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64th Paris-Nice - ProTour

France, March 5-12, 2006

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Stage 4 - March 9: Saint-Etienne - Rasteau, 193 km

World champ makes it three

By Jean-François Quénet in Rasteau

Tom Boonen (Quick.Step)
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Tom Boonen warned that he might give another try to a stage win in Rasteau. And he did it. For the third time in four days, he outsprinted Allan Davis and the rest of the field.

Reaching the vineyards close to Mont Ventoux, Paris-Nice escaped from the low temperatures. The 'race to the sun' can begin. Overall leader Floyd Landis seems to have the situation under control. The yellow jersey's progression was only stopped twice by...demonstrators. It's quite a common habit in France for people to profit from bike races and their media for making their problems public. A quarter of a century ago, Bernard Hinault used his boxing qualities against the miners of Gardanne for clearing the way on the road to Nice. Now that he is a public relations officer for organising company ASO, 'the badger' only suggested roughly to the police to calm the students down at the top of the col de la République just outside Saint-Etienne after the start of stage 4.

Neither this protest, nor the next one 50km further on, affected the race. It was a typical stage with two men away for 100 kilometres: Éric Leblacher of Française des Jeux, who seems to be boosted by his transfer from Crédit Agricole - he won a stage at the Étoile de Bessèges in February this year - and Bas Giling from T-Mobile. "Unfortunately the scenario was written in advance," the Frenchman declared. "We always believe that we have a chance to make it to the finish but we had to be realistic. When I felt that my breakaway companion was kind of giving up, I accelerated on a climb and it made him work again. Then two teams were chasing us badly. It was ten men against two who had done 100 kilometres of effort."

Leblacher's idol was...Jacky Durand.

Floyd Landis (Phonak)
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Since there wasn't any wind in the Rhône valley, nor the climbs of the similar stage finishing in Rasteau two years ago with a significant win by Alexandre Vinokourov, a bunch sprint finish was inevitable. It looked like Boonen could lose, but he showed a lot of strength at the end. "I thought my chain was broken, he explained. But when I felt there was still some tension, I gave three pedal strokes. With 80 metres to go, I chose to go around the other sprinters because on the inside, I would have been boxed in. I was still fresh because I didn't have many efforts to do previously."

It was cruel for Davis, who ran second for the third time. The Australian only had to be happy though. "The day before, I had stomach problems," he said. "After that, I didn't expect anything, also because getting results in Paris-Nice isn't a major issue for me. My only goal is Milan-San Remo, I'm gearing up for that race since October last year. Compared to last year, I'm a little bit faster and it gives me a lot more confidence."

Third in the sprint was Lampre-Fondital's Danilo Napolitano, but he was relegated by the officials because of having being drafted by his team car. Cyclingnews followed him and Alexei Markov on the descent of the col de la République and we can write that the commissaires were actually nice not to disqualify him from the race for good!

How it unfolded

Things got a bit tricky
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Stage 4 started with a typical French demonstration by sports students who had in mind to stop all the riders close to the top of the col de la République, and let them ride again only if they agreed to sign in favour of their protest against job cuts. They didn't manage to get the champions' autographs, but their action slowed the breakaway down. Already there was Éric Leblacher (Française des Jeux) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) away with Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) and Christophe Laurent (Agritubel), who had in mind getting the polka dot jersey from his teammate Nicolas Crosbie.

On the descent, as the break ended (km 20), José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r) attacked and brought along Matt Hayman (Rabobank), Francesco Failli (Liquigas), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) and Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom). Their lead never exceeded 20 seconds and they got caught after 18 km of freedom.

Another demonstration by students took place at km 69 in Tournon-sur-Rhône. This time, they really managed to stop the lone leader Renaud Dion (Ag2r), but the organisation allowed him a re-start with a lead of 1'10. The bunch chased him down again. At km 82, Leblacher had a second opportunity to break clear, this time with Bas Giling (T-Mobile). The pair had a maximum lead of 5'25 at km 113.

Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas)
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The Phonak and Lampre teams of race leader Floyd Landis and runner up 'Patxi' Vila bridged the gap, with the able assistance of Quick.Step. Thierry Marichal (Cofidis) was the first man to catch Leblacher and Giling at km 180 and the whole bunch caught the trio three kilometres later. Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) also tried to anticipate the final action, but once more, the stage ended in a bunch sprint. Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) and Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) led, but Boonen overtook them despite a problem with his chain.

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Results

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             4.40.29 (41.285 km/h)
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                              
3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
4 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                            
5 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                       
7 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
10 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                       
11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
12 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
13 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      
14 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
15 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
16 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                                
18 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
19 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                    
20 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
21 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
22 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
23 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
24 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                       
25 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                               
26 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                               
27 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      
28 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               
29 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
30 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                             
31 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  
32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             
33 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                              
34 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
35 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
36 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                      
37 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                         
38 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                 
39 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
40 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                    
41 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
42 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                      
43 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
44 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          
45 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                           
46 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                          
47 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
48 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                             
49 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
50 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
51 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
52 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
53 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                            
54 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                             
55 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
56 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
57 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                          
58 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                        
59 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                                 
60 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                
61 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    
62 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
63 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    
64 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
65 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   
66 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                  
67 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
68 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                       
69 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
70 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                            
71 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
72 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
73 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                      
74 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
75 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                               
76 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       
77 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
78 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
79 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                
80 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       
81 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          
82 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
83 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
84 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
85 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                    
86 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
87 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
88 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                         
89 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
90 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                        
91 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 
92 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
93 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram                                     
94 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
95 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                          
96 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
97 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
98 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     
99 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
100 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
101 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
102 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
103 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
104 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    
105 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
106 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
107 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                                 
108 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                           
109 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                         
110 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
111 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
112 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
113 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
114 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
115 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
116 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                     
117 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
118 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
119 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
120 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              
121 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                          
122 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  
123 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            
124 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       0.25
125 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      0.32
126 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      
127 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital                               
128 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          0.33
129 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                              
130 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 0.45
131 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   1.09
132 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                        
133 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 
134 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.35
135 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
136 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             3.31
137 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
138 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                          
139 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
140 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                             
141 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                      
142 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
143 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
144 *Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            0.20

*3rd placed Danilo Napolitano was relegated for irregular sprinting
and penalised 20 seconds
 
Points
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                  25 pts
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                            22
3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    20
4 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                          18
5 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    16
6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                     15
7 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   14
8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    13
9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    12
10 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                     11
11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 10
12 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  9
13 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     8
14 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  7
15 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 6
16 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    5
17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                               4
18 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 3
19 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                   2
20 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               1
 
Mountains
 
Col de la République - Cat. 1, km 12.5
1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                      10 pts
2 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  8
3 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                          6
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           4
5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                            3
6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     2
7 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               1
 
Col du Devès - Cat. 3, km 125.5
1 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  4 pts
2 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                           2
3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                       1
 
Côte d'Aleyrac - Cat. 2, km 148
1 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  7 pts
2 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                           5
3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                       3
4 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                          2
5 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                       1
 
Côte de Buisson - Cat. 3, km 184.5
1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           4 pts
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  2
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   1
 
Sprints
 
Châteaubourg - km 78.5
1 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                        3 pts
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               2
3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     1
 
Valreas - km 164.5
1 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  3 pts
2 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                           2
3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     1
 
Young rider
 
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               4.40.29
2 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                            
3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                        
5 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       
6 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
7 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 
8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
9 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                 
11 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
12 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                      
13 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          
14 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                          
15 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                             
16 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
17 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                            
18 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                             
19 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
20 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    
21 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                            
22 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          
23 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
24 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                         
25 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
26 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
27 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 
28 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
29 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
30 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           
31 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
32 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                       3.31
33 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
34 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
35 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              0.20
 
Teams
 
1 Credit Agricole                                                   14.01.27
2 Team Milram                                                               
3 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                         
4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                            
5 Discovery Channel Team                                                    
6 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                                
7 Francaise Des Jeux                                                        
8 Rabobank                                                                  
9 Gerolsteiner                                                              
10 Davitamon-Lotto                                                          
11 Agritubel                                                                
12 Lampre-Fondital                                                          
13 Liquigas                                                                 
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                         
15 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                          
16 T-Mobile Team                                                            
17 Team CSC                                                                 
18 Quick Step-Innergetic                                                    
19 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                     
20 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                   
21 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                             
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         19.26.57
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 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  1.33
7 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 1.35
8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1.37
9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                               1.39
10 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           1.40
11 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           1.41
12 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                             1.43
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 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               5.19
35 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    5.23
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 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               6.15
41 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                              7.13
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 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                          11.28
60 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                13.09
61 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                          13.45
62 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                13.47
63 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     13.48
64 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          13.54
65 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              13.58
66 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                             13.59
67 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        14.01
68 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                    14.03
69 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                      14.08
70 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                            14.10
71 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
72 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   14.18
73 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                             14.22
74 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          14.34
75 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              14.40
76 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               15.00
77 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                16.07
78 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                          16.09
79 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  16.25
80 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             16.31
81 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              16.36
82 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                             16.41
83 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        16.42
84 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                       16.46
85 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                16.57
86 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                             17.29
87 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             17.42
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 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        22.04
93 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                22.05
94 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                        22.06
95 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                     22.11
96 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    22.13
97 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                              22.14
98 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           22.16
99 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
100 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                     22.18
101 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              22.23
102 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   22.24
103 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 22.25
104 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                
105 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            22.28
106 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                           22.32
107 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      22.34
108 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                     22.43
109 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital                          22.49
110 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                     22.52
111 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                22.56
112 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  23.13
113 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             23.16
114 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  23.23
115 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       23.28
116 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram                               23.33
117 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                23.42
118 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  23.43
119 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        23.54
120 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        23.55
121 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                              24.52
122 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                25.05
123 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                   25.06
124 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            25.11
125 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            25.29
126 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   25.36
127 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                    26.20
128 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             26.41
129 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                 27.02
130 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               27.12
131 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                     27.21
132 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                        28.31
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                                  31.34
139 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                 31.39
140 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           31.44
141 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                       31.45
142 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 32.11
143 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                33.55
144 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     39.11
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                  91 pts
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                            70
3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    53
4 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    47
5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  42
6 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            38
7 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   38
8 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                          36
9 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 36
10 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                              32
11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    32
12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   30
13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                            29
14 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 26
15 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                     25
16 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               23
17 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     23
18 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                    23
19 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     22
20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           22
21 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                     20
22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   19
23 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      18
24 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 17
25 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                           15
26 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             14
27 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 14
28 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                13
29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   13
30 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                             13
31 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          12
32 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                12
33 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                11
34 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  11
35 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                           11
36 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  10
37 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                              9
38 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                9
39 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                                8
40 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                            8
41 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                      7
42 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                   7
43 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 7
44 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                         6
45 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                              6
46 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         6
47 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    5
48 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     5
49 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             5
50 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                               4
51 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    4
52 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 3
53 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 3
54 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                       3
55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                      3
56 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      3
57 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 3
58 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                     2
59 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                           2
60 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                        2
61 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 2
62 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                          2
63 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                   1
64 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                          1
65 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               1
 
Montains classification
 
1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                      39 pts
2 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                         35
3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 21
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                               10
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           8
6 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                       8
7 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                            8
8 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                                8
9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                               8
10 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                          7
11 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    6
12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  6
13 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 5
14 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                   4
15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            4
16 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 4
17 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      3
18 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                           3
19 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   3
20 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        3
21 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  3
22 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   2
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 2
24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                         2
25 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                            2
26 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    2
27 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    1
28 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     1
29 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              1
30 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   1
31 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                                1
32 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   1
33 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                      1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              19.28.30
2 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         1.29
3 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              1.39
4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   2.31
5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                         2.44
6 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          2.47
7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                              2.49
8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     3.50
9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                       4.21
10 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              4.28
11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  4.30
12 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            7.30
13 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      9.10
14 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                11.36
15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                          12.12
16 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                    12.30
17 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                            12.37
18 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              13.07
19 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                14.34
20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             14.58
21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               17.22
22 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                        20.33
23 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                     20.38
24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                      20.45
25 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                      21.19
26 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             23.38
27 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             23.56
28 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                      25.48
29 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               27.49
30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                 29.51
31 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 29.53
32 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                  30.06
33 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            30.11
34 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                        30.12
35 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      37.38
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Team                                            58.27.17
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

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