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58th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 4-11, 2006
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Stage 1 - June 5: Annecy - Bourgoin-Jallieu, 207 km
The sprinters pass their chance onto Wegmann
By Jean-François Quénet in Bourgoin-Jallieu
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The highly expected scenario of a breakaway caught before a bunch sprint didn't happen in Bourgoin-Jallieu, a French town close to Lyon known for its rugby team. It wasn't time for defenders, but attackers took their chance and profited from a hill located 14 kilometres before the finish, escaping and catching Nicolas Inaudi who had ridden solo for 190km. Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) proved himself to be the fastest of the four man group ahead of Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues). There was the notable presence of Tour de France challenger Francisco Mancebo (AG2R) in that break despite a crash earlier on.
"We worked together very well," Wegmann explained. "I knew Voeckler was the fast guy, I had to watch him. He was on my wheel for the last 200 meters but he couldn't pass me."
This wasn't exactly a planned victory for the 26 year-old German. "I had a five week break after the Henninger Turm," he said. "It was just training since. So I didn't know how my condition was. But I was feeling good yesterday (he finished 73rd in the prologue - ed.) and also today at the beginning of the stage."
Two years ago, Wegmann was the king of the mountain at the Giro d'Italia. Last year, he rode the Tour de Suisse. "I chose to do the Dauphiné this time because the Tour de Suisse is closer to the Tour de France and that was too hard for me," he declared. "I also like the Dauphiné because some climbs are the same as at the Tour de France. Today, I'm sure that it was a good choice to come here."
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There aren't many sprinters at the Dauphiné, they know this race is more designed for climbers. That's why Crédit Agricole didn't get much help in the day-long chase. "Our team did a superb job though, but we didn't have enough guys in the finale when the group went away," a disappointed Thor Hushovd said.
Quick Step gave a hand but too late. The côte de Rapoux disturbed the usual work of the trains. However, Wegmann's ambitions don't change very much, although he now leads the race. "Maybe tomorrow I can keep the jersey, but the 43km time trial on Wednesday will be too hard for me. I'll take it day by day. I don't know how I can go in the long climbs. At the Tour de France, I hope to win a stage one day like my training partner Georg Totschnig did last year, but for GC, we'll only work for Levi Leipheimer."
Will it be another day for attackers in stage 2 of the Dauphiné finishing in St-Galmier? Or will the sprinters complete their duty? Hushovd is confident that he will have another option of winning a stage.
How it unfolded
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At km 2, Nicolas Inaudi (Cofidis) attacked and there was no reaction from the peloton. The Frenchman was extremely motivated, racing on his home soil. His advantage grew out to 18'10 at km 75, where Crédit Agricole started pacing in front of the bunch. With 80km to go, CSC, the team of race leader David Zabriskie, gave the French squad a hand.
At km 97.5, a crash involved Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), Francisco Mancebo (AG2R), Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto), Filippo Pozzato (Quick Step) and Andreï Grivko (Milram). Leipheimer's bike was totally smashed in a collision with a motorbike but the American cyclist was fine.
With 30km to go, Inaudi's lead was only 4'30. Thor Hushovd was clearly thinking of winning the stage and scoring points and time bonuses for both yellow and green jerseys. He ran twice second at hot spot sprints behind Inaudi.
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At the bottom of the côte de Rapoux (km 193), the first attack was launched by Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC), Manuel Quinziato and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas), but they were countered by Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Mancebo (AG2R), Egoï Martinez (Discovery Channel) and Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom). Inaudi got caught one kilometre before the top of the hill, where Voeckler secured the polka dot jersey for himself.
The four men had 40 seconds advantage with 8km to go when Crédit Agricole got some help from Quick Step, but it was too late to bridge the gap. Wegmann won the sprint ahead of Voeckler and became the new leader of the Dauphiné.
Photography
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- O'Grady, Zabriskie and Hincapie exchange a bit of Anglo banter
- The new Astana-Wurth team car
- The race leaves Annecy
- The riders chat as they pass the lake
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) in the peloton
- David Zabriskie (CSC) sheltered in the peloton
- Team CSC leading the peloton
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) looking lean at 72kg
- Nicolas Inaudi (Cofidis) leads the race
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Wurth) chats to Discovery's Jose Azevedo
- Americans Dave Zabriskie and Floyd Landis ride close to each other
- Credit Agricole chasing for much of the day
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) wins the first stage
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) celebrates his win in stage 1
- Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital) wins the peloton sprint for fifth
- New leader Fabian Wegmann on the podium
Images by AFP Photo
- Kazakhstanis Andrei Kashechkin and Alexandre Vinokourov (Wurth Team) with Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) at the start
- Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) and Alex Vinokourov (Wurth Team) at the start
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) waits for the start of stage 1
- Nicolas Inaudi (Cofidis) was away for much of the day
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) in the climber's jersey, chats to Bruyneel in the team car
- The peloton rides during the first stage
- Cows are obsessed by the Dauphine
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) leads the winning break
- Francisco Mancebo (AG2R) drives the winning break
Images by Russell Standring/www.grenoblecycling.com
- Guess which legs are Levi Leipheimer's...it's the pair in tights
- Tour de France stage winner and Würth Director Sportif, Neil Stephens, relaxes at the start in Annecy
- Alejandro Valverde and the Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears team are introduced before the start in Annecy
- It's here somewhere: Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta shows his team a mysterious problem with his saddle
- Bradley Wiggins is ready to sign on in Annecy
- David Moncoutié is interviewed in Annecy before the Depart
- Waiting for the start in Annecy
- Frenchman Nicolas Inaudi (Cofidis) has more than 18 minutes lead over the peloton with 75 kilometres covered
- The lone leader, Nicolas Inaudi digs deep at the 130 kilometre mark as his lead starts dropping
- The peloton rides through the village of Chimilin at the 130 kilometre mark
Results
1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.06.36 (40.509 km/h) 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.02 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.13 6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 7 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 8 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 10 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 11 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 12 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 16 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom 20 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 23 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 24 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 26 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 27 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 29 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 30 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 31 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 32 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 35 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 37 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 41 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 43 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 45 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 47 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 49 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 50 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 51 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 52 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 53 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 54 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 56 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 58 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 59 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 60 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 61 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 62 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 63 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 64 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 65 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 66 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 69 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 70 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 71 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 72 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth 73 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 74 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 75 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 76 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 77 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 78 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 79 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 80 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 81 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 82 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 83 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 84 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 85 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 86 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 87 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 88 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 89 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 90 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 91 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 92 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 93 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 95 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 97 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 99 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 100 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 101 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 102 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 103 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 104 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 105 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 107 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 108 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic 109 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 110 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 111 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 112 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 113 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 114 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 115 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 116 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 118 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 119 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 120 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 121 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 122 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 123 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 124 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 125 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 126 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth 127 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 128 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 129 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 130 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 131 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 132 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 133 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 134 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 135 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 136 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 137 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Würth 138 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 139 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 140 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 141 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 142 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 143 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 144 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 145 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 146 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 147 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 148 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 149 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 150 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 151 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 152 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 153 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 154 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 155 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 156 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 157 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 158 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 159 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 160 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 161 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 162 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 163 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 5.20 164 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 165 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.59 Mountains Cote De Pusignieu - km 105 1 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1 Cote De Velanne - km 158 1 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 3 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Cote Du Rapoux - km 193 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 pts 2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Teams 1 Bouygues Telecom 15.20.14 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 AG2R Prevoyance 0.02 5 Davitamon-Lotto 0.13 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Liquigas 8 Agritubel 9 Team Milram 10 Quick Step - Innergetic 11 Rabobank 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Française Des Jeux 14 Credit Agricole 15 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 Team CSC 17 Lampre - Fondital 18 Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 T-Mobile Team 20 Cofidis 21 Würth Team General classification after stage 1 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.11.19 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.05 3 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 4 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.07 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.09 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.11 8 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 9 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.12 10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.13 11 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 0.14 16 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 18 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 0.15 20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.16 22 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 23 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 24 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 26 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.17 28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 29 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 30 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.18 34 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 35 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 36 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 39 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.19 40 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 42 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 44 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.20 45 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 46 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 48 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 49 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.21 50 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 51 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 52 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 53 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 54 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 55 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 56 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 57 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 0.22 58 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom 60 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 61 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 62 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 63 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 64 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 65 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 66 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.23 67 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 68 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 69 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 70 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 71 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 72 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth 73 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 74 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 75 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 76 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 0.24 77 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 78 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 79 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 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 0.25 86 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 87 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 88 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 89 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.26 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 0.27 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 0.28 105 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 0.29 110 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 111 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 112 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 113 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 114 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 115 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.30 116 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic 117 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 118 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 119 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 120 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.31 121 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 122 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 123 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 124 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 125 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 126 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.32 127 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 128 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Würth 129 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 130 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 131 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 132 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 133 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.33 134 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 135 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 136 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 137 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 138 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.34 139 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 140 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 141 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 142 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 143 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.35 144 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 145 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 147 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 0.36 148 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 149 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 150 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.37 151 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 152 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 153 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.38 154 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 155 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 0.40 156 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 157 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 158 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 0.44 159 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth 160 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 161 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 0.53 162 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.54 163 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.33 164 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 5.36 165 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.17 Mountains classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 pts 2 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 7 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 8 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1 Combination classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 66 pts 2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 3 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 50 4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 5 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 6 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 36 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 34 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 28 9 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 24 11 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 12 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18 14 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 15 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 16 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 12 17 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11 18 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 19 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 10 20 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9 21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 8 22 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 8 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 24 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 25 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6 26 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 27 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 3 28 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 29 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 30 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 31 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2 32 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 33 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 34 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 35 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.34.17 2 Team CSC 0.14 3 Gerolsteiner 0.16 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.22 5 AG2R Prevoyance 0.23 6 Rabobank 0.26 7 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.27 8 Bouygues Telecom 0.28 9 Würth Team 10 Liquigas 0.35 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 Credit Agricole 13 Française Des Jeux 0.39 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.40 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 16 Team Milram 0.42 17 Cofidis 0.45 18 Davitamon-Lotto 0.47 19 T-Mobile Team 0.48 20 Agritubel 0.51 21 Lampre - Fondital 1.08
