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70th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 10-18, 2006
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Stage 6 - June 15: Fiesch - La Punt, 210 km
Gil grabs win and yellow jersey
By Shane Stokes in La Punt, with additional reporting from Anthony Tan
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Spanish climber Koldo Gil Perez took what he consider his best career result when he won the difficult sixth stage of the Tour de Suisse in La Punt. On the final hors categorie climb of the Albulapass, the Saunier Duval rider jumped away from a small lead group which had been considerably diminished by the driving of the T-Mobile team and then a hard acceleration by Jan Ullrich. He caught and passed lone leader Simon Gerrans (AG2R Prévoyance) before the summit and then raced down the descent to take a very impressive win.
Gil too a stage win in the 2005 Giro and was victorious in the overall classification of the Bicicleta Vasca earlier this year, but considers this his best race to date. “My stage win in the Tour of Italy was very important for me, especially as it was my first major victory, but to win here ahead of riders such as Ullrich has probably more value. I’m very happy,” said Gil after the finish.
“I took it step by step today. I don’t have a lot of experience at this level of races, so it was very difficult for me. But the more difficult it is, the more I am satisfied with what I achieve.
“David Canada, José Angel Marchante and myself are the three riders on form in the team here. When we set out this morning I was the one who felt best in the first few kilometres, and so I am very thankful for the help I got from the other two. We were all riding aggressively. In the end, when Ullrich was pushing the pace, I had the help of my team-mates and so I was fresh when I made my move.”
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A break went clear soon after the start in Fiesch and had opened up a good gap by the time they topped the Furkapass. They continunued to work hard and then on the final climb before the descent down to the finish, 2005 Tour de France mountains jersey winner Michael Rasmussen accelerated out of the group and struck for home. He blew up before the top, though, with Gerrans then racing by and making a big bid for the stage victory. However it was Gil who was best on the hors categorie ascent, cresting the summit alone and holding his advantage on the tricky, technical descent down to the finish. He crossed the line 36 seconds clear of Jorg Jaksche (Team Wurth) and a further four ahead of Ullrich.
As he himself predicted yesterday, overnight race leader Angel Vicioso had a tough time on the hors categorie climbs and trailed in 2 minutes and 9 seconds down in ninth place. The result saw Gil consequently vault to the top of the general classification with three stages remaining. He is now 34 seconds clear of Jaksche with Ullrich 54 seconds back.
Gil joked in the press conference that he would need “five minutes” to hold off Ullrich in the concluding 30 kilometre time trial, then gave a more serious assessment. “Everyone knows how good Ullrich is in the time trial, so I think I will need a minute and a half to have a chance of winning.
“I will try to get more time. Tomorrow is very long, I need to see how my body reacts to this stage. Obviously we are in the lead and we need to profit from it, so I will try to get more time. The goal of the team is to win the Tour de Suisse. David Canada won the Vuelta Catalunya, Marchante won the Tour de Pays Basque, so I will try to win this Tour. This is difficult though at the moment because I don’t have much of an advantage over Ullrich, so I need to try to get more seconds.”
Despite his good form, Gil isn’t planning on riding the Tour. “I have discussed that a lot with my team. I don’t have much experience with races of three weeks in length. I prefer to arrive in top condition for the Vuelta rather than doing the Tour, so I won’t do the Tour de France this year.”
One rider who will very much be racing to win in July is Jan Ullrich. He is clearly in much better climbing form than in the Giro d’Italia and if he continues to build strength and lose weight, will have a great chance of taking yellow to Paris.
Team-mate Linus Gerdemann was tired but satisfied at the finish. “I worked for Jan today…it was a hard stage. I think he is getting stronger and will be in good shape for the Tour.”
How it unfolded
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Today was a journey tailored for the climbing specialists: two hors catégorie climbs over 2,300 metres and one first catégorie, with the finish in La Punt 1,700 metres above sea level.
150 riders left for their 212,2 kilometre journey from Fiesch this morning. As expected, a small group took off early in the peace to hopefully steal a chance at glory: Ruben Perez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Alexandre Moos (Phonak), Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank), Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole), Michael Albasini (Liquigas) and Simon Gerrans (AG2R Prevoyance) comprising the sextet.
A few kilometres later, another group of four containing Axel Merckx (Phonak), Constantino Zaballa (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Salvatore Commesso (Lampre-Fondital) and Andreas Dietziker (Team L.P.R.) went off in pursuit, but at the top of the Furkapass (km 40), the quartet were two minutes behind, with the peloton a further 3'30 back.
At the base of the Oberalppass and roughly 150 kilometres from the finish, the lead six were nine minutes in front, while the second group was swept up by the peloton. As a consequence, Albasini, the best-placed rider on GC in the break, had become the maillot jaune virtuel by more than a minute.
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50 kilometres later and with a century to go, the sextet were enjoying a ten-minute advantage. Starting the final climb for real, seven minutes ahead of the peloton and 37 kilometres from home, one of these six had a real chance of victory - so long as they still had the legs.
26 kilometres from the line, 2005 Tour de France mountains winner Rasmussen accelerated, with Moos the only rider able to go with him. However, less than a kilometre later and 15 kilometres from the summit of the Albulapass, the 'Chicken' was alone and had flown the coup.
With 23 kilometres to go, Saunier Duval's Oliver Zaugg attacked the peloton, but the magenta-led groupe maillot jaune weren't letting him go too far, and the Swiss was caught soon thereafter. The bunch was now just four and half minutes behind Rasmussen, prompting an attack from another Saunier Duval rider, José Angel Gomez Marchante.
Jan Ullrich still had Kim Kirchen, Patrik Sinkewitz and Giuseppe Guerini for company, leading to a brief regrouping, although a kilometre later, just five remained - Kirchen, Ullrich (T-Mobile), Jaksche (Würth), Gil Perez and Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) - with maillot jaune Angel Viciso (Würth) losing ground by the second.
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Surprisingly, Rasmussen began to fade towards the top, and 18 kilometres from the finish, plucky AG2R rider Simon Gerrans' solid tempo riding eventually saw him catch and pass the Dane.
However, the Tour Down Under champ's thoughts of a solo victory were dashed two kilometres from the summit, with Gerrans only catching a glimpse of a flying Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval), already 38 seconds ahead of a trio containing Ullrich, Jaksche and Gomez Marchante, and 1'38 ahead of the groupe maillot jaune, now just five strong and containing Vicioso, Giampaolo Caruso (Würth), Frank Schleck (CSC), and Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel).
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At the summit of the Albulapass, signaling just over 10 kilometres to go, Gil had 41 seconds on Ullrich and Jaksche, while Gerrans (AG2R Prevoyance) and Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) were a further 15 seconds behind. Vicioso came over the top with the same four companions 1'52 after Gil, his race lead well and truly under siege.
Down into the valley, Gil gave it his all, losing little time to Ullrich and Jaksche and doing more than enough to come home a worthy stage winner, donning the golden fleece moments later. 36 seconds after Gil, Jaksche finished second, four seconds ahead of Ullrich, followed by Gomez Marchante and Gerrans another minute behind, the Australian best of the early breakaway.
Led home by CSC's Frank Schleck, the next group contained the maillot jaune of Vicisio, his two minute and nine second deficit toppling the Spaniard from first to fifth overall.
Photography
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- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir) emerges in La Punt, victorious.
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir) gives his victory salute in La Punt.
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir) is a happy camper.
- Jorg Jaksche (Würth) finishes second, 36 seconds down, with Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) in the distance.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) crosses the line 40 seconds in arrears.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) growing stronger day by day.
- Frank Schleck (CSC) leads home the group containing overnight leader Angel Vicioso (Würth).
- Giampaolo Caruso (Würth) and Angel Vicioso (Würth) finish 2'09 down on stage winner Gil.
- Jorg Jaksche (Würth) knows every second he can get over Ullrich will count in the final time trial.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) licking his lips with thoughts of July.
- Angel Vicioso (Würth) spent his last day in yellow today.
- Frank Schleck (CSC) is now sixth overall.
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile Team) did his share of suffering today.
- As did Michael Boogerd (Rabobank).
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir) boards the podium.
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir) salutes the crowd.
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir) dons the maillot jaune.
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir) likes yellow.
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir) likes podium girls. Who doesn't?
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir) really likes podium girls.
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir) isn't so sure about the Würth bear.
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas).
- Erik Zabel (Milram) looking very tanned.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) refuels.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) plummeted down the leaderboard after today's stage.
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir) flies up the Albulapass.
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir) climbing like an angel.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) and Jorg Jaksche (Würth) trail Gil on the final climb.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) digs deep on the final climb.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) testing himself before La Grande Boucle.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) looking leaner by the day.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) does his best to shake Jorg Jaksche (Würth) off his wheel.
- Jorg Jaksche (Würth) won't go away.
- Jose Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) was dropped by the group with Ullrich and Jaksche.
- Simon Gerrans (AG2R) was the best of the early breakaway.
- Frank Schleck (CSC) and Angel Vicioso (Würth) do their best to limit their losses on the Albulapass.
- Frank Schleck (CSC) leads the groupe maillot jaune.
- Angel Vicioso (Würth) digs deep.
- Manuel Beltran (Discovery Channel).
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank).
- Snow still covered some sections of the Albulapass.
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) was some way off his best today.
- The Swiss Alps provided a stunning backdrop.
- Sven Montgomery (Gerolsteiner).
- The peloton shattered into small groups on the Albulapass.
- Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom).
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas).
- The crowds were out in force on the Albulapass.
- Who's up for skiing?
- The riders miniaturized by the enormity of the Swiss Alps.
- Another group on the Albulapass.
- Erik Zabel (Milram) with a blank expression.
- A fish eye's view.
- Spooky.
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile Team) well inside the hurt bag.
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile Team).
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) will need to step up his form in a few weeks' time.
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) is another steady improver.
- A group containing Axel Merckx (Phonak).
- On the lower slopes of the Albulapass.
- The peloton on the Albulapass.
Results
1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.49.52 (36.391 km/h) 2 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 0.36 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.40 4 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.39 5 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 1.47 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.09 7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 9 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 10 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.29 11 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 14 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.37 15 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 17 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.10 18 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 4.13 19 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 4.24 20 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.59 21 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 23 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 25 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.23 26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.09 27 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 29 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 30 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7.46 31 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 8.04 32 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.57 33 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 34 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 35 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.00 37 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 38 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 42 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 44 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 46 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 47 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 48 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 11.56 49 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 50 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 51 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 12.36 52 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 13.04 53 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.32 54 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 14.54 56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.40 57 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 58 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 59 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 60 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 64 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 65 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 66 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 67 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 69 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 70 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 71 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 72 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 73 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 18.43 74 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 19.41 75 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 76 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22.26 77 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 78 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 25.01 79 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 25.11 81 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 82 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 83 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 84 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 85 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 86 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 87 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 88 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 89 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Würth 90 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 91 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 92 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 26.30 93 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 29.47 94 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 95 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 96 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 97 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 98 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 99 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 100 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 101 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 102 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 103 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 104 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 105 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 106 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 107 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 108 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 109 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 110 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 112 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 113 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 114 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 115 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 116 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 117 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 118 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 120 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 121 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 122 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 123 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 124 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 125 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 126 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 127 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 128 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 129 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 130 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 131 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 132 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 133 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 134 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 135 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 136 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 137 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.03 139 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 140 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 30.05 141 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 142 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 30.07 143 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 30.09 144 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.35 145 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 35.30 DNF Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNF Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas DNF Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux Points 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 pts 2 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 12 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 4 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 5 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 8 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 8 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 5 9 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 4 10 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 11 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Mountains GPM Le Gruyere AOC HC 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 20 pts 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 3 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 10 4 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 5 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 4 GPM Le Gruyere AOC - Cat. 1 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 12 pts 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6 4 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 5 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 2 GPM Le Gruyere AOC HC 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 pts 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 10 4 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 5 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 4 Sprints Winterthur Sprint, km 170 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 6 pts 2 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 3 3 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1 Winterthur Sprint, km 190 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Teams 1 Wurth Team 17.34.30 2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.14 3 T-Mobile Team 2.52 4 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 8.08 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10.52 6 Team Csc 12.11 7 Rabobank 12.22 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 15.38 9 Credit Agricole 18.32 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 18.40 11 Bouygues Telecom 25.06 12 Liquigas 26.20 13 Gerolsteiner 28.42 14 Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.17 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 30.44 16 Davitamon-Lotto 33.25 17 Lampre - Fondital 34.47 18 Team Milram 46.47 19 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 52.43 20 Francaise Des Jeux 1.00.49 21 Team L.P.R. 1.11.20 General classification after stage 6 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27.43.21 2 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 0.34 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.54 4 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.00 5 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 2.11 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.27 7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 2.32 8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.36 9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.34 10 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.46 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3.50 12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.52 13 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.00 14 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.08 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5.07 16 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5.09 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.22 18 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 5.25 19 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.36 20 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 21 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 6.43 22 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.51 23 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.56 24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6.58 25 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 7.25 26 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 10.43 27 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 28 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11.57 29 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.59 30 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 13.53 31 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 14.32 32 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14.53 33 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 14.55 34 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.48 35 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 17.18 36 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 37 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 18.15 38 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.56 39 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 19.08 40 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 20.01 41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.15 42 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20.52 43 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.11 44 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 22.17 45 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 22.22 46 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22.30 47 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.10 48 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25.22 50 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 27.06 51 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 27.26 52 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 27.31 53 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.37 54 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.58 55 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 29.12 56 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 29.52 57 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 30.14 58 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.38 59 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.06 60 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 32.12 61 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32.41 62 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.54 63 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 33.31 64 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. 33.39 65 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35.22 66 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.32 67 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 37.07 68 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 38.22 69 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Würth 70 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 38.31 71 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 39.31 72 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 39.55 73 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 42.18 74 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 42.34 75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42.36 76 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 43.44 77 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 43.58 78 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44.47 79 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 45.16 80 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 45.53 81 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 46.09 82 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 46.24 83 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47.18 84 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 47.30 85 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 47.32 86 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52.17 87 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52.28 88 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 52.37 89 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 52.56 90 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 54.22 91 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54.28 92 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 55.22 93 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 55.43 94 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 56.39 95 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 58.07 96 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 58.15 97 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 58.22 98 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 58.41 99 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 59.57 100 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.00.02 101 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 1.01.08 102 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.02.19 103 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.02.31 104 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 1.02.35 105 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 1.02.59 106 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.03.07 107 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.04.34 108 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 1.05.32 109 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.05.33 110 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.07.28 111 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.08.24 112 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.08.51 113 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.08.57 114 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.09.21 115 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 116 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.09.35 117 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.09.41 118 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.10.05 119 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.10.29 120 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 1.10.50 121 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 122 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.12.34 123 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.12.37 124 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.13.33 125 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.15.20 126 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.15.26 127 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 128 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 129 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 1.17.04 130 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.18.06 131 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 1.18.34 132 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.18.40 133 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 134 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 135 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 136 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.18.56 137 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.19.06 138 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 1.20.03 139 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.21.09 140 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.22.17 141 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 1.22.20 142 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.22.28 143 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.22.48 144 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.23.00 145 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.27.23 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 59 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 40 3 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 39 4 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37 5 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 33 6 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 29 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 29 8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 27 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 25 10 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 25 11 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 12 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 13 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 22 14 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 22 15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 18 16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 17 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 16 18 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 19 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 14 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 13 21 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 23 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 24 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 25 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 26 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 9 27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 8 28 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 29 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7 30 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 6 31 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 32 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 6 33 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 6 34 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 35 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 36 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 37 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 38 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 39 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 40 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 3 41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 2 42 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 43 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 44 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 45 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 46 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 47 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1 48 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Mountains classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 53 pts 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 3 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 4 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 5 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 6 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 14 7 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 14 8 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 13 9 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 10 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 10 11 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. 8 12 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 14 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 15 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 16 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 17 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 18 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 6 19 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 20 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 4 21 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 22 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 2 23 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 24 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2 25 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 2 26 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 27 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 28 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 29 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 21 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 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6 8 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 9 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 10 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 4 11 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 12 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3 14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 15 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 16 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3 17 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 18 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1 19 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 20 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 21 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1 22 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1 23 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. 1 Teams classification 1 Wurth Team 83.15.48 2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.02 3 T-Mobile Team 3.18 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Te 11.06 5 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 12.52 6 Team Csc 14.58 7 Rabobank 15.09 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 21.11 9 Gerolsteiner 30.20 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 31.06 11 Liquigas 31.43 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 38.54 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 44.52 14 Lampre - Fondital 45.35 15 Team Milram 51.42 16 Credit Agricole 59.22 17 Davitamon-Lotto 1.06.23 18 Bouygues Telecom 1.08.00 19 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephon 1.14.35 20 Team L.P.R. 2.14.55 21 Francaise Des Jeux 2.25.33
