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64th Paris-Nice - ProTour

France, March 5-12, 2006

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Stage 1 - March 6: Villemandeur - Saint-Amand-Montrond, 193 km

Boonen ends 26 years of no-show

By Jean-François Quénet in Saint-Amand-Montrond

Time to soar - again
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Never has a world champion won a stage in Paris-Nice since Jan Raas did in the town of Auxerre in 1980! Belgian Tom Boonen has met all the expectations by claiming stage one in a bunch sprint in Saint-Amand-Montrond. The time bonuses gave him the lead after his fifth place in the prologue only five seconds down on Bobby Julich. "For me, it wasn’t necessary to win," the world champion commented. "But it’s important for the others."

By "others", Boonen meant his teammates, his sponsors and the media who urge him to be a world class champion like the ones from the past. There is no more malediction on the rainbow jersey - the Belgian has scored his eighth win of the 2006 season: six in Qatar, one at Ruta del Sol and now one in Paris-Nice.

Boonen didn’t enjoy this one so much though. "The bunch wasn’t riding fast and I was cold, I was so cold that I asked the organisers to cancel the last lap," he revealed. The race officials didn’t agree with that proposal. It was cold but there was no rain or snow like in 2005, when Paris-Nice was held in worse conditions. Less than 1000 kilometres will be covered in eight days, which was another reason for many champions aiming at winning classics to choose Tirreno-Adriatico as a warm-up this year. Boonen didn’t.

"I don’t know what Tirreno-Adriatico is about," the world champion explained after taking the yellow jersey at Paris-Nice. "I heard it’s more nervous and I don’t like that. I like to keep my habits. I had a brilliant season last year with that programme and I prefer to stick to it." However, directeur sportif Wilfried Peeters made clear that Boonen isn’t going to ride the rest of Paris-Nice for the overall win: "We don’t have the team for that," he said.

"Wearing the yellow jersey doesn’t change anything for me," Boonen continued. "Tomorrow, it will be a stage for someone else. We’re here to get ready for the classics. I also came with the goal of a stage win, that’s done now. If I win two stages, it’ll be even better but I’ll have to lose the yellow jersey first."

There are six hills on the 200km course between Cérilly and Belleville in the Beaujolais wine area tomorrow, which could provide opportunities for other riders such as courageous as Christophe Laurent and Stéphane Augé today.

How it unfolded

With acres behind him,
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Due to the cold conditions, the bunch started slowly and let David Zabriskie take off by himself. The winner of the prologue in last year’s Tour de France quickly got a 7.40 advantage at km 25, but it wasn’t a part of CSC’s plan for the race. He waited for the main pack and got caught after 38 kilometres of a useless solo breakaway.

At km 60, Agritubel’s Christophe Laurent broke clear, quickly joined by his fellow compatriot Stéphane Augé of Cofidis. The two Frenchmen, who used to be teammates at Jean Delatour, rode very well together and got a maximum lead of 10 minutes at km 108. "We believed we could make it when we still had six minutes with 40 km to go," Laurent explained. "We spoke and agreed it was feasible because in about 30 kilometres of racing the peloton had made only 40 seconds onto us."

Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
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But Quick Step was focused on closing the gap. They also got some help from CSC, as a tribute to Bobby Julich’s leading position, as well as from Lampre who believed in Danilo Napolitano’s ability of beating the world champion. "With 70 kilometres to go, I spoke with my teammates and told them it was time to ride in the front if they wanted me to win the stage," Boonen explained post-race.

Davitamon-Lotto also rode in the wind for Gert Steegmans. The two escapees only kept a 2.10 lead on the line with less than 20 km - one lap in Saint-Amand-Montrond - to go. "I attacked on the hill after that," Laurent said. "Not because I didn’t get on well with Stéphane but I knew there was only one climb and I thought I could get the polka dot jersey." Finally, he didn’t: Augé got back on and scored the points.

With six km to go, the peloton was all together for the sprint. Quick Step’s lead-out was perfect. Only Allan Davis disturbed the train when he accelerated on the left handside with 250 metres to go. But Boonen is the best in the world on a slightly uphill terrain. He was more powerful today than anyone else.

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Results

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        4.56.01
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
3 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
4 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                       
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
7 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
8 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
9 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
10 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                        
11 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
12 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                  
13 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas                                        
14 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
15 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
17 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
18 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                               
19 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
21 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
22 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram                                   
23 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  
24 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
26 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
27 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                         
28 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                   
29 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                  
30 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          
31 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
32 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            
33 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                           
35 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          
36 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
37 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                 
38 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        
39 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                      
40 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
41 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas                                          
42 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
43 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                 
44 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
45 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
46 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
47 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          
48 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         
49 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        
50 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
51 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
52 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
53 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            
54 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
55 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    
56 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                     
57 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
58 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
59 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
60 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                    
61 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
62 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                 
63 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
65 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
66 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                               
67 Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             
68 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux                             
69 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                  
70 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                             
71 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
72 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
73 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
74 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
75 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
76 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     
77 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
78 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                      
79 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
80 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
81 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                     
82 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
83 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                     
84 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
85 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                       
86 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
87 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                             
88 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                     
89 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                  
90 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
91 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
92 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     
93 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     
94 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            
95 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
96 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
97 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            
98 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram                                
99 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                        
100 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                     
101 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                
102 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
103 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            
104 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              
105 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
106 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
107 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
108 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
109 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
110 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                     
111 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
112 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            
113 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
114 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
115 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
116 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
117 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          
118 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
119 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
120 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                
121 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
122 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
123 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                
124 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
125 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
126 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
127 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
128 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
129 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital                          
130 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
131 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
132 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
133 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              
134 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       
135 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
136 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                              
137 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
138 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
139 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                
140 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
141 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                           
142 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
143 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         
144 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
145 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
146 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
147 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                   
148 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           
149 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
150 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                 
151 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                    
152 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                        
153 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
154 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    
155 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
156 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
157 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
158 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
159 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                 0.39
160 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
161 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               0.47
162 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           0.50
163 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                        
164 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                     1.05
165 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           2.07
166 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel                                4.26
167 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                17.52
DNF Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
 
Points
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             25 pts
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       22
3 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       20
4 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                     18
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            16
6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               15
7 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                14
8 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                              13
9 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           12
10 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                      11
11 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            10
12 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                 9
13 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas                                       8
14 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                             7
15 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 6
16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        5
17 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    4
18 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                              3
19 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               2
20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            1
 
Sprints
 
First Intermediate Sprint - Sainte-Thorette (km 123)

1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                  3 pts
2 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                2
3 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                      1

Second Intermediate Sprint - Saint-Amand Montrond (km 173,5)

1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                  3 pts
2 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                2
3 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                          1
 
Mountains
 
1 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                4 pts
2 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                  2
3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1
 
Young rider
 
1 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  4.56.01
2 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                       
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
4 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
5 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
6 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                         
7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                   
8 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas                                         
9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
10 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
11 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                      
12 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
15 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
16 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
17 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
18 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                    
19 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
21 Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             
22 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                  
23 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                      
24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
25 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                     
26 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     
27 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     
28 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            
29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
30 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                        
31 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
32 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
33 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
34 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 
35 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               
36 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
37 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
38 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
39 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            2.07
40 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 17.52
 
Teams
 
1 Discovery Channel Team                                       14.48.03
2 Team Milram                                                          
3 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                           
4 Credit Agricole                                                      
5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                       
6 Gerolsteiner                                                         
7 Lampre-Fondital                                                      
8 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                    
9 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               
10 T-Mobile Team                                                       
11 Rabobank                                                            
12 Liquigas                                                            
13 Agritubel                                                           
14 Quick Step-Innergetic                                               
15 Francaise Des Jeux                                                  
16 Davitamon-Lotto                                                     
17 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                
18 Team CSC                                                            
19 Bouygues Telecom                                                    
20 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                     
21 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                        
 
General Classification after stage 1
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        5.02.01
2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                      0.07
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               0.08
4 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux                          0.09
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                0.10
6 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
7 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           0.12
8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             0.14
10 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
11 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                       0.15
12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
13 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                        
14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            0.16
15 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
16 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        
18 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              0.17
19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
20 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                             0.18
21 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                               
22 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
23 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
24 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
25 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                           0.20
26 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
27 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      
28 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
29 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
30 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                     
31 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                               
32 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     0.21
33 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
34 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          
35 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                  
36 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
37 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                         0.22
38 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
39 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    
40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
41 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     
42 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            0.23
44 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
45 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
46 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
47 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
48 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
49 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
50 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                         0.24
51 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
52 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
53 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
54 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
55 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 
56 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          0.25
57 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           
58 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
59 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
60 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
61 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                           
63 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                     
64 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
65 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               0.26
66 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          
67 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            
68 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             
69 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                               
70 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          
71 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
72 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
73 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
74 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital                           
75 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          
76 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             0.27
77 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                  
78 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
79 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                      
80 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          0.28
81 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
82 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                  
83 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        
84 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
85 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
86 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
87 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           0.29
88 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
89 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram                                
90 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
91 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                 
92 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                 
93 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
94 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                0.30
95 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
96 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                         
97 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                     
98 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            0.31
99 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                 0.32
100 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
101 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
102 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
103 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                        0.33
104 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                
105 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
106 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           
107 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
108 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         0.34
109 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
110 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                   
111 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           
112 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
113 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                              0.35
114 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                     
115 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                
116 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                    
117 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                         0.36
118 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                     
119 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
120 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                    
121 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                       0.37
122 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
123 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
124 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
125 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
126 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                 
127 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                            0.38
128 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
129 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                      
130 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              0.39
131 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    
132 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                 
133 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           
134 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
135 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                        0.40
136 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
137 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                       0.41
138 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            
139 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
140 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           
141 Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            
142 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
143 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  0.42
144 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
145 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                   0.43
146 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas                                       
147 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                              0.44
148 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            0.45
149 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
150 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas                                         
151 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram                              0.46
152 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                 0.48
153 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           0.49
154 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                        
155 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                             0.51
156 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                0.52
157 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          0.53
158 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1.08
159 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                 1.17
160 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              1.22
161 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.23
162 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           1.27
163 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                     1.42
164 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                    1.56
165 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           2.34
166 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel                                5.09
167 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                18.19
 
Points Classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             41 pts
2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               27
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        25
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 22
5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       22
6 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux                            20
7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       20
8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  18
9 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                     18
10 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          17
11 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           16
12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            15
13 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            14
14 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               14
15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                        13
16 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                             13
17 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             11
18 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                      11
19 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         10
20 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            10
21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                               9
22 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                 9
23 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                       8
24 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas                                       8
25 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               7
26 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                             7
27 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                 6
28 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 6
29 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 6
30 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        5
31 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       4
32 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    4
33 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               4
34 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 3
35 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                              3
36 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      2
37 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               2
38 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                1
39 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            1
40 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                         1
41 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                     1
 
Mountains Classification
 
1 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                4 pts
2 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                  2
3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1
 
Young rider Classification
 
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             5.02.11
2 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       0.02
3 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                     0.05
4 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         0.06
5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    0.07
6 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     0.10
7 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                      
8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                               0.11
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                         0.12
10 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     
11 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
12 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            0.13
13 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
14 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             0.14
15 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 
16 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         0.15
17 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
18 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                  0.17
19 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             0.18
20 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           0.19
22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
23 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                0.20
24 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   0.22
25 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                  0.26
26 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                        0.27
27 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                  
28 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         0.29
29 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         0.31
30 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            
31 Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             
32 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   0.32
33 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
34 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                    0.33
35 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas                                        
36 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                  0.38
37 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 0.42
38 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           0.43
39 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            2.24
40 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 18.09
 
Teams Classification
 
1 Francaise Des Jeux                                           15.06.39
2 Team CSC                                                         0.05
3 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                       0.08
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           0.15
5 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                0.17
6 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                     0.19
7 Discovery Channel Team                                           0.20
8 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                   0.21
9 Bouygues Telecom                                                     
10 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                 0.24
11 Davitamon-Lotto                                                     
12 Liquigas                                                        0.25
13 Quick Step-Innergetic                                           0.27
14 Credit Agricole                                                 0.34
15 Gerolsteiner                                                    0.35
16 Rabobank                                                            
17 Team Milram                                                     0.36
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                            0.40
19 Lampre-Fondital                                                 0.41
20 Agritubel                                                       0.49
21 T-Mobile Team                                                   0.52

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