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70th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 10-18, 2006
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Stage 2 - June 11: Bremgarten - Einsiedeln, 155.9 km
A tale of two Danieles
Stage win for Contrini, yellow for Bennati
By Shane Stokes in Einsiedeln, with additional reporting from Jeff Jones
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Yesterday's stage win was all about who was quickest in the bunch sprint. Today's was down to the strength of a long, lone breakaway. As he has done on several occasions in the past, Italian rider Daniele Contrini (LPR) gave his all in a long distance effort, breaking away after approximately 40 kilometres and this time staying clear until the very end.
The stage victory in the Tour of Switzerland is the highlight of what has been an eleven year pro career, the 31 year old turning professional with the Brescialat team back in 1996 and taking wins in events such as the Route Adélie and stages of the Tour de Picardie plus the Sachsen-Tour in that time.
Earlier this season he went close to a stage victory in Tirreno Adriatico, but was overhauled with about 200 metres to go. Things worked out just right today, though, and as a result he described the win as the best of his career and the day as the best of his life.
"I'm really happy," he beamed, smiling continuously throughout the post race press conference. "I only thought about winning the stage in the last kilometre because before then I was suffering badly with cramps. I was thinking back to the Tirreno Adriatico earlier this year when I was caught with just 150 metres to go. Fortunately my directeur sportif gave me loads of encouragement today and that helped me to give everything to win the stage."
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"I was initially motivated by the thoughts of taking the yellow jersey but as the kilometres passed, I became tired and started to lose time. This was a victory of the heart. I want to dedicate it to my team because they showed confidence in me. We got a wildcard for this race, which is the most important after the three Grand Tours, and so it was important for us to take a stage here."
The Team L.P.R rider broke away after approximately 40 kilometres and with race leader Tom Boonen's Quick.Step squad unwilling to commit to a chase, his advantage stretched right out to almost 15 minutes. While the Gerolsteiner, T-Mobile, Milram and Lampre teams did some work towards the end, he had more than enough time to race home for victory. However, the winning margin of five minutes and two seconds over Daniele Bennati (Lampre) and the rest of the main field was more than offset by the five minutes and 33 seconds he conceded yesterday, meaning that yellow would be on the shoulders of someone else.
Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole) did what he could to take over, setting off in pursuit with 22 kilometres remaining and opening up one and a half minutes on the main field. He had finished in the main bunch yesterday and so if he was able to get close enough to the leader, he'd take yellow. However the acceleration of the main field near the end saw him hauled back with one kilometre to go.
At that point, the smart money was on race leader Tom Boonen holding on. The Belgian's finishing speed is such that he would normally be right up there in the sprint, but instead he rolled across the line 61st. What's more, the time bonus he lost out on was compounded by a split in the peloton, which ensured that he finished a further six seconds behind Bennati, Erik Zabel (Milram) and 24 others. When all the bonuses were calculated, the world champion ended the day eight seconds behind the new leader Bennati.
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Bennati was, as expected, very pleased. "My team didn't initially go out thinking about going for the yellow jersey but were instead targeting a stage win," he stated. "When that was out of the question we went for the jersey instead. To take the lead is very satisfying, particularly as the Tour de Suisse is such a big race."
The QuickStep team had initially tried to control things but then eased back after what was a very chaotic and aggressive start. Bennati was surprised at this, and the fact that Boonen wasn't right up there in the sprint at the end. "I am perplexed as to why Tom Boonen didn't go for it. Perhaps as he had already won a stage he was satisfied with that victory, and wasn't so pushed about keeping yellow. I'm very pleased to take it, though. My teammates did a lot of work for me today and I would like to thank them for that.
"Nobody really tried to bring the gap down. Then the first time over the finish line, Gerolsteiner started to ride. In the last few kilometres my team then started to work so that I could go for the yellow jersey. It all worked out so I am very happy."
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When asked if he will try to win tomorrow while wearing the race leader's maillot jaune, Bennati said that he'd try. "Why not? Tomorrow is a bit more difficult but my form is good. We will try to defend the lead and also go for the stage."
Happiest man today was undoubtedly Contrini, though. He is a two time silver medallist in the Italian time trial championships and has also taken a bronze there. That skill against the clock came in very useful today, even if it hurt a lot. "Heading towards the end I had a lot of cramps in my stomach, my legs and then in my arms.
"Early on, the peloton had started very quickly and Bettini was trying to control it. The wind was very strong and with the experience I have from being a pro for eleven years, I realised that I could use this to my advantage. When I attacked I think that those in the peloton thought that the wind itself would take care of me. But I dug in deep and was able to benefit from that to build a good lead. It really hurt, though."
How it unfolded
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The second stage began in warm conditions in Bremgarten with 167 riders present. The early attacking kept the speed high without producing any clear breakaways. Allan Johansen (CSC) went after 15 km but lasted only a couple of kilometres, then a trio with Charly Wegelius (Liquigas), Marcel Strauss (Gerolsteiner) and Daniele Righi (Lampre-Fondital) tried to extricate itself at km 25. They were joined by several riders, including Oscar Freire, and that was enough for the peloton to end the break.
The critical one hour mark saw the elastic finally break, when Daniele Contrini (LPR) attacked and nobody went with him. Riding for the only non-ProTour team (and a Swiss one at that) in the Tour de Suisse, Contrini made the most of the fact that he was 5'33 down on GC. After 65 km, he already had eight minutes as race leader Tom Boonen's Quick.Step team didn't seem particularly interested in a chase. That became apparent when the gap climbed to more than 11 minutes with 70 km to go, and then - when sprinters' teams normally put their feet to the floor - it kept going up.
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At 56 km to go, Gerolsteiner was riding in pursuit, as Contrini was now 12'28 in the lead. But a fall took some of the sting out of the chase when Gerolsteiner's Rene Haselbacher crashed with Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Euskaltel). Neither were badly hurt, and both made it back to the peloton.
Contrini flew the sprint mark at Rapperswil with an advantage that increased to 15 minutes at the foot of the day's main climb, the cat. 3 Schindellegi. Lampre and Phonak had started to chase too, but with 35 km to go, it was almost certain that Contrini would stay away. He took the points at the top of the climb with most of his advantage intact, as Michael Albasini took second ahead of Zampieri and Redondo. The latter kept his mountains jersey, but is on equal points with Albasini.
An interesting counter attack was started by Russian climber Alexandre Botcharov at 22 km to go, while Contrini still had 10 minutes. Unlike Contrini, Botcharov had finished in the front group yesterday, and he had a real chance of taking the jersey if he could peg the leader back to five minutes at the finish.
Contrini went through the 1 lap to go finish line in Einsiedeln with a huge crowd cheering him onto victory, then Botcharov came through at nine minutes, and the peloton another minute back. The Italian clearly had the win in the bag, but the Russian was looking like challenging him for the GC, until Gerolsteiner and Lampre put some serious firepower in their chase. Botcharov gained one and a half minutes on the peloton, but in the final 10 kilometres, he started to lose steam as the bunch picked up speed and closed the gap with 1 km to go.
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The day's honours nevertheless belonged to Daniele Contrini, who started to cramp as he crossed the line with a very healthy 5'02 gap over the peloton. In the end, that wasn't enough to take the jersey, as Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) powered home for second and enough bonus seconds to claim yellow. Tom Boonen definitely wasn't interested in the lead, as he rolled across in 61st place, not wanting to contest a sprint for second. But the Belgian will get a couple more chances to stretch his legs in the coming stages, and with an eight second deficit to Bennati, he might even take that leader's jersey back.
Photography
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- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) refuels
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) rides in yellow during stage 2
- Boonen follows Bennati in the bunch
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) concentrates on the task at hand
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) with teammate Andreas Kloeden
- Daniele Contrini (LPR) wins in Einsiedeln
- Daniele Contrini (LPR) celebrates his win
- Daniele Contrini (LPR) happy on the podium
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) pulls on the leader's jersey
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) is the new leader
Results
1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3.57.08 (39.446 km/h) 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.02 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 9 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 11 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 12 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 15 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 17 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 18 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 19 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 5.08 29 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 31 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 32 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 36 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 37 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 38 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 39 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 40 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 41 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 42 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 44 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 46 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 47 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 48 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 49 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 50 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 51 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 52 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 53 Man Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 55 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 56 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 57 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 59 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 60 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 61 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 62 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 63 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 64 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 65 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 66 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 67 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 68 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 69 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 70 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 71 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 73 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 74 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 75 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 76 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 77 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 79 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 82 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 84 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 85 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 86 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 87 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 88 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 89 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 90 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 91 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 92 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 93 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 94 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 95 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 96 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 98 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 99 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 100 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 101 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Würth 102 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 103 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 105 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 106 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 108 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 109 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 110 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 111 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 112 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 113 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 114 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 115 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 116 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 117 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 119 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 120 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 121 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 122 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 123 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 124 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 125 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 126 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 127 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 128 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 129 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 130 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 131 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 132 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 133 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 134 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 135 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 136 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 137 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 139 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 140 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 141 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 142 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 143 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 144 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 145 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 146 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 147 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 148 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 149 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 150 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 151 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 152 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 153 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 154 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 155 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 156 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 157 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 158 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 159 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 160 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 161 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.04 162 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6.31 163 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 164 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 165 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.10 166 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 167 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone Points 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 25 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 16 4 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 5 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 6 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9 8 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 8 9 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 6 11 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 5 12 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 13 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 3 14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2 15 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Mountains GPM Le Gruyere AOC - Cat. 4 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 2 3 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 GPM Le Gruyere AOC - Cat. 3 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 5 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 4 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 1 Sprints Winterthur Sprint, km 115 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 6 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3 3 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Winterthur Sprint, km 135.2 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 6 pts 2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3 3 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 Teams 1 Team L.P.R. 12.01.34 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.56 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 Lampre - Fondital 5.02 5 Francaise Des Jeux 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Team Csc 8 Bouygues Telecom 9 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 10 Liquigas 5.08 11 Credit Agricole 12 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 Team Milram 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 16 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.14 17 T-Mobile Team 18 Davitamon-Lotto 19 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 Wurth Team 21 Rabobank General classification after stage 2 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.53.12 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.08 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 0.11 4 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.12 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 6 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 9 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 17 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 0.14 18 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.15 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 0.16 20 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.17 21 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.18 23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 24 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 25 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 26 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 27 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 28 Man Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 30 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 31 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 32 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 32 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 34 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 35 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 36 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 37 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 38 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 41 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 42 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 43 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 44 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 45 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 46 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 47 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 48 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 50 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 52 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 53 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 56 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 57 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 58 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 63 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 64 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 65 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Würth 67 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 69 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 70 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 70 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 72 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 73 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 74 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 75 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 76 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 77 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 78 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 79 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 80 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 81 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 81 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 83 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 0.27 84 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.54 85 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2.01 86 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.05 87 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 88 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 89 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 90 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 91 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 92 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 93 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 94 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 96 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 97 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 2.07 98 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.11 99 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 100 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 101 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 102 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 102 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 104 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 105 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 106 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 106 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 109 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 110 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 111 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 111 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 113 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 114 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 115 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 116 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 117 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 118 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 119 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 120 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 121 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 122 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 123 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 124 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 125 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 126 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 127 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 128 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 129 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 130 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 131 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 132 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 133 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 133 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 135 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 135 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 137 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 138 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 139 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 140 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 141 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 142 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 143 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 144 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 145 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 146 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 147 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 148 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 149 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.34 150 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 151 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 5.51 152 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 153 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 154 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 155 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 156 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 156 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 159 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 160 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 161 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 162 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 6.13 163 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 164 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9.53 165 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.17 166 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.13 167 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 14.03 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 40 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 25 3 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 25 4 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 19 5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 16 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 16 7 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 15 8 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 9 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 11 10 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 11 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 12 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 13 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 14 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 15 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 8 16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 17 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 6 19 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 5 20 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 22 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 23 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 3 24 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1 26 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Mountains classification 1 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 13 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 13 3 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 8 4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 5 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 2 6 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 7 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints classification Pl NOM Prénom Dos Equipe Points 1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 12 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 12 3 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 7 4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 5 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3 6 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 7 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Teams classification 1 Team L.P.R. 23.37.09 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.03 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 Lampre - Fondital 3.09 5 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Team Csc 8 Team Milram 3.15 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 10 Credit Agricole 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 Liquigas 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 3.21 14 Rabobank 15 Wurth Team 16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Te 17 T-Mobile Team 18 Bouygues Telecom 5.02 19 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephon 5.08 20 Francaise Des Jeux 6.55 21 Davitamon-Lotto 7.07
