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64th Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 5-12, 2006
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Stage 6 - March 11: Digne-les-Bains - Cannes, 179 km
Paid "Kash"
By Jean-François Quénet in Cannes
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In the absence of two-times winner and regular hero of the hardest stages of Paris-Nice Alexandre Vinokourov, his fellow compatriot, close friend and now teammate Andrey Kashechkin won the same stage to Cannes as his mentor did two years ago. His final solo effort was extremely spectacular, so was Phonak's hard work in keeping the lead in favour of Floyd Landis, who is now one day from the first major win of his pro cycling career.
It wasn't a transition stage before the very hard final one in the hinterland around Nice. Jens Voigt (CSC) made it highly competitive from the gun. Phonak never had a chance to relax because the breakaway riders weren't too far down on GC, the highest ranked of them being Sandy Casar of Française des Jeux, lying 3:51 down. Evgeni Petrov and Sylvain Chavanel were other riders to be taken very seriously. "Everyone was interested to ride for GC, but not me," Kashechkin explained. "I was far behind, so I told the others: YOU work!"
"No one really wanted to take the responsibility of riding," Casar described from his side. My goal was to gain time for GC. But we never worked all together. There were four riders from Cofidis, three from Caisse d'Épargne but none of them wanted to ride. I had the idea to attack on the col de Bourigaille, that's why I asked Francis Mourey to go beforehand. Behind Petrov, I've done my best."
The Française des Jeux rider was clearly pissed off. There was a typical controversy between French riders in the break. "Chavanel accused me of riding just for being the first Frenchman," Casar reported. "I answered him that I was already the first Frenchman on GC. This was obviously the only thing he was interested in. He's a little rider."
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Chavanel denied having tried to become Paris-Nice's best placed French rider. He chased Kashechkin down, but he kept losing time on the Kazakhstani when the two men rode like pursuit specialists into Cannes. Laurent Jalabert still remains the last French stage winner in 2002...
"For 25 kilometres, I had another little time trial with Manolo Saiz's voice permanently in the earpiece again," 'Kash' commented. "With three kilometres to go, I remembered that Vino won the same stage two years ago, but that day there was a lot of head wind and today, there was almost no wind."
He was wearing leg warmers although the weather finally became sunny. "I like the heat," he explained. "And I'm still fat. I'm at 70 percent of my capacities for now. It wasn't my goal to ride Paris-Nice for GC. I'm here for preparation for the Ardennes classics where I'll be the leader of Liberty Seguros, but then, at the Tour de France, I'll work for Alexandre."
He seems happy with his move from Crédit Agricole. "Liberty is a very serious team," he added. "There is discipline and I like that. It's the first thing for succeeding in cycling. By us also, in Kazakhstani, we learn discipline at the army first."
The "Kash machine" is fluent in French, since he rode as a junior in Belgium before joining the Domo Espoirs organisation, later turning pro with Quick Step. He's now learning Spanish. "I learned more in one week with sharing a room with Aitor Osa than in Monaco where I go to classes," he commented.
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He's no stranger to the rich places famous for their casinos. There are three of them in Cannes. But the Kazakhstanis aren't known for wasting their money. Vino took 'Kash' for help. "We're happy to be four Kazakhstanis in the same team, that's the other difference with my previous employers", Kashechkin said.
Landis is another man who can be happy with his team. Phonak defended his lead and they should be able to do about the same job again on the final stage, no matter what the terrain is. "Hills are always good for me and I feel good", a confident Landis said.
How it unfolded
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Jens Voigt (CSC) was the first man in action, and he didn't attack just once. He managed to get a 1'30 lead when he was accompanied by Daniel Navarro (Liberty Seguros) and Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis). They were joined by a group of seven riders with the spectacular presence of Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) wearing the green jersey alongside Aitor Osa (Liberty Seguros), Arkartiz Duran (Saunier Duval), Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears), Kjell Carlström (Liquigas), Samuel Dumoulin and Tomas Vaitkus (Ag2r).
As soon as the peloton caught the escapees on the descent of the Côte des Leques, five of them persisted: Voigt, Navarro, Osa, Portal and Verbrugghe. Many riders tried to organise a chase behind them. They eventually formed a group of 19 riders at the bottom of the Mousteiret (km 67): Verbrugghe, Sylvain Chavanel, David Moncoutié and Maxime Monfort (Cofidis), Osa, Navarro and Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros), Portal, Chente Garcia Acosta and Aitor Perez (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears), Voigt and Bobby Julich (CSC), Sandy Casar and Francis Mourey (Française des Jeux), Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel), Jurgen Van de Walle (Quick Step), Dimitri Fofonov (Crédit Agricole), Evgeni Petrov (Lampre-Fondital) and Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom).
The group held a maximum lead of 2'30. Mourey attacked prior to the first category col de Bourigaille, Petrov caught him and continued on his own. He put a 1'40 difference onto Moncoutié, Kashechkin, Casar, Chavanel and Van de Walle, while yellow jersey Floyd Landis and the rest of the main bunch were situated 3'50 adrift.
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In the col du Tanneron, the last one of the day, Kashechkin attacked with 25km to go. He easily caught Petrov and dropped him off. On the downhill, Chavanel also broke clear. The Frenchman was located 13 seconds behind the Kazakhstani at the bottom of the climb. He managed to keep the second position on the stage but crossed the line 1'06 after Kashechkin, who clearly won the man-to-man final duel. With the help of Ag2r's Tomas Vaitkus, Landis' bunch narrowed the gap and didn't lose 30 seconds to a group where Casar proved to be the fastest for third place.
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- Jens Voigt (CSC) was one of the early aggressors
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) glides down a descent
- David Moncoutie (Cofidis) rides in the breakaway
- The bunch strung out on one of the many descents today
- The peloton bound for Cannes
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) sits behind teammate Koos Moerenhout
- Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros) powers away from the break on the Col du Tanneron, in pursuit of Evgeni Petrov
- Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros) puts paid to Evgeni Petrov (Lampre-Fondital) on the Tanneron
- Chavanel and Voeckler ride in pursuit, along with Van de Walle
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) was not strong enough to catch the Kash man
- Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros) wins the stage into Cannes
- Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros) celebrates his victory
- Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros) with a P-N winner's trophy
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) is now enjoying the sunshine
Images by Hedwig Kröner/Cyclingnews.com
- Mountains loom in the background en route to Digne
- Riders gather at the start in Digne
- Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) looking to try something
- Manolo Saiz is Liberty's winning team manager
- Frank Schleck (CSC) holding down 5th on GC
- Bjarne Riis predicted Jens Voigt might get in a break, and he was right, strangely enough.
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) thinks improving beyond third on GC will be hard
- The Orbea belonging to Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel)
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) relaxes in a café at the start
- Tom Boonen's bike is there among the other Time machines
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) smiles at the start
- On the col des Leques there was still snow
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros) celebrates his victory
- Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros) on the ppodium
Results
1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.12.08 (42.596 km/h) 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.06 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.11 4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.33 9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 11 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 13 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 16 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 18 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 20 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 21 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 23 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 25 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 27 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 28 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 30 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 31 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 32 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 34 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 35 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.36 37 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 38 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 39 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 40 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 41 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 43 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 45 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 46 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 47 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 48 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 49 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 50 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 51 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 53 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 55 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 6.21 59 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 60 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 6.49 61 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 62 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.20 63 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 66 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 68 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 69 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 70 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 71 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 72 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7.24 73 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.28 74 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 75 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12.19 76 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 77 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 78 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 79 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 12.46 80 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 81 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 82 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 83 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 84 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 85 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 86 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 87 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 88 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 89 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 90 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 92 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 93 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 95 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 96 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 97 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 98 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.24 99 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 100 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 101 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 102 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 103 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 104 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20.43 105 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 106 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 107 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 109 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 110 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 111 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 112 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 113 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 114 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 115 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 116 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 117 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 118 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 119 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 120 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 121 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel DNF Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas DNF Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team DNF Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team DNF Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole DNF Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel DNF David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC DNS Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner Points 1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 25 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 16 6 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 15 7 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 14 8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13 9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 12 10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 11 11 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 10 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 9 13 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 15 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 16 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 17 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 4 18 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2 20 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Mountains Col des Leques - Cat. 2, km 41.5 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 pts 2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 5 3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Col de Luens - Cat. 2, km 59.5 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5 3 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 4 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Côte du Mousteiret - Cat. 3, km 64.5 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 pts 2 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 Côte du Clos d'Espargon - Cat. 3, km 86 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 pts 2 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Col de Saint-Arnoux - Cat. 3, km 103 1 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Col de Bourigaille - Cat. 1, km 115 1 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 10 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 6 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2 7 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Côte de Mons - Cat. 3, km 122 1 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 4 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Col du Tanneron - Cat. 2, km 159 1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 pts 2 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 5 3 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Sprints La Garde, km 56 1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 2 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Montauroux, km 144 1 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 3 2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 3 Young rider 1 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 4.13.41 2 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 2.03 8 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 4.48 14 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 5.16 15 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.47 16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.51 17 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.46 18 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 19 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.13 20 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 15.51 22 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 23 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.10 24 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 27 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Teams 1 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12.39.30 2 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.44 3 Lampre-Fondital 1.11 4 Credit Agricole 1.33 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Discovery Channel Team 7 Francaise Des Jeux 3.14 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 3.36 9 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 Bouygues Telecom 5.17 11 Davitamon-Lotto 5.39 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Rabobank 6.21 14 Team CSC 7.20 15 Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.23 16 T-Mobile Team 12.08 17 Quick Step-Innergetic 14.27 18 Gerolsteiner 15.10 19 Liquigas 19.38 20 Team Milram 26.02 21 Agritubel 26.30 General classification after stage 6 1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 28.24.45 2 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 0.09 3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.13 4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.23 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.35 7 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.39 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.40 9 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.41 10 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.43 11 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.02 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.25 13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.40 14 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3.51 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.56 17 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.00 18 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 4.02 19 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.13 20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 4.22 21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 5.18 22 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.19 23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.21 24 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 5.50 25 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.59 26 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.53 27 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.03 28 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7.23 29 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.24 30 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.32 31 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 9.14 32 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.21 33 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.59 34 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.20 35 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.12 36 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12.44 37 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.32 38 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.29 39 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.36 40 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 14.58 41 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 15.04 42 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15.18 43 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 15.48 44 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 15.49 45 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.19 46 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.32 47 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.39 48 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16.52 49 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 19.22 50 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 19.37 51 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 20.01 52 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.52 53 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 20.59 54 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22.23 55 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.10 56 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 23.23 57 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.04 58 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 24.10 59 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25.51 60 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 26.03 61 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.14 62 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 26.47 63 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 26.54 64 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 27.13 65 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28.24 66 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28.28 67 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 28.29 68 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 28.56 69 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 29.01 70 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 29.32 71 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 29.52 72 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30.32 73 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.01 74 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.54 75 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 33.04 76 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 34.00 77 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 34.10 78 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 34.23 79 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35.21 80 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 35.55 81 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36.14 82 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 36.24 83 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 36.28 84 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 37.04 85 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37.09 86 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 37.20 87 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.20 88 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 38.44 89 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 40.38 90 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 40.39 91 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 40.55 92 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 41.20 93 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41.49 94 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 42.05 95 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 42.39 96 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 42.41 97 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 43.00 98 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 44.08 99 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 44.19 100 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 44.26 101 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 44.28 102 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 45.27 103 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 45.48 104 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.22 105 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46.27 106 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 46.43 107 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 46.59 108 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 48.05 109 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49.34 110 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 50.41 111 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 53.14 112 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 53.18 113 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55.02 114 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 56.11 115 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 56.19 116 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 56.52 117 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 56.53 118 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58.36 119 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 59.13 120 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.01.25 121 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.02.50 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 91 pts 2 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 48 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 48 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 46 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 8 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 38 9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 36 11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32 12 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 31 13 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 31 14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 30 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 29 16 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 29 17 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 18 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25 19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 25 20 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 23 21 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22 22 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 23 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 21 24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 25 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 17 28 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 17 29 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 30 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 16 31 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 16 32 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 33 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 15 34 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 15 35 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 14 36 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14 37 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 13 38 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 39 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 40 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 12 41 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 42 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 11 43 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 44 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 9 45 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 46 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 47 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 48 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 8 49 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 7 50 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 51 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 52 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 6 53 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 54 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 55 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 56 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 57 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 58 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 59 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 60 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3 61 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 62 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 63 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 64 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 2 65 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 66 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 68 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 69 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Mountains classification 1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 42 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 38 3 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 35 4 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 5 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 19 6 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 13 9 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 12 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11 12 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 13 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 14 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8 15 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 16 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 8 17 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 8 19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 21 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 23 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 5 24 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 25 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 4 26 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 27 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 28 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 29 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 30 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 32 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 33 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 34 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 35 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 36 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 37 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 38 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2 39 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 40 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 41 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 42 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 43 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 44 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 1 45 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 46 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1 Young rider classification 1 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 28.27.47 2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.49 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.20 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.19 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.22 6 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 6.12 7 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.19 8 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.18 9 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.42 10 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22.49 11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 23.01 12 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.12 13 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 23.52 14 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 25.54 15 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 26.30 16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 30.02 17 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 30.58 18 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 33.22 19 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 39.03 20 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39.37 21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 39.58 22 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43.20 23 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46.32 24 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.00 25 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 53.17 26 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 56.11 27 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59.48 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Team 85.21.58 2 Lampre-Fondital 0.15 3 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.21 4 Credit Agricole 3.13 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.51 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 7.13 7 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.41 8 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 10.36 9 Francaise Des Jeux 10.48 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 12.17 11 Davitamon-Lotto 12.47 12 Rabobank 14.59 13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.15 14 Gerolsteiner 31.53 15 Quick Step-Innergetic 35.25 16 Bouygues Telecom 35.58 17 Team CSC 37.52 18 T-Mobile Team 39.13 19 Agritubel 55.42 20 Liquigas 1.03.48 21 Team Milram 1.28.12
