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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

Tom Boonen (Quick.Step)
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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.

Stage win, yellow jersey
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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

Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile)
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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.

Swiss supporters
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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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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                                                       
     

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