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58th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 4-11, 2006
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Stage 5 - June 9: Sisteron - Briançon, 155 km
Turpin's day of glory on the Izoard
By Jean-François Quénet in Briançon
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Levi Leipheimer is a solid leader of the Dauphiné before the crucial alpine stage that includes the Galibier, the Glandon and the uphill finish to La Toussuire. But the stage of the col d'Izoard gave a nice surprise with the win in Briançon of a domestique called Ludovic Turpin, a 31 year old who is usually in the shadow of Christophe Moreau and Paco Mancebo, now ranked 3rd and 4th on GC respectively.
Asked if there was something new in cycling, with a Frenchman able to win a stage traditionally dominated by the Spaniards, Turpin commented, "It was still hard to break clear today, it took us an hour before we could make it. With the 'Liberty affair', a lot of questions are in the air but we'll analyse the changes eventually after the Tour de France, for now it's too early."
Many observers – and also some riders – found some results strange in the past two stages. But this isn't new at the Dauphiné where many riders are gearing up for the Tour de France, not giving it all for now. "Let's talk about the Dauphiné!," Leipheimer said. "I feel so much attention on the Tour de France. But the Dauphiné is a beautiful race. It's one of the best races on the calendar. Any rider would love to win it."
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The Californian has taken another step towards the final win. He controlled the situation in the col d'Izoard like a true captain. At one stage, he was in a second group behind another one led by Christophe Moreau. But he wasn't getting dropped at all. "I wanted to get Menchov to do something because he was always following," he commented. "I don't like to jump around, I prefer to climb at a steady pace. I dropped back a little bit. It put some pressure on Menchov. I wanted him to get into the wind. He did. Then I went behind."
The day after the Mont Ventoux, a clear hierarchy was set. "When you look at the speed, Menchov, Moreau and me are pretty similar," Leipheimer added. "Now Moreau and Mancebo being 3rd and 4th form a strong alliance, but Mancebo isn't now at the level of Moreau, Menchov and myself. Tomorrow, I'll stay with Menchov. He'll lose his second place before I'll lose my first place."
The Gerolsteiner rider seems confident, although there's a gruelling stage to come with the Galibier, the col de Croix-de-Fer via the col de Glandon, the col de Mollard and the uphill finish to La Toussuire. There aren't 15 kilometres of flat roads in the 169 km long stage! "This side of the Galibier is not the hardest side," Leipheimer warned. "But there will be 4,500 meters of climbing in total. "I don't know La Toussuire but I imagine it's tough. It doesn't look easy on the map. It will be an endurance day with big explosions in the group. I now feel a normal fatigue but I think I'll be better tomorrow."
How it unfolded
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There were a few skirmishes from the gun. Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Volodimyr Gustov (CSC) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) attempted to break clear in the col de Sarraut and Voeckler was the first man at the top. On the descent, Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) bridged the gap while Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) crashed at the back. It took him a while to come across and he asked for medical attention for his injured elbow.
At the bottom of the hill, before the sprint of Espinasse (km 47), three riders formed the breakaway: Turpin, Hushovd and the newcomer Jérôme Pineau. 47.5 kilometres were covered in the first hour of the race! The lead kept increasing up to 8'25 in favour of the trio with 60km to go and still the col d'Izoard to climb.
At the hot spot sprint of Arvieux (km 124), Hushovd accelerated and Pineau got dropped. 7km before the top of the Izoard, Turpin rode away. At this stage, he had 2'15 lead onto a group of 30 riders led by the Caisse d'Épargne team. 5km before the top, Christophe Moreau (Ag2r) put the speed higher, and Mayo, Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) and Eddy Mazzoleni (T-Mobile) followed him, whereas race leader Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) forced runner up Denis Menchov (Rabobank) to bridge the gap at the 4km mark.
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At the summit of the Izoard, Turpin was awarded the Georges Cazeneuve memorial named after the creator of the event. He kept an advantage of 45 seconds over Moreau, who took the lead in the king of the mountain competition, followed by Piepoli, Leipheimer, Mayo and Mazzoleni.
On the descent, Turpin increased his lead to one minute. The chasers didn't go flat out, which allowed Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile), Francisco Mancebo (Ag2r), Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole) and later George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) to come back. The uphill finish in the "gargouille", a narrow street in the old town of Briançon, was tough for Turpin, but he managed to keep 26 seconds lead over Mayo, who had won at the same place five years ago. Finishing with Moreau and Menchov, Leipheimer got no threat to his yellow jersey.
Photography
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- An impressive start to stage 5 in Sisteron
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) crashed, but still managed to finish second
- Turpin and Hushovd climb together
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) on his own on the Izoard
- Ludovic Turpin (AG2R) fights hard to stay away on the Izoard
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) drives the group on the Izoard
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) leads the group
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) on the Izoard in the climber's jersey
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) suffers on the Izoard
- A happy Turpin at the finish
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) crosses the line for eighth
- Stage winner Ludovic Turpin (AG2R)
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The Coppi/Bobet memorial on the col d'Izoard
- Some of the view from the col d'Izoard
- Ludovic Turpin (AG2R) in front
- The yellow jersey group comes up the climb
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) on the front
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) in the group
- Eddy Mazzoleni (T-Mobile) looks up
- Paco Mancebo (AG2R) leads a group behind of the yellow jersey
- Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) showing his climbing skills
- Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) leads Zabriskie
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) was better today
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) climbs with Azevedo
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) in a dropped group
- Like ants
- Sebastien Joly (Francaise des Jeux) climbs the col d'Izoard
- Popovych on the Izoard
- Andrey Kashechkin (Wurth) flanked by the massive col
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) on his own
- Groups were small on the col d'Izoard
- The Izoard is so big that it bends light!
- Wilfried Cretskens (Quick.Step) on the col d'Izoard
- Riders suffer on the col d'Izoard
- The col d'Izoard is just as alien as the Ventoux
- That's a serious gradient
- Ludovic Turpin (AG2R) has a way to go
- Ludovic Turpin (AG2R) with a moto for company
- The col d'Izoard splits the front group
- The Leipheimer group is pursued
- Moreau leads the group past the snow
- Christophe Moreau on the front of Leipheimer's group
- Leipheimer's group disappears
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) had to follow today
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis)
- Moerenhout and Landis ride together
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues) working hard again
- Chris Horner (Davitamon) wonders how far to go
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Wurth Team) with Carlos Barredo
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Wurth Team) looks relaxed
- Vino goes by
- Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) on his own
- Jeez, we'll never get up this
- How's the serenity?
- Still a bit of snow
- A big group on the col d'Izoard
- Sevilla and Zabriskie in the top 20
- The Dauphine Libere makes its way up the col d'Izoard
- The bus on the Izoard
- Headin' for the summit
- Ludovic Turpin (AG2R) celebrates his win
- A bloodied Iban Mayo crosses for second
Images by Russell Standring/www.grenoblecycling.com
- Davitamon Lotto director Aussie Allan Peiper in Sisteron
- Frenchman, Nicolas Fritsch in Sisteron before the start
- Filippo Pozzato tells an animated story to the Lampre-Fondital riders
- The peloton rolls out from Sisteron
- The stage winner, Ludovic Turpin, takes his feed bag before starting to climb the early slopes of the Col d'Izoard
- The peloton rolls along underneath the high Alps before starting the Col d'Izoard
- The stage winner, Ludovic Turpin, climbs through the old town in Briançon with less than a kilometre to the finish
- Christophe Moreau rides with the race leader, Levi Leipheimer through the old town in Briançon
- Christophe Rinero leads Iker Camaño and Andrey Kashechkin in Briançon
- Floyd Landis rides with Koos Moerenhout and Bert Grabsch, with 400 metres to the finish in Briançon
Results
1 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.06.49 (37.680 km/h) 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.26 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.27 4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 0.37 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.41 6 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.48 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 0.51 11 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.00 12 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.01 13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 1.11 14 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.16 15 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 16 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.23 17 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 18 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.26 19 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.28 20 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.36 21 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 22 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 1.41 23 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.49 24 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.02 26 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.25 27 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 28 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 30 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.31 31 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 2.32 32 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.34 33 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.36 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.37 35 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.41 36 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.43 37 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.53 38 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth 4.28 39 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 40 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 41 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 4.44 43 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.10 44 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.54 45 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 47 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.49 48 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 50 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 7.21 51 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 7.24 52 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7.44 53 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.03 54 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.07 55 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 8.47 56 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.50 57 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 60 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 9.42 61 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 9.58 62 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10.50 63 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 64 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 66 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 10.59 67 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.13 68 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 11.27 69 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 70 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 71 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 73 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 12.05 75 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.42 76 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.33 77 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.06 78 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.19 80 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14.39 81 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 14.42 82 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 83 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 84 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 85 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 86 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 87 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.58 88 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 89 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 90 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 21.02 91 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.48 92 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 94 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 95 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic 96 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 97 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 98 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 99 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 100 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 101 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 102 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 103 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 104 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth 105 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 106 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 107 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 108 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 109 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 111 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 113 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 114 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 115 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 116 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 117 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 118 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 119 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 120 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 121 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 122 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 123 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 124 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 125 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 126 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 127 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 128 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 129 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 130 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 131 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 132 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 133 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 134 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom 135 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 136 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 137 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 138 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 139 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 140 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 141 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 142 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 143 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 144 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 145 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 146 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 147 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 148 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 149 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 150 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.29 DNF Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team DNF Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNS Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram DNS Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank Points 1 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 20 pts 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 15 4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 13 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 6 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 9 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 7 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 6 11 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5 12 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 3 14 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 15 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains Col De Sarraut - km 33 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 pts 2 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 3 3 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Col Lebraut - km 57,500 1 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7 pts 2 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2 5 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Col D'Izoard - km 135 1 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 40 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 35 3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 26 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 22 6 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 7 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 16 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 14 9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 12 10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 10 11 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 8 12 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 4 14 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 2 15 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Sprints Espinasses - km 47 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 pts 2 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4 3 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 Arvieux - km 124,500 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 6 pts 2 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 Teams 1 AG2R Prevoyance 12.21.42 2 T-Mobile Team 2.03 3 Credit Agricole 2.06 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.11 5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.54 6 Agritubel 10.29 7 Würth Team 10.43 8 Bouygues Telecom 12.10 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.08 10 Française Des Jeux 13.46 11 Team CSC 14.21 12 Davitamon-Lotto 15.40 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 18.27 14 Saunier Duval - Prodir 19.39 15 Rabobank 19.50 16 Team Milram 21.48 17 Lampre - Fondital 24.39 18 Cofidis 26.42 19 Gerolsteiner 34.03 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 46.49 21 Liquigas 51.08 General classification after stage 5 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 19.55.30 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.28 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.48 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.49 5 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.00 6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 2.28 7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.02 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.45 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 3.56 10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 4.08 11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.37 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 5.08 13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.13 14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.58 15 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 6.06 17 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 6.15 18 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6.57 19 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7.01 20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 7.10 21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.13 22 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.56 23 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8.26 24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 10.02 25 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.05 26 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.09 27 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.10 28 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.16 29 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.43 30 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 11.44 31 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 11.48 32 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.20 33 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.37 34 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 12.48 35 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.17 36 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 13.27 37 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 13.31 38 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 13.47 40 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 15.58 41 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 16.12 42 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 16.29 43 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.45 44 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 17.19 45 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.37 46 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 17.51 47 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 18.10 48 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.32 49 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 18.41 50 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.44 51 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.36 52 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.17 53 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 20.32 54 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.53 55 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 22.15 56 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 23.27 57 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth 23.35 58 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.58 59 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 24.51 60 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 24.52 61 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.13 62 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 25.39 63 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 25.51 64 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 26.01 65 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 26.07 66 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 26.17 67 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.40 68 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27.21 69 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 27.37 70 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.44 71 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 28.05 72 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28.25 73 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.44 74 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 29.09 75 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 29.12 76 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 30.02 77 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 30.31 78 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 30.32 79 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 30.36 80 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.38 81 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 30.42 82 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 31.24 83 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 31.56 84 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33.08 85 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 33.28 86 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 33.36 87 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.40 88 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 34.48 89 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.16 90 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 35.17 91 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 35.38 92 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35.50 93 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 36.14 94 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.35 95 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 38.28 96 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 39.06 97 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 39.32 98 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39.43 99 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 39.50 100 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 40.04 101 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 40.35 102 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 40.55 103 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42.50 104 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 42.54 105 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43.38 106 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 43.48 107 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 43.57 108 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44.10 109 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 44.22 110 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 45.00 111 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45.21 112 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 45.39 113 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45.56 114 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 46.04 115 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 46.09 116 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 46.20 117 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 46.39 118 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 46.40 119 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 46.58 120 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 47.16 121 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 47.41 122 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 47.47 123 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 47.59 124 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 48.07 125 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic 48.09 126 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 48.46 127 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 48.47 128 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 49.06 129 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth 49.11 130 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 49.25 131 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 49.32 132 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom 49.50 133 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50.05 134 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 50.06 135 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 50.18 136 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 50.43 137 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51.35 138 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 51.37 139 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51.44 140 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 52.01 141 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 52.05 142 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 143 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 55.18 144 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 55.33 145 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 55.42 146 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 55.52 147 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 56.19 148 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56.21 149 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 57.43 150 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 57.58 Points classification 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 45 pts 2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 3 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 40 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 39 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 38 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 35 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 32 8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 30 10 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 29 11 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 26 12 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22 14 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 15 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 20 16 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 18 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 19 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17 21 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 22 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 16 23 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 24 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 25 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14 26 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 27 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 13 28 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 30 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11 31 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 32 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 33 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 34 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 10 35 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9 36 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 8 37 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 8 38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 39 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 8 40 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 41 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 6 42 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 6 43 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 44 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 45 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 46 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6 47 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5 48 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 49 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4 50 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 51 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 52 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2 53 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 54 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 55 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2 56 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 57 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 58 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2 59 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 60 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 61 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1 62 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 1 63 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 64 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 65 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank -5 66 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel -5 67 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team -5 68 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner -5 Mountains classification 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 70 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 62 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 56 4 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 48 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 33 7 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 30 9 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 11 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 22 12 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 19 13 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 14 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 16 15 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 16 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 13 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 12 18 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 12 19 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 20 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 21 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 10 22 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 23 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 24 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 6 25 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 26 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 3 27 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 28 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3 29 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2 30 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 31 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 32 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 33 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 34 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 35 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1 36 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 37 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Combination classification 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 134 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 130 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 129 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 104 5 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 74 6 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 72 7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 68 8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 66 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 56 10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56 11 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 56 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 51 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 49 14 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 15 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 16 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 39 17 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 38 18 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 19 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32 20 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 29 21 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 29 22 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 27 23 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 24 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 25 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 26 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 20 27 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 28 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 29 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 30 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 31 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 17 32 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17 33 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 35 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12 36 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 37 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 38 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 39 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 10 40 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9 41 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 8 42 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 43 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 8 44 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 7 45 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 46 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 47 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 48 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 49 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 6 50 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 6 51 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6 52 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 5 53 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 5 54 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 55 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4 56 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 57 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 58 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 3 59 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 60 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 61 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 62 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 63 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 64 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 65 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 2 66 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2 67 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 68 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 1 69 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 70 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 71 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 72 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1 Teams classification 1 AG2R Prevoyance 59.53.35 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.40 3 Credit Agricole 12.10 4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12.44 5 Würth Team 15.13 6 T-Mobile Team 16.14 7 Française Des Jeux 20.55 8 Team CSC 28.06 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 29.23 10 Bouygues Telecom 29.24 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 33.09 12 Agritubel 35.42 13 Rabobank 36.57 14 Lampre - Fondital 38.50 15 Davitamon-Lotto 38.58 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 42.38 17 Team Milram 42.47 18 Cofidis 46.27 19 Gerolsteiner 47.59 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.07.12 21 Liquigas 1.26.13
