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70th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 10-18, 2006
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Stage 8 - June 17: Ambri - Ambri, 155 km
Contador takes second Würth stage win
Gil unable to increase his buffer over Jaksche and Ullrich
By Shane Stokes in Ambri, with additional reporting from Anthony Tan
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For one Spaniard joy, the other disappointment. The beleaguered Würth team got another boost to morale today when 23 year old Alberto Contador won the penultimate stage of the Tour de Suisse into Ambri. The 23 year old jumped across to a splintering breakaway group 115 kilometres from the line and then pressed on alone on the 2106 metre first category climb of Gotthardpass. Although Cadel Evans (Davitamon Lotto) set off in pursuit with 13 kilometres remaining and was then reinforced in his chase some ten kilometres later by David Herrero Llorente (Euskaltel), Contador was strong enough to stay clear of the two and reach the finish 34 seconds clear.
"I came here very motivated," said the Spaniard, when the Tour de Romandie stage winner was asked about the fact that he has again been successful in Switzerland. "The roads are in very good condition, the weather is usually very nice here and also I am here in very good shape."
Contador was listed beforehand as one of the possible winners but lost ten minutes on stage six. He explained how that happened and why it wasn't of huge concern. "More than anything, being here is about preparing for the Tour de France," he stated. "That is the first objective. I had a very difficult stage where I didn't feel well, maybe from something I ate, and I lost ten minutes as a result. That cost me my general classification chances. But that's the way it worked out, I can't change it."
Thirty seven seconds after he raced home for the win, Phonak rider Alexandre Moos led home a large chase group for fourth place. Race leader Koldo Gil Perez was next across the line, taking fifth, but the Saunier Duval rider was clearly disappointed not to have succeeded in his aim of taking time out of closest rivals Jörg Jaksche (Team Würth) and Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile). "It will be difficult now," a sombre Gil admitted at the post-race press conference. "The time gap is obviously not very much, and I am aware that the two others are specialists for time trials. But I think the podium is something I can try to achieve."
"I haven't seen the course yet but I am going to see it tomorrow morning, together with my team.
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Although he seemed initially to be conceding defeat, talking about a podium place as being achievable, Gil later seemed to hold out some faint hopes for yellow. "I obviously wanted to get more time on him [Ullrich] today in order to have a more relaxed time trial. But the wind wasn't helpful – the idea was for two or three of my team-mates to get clear on the second climb and then I would try to get across to them. The headwind messed that plan up, so I did all I could do near the end to get a few seconds."
"I know it is going to be extremely difficult tomorrow, but I will give it everything I have. I will not know if I am the winner or the loser until I cross the finish line, but I will do everything I can to fight."
However Jaksche and Ullrich will both fancy their chances. Each of them are strong time trialists, and over 30 kilometres they will be relatively confident of erasing their deficits of 30 and 50 seconds respectively. Unless Gil pulls out a phenomenal ride, it looks like there will be a big German showdown on the undulating road between Kerzers and Bern tomorrow.
How it unfolded
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With just the 30 kilometre time trial remaining after today, climbers knew this was their last shot before men like Jan Ullrich asserted their authority tomorrow. And with three super-tough climbs on the menu, it gave them no excuse to say their didn't have their chance.
126 of the original 167 left Ambri for a mountainous 164,1 loop in the Swiss Alps. On the lower slopes the Lukmanierpass (km 135), the first climb of the day, a group of three got away, which grew to two dozen five kilometres later.
However, this was considered far too large and far too dangerous by the groupe maillot jaune, and in the end, it was trimmed down to nine before the peloton let them go. In the break were: Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas), Gregory Rast (Phonak), Alberto Contador (Würth), Sven Montgomery (Gerolsteiner), Iker Flores Galarza (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Maxime Monfort (Cofidis), Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole), Marco Fertonani (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) and Sylvain Calzati (AG2R Prevoyance). Best-placed was Calzati, 20th on GC at the start of the day and 6'32 behind the maillot jaune of Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval - Prodir).
100 kilometres from the finish, the nine had built a three-minute buffer - not nearly enough on a parcours like this. Down into the valley, the natural momentum of 117 riders saw them chomp another minute off their lead.
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On the penultimate climb of the Oberalppass, Rast (Phonak) and Bellotti (Credit Agricole) were dropped, with the remaining seven going over the crest as one, lead by Montgomery (Gerolsteiner). 35 kilometres from home, Fertonani (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) was the first to try his luck on the Gotthardpass, before Contador (Würth) and Calzati (AG2R Prevoyance) countered and passed him a kilometre later. After that same distance again, the Contador was on his own.
Behind him, the groupe maillot jaune had thinned considerably. Race leader Gil (Saunier Duval - Prodir) tried to attack two kilometres from the summit of the Gotthardpass but to no avail, and ten riders went over its crest a minute-and-a-half behind Contador. On the descent, another 17 hooked on to the groupe maillot jaune, blowing it back out to 27.
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Just shy of 10 kilometres to go, Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) broke free to go after Contador, who was still a minute ahead of the bunch. Five kilometres from Ambri, Evans was 37 seconds behind the lone leader, with the bunch a further 11 seconds behind.
The Australian was hoping Contador would crack on the fourth category climb at Quinto, its crest just three kilometres from the finish, but the Spaniard smartly spun a small gear, conserving his legs and preserving his lead all the way to the line.
Just before the catégorie 4 GPM, Euskaltel-Euskadi's David Herrero attacked the groupe maillot jaune and joined Evans, with the pair eventually finishing 40 seconds after the stage winner, the peloton another three seconds behind. Consequently, all time gaps at the top of the leaderboard remain unchanged.
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- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) sucks down another bidon
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) waits for the start of stage 8
- Thumbs up but Koldo Gil isn't that confident of holding off the rest tomorrow
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval) climbs during stage 8
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval) couldn't shake Ullrich today
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) follows the pace in stage 8
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) thinking of tomorrow's TT
- William Bonnet (Credit Agricole) on a climb during stage 8
- Sebastien Minard (Cofidis) during the eighth stage
- Alberto Contador (Wurth) en route to victory
- Alberto Contador (Wurth) descending into Ambri
- Alberto Contador (Wurth) wins the eighth stage into Ambri
- Alberto Contador (Wurth) revels in victory
- Alberto Contador (Wurth) gets a podium cheer
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval) smiles from the podium.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Jorg Jaksche (Wurth) waits for the start of stage 8
- Jorg Jaksche (Wurth) smiling
- Erik Zabel (Milram)
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) at the start
- Alberto Contador (Wurth) comes up to the top
- Alberto Contador (Wurth) looks for the top
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval) on the front
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval) trying to shake the rest
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval) on the front
- Suffering
- Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas)
- Jorg Jaksche (Wurth) hammers to the top
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) near the top of the Gotthardpass
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) looking good
- Frank Schleck (CSC) drives his group
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) hangs on
- Caruso finds it hard
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) going hard
- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) comes up to the top
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner)
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) finding some mountain climbing form
- Noice
- A group comes up the San Gotthardpass
- Laurent Brochard (Bouygues)
- Mirko Celestino (Milram) comes up the San Gotthardpass
- Mirko Celestino (Milram)
- Time for a feed
- There's the summit
- Climbing the San Gotthardpass
- Alex Moos (Phonak) leads Christian Vandevelde
- Manuel Beltran (Discovery) over the top of the Gotthardpass
- Nearly there
- Riders cross the summit of the Gotthardpass
- The top of the San Gotthardpass
- Alberto Contador (Wurth) wins in Ambri
- Alberto Contador (Wurth) celebrates his win
- Herrero and Evans cross for second and third
- Alex Moos (Phonak) wins the sprint for fourth
- Moos leads the Gil group to the finish
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) finishes
- Alberto Contador (Wurth) smiles on the podium
- Alberto Contador (Wurth) enjoys the moment
- Alberto Contador (Wurth) on the podium
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval) puts on the jersey
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval) likes the fit
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval) enjoys the moment
Results
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 4.19.03 (38.518 km/h) 2 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.34 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.37 5 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 7 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 11 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 12 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 13 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.41 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 17 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 18 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 20 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.49 23 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.59 24 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.14 25 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.33 26 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.42 27 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.32 28 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 3.34 29 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.36 30 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 34 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 35 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 38 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.40 41 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.42 42 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 3.43 43 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 44 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 45 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 46 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3.46 47 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.47 48 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.49 49 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.11 50 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.38 51 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 52 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.14 53 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 54 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.29 55 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 11.19 56 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 12.50 58 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 59 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 60 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 62 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 63 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 64 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 13.16 65 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 66 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.20 67 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18.04 68 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 69 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 70 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 71 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 72 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 20.48 73 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 20.58 74 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 75 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 76 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 77 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 78 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 79 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 21.11 80 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 81 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 82 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 83 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 84 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 85 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 86 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 87 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 88 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 89 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 90 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 91 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 92 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 21.22 93 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 26.38 94 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 26.48 95 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 96 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 97 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 98 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 99 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 100 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 101 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 102 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 103 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 104 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.56 105 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 108 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 109 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.00 110 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas DNF Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Erki Putsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas DNF Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Würth DNF Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance DNF William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNS Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic DNS Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto DNS Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital Points 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 15 pts 2 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 10 4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 5 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 7 7 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 9 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 4 10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 11 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 2 12 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 1 Mountains GPM Le Gruyere AOC HC 1 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 20 pts 2 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 15 3 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 4 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 GPM Le Gruyere AOC - Cat. 1 1 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 pts 2 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 6 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 4 5 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 GPM Le Gruyere AOC - Cat. 1 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 12 pts 2 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 3 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 4 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 4 5 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 GPM Le Gruyere AOC - Cat. 4 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 3 pts 2 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Sprints Winterthur Sprint, km 37.1 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 6 pts 2 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 3 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Winterthur Sprint, km 64.9 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 6 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3 3 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 Teams 1 Wurth Team 12.58.23 2 T-Mobile Team 0.41 3 Team CSC 0.45 4 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.51 5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.17 6 Gerolsteiner 4.45 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.31 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.46 9 Rabobank 9.41 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 10.28 11 Bouygues Telecom 12.36 12 Credit Agricole 15.56 13 AG2R Prevoyance 16.47 14 Davitamon-Lotto 21.00 15 Lampre - Fondital 27.51 16 Quick Step - Innergetic 28.02 17 Liquigas 41.19 18 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 41.49 19 Team Milram 48.57 20 Francaise Des Jeux 1.04.14 General classification after stage 8 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37.42.01 2 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 0.30 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.50 4 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 2.03 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.22 6 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.36 7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 2.45 8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.30 9 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3.42 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.15 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5.07 12 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 5.25 13 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.28 15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5.32 16 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.36 17 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.45 18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6.52 19 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.14 20 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.27 21 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9.57 22 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 10.09 23 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 10.16 24 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.00 25 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 11.57 26 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15.15 27 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.17 28 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 17.37 29 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17.59 30 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20.10 31 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23.32 32 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24.34 33 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 25.42 34 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.47 35 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.41 36 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.02 37 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 30.28 38 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.58 39 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 32.20 40 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.59 41 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 35.04 42 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35.18 43 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.45 44 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.53 45 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 38.28 46 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38.55 47 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 39.42 48 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 39.54 49 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40.12 50 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 41.37 51 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 42.45 52 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 42.50 53 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 43.08 54 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 43.24 55 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 44.45 56 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 44.50 57 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 48.07 58 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50.19 59 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 51.07 60 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 52.05 61 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52.44 62 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 53.13 63 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 57.00 64 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 58.07 65 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 58.42 66 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 59.15 67 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 1.00.04 68 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.00.48 69 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.05.36 70 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.05.58 71 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.06.19 72 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.07.29 73 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.08.10 74 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 1.09.08 75 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.10.03 76 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.10.33 77 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1.12.26 78 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 1.13.35 79 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.15.32 80 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.16.13 81 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.16.44 82 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.18.15 83 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.18.39 84 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 1.18.40 85 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18.57 86 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.19.07 87 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.19.17 88 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.20.40 89 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.21.22 90 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.21.23 91 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.25.09 92 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.26.00 93 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.29.17 94 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.35.25 95 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.35.28 96 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.36.24 97 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.36.38 98 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.38.32 99 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 1.38.37 100 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.39.42 101 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 1.41.29 102 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.42.23 103 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 1.43.03 104 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.43.24 105 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.44.09 106 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 1.45.10 107 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.50.16 108 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 1.51.50 109 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.51.55 110 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.53.53 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 71 pts 2 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45 3 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 41 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 39 5 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 37 6 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 30 8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27 9 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 27 10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 24 11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23 12 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 16 14 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 15 15 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 14 16 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 17 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 18 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 19 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 10 21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 9 22 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 23 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 9 24 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 8 25 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 26 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 27 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7 28 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 29 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 6 30 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 6 31 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 32 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 6 33 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 34 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 35 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 36 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 37 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 38 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 39 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 40 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 41 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 43 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 44 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 1 45 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1 46 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Mountains classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 61 pts 2 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 40 3 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 29 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 23 5 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23 6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 7 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 8 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 10 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 14 11 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 13 12 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 13 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 10 14 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 15 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 17 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 18 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 19 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 20 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6 21 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 6 22 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 24 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 25 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 6 26 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 27 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 4 28 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 4 29 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 30 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2 31 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1 32 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 33 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 34 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 35 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 21 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 12 3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 12 4 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10 5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 9 7 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 7 8 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 7 9 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 10 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 4 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3 12 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3 14 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 15 Alexandre Moos (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 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1 20 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 21 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 22 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 23 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 24 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1 25 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1 Teams classification 1 Wurth Team 113.10.51 2 T-Mobile Team 4.07 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.23 4 Team CSC 15.54 5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.49 6 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17.53 7 Rabobank 24.59 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 31.47 9 Gerolsteiner 35.45 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 44.01 11 AG2R Prevoyance 47.57 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.13.21 13 Lampre - Fondital 1.13.53 14 Liquigas 1.14.15 15 Credit Agricole 1.15.22 16 Bouygues Telecom 1.21.15 17 Davitamon-Lotto 1.27.42 18 Team Milram 1.41.29 19 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.56.32 20 Francaise Des Jeux 3.36.15
