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70th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 10-18, 2006
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Stage 5 - June 14: La Chaux-de-Fonds - Leukerbad, 210 km
Dream victory for first year pro
Vicioso now in yellow
By Shane Stokes in Leukerbad, with additional reporting from Anthony Tan
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Phonak rider Steve Morabito today had one of the most memorable days of his career, a moment which most neo-pros can only dream about. Picture it: a first year professional, granted a start his home Tour, gets into an early break and with no aspirations other than staying out front for as long as possible, reaches the final climb with a what is still a decent lead.
He and his breakaway companion Jurgen Van Goolen (Discovery Channel) ride as hard as possible up the mountain and despite a furious chase behind, are strong enough to hold off all the race favourites. The 23 year-old then jumps away inside the final kilometres to take a superb debut win, exceeding his and his team's expectations. It's little wonder he was grinning broadly from the moment he crossed the line until the post-stage press conference an hour or so later.
The former VC Mendrisio PL Valli amateur got his contract thanks in part to his eighth place in the under 23 world championships last autumn, but today's result is far bigger than anything he has done before.
"To win the stage here is incredible," he told the press after the podium presentation was concluded.
"This morning, my first objective was only to get into a breakaway to get experience of that in a race like this. I got into the break after 50 kilometres, so my first objective was achieved. When we had a good gap my aim was then to reach the last climb with a bit of an advantage so I would be there in order to help one of the team leaders.
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"We got to that last climb with a good lead. Van Goolen was riding well so I decided to try to stay with him. Then, at three or four kilometres from the line, I saw that the gap to the chasers was stabilising a little, it wasn't coming down as quickly as before. I realised then that we could stay away, and I was trying to encourage my breakaway companion to ride as hard as he could. But he wasn't very strong at that point. When he would come by me he would slow down a bit. I attacked a few times to try to reach the line alone but couldn't get clear; however, I went for it about 300 metres to go and it was enough."
"It all worked out extremely well in the end, and taking the stage here is a dream come true. To win a stage in the Tour of Switzerland in my home region is incredible."
Morabito surged inside the final kilometre and hit the line at the summit finish of Leukerbad 14 seconds clear of a deeply disappointed Van Goolen, who is still building form after an injury earlier this year. Jan Ullrich's T-Mobile team had led the chase on the final climb but it was yesterday's stage winner Angel Vicioso rather than the German who profited, racing home first out of the lead group, some two seconds after Van Goolen finished.
Vicioso consequently took over at the top of the general classification, with team-mate Jorg Jaksche second and T-Mobile's gifted young rider Linus Gerdemann third. He and the rest of the T-Mobile team worked hard for Jan Ullrich, driving the pace up the first category climb (and distancing the overnight leader Nick Nuyens), but the German didn't attack as was expected. He came home sixth, just behind Koldo Gil Perez (Saunier Duval) and Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step). However his climbing form has clearly progressed since the Giro d'Italia and he is now 7th overall, 16 seconds off yellow.
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Vicioso was very happy with his second visit to the podium in two days: "I was going for the yellow jersey today because I realised that the stage win was not possible. The break was a bit far ahead to go for that today.
"The pace set by T-Mobile on the climb was very hard but I felt good so I thought I could go for the jersey. I am in good shape... This result is very important for me and the team. I got the stage win yesterday and today I am wearing the jersey."
Despite his strong finish, Vicioso says he is not looking forward to tomorrow's mountains. "I am not a true climber so tomorrow will be difficult for me," he stated.
"However I will try to defend my jersey and if it is not possible, I will try to pass it to one of my team-mates. I will help the team as much as I can as I think there are riders such as Contador and Jaksche who are capable of going for the general classification."
Interestingly, Vicioso was not named yesterday as part of the Astana-Wurth squad from which their Tour de France team will be drawn - providing, of course, they get a start in the race.
The team has been under a cloud due to the Operation Puerto doping scandal and Vicioso's exclusion is likely due to suggestions that he was one of the riders allegedly recorded on video. However, despite that pressure on him, he's been riding well thus far in this Tour de Suisse.
How it unfolded
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The first of four consecutive mountain stages in this year's Tour de Suisse began at the same place as yesterday's finish in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The sun gods were once again out to greet the peloton, now just 154 riders strong after 11 abandons, 3 HDs and 1 DNS yesterday.
Highs speeds characterised the start of the day's play, and it took just under 50 kilometres' racing before a six-man break established themselves, including Steve Morabito (Phonak), Jürgen van Goolen (Discovery Channel), Maxime Monfort (Cofidis), Ralf Grabsch (Milram), Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) and Alexandre Usov (AG2R Prevoyance).
No more than 20 kilometres later, the sextet already had an enviable seven-minute advantage over the peloton. William Bonnet (Credit Agricole) was the piggy in the middle, three minutes in arrears of the lead group, who found himself back in the bunch a further 20 kilometres later.
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After roughly 50 kilometres out in front, the six reached their maximum advantage of 12 minutes, an advantage they maintained all the way till 68 kilometres to go. With 30 kilometres left to race, the gap was still a handy eight minutes, but back in the bunch, things began getting serious, as T-Mobile spearheaded a magenta chase.
At 14 kilometres to go and on the final climb towards Leukerbad, Grabsch (Milram) and Usov (AG2R Prevoyance) were the first to get dropped. Monfort (Cofidis) and Carlström (Liquigas) were next to pop, and a kilometre later, van Goolen (Discovery Channel) and Morabito (Phonak) found themselves on their own.
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Five T-Mobiles continued to drive the rapidly withering bunch, overnight leader Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step-Innergetic) losing contact 11 kilometres from the finish. Van Goolen and Morabito were doing a great job to hold all else off, but with five kilometres left, the pair were no more than two minutes in front. Was that going to be enough?
With three kilometres remaining, 75 seconds separated the pair from the peloton, now just 30 riders strong. Moments later, Alberto Contador (Würth) launched a stinging attack out of the bunch, with early breakaway rider Carlström hanging on for the ride, hoping to reach the dynamic duo...
... But for the fourth time in as many days, the break had the last laugh, as Swiss lad Morabito gave the locals something to cheer about, comfortably rolling van Goolen in the uphill sprint to the line.
Photography
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- Steve Morabito (Phonak) rides up to the finish alongside breakaway companion Jurgen Van Goolen (Discovery Channel).
- Steve Morabito (Phonak) clenches his fists after taking his first ever professional win.
- Steve Morabito (Phonak) enjoying his win in Leukerbad.
- Steve Morabito (Phonak) tries to get 'the wave' happening.
- Steve Morabito (Phonak) gives a one-armed salute after taking out the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse.
- Hai-yah!
- Steve Morabito (Phonak) accepts the applause from the crowd with open arms.
- Steve Morabito (Phonak) is pretty happy about his victory in his neo-pro year.
- Angel Vicioso (Würth) becomes the new race leader of the 70th Tour de Suisse.
- Angel Vicioso (Würth) gets the obligatory smooches from the obligatory glamours.
- Angel Vicioso (Würth) enjoying his moment in the spotlight.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The peloton head towards the finish in Leukerbad.
- Onward and upward they go.
- Here come the peloton!
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) sits near the head of the bunch.
- The peloton one long line.
- Jurgen Van Goolen (Discovery Channel) leads Steve Morabito (Phonak).
- Jurgen Van Goolen (Discovery Channel) and Steve Morabito (Phonak) press home their advantage.
- Eventual winner Steve Morabito (Phonak).
- The lead pair work together on the final climb.
- Alberto Contador (Würth) attacks the bunch, with early breakaway rider Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) hanging on.
- Alberto Contador (Würth) digs deep, with Carlström on his wheel.
- The remnants of the bunch chase down Contador and Carlström.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) takes matters into his own hands.
- The bunch flying towards the finish.
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile Team) got tailed off towards the finish.
- Alexandre Moos (Phonak) was some way off his best today.
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) choosing not to extend himself too much.
- While Mirko Celestino (Milram) wants it to end.
- Points leader Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) not riding too hard.
- Steve Morabito (Phonak) comes home a comfortable winner after a day-long breakaway.
- Steve Morabito (Phonak) is pretty happy.
- Yeesss... Steve Morabito (Phonak) clenches his fists.
- Morabito's breakaway companion Jurgen Van Goolen (Discovery Channel) has nothing left in the tank.
- Angel Vicioso (Würth) comes flying past Van Goolen seconds after crossing the line.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team, L) keeps improving by the day, finishing just 17 seconds behind Morabito.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) also rode very well to finish with the Ullrich group.
- Frank Schleck (Team CSC) finished one spot behind Ullrich.
- Jorg Jaksche (Würth) also finished in the Ullrich group.
- Michele Scarponi (Würth) finished in 20th place.
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile Team) finished 23rd.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) looks for the nearest exit.
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) finished 4'40 behind.
- Steve Morabito (Phonak) enjoying the moment.
- Steve Morabito (Phonak) enjoying the company.
- Angel Vicioso (Würth) becomes the new race leader.
- Angel Vicioso (Würth) flanked by two Swiss beauties.
- Angel Vicioso (Würth) prefers brunettes.
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) comes rolling in.
Results
1 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.37.47 (40.766 km/h) 2 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.14 3 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 0.16 4 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.17 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 0.22 9 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 12 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 14 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 0.26 18 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 19 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 20 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 21 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.33 25 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 26 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 0.42 28 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 29 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 30 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 31 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.52 32 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 0.59 33 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 1.29 34 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 1.34 35 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.48 36 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 1.50 37 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.54 39 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.58 40 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 41 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 42 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 44 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 45 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2.25 46 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 47 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.04 48 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 49 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.08 50 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.40 51 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 52 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 53 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 54 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 55 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 56 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 57 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5.36 58 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 59 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 61 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 62 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 63 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 64 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 65 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.50 68 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 69 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.12 70 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.45 71 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.11 72 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 73 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 74 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.39 75 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 76 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 77 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 79 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.49 80 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 13.10 81 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 82 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 84 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 85 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Würth 86 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 87 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 88 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 89 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 90 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 91 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 15.04 92 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15.50 93 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 16.10 94 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 16.46 96 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 17.42 97 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 98 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 99 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 100 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 101 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 102 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 103 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 104 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 106 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 108 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 109 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 110 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 111 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 112 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 113 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 114 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 115 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 116 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 118 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 119 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 120 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 121 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 122 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 123 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 124 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 125 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 126 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 127 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 128 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 129 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 130 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 131 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 132 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 133 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 134 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 135 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 136 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 137 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 138 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 139 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 140 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 141 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 142 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 143 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 144 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 145 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 146 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 147 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 148 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 149 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 18.45 150 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 21.19 DNS Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi Points 1 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 pts 2 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 3 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 10 4 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 8 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 8 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 5 9 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 10 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 2 12 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 1 Mountains GPM Le Gruyere AOC - Cat. 4 1 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 GPM Le Gruyere AOC - Cat. 1 1 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 pts 2 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 3 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 6 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 4 5 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 Sprints Winterthur Sprint, km 188 1 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 3 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1 Winterthur Sprint, km 203.6 1 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3 3 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Teams 1 Wurth Team 16.54.21 2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.01 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.02 4 T-Mobile Team 0.25 5 Gerolsteiner 1.38 6 Rabobank 2.13 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.37 8 Team Csc 2.47 9 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 4.44 10 Team Milram 4.49 11 Liquigas 5.05 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 7.27 13 Credit Agricole 8.27 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.32 15 Lampre - Fondital 10.18 16 Quick Step - Innergetic 14.07 17 Bouygues Telecom 14.39 18 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15.06 19 Davitamon-Lotto 18.08 20 Francaise Des Jeux 34.57 21 Team L.P.R. 36.22 General classification after stage 5 1 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 21.53.31 2 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 0.02 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.03 4 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.08 5 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.15 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.16 7 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.18 9 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 0.19 10 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.21 12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 13 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.24 16 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.25 17 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 19 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.29 20 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.32 21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 0.36 22 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 0.41 23 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 24 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.45 25 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.54 26 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 1.28 27 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 1.33 28 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.49 29 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.50 30 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 1.53 31 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.57 32 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 33 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.57 34 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 2.59 35 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 3.42 36 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 3.50 37 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.54 38 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 5.20 39 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.29 40 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 5.35 41 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.48 42 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 5.50 43 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.32 44 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.44 45 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.46 46 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 7.10 47 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.28 48 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 7.29 51 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.54 52 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 9.31 53 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.16 54 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 12.29 55 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 12.45 56 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 13.09 57 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 58 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Würth 59 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.24 60 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 14.52 61 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15.27 62 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 16.03 63 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16.40 64 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 17.08 65 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 17.23 66 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 17.24 67 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 17.32 68 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.35 69 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 17.41 70 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.56 71 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 19.50 72 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 73 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 20.40 74 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.50 75 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 21.51 76 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22.23 77 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 22.28 78 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 79 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22.49 80 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.52 81 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.21 82 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 24.33 83 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 25.13 84 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 25.33 85 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 25.54 86 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 87 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 27.02 88 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 27.08 89 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.43 90 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 28.18 91 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 28.26 92 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 28.33 93 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 28.52 94 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 29.42 95 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 30.13 96 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.10 97 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 32.42 98 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 32.46 99 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 32.52 100 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 33.31 101 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.44 102 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 33.52 103 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 34.36 104 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34.45 105 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 106 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 34.54 107 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 37.39 108 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 37.54 109 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39.32 110 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 111 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 113 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 42.45 115 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 42.48 116 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 43.38 117 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 43.41 118 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43.44 119 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 120 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 121 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 45.31 122 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 45.37 123 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 124 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 125 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 126 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 127 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 128 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 129 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 47.15 130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 48.45 131 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 132 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 48.50 133 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 48.51 134 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 135 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 136 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 137 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 138 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 139 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.17 140 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 50.14 141 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 50.22 142 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 51.42 143 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 52.28 144 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 52.31 145 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 52.39 146 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52.43 147 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 52.53 148 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 149 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 53.11 150 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 57.34 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 59 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 40 3 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 35 4 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 29 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 29 6 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 27 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 25 8 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 25 9 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 10 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 22 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 22 13 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 21 14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 18 16 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 16 17 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 18 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 14 19 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 20 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 21 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 22 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 23 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 24 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 9 25 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 26 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 27 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 28 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7 29 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 30 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 6 31 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 6 32 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 33 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 34 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 35 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 36 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 37 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 38 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 3 39 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 2 40 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 41 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 42 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 43 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 1 44 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 45 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1 46 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Mountains classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 21 pts 2 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 3 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 14 4 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 8 5 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 6 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 7 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 8 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 10 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 6 11 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 12 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 13 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 4 14 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 3 15 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 16 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 17 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 18 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 2 19 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2 20 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 2 21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 22 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1 23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 24 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 25 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 15 pts 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 12 3 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 12 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 5 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 7 6 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 7 7 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 8 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 9 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 11 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3 13 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 14 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3 15 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 16 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1 17 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 18 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 19 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1 20 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 1 Teams classification 1 Saunier Duval - Prodir 65.41.06 2 Wurth Team 0.12 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Te 0.26 4 T-Mobile Team 0.38 5 Gerolsteiner 1.50 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.43 7 Rabobank 2.59 8 Team Csc 9 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 4.56 10 Team Milram 5.07 11 Liquigas 5.35 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.49 13 Lampre - Fondital 11.00 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 14.20 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 15.40 16 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephon 22.04 17 Davitamon-Lotto 33.10 18 Credit Agricole 41.02 19 Bouygues Telecom 43.06 20 Team L.P.R. 1.03.47 21 Francaise Des Jeux 1.24.56
