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63rd Tour of Poland - ProT
Poland, September 4-10, 2006
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Stage 7 - September 10: Jelenia Góra - Karpacz, 126.0 km
By Daniel Marszalek
Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) became the first German rider to win the overall at the Tour de Pologne in its 78 years long history. Just like yesterday, Schumaker proved to be too strong for his opponents on the uphill finish to Karpacz Orlinek. His win completes a superb day of racing for the Gerolsteiner riders as his teammate Robert Forster two hours earlier won 15th stage of the Vuelta.
Riding the roller coaster
The weather was sunny for the second day in a row as 119 riders too the start of the last stage of the Tour de Pologne. Just like the day before, riders had five climbs up times to Karpacz Górny (at 20 km; 41,7 km; 63,4 km; 85,1 km; 106,8 km) to do plus then still make the final ascent to Orlinek. The only difference compared to Saturday was that this time stage was just 126 km long starting from Jelenia Góra.
On the second loop around Karpacz, a strong breakaway group of 12 riders was formed with Italian Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre); the highest ranked rider after six stage with just 41 seconds deficit to overnight leader Schumacher. Other men in the break were: Bartosz Huzarski (Intel-Action), Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas), Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole), Allan Johansen (CSC), Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile), Marco Fertonani i Nicolas Portal (obaj Caisse D'Epargne), Daniel Navarro Garcia (Astana), Cédric Vasseur (Quick Step), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) and Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom).
Bruseghin was doing much of the work in the front group, while watchful peloton led with no surprise by Gerolsteiner riders kept the difference between 40 and 60 seconds for most of the time. First four of the mountain premiums (third one with double points as special prize in memory of Joachim Halupczok – amateur world champion in 1989) at Karpacz Górny were won by Huzarski who last year won this competition and clearly wanted to repeat his 2005 achievement.
Before the penultimate ascent to Orlinek, the leading group had 1:10 on the still-pretty-big main bunch. At first Kreuziger, Vasseur and Fertonani attacked, but soon Vasseur was not able to keep the pace and lost his position.
By the time the break reached Orlinek, with 21,7 km to the finish, only seven riders remained: Kreuziger, Fertonani, Le Mevel, Portal, Chavanel, Bruseghin and Kirchen with 45 seconds advantage on the melting peloton. Meanwhile Huzarski fell and broke his collarbone (and despite this, managed to complete the stage with generous assistance by Voeckler).
After the descent to Sosnówka, 20-year old Kreuziger attacked with Chavanel by did not cooperate strong enough and they soon were caught by the other six (Vasseur joined the group on a downhill), but coming out of Milków with 8 km to go peloton was loosing just 18 seconds to them.
Closing in
With 4 kms to go, last year's overall winner (Kim Kirchen) attacked strongly and managed to get a gap of some 20 seconds. The peloton, led by Cadel Evans (Davitamon) with Schumacher and Rutkiewicz, upped the pace and caught all seven riders behind Kirchen entering final 1 km and was in striking distance to the rider from Luxembourg.
Oliver Zaugg (Saunier Duval) made a strong jump and got some 50 meters of advantage in the final meters and it looked good for him for a while, until Italian Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) lost his patience and brought the pack back to the lonely rider. Nibali went so fast that he even managed to drop all the others, except for Schumacher who easily came around him in the final 25 meters in this great style winning the race overall. Rutkiewicz came eight, which was not enough for him to advanced to the overall podium, since Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) finished sixth today.
In the general standings Schumacher won with 18 seconds advantage on the third today Evans. While Ballan and Rutkiewicz lost 31, but Italian getting better of the Pole on the points. That’s the second in a row stage race win for Schumacher who last month won in dramatic fashion Eneco Tour of Benelux.
Photography
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Images by World of cycling
- All smiles on the final podium.
- Tour leader Stefan Schumacher at the front on a climb.
- Team Gerolsteiner working for leader Stefan Schumacher.
Results
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.17.08 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.02 3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 0.06 5 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche 0.05 6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 8 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel - Action 9 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 10 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 12 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 0.16 17 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 18 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.22 19 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 20 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team Csc 21 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Intel - Action 0.26 22 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 23 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.29 24 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.31 25 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Astana 26 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.38 27 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 28 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Csc 0.41 29 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.43 30 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.48 31 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 0.53 32 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.57 33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Csc 34 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.00 35 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 37 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 1.08 38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.11 39 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.25 40 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 1.28 41 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.32 42 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 1.34 43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.44 44 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 1.50 45 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 46 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 47 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.53 49 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Michael Schar (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.56 51 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.10 52 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.34 53 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 54 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Intel - Action 2.43 55 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval - Prodir 56 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.48 57 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.10 58 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 3.14 59 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.29 60 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3.39 61 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 62 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 64 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.53 65 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 4.45 66 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 5.56 67 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.25 68 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 69 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.44 70 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 71 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 72 Domenico Quagliarella (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 73 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.15 74 Hubert Krys (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 9.42 75 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.14 76 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.25 77 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel - Action 13.37 78 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel - Action 19.05 80 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 19.24 81 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana 82 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 19.27 Sprints Karpacz (101,7km) 1 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step - Innergetic 3 pts 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 3 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Mountains #1 - Cat. 1 1 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel - Action 10 pts 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 3 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche 5 4 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 3 5 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 #2 - Cat. 1 1 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel - Action 10 pts 2 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 7 3 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 4 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 3 5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 #3 - Cat. 1 1 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel - Action 20 pts 2 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 10 4 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 5 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 4 #4 - Cat. 1 1 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel - Action 10 pts 2 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 3 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 5 4 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 3 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 2 #5 - Cat. 1 1 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 pts 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 7 3 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 4 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 3 5 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 2 Teams 1 Lampre-Fondital 9.51.39 2 Credit Agricole 0.12 3 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.06 4 Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.21 5 Team CSC 1.45 6 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.54 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.02 8 Liquigas 2.20 9 Astana 2.28 10 Intel - Action 2.59 11 Française Des Jeux 3.33 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.35 13 Ceramica Flaminia 4.48 14 Rabobank 7.08 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.53 16 Davitamon-Lotto 10.41 17 Gerolsteiner 14.52 18 Quick Step-Innergetic 40.20 Final general classification 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.09.41 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.18 3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.31 4 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel - Action 5 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 0.39 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 0.40 7 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.45 8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.52 9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.56 10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.01 11 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.22 12 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.35 13 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Csc 1.46 14 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Csc 1.50 15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2.33 16 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 3.12 17 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.53 18 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.54 19 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche 3.55 20 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 4.06 21 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.12 22 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Intel - Action 5.05 23 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.12 24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 6.22 25 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 6.39 26 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.19 27 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.29 28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8.49 29 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 9.15 30 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 9.31 31 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 11.03 32 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.15 33 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.38 34 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 12.07 35 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12.20 36 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Astana 20.34 37 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 20.52 38 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21.03 39 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram 21.37 40 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21.42 41 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step - Innergetic 21.44 42 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 21.51 43 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 21.53 44 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 45 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 21.56 46 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.13 47 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22.25 48 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22.37 49 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 50 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Intel - Action 22.46 51 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 23.17 52 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23.44 53 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23.51 54 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole 24.10 55 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.25 56 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 24.45 57 Michael Schar (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.09 58 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 25.52 59 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 26.05 60 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.23 61 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 26.28 62 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 26.52 63 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 29.09 64 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team Csc 29.34 65 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 29.50 66 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 30.20 67 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 30.47 68 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30.56 69 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30.57 70 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.12 71 Domenico Quagliarella (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 33.30 72 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.40 73 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel - Action 74 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 34.05 75 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir 34.08 76 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36.05 77 Hubert Krys (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 38.50 78 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 40.43 79 Iban Iriondo Uranga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42.10 80 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana 42.37 81 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 42.40 82 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel - Action 1.21.30 Points classification 1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 81 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 74 3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 4 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 5 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 49 7 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 49 8 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel - Action 42 9 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 39 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 36 11 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 35 12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 30 13 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 25 14 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche 23 15 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 22 17 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 18 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 19 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 20 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 21 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Csc 17 22 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 15 23 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15 24 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14 25 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 14 26 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 14 27 Manuele Spadi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia 14 28 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 9 29 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 30 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 6 31 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Intel - Action 5 32 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 33 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 3 34 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 2 35 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team Csc 2 36 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1 37 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Sprints classification 1 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel - Action 15 pts 2 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 6 3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 4 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4 5 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 6 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 7 Hubert Krys (Pol) Ceramica Flaminia 4 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 3 9 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 10 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step - Innergetic 3 11 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 13 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 14 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2 15 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2 16 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2 17 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Csc 1 18 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 1 19 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 1 20 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 21 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Mountains classification 1 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel - Action 50 pts 2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 37 3 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31 4 Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 24 6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24 7 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 8 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16 10 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 15 11 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Miche 13 12 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 13 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9 14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 16 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Csc 7 17 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 18 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 19 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Quick Step - Innergetic 3 20 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Intel - Action 3 21 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 3 22 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel - Action 3 23 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 2 24 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 2 25 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 2 Teams classification 1 Credit Agricole 93.31.22 2 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.56 3 Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.12 4 Française Des Jeux 7.18 5 Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.25 6 Lampre-Fondital 19.18 7 Team CSC 21.43 8 Intel - Action 22.53 9 Liquigas 23.07 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.58 11 Rabobank 31.33 12 Gerolsteiner 33.33 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 38.18 14 Astana 49.05 15 Ceramica Flaminia 49.50 16 Davitamon-Lotto 55.27 17 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 59.59 18 Quick Step-Innergetic 1.06.34
