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58th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 4-11, 2006
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Stage 3 - June 7: Bourg-de-Péage - Bourg-de-Péage, 43 km
Zabriskie's one man show but Gilbert holds the lead
By Jean-François Quénet in Bourg-de-Péage
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It looked like the US national time trial championship in Bourg-de-Péage in the Rhône valley, where the wind always plays an important role. Not only has David Zabriskie scored his second impressive stage win after the prologue, but he was followed on the results list by Floyd Landis, Levi Leipheimer and George Hincapie. "Lance Armstrong isn't here anymore but US cycling is still strong without him," the winner said.
Belgian prodigy Philippe Gilbert carried the flag for the more traditional cycling countries by holding the yellow jersey.
Zabriskie rode the course of the time trial once in the morning. "Then I took a nap, he said, and while I was sleeping, or in between the states of being asleep and awake, I wanted to see the course again. I followed the first CSC rider Lars Bak in the car. That's the last thing I did before riding on the trainer."
From the gun, the man from Utah was well in line, perfectly positioned on his bike. Then he kept increasing his lead. At the first check point, Landis was 23 seconds down and Leipheimer 32 seconds down. At the second check point, they were respectively 45 and 49 seconds behind, and at the end, the gaps were 53 seconds and 1 minute 16.
"It's not uncommon to have the winner so far ahead of the other riders in long time trials," Zabriskie noted. "That's what I wanted to do. That's cool."
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Another man who did well was race leader Philippe Gilbert. The Française des Jeux rider isn't ranked as a specialist but he clocked the 16th best time just ahead of time trialists like Alexandre Vinokourov and French champion Sylvain Chavanel. He lost only 2'40 on the stage winner and not even one and half minutes on Leipheimer, whereas the day before he'd planned to finish around four minutes behind the favourites.
"Four minutes is what I'd lose in standard conditions," he said. "But the yellow jersey gave me more interest for the stage and some extra motivation as well. I recovered well from yesterday's stage and everything was fine in my head."
Some riders never try to improve their time trialing. Gilbert always does. "At the Giro d'Italia, I stayed for one more day than initially planned in order to ride a 50 km plus long time trial. We don't have many opportunities per year to do such things, it helps in situations like today's. I've always been a complete rider. Every year I improve, it's all good for the future." That's also Marc Madiot's opinion. The manager of Française des Jeux is building the future of his team around the young Belgian and super Swede Thomas Lövkvist.
The Giant of Provence awaits
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The time has come for the riders of the Dauphiné to climb. The Mont Ventoux is the first obstacle in front of them. Gilbert has a 3:48 lead over Landis, who looks kind of unbeatable in stage races this year after winning the Tour of California, Paris-Nice and the Tour of Georgia. He's 4'58 ahead of Pro Tour leader Alejandro Valverde, who did the best time trial of his career so far over a long distance, finishing 9th, only 1'10 behind Landis.
"The captains of the big teams will attack me on the Ventoux," Gilbert declared. "I will follow who I can, at my rhythm. I have to remain realistic. It's not going to be myself in yellow jersey in Grenoble on Sunday. I might finish in top 20 but I don't want to finish it dead. The Tour de France isn't far ahead. It's still special to climb the Ventoux in yellow though. Whatever happens, it will be a great memory."
Could Zabriskie take over? "I'll try to do as well as I can," that's all he promised. "I've never done the Ventoux before. Climbing gets hard for me when little Spanish guys go crazy."
Talking about the Spaniards, the hot favourite for the Dauphiné might well be Francisco Mancebo now. Last year, he lost four and half minutes in the equivalent time trial, this time, he's only 2'50 down on Zabriskie.
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The Dauphiné is a test for the Tour de France GC contenders, but also a race where most of them are afraid to burn themselves. They remember how superior Iban Mayo was to Armstrong two years ago, but at the Tour, it was a complete different story. Traditionally, some riders hide themselves, so did Ivan Basso in 2004 following the example of his team manager Bjarne Riis, who climbed the Ventoux 15 minutes behind Miguel Indurain in 1996 before adopting a radically opposite attitude at the Tour de France.
But with Ag2r, a local team based in the Alps, Mancebo shouldn't miss an opportunity to win a race like the Dauphiné. It has always been prestigious to win this race, it might be even more valuable now with a participation maybe better than ever in the context of the Pro Tour with all the world's big teams.
The competition has also never been so open at the foot of the Giant of Provence.
Photography
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- Race leader Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux)
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) was solid in finishing second
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) glides along
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) stretches it out
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) goes hard
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Wurth Team) was 17th
- Andriy Grivko (Milram)
- Bert Grabsch (Phonak) finished fifth
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) in his aero position
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) still in yellow
- Andrey Kashechkin (Wurth)
- Francisco Mancebo (AG2R) didn't lose too much time to the specialists
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery) gives it gas
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC) in TT mode
- Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) glides around a corner
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole)
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) likes to watch where he's going
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) up close and personal
- Another day, another podium
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) relishing another ride against the clock
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) has an idea of where he'd like to finish
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) prepares to leave
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) in the start house
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) gets rolling
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) gets ready for his ride
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Ready for battle: Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) waits for his start
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) sets off
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Wurth Team) has a lean and hungry look
- Andrey Kashechkin (Wurth) is part of Wurth's Kazakhstani connection
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) winds 'er up
- Christophe Moreau (AG2R) focuses
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) sips
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) sets off
- Here comes Dave Zabriskie
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) down low
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) set himself up as the best GC rider
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) with his unique tuck
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) powers along
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) defending the jersey
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) at full throttle
- Francisco Mancebo (AG2R) limited his losses
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) in action
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) very focused
- Didier Rous (Bouygues)
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) does some fine tuning
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Wurth Team) looks relaxed
- Christophe Moreau (AG2R) pushes it
- Andrey Kashechkin (Wurth) enjoying the ride
- Vladimir Gussev (Discovery)
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery)
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) in action
- Stuart O'Grady (CSC) shifts a gear
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) the Bear from Grimstad
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) grits his teeth
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) delighted to be here
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) puts on the leader's jersey
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) smiles in yellow
Images by Russell Standring/www.grenoblecycling.com
- Sebastien Joly walks his bike across the gravel before the start of the time trial
- Norwegian Kurt Arvesen (CSC) leaves the town behind in the time trial
- Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval) passes the two kilometre mark in the 43 kilometre time trial
- Christophe Rinero (Saunier Duval) rides in the shadow of the Vercors mountains
- Frenchman Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne) gets down and into it
- Oscar Pereiro Sio leaves the town of Bourg de Peage behind at the start of his time trial
- Only another day until Mont Ventoux for Francisco Mancebo
- Francisco Mancebo (AG2R) would finish 20th on the stage
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) wears the points jersey in the time trial
- Race leader Philippe Gilbert in Bourg de Peage
Results
1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 52.48.65 (48.854 km/h) 2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.53.00 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1.16.50 4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.34.83 5 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.38.12 6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.54.00 7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.54.26 8 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.57.34 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.02.87 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.03.31 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.04.92 12 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 2.16.94 13 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.23.10 14 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2.28.50 15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.32.01 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.39.91 17 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 2.40.89 18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.45.25 19 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.48.82 20 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.49.87 21 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 2.53.83 22 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 2.55.04 23 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.58.54 24 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.01.21 25 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.03.56 26 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.09.14 27 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3.09.59 28 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.09.83 29 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.11.39 30 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 3.12.95 31 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.22.40 32 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3.26.69 33 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.30.07 34 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.31.03 35 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 3.33.70 36 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.35.18 37 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.35.90 38 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.43.05 39 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.46.10 40 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3.46.18 41 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 3.46.38 42 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 3.46.55 43 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.46.92 44 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.48.01 45 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.56.79 46 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.01.60 47 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.01.99 48 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4.02.89 49 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.03.06 50 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.03.15 51 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.13.19 52 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 4.14.17 53 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4.16.04 54 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 4.16.11 55 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.17.30 56 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.17.81 57 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.22.59 58 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 4.22.87 59 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.23.42 60 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.24.00 61 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 4.28.73 62 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 4.29.88 63 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.32.36 64 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 4.33.25 65 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4.37.74 66 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 4.38.40 67 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.38.42 68 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.41.30 69 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 4.41.49 70 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 4.43.62 71 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.44.53 72 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.46.69 73 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.47.10 74 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 4.55.53 75 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.56.94 76 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.05.24 77 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 5.09.72 78 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.10.37 79 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.11.27 80 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.13.39 81 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.16.37 82 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.16.46 83 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5.17.43 84 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 5.17.59 85 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 5.19.24 86 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.20.25 87 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5.20.55 88 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.22.29 89 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.23.61 90 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.23.76 91 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.24.55 92 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.28.87 93 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.35.82 94 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.36.46 95 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic 5.37.30 96 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5.37.67 97 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.44.85 98 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.49.32 99 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.49.49 100 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.01.98 101 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6.03.88 102 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 6.04.80 103 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 6.07.32 104 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 6.07.68 105 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 6.08.09 106 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.10.78 107 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 6.13.14 108 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.16.34 109 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.16.80 110 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 6.20.68 111 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.21.26 112 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.27.34 113 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 6.28.84 114 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 6.34.39 115 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6.35.39 116 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 6.36.72 117 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.37.12 118 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth 6.37.68 119 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.37.76 120 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.44.57 121 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 6.47.23 122 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.47.82 123 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.48.35 124 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 6.48.53 125 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6.49.48 126 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6.57.83 127 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.58.69 128 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 7.04.09 129 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 7.07.59 130 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7.12.34 131 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 7.13.22 132 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.13.61 133 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.18.86 134 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.21.63 135 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom 7.26.00 136 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7.28.46 137 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth 7.30.07 138 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7.33.04 139 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 7.33.05 140 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 7.33.51 141 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.34.35 142 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 7.35.68 143 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.41.32 144 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 7.42.22 145 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7.42.48 146 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 7.44.91 147 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 7.46.10 148 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.51.38 149 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8.00.54 150 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8.02.58 151 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.03.25 152 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 8.14.57 153 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 8.16.01 154 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 8.29.20 155 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8.34.40 156 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.42.40 157 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.55.06 158 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 9.11.64 159 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 9.19.27 160 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 9.22.35 161 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.44.85 DNS Daniel Navarro (Spa) Würth Points 1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20 pts 2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 15 4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 5 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 8 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 12 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4 13 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 14 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2 15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1 Mountains Cote De Marche Village - km 8.5 1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 5 pts 2 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 3 3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Teams 1 Team CSC 2.43.10 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.40 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.54 4 Gerolsteiner 3.21 5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.44 6 Würth Team 4.02 7 Rabobank 4.16 8 AG2R Prevoyance 4.30 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.45 10 Davitamon-Lotto 6.01 11 T-Mobile Team 6.14 12 Française Des Jeux 6.30 13 Cofidis 6.32 14 Bouygues Telecom 7.11 15 Team Milram 7.19 16 Credit Agricole 7.32 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.12 18 Liquigas 9.46 19 Agritubel 11.06 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 11.13 21 Lampre - Fondital 11.22 General classification after stage 3 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 10.52.41 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.47 3 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.48 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 4.20 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.24 6 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.34 7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.49 8 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.57 9 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.58 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5.03 12 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.12 13 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.14 14 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 5.29 15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 5.33 16 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 5.38 17 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 5.41 18 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 5.44 19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.49 20 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.53 21 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 6.01 22 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6.03 23 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.04 24 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6.05 25 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 6.06 26 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.07 28 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.09 29 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 6.14 30 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 6.20 31 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.21 32 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6.23 33 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.39 34 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 35 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6.44 37 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.45 38 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.48 39 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.49 40 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6.51 41 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.58 42 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.00 43 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.03 45 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.08 46 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.11 47 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.12 48 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.19 49 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7.20 50 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 7.23 51 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 52 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 7.24 53 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 7.26 55 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.27 56 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 57 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.29 58 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7.30 59 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 7.33 60 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 7.35 61 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 7.36 62 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.41 63 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 7.43 64 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.44 65 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 7.50 66 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.51 67 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.52 68 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 69 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.55 70 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 8.02 71 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 8.14 72 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.15 73 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 8.16 74 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 8.18 75 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.20 76 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 77 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.22 78 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.24 79 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 8.28 80 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 8.30 81 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.31 82 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 83 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.32 84 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 8.33 85 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 86 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.41 87 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 8.45 88 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 89 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.51 90 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8.55 91 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.56 92 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9.01 93 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9.03 94 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 9.10 95 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 9.11 96 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic 9.13 97 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 9.20 98 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9.24 99 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 9.31 100 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.35 101 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 9.36 102 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 9.37 103 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.44 104 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 105 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.46 106 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.50 107 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 9.51 108 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.52 109 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 9.59 110 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 10.01 111 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.05 112 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.08 113 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 10.10 114 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.11 115 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth 10.15 116 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 10.19 117 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.29 118 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.36 119 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10.43 120 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 10.44 121 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 10.52 122 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom 10.54 123 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.56 124 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 11.03 125 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.09 126 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 11.10 127 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.11 128 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth 11.20 129 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 11.22 130 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.23 131 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.32 132 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.40 133 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 11.47 134 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 11.59 135 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.22 136 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12.37 137 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.39 138 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.48 139 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 12.49 140 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.02 141 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 13.05 142 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 13.09 143 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 14.32 144 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 15.37 145 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 15.50 146 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 16.22 147 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.27 148 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.34 149 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16.37 150 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 16.46 151 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 16.52 152 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 17.10 153 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 17.32 154 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 17.38 155 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 17.54 156 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 19.02 157 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.11 158 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 19.14 159 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 25.51 160 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 26.53 161 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 27.56 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 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 29 6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 23 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 21 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 11 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 12 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 14 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 15 16 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 17 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 18 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11 20 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11 21 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 22 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 23 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 24 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 10 25 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9 26 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 27 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 8 28 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 7 29 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 6 30 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6 31 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 32 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 33 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 34 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 35 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 36 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4 37 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4 38 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 39 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 40 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 41 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2 42 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 43 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 44 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2 45 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 46 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1 47 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 1 48 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 49 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank -5 50 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team -5 51 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5 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 6 7 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 5 8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 3 9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1 11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 12 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1 13 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 14 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Combination classification 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 91 pts 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 80 3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 41 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 7 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 34 9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 12 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 29 13 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 14 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 26 15 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 16 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 23 17 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 18 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 19 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17 21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 15 22 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 15 23 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 24 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12 25 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11 26 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 27 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 28 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 10 29 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 9 30 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9 31 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 8 32 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 7 33 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 7 34 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 7 35 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 6 36 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 6 37 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6 38 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 39 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 40 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4 41 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 42 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 3 43 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 44 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 45 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 46 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 47 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 48 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 49 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2 50 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 51 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 52 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 53 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 54 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 32.51.29 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.26 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02 4 Française Des Jeux 1.32 5 Gerolsteiner 3.23 6 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.57 7 Würth Team 4.16 8 Rabobank 4.28 9 AG2R Prevoyance 4.35 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.06 11 Davitamon-Lotto 6.34 12 T-Mobile Team 6.48 13 Cofidis 7.03 14 Bouygues Telecom 7.25 15 Team Milram 7.47 16 Credit Agricole 7.53 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.38 18 Liquigas 10.07 19 Agritubel 11.43 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 11.59 21 Lampre - Fondital 12.16
