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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

Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
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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.”

Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
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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

The Swiss Alps
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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.

Simon Gerrans (AG2R)
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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.

Angel Vicioso (Würth)
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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).

Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team)
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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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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

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