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64th Paris-Nice - ProTour

France, March 5-12, 2006

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Stage 6 - March 11: Digne-les-Bains - Cannes, 179 km

Paid "Kash"

By Jean-François Quénet in Cannes

Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros)
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In the absence of two-times winner and regular hero of the hardest stages of Paris-Nice Alexandre Vinokourov, his fellow compatriot, close friend and now teammate Andrey Kashechkin won the same stage to Cannes as his mentor did two years ago. His final solo effort was extremely spectacular, so was Phonak's hard work in keeping the lead in favour of Floyd Landis, who is now one day from the first major win of his pro cycling career.

It wasn't a transition stage before the very hard final one in the hinterland around Nice. Jens Voigt (CSC) made it highly competitive from the gun. Phonak never had a chance to relax because the breakaway riders weren't too far down on GC, the highest ranked of them being Sandy Casar of Française des Jeux, lying 3:51 down. Evgeni Petrov and Sylvain Chavanel were other riders to be taken very seriously. "Everyone was interested to ride for GC, but not me," Kashechkin explained. "I was far behind, so I told the others: YOU work!"

"No one really wanted to take the responsibility of riding," Casar described from his side. My goal was to gain time for GC. But we never worked all together. There were four riders from Cofidis, three from Caisse d'Épargne but none of them wanted to ride. I had the idea to attack on the col de Bourigaille, that's why I asked Francis Mourey to go beforehand. Behind Petrov, I've done my best."

The Française des Jeux rider was clearly pissed off. There was a typical controversy between French riders in the break. "Chavanel accused me of riding just for being the first Frenchman," Casar reported. "I answered him that I was already the first Frenchman on GC. This was obviously the only thing he was interested in. He's a little rider."

Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis)
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Chavanel denied having tried to become Paris-Nice's best placed French rider. He chased Kashechkin down, but he kept losing time on the Kazakhstani when the two men rode like pursuit specialists into Cannes. Laurent Jalabert still remains the last French stage winner in 2002...

"For 25 kilometres, I had another little time trial with Manolo Saiz's voice permanently in the earpiece again," 'Kash' commented. "With three kilometres to go, I remembered that Vino won the same stage two years ago, but that day there was a lot of head wind and today, there was almost no wind."

He was wearing leg warmers although the weather finally became sunny. "I like the heat," he explained. "And I'm still fat. I'm at 70 percent of my capacities for now. It wasn't my goal to ride Paris-Nice for GC. I'm here for preparation for the Ardennes classics where I'll be the leader of Liberty Seguros, but then, at the Tour de France, I'll work for Alexandre."

He seems happy with his move from Crédit Agricole. "Liberty is a very serious team," he added. "There is discipline and I like that. It's the first thing for succeeding in cycling. By us also, in Kazakhstani, we learn discipline at the army first."

The "Kash machine" is fluent in French, since he rode as a junior in Belgium before joining the Domo Espoirs organisation, later turning pro with Quick Step. He's now learning Spanish. "I learned more in one week with sharing a room with Aitor Osa than in Monaco where I go to classes," he commented.

Floyd Landis (Phonak)
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He's no stranger to the rich places famous for their casinos. There are three of them in Cannes. But the Kazakhstanis aren't known for wasting their money. Vino took 'Kash' for help. "We're happy to be four Kazakhstanis in the same team, that's the other difference with my previous employers", Kashechkin said.

Landis is another man who can be happy with his team. Phonak defended his lead and they should be able to do about the same job again on the final stage, no matter what the terrain is. "Hills are always good for me and I feel good", a confident Landis said.

How it unfolded

Jens Voigt (CSC)
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Jens Voigt (CSC) was the first man in action, and he didn't attack just once. He managed to get a 1'30 lead when he was accompanied by Daniel Navarro (Liberty Seguros) and Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis). They were joined by a group of seven riders with the spectacular presence of Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) wearing the green jersey alongside Aitor Osa (Liberty Seguros), Arkartiz Duran (Saunier Duval), Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears), Kjell Carlström (Liquigas), Samuel Dumoulin and Tomas Vaitkus (Ag2r).

As soon as the peloton caught the escapees on the descent of the Côte des Leques, five of them persisted: Voigt, Navarro, Osa, Portal and Verbrugghe. Many riders tried to organise a chase behind them. They eventually formed a group of 19 riders at the bottom of the Mousteiret (km 67): Verbrugghe, Sylvain Chavanel, David Moncoutié and Maxime Monfort (Cofidis), Osa, Navarro and Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros), Portal, Chente Garcia Acosta and Aitor Perez (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears), Voigt and Bobby Julich (CSC), Sandy Casar and Francis Mourey (Française des Jeux), Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel), Jurgen Van de Walle (Quick Step), Dimitri Fofonov (Crédit Agricole), Evgeni Petrov (Lampre-Fondital) and Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom).

The group held a maximum lead of 2'30. Mourey attacked prior to the first category col de Bourigaille, Petrov caught him and continued on his own. He put a 1'40 difference onto Moncoutié, Kashechkin, Casar, Chavanel and Van de Walle, while yellow jersey Floyd Landis and the rest of the main bunch were situated 3'50 adrift.

Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros)
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In the col du Tanneron, the last one of the day, Kashechkin attacked with 25km to go. He easily caught Petrov and dropped him off. On the downhill, Chavanel also broke clear. The Frenchman was located 13 seconds behind the Kazakhstani at the bottom of the climb. He managed to keep the second position on the stage but crossed the line 1'06 after Kashechkin, who clearly won the man-to-man final duel. With the help of Ag2r's Tomas Vaitkus, Landis' bunch narrowed the gap and didn't lose 30 seconds to a group where Casar proved to be the fastest for third place.

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Results

1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           4.12.08 (42.596 km/h)
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         1.06
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                            1.11
4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
6 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                     
7 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                 
8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            1.33
9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       
11 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                           
12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                          
13 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
15 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
16 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
17 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                              
18 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                           
20 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
21 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
22 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
23 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
24 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      
25 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
26 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              
27 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                 
28 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
29 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
30 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           
31 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                            
32 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          
34 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
35 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
36 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                        3.36
37 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                    
38 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
39 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
40 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                    
41 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
43 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
44 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                            
45 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
46 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
47 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                
48 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
49 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  
50 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            
51 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
52 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
53 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
54 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                           
55 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
56 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
57 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
58 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                               6.21
59 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
60 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                   6.49
61 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
62 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             7.20
63 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
64 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
65 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
66 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                
68 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                              
69 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                
70 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
71 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        
72 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          7.24
73 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           10.28
74 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
75 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           12.19
76 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         
77 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                     
78 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
79 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                12.46
80 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                
81 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
82 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram                               
83 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
84 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
85 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
86 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           
87 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       
88 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
89 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
90 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
91 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                    
92 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       
93 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
95 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
96 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
97 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                     
98 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       17.24
99 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                
100 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        
101 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
102 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  
103 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                       
104 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            20.43
105 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
106 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                   
107 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
108 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              
109 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  
110 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
111 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                
112 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                   
113 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                     
114 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
115 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             
116 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                
117 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                             
118 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
119 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
120 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
121 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
DNF Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                               
DNF Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                           
DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
DNF Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        
DNF Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                
DNF Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                    
DNF Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                
DNF Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
DNF Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
DNF Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
DNF Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
DNF Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                      
DNF David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                    
DNS Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
 
Points
 
1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                25 pts
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           22
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              20
4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            18
5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            16
6 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                   15
7 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                               14
8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              13
9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                               12
10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                     11
11 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                         10
12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                         9
13 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         8
14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               7
15 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        6
16 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            5
17 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                             4
18 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        3
19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                          2
20 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             1
 
Mountains
 
Col des Leques - Cat. 2, km 41.5
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          7 pts
2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                     5
3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              3
4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         2
5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                1
 
Col de Luens - Cat. 2, km 59.5
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             7 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          5
3 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    3
4 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           2
5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              1
 
Côte du Mousteiret - Cat. 3, km 64.5
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             4 pts
2 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                            2
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        1
 
Côte du Clos d'Espargon - Cat. 3, km 86
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             4 pts
2 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                            2
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          1
 
Col de Saint-Arnoux - Cat. 3, km 103
1 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                            4 pts
2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             2
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1
 
Col de Bourigaille - Cat. 1, km 115
1 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                               10 pts
2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             8
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 6
4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                               4
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            3
6 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                   2
7 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           1
 
Côte de Mons - Cat. 3, km 122
1 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                4 pts
2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             2
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1
 
Col du Tanneron - Cat. 2, km 159
1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 7 pts
2 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                5
3 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    3
4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            1
 
Sprints
 
La Garde, km 56
1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              3
2 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    2
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          1
 
Montauroux, km 144
1 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                3
2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              2
3
 
Young rider
 
1 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                          4.13.41
2 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
6 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
7 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                 2.03
8 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     
10 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  
12 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                           
13 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                               4.48
14 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                   5.16
15 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       5.47
16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          5.51
17 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           10.46
18 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                     
19 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  11.13
20 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
21 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                           15.51
22 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
23 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       19.10
24 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
25 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
26 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              
27 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
 
Teams
 
1 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                  12.39.30
2 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                    0.44
3 Lampre-Fondital                                                 1.11
4 Credit Agricole                                                 1.33
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              
6 Discovery Channel Team                                              
7 Francaise Des Jeux                                              3.14
8 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                 3.36
9 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                      
10 Bouygues Telecom                                               5.17
11 Davitamon-Lotto                                                5.39
12 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                  
13 Rabobank                                                       6.21
14 Team CSC                                                       7.20
15 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                           9.23
16 T-Mobile Team                                                 12.08
17 Quick Step-Innergetic                                         14.27
18 Gerolsteiner                                                  15.10
19 Liquigas                                                      19.38
20 Team Milram                                                   26.02
21 Agritubel                                                     26.30
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                   28.24.45
2 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital              0.09
3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          1.13
4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              1.23
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        
6 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           1.35
7 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                         1.39
8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      1.40
9 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                      1.41
10 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                       1.43
11 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  3.02
12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                           3.25
13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        3.40
14 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                
15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  3.51
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        3.56
17 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           4.00
18 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                          4.02
19 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             4.13
20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                       4.22
21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                      5.18
22 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     5.19
23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            5.21
24 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                          5.50
25 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         5.59
26 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                     6.53
27 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             7.03
28 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            7.23
29 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              7.24
30 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                       8.32
31 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                9.14
32 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                        9.21
33 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                   9.59
34 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     10.20
35 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    11.12
36 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               12.44
37 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           13.32
38 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        14.29
39 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                          14.36
40 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic               14.58
41 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               15.04
42 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears        15.18
43 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   15.48
44 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                       15.49
45 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             16.19
46 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           16.32
47 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                          16.39
48 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears      16.52
49 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                           19.22
50 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         19.37
51 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                       20.01
52 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               20.52
53 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                       20.59
54 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                       22.23
55 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            23.10
56 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                               23.23
57 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          24.04
58 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                24.10
59 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           25.51
60 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         26.03
61 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  26.14
62 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                       26.47
63 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                      26.54
64 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        27.13
65 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   28.24
66 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        28.28
67 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                     28.29
68 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                               28.56
69 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                         29.01
70 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                              29.32
71 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                       29.52
72 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          30.32
73 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        31.01
74 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            32.54
75 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                33.04
76 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                    34.00
77 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone       34.10
78 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                34.23
79 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    35.21
80 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                  35.55
81 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              36.14
82 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                  36.24
83 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                    36.28
84 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                       37.04
85 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  37.09
86 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                         37.20
87 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           38.20
88 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        38.44
89 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                 40.38
90 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                            40.39
91 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                  40.55
92 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                         41.20
93 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       41.49
94 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                           42.05
95 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          42.39
96 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    42.41
97 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                          43.00
98 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                        44.08
99 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                      44.19
100 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                     44.26
101 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                44.28
102 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram                         45.27
103 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                  45.48
104 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      46.22
105 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       46.27
106 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             46.43
107 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                          46.59
108 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                              48.05
109 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     49.34
110 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            50.41
111 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            53.14
112 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                             53.18
113 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      55.02
114 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                              56.11
115 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                          56.19
116 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                  56.52
117 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                           56.53
118 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       58.36
119 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team        59.13
120 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          1.01.25
121 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             1.02.50
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            91 pts
2 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            56
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              50
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                48
5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              48
6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      46
7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      38
8 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                             38
9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         36
10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             36
11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              32
12 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital               31
13 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                         31
14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    30
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                      29
16 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       29
17 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           26
18 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           25
19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          25
20 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                              23
21 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               22
22 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       22
23 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                            21
24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                20
25 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             19
26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           18
27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                              17
28 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            17
29 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                           17
30 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           16
31 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                   16
32 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          15
33 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                  15
34 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                     15
35 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               14
36 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           14
37 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                        13
38 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       13
39 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    12
40 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                              12
41 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          12
42 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                          11
43 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            10
44 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             9
45 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                          9
46 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         9
47 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                          8
48 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                      8
49 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                7
50 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               7
51 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           7
52 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                   6
53 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                        6
54 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   6
55 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       5
56 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           3
57 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                           3
58 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 3
59 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 3
60 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                           3
61 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                3
62 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               2
63 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   2
64 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                  2
65 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                           2
66 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           2
67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               1
68 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    1
69 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                         1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                42 pts
2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            38
3 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                   35
4 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                           23
5 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                               19
6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            19
7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                13
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                         13
9 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                           12
10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                12
11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    11
12 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        10
13 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       10
14 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                    8
15 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              8
16 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                8
17 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     8
18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                         8
19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            6
20 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              6
21 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           6
22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            6
23 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                    5
24 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           5
25 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                             4
26 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      4
27 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             4
28 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           4
29 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                3
30 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   3
31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               3
32 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                   3
33 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             3
34 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  3
35 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          3
36 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             2
37 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                   2
38 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  2
39 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       1
40 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 1
41 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1
42 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears        1
43 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             1
44 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                               1
45 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                          1
46 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               28.27.47
2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   0.49
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                        1.20
4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             2.19
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               4.22
6 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                 6.12
7 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         6.19
8 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       7.18
9 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 9.42
10 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           22.49
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         23.01
12 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  23.12
13 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                      23.52
14 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                               25.54
15 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                              26.30
16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                30.02
17 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                    30.58
18 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                  33.22
19 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                           39.03
20 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          39.37
21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                          39.58
22 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       43.20
23 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      46.32
24 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       52.00
25 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                           53.17
26 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         56.11
27 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                59.48
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Team                                      85.21.58
2 Lampre-Fondital                                                 0.15
3 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                      0.21
4 Credit Agricole                                                 3.13
5 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               6.51
6 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          7.13
7 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                  8.41
8 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                   10.36
9 Francaise Des Jeux                                             10.48
10 Ag2R Prevoyance                                               12.17
11 Davitamon-Lotto                                               12.47
12 Rabobank                                                      14.59
13 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                          28.15
14 Gerolsteiner                                                  31.53
15 Quick Step-Innergetic                                         35.25
16 Bouygues Telecom                                              35.58
17 Team CSC                                                      37.52
18 T-Mobile Team                                                 39.13
19 Agritubel                                                     55.42
20 Liquigas                                                    1.03.48
21 Team Milram                                                 1.28.12

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