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93rd Tour de France - ProT
France, July 1-23, 2006
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Rest Day 2 - Monday, July 17: Gap
Tour 2006 still wide open
It was billed as the most unpredictable Tour in years and so it has proved. Cyclingnews’ Shane Stokes looks back at an exciting week of racing, documenting how some contenders have fallen by the wayside while others have set up a possible bid for yellow in the final week.
Fourteen down, six to go: the 2006 Tour de France is over two thirds of the way through, but the race is still very much an open affair. The first seven riders are all within four minutes of the yellow jersey and with three tough mountain stages, two road stages and a long time trial still to come, a ding-dong battle looks set to be waged between here and Paris.
Stage 9 – Tuesday, July 11: Bordeaux - Dax, 170 km
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Oscar Freire won his second stage of this year’s Tour de France when he nipped past Erik Zabel and Tom Boonen inside the final 50 metres of the race to Dax. Freire is known as an explosive rider who is capable from coming from behind very close to the line, but he was very nearly overhauled by another rider who is even more proficient at the same tactic, Robbie McEwen.
The Australian was hemmed in but pulled off an audacious move to veer left through a gap and close to within a few centimetres of the triple world champion by the line. However it was Oscar’s day, the Spaniard providing further proof that he is back after his health problems of last season.
The flat stage was the first after Monday’s rest day and was marked by a three man move which went clear after 7 kilometres. Christian Knees (Milram) was joined by Stephane Augé (Cofidis) and Walter Beneteau (Bouygues Telecom) but they were gobbled up with four kilometres to go. Tom Boonen was keen to take a win but nerves and over-eagerness saw him hit the front too far from the line. Race leader Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) finished safely in the main bunch and retained his yellow jersey.
Stage 10 – Wednesday, July 12: Cambo-les-Bains - Pau, 193 km
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Following stage wins by Jimmy Casper (Cofidis) and his own team-mate Sylvain Calzati (AG2R), Cyril Dessel continued the strong French showing in this Tour when he took over the yellow jersey on the first of two days in the Pyrenees.
He and Spaniard Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) had originally gone clear as part of a 15 man move just after the first sprint, 37 kilometres after the start in Cambo-les-Bains. This group opened up 11 minutes over the peloton, which was being driven hard at times by the T-Mobile team despite the fact that their race leader Serguei Gonchar was suffering considerably on the climbs.
Dessel and Mercado scarpered from the break with approximately 50 kilometres to go and hit the line 56 seconds clear of Euskaltel-Euskadi’s Iñigo Landaluze and further ahead again of four other survivors from the break. The bunch was a full 7’23 back.
Although the Frenchman stood to take both the yellow and mountains jerseys, as well as earning AG2R the lead in the teams' classification, he told Mercado that he was going to sprint for the stage. This prompted the Spaniard to stop working, an energy saving tactic that proved to be just enough for him to land his second-ever Tour stage win. He also moved up to second overall.
Stage 11 – Thursday, July 13: Tarbes - Val d'Aran/Pla-de-Beret (Spain), 208 km
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It was a stage where many of the contenders for this year’s Tour fell by the wayside, but strong climbing by the Phonak captain meant that stage 11 went down as The Day of the Floyd. After doing the bulk of the work towards the top of the final climb, 30 year old Floyd Landis finished right on the heels of likely Vuelta 2005 winner Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and a resurgent Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) at the Spanish ski resort of Val d'Aran/Pla-de-Beret.
Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) and Carlos Sastre (CSC) were with the first three on the mountain but ultimately conceded 17 seconds. As for overnight leader Cyril Dessel, the AG2R-Prévoyance rider fought valiantly to retain the yellow, but came in 4'45 behind Landis. Factoring in the eight second bonus the American gained for third, Dessel fell behind in the overall standings by exactly the same margin.
Yet, however much he would have liked to have retained yellow, he was far from the most disappointed rider that evening. Amongst those losing their chance of overall victory were the entire Discovery Channel team – their best finisher was José Azevedo, a considerable 4’10 back in 15th place. Yaroslav Popovych, Paolo Savoldelli and George Hincapie were even further adrift. Other notable names to fall by the wayside were Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital), Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears), Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas), Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) and José Rujano (Quick.Step-Innergetic), all between 10’03 and 40’32 back. Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile) and Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) limited their losses to 1’31 and 4’10, respectively, but would have hoped to have done better on the first summit finish. As for former stage winner Iban Mayo, his stuttering career took another downturn when he was dropped early on and pulled out of the Tour.
Stage 12 – Friday, July 14: Luchon - Carcassonne, 211 km
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Following the disappointments of stage 11, Discovery Channel team manager Johan Bruyneel said that the team would be targeting the consolation of stage wins for the remainder of the race. They didn't have long to wait; Yaroslav Popovych went clear with three others - Alessandro Ballan (Lampre), Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) – after 100 kilometres of racing, attacked repeatedly in the final run-in to the line, then raced clear to take his first-ever Tour stage victory.
Freire seemed to be holding back and indeed didn't even sprint against Ballan for second place, even though he was chasing points for the green jersey competition. This prompted speculation that the Discovery Channel and Rabobank teams may have come to an arrangement, with the first squad being unopposed by Freire for the stage win providing they would help the latter in the mountains. While neither team manager would admit to such an arrangement after the stage, Freire’s disappointment was clear to be seen. Le Mevel was also downcast, as he was unable to deliver on a French stage win on Bastille Day.
Race leader Floyd Landis came in as part of the main bunch 4’25 back and retained yellow.
Stage 13 – Saturday, July 15: Béziers - Montélimar, 231 km
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Trusty warhorse Jens Voigt boosted morale on the CSC team when he won the 13th stage of the Tour, outsprinting Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) to the line. The longest and hottest day of the race was marked by a break of five riders who went clear after 23 kilometres of racing and, riding well together, Voigt, Pereiro, Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), Andriy Grivko (Milram) and Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) opened up a massive lead over the Phonak-led peloton.
Floyd Landis’ men seemed in no urgency to chase and after Voigt and Pereiro finished a huge 29’57 ahead of the peloton, confirmed that they intended to give away the yellow jersey and so save their energy for later in the race. Former team member Pereiro was the delighted beneficiary, finishing the day 1’29 ahead of Landis and, crucially, holding yellow for the first time in his career.
Stage 14 – Sunday, July 16: Montélimar - Gap, 181 km
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Stage win number three for France. Former national champion Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) got the better of a win-hungry Salvatore Commesso (Lampre-Fondital) at the end of an undulating transition stage from Montélimar to Gap. Commesso had taken two stages in the past and was probably the favourite in the two up sprint, but a cool head and calm tactics by Fedrigo meant that the Italian was forced to lead for the final kilometre and ultimately lost the stage.
The two leaders were the survivors of an earlier break of six which went clear after 34 kilometres. Also present were Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto), Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile), David Canada (Saunier Duval) and Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis), but the latter three crashed out on a sharp right corner with 40 kilometres remaining. Canada and Verbrugghe were the worst hurt, suffering broken bones, while Kessler was able to limp on in to the finish.
Fedrigo and Commesso dropped Aerts on the final climb and while the fragmenting bunch was getting close at the summit, the two were able to hold off a last gap chase by Christian Vandevelde to sprint it out for the win. Race leader Oscar Pereiro finished in the bunch, seven seconds back, and retained yellow going into the rest day.
Results
General classification after stage 14 1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 64.05.04 2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 1.29 3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.37 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.30 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.46 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3.21 7 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 3.58 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 4.51 9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 5.02 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 5.13 11 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 5.44 12 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.46 13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.55 14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 7.07 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7.08 16 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 7.23 17 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8.16 18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.36 19 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 9.11 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10.06 21 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 10.08 22 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.32 23 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 10.33 24 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 11.06 25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 11.17 26 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 12.47 27 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 13.04 28 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14.36 29 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 14.58 30 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15.32 31 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 16.04 32 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 16.19 33 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 18.01 34 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 19.05 35 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19.43 36 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 21.54 37 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 23.26 38 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 24.28 39 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 24.52 40 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.37 41 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.34 42 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 28.36 43 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 28.47 44 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.30 45 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 34.20 46 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.53 47 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 35.25 48 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.48 49 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 36.23 50 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 36.54 51 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 37.08 52 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 37.58 53 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38.18 54 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 38.21 55 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 38.42 56 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 39.32 57 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 39.59 58 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 40.35 59 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 40.50 60 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 42.36 61 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 42.52 62 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 42.54 63 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 45.11 64 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.51 65 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 47.25 66 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 47.33 67 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 47.50 68 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 47.57 69 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 48.13 70 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.24 71 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 49.11 72 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 49.59 73 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50.33 74 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 51.57 75 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 53.23 76 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53.53 77 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 53.55 78 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 54.58 79 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 55.04 80 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55.21 81 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 55.24 82 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 55.39 83 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55.58 84 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 56.04 85 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 56.16 86 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 57.00 87 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 59.12 88 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 59.59 89 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 1.01.04 90 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.01.56 91 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.02.28 92 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 1.02.58 93 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03.07 94 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.03.47 95 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.37 96 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 1.04.53 97 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.05.09 98 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 1.05.30 99 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 1.05.39 100 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.06.47 101 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 1.07.41 102 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 1.08.05 103 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 1.09.00 104 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 1.09.04 105 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 1.09.17 106 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.09.22 107 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.10.08 108 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.10.30 109 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 1.11.47 110 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.12.28 111 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.13.19 112 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.15.01 113 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.15.22 114 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.15.39 115 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 1.16.04 116 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.16.47 117 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.17.21 118 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 1.17.59 119 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.18.10 120 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.18.16 121 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.18.41 122 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.18.43 123 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.20.30 124 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 1.20.45 125 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.21.13 126 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 1.21.55 127 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.22.02 128 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.22.28 129 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.22.31 130 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 1.24.34 131 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1.24.44 132 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24.52 133 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.27.56 134 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 1.28.39 135 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.28.41 136 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1.28.50 137 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.29.17 138 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.29.53 139 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.30.04 140 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 1.32.08 141 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.32.13 142 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.32.19 143 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.32.34 144 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.33.27 145 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1.34.13 146 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.35.29 147 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1.36.11 148 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.36.19 149 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 1.37.56 150 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.42.56 151 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.44.09 152 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.45.31 153 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 1.46.47 154 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.51.13 155 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.51.54 156 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.07.30 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 252 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 222 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 207 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 192 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 172 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 159 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 148 8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 146 9 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 120 10 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 11 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 98 13 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 84 14 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 67 15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 60 16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 57 17 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56 18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 50 19 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 49 20 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 48 21 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46 22 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43 23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 42 24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 40 25 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 40 26 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 40 27 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 39 28 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 39 29 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39 30 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 31 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 35 32 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 34 34 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 35 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33 36 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 33 37 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 32 38 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 32 39 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 31 40 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 31 41 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 28 42 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28 43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 28 44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 45 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 46 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 26 47 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25 48 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 25 49 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 24 50 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 24 51 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 24 52 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 24 53 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 54 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 24 55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 22 56 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 57 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 22 58 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 22 59 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 20 60 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20 61 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 20 62 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 63 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 17 64 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16 65 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 66 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 67 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 68 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 16 69 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 16 70 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 15 71 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 72 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 73 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 74 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 75 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 76 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 12 77 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 11 78 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11 79 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10 80 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 81 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 10 82 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 10 83 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 84 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 8 85 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 86 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 87 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 7 88 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 6 89 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 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 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 95 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 4 96 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 97 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 4 98 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 4 99 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 100 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 101 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3 102 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3 103 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 104 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 2 105 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 106 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2 107 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 108 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2 109 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 110 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1 111 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 80 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 73 3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 62 4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 61 6 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 45 7 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 8 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 36 9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 35 10 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 35 11 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31 12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 13 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 28 16 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 25 18 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 19 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 24 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 24 21 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 22 22 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 23 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 24 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 16 26 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 16 27 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 28 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 14 29 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 30 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 13 31 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13 32 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 12 33 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 12 34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12 35 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 36 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 37 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 10 38 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 9 39 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9 40 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9 41 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 7 42 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 43 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 44 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 45 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 46 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 47 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 48 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 49 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4 51 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 3 52 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 3 53 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 54 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 3 55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 56 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3 57 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3 58 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 2 59 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2 60 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2 61 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 62 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 63 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 64 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 65 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 66 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64.10.50 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.15 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.07 4 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 31.22 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 36.50 6 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 42.04 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 42.27 8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 49.18 9 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 50.18 10 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 53.26 11 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 56.10 12 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 58.01 13 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 59.44 14 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.01.01 15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 1.01.55 16 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.04.22 17 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 1.12.13 18 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.14.44 19 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 1.26.22 20 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.26.27 21 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1.28.27 22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.30.33 23 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.38.23 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 192.07.16 2 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 15.57 3 T-Mobile Team 22.09 4 Gerolsteiner 22.55 5 AG2R Prevoyance 27.43 6 Rabobank 31.12 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 40.43 8 Lampre-Fondital 43.01 9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 44.31 10 Discovery Channel Team 44.49 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 49.04 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 53.52 13 Agritubel 1.03.10 14 Bouygues Telecom 1.15.50 15 Credit Agricole 1.18.15 16 Davitamon - Lotto 1.20.40 17 Team Milram 1.40.08 18 Francaise Des Jeux 2.13.30 19 Liquigas 2.17.42 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.50.34
