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64th Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 5-12, 2006
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Stage 3 - March 8: Julienas - Saint-Etienne, 168.5 km
Floyd Landis takes lead at crucial point
By Jean-François Quénet in Saint-Etienne
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Floyd Landis is the man for the early part of the 2006 season. After winning the Tour of California, the American has taken a serious option on the overall classification of Paris-Nice as well. Landis broke clear on the col de Croix de Chaubouret with Spain's 'Patxi' Vila of Lampre-Fondital, who won the crucial stage of the 'race to the sun' in Saint-Etienne. Landis has now four days of racing over his favourite terrain for defending his lead.
Phonak's team manager John Lelangue pointed out that their main concern is now that their team is reduced to six men, since Robert Hunter was too sick (sinus infection) to continue, and Aurélien Clerc didn't make the time cut. But four of the five domestiques now designated for backing Floyd also had the same job in California, so it won't take long before they react if the yellow jersey has to face some attacks in the next few days. It's unsure though whether someone will dare to try before Sunday's final stage in Nice, because Landis has already proven to be the strongest stage race contender in the world at the moment.
Questioned if this yellow jersey is a good sign before the Tour de France, he said "I hope so" with a big smile on his face. He's got three races scheduled before July: Critérium International, Tour of Georgia and Tour of Italy, for which he doesn't have any particular ambitions except for gearing up for the Tour de France in the mountains.
"Paris-Nice is a great objective for the year," he explained. "We'll do our best but it's not easy. We don't necessarily have the strongest team. It was a little bit out of control today. Fortunately we had guys in the breakaways. We'll take it one day at a time."
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Aged 30, Landis, who was a mountain biker before joining the Mercury cycling team in the middle of the 1999 season, still has to build a record book for himself. He's got less than ten international pro wins - Paris-Nice would become the most prestigious of them if confirmed on Sunday. But his companion 'Patxi' Vila, who is the same age, scored his first victory in Saint-Etienne. He turned pro with Banesto at 25 after giving priority to his studies. Then he followed his fellow Basques compatriots Igor Astarloa and Juan Manuel Garate at Lampre and kept improving every year.
"When I did Paris-Nice in 2002, it was just a nightmare", he said. Vila speaks fluent Spanish, Basque, Italian, French and English. "The weather conditions in Paris-Nice are just similar to the Basque country, but today it was cold and very hard for everyone," he added. "I was convinced the whole race would be decided in today's final climb, I'm happy I was able to follow Landis. He went for the yellow jersey and I went for the stage win. I've learnt a lot today about what I'm capable of doing."
Landis can probably say the same if he wasn't sure of his abilities to win a major stage race yet, but he has learnt a lot from Lance Armstrong school at US Postal and it's now time for him to take over.
How it unfolded
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Floyd Landis was one of the first attackers of the day, as well as Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros) as soon as the race left the Beaujolais vineyards after the start in Julienas. Roger Hammond (Discovery Channel) and Éric Berthou (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears) also tried to break clear, but the most active rider was Éric Leblacher (Française des Jeux) who finally became a member of a serious breakaway at km 26 with Jens Voigt (CSC), Christophe Laurent (Agritubel) and Sergio Paulinho (Liberty Seguros), later joined by Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak), Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros), Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole), Aitor Perez (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears), Maxime Monfort (Cofidis), Guido Trenti (Quick Step), Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) and Koldo Fernandez (Euskaltel).
Many riders pulled out of the race due to sickness or injuries: Robert Hunter (Phonak), who suffered a sinus infection, Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux), who hadn't recovered from an asthma crisis the day before, and Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) were the best known of the 13 men forced to quit the race today.
13 is also the number of riders who took off on the col de l'Aubépin (km 111): Alexandre Moos (Phonak), Johan Vansummeren (Davitamon-Lotto), Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros), Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval), José Luis Rubiera (Discovery Channel), Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole), Aitor Perez (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears), Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile), Iker Camaño and Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel), Sandy Casar and - again - Éric Leblacher (Française des Jeux), and José Alberto Martinez (Agritubel).
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However, the real fight was scheduled for the col de la Croix de Chaubouret, whose misty, snow covered summit was located 18.5km before the finish line on the Cours Fauriel in Saint-Etienne. David Moncoutié (Cofidis) counter attacked behind the two leftovers from the previous breakaway, Martinez and Vansummeren. He was quickly followed by Landis, Fränk Schleck (CSC), Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel), Antonio Colom (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears) and Patxi Vila (Lampre). Moncoutié lost contact whereas Vila and Landis formed a new duo in the front 2km before the top of the hill.
After an impressively fast descent in damp conditions, they kept increasing their lead on Sanchez, Colom and Schleck until they reached the finish line 1'16 ahead of them. Landis didn't contest the stage win to Vila but took the yellow jersey from Tom Boonen, who gave one more sign of good form by finishing 36th out of the 144 riders who made the time cut at the end of this extremely difficult day of racing.
Photography
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- Patxi Vila (Lampre-Fondital) and Floyd Landis (Phonak) in front
- Patxi Vila (Lampre-Fondital) ecstatic about winning stage 3
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) in yellow after stage 3
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- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) signing autographs
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) before the start
- Christophe Moreau (Ag2r) in early season mode
- Brad McGee (Francaise des Jeux) didn't find the cold to his liking, and didn't finish the stage
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) on the col de la Croix de Chabouret, with Patxi Vila on his wheel
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) on the col de la Croix de Chabouret, with Patxi Vila on his wheel
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) leads Toni Colom (Caisse d'Epargne) and Frank Schleck (CSC) in pursuit of Landis and Vila
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) leads Axel Merckx (Phonak)
- Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital) with Mark Renshaw (Credit Agricole)
- Riders make their way up the snow covered final climb
- Benoit Joachim (Discovery) suffers up the final climb
- Didier Rous (Bouygues) wants it to be over
- Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Saunier Duval)
- Bobby Julich (Team CSC) lost nine minutes today
- Johan Vansummeren (Davitamon-Lotto) was one of the aggressors
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) was dropped, but only lost five minutes
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) comes up the climb with Johan Vansummeren and others
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) was over four minutes down
- A dropped group comes up the climb
- Cedric Vasseur (Quick.Step) suffers a lot
Images by AFP Photo
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) with the battle gear on
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) rides in third position during stage 3
- Andriy Grivko (Milram) leads Luis Sanchez (Liberty)
- David Moncoutie (Cofidis) attacked first on the col de la Croix de Chaubouret
- Patxi Vila (Lampre-Fondital) with Landis and Schleck in tow
- Frank Schleck (CSC) and Floyd Landis (Phonak) work hard on the Chabouret
- Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole) leads the chase
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) rides away from the rest
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) with Patxi Vila (Lampre-Fondital) in tow
- Patxi Vila (Lampre-Fondital) beats Floyd Landis to win stage 3
- Patxi Vila (Lampre-Fondital) is very happy with his win in St Etienne
- Patxi Vila (Lampre-Fondital) blows a kiss as the stage winner
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) in yellow after stage 3
Results
1 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 4.23.28 (38.372 km/h) 2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.16 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.25 7 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.26 8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 11 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.05 16 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.14 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.45 18 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 19 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 21 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 24 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 28 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.09 29 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 32 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 33 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 34 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 35 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 5.41 36 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.48 37 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 38 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 39 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 40 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 41 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 5.41 42 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7.20 43 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 44 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 45 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 46 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 47 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 48 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 49 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 51 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 52 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 53 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.47 56 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 58 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 59 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.37 60 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 61 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 62 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 11.11 63 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12.49 64 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.42 66 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 67 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 68 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 69 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 70 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 71 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 72 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 73 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 74 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 75 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 76 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 77 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 79 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 80 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 16.17 81 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 82 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 85 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 86 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 87 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 88 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 89 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 90 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 91 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 17.01 92 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 18.35 93 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.11 94 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 95 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 22.00 96 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 97 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 98 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 99 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 101 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 102 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 104 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 105 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 106 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 107 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital 108 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 109 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 110 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 111 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 112 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 114 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 116 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 119 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 120 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 121 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 122 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 124 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 125 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 126 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 127 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 128 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22.08 129 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 130 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 24.41 131 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 132 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 133 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 134 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 135 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 136 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 137 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 138 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 139 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 140 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 141 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 142 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 143 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 144 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Outside time limit (hors delai) HD Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas HD Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir HD Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram HD Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram DNF Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux DNF Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas DNF Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC DNF Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team DNF Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel DNS Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner Points 1 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 25 pts 2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 18 5 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 7 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 9 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 11 11 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 12 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9 13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 14 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 15 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 16 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 18 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 19 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1 Mountains Col de Brouilly - Cat. 3, km 18.5 1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 4 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Côte de Plantigny - Cat. 3, km 32 1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 4 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Côte de Saint-Martin-en-Haut - Cat. 2, km 98 1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 7 pts 2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 5 3 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 5 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Côte de l'Aubépin - Cat. 2, km 111.5 1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 7 pts 2 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 2 5 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Côte de la Croix Blanche - Cat. 3, km 124.5 1 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 4 pts 2 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 1 Col de la Croix de Chaubouret - Cat. 1, km 150 1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 pts 2 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 8 3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 5 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 6 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 7 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Sprints Brindas, km 82.5 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 pts 2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1 Saint-Chamond (Souvenir Andreï Kivilev), km 133.5 1 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 pts 2 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 2 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 Young rider 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.24.53 2 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.01 3 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.40 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.20 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.44 6 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.23 10 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4.16 12 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.22 13 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.12 15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.24 16 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.17 17 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 18 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 19 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.52 21 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 17.10 23 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 20.35 24 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 25 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 26 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 27 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 28 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20.43 29 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 23.16 30 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 31 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 32 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 33 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 35 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir Teams 1 Discovery Channel Team 13.16.21 2 Lampre-Fondital 1.33 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.49 4 Credit Agricole 2.59 5 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.23 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.05 7 Rabobank 6.58 8 Quick Step-Innergetic 7.14 9 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.27 10 Davitamon-Lotto 8.37 11 Ag2R Prevoyance 8.53 12 Francaise Des Jeux 9.17 13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 11.20 14 Gerolsteiner 12.02 15 Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.19 16 T-Mobile Team 14.22 17 Agritubel 23.21 18 Bouygues Telecom 24.06 19 Team CSC 26.06 20 Liquigas 40.56 21 Team Milram 43.44 General classification after stage 3 1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.46.28 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 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37 8 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.39 9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.40 11 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.43 12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.47 14 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.02 15 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.12 16 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.33 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.51 18 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.59 19 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.00 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4.01 21 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.02 22 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 23 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.03 24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.04 25 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 4.05 26 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.07 27 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.13 28 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.17 29 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.20 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 4.22 31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.29 32 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.39 33 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4.44 34 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.23 35 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.29 36 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 5.50 37 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 5.54 38 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.01 39 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.03 40 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.04 41 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.15 42 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 7.29 43 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.34 44 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7.37 45 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7.41 47 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.44 48 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.46 49 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.50 50 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 8.28 51 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.42 52 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 8.44 53 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.46 54 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 8.53 55 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.03 56 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.54 57 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.55 58 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10.43 59 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.09 60 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 11.28 61 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13.09 62 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.45 63 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.47 64 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.48 65 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.54 66 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.58 67 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.59 68 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 14.01 69 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 70 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 14.03 71 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 14.08 72 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.10 73 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 74 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14.11 75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14.18 76 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 14.22 77 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 15.00 78 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 15.36 79 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16.07 80 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.25 81 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.31 82 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.36 83 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 16.41 84 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.42 85 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 16.46 86 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.57 87 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 17.32 88 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 17.59 89 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 18.14 90 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 18.55 91 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20.11 92 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.23 93 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.24 94 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.05 95 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 22.06 96 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.09 97 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22.10 98 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22.11 99 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 100 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 101 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22.13 102 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22.14 103 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 104 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 22.16 105 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 106 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital 22.17 107 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 22.18 108 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.23 109 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22.24 110 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.25 111 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 112 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22.28 113 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 22.32 114 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 22.52 115 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.13 116 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 23.16 117 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 23.28 118 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 23.31 119 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 23.33 120 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 23.42 121 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.43 122 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 23.52 123 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24.27 124 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 24.52 125 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 25.00 126 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 25.05 127 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.06 128 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 129 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 25.09 130 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.11 131 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 26.20 132 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 27.12 133 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.45 134 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.47 135 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 29.22 136 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 31.24 137 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 31.26 138 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 31.37 139 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 31.39 140 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 141 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.44 142 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 31.45 143 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.55 144 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35.40 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 66 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 48 3 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 36 5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 8 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 31 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 29 10 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 25 11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24 12 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 24 13 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 14 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23 15 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22 16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22 17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18 18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 19 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 18 20 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 21 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 15 22 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 23 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14 24 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 26 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 27 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 28 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 29 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 11 30 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 31 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 11 32 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 33 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9 34 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 9 35 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 36 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 8 37 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 8 38 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 7 39 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 40 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 41 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 6 42 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 43 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 44 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 45 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 5 46 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 47 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 48 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 49 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 50 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 51 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 52 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 53 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2 54 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 2 55 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1 57 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 58 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains classification 1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 27 pts 2 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 25 3 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 4 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 8 5 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 8 7 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 8 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 10 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 11 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 4 12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 13 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 14 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 16 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 17 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 18 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 19 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 21 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 23 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 24 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 25 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 26 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Young rider classification 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.48.07 2 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.23 3 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.33 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.25 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.38 6 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.41 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.43 8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.44 9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4.15 10 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.22 11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.24 12 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.24 13 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.04 14 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.30 15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.30 16 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.06 17 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 12.24 18 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.31 19 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14.28 20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.52 21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 17.16 22 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 20.27 23 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 20.32 24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 20.39 25 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 21.13 26 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 22.13 27 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 23.30 28 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.32 29 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 27.43 30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 29.45 31 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 29.47 32 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 30.00 33 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.05 34 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 30.06 35 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34.01 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Team 44.25.50 2 Lampre-Fondital 1.54 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.44 4 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.11 5 Credit Agricole 3.13 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.02 7 Rabobank 7.13 8 Quick Step-Innergetic 7.21 9 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.28 10 Davitamon-Lotto 8.41 11 Francaise Des Jeux 8.57 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 11.19 14 Gerolsteiner 12.17 15 Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.39 16 T-Mobile Team 14.54 17 Agritubel 23.50 18 Bouygues Telecom 24.07 19 Team CSC 25.51 20 Liquigas 41.01 21 Team Milram 44.00
