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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
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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
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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."
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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.
Photography
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- With acres behind him, Tom Boonen (Quick Step) wins stage 1
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Time to soar - again for Quick Step's resident world champ, Tom Boonen
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) puts on the leader's yellow jersey
Images by AFP Photo
- Dude, that looks cold! Riders make their way through the snow which characterises Paris-Nice
- Julich and Boonen ride together during stage 1
- The peloton leaves Villemandeur on their way to Saint Amand-Montrond
- Sucked in, you have to ride today! Bjarne Riis lets journalists know who has to do the hard yards on stage 1
- We're doing this to stay warm... Boby Julich and Tom Boonen shake hands before the start
- A few final checks for Mr Boonen before the stage starts
- Christophe Laurent (Agritubel, l) and Stephane Auge (Cofidis) were two French riders who spent some time out front today
- Bobby Julich (CSC) feels the cold during stage 1
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
