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93rd Tour de France - ProT
France, July 1-23, 2006
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Stage 16 - Wednesday, July 19: Le Bourg-d'Oisans - La Toussuire, 182 km
Tables turn on La Toussuire as Landis loses yellow to Pereiro
Rasmussen flies to the summit
By Hedwig Kröner, Anthony Tan and Brecht Decaluwé in La Toussuire
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This year's Tour de France took perhaps its most dramatic turn on today's summit finish in La Toussuire, as Maillot Jaune Floyd Landis’ challenge suffered an unexpected collapse. The stage was won by mountain points chaser Michael Rasmussen of Rabobank, who took over the Maillot a Pois from Saunier Duval's David de la Fuente along the way. During the final climb, everybody was stunned to see the Phonak leader lose the Maillot Jaune in such a pronounced fashion by finishing more than 10 minutes down on the winner.
"I had a bad day on the wrong day," a disappointed Landis said in a press conference, several hours after Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d’Epargne – Illes Balears) took back the jersey he relinquished yesterday. "The team did a good job in the beginning; I suffered from the beginning but I tried to hide it... In the end, I couldn't go. I don't think it was a problem with not eating enough; like I said, I wasn't good from the beginning."
The American knew he very probably lost the Tour de France today. "My chance to win the Tour is very small at this point, but I'm gonna fight, because you never know what's going to happen next," he added, on a more positive note. "I think I did everything I could do to win this Tour. I'd change this day if I could, but I don't know what I would have done differently. So I can't say I regret anything I did."
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Naturally, Landis' biggest opponents on the general classification used the American's off-day to make up as much time as they could on him. It all happened in the last ascent of the stage to La Toussuire - a climb that had not been rated the most difficult in this year's race course. But the fatigue of two and a half weeks of racing, as well as the heat took its toll in the peloton, and in the end the fittest survived. CSC's Carlos Sastre initiated the attack on the overall leader when he realized Landis wasn't his usual self on the last climb.
"I saw he was going backwards - he was suffering, he was going bad," Sastre said after the finish. "At that moment, I didn't think too much and I went full gas. Because I had to try something in this Tour; it's been difficult for me [so far], so I had to try something."
The CSC captain is now placed second behind the new overall leader, Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne), and may allow himself to cast an eye or two on the maillot jaune. "Today was important, and tomorrow is another really hard day," an always cautious Sastre said about his overall chances. "Now, it's important to recover for tomorrow and we'll see what happens."
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The underestimated Spaniard Pereiro found himself back in yellow today at the cérémonie protocolaire, the podium ceremony, and seemed as surprised as the press representatives surrounding him. "For sure, it's a surprise, as we all thought this morning that if all went normally, Floyd would still have the jersey this evening," the Caisse d'Epargne rider said. "But he is not immune to having a bad day, either. Somehow, I just felt in the Galibier that it would be a good day for me. That's why I asked my teammate Xabier Zandio to ride for me, to finish where we are now."
But even though the former teammate of Floyd Landis was overwhelmed with joy with how the day had turned out for him, he also had a compassionate word for the former race leader. "I'm really sad for Floyd, as I honestly would have liked to see him up front at the Tour," he said. "I don't know what happened to him. Maybe he had a hunger knock, I don't know. But I can assure you that I would never have been the first to attack him; he's a friend. Thanks to him, I rode the Tour before, and I owe a lot to Phonak."
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T-Mobile's Andreas Klöden, who had a very powerful team with him today on the last climb, moved up from sixth to third overall. The German held a constant tempo until he accelerated with five kilometres to go, dropping Denis Menchov. Pereiro and Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) were able to follow him through the finish.
"I heard that Landis was in trouble over the radio from my directeur sportif, so we immediately put on a good tempo," said Klöden on the finish line. "Then, Sastre attacked, and I just tried to maintain my rhythm, and in the end, give it full gas. This is half a success. Too bad that Pereiro also found good form. But I'm very satisfied with my performance and that of our team - Mazzoleni and Rogers were awesome."
The German looked good on the final slopes as he was leading the trio, but Pereiro proved to be a tad faster in the sprint for third place. "I tried to finish it off in the end, but I just lacked some power reserves," Klöden explained, adding that he was still hoping to improve his standing until Paris.
"There are still one mountain stage ahead, and a time trial, so nothing is set in stone just yet," he said about today's GC landslide. "If my legs are good tomorrow, we will try to attack again. It will be hard to make up 2’30 on Pereiro in the time trial, so if I can nibble on that advantage a bit, that would be good."
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Australian climber Cadel Evans also managed to finish the stage up front and improved his standings from seventh to fifth overall.
"I felt good, today was a much better race for me," the Davitamon rider was happy to say. "Yesterday when we hit the bottom of the climb, you saw the size of the peloton. It wasn’t a very hard race until that point, whereas today I think there were 30 guys at the start of the climb. That style of race suits me and my physiology much better."
Evans was also perplexed at Landis' performance today; "I was surprised when he was behind me on the Col de Croix de Fer. Then he was always behind me and a long way back on Col de Mollard," he added. "There was a chance that perhaps he was really good and just sitting back, but it’s a really big gamble. That said, Floyd has taken big gambles before and they have paid off in the past."
Another surprise today was French rider Cyril Dessel, who again displayed strong motivation in order to keep his placing on general classification. Having switched positions with former AG2R leader Christophe Moreau, Dessel now gets the support of his elder teammate.
"Again, it was a very difficult stage," the now overall fourth-placed said. "I knew that there was something to go for when Landis wasn't there anymore. I really dug deep inside of me again, and tried to surpass my limits. But I feel far away from a final podium in Paris. There is another hard mountain stage and a time trial. We’re not there yet..."
Big day out for the 'chicken'
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The lean 'chicken', Michael Rasmussen, emerged out of his role as a perfect domestique for Rabobank GC captain Denis Menchov today, taking the polkadot jersey off David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval). The Danish former mountain biker took off early after the start in Bourg d'Oisans, with one mission to accomplish: get back that jersey he had learned to cherish in last year's Tour, and taking his second Tour de France victory.
"I didn't get this stage win as a present," a very emotional Rasmussen said after crossing the line. "We had to work very long in the breakaway before our advantage could grow. On the steeper parts of the Galibier I could accelerate and get away with Casar and Valjavec. They contributed a lot, and also in the valley after the Galibier. After the Col de la Croix-de-Fer I had to go on my own if I wanted to win the stage. It was a long and difficult day and I suffered a lot; but that’s all forgotten now."
The Dane had done a reconnaissance of today's stage before the race, which helped him greatly, he said, as well as the support of his family. "After the rest day, I said to my wife that I would win on Alpe d’Huez for her and our baby," Rasmussen added. "I was very disappointed how things unfolded during yesterday’s stage. Today I had to prove a lot for myself and my wife."
How it unfolded
By Tim Maloney
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Stage 16 began in le Bourg d’Oisans with 152 riders starting under sunny and warm skies and 30 degrees heat. Yesterday’s 14th stage had brought four abandons - World Champion Tom Boonen (QSI), Beat Zberg (GST), Andriy Grivko (Milram) and Bram De Groot (Rabobank).
The first attack was by AG2R's Moreau but Discovery Channel's Azevedo was chasing him and the rangy Frenchman was brought back after 4km. Next attack was by Rabobank climber Michael Chicken Rasmussen, who was joined first by Valjavec (Lampre), then Casar bridged; after 10km, there were three riders in front of the Phonak led peloton. But Maillot Jaune Landis and his Phonak guys weren't chasing hard and other riders were looking to get up the road in a break.
After 15km of climbing up the Col du Lauteret towards the Galibier, the front trio were 55” ahead of Chechu Rubiera (Discovery), Cente Garcia (Caisse d’Epargne), Verdugo, Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval), Commesso (Lampre) and Astarloza, and 1'20 ahead of the peloton. Other riders were attacking off the front of the group Maillot Jaune to get across to the chase group, including Bruseghin, Lefevre, Simoni, then Popovych (Discovery), Sinkewitz (T-Mobile), Arroyo (Caisse d’Epargne) and Parra (Cofidis). Calzati (AG2R) then bridged across alone.
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The front trio raced 32.2km in the first hour and at the 35km point, Chicken Rasmussen group was 2'35 ahead of the 14 chasers and 3'45 ahead of the peloton. It was a good move by Discovery Channel's Yaroslav Popovych, who started Stage 16 in 13th place, 7'36 behind Landis and hoped to make a big move on GC today.
Once past the monument to the founder of the Tour De France and over the summit of the 2,645m. Col du Galibier, the highest point of the Tour, it was Rasmussen who took the points and the 5,000 euro prize for the Souvenir Henri Desgranges. The 14 strong chase group went across the summit 3' behind the front group, with the peloton at 4'35. On the descent three riders hit the deck as they went wide on a turn; Brandt, Calvente and Phonak's Martin Perdiguero, an important teammate for Maillot Jaune Landis. Popovych bombed the descent and tried to get across to the front trio but halfway down the Galibier, he sat up when he realized that he wasn't gaining time on the others.
As the ascent of Stage 16's second climb began in St. Etienne de Cuines, the steep Hors Category 22km long Col de la Croix-de-Fer, Valjavec took the intermediate sprint from the front trio. The 14 chasers were at 5'55 with Phonak on the front of the peloton at 7'15. Rasmussen and Valjavec then dumped Casar as the tough Col de la Croix-de-Fer climbed upwards, while behind riders began to drop out of the chase group and the group Maillot Jaune. Halfway up the ascent, Chicken flapped his wings and rode away from Valjavec as he realized he might have a chance at the stage win as well as the Maillot Pois. 10km from the summit, Rasmussen led Valjavec by 35”, Casar by 1'45 , Astarloza and the remains of the chase group by 6'00. The peloton was at 7'10.
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Behind the escape, CSC cranked up the pace with 70km to go and sucked up the crumbs of the chase group. The group Maillot Jaune was down to Azevedo (Discovery Channel), Sastre, Schleck, Vandevelde (CSC), Kloden, Guerini, Kessler, Mazzoleni, Rogers (T-Mobile), Moreau, Calzati, Dessel, Goubert (AG2R), Leipheimer and Fothen (Gerolsteiner), Menchov and Boogerd (Rabobank), Evans and Horner (Davitamon Lotto), Cunego (Lampre), Arroyo, Karpets, Pereiro, and Zandio (Caisse d’Epargne), plus Caucchioli (Credit Agricole), Camano and Zubledia (Euskaltel) and Maillot Jaune Landis and Merckx of the Phonak team. The loss of Perdiguero was affecting Landis, as he had only Merckx to go back to the team car to get bottles.
With 12km to the summit of the Col de la Croix-de-Fer, Leipheimer attacked out of the group Maillot Jaune. The Gerolsteiner rider kept on at a strong pace and at the summit of the Col de la Croix-de-Fer, with 55.5km to the finish in La Toussuire, Rasmussen was alone in the lead. Valjavec was 5'00 behind. On the 15km descent to the mountain village of Belleville, the status quo remained before the riders hit the penultimate climb of the day, the short and difficult Cat 2 Col du Mollard. This was a 5.8km ascent at 7% average grade. Rasmussen was tiring but still looking good and, at the summit with some 35km to race, Rasmussen led Valjavec and Leipheimer by 4'55. A struggling Casar was 6'40 and the group Maillot Jaune at about 7'20, with T Mobile was riding tempo.
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On the tricky descent of the Cat 2 Col du Mollard, a slightly cooked Chicken was having trouble navigating the technical, twisting road that led to the Arc River valley, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and the long, final ascent of 18.4km to the finish La Toussuire. Leipheimer was 4'50 behind, with the group Maillot Jaune and Caisse d'Epargne's Xandio pounding away on the front 6'50 back. The determined Dane knew he already had the Maillot Pois but he also wanted another stage win, like last year. However Leipheimer was also determined to bring home a victory from this year's Tour, if he could.
In the peloton, AG2R were attacking out the back as Moreau, Goubert and Calzati were all dropped at the same time at the bottom of the final climb. However tough old Moreau got back on. At 15km to go, Chicken was hanging tough and Levi was at 4' and closing. By this point the Rabobank man had been away for 170km. T-Mobile then sent Mick Rogers to the front to up the pace in the group Maillot Jaune, as Kloden wanted to test the legs of the others with 15km to go. Five hundred metres later, Menchov attacked and got a gap. However T-Mobile's Mazzoleni rode him down and the Fuchsia boys sent Mick Rogers to the front again.
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With 11.5km to go, Chicken was holding off Leipheimer with a 3'45 gap; the ever diminishing group Maillot Jaune was at 5'25 by this point and closing the gap to the Gerolsteiner man. Behind, Sastre made a strong move with 11km to go and this provoked T-Mobile to accelerate. Suddenly, Maillot Jaune Landis went out the back, the Phonak man clearly out of gas and having blown sky-high. Landis was now just creeping up the ascent, while Sastre was flying up the road. In just 1000m, the American had lost 1'00 to Sastre.
Rasmussen was still ahead of Leipheimer with 8km to go, while Sastre was closing down fast on the American. At the same time, the Periero-Dessel group was taking time out fast from the American. As Landis passed under the 10km to go arc in a haze of hurt, the Phonak man knew he would be losing the Maillot Jaune at the finish.
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With 6km to go, Rasmussen was now 3'30 ahead of Sastre and Leipheimer but the tough Dane was starting to croak big time, a vacant look in his eyes and his mouth wide open. In the Periero-Dessel group, Mazzoleni was hammering hard with Kloden on his wheel, plus Menchov, Evans, Caucchioli and Moreau. As for Landis, he had managed to stay with Karpets for a while but with 6km to go, he had already lost 4' to the new Maillot Jaune Pereiro. Two clicks later, Chicken was still ahead with Sastre one kilometre and 3' behind him. Leipheimer was caught and spat out the back as Kloden attacked hard, 4.5km from the finish. The German’s acceleration dumped Menchov and Dessel, but Pereiro and Evans were on his wheel. The trio started to pull Sastre back, who was slowing noticeably.
Three kilometres from the finish, Rasmussen was at 2'15 over Sastre, while Pereiro was the Maillot Jaune virtuel. Kloden and Evans were at 3', and AG2R duo Moreau and Dessel were at 3'20. As for Menchov, he was dropped and chasing alone at 3'30. Landis was at 9' behind Rasmussen.
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Under the flamme rouge of the last km and then over the finish line, Chicken Rasmussen had soared like an eagle for a huge solo win and the conquest of the Maillot a Pois of Best Climber. It was an astonishing, heroic 173km ride, five hours plus off the front on a sweltering day through the Alps at an average speed of 32.31km/hr. 1'41 later, it was audacious attacker Carlos Sastre (CSC) who was second on the stage and rode into 2nd on GC, while 3rd place Pereiro was 13” behind Sastre and reconquered the Maillot Jaune.
As for Evans and Kloden, they were right with the Caisse d'Epargne rider for 4th and 5th. Almost three kilometres down the mountain, former Maillot Jaune Landis had been caught by his Phonak teammate Axel Merckx, who was pacing the American along. He eventually crossed the finish line in 23rd place, 10'04 back and dropped out of the top 10 into 11th on GC. He will start tomorrow 8'08 behind new Maillot Jaune Pereiro.
Stage 17 - Thursday, July 20: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne- Morzine, 200.5 km
The final act in the 2006 Tour's Alpine Trilogy is the longest yet. At 200km, it contains two category one, one category two and a category three climb, with a final ascent of the steep Hors Category Col de Joux-Plane, where Lance Armstrong cracked big time in 2000, before a wild plunge to finish in Morzine. An early break can get an advantage on Stage 17, but can they hold it all the way to Morzine?
Stage 17 climbs
Cat 1: 82km Col des Saisies / 1,650 m. 14.9km @ 6.4%
Cat 2: 108.5km Col des Aravis / 1,498 m. 5.9km @ 7.3%
Cat 1: 133.5km Col de la Colombière / 1,618 m. 11.8km @ 5.9%
Cat 3: 160.5km Côte de Châtillon / 735 m. 5.1km @ 4.9%
Hors Category: 187km Col de Joux-Plane / 1,700 m. 11.7km @ 8.7%
Photography
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- Mickael Rasmussen (Rabobank) gets some support from a fan early on the Galibier.
- The main bunch gets strung out on the Col du Galibier.
- The long climb and scenic backdrop of the Galibier.
- Tadej Valjavec (Lampre) leads eventual stage winner Mickael Rasmussen and Sand Casar.
- The group continues on the climb.
- A bunch rounds one of the many turns of the Galibier.
- David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir) couldn't hold on to the climbers jersey today.
- Another group makes its way up.
- Mickael Rasmussen (Rabobank) looks up towards the finish on the way to his win.
- T-Mobile made the blistering pace up the climb to La Toussuire.
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) looked good with about 10K to go.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) fights hard on the final climb.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) just couldn't handle the pace today.
- Another chase group comes through towards the finish.
- The still large main field passes 10K to go.
- Riders pass an older house along the climb.
- What's left of the field passes by after a long hard day.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The Col du Galibier was the first challenge of the day
- The mighty col du Galibier
- The race comes up the Col du Galibier
- Casar, Valjavec and Rasmussen on the Galibier
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) on the front of the yellow jersey group
- Landis climbs in the GC riders group
- David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) lost the mountains jersey today
- Thomas Lovkvist (FDJ)
- Pippo Pozzato in the gruppetto
- A helicopter follows the leaders on the Galibier
- Coming up the Col du Galibier
- The peloton on the Col du Galibier
- The Col du Galibier dwarfed the riders
- Sinkewitz with another group of riders
- Jose Rujano (Quick.Step) finished the stage a long way down
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) on the way to the top
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) en route to second
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) leads Pereiro and Evans
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon) hangs tough
- Moreau, Dessel and Caucchioli on the last climb
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) after being passed by the GC group
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) lost some time
- Rogers and Mazzoleni follow Zubeldia
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) rides alone
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) played a spoiler role for Rasmussen today
- Schleck and Fothen come up to the finish
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) keeping his tempo
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) heading for the summit
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) on La Toussuire
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) struggles
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) digs deep
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) had to pace Landis to the finish
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) suffers on the final climb
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) wins stage 16
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) triumphs in La Toussuire
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) at the end
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) finished second
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) sprints for third
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) stops the clock after finishing third
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon) was fourth today
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) crosses the line in fifth
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) at the finish
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) crosses the line
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) after a tough day
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) and Floyd Landis come to the finish
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) leads his captain home
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) didn't have a good day
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) after the finish
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) gulps down a can of drink
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) is surrounded by his helpers
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) after crossing the line
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) on stage as the winner
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) salutes from the stage
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) is a happy maillot jaune
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) salutes from the podium
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) happy on the podium
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) salutes in the polka dotted jersey
- Rasmussen is happy in dots
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) in the dots
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Lance Armstrong was at the Tour today again
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) crashed today, and pulled out
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) had another solid day in the mountains
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) leads Pereiro and Evans
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) is delighted with his win
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) leads Floyd Landis home
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) rehydrates after a bad day
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) gives the thumbs up
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) regained the maillot jaune today
Images by AFP Photo
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) on the front
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) douses himself with water
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) sits in the group
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) gets some encouragement
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) wins the stage to La Toussuire
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) is overjoyed
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) leads Landis in
Results
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 5.36.04 (32.493 km/h) 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.41 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.54 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.56 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 2.37 7 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 8 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 3.24 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.42 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 13 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.21 15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 6.33 16 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 7.55 17 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.37 18 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 9.14 20 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9.40 21 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 22 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 10.04 23 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 24 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 11.16 26 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 12.01 27 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.16 28 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 14.28 29 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.19 30 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.40 31 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 15.42 32 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 33 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16.33 34 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 17.24 35 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 21.10 37 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 22.12 38 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24.46 40 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 41 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 42 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 43 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25.44 44 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 25.50 45 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28.56 46 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 47 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 48 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 49 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 50 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 51 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 52 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 35.05 54 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 56 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 57 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 58 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 59 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 60 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 62 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 63 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 65 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 37.17 66 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 67 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 68 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 43.42 69 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 44.01 70 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 71 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 72 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 73 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 76 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 77 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 79 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 80 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 81 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 82 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 83 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 84 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 85 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 86 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 87 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 88 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 89 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 90 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 93 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 94 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 95 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 96 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 97 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 98 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 99 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 101 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 102 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 103 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 104 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 105 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 107 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 108 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 109 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 110 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 111 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 112 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 113 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 114 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 117 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 118 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 119 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 120 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 121 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 122 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 123 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 124 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 125 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 126 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 127 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 128 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 129 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 130 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 131 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 132 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 133 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 134 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 135 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 136 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 137 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 139 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 140 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 141 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 142 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 143 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 144 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 145 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 146 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 147 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 46.45 DNF David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic DNF Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux DNF Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram Points 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 17 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 13 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 12 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 10 7 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 9 8 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 8 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 4 13 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 3 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains Col Du Galibier - HC, km 45.5 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 18 3 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 16 4 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 5 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12 6 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10 7 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 8 8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 7 9 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 6 10 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 5 Col De La Croix De Fer - HC, km 126.5 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20 pts 2 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 18 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 16 4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 14 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 12 6 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 10 7 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 8 8 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 Col Du Mollard - Cat. 2, km 146.5 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 9 3 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 8 4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 7 5 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 La Toussuire - Cat. 1, km 182 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 30 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 26 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 18 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 16 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 7 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12 8 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 10 Sprints La Grave, km 26.5 1 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2 Saint-Etienne-De-Cuines, km 103 1 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2 Young rider 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.40.25 2 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.16 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.19 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 30.44 5 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 6 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 32.56 7 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 39.21 8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 39.40 9 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 10 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 12 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 16 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 17 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 19 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 20 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 21 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 42.24 Most combative 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank Teams 1 T-Mobile Team 16.57.32 2 Rabobank 0.55 3 AG2R Prevoyance 7.55 4 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 12.18 5 Lampre-Fondital 13.55 6 Team CSC 18.22 7 Gerolsteiner 37.46 8 Davitamon - Lotto 42.08 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 42.43 10 Credit Agricole 43.23 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 45.53 12 Bouygues Telecom 50.35 13 Discovery Channel Team 56.27 14 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.06.02 15 Agritubel 1.10.23 16 Francaise Des Jeux 1.19.35 17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.25.28 18 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.47.38 19 Team Milram 2.02.43 20 Liquigas General classification after stage 16 1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 74.38.05 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.50 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 2.29 4 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 2.43 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.56 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3.58 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 6.47 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 7.03 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7.46 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.06 11 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 8.08 12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 13.27 13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 13.48 14 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 13.52 15 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.04 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.46 17 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 18.33 18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18.57 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 19.21 20 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 19.46 21 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20.48 22 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.30 23 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 31.16 24 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 33.03 25 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 33.41 26 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 34.36 27 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 34.37 28 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 34.39 29 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 37.28 30 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 40.48 31 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 40.59 32 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 43.15 33 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 43.52 34 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 46.39 35 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.45 36 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 49.57 37 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 50.19 38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 52.01 39 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52.17 40 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 52.58 41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 53.01 42 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 53.18 43 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 53.24 44 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.29 45 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 55.08 46 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 55.33 47 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59.07 48 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1.07.36 49 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.08.09 50 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 1.11.52 51 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 1.14.48 52 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 1.14.53 53 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.16.12 54 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 1.20.57 55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.21.07 56 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 1.21.45 57 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.21.54 58 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 1.22.31 59 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 1.23.44 60 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.26.21 61 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 1.27.08 62 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 1.28.46 63 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.33.53 64 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.36.12 65 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 1.36.22 66 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.38.34 67 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.38.36 68 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.41.47 69 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.42.14 70 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.42.45 71 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.44.13 72 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.45.55 73 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.46.02 74 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.48.22 75 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.49.10 76 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 1.49.17 77 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.52.22 78 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.52.32 79 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.55.38 80 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.56.07 81 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 1.56.26 82 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 1.56.37 83 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 1.58.51 84 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.58.58 85 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.01.31 86 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.01.34 87 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.02.01 88 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.03.34 89 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.03.53 90 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 2.04.39 91 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.04.44 92 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 2.04.55 93 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.05.38 94 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.05.56 95 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.08.00 96 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 2.08.18 97 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 2.09.03 98 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.09.43 99 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 2.10.21 100 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.14.21 101 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 2.14.33 102 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 2.15.10 103 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2.15.19 104 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2.15.47 105 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.16.11 106 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.16.44 107 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 2.17.15 108 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 2.18.40 109 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.18.46 110 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.19.48 111 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 2.21.27 112 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.24.07 113 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.24.21 114 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 2.25.54 115 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 2.26.10 116 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.27.29 117 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.27.35 118 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.29.16 119 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 2.30.10 120 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.30.32 121 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 2.30.51 122 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 2.30.59 123 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 2.31.07 124 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 2.31.35 125 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.31.42 126 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.32.36 127 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 2.34.14 128 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2.34.24 129 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.34.32 130 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2.36.57 131 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2.38.21 132 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2.38.30 133 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.38.46 134 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.38.57 135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.39.50 136 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 2.41.48 137 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 2.42.16 138 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.43.07 139 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.43.40 140 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2.45.51 141 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.45.59 142 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.46.11 143 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 2.52.55 144 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.57.46 145 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 3.01.43 146 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.04.50 147 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.05.31 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 252 pts 2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 207 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 172 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 159 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 152 6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 148 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 120 8 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 98 10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 84 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 72 12 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 67 13 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 62 14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 58 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 57 16 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56 17 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 53 18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 52 19 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 50 20 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 49 21 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 48 22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46 23 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 44 24 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43 25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 42 26 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 40 27 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 40 28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 40 29 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 40 30 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 39 31 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39 32 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 38 33 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 34 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 35 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 34 36 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 37 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 33 38 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33 39 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 32 40 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 31 41 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 30 42 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 30 43 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 28 44 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28 45 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 28 46 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27 47 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 27 48 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 26 49 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 50 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 51 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 26 52 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25 53 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 25 54 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 24 55 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 24 56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 57 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 22 58 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 59 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 22 60 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 22 61 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 20 62 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 63 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 20 64 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 65 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 66 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16 67 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 68 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 16 69 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 15 70 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 71 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 72 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 73 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 14 74 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 12 75 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 76 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12 77 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10 78 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 79 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 10 80 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 10 81 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 82 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 8 83 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 8 84 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 85 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 7 86 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 7 87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 88 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 6 89 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 6 90 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 91 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 92 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 93 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4 94 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 4 95 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 96 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 97 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 4 98 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 99 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3 100 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 101 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3 102 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 2 103 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 2 104 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 105 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2 106 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 107 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2 108 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 109 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1 110 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 111 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital -5 112 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic -5 Mountains classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 153 pts 2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 108 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 74 4 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 72 5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 69 6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 63 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 63 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 63 9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 60 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 52 12 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 52 13 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 47 14 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 45 15 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 42 16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 39 17 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 37 19 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 36 20 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 36 21 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 35 22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 34 23 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31 24 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 29 26 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 27 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 28 28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 26 29 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 30 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 31 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 24 32 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 24 33 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 23 34 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 22 35 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 20 36 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 37 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 38 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 19 39 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 17 40 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 41 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 14 42 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 14 43 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 44 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12 45 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 12 46 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 47 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 10 49 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10 50 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 9 51 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9 52 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9 53 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 9 54 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 8 55 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 56 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 57 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 7 58 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 59 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 60 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 61 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 62 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 63 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 64 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 5 65 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 66 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 5 67 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 68 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 3 69 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 70 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 3 71 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 72 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3 73 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2 74 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2 75 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 76 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 77 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 78 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 79 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74.53.09 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.42 3 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 59.49 4 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.01.08 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 1.06.41 6 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.27.10 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.34.06 8 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.48.30 9 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.49.40 10 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 1.53.14 11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.54.39 12 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 2.00.06 13 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.01.07 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 2.02.11 15 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.04.44 16 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.12.31 17 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 2.15.06 18 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 2.16.03 19 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 2.26.44 20 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.30.55 21 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.42.42 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 224.07.07 2 T-Mobile Team 2.23 3 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 14.25 4 Rabobank 16.07 5 AG2R Prevoyance 20.24 6 Lampre-Fondital 40.57 7 Gerolsteiner 47.49 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.19.06 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.24.13 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.29.46 11 Discovery Channel Team 1.32.20 12 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.55.23 13 Davitamon - Lotto 1.57.14 14 Credit Agricole 1.58.28 15 Agritubel 2.07.21 16 Bouygues Telecom 2.19.52 17 Francaise Des Jeux 3.40.18 18 Team Milram 4.06.39 19 Liquigas 4.41.51 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.11.35
