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70th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 10-18, 2006
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Stage 1 - June 10: Baden - Baden, 154 km
Seventeen for Boonen, looking good for the Tour
By Shane Stokes in Baden, with additional reporting from Jeff Jones
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For some it is a curse, but for Tom Boonen it has been a talisman. The wearer of the Rainbow Jersey of world champion today sprinted to his seventeenth win of the season in Berne, taking an early lead in the Tour of Switzerland in the process. Boonen landed fourteen big victories in the whole of 2005, yet in less than six months racing, he has already surpassed that total. On the evidence of today, more wins this week and in next month's Tour de France are quite easy to envisage.
"Today I have had a super and strong team," he stated after the finish. "They were able to control the race in every moment. Everybody has done a fantastic job. They worked a lot on the last climb at 22 kilometres from the finish line, and the high rhythm they set there affected the legs of many riders. During the last 2 kilometres, Tankink, Nuyens, Bettini and then Tosatto worked hard and perfectly piloted me up to 250 meters to go. It's a team success."
Hitting the front quite a way out, Boonen was more than strong enough to hold off his two closest rivals, Lampre's Daniel Bennati and former rainbow jersey Oscar Freire (Rabobank). The latter two almost collided crossing the line but stayed upright to take second and third out of the 82 man lead group.
Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto) and Erik Zabel (Team Milram) were expected to be up there but the tough fourth category climb of Hertenstein put paid to their chances. They got tailed off on the second lap of the finishing circuit and came home 1 minute and 53 seconds back.
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"The last lap was pretty hard," said Boonen. "When I saw the climb the first time, I thought it mightn't be possible that it could all stay together until the end. But when we crossed the climb and saw the fifteen kilometres which lay between there and the finish, with fast roads, I thought then that if I could stay in the front, no break would get clear between there and the line on the last lap.
"The second time up, we went climbed it pretty fast. First Bram Tankink was pulling and then Paolo [Bettini] at the same pace. I had no problems staying in the front but behind, McEwen and Zabel were getting dropped. That wasn't too hard, but after the top it was a little more difficult to keep things together with only two or three teammates left. It all worked out, though, and it is great to win here."
The sunny first stage was marked by a long distance lone break by Astana Würth rider José Antonio Redondo Ramos. The Spaniard broke clear 24 kilometres after the start in Baden and opened up a maximum lead of 8 minutes and 45 second by kilometre 66. Michael Albasini (Liquigas) and Roger Beuchat (LPR) tried to get across before this point but were unable to do so. However the Quick.Step and Davitamon teams of Boonen and McEwen had better luck in reducing the gap, cutting the lead to 4 minutes and 30 seconds.
At this point a persistent Albasini and Steve Zampieri (Phonak) took their chance, setting off in pursuit on the fourth category Baldingen/Rüti climb, about 60 kilometres from the end. They chased well together and finally bridged up about 20 kilometres later. The three rode together for a while and then Redondo Ramos was tailed off on the second ascent of the steep Hertenstein climb.
Albasini and Zampieri hung out for a while longer but they were finally hauled back six kilometres from the line, setting things up for a big sprint and Boonen's victory.
First year pro Redondo Ramos was a little disappointed at the end, but indicated he may try again. "I was going well but it was a hard stage for a breakaway. It is only the first stage, so we will take it day by day and see how it goes."
Albasini has tasted success here before, winning a seven man sprint last year to land stage five to Altdorf. "It was a hard stage, especially with that climb at the end," he stated "I am happy with my form, we were working well but with so many behind and the sprinters teams happy to ride, it was very, very difficult to stay clear. We were caught about seven kilometres from the end, so it was a pity."
"If there is the chance to win a stage I will try again. I would like to win a stage, as I did last year – maybe I will do it, maybe I wont. I think I am doing the Tour de France, so riding well there is also a target."
How it unfolded
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The first stage starting and ending in Baden's Bruggerstraße was run in perfect summer weather, with temperatures in the mid-20s and not a rain cloud in sight. 168 riders from 21 teams signed on, and the stage got under way shortly before 2pm. The field stayed together for the first 24 km, before Würth's José Antonio Redondo Ramos managed to attack and get a gap. The peloton was more than content to let the 21 year-old first year pro with no wins to his credit ride away, and leave the job up to the sprinters teams to pull him back when they saw fit.
Redondo took full advantage of the fact, and although he was pursued by Swiss duo Albasini (Liquigas) and Beuchat (LPR) for a while, the chasers were caught after 38 km and Redondo was on his own in front. His gap at that stage was a mere 1'10, but then the pace eased in the bunch and it grew to 8'45 after 66 km, before the chase started.
Initially it was Quick.Step and Davitamon chasing for their sprinters Boonen and McEwen, the two fastest men on paper in this field, but they got some help from Milram (for Zabel). Within 10 km, they had already carved two minutes off the Spaniard's lead, and the stage looked to be heading for a predictable conclusion.
But when the gap was down to around 4'30, Michael Albasini (again) and another Swiss rider, Steve Zampieri (Phonak) set off in pursuit on the fourth category Baldingen/Rüti climb with around 60 km to go. The pair quickly ate into the leader's advantage, while the peloton thought it was too early to react, and let them go.
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Redondo headed back into Baden with two 23 km laps to go with the two Swiss chasers just 1'07 behind, and the peloton at 3'08. While Redondo had been taking all the bonus sprints, Albasini had been picking up second place ahead of Zampieri, in order to improve his chances on GC.
Team LPR had started to help out the always working Quick.Step and Davitamon teams, and the bunch looked to have the situation in hand, as Redondo was caught by Albasini and Zampieri with 40 km to go. The gap was around 2'30, and never got bigger, despite the best efforts of the two Swiss in front.
At one lap to go, the leading trio got a massive cheer from the crowd at the finish line, and still held 2'00 over the bunch, where Bettini led under the finish banner with Boonen on his wheel. The leaders hit the short but steep (8.6%) Hertenstein climb, and Redondo dropped off. David De la Fuente (Saunier Duval) tried to stir things up in the peloton by attacking, and it succeeded in creating a split in the bunch, causing McEwen and Zabel to be dropped.
That was the signal for Rabobank and Quick.Step to drop the hammer, and their gun riders started to work for a Boonen or Freire stage win. Redondo was swallowed at 18 km to go, while Zampieri and Albasini lasted until 6 km to go, and the bunch sprint was on the cards. Jan Ullrich was prominent near the front in the wind, but was not doing any turns today. His teammate Lorenzo Bernucci tried an attack at 4 km to go, which went nowhere, then it was up to the sprinters to sort it out.
Lampre-Fondital and Quick.Step did most of the work in the final kilometres, and Boonen went under the red flag with two teammates. Bettini did the job in marking a pre-emptive move by a Cofidis and Saunier Duval rider, before Tosatto went at just under 500m to go. The Italian did a long lead out, allowing Boonen to jump at 175m to go to take the stage win from Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank).
Photography
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- The start village in Baden
- Wurst is a major sponsor at the Tour de Suisse.
- Andreas Kloden and the rest of the T-Mobile team
- Star rider Jan Ullrich gets another peculiar request
- Ullrich was in good spirits prior to the start of the stage
- Simon Gerrans (AG2R Prevoyance) tells Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) and Allan Davis (Astana Wurth) the old injury stories
- Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) chats to compatriots Simon Gerrans (AG2R Prevoyance) and Allan Davis (Astana Wurth) prior to the start of stage one of the 2006 Tour de Suisse on Saturday
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) is here to build form before the Tour de France. He may try something this week.
- The Phonak team is presented to the crowd in what is its home race
- Erik Zabel (Team Milram) is in demand
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) is also building up for the Tour.
- Freddy Rodriguez is acting as lead out man for Robbie McEwen (Davitamon Lotto)
- Small, but perfectly formed
- The Euskaltel team await the start
- One of the rider's bikes has noted the precise info about the day's climbs and bonus sprints
- Frank Schleck was fourth last year
- Robbie McEwen was happy in the sun
- So too Tom Boonen
- The day would bring yet another victory for the world champion
- Despite their rivalry on the bike, Boonen and McEwen had a good chat before the start. Here both of them await the countdown for stage one
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) at the start of the first stage
- Jan Ullrich waits too
- Ullrich won this race in 2004 and will get a valuable pointer as to his form this week
- Hang on! A young spectator tries out a more difficult mount
- Two of the people working on the race
- Having ridden most of the Giro, Ullrich is fine tuning his form
- Former world champion Oscar Freire was in a good mood prior to the start of the Tour of Switzerland
- The green jersey is also a real possibility for him, provided he stays healthy
- McEwen salutes the crowd
- Ullrich was focused before the start
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) thunders home to take his seventeenth win of the season, ahead of Daniele Bennati (Lampre) and Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
- Paolo Bettini shows the strain of the strong riding he did for Boonen
- To the victor, the spoils
- Stage win, yellow jersey and the attention of these two: no wonder Boonen is smiling
- Michael Albasini (Liquigas) was caught before the end but he had the sprints jersey as compensation
- Jose Antonio Redondo (Astana Wurth) was away for most of the stage. The mountains jersey was his prize
- More podium time for Boonen
- Albasini talks to the press
- Boonen gives his conference
Images by AFP Photo
- Swiss supporters watch the first stage go by
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) was prominent in the peloton
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) looks happy as he rides in the bunch
- Happy Jan
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) wins the first stage in Baden
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) zips up the yellow jersey
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.51.14 (40.167 km/h) 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 6 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 16 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 18 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 21 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 22 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 23 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 24 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 26 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 27 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 28 Man Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 30 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 34 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 35 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 36 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 37 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 38 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 41 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 43 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 45 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 46 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 47 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 48 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 49 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 50 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 52 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 55 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 56 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 57 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 58 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 59 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 60 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 61 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 63 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 64 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 65 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Würth 67 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 68 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 69 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 70 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 71 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 72 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 73 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 75 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 77 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 78 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 79 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 80 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 81 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 82 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 83 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.36 84 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.53 85 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 87 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 88 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 89 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 90 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 91 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 92 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 94 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 96 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 97 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 98 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 99 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 100 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 101 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 102 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 103 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 104 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 105 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 106 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 107 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 108 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 109 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 110 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 111 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 112 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 113 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 114 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 115 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 116 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 117 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 118 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 119 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 120 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 121 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 122 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 123 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 124 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 125 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 126 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 128 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 129 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 130 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 131 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 132 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 134 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 135 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 136 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 137 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 138 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 139 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 140 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 141 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 142 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 143 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 144 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 145 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 146 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 147 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 148 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 150 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 151 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 152 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 5.33 153 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 154 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 155 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 156 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 157 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 158 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 159 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 160 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 161 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 162 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 163 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 164 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 165 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.59 166 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 167 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 12.22 Points 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 25 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 16 4 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 13 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 11 6 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 7 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 8 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 11 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 13 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 14 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 15 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1 Mountains GPM Le Gruyere - Cat. 3 1 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 5 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3 3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 2 4 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 GPM Le Gruyere - Cat. 4 1 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 3 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 2 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 GPM Le Gruyere - Cat. 4 1 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 3 pts 2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1 GPM Le Gruyere - Cat. 4 1 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 2 3 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 1 Sprints Winterthur Sprint, km 104 1 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 6 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Winterthur Sprint, km 119.8 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 6 pts 2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 3 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 1 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.33.42 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 Team Milram 5 Wurth Team 6 Rabobank 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 Liquigas 9 AG2R Prevoyance 10 Lampre - Fondital 11 Quick Step - Innergetic 12 Gerolsteiner 13 T-Mobile Team 14 Team CSC 15 Credit Agricole 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.53 18 Bouygues Telecom 19 Team L.P.R. 20 Francaise Des Jeux 3.46 21 Davitamon-Lotto General classification after stage 1 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.51.04 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.04 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 0.05 4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 0.06 5 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.07 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 0.10 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 18 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 20 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 23 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 24 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 25 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 26 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 28 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 29 Man Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 31 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 34 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 35 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 36 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 37 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 38 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 39 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 42 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 44 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 45 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 46 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 47 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 48 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 49 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 50 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 52 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 55 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 56 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 57 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 58 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 59 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 60 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 61 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 63 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 64 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 65 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Würth 67 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 68 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 69 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 70 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 71 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 72 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 73 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 75 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 77 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 78 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 79 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 80 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 81 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 82 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 83 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.46 84 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 1.59 85 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.03 86 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 87 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 88 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 89 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 90 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 92 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 93 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 95 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 97 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 98 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 99 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 100 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 101 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 102 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 103 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 104 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 105 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 106 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 107 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 108 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 109 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 110 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 111 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 112 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 113 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 114 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 115 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 116 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 117 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 118 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 119 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 120 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 121 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 122 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 123 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 124 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 125 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 126 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 128 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 129 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 130 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 131 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 132 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 134 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 135 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 136 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 137 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 138 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 139 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 140 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 141 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 142 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 143 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 144 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 145 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 146 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 147 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 148 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 150 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 151 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 152 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 5.43 153 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 154 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 155 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 156 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 157 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 158 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 159 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 160 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 161 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 162 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 163 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 164 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 165 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.09 166 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 167 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 12.32 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 25 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 16 4 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 13 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 11 6 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 7 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 8 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 9 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 11 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 13 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 14 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 15 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1 Mountains classification 1 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 12 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 8 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 4 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 2 5 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Sprints classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 9 pts 2 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 7 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.33.42 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 Team Milram 5 Wurth Team 6 Rabobank 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 Liquigas 9 AG2R Prevoyance 10 Lampre - Fondital 11 Quick Step - Innergetic 12 Gerolsteiner 13 T-Mobile Team 14 Team CSC 15 Credit Agricole 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.53 18 Bouygues Telecom 19 Team L.P.R. 20 Francaise Des Jeux 3.46 21 Davitamon-Lotto
