suffering
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) with Chris Horner and Seb Joly
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) is offered a bidon
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) on the Ventoux
- The Landis group thinning out
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) wins on the Ventoux
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) had to give up the jersey today
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) on the podium
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) is the new race leader
Images by Russell Standring/www.grenoblecycling.com
- Floyd Landis signs an autograph before the start in Tain-l'Hermitage
- Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) would ride to fifth place on the stage to Mont Ventoux
- CSC's Stuart O'Grady has a chat with a Tour de France stage winner, Eros Poli
- Two Americans in France - Levi Leipheimer chats with Chris Horner before the start in Tain-l'Hermitage
- Riders begin to mass for the start of the stage to Mont Ventoux
- Sebastien Joly starts the day as the leader of the mountains classification
- David Zabriskie in green and Philippe Gilbert in yellow before the depart in Tain-l'Hermitage
- The winner on Mont Ventoux, Denis Menchov, has 100 metres to the top of the climb with Christophe Moreau chasing behind
- Christophe Moreau (AG2R) riding to second place on Mont Ventoux
- With just over a hundred metres to the finish, Jose Azevedo isn't too happy with a spectator
- Francisco Mancebo (AG2R) rode to seventh on the stage
- Approaching the final hairpin Floyd Landis chats with Koos Moerenhout, more than nine minutes after Menchov had crossed the line
Results
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.50.37 (38.401 km/h) 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.15 4 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.29 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.54 6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.04 8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 1.15 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.19 10 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 1.30 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 2.09 12 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.29 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.31 14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2.36 15 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.44 16 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.54 17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.11 18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.13 19 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.27 22 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 3.38 23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.54 24 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 26 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 28 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 4.27 29 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4.38 30 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.45 31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.02 32 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 5.11 33 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.12 34 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.23 35 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 5.29 36 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.31 37 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.43 38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 39 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.50 40 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.02 41 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.19 42 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.46 43 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.05 44 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.18 46 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 47 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7.27 48 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 7.40 49 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 8.06 50 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 8.10 51 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.15 52 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8.19 53 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.14 54 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9.22 56 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.30 57 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 59 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 60 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 62 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 63 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 10.29 64 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.35 65 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 67 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 10.37 68 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.53 69 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.59 70 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.01 71 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.46 72 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12.53 73 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 74 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 75 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 76 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 77 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 78 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 79 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 80 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth 13.10 81 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 82 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.35 83 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 13.40 84 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14.46 85 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 86 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 87 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 88 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 89 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 15.04 90 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 15.27 91 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.59 92 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.30 93 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.42 94 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.46 95 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 96 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 97 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.49 98 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 18.11 99 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 18.21 100 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 19.13 101 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.34 102 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic 22.31 103 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 104 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 105 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 106 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 107 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 108 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 109 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 110 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 111 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 112 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 113 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 115 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 116 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 117 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 118 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 119 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 120 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth 121 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 122 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 123 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 124 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 125 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 126 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 127 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 128 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 129 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 130 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 131 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 132 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 133 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 134 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 135 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 137 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 138 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 139 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom 140 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 141 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 142 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 143 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 144 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 145 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 146 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 147 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 148 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 149 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 150 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 151 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 152 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 153 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 154 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 155 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 22.44 156 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 157 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 22.50 158 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22.55 159 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 25.16 DNF Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel Points 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 20 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 15 4 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 10 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 9 8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 8 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 7 10 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 6 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 5 12 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2 15 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Mountains Cote D Aleyrac - km 83 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 pts 2 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 3 3 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 Col Le Debat - km 127,500 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 pts 2 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 3 3 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Le Mont Ventoux - km 186 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 40 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 35 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 30 4 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 18 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 16 8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 14 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 12 10 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 10 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 8 12 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2 15 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Sprints Saint Roman De Malegarde 1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 6 pts 2 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 3 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 Beaumes De Venise - km 147 1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 pts 2 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 3 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 Teams 1 AG2R Prevoyance 14.35.49 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.38 3 Würth Team 4.49 4 Lampre - Fondital 6.30 5 Credit Agricole 6.46 6 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.28 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.13 8 Française Des Jeux 10.12 9 T-Mobile Team 11.58 10 Quick Step - Innergetic 12.59 11 Bouygues Telecom 14.24 12 Gerolsteiner 15.08 13 Rabobank 17.14 14 Cofidis 17.17 15 Team Milram 17.47 16 Agritubel 18.05 17 Phonak Hearing Systems 18.15 18 Team CSC 18.20 19 Davitamon-Lotto 21.19 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 25.27 21 Liquigas 29.33 General classification after stage 4 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 15.47.53 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.28 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1.08 4 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.47 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.48 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.08 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.10 8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 2.25 9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.02 10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 3.20 11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.36 12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 4.07 13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.08 14 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 4.20 15 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.44 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 4.45 17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.57 18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.20 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.24 20 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 5.33 21 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 5.40 22 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 5.47 23 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.01 24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 6.17 25 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.19 26 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6.22 27 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 6.27 28 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 6.38 29 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6.49 30 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8.12 32 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.43 33 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.31 34 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.33 35 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 9.36 36 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.37 37 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.38 38 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.48 39 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 9.49 40 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 9.51 41 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.59 43 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.00 44 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.15 45 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 10.24 46 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.38 47 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 10.58 48 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 11.04 49 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 11.22 50 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.24 51 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 11.34 52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.45 54 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.55 55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 12.08 56 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.28 58 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 12.36 59 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.39 60 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.49 61 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.15 62 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 13.23 63 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.26 64 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.38 65 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.10 66 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 14.13 67 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 14.35 68 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.50 69 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.07 70 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 15.14 71 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.35 72 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15.38 73 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15.59 74 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 16.08 75 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16.42 76 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 16.52 77 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 17.28 78 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 17.35 79 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17.55 80 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 18.02 81 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 82 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 18.03 83 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 18.06 84 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.43 85 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19.35 86 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth 19.55 87 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 88 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.25 89 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 20.54 90 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 21.32 91 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 21.54 92 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.30 93 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 22.47 94 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22.48 95 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.10 96 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.15 97 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 23.22 98 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24.00 99 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.21 100 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 24.38 101 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 24.39 102 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.56 103 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.59 104 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 25.04 105 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 25.09 106 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 25.19 107 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 25.20 108 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 25.22 109 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 25.23 110 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 25.39 111 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25.40 112 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 25.56 113 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 25.58 114 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 26.10 115 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 26.16 116 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 26.27 117 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26.41 118 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 26.47 119 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 26.59 120 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 27.07 121 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic 27.09 122 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 27.32 123 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.40 124 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27.42 125 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 27.46 126 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 27.47 127 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.01 128 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 28.06 129 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth 28.11 130 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 28.25 131 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 28.32 132 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom 28.50 133 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.05 134 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 29.06 135 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 29.18 136 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29.19 137 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29.28 138 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 29.43 139 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 29.55 140 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.35 141 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.37 142 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30.44 143 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 31.01 144 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 31.05 145 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 146 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 32.28 147 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 33.46 148 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 34.18 149 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 34.33 150 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 34.48 151 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 34.52 152 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34.54 153 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 35.19 154 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 35.28 155 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 36.43 156 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 36.58 157 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.07 158 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39.55 159 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 44.49 Points classification 1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 40 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 39 3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 30 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 30 7 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 29 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 23 11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 21 13 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 14 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 15 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 16 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17 17 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 18 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 19 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14 20 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 21 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 22 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 13 23 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11 26 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11 27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 10 28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 29 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 30 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 31 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 10 32 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9 33 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 8 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 35 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 8 36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 7 37 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 38 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 6 39 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 6 40 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 41 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 42 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6 43 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 5 44 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 45 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 46 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4 47 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 48 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 49 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 50 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2 51 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 52 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2 53 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 54 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 55 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2 56 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 57 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 58 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1 59 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 1 60 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 61 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 62 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 63 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 64 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 65 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Mountains classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 40 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 35 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 30 4 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 7 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 18 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 17 9 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 17 10 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 12 12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 12 13 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 14 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 15 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 10 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 8 17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 18 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 19 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 6 20 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 5 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 23 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2 24 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 26 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1 27 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 28 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 29 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 Combination classification 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 100 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 100 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 81 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 79 5 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 65 7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 53 9 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 45 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 44 11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 12 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 37 13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32 15 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 29 16 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 28 17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 18 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 19 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 23 20 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 23 21 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 22 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 23 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 20 24 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 25 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 26 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 18 27 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 28 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17 29 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 30 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 31 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12 32 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11 33 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 35 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 36 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 37 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 10 38 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9 39 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 8 40 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 7 41 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 7 42 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 43 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 44 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 45 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 6 46 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 6 47 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6 48 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 49 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 50 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 4 51 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 52 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4 53 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 54 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 55 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 56 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 58 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 59 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 60 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2 61 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2 62 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 1 63 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 1 64 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 65 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 66 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 67 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1 68 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47.31.22 2 AG2R Prevoyance 0.31 3 Würth Team 5.01 4 Française Des Jeux 7.40 5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.21 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.15 7 Credit Agricole 10.35 8 Team CSC 14.16 9 Gerolsteiner 14.27 10 Lampre - Fondital 14.42 11 T-Mobile Team 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 15.13 13 Rabobank 17.38 14 Bouygues Telecom 17.45 15 Cofidis 20.16 16 Quick Step - Innergetic 20.54 17 Team Milram 21.30 18 Davitamon-Lotto 23.49 19 Agritubel 25.44 20 Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.01 21 Liquigas 35.36
