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58th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT
France, June 4-11, 2006
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Stage 6 - June 10: Briançon - La Toussuire, 169 km
Iban Mayo is back in business
By Jean-François Quénet in La Toussuire
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Iban Mayo is definitely back at the top of world cycling. The day after finishing second in Briançon behind French surprise Ludovic Turpin, who broke his femur today on the descent of the Col du Mollard and will not ride the Tour de France for AG2R, the Basque climber has won the gruelling stage in La Toussuire, where Levi Leipheimer had no problem keeping the yellow jersey with one day to go. Denis Menchov is no longer his runner up, since he also crashed in the same descent as Turpin and got dropped on the final climb.
"I've thought I'd never come back," a relieved Mayo said after his win. "I've spent two years without a win. Once it was because of a problem with a shoulder that stopped me from racing for a long time. Then I decided to prepare only for the Tour de France, but I got a sore knee as well as back problems and I never reached my level on time."
It looked like the same Mayo when he climbed the Mont Ventoux ten minutes behind Leipheimer. "I wasn't on a good day. As soon as the climb became hard, I felt very weak, with no strength. I think I suffered in the heat. So I decided to save myself for another stage. Yesterday, I felt strong again but my mind wasn't following my legs. I got the necessary confidence though, and today I had both."
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Had the Spanish riders read the French press, who suggested that the arrest of Dr Fuentes and Manolo Saiz might have changed the Spaniards' performances? They didn't look as flamboyant as in the previous years in the Alps, until four of them gathered on the col de la Croix-de-Fer: Alejandro Valverde and David Arroyo (Caisse d'Épargne), Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) and Mayo.
"I was afraid of Valverde and Sevilla," Mayo explained. "I knew they wanted to win but maybe Valverde was working more for the overall classification because that gives him points for the UCI Pro Tour? If I got to sprint against him, it would have been difficult for me. As for myself, I gave it all for the stage win. During the 500 last meters, when I was alone, I was very emotional. I've thought of all the times when I didn't see the light. I've made so many sacrifices to come back. It's a fabulous feeling to be a winner again."
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We might see the Basque climber in action at the Tour de France like in 2003 when he won on L'Alpe d'Huez. "But I don't have any concrete objective for the Tour at this stage," he said. "My ambition is big, but I'm not able yet to say what I can do. I'll see day after day. I've changed nothing in my preparation. I just don't have physical problems anymore. Thanks to some massages, my back doesn't hurt anymore."
Confidence is also a part of Leipheimer's regime. The American could say with no arrogance at all: "Today's stage turned out perfectly. I had the feeling I'd be good today, and I was. I didn't suffer at all. I just followed the wheels of the strongest climbers: (Leonardo) Piepoli, (José) Azevedo, (Christophe) Moreau… Tactically, it was very easy for me."
Leipheimer saw Menchov's crash in the downhill of col du Mollard. "There was a lot of gravel," he described. "It was a very dangerous descent. His front wheel washed away. I didn't think his condition was bad. I was concentrated on not crashing myself."
Menchov came across to the yellow jersey group but couldn't follow the speed on the final climb to La Toussuire, where Ivan Basso arrived as well, while training on the road that will be used by the Tour de France, a few hours before the riders of the Dauphiné.
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Menchov lost almost four minutes on Leipheimer but didn't look too worried when he crossed the line. Consequently, Moreau took his second place on gc, and the true revelation of the Dauphiné is now young Austrian Bernhard Kohl, who came 5th in La Toussuire. The former Rabobank TT3 rider now with T-Mobile was known as a climber since he won the Tour of the Pyrenees in the lower category of 2.2 races. He's now a huge prospect for the future.
"I would love to win this race," Leipheimer concluded. "It's not over yet. There is another difficult stage before the finish, not as difficult as today's though. Have you seen what the Dauphiné was about today? A bike race cannot be any harder, beautiful and challenging than that! I've enjoyed so much to ride well in a day like that, thinking about the rich history of this event."
How it unfolded
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Stage 2 winner Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) was the first man in action, as the race started at an extremely fast rhythm. He won the first hot spot sprint ahead of Egoi Martinez (Discovery Channel) and Carlos Barredo (Würth) at km 11. It wouldn't slow down until the top of the Galibier. On that main climb of the day, Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Épargne) showed his big ambitions for the day. He broke clear with his teammate David Arroyo, and also Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval), Remmert Wielinga (Quick Step), José Luis Arrieta and Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r), Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) and Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto). The major trio of the race, composed of yellow jersey Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Christophe Moreau (Ag2r), plus Ryder Hesjedal (Phonak) came across in the last kilometre of the Galibier, where king of the mountains Moreau passed in first position ahead of Menchov, Leipheimer and Arroyo.
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Moreau continued solo in the downhill of the Galibier with a lead of 20 seconds. But the bunch was back together in the Maurienne valley. More than 60 riders composed the front group at the bottom of the col de Glandon. Half way through that climb, Wielinga took off again, later Arroyo was more convincing in doing so as well. The Spaniard had 50 seconds lead at the top. He was reinforced in the col de la Croix-de-Fer by his teammate Valverde, again, Sevilla again, and Iban Mayo (Euskaltel). They passed the top with 1'20 advantage on the yellow jersey group.
Their lead was the same at the top of the col du Mollard (km 133.5), where Moreau went very fast in the descent again, at a speed that caused Menchov to take risks. The Russian crashed, came across but lost contact in the first part of the final climb to La Toussuire, where Arroyo got dropped by his three companions. Sevilla also couldn't follow Mayo and Valverde with 10km to go. At the 5km mark, Mayo dropped Valverde and went on his way to his first win since two years. Crossing the line in 3rd position, Moreau became the new runner up behind a solid leader Leipheimer.
Photography
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- The bunch rides during stage 6
- Frederic Bessy (Cofidis) crashed on the descent of the Galibier
- Riders climb through the snow during stage 6
- Two riders through the snow
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) on the front of the yellow jersey group
- Taking a descent during stage 6
- The French Alps
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) leads the break
- Christophe Moreau (AG2R) checks on Leipheimer
- Christophe Moreau (AG2R) pushes the pace
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) follows Piepoli
- Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) is the climbing revelation of this year's Dauphine
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) with Sevilla in tow
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) rides away from Valverde
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) powers to the summit
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) is back
Images by Russell Standring/www.grenoblecycling.com
- A solo effort, David Arroyo rides at the front of the race, a few seconds ahead of Oscar Sevilla
- Pietro Caucchioli leads Alejandro Valverde and Bernhard Kohl in the final kilometre of the Col du Glandon
- Andrey Kashechkin rides underneath the high Alps on the Col du Glandon
- Floyd Landis rides with Nicolas Inaudi at the front of a group on the Col du Glandon
- Dariusz Baranowski rides alone on the Glandon, but would join a larger group before the finish
- Stuart O'Grady in the final kilometre of the Col du Glandon
- Riding underneath the high Alps on the Col du Glandon
- The last man in the race on the Col du Glandon, Frenchman Benoît Sinner, would be eliminated by the end of the stage
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Hey it's Ivan Basso!
- Ivan Basso (CSC) has found the climb hard
- Ivan Basso (CSC)
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) looking good
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) looks back on the Glandon
- Moreau leads Piepoli and Leipheimer
- Moreau at the top of the Glandon
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) working hard
- Leipheimer follows the group
- Francisco Mancebo (AG2R) in the climber's jersey
- Oscar Sevilla gets encouragement
- Pietro Caucchioli ascends
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) suffers
- Stretched out through the snow
- It's still a fair way
- Rather pleasant if you're not in the red
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) on the front of his group
- Discovery Channel on the front of the yellow jersey group
- Could we stop for a coffee?
- We must be in the Alps
- And up we go again
- Nice day for it
- Ascending the col du Galibier
- The yellow jersey group on the Galibier
- The mighty col du Galibier
- Coming up the col du Galibier
- Wait for me!
- The col du Galibier takes its toll
- The small bunch lines out on the col du Galibier
- A snowy scene
- On the Galibier
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) crosses the line to win
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) celebrates
- Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Christophe Moreau (AG2R) leads the yellow jersey home
- A bloodied Menchov crosses the line
- A happy Mayo
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) smiles on the podium
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) is almost there
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) the man of the moment
Results
1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.01.42 (33.61 km/h) 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.21 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.37 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 2.00 7 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.37 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3.17 9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 3.26 10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 11 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 4.32 12 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.54 13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.23 14 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 19 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 20 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 7.23 21 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 22 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.34 23 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.01 24 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.12 26 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.16 27 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.41 28 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 11.45 29 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 30 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 12.26 31 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 12.47 32 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.53 33 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 14.11 34 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth 14.49 35 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17.42 36 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.54 38 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19.44 39 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 19.47 40 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 21.55 41 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 42 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22.42 43 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.56 44 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 45 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 46 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 47 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 27.07 49 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.53 50 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 51 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 53 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 54 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 55 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 56 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 57 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 58 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 59 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 60 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 61 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 62 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 63 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 65 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 66 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 67 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 68 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 69 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 71 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 73 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 74 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 34.35 75 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 77 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 78 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 79 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 80 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 81 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 38.38 82 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 83 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39.15 84 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 85 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 87 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 88 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 89 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 90 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 91 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 92 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 93 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 94 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 95 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 96 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 98 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 99 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 100 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 101 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 103 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 105 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 107 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom 109 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth 110 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 111 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 112 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 113 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 115 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic 116 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 118 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 119 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 120 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 121 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 122 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 123 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 124 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 125 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 126 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 128 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 129 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 130 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 131 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 132 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 133 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41.32 DSQ Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel DSQ Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas DSQ Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole DNF Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team DNF Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas DNF Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram DNF Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel Points 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 15 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 13 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 10 7 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 8 9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 7 10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 6 11 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 5 12 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 14 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 15 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains Col Du Galibier - km 32 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 40 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 35 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 30 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 22 6 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 18 7 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 8 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 14 9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 12 10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 11 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 8 12 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6 13 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 14 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Col De La Croix De Fer - km 113 1 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 40 pts 2 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 35 3 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 22 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 18 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 16 8 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 14 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 10 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 10 11 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 8 12 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 4 14 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Col Du Mollard - km 133,500 1 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 20 pts 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 4 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 8 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 4 8 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 2 10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 La Toussuire - km 169 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 22 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 18 5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 12 7 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 8 9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6 10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 11 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 2 12 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Sprints Le Monetier Les Bains - km 11 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 pts 2 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 3 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 2 Saint Colomban Des Villards - km 99,500 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 4 3 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15.16.44 2 AG2R Prevoyance 5.01 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.23 4 Bouygues Telecom 8.20 5 Credit Agricole 12.48 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 20.46 7 T-Mobile Team 21.41 8 Lampre - Fondital 24.13 9 Team CSC 26.04 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 38.16 11 Davitamon-Lotto 42.11 12 Cofidis 44.20 13 Würth Team 47.01 14 Team Milram 48.40 15 Rabobank 49.31 16 Française Des Jeux 53.09 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 55.30 18 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.03.20 19 Gerolsteiner 1.08.29 20 Agritubel 1.11.15 21 Liquigas 1.30.05 General classification after stage 6 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 24.58.49 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.48 3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 2.51 4 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.00 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3.29 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.14 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.21 8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.13 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 5.45 10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.48 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 6.57 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7.31 13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 9.10 14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9.44 15 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.00 16 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.12 17 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.37 18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15.00 19 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 15.20 20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.06 21 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 16.14 22 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.02 23 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 17.34 24 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.51 25 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21.05 26 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 23.56 27 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 24.26 28 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 25.30 29 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 28.16 30 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28.32 31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 29.30 32 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 29.32 33 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29.48 34 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.40 35 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 33.17 36 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 34.49 37 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 36.30 38 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth 36.57 39 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37.26 40 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 38.10 41 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 38.18 42 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 39.17 43 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39.33 44 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 39.47 45 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40.15 46 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 41.51 47 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 42.32 48 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 42.45 49 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 43.01 50 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 43.35 51 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 44.07 52 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 44.46 53 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46.42 54 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 47.40 55 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 48.56 56 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 49.43 57 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50.04 58 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 51.08 59 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 51.43 60 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 51.51 61 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 52.33 62 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 52.34 63 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 52.56 64 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 53.37 65 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram 54.21 66 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 55.00 67 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55.15 68 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 55.53 69 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 56.18 70 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56.22 71 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57.55 72 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59.31 73 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59.56 74 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.02.06 75 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1.02.10 76 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.02.29 77 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.02.51 78 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.02.52 79 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.03.17 80 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.03.39 81 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.03.45 82 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.04.44 83 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.05.15 84 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.05.59 85 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.07.11 86 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.08.09 87 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.08.17 88 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.08.20 89 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 1.09.02 90 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.09.34 91 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.10.46 92 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.12.48 93 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 1.12.55 94 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14.13 95 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.15.12 96 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.15.48 97 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.15.58 98 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.16.36 99 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.16.44 100 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.17.08 101 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.17.10 102 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.18.13 103 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.20.32 104 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.21.34 105 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.21.35 106 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.22.00 107 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.22.38 108 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.22.59 109 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1.23.17 110 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.23.34 111 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.23.47 112 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 1.23.58 113 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.24.17 114 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.24.18 115 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.24.54 116 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.25.00 117 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.25.25 118 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic 1.25.47 119 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth 1.26.49 120 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1.27.03 121 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 1.27.44 122 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom 1.27.48 123 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 1.28.21 124 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.29.15 125 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.29.32 126 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.29.43 127 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 128 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.33.11 129 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.33.20 130 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 1.33.30 131 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 1.33.57 132 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.35.31 133 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.35.36 Points classification 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 59 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 55 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 45 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 45 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 6 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 7 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 40 8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39 9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 35 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 32 11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 12 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 29 13 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 26 14 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 15 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 26 16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 17 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 18 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 19 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 18 20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 21 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 22 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17 23 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16 24 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 15 25 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 26 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 27 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12 28 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 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 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 33 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9 34 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 8 35 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 36 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 8 37 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 38 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 6 39 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 40 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 41 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 42 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5 43 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 44 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 45 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 46 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4 47 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 48 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 49 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 50 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 51 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 2 52 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 53 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 54 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 55 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2 56 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 57 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 58 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 59 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 1 60 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1 61 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 1 62 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 63 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 64 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital -3 65 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth -5 66 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank -5 67 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux -5 68 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux -5 69 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel -5 70 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 71 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team -5 72 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner -5 73 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas -5 Mountains classification 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 162 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 126 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 119 4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 95 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 90 7 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 61 8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 60 9 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 45 11 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 42 12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 36 13 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 32 14 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 16 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 19 17 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 18 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 16 19 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 20 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 14 21 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 13 22 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 13 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 12 24 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 12 25 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 12 26 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 27 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 28 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 29 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 30 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 8 31 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6 32 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 6 33 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 34 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 35 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 36 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 3 37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2 38 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 39 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 40 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 41 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 43 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 44 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1 45 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Combination classification 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 242 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 221 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 171 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 147 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 141 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 127 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 120 8 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 103 9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 101 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 98 11 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 76 12 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 68 13 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 57 15 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 53 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 42 17 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 18 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram 38 19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 38 20 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 21 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 32 22 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 29 23 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 29 24 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth 27 25 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 26 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 23 27 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 28 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 29 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 30 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 20 31 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 32 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 33 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 17 34 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 35 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17 36 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 37 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 38 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth 13 39 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 13 40 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12 41 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11 42 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 43 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 44 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 45 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth 8 46 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 8 47 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 7 48 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6 49 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 50 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 51 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6 52 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 6 53 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 54 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 55 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 56 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 57 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4 58 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 59 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 60 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 61 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 62 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 63 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth 2 64 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 65 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 66 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 67 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2 68 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2 69 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2 70 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 71 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth 1 72 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 73 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1 74 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1 Teams classification 1 AG2R Prevoyance 75.15.20 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.02 3 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.43 4 Credit Agricole 19.57 5 Bouygues Telecom 32.43 6 T-Mobile Team 32.54 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 45.08 8 Team CSC 49.09 9 Würth Team 57.13 10 Lampre - Fondital 58.02 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.06.24 12 Française Des Jeux 1.09.03 13 Davitamon-Lotto 1.16.08 14 Rabobank 1.21.27 15 Cofidis 1.25.46 16 Team Milram 1.26.26 17 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.33.07 18 Agritubel 1.41.56 19 Gerolsteiner 1.51.27 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.05.31 21 Liquigas 2.51.17
