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70th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 10-18, 2006
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Stage 9 - June 18: Kerzers - Bern ITT, 30.7 km
Ullrich takes second Tour de Suisse title
Stage win sees German overhaul Gil and Jaksche
By Shane Stokes in Bern, with additional reporting from Anthony Tan
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Jan Ullrich received a morale-stirring boost prior to the Tour de France thanks to his victory today in the Tour de Suisse. The T-Mobile rider started the final day's time trial third overall, but he was able to overtake race leader Koldo Gil Perez (Saunier Duval) and compatriot Jörg Jaksche (Würth Team) after literally a storming ride in the 30.7 kilometre test, averaging over 47 kilometres per hour on the demanding, rain-splattered roads between Kerzers and Bern.
Despite holding back slightly on the corners and slippery cobblestone sections, Ullrich was comfortably quickest, overhauling the provisional best time which had been posted by Cadel Evans (Davitamon – Lotto) in dry conditions.
Ullrich had started the day 50 seconds behind Gil and 20 off the overall time of Jaksche. The Spanish race leader dug deep to try to hang on to his yellow jersey and at the first time check, 14 kilometres into the 30.7 kilometre race, he was only 12 seconds back. However Ullrich drew further and further ahead after that point, extending the gap to 35 seconds by the second time check (21.4 km) and then becoming race leader on the road very soon afterwards.
Much as he did in the Giro d'Italia, he continued to accelerate as the stage
went on. He ultimately finished 1 minute and 14 seconds ahead of a disappointed
Gil, who was ninth in the test, and beat Australian rider Evans by 23 seconds
to secure the TT win. Stage 4 winner Angel Vicioso was a further eight seconds
back in third, while Jörg Jaksche, who had started the day second overall and
was tipped by many as being in with a chance of winning the ProTour race, was
only tenth.
Ullrich was very happy to take the TT victory and, especially, to repeat his 2004 victory in the Tour de Suisse. When asked at the post race press conference if he was confident going into the time trial that he would be successful, he stated that nothing is guaranteed. "No, with cycling it's never certain," he said. "You could see from the thunderstorm today that anything can happen…. It was very, very difficult to steer…with these time trial bikes it's very difficult to handle them in the gusts. Today's conditions showed that nothing is guaranteed and so I am very, very happy to take this win.
"Taking this victory is great, it has a huge meaning for me. The Tour de Suisse is one of my preferred races. It's certainly the most difficult race after the three Grand Tours. We did more than 22 thousand meters of climbing, and so I am extremely happy to have performed well in these conditions. It proves I am in good shape prior to the Tour de France. Furthermore, I did a very good time trial today, despite the bad weather conditions that were there near the end. Therefore I am very happy."
Cadel Evans was congratulated warmly by his team after recording the provisional best time. He looked happy, but said to them that other strong riders were yet to finish and so it would be premature to talk about the stage victory. This proved to be the case almost 22 minutes later. Evans spoke to Cyclingnews before Ullrich finished, stating that he was happy with his ride. "I felt good…a bit slow at the start, but I came better near the finish," he said. "I did a good time but I think I have been very lucky with the weather as well."
Evans went on the attack in the closing kilometres of yesterday's stage. When asked if he was getting stronger as the race went on, he agreed. "Yes, that is my usual style," he said. "It seems that I can't go fast at the start!"
Ullrich's win will give the German increased motivation prior to the Tour start in Strasbourg in 13 days time. He will now concentrate on recovering from the Swiss event, and perhaps paring another kilo or two off his increasingly-lean physique. Staying in full health is also a priority – when he first won the Tour de Suisse two years ago, he got the flu prior to the Tour and finished back in fourth place. Providing he can stay healthy this time, a very interesting battle is in store between him and the other big contenders. Roll on July 1st.
How it unfolded
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The first rider of 110 riders to start was laterne rouge Jimmy Engoulvent (Credit Agricole), who left Kerzers at 14:28 this afternoon under mild, overcast conditions, destination Bern.
Unsurprisingly, the early best time was set by the 17th rider to leave, this year's Paris-Roubaix winner Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC), the Swiss powerhouse clocking 40'11 over the challenging, 30 kilometre-long parcours.
Next of the favourites came home shortly thereafter, as three-time world time trial champion Michael Rogers (T-Mobile Team) finished 25 seconds short of Cancellara to slot into second on the provisional leaderboard. Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner, 40'41), Volodymyr Bileka (Discovery Channel, 40'42) and Evgeni Petrov (Lampre-Fondital, 40'44) also posted competitive times to complete the virtual top five.
With just 15 riders left to come in, Cancellara continued to hold top spot, followed by Rogers, Fothen, Bileka, Marcus Ljungqvist (Team CSC) and Petrov.
However, things didn't like staying that way, as Davitamon-Lotto's Cadel Evans blitzed the start, and was already half a minute ahead of Cancellara by the first checkpoint (km 14.2). By the finish, Evans had set the new best time of 39 minutes and 8 seconds - 1'03 quicker than Cancellara! - changing the virtual top five to Evans, Christian Vandevelde (Team CSC), Cancellara (Team CSC), Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) and Alberto Contador (Würth).
As the last five riders were out on the course, a thunderstorm blew in, the wind picked up, and it began to pour with rain. Despite this, Ullrich powered past the first and second checkpoints with the fastest times, and his 38'45 set a fantastic average of 47,53 km/h. But was this going to be good enough to win?
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In the meantime, Angel Vicioso (Würth) clocked a very respectable 39'16 to secure his fourth place on GC, while his team-mate Jorg Jaksche finished with 40'08, most likely dropping to him to third overall by the day's end.
With race leader Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir) coming through the second checkpoint 34 seconds in arrears of Ullrich, the maillot jaune could only lose another 15 seconds if he were to win overall. That he was not able to do, his 1 minute and 14 second deficit to the German seeing him slip to second - and elevating the name of Jan Ullrich to champion of the 2006 Tour de Suisse!
Full report to follow
Photography
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- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) thunders through the rain to win the final stage time trial in Bern
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) salutes from the podium
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) is happy at being on the podium again
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) zips up the leader's jersey that counts
- Tour de Suisse winner Jan Ullrich is kissed on the podium
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) with the Tour de Suisse winner's trophy
- The final podium: Jorg Jaksche (3rd), Jan Ullrich (1st) and Koldo Gil (2nd)
Images by Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com
- A satisfied Jan Ullrich speaks to the press after his Tour de Suisse win
- Ullrich was very happy with his victory, showing as it does that he is on course to reach the Tour de France in top form
- Ullrich said he felt fresh and was confident he would get stronger before the Tour start on July 1
- Ullrich savours his win
Results
1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 38.45.21 (47.531 km/h) 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.22.85 3 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 0.31.32 4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.46.97 5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.51.58 6 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.52.99 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 1.01.63 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.02.35 9 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.14.69 10 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 1.22.95 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.24.26 12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.26.03 13 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.28.33 14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 1.37.21 15 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 1.45.83 16 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.51.28 17 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.56.31 18 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.56.39 19 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 1.57.65 20 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.57.74 21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 1.59.32 22 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.02.49 23 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.05.39 24 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.11.87 25 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2.20.72 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 2.21.82 27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.23.49 28 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 2.25.00 29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.26.28 30 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.28.49 31 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.28.53 32 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.29.33 33 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.30.95 34 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.54.26 35 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.57.49 36 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 2.58.52 37 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.07.69 38 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 3.13.58 39 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 3.15.41 40 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.16.19 41 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.16.95 42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.18.16 43 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.26.58 44 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.26.81 45 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.27.51 46 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.29.98 47 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 48 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 3.30.52 49 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.31.22 50 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3.31.54 51 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.32.01 52 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 3.33.17 53 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.37.61 54 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3.39.43 55 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.40.89 56 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.42.68 57 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.44.88 58 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 3.45.91 59 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.47.81 60 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.52.55 61 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3.54.81 62 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3.57.94 63 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3.58.87 64 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.01.40 65 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 4.06.72 66 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 4.08.16 67 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.16.02 68 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.16.32 69 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.16.66 70 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.20.34 71 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4.21.90 72 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.23.88 73 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 4.24.20 74 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.26.76 75 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 4.27.91 76 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.28.59 77 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.29.27 78 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.30.23 79 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.35.09 80 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 4.39.73 81 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.44.63 82 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.46.00 83 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.48.84 84 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 4.49.20 85 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 4.56.90 86 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 4.58.97 87 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5.00.94 88 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.09.23 89 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.11.01 90 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.11.63 91 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.12.75 92 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.15.16 93 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.16.03 94 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.16.56 95 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 5.20.28 96 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 5.22.97 97 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.31.39 98 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.34.85 99 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5.46.32 100 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 5.59.48 101 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.00.10 102 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 6.00.21 103 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 6.01.96 104 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 6.13.83 105 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.14.31 106 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.19.45 107 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 6.36.34 108 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.48.63 109 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.29.40 DNS Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram Points 1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12 3 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 10 4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 6 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 7 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 6 8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 9 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 10 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 3 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2 12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1 Teams 1 T-Mobile Team 1.58.07 2 Wurth Team 1.48 3 Team CSC 1.51 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.15 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.46 6 Gerolsteiner 5.23 7 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.34 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 7.13 9 Liquigas 7.22 10 Team Milram 7.34 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.36 12 Credit Agricole 7.44 13 Rabobank 7.52 14 Lampre - Fondital 8.08 15 Davitamon-Lotto 16 AG2R Prevoyance 8.30 17 Quick Step - Innergetic 9.32 18 Bouygues Telecom 9.46 19 Francaise Des Jeux 9.48 20 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11.01 Final General classification 1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 38.21.36 2 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.24 3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 1.03 4 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 1.44 5 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.33 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.56 7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.31 8 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 4.20 9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.27 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.01 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 5.14 12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5.18 13 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 5.28 14 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.31 15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 7.10 16 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7.48 17 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.23 18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 8.31 19 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.42 20 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.56 21 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 10.35 22 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 11.05 23 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.22 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 12.56 25 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 14.46 26 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17.52 27 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 18.24 28 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.43 29 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 21.33 30 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21.43 31 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26.08 32 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26.41 33 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 28.07 34 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.13 35 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 31.35 36 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32.07 37 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33.00 38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 34.48 39 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35.52 40 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 37.44 41 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.58 42 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.02 43 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 38.13 44 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39.33 45 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 41.35 46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 42.17 47 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 42.19 48 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42.40 49 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 42.52 50 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 44.26 51 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 44.55 52 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 45.49 53 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 46.05 54 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 46.15 55 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 47.11 56 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 47.13 57 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 52.16 58 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 52.29 59 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53.50 60 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53.58 61 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 54.13 62 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56.51 63 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 59.43 64 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 65 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.01.43 66 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.02.07 67 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.03.15 68 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.03.36 69 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.09.06 70 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.09.33 71 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.10.09 72 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.11.04 73 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.11.10 74 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.11.19 75 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.13.38 76 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 1.14.54 77 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.16.04 78 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.18.28 79 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 1.18.59 80 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.20.34 81 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.21.23 82 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.21.40 83 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22.23 84 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.22.33 85 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.23.03 86 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 1.23.49 87 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.24.14 88 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.25.18 89 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.25.56 90 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.26.32 91 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.29.30 92 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.31.24 93 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.32.04 94 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.36.01 95 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.39.15 96 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.40.37 97 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.41.26 98 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.42.51 99 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 1.43.07 100 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.43.51 101 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 1.46.41 102 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.47.52 103 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.48.05 104 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 1.48.13 105 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.48.35 106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.53.18 107 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 1.55.57 108 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.56.20 109 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.57.04 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 71 pts 2 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 51 3 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49 4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 40 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 39 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 38 7 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 35 9 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 30 10 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 27 11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 24 12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 22 13 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 18 15 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 15 16 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 17 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 14 18 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 12 20 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 21 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 22 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 9 24 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 25 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 9 26 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 8 27 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 28 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 29 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 7 30 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7 31 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 6 32 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 33 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 34 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 6 35 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 36 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 37 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 38 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 39 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 40 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 41 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 42 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 43 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 44 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 1 45 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 46 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1 47 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1 48 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Mountains classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 61 pts 2 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 40 3 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 29 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 23 5 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23 6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 7 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 8 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 10 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 14 11 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 13 12 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 13 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 10 14 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 15 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 17 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 18 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 19 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 20 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6 21 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 6 22 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 24 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 25 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 6 26 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 27 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 4 28 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 4 29 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 30 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2 31 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1 32 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 33 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 34 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 35 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 21 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 12 3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 12 4 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10 5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 9 7 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 7 8 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 7 9 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 10 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 4 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3 13 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 14 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 15 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 16 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3 17 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 18 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1 19 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 20 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 21 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 22 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 23 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 24 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1 25 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1 Teams classification 1 Wurth Team 115.10.46 2 T-Mobile Team 2.19 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.21 4 Team CSC 15.57 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19.16 6 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21.39 7 Rabobank 31.03 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 37.12 9 Gerolsteiner 39.20 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 49.49 11 AG2R Prevoyance 54.39 12 Liquigas 1.19.49 13 Lampre - Fondital 1.20.13 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.21.05 15 Credit Agricole 1.21.18 16 Bouygues Telecom 1.29.13 17 Davitamon-Lotto 1.34.02 18 Team Milram 1.47.15 19 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.05.45 20 Francaise Des Jeux 3.44.15
