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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

Daniele Contrini (LPR)
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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."

Daniele Contrini (LPR)
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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.

Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital)
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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."

Boonen follows Bennati
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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

Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile)
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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.

Tom Boonen (Quick.Step)
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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.

Daniele Contrini (LPR)
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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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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

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