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70th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 10-18, 2006
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Stage 3 - June 12: Einsiedeln - Arlesheim, 160 km
Stage and yellow jersey for Nuyens
Success number two for Quick.Step
By Shane Stokes in Arlesheim, with additional reporting from Hedwig Kröner
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Two out of three. Following the success of Tom Boonen on day one of the race, the Quick.Step team took their second stage of the Tour of Switzerland and thirtieth victory of the season today when Nick Nuyens was best at the Tour de Suisse.
The 26 year-old has won races such as Het Volk, Paris-Bruxelles, Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kurrne and the Tour of Britain in the past and today seized both the stage win and the yellow jersey in the ProTour race, outsprinting breakaway companions Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile), Jorg Jaksche (Astana Wurth) and Koldo Gil Perez (Saunier Duval) to the line in Arlesheim.
"I am really pleased with this win," he said. "It certainly wasn't a dull race today. During the last section, about 20 kilometres from the finish line, Bettini made a move taking with him a group of nine riders, then Gerdemann and Jaksche made a move getting away from the other seven. After a short while myself and Gil caught up with them. We were able to pull away from the others, gaining about 30 seconds, and this advantage enabled us to get to the finish line and battle out for the victory."
"I'm on good form at the moment. At the national championships I'll be giving my all for Boonen but if the occasion arises, I'll certainly go for a victory".
The 189.5 kilometre stage was marked by an early break by Marcel Strauss (Gerolsteiner) and Alan Perez Lezaun (Euskaltel), who went clear after 56 kilometres and built a three and a half minute lead. The first ascent of the Ziegelschüren put paid to Lezaun's effort, while the second, harder approach to the climb which came once the riders were on the finish circuit lap caused major splits. This injection of pace put an end to Strauss' escape.
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Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) and Paolo Bettini (T-Mobile) were among those piling on the pressure, causing other big names such as Michael Rasmussen, Robbie McEwen and Bradley McGee to go south and finish over four minutes back.
Gerdemann was heading the other direction, though, and got clear near the top. He was joined by Jaksche, while Gil and Nuyens then got across before the prime line. The four worked well together to open up a good lead. An attack by Gil was neutralised by Nuyens close to the line, and the Belgian then had little trouble in beating Gerdemann and Jaksche in the sprint.
The main bunch was led in by Oscar Freire (Rabobank) eleven seconds later. Overnight leader Daniele Bennati was in this group, and so Nuyens consequently took over in yellow. The 26 year old now leads Gerdemann by five seconds, with Bennati, Jaksche and team-mate Tom Boonen next.
A happy Nuyens talked about the closing stages of the race in the press conference. "On the last climb I was in the second group but the slope was a little less difficult near the top," he stated. "I got back up to the group with Bettini in it. I reacted immediately to an attack by Gil and we got up to the other two [Gerdemann and Jaksche]. We got forty seconds and rode flat out from there to the line. Everyone did their share of the work. When we got close to the finish I thought I would be the quickest out of the group, and so it proved."
Nuyens also took yellow in the Tour of Britain last year, then went on to win the race. When asked how today's result compared to this and other big victories he achieved in the past, he said that they are all important and part of his development as a rider. "I always make steady progress, as I have each year. I'm gradually getting stronger and that is the most important thing."
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"The Tour of Britain was also nice for me because I took the jersey on the first day and kept it until the end. This is a stage win but as it is the Tour de Suisse, it is really important. I have the yellow jersey too but I think it is just for one or two days, because the mountains here are too hard for me."
Nuyens has often found himself in the position of riding for Tom Boonen and is rumoured to be considering moving to another team so that he has a better chance to chase his own results. However when he was asked if his place was now guaranteed for the Tour, he said that he would trust the judgement of the Quick.Step management in that regard.
"We will see," he said. "The Tour de France team will be based around Tom Boonen, and this is right because he is the world champion. I am not a [pure] climber and not a sprinter, so we will see."
Directeur sportif Wilfried Peeters added that the decision would be made soon. "We will see after the end of the Tour de Suisse. The selection will then be made for the Tour."
Second-placed Linus Gerdemann was very impressive today. The 23 year-old won a stage here last year and went close to doing so again. While he was stronger than Nuyens on the climbs, he lost out in the final sprint. "It was a good stage," he stated just after the finish. "Nick Nuyens was very fast and it was difficult to beat him."
How it unfolded
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Stage three of this year's Tour de Suisse saw the international peloton depart in Einsiedeln for a 187.5km, rather hilly ride to Arlesheim in the region of Basel. Headed northwest, the race took place under beautiful sunny sky with summery temperatures - no wonder the riders enjoyed the first kilometres after the start at 12.30 and strolled along on a slightly downhill parcours.
But the fun didn't last too long at the ProTour race and after 56 kilometres, the duo of Marcel Strauss (Gerolsteiner) and Alan Perez Lezaun (Euskaltel) was finally given the go by the peloton, even though the German was only 18 seconds behind race leader Daniele Bennati (Lampre). The advantage of the breakaway grew rapidly until it was kept at around three and a half minutes by Lampre-led bunch.
The Cat. 3 and 4 climbs at kms 107 and 171 were taken on in that very same situation, with the peloton only interested in keeping the break's gap within reach. With 50 kilometres to go, their lead was down to two and a half minutes. In the second climb, Perez Lezaun ran out of gas and had to let go of his companion, soon to be caught by the bunch behind - where Michele Albasini (Liquigas) made an effort to place third behind the leading duo at the KOM. The Italian will therefore wear the mountains jersey tomorrow.
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So it was up to Marcel Strauss to take his advantage to the finish: 40 kilometres left to race, and one Cat 3 climb yet to master. Meanwhile, Albasini back in the bunch managed to take the intermediate sprint points, which will give him yet another jersey!
With 25 kilometres to go, Strauss' lead dropped under the two-minute mark. Taking on the last climb of the day, the "Ziegelschüren" again, the peloton fell apart under the rhythm imposed by Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step), as well as Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile), who looked like he wanted to test his form a little. On the climb, Strauss was caught, and the race was on once again.
A new lead group formed with eight men: David Canada, Koldo Gil (both Saunier Duval), Jan Ullrich, Linus Gerdemann (both T-Mobile), Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step), Fränk Schleck (CSC), Giampaolo Caruso, Jörg Jaksche (both Würth) and Cadel Evans (Davitamon). Out of this group then emerged Gerdemann and Jaksche with 18 km to go, soon joined by Gil and Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step).
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These four made up the finale of the stage, all looking extremely focused. On the summit of the climb, their advantage was already more than half a minute - a clear sign that they were out for the win. The last part of the day was all downhill and flat, so they looked good.
Lampre, trying to defend Bennati's yellow jersey and make the race come together again for a sprint finish, was leading the chase. Still, the fab four knew what they were up to and didn't give in. With a few kilometres to go before the line, tactical games nevertheless started, with a raging bunch only 19 seconds behind...
Gil attacked first, but Nuyens caught him again. The Belgian must have felt good as he just continued head-on afterwards, driving the last kilometre in front. And his effort paid off, as none of his three rivals could match his strength.
Photography
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- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) has done his world champion's stripes proud, already with 17 victories this season.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) giving his legs a last test before his appointment at La Grande Boucle.
- Overnight leader Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) rides at the head of the peloton.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic) looks like he's ready to pounce...
- Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step-Innergetic) outsprints Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) and Jörg Jaksche (Würth) for his second victory this season.
- Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step-Innergetic) gets the better of Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) and Jörg Jaksche (Würth) to take the third stage.
- Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step-Innergetic) yells with delight after winning the third stage of the Tour de Suisse.
- Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step-Innergetic) dons the golden fleece of the 70th Tour de Suisse.
- Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step-Innergetic) enjoys his moment in the limelight.
Results
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.36.52 (41.067 km/h) 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 4 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.04 5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 0.11 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 12 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 17 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 19 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 21 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 24 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 26 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 27 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 28 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29 Man Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 31 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 32 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 34 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 35 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 36 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 37 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 38 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 39 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 40 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 41 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 43 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 44 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 45 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 47 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 48 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 49 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 50 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 51 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 53 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 54 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Würth 59 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 61 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 62 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 63 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 64 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 65 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 68 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 69 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 70 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 71 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 72 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 73 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.21 74 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.41 75 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 4.17 77 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.58 78 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 80 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 81 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 83 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 84 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 85 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 86 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 87 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 88 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 89 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 90 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 93 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 95 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 97 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 98 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 99 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 101 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 102 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 6.21 103 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.36 104 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 11.03 105 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 106 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 107 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 108 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 109 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 110 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 111 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 112 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 113 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 114 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 115 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 116 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 117 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 118 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 119 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 120 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 121 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 122 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 123 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 124 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 125 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 127 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 128 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 129 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 130 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 131 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 132 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 133 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 14.17 134 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 135 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 136 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 137 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 139 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 140 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 141 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 142 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 143 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 144 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 145 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 146 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 147 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 148 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 149 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 150 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 151 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 152 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 153 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 154 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 0.01 155 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 156 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 14.25 157 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 158 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 159 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 160 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 161 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 162 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 14.29 163 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 164 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.00 165 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner DNF Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Points 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 25 pts 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 16 4 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 11 6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 7 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 9 8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 7 10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 5 12 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 13 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 14 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 15 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Mountains Le Gruyere, 3rd Cat 1 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 pts 2 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 2 4 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 1 Le Gruyere, 4th Cat 1 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1 Le Gruyere, 3rd Cat 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 pts 2 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 3 3 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Sprints Winterthur, km 149.5 1 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3 3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 1 Winterthur, km 174 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 pts 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 1 Teams 1 Quick Step - Innergetic 13.50.58 2 T-Mobile Team 3 Wurth Team 4 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.04 5 Team Milram 0.11 6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7 Team CSC 8 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 10 AG2R Prevoyance 11 Rabobank 12 Liquigas 13 Lampre - Fondital 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 Team L.P.R. 16 Gerolsteiner 17 Bouygues Telecom 3.51 18 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.58 19 Credit Agricole 9.45 20 Davitamon-Lotto 11.03 21 Francaise Des Jeux 15.50 General classification after stage 3 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 12.30.09 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.05 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.06 4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 0.08 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.14 6 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 0.15 7 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.17 8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.18 9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 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 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 14 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 0.20 17 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.21 18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 0.22 19 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.23 20 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 0.24 22 Man Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 24 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 25 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 27 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 28 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 29 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 31 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 31 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 33 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 34 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 36 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 37 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 38 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 39 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 41 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 42 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 43 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 44 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 47 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 48 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 49 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 50 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Würth 52 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 52 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 55 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 56 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 57 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 58 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.00 59 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.34 60 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2.07 61 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.17 62 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 63 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 65 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 66 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 67 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 68 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 69 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 71 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 72 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 73 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 74 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.48 75 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 76 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 4.30 77 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.05 78 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 79 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 5.11 80 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 81 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 83 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 84 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 85 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 87 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 88 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.58 89 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 90 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 91 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 92 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.04 93 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 94 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 96 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 97 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 99 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 100 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 101 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 102 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 8.27 103 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.10 104 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11.13 105 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.16 106 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 107 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 108 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 109 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 110 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 110 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 112 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 113 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.42 114 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.03 115 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 116 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.09 117 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 118 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 119 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 120 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 121 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 122 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 123 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 124 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française des Jeux 125 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 126 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 127 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 128 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 128 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 130 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 131 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 14.47 132 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 16.17 133 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 134 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 135 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 16.19 136 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 16.22 137 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.23 138 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 139 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 140 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 141 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 142 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 143 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 144 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 145 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 147 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.49 148 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 17.46 149 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.54 150 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 20.03 151 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 152 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 153 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 20.11 154 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 155 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 156 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 20.15 157 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 20.25 159 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 160 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 20.51 161 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23.46 162 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 163 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 25.29 164 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.25 165 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 28.23 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 43 pts 2 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 27 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 27 4 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 25 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 25 6 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 25 7 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 22 8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 21 9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 10 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 16 11 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 14 12 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 13 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 14 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 11 15 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 16 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 17 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 18 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 19 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9 20 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 21 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Française des Jeux 8 22 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 23 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 24 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 6 25 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 26 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 27 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 28 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 29 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 3 30 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 31 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 32 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1 33 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Mountains classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 16 pts 2 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 14 3 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 8 4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 5 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 6 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 7 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 8 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 3 9 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 10 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 2 11 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 12 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 13 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprint classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 15 pts 2 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 12 3 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 7 4 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 5 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 6 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 8 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3 9 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 1 10 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 11 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 12 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 1 Team classification 1 Team L.P.R. 37.28.18 2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.56 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.03 4 Lampre - Fondital 3.09 5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Team CSC 8 Quick Step - Innergetic 3.10 9 T-Mobile Team 10 Wurth Team 11 Team Milram 3.15 12 AG2R Prevoyance 13 Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 Liquigas 15 Rabobank 3.21 16 Discovery Channel 17 Bouygues Telecom 8.42 18 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9.55 19 Credit Agricole 12.49 20 Davitamon-Lotto 17.59 21 Francaise Des Jeux 22.34
