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70th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 10-18, 2006
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Stage 7 - June 16: St. Moritz - Ascona, 233 km
Oscar's way, Oscar's day
Leaderboard at status quo
By Anthony Tan and Jeff Jones, with additional reporting from Shane Stokes in Ascona
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) pulled off an impressive solo win in the seventh stage of the Tour de Suisse, with a cheeky attack in the closing kilometres to drop his four breakaway companions and hold off the peloton by just 3 seconds. The sprinters had to settle for second place, with Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) edging out Erik Zabel (Milram) for the honours. The overall classification remained unchanged, with Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval) still in the lead.
Freire was one of four survivors of an early break, the others being Salvatore Commesso (Lampre-Fondital), Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) and Matthew White (Discovery Channel). With a hard charging peloton chasing them all the way into Ascona, there wasn't much room for tactics. But Oscarito surprised everyone by jumping over a median strip with 5 km to go to take the shortest way around a roundabout...and he was gone.
When asked afterwards whether his move was a little risky, Freire replied, "Yes, but the road itself was very dangerous. There were many turns and roundabouts, and because of the rain it made it more difficult. The jump wasn’t too hard but the dangerous thing was that I had to avoid the car that was passing. After that, I was happy that I did the finish like that.
"This is not my first victory of the year but my fifth. It is always hard to come back after a difficult year. I feel I am in very good shape now and I feel ready for the Tour de France. This is obviously an important victory for me."
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As the best sprinter there, Freire was the marked man in the break, but he still managed to pull it off. "Everybody tried to play their cards. Nobody wanted to reach the finish with me, but when anyone attacked I always tried to close them down. The fact that I was always there probably helped me win the stage."
Race leader Koldo Gil said he will try to take more time out of his rivals in tomorrow's tough mountain stage: "Tomorrow will be the last chance to take time from Jaksche and Ullrich and so increase my lead before the time trial. I like the stage, it looks difficult and seems to be a stage that could suit me. It all depends on how I recover tonight. But today I felt really good so I am not worried too much about tomorrow."
How it unfolded
Beginning 1,775 metres above sea level at the famous ski resort of St. Moritz, the 145 remaining riders left the Plazza dal Rosatsch Ascona and immediately began the climb to the crest of the catégorie 2 Julierpass.
Before the summit, mountains leader Michael Albasini (Liquigas) attacked to gain maximum points. But as he was brought back, a series of attacks followed on the long descent, though none successful.
Just shy of the 50 kilometre mark (187km to go), 20 riders tried their luck, with all but two - Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and White (Discovery Channel) - reeled back into the main field. Around five kilometres later, a group of six - David Herrero (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Martin Elmiger (Phonak), Michael Rogers (T-Mobile Team), Salvatore Commesso (Lampre-Fondital), Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) and Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) - bridged to Freire and White to form the day's break.
15 kilometres later, the octet enjoyed a 3'42 lead over the peloton, and with 120 kilometres remaining, they attained their maximum advantage of nine minutes. Herrero, the best-placed on GC in the break, 6'51 behind race leader Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval-Prodir) at the start of the day, had also become the maillot jaune virtuel by a little over two minutes.
Continuing to ride as one on the catégorie 1 Lukmanierpass, by the crest of the 1,740 metre-high ascent, the eight riders still had a lead of six minutes plus 90 kilometres from the finish. Equally, the peloton worked together to contain their gap to the breakaway, with Herrero's maillot jaune virtuel no longer.
30 kilometres out from the finish in Ascona, the octet were just three-and-a-half minutes in front, but it was still likely one of the eight would be taking home stage honours today. Likely, but not a certainty...
... With the cat-and-mouse starting perhaps a tad too early, the rhythm of the break was broken, and inside 15 kilometres to go, their advantage was now under a minute.
12 kilometres from home, Commesso (Lampre-Fondital) and Rogers (T-Mobile Team) escaped, quickly distancing themselves. But another two weren't ready to give in, and five clicks later, Freire (Rabobank) and White (Discovery Channel) bridged to make what appeared to be the winning quartet.
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Five kilometres from Ascona, Freire displayed some superb skills to bunny-hop a median strip with apparent ease and leapfrog to the other side of the road, catching his three companions by total surprise, who could only turn their heads in amazement, looking like a trio of stunned mullets.
Freire's timing could not have been more perfect.
As the peloton hunted down and caught the rest of the break, the three-time world champion held off the bunch by the barest of margins. Three seconds was the margin between fortune and misfortune, with Oscarito poking his tongue out in relief and a smile from eye to eye as he crossed the line.
When Tom Boonen knew the stage was gone, the rainbow-striped Quick.Stepper turned off his afterburners, while Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) outsprinted Erik Zabel (Milram) for second and third respectively, and leaving the GC leaderboard at status quo.
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- Here comes Oscar
- He's got it!
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) frustrates the peloton
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins the seventh stage
- Oscar can't believe it
- Time to celebrate
- That hurt but it was worth it
- Daniele Bennati (C) won the sprint for second ahead of Zabel (L)
- Erik Zabel (L) and Daniele Bennati
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) finished sixth
- Race leader Koldo Gil comes in
- Laurent Brochard rolls in
- Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) was in the break, but missed Oscar's move
- Giampaolo Caruso (Wurth) comes in ahead of Jose Zubeldia
- Giampaolo Caruso (Wurth) and Jose Zubeldia have a chat
- Jose Zubeldia (Euskaltel) is not happy
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) is to being finished today
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) after stage 7
- Salvatore Commesso (Lampre-Fondital) missed the key move
- Frank Schleck (CSC) post stage
- Finish line chaos
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) waves from the podium
- Oscarito smiles on the podium
- A happy Oscar
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval) salutes
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval) smiles from the podium
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval) in the lead again
- Koldo Gil (Saunier Duval) likes the feel
Results
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 5.38.49 (41.385 km/h) 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.03 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 4 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 9 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 12 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 14 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 16 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.06 18 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.07 19 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 20 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 26 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 27 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 28 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 29 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 30 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 31 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.11 35 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 38 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 39 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 44 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 0.15 45 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 46 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 0.24 47 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 48 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 0.26 49 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 51 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 52 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 55 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.30 56 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 57 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 58 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 59 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 60 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 61 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 62 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 63 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 64 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 65 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 66 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 67 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 68 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 70 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 71 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 72 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 73 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 74 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 75 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 76 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 77 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 80 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 0.36 81 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 82 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 83 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 0.39 84 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 85 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 86 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.43 87 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.56 88 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.02 89 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.10 90 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 91 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.12 92 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.14 93 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 94 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 1.18 95 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 1.37 96 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 2.43 97 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 98 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 99 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 100 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 101 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Würth 103 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 104 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 105 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 106 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 107 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 109 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 110 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.50 111 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.07 112 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 3.08 113 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 114 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 3.10 115 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 116 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.13 117 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.15 118 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 119 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.16 120 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 121 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 122 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.21 123 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.29 124 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.39 125 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 126 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 6.05 127 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 11.39 128 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 129 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram DNF Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas DNF Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNF Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNF Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNS Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank DNS Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R. DNS Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. DNS Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. Points 1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 15 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 10 4 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 5 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 8 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 5 9 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 10 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3 11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2 12 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Mountains GPM Le Gruyere AOC - Cat. 2 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 8 pts 2 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 3 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4 4 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 5 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 GPM Le Gruyere AOC - Cat. 1 1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 3 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 4 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2 GPM Le Gruyere AOC - Cat. 4 1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 Sprints Winterthur Sprint km 208.7 1 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 3 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Winterthur Sprint, km 227.6 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 6 pts 2 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Wurth Team 16.56.40 2 AG2R Prevoyance 0.04 3 Credit Agricole 4 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.08 5 T-Mobile Team 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Rabobank 0.09 8 Team CSC 0.11 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.12 10 Davitamon-Lotto 0.19 11 Lampre - Fondital 0.27 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.35 14 Bouygues Telecom 0.39 15 Gerolsteiner 0.40 16 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.44 17 Team Milram 0.50 18 Liquigas 1.13 19 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.16 20 Francaise Des Jeux 6.28 General classification after stage 7 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33.22.21 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 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.15 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.22 7 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.36 8 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 2.45 9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.30 10 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3.42 11 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.46 12 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.08 13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.11 14 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.15 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 5.03 16 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 5.21 17 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5.28 18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.37 19 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.32 20 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 21 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 6.58 22 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 7.17 23 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.36 24 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 7.44 25 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.28 26 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 11.02 27 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 28 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12.16 29 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.18 30 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14.47 31 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 15.00 32 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.07 33 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 17.37 34 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Würth 35 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 17.54 36 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 18.34 37 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 20.07 38 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.33 39 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.28 40 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 22.36 41 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22.45 42 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 22.47 43 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 23.03 44 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23.57 45 Jose Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.35 46 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.21 47 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25.35 48 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26.42 49 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 26.44 50 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.29 51 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 27.31 52 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.58 53 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 29.12 54 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 29.58 55 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 30.33 56 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 30.55 57 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.10 58 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 32.37 59 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.54 60 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Team Milram 34.38 61 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35.18 62 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.34 63 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 35.46 64 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.51 65 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 38.21 66 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 39.39 67 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 39.43 68 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 39.50 69 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Würth 40.54 70 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 42.46 71 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 43.33 72 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 44.43 73 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 44.47 74 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 45.02 75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45.08 76 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 45.45 77 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 46.25 78 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step-Innergetic 47.02 79 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47.14 80 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 47.24 81 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 47.49 82 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 51.52 83 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 52.29 84 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52.36 85 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 55.01 86 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 55.28 87 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 55.39 88 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 57.54 89 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 58.56 90 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 59.43 91 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 59.49 92 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 1.00.06 93 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.01.09 94 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.01.12 95 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.02.23 96 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 1.02.31 97 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.02.59 98 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.04.34 99 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.05.56 100 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.08.05 101 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.08.43 102 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 103 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.09.17 104 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.09.31 105 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.09.33 106 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 1.10.27 107 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 1.10.50 108 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 1.11.15 109 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.12.00 110 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 1.12.36 111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.12.56 112 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.13.01 113 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.13.47 114 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 1.14.51 115 David Navas Chica (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1.15.06 116 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.15.33 117 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.15.39 118 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 1.16.52 119 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.17.58 120 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 121 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 1.18.59 122 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.19.08 123 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.19.57 124 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 125 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 1.21.31 126 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.21.36 127 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.22.09 128 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.25.00 129 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.27.42 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 71 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 55 3 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Würth 39 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 39 5 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37 6 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 33 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 32 8 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 29 9 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 27 10 Allan Davis (Aus) Würth 27 11 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 12 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 24 13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 14 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 15 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 16 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 16 17 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 18 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 14 19 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 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 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 9 25 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 8 26 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 27 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8 28 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7 29 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 30 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Würth 6 31 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 6 32 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 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 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 3 39 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 40 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 41 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 3 42 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 2 43 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 44 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 45 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 46 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 47 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 48 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1 49 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 50 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Mountains classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 61 pts 2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 3 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 5 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 7 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 14 8 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 14 9 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 13 10 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 11 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 10 12 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 14 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8 15 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 16 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 17 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 18 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6 19 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 20 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 21 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 6 22 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 23 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 24 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Würth 4 25 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 4 26 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 27 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 2 28 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 2 29 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 30 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 31 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 32 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 33 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 21 pts 2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 12 3 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team 9 6 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Würth 7 7 Jose A Redondo Ramos (Spa) Würth 7 8 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 9 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 10 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance 4 11 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3 13 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 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 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 21 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 22 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 1 23 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 1 24 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1 Teams classification 1 Wurth Team 100.12.28 2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.37 3 T-Mobile Team 3.26 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Te 11.18 5 Caisse D'epargne-Illes Balears 13.36 6 Team Csc 15.09 7 Rabobank 15.18 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 21.19 9 Gerolsteiner 31.00 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 31.10 11 Liquigas 32.56 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 40.10 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 45.19 14 Lampre - Fondital 46.02 15 Team Milram 52.32 16 Credit Agricole 59.26 17 Davitamon-Lotto 1.06.42 18 Bouygues Telecom 1.08.39 19 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephon 1.14.43 20 Francaise Des Jeux 2.32.01
