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58th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 4-11, 2006
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Stage 2 - June 6: Bourgoin-Jallieu - Saint-Galmier, 203 km
Philippe Gilbert's longest day in the lead
By Jean-François Quénet in Saint-Galmier
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Philippe Gilbert, one of the most likeable pro cyclists, has taken the lead in the Dauphiné at the end of a 160 kilometre-long breakaway. He shared his victory with his teammate Sébastien Joly, who is also his roommate. The two Française des Jeux riders, for most of the time with Quick.Step's Cédric Vasseur, weren't afraid of riding against the wind though the vineyards of Beaujolais prior to descending towards the city of Saint-Galmier where the French fizzy water Badoit is produced.
The champagne was well deserved at the end for Gilbert. "I had never done that before", said the winner of the Het Volk, exhausted. The young Belgian, who will turn 24 on July 5 when the Tour de France will be visiting his region of Wallonia with a stage start in Huy, was known more as a sprinter or an explosive rider for tight finishes.
There was no plan in doing a long breakaway at Française des Jeux. "But we don't have a lot of opportunities, so we had to take that one," team manager Marc Madiot declared. His feelings were shared between an extraordinary joy and the anger against the cheats revealed by the 'Operation Puerto' in Spain. He suggested there might be a link between FDJ's strong anti-doping policy and the fact that they hadn't won a race since March (a stage of the Three Days of De Panne with Bernhard Eisel).
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Gilbert had high ambitions in the classics after winning Het Volk, but an intestinal virus turned him down. He rode the first half of the Giro d'Italia and made a few top 10s before pulling out and gearing up for the Tour de France, a race he'll take part in for the second time. Gilbert might be young, but he also hasn't missed any Belgian national selections for the World's or the Olympics since he rode as junior in Plouay in 2000. This is a true talent in international cycling.
"But this was way too long," he complained about his race, although he was extremely happy to have achieved this kind of stage win. "I didn't want to drop Seb (Joly) but it would have been too dangerous to wait for him", he added. "For me, it's the same as if I had won myself," Joly stated. "I love this spirit of sacrificing one for the other."
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The Gerolsteiner team of race leader Fabian Wegmann didn't bother to race flat out to bridge the gap, and Crédit Agricole had done enough the day before and didn't want to get flicked again. The uphill finish suited Thor Hushovd, but Samuel Dumoulin avoided the sprint for second place and anticipated it at the bottom of the hill. "For me, a second place in the Dauphiné is a good result, we had reconnoitred the course of this stage with the team before," the shortest pro rider explained.
Stage 3 is a long time trial. Gilbert will probably try and keep his yellow jersey for one more day. He's not a real specialist, but he always tries to improve and always has a decent ride at the Chrono des Herbiers, now renamed Chrono des Nations. But the day after tomorrow, another race will begin with the Mont Ventoux for a stage finish. It's time now for the top favourites to show up.
How it unfolded
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Samuel Dumoulin, the winner of stage 2 in the Dauphiné last year, was the first man in action but was caught at km 7. The Rabobank duo formed of Joost Posthuma and Erik Dekker tried as well, but wasn't allowed to go. Neither was Frédéric Bessy (Cofidis) at km 34, although he was the "regional de l'étape", the race going later through the vineyards of Beaujolais where he hails from.
At km 44, three men finally managed to break clear: Philippe Gilbert and Sébastien Joly (Française des Jeux) and Cédric Vasseur (Quick Step). They reached a maximum advantage of 7'50 as they climbed the côte des Pommiers, the first climb of the day whose summit was located after 107 kilometres.
Vasseur got dropped by the Française des Jeux duo in the côte de Brioude with 50km to go. Later on, Joly was also not able to follow his teammate who still had more than 6 minutes lead 30km before the finish. Gilbert crossed the line 5:19 ahead of Dumoulin who made a strong attack on the uphill finish.
Photography
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- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) the race leader
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) looking upbeat at the start
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Wurth Team) rocks up to the start
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) in the polka-dot jersey of best climber
- The peloton leaves the start in Bourgoin-Jallieu
- Just having fun
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) during the stage
- It's rather nice in the French countryside
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) came away empty handed again today
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Wurth Team) in the caravan
- The yellow jersey carrying water bottles
- Vasseur attacks followed by Gilbert and Joly
- Gilbert drives the break with Joly and Vasseur in tow
- Gerolsteiner setting tempo
- Joly and Gilbert together
- Joly leads Gilbert in their long escape
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) leaves Joly behind
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) alone in front
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) wins the stage by a big margin
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) on the podium in yellow
- Gilbert and Joly: teammates, roommates, and breakaway mates today
Images by Russell Standring/www.grenoblecycling.com
- Did I ask the wrong question? Christophe Moreau is interviewed in Bourgoin-Jallieu before the start
- The Phonak team arrives to sign-on in Bourgoin-Jallieu
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC) in Bourgoin-Jallieu before the depart
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) in Bourgoin-Jallieu
- The previous day's winner and race leader, Fabian Wegmann in Bourgoin-Jallieu
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) rolls out after signing on in Bourgoin-Jallieu
- Levi Leipheimer, George Hincapie, David Zabriskie, Floyd Landis and Michael Barry relax before the start in Bourgoin-Jallieu
- The race leader, Fabian Wegmann, waits for the start with Nicolas Jalabert in Bourgoin-Jallieu
- The leader in the mountains classification, Thomas Voeckler in Bourgoin-Jallieu
- Two minutes before the depart, the front of the peloton in Bourgoin-Jallieu
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Vasseur, Gilbert and Joly formed the break of the day
- Sebastien Joly was exhausted at the finish
- Marc Madiot (FDJ team manager) gives some post-race comments
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) on the podium with the winner's bouquet
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) smiles on the podium
- Marc Madiot (FDJ team manager) on the podium with Gilbert and Joly
Results
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4.45.53 (42.605 km/h) 2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5.19 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5.23 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 5 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 9 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 17 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 20 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 22 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 27 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 28 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 29 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 33 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 35 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 36 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 38 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 39 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 40 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 41 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 42 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 43 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 44 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 45 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 46 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 48 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 49 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 53 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 54 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 55 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 57 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 58 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 60 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 61 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 62 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 63 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 64 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 65 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 66 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 68 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 69 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 70 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 71 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 72 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 73 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 76 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 78 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 81 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 83 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 84 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 85 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 86 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 87 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 88 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 89 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 90 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 91 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 92 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 93 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 94 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 96 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 97 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.42 98 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.43 99 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 100 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 101 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 5.46 102 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 5.47 103 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 104 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom 105 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth 106 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 108 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 109 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 110 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 111 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 112 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 113 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 114 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 115 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 116 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 117 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 118 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 119 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 121 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 122 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 123 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 124 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 125 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic 126 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 127 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 128 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 129 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 130 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth 5.55 131 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 132 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.01 133 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.06 134 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5.23 135 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.13 136 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 137 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 138 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.18 139 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.32 140 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 6.35 141 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.39 142 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.23 143 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.37 144 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 10.49 145 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.13 146 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 147 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 148 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.53 149 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 150 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 151 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 152 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 153 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 154 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 155 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 156 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 157 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 158 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 159 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 20.52 160 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 161 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Würth 162 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas DNF Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram DNS Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux Points 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 20 pts 2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17 3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 13 5 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 6 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 7 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 9 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 8 9 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 7 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 11 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 13 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 14 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Mountains Cote Des Pommiers - km 107 1 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 pts 2 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 1 Cote De Dareize - km 134,500 1 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 3 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Cote De Brioude - km 150,500 1 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 pts 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 3 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Cote De Duerne - km 174,500 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5 pts 2 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 3 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Sprints Chalamont - km 63 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 3 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 Lachassagne - km 110 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 3 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 Teams 1 Française Des Jeux 14.28.25 2 AG2R Prevoyance 5.19 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.23 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Lampre - Fondital 6 Davitamon-Lotto 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 T-Mobile Team 11 Team Milram 12 Bouygues Telecom 13 Credit Agricole 14 Liquigas 15 Würth Team 16 Agritubel 17 Rabobank 18 Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 Team CSC 20 Cofidis 21 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.43 General classification after stage 2 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 9.57.13 2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.22 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.27 4 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 5 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.29 6 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 5.31 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 5.33 9 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.34 11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5.35 12 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 5.36 17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 18 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 5.37 20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.38 22 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 23 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 24 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.39 27 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.40 30 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 31 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 33 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 5.41 34 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 36 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 38 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 39 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 5.42 40 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 41 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 43 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 44 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.43 45 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 46 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 47 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 48 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 5.44 49 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 51 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 52 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 53 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.45 54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 55 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 5.46 56 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 57 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 58 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 60 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 61 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.47 63 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 64 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 65 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.48 66 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 67 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.49 69 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 70 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 71 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 72 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 73 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 74 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.50 75 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 5.51 76 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 77 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.52 78 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.53 79 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 80 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 81 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 82 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.54 83 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 84 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 85 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5.55 86 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 87 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.56 88 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 89 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 5.57 90 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.58 92 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 93 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.59 94 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.00 95 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 98 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 6.02 99 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 100 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 101 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 102 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.04 103 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 6.06 104 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 6.07 105 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 106 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.08 107 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom 108 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6.09 109 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 110 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.10 111 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 6.11 112 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 6.12 113 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6.13 115 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 6.14 116 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 117 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 118 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.15 119 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 120 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic 6.16 121 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 122 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 6.17 123 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth 124 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.18 125 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6.19 126 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 6.20 127 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 128 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.24 129 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 6.26 130 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 6.30 131 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth 132 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.31 133 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.37 134 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.42 135 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.44 136 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.45 137 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.49 138 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.59 139 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 7.05 140 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.13 141 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.54 142 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 11.15 143 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.19 144 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 11.22 145 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.39 146 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.45 147 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.06 148 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 13.09 149 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 13.12 150 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 13.13 151 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 13.15 152 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.21 153 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 13.22 154 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 13.25 155 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 156 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 13.26 157 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.27 158 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 13.28 159 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 21.13 160 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 21.18 161 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 162 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Würth 21.23 Points classification 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 39 pts 2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 3 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 29 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 23 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 21 7 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20 8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17 10 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 12 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 13 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 14 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11 16 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11 17 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 18 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 10 19 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 21 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9 22 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 8 23 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 24 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 7 25 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 6 26 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6 27 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 28 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 29 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 30 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 31 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4 32 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 33 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 34 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 35 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 36 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 36 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 38 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2 39 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 40 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 1 41 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 42 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 43 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team Mountains classification 1 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 12 4 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 5 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 6 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 7 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1 9 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 10 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1 11 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 12 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Teams classification 1 Française Des Jeux 30.03.21 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.44 3 Team CSC 4.58 4 Gerolsteiner 5.00 5 AG2R Prevoyance 5.03 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 5.06 7 Rabobank 5.10 8 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.11 9 Bouygues Telecom 5.12 10 Würth Team 11 Credit Agricole 5.19 12 Liquigas 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.24 15 Team Milram 5.26 16 Cofidis 5.29 17 Davitamon-Lotto 5.31 18 T-Mobile Team 5.32 19 Agritubel 5.35 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.44 21 Lampre - Fondital 5.52
