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64th Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 5-12, 2006
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Prologue - March 5: Issy-les-Moulineaux ITT, 4.8 km
Julich keeps it up for CSC
By Jean-François Quénet in Issy-les-Moulineaux
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Bobby Julich (Team CSC) rode a great time trial to win the opening stage of Paris-Nice, a 4.8 km prologue in Issy-les-Moulineaux. The American, starting last, beat long-time leader Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros-Würth) by one second, with Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux) finishing third at two seconds.
The main question in the lead up to Paris-Nice concerned Team CSC: would the Danish team be at the same level as in the previous years? They have won "the race to the sun" twice in a row with Jörg Jaksche in 2004 and Bobby Julich in 2005, but they kept a lower profile at the semi-classics in Belgium last week. They also made clear that their main goals for this year aren't for the month of March, but later on. Bjarne Riis dreams of winning the three Grand Tours: the Giro and the Tour de France with Ivan Basso, the Vuelta with Carlos Sastre.
"He told me, and Jens Voigt as well, that we didn't have to stress about the early part of the season, but only do some mountain biking and skiing in December," Julich said. "I was surprised that I almost won the time trial in California [Julich was second]. Maybe I did too well there, it looked too easy. Everything was great, the racing, accommodation, etc. It was hard to come back to France, but when I got back, I said to myself: 'Nice, this is my town!' I won Paris-Nice last year, so the pressure is off me, but I still wanted to honour the number.
"When I reconnoitred the course with Jens [Voigt] this morning, I realised it was much better for me. It was the same as last year but the other way round. It meant we didn't have to start with the climb. I used my experience and serenity. I was really calm."
Being the defending champion, Julich was the last man to start and the only one of the pre-race favourites to beat the time of Andrey Kashechkin, who had been the virtual leader for an hour and half. "I had good sensations today," Kashechkin said afterwards. "It was my first experience of riding a time trial with Manolo Saiz behind me. It's the first time a coach kept talking to me constantly during the race. I enjoyed it."
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Bradley McGee rode six tenths of a second slower than the Kazakh, but he lost that all in the first 150 metres after the start when the road became wet for a little while. The Australian was forced to pull out of the Tour of Valencia last week due to a cyst on his elbow, but that didn't affect his time trialing. He wasn't too disappointed with missing out on a first win in 2006: "Having such a good form in March is quite good", he said. Française des Jeux was the French sensation of the day with Benoît Vaugrenard 8th and Sandy Casar 12th, although Cofidis was the team that loudly announced its ambitions with Bradley Wiggins (7th), Rik Verbrugghe (10th) and Sylvain Chavanel (91st).
Tom Boonen, the true star of Paris-Nice, was also focused for a positive result. He planned on a time of 6'05, which would have made him a winner, but a fifth place was a nice surprise for everyone but himself. "If I came fifth in a bunch sprint, you would have been surprised and asked me what happened," he answered. "But I'm not surprised today, no way. I've always done pretty well in prologues and it's the kind of race where you need good condition and I do have good condition now. The climb on the course wasn't anything too hard for me after all the training I've done, almost every day, on the Poggio, Cipressa and Capo Berta. Milan-San Remo and the other classics, that's what my mind is set on these days.
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"Today's result shows that I can target the yellow jersey at the Tour de France but Paris-Nice's yellow jersey isn't a goal for me this year. Of course if I win tomorrow I'll have it. I came to this race aiming at one stage win first. I'm worried that there aren't many sprinters, but fortunately Julich and Kashechkin came first and second today, they are two potential winners, and their teams will be our allies."
But Julich makes it clear: "We don't intend to keep the jersey. Well...we didn't. But we have a strong team here. We have to defend the lead, but we want to leave the pressure to another team."
Stage 1 in Paris-Nice is typically built for sprinters. It wouldn't be a surprise to see the world champion in yellow in St-Amand-Montrond.
Photography
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- Bobby Julich (Team CSC) was relaxed, but fast
- Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros) close up
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) en route to third
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) riding hard
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) flying
- Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) gasps in air
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) in the aero tuck
- David Zabriskie (Team CSC) drives it home
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues) was 110th
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) in early season mode
- Nico Mattan (Davitamon-Lotto)
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) grits his teeth
- Jens Voigt (Team CSC) wasn't at his best
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r) getting going
- Didier Rous (Bouygues) finished top 20
- Dario Cioni (Liquigas) was 74th
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) working hard
- Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole) suffering
- Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner)
- Bobby Julich (Team CSC) smiles in yellow
- Bobby Julich (Team CSC) in yellow
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Bobby Julich (Team CSC) storms home for the win
- Bobby Julich (Team CSC) puts on the yellow
Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) looking forward to the climb
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) gave Liberty another rider in the top 5
- Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros) was almost the winner today
- Antonio Colom (Illes Balears) has all the right stuff
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) in his Phonak gear
- Tom Boonen warming up
- Bobby Julich (Team CSC) very fast
- Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) looks ahead
- Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) putting the power down
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r) winds it up
- David Zabriskie (Team CSC) cutting through the air
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) wasn't too far off in 11th
- Gert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto) was ninth on the day
- Jens Voigt (Team CSC) gets some air
- The lanky Johan Van Summeren (Davitamon-Lotto)
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) was 101st
- Matthew Hayman (Rabobank) focuses
- Nico Mattan (Davitamon-Lotto) couldn't realise his goal of a top 3
- Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step) isn't a prologue specialist
- Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis) rode to a top 10
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) corners hard
- Simone Cadamuro (Milram) concentrates
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in action
- Wilfried Cretskens (Quick.Step)
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery)
- Vladimir Gussev (Discovery)
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile)
Images by AFP Photo
- Jens Voigt (Team CSC) powers along
- Michael Blaudzun (CSC) side on
- Roger Hammond (Discovery Channel) finished 126th
- Brad Wiggins (Cofidis) storming
- Jose Azevedo (Discovery) in action
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) finished halfway down the field
Images by Alain Quenderf
- Thomas Lövkvist (Francaise des Jeux) warms up before his run at the 4.8km TT
- Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom) looks relaxed before the start
- Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval-Prodir) sits high on the bike
- José Luis Rubiera (Discovery Channel) looks ahead as he exits this turn
- Aitor Osa (Liberty Seguros)
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) looks ahead through this corner
- Mikel Astarloza (AG2R) follows the lead of teammate Christophe Moreau and gets the tongue happening
- Sebastian Siedler (Milram) gives it everything he's got
- Mirko Celestino (Milram) looks a little worried coming into this corner
- Didier Rous (Bouygues Telecom) may have gone into this turn a little hot
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) finished the day in fifth
- Antonio Colom (Illes Balears) looks strong through this corner
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) concentrates hard going through the turn
- Gert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto) stays focussed heading into the apex
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) finished the day in 19th
- Cornering perfection for Bobby Julich on his way to winning the prologue
Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.com
- Nicolas Crosbie (Agritubel) is the first rider to start in the 84th Paris-Nice.
- Christophe Rinero and Nicolas Portal have a chat before their runs
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) waits for the start
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) warms up
- David Moncoutié's pins took him to 122nd in the prologue
- Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto) is ready to go
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R) is one of the favoured French riders at Paris-Nice
- Hans Dekkers (Agritubel) looks a little nervous before the start
- In case you didn't know... this is the face of Tom Boonen
- Boonen waits for the start
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) in the starter's gate
- Jens Voigt (CSC) has enjoyed success at Paris-Nice in the past
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) would've been feeling the cold compared to the Aussie summer!
- Bobby Julich (CSC) on the start line
- Bobby Julich takes the win in Issy les Moulineaux
- Hey, that's me... Bobby Julich seems amused by something
- Hey, now that's really nice! Bobby Julich (CSC) is happy with his win
- Julich is the leader after the prologue of this year's Paris-Nice
Results
1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 6.07 (47.084 km/h) 2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.01 3 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux 0.02 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.03 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.05 8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.07 10 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.08 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.09 15 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 Vladimir Gussev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 18 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.10 19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 20 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.11 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 0.13 26 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 27 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 28 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 30 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 31 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.14 32 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 34 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 35 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 0.15 36 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 39 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 40 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 41 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.16 41 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 43 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 44 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 45 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.17 49 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 50 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 51 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 55 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.18 56 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 57 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 58 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 59 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 60 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 62 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 63 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 64 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.19 65 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 66 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 67 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 68 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 69 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 70 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 71 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 73 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital 74 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 75 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.20 76 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 78 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 79 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 80 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 81 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 82 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.21 83 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 84 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 85 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 86 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 87 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.22 89 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 90 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 91 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 92 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 93 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 94 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 95 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 96 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 0.23 97 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 99 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 100 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.24 101 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 0.25 102 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 103 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 105 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 0.26 106 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 107 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 108 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 109 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 110 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.27 111 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 112 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 113 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 114 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 115 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.28 116 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 117 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 118 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 119 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.29 120 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 121 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 122 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 123 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 124 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.30 125 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 126 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 127 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 128 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 129 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 130 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 131 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 0.31 132 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 134 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.32 135 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 136 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 137 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 139 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.33 140 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 141 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.34 142 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 143 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 144 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 145 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 146 Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 147 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 148 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.35 149 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 150 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 0.36 151 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 152 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 153 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 154 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 0.37 155 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.38 156 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 157 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 158 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 159 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 0.39 160 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.41 161 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.42 162 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 163 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.44 164 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 165 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.45 166 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.46 167 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 0.59 168 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.01 Points 1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 25 pts 2 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22 3 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux 20 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 16 6 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 7 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14 8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12 10 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 11 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 13 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 8 14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 15 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 16 Vladimir Gussev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 18 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2 20 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1 Young rider 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.10 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 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 0.10 7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 0.11 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.12 9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.13 12 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.14 14 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 16 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.15 17 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.17 19 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 21 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.18 22 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.19 24 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 0.20 26 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.22 27 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.26 28 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.27 29 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 30 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.29 31 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.31 32 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 33 Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.32 35 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 0.33 37 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 38 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.38 39 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.42 40 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.43 Teams 1 Francaise Des Jeux 18.36 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
