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64th Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 5-12, 2006
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Stage 7 - March 12: Nice - Nice, 135 km
A new American hero
By Jean-François Quénet in Nice
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The last stage of Paris-Nice has definitely introduced Floyd Landis (Phonak) as Lance Armstrong's possible successor at the Tour de France. Despite a crash, he has controlled the situation while Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) signaled his return after five years without any win.
"The Spanish riders knew what they were doing, attacking all the time," Zberg told Cyclingnews at the finish. "I just kept my rhythm and hoped that somebody would come up from behind - so I was lucky, too. I have been unlucky for so long and now luck came back to me!"
Zberg's last success happened in the 2001 Henninger Turm. That year, Landis started Paris-Nice with the responsibilities of leading Mercury, a team that was a newcomer on the big international cycling scene. Instead, he discovered the job of being a domestique for Peter van Petegem, who led the race after winning the crucial stage to Saint-Etienne and came third overall because the col d'Èze was an individual time trial at the time, not a climb for defending a jersey like it is now.
Since then, Landis spent three years in the shadow of Lance Armstrong at US Postal. In his second year with Phonak, he's now completely freed from Armstrong's position as the absolute boss of world cycling. Aged 30, he's in a situation to prove what he's able to do on a bike. "It has a lot to do with the way my team developed over the last years," he explained. "We've been very focused this week."
The yellow jersey crashed during the final stage. "There was some gravel downhill," he said. "There have been some dangerous downhills in this race and I'm happy that I crashed only once. I wasn't worried about anyone in particular, I was more worried about the circumstances like yesterday when 19 riders went up the road. That was more of a concern."
Reduced to six men, Phonak has controlled the situation since Landis took the lead in Saint-Etienne, the same place he discovered five years ago. But Paris-Nice never was a boring race since the action was constant. French riders fought for secondary honours till the end, Moncoutié managing to be the king of the mountain via a third day in a row of riding aggressively. Casar came close to winning the points classification that Tom Boonen didn't rate as an objective. He missed out by three points, and that was a consolation price for Euskaltel's Samuel Sanchez who lost his third place overall to his compatriot Antonio Colom of Caisse d'Épargne-Illes Balears.
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Another Sanchez - Luis Leon of Liberty Seguros - finished on the podium as the best young rider, and Lampre-Fondital won the team classification. After a very enthusiastic presentation, race commentator Daniel Mangeas announced, "And let the UCI take care of their own awards ceremony." He didn't give a mention to the Pro Tour, whose representative Vittorio Adorni was tolerated giving Floyd Landis his white leader jersey that he'll never wear - just like Bobby Julich last year - because his next Pro Tour race will be the Giro d'Italia, his next races being the Criterium International and the Tour of Georgia.
Paris-Nice counts for the ProTour ranking for the UCI but is not a ProTour race. It was for sure a very important race in Landis' build up as a GC rider. He now has the status and the confidence for targeting another yellow jersey...in July.
How it unfolded
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Defending champion Bobby Julich didn't start the last stage. He won the prologue and had a much quieter Paris-Nice than in 2005. Tom Boonen didn't bother about his green jersey. The world champion pulled out after six kilometres. With a big smile on his face, he said his mind was now set on Milan-San Remo.
After the first sprint of the day won by Erik Dekker at km 15, five riders broke clear: Francisco Ventoso (Saunier Duval), Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile), Matej Mugerli (Liquigas), Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux) and José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r). Five more riders joined at km 33: Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom), Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto), Aitor Osa (Liberty Seguros), Dimitri Fofonov (Crédit Agricole) and David Moncoutié (Cofidis).
As the peloton was coming close, Mugerli attacked, then followed by Moncoutié, who was annoyed because of the fine he got the day before, supposedly for hanging onto a car. The penalty cost him the polka dot jersey, so he had to score some more points to take over from Christophe Laurent and be the king of mountain. He did it in the first category col de la Porte (km 52).
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From the early break, Mugerli, Arrieta and Osa stayed away. Their group got reinforced by Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner), Joaquin Rodriguez (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears), Alberto Contador and Sergio Paulinho (Liberty Seguros). The first time they crossed the line on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, Moncoutié, Paulinho and Mugerli had just lost contact.
In the col d'Èze (km 112), Contador and Rodriguez accelerated, accompanied by Zberg for a little while. Evgeni Petrov (Lampre-Fondital) attacked from the main bunch, and chased behind the two leaders with Zberg and Antonio Colom (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears). They formed a group of five playing out the stage win, since the peloton didn't close the 15 seconds gap at 3km from the end. Zberg easily won the five men sprint and Landis kept the yellow jersey for good, as 'Patxi' Vila didn't try to contest his lead.
Photography
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- Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) wins the final stage in Nice
- The final podium (L to R): Patxi Vila (2nd), Floyd Landis (1st), and Antonio Colom (3rd)
Images by AFP Photo
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) was looking forward to the last stage
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) on a descent
- Axel Merckx leads the Phonak train
- David Moncoutie (Cofidis) on his own
- The peloton beachside
- The peloton rides through Nice during the final stage
- Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) attacks on La Turbie
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne) with Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) on the Col d'Eze
- Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) wins the final stage
- Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) celebrates
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) the winner of the 64th Paris-Nice
- The final podium (L to R): Patxi Vila (2nd), Floyd Landis (1st), and Antonio Colom (3rd)
- The place getters congratulate each other
- The jersey winners (L to R): Samuel Sanchez (points), Floyd Landis (overall), Luis Sanchez (young rider), and David Moncoutie (mountains)
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) is the king of Nice
Images by Hedwig Kröner/Cyclingnews.com
- The Promenade des Anglais is where it's at in Nice
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Liberty Seguros) made an impromptu appearance
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Liberty Seguros) at the final stage of Paris-Nice
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Liberty Seguros) signs an autograph
- Nico Mattan (Davitamon-Lotto) with Richard Virenque at the start
- Nicolas Crosbie (Agritubel) hoped to defend his team's mountains jersey today
- The start on Nice's Promenade des Anglais
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) waits for the sart
- Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) very happy after the stage
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues) finishing
Results
1 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.29.38 (38.638 km/h) 2 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.16 6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.18 7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 11 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 17 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 18 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 21 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 22 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 24 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 26 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 30 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.46 31 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 33 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 34 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 36 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 39 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 40 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 41 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 42 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 1.40 43 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 44 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.58 46 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 47 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.07 48 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 49 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 50 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 51 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 53 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 54 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 55 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 56 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 57 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 59 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.42 60 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 62 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 63 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 64 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 66 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 67 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 70 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 71 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 5.12 72 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 73 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 74 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 75 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 5.18 77 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6.50 78 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 79 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.12 80 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 81 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.49 82 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 83 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 84 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 85 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 87 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 88 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 89 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 90 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 91 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.10 94 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 95 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 96 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC DNF Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas DNF Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas DNF David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital DNF Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom DNF Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram DNF Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank DNF Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance DNS Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team Points 1 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25 pts 2 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 22 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18 5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 15 7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 14 8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13 9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 10 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 11 11 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 12 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8 14 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 15 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 16 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 5 17 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 4 18 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 20 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains Cote de Duranus - Cat. 2, km 25.5 1 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 7 pts 2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 3 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3 4 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 5 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Col de la Porte - Cat. 1, km 52 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 pts 2 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 8 3 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 5 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 7 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 La Turbie - Cat. 1, km 89.5 1 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10 pts 2 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 6 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 2 7 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Col d'Eze - Cat. 1, km 119 1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 pts 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 3 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 6 4 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 5 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 6 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints Levens, km 15.5 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 Nice, km 107 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 pts 2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Young rider 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.29.38 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.18 3 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 6 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.46 7 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 1.40 9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.58 10 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2.07 12 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.42 14 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.12 16 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.12 17 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.49 19 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.10 Teams 1 Lampre-Fondital 10.29.30 2 Discovery Channel Team 0.18 3 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.26 4 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.28 5 Francaise Des Jeux 0.46 6 Davitamon-Lotto 1.14 7 Credit Agricole 8 Rabobank 1.58 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.07 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.08 11 Bouygues Telecom 3.02 12 Gerolsteiner 3.24 13 Quick Step-Innergetic 3.56 14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.10 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 5.31 17 Team CSC 18 Agritubel 8.42 19 T-Mobile Team 9.17 20 Liquigas 14.55 21 Team Milram 19.00 Final General classification 1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 31.54.41 2 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 0.09 3 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.05 4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.13 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.22 6 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.35 7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.38 8 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.39 9 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.40 10 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.43 11 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 3.16 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.25 13 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.30 14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3.51 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.56 16 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.00 17 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.08 18 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.13 19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 4.22 20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 4.30 21 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.21 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 5.46 23 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 5.50 24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.00 25 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.03 26 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.05 27 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7.51 28 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 8.42 29 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 9.23 30 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.49 31 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.59 32 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.20 33 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 10.54 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.12 35 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.26 36 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14.00 37 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14.33 38 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14.36 39 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.57 40 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 14.58 41 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15.04 42 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15.15 43 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.47 44 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 17.11 45 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.52 46 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21.46 47 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 21.50 48 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 23.01 49 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.10 50 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 24.22 51 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.03 52 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 25.10 53 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.24 54 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 25.59 55 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 27.15 56 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 29.29 57 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 29.30 58 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30.13 59 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 30.18 60 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 61 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 30.57 62 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 31.12 63 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 31.54 64 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32.21 65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.25 66 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 34.53 67 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36.18 68 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 39.17 69 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 39.52 70 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 40.28 71 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 40.33 72 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 73 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.44 74 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 75 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 42.31 76 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 42.41 77 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 43.27 78 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43.38 79 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 44.03 80 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 44.18 81 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 47.10 82 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 48.32 83 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 49.51 84 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 51.31 85 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 52.47 86 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52.58 87 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 53.58 88 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 54.31 89 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.53 90 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 55.30 91 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 55.35 92 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 56.20 93 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 56.36 94 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 57.40 95 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.00.16 96 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.07.57 97 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.10.28 98 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10.44 Points classification 1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 63 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 50 5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 49 6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 48 7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 46 8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 42 9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 42 10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 40 11 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 39 12 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 38 13 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 14 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 35 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33 16 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 31 17 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 31 18 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 31 19 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 26 20 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 25 21 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 24 22 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 23 23 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 25 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 27 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 17 28 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 16 29 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 16 30 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 31 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 32 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 13 34 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 35 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 36 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 12 37 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 11 38 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 39 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 41 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 9 42 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 43 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 8 44 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 7 45 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 46 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 6 47 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 48 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 49 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 50 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 51 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 52 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 54 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3 55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 56 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 57 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 58 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 2 59 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 60 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 61 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 62 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 63 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 51 pts 2 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 42 3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39 4 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 35 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 6 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 25 7 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 8 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17 9 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 17 10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 17 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 13 13 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 12 14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11 15 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11 16 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 17 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8 18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 19 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 8 20 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 21 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 8 23 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 6 25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 27 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 5 28 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 29 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 30 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 4 31 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 32 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 4 33 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 34 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 35 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 36 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 37 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 39 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 40 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 41 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 42 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1 43 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 44 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 45 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 46 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 1 47 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 Young rider classification 1 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.21 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.52 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.51 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.30 6 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.19 7 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.50 8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 7.24 9 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11.03 10 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 26.48 11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 27.27 12 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 27.42 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 31.23 14 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 39.01 15 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 39.57 16 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 40.48 17 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 48.01 18 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49.28 19 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 51.01 20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51.23 21 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.07.14 Teams classification 1 Lampre-Fondital 95.51.43 2 Discovery Channel Team 0.03 3 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.34 4 Credit Agricole 4.12 5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.52 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 9.05 7 Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.46 8 Francaise Des Jeux 11.19 9 Davitamon-Lotto 13.46 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 14.10 11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 15.52 12 Rabobank 16.42 13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 32.10 14 Gerolsteiner 35.02 15 Bouygues Telecom 38.45 16 Quick Step-Innergetic 39.06 17 Team CSC 43.08 18 T-Mobile Team 48.15 19 Agritubel 1.04.09 20 Liquigas 1.18.28 21 Team Milram 1.46.57
