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93rd Tour de France - ProT
France, July 1-23, 2006
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Stage 11 - Thursday, July 13: Tarbes - Val d'Aran/Pla-de-Beret (Spain), 208 km
An orange fiesta of the third kind
Menchov super in Spain; Landis mellow in yellow
By Anthony Tan & Hedwig Kröner in Pla-de-Beret, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney
We did not have to wait till the Alps to find a new world order at the 93rd Tour de France.
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At the foot of the final 1,860-metre climb to Pla-de-Beret, located in the heart of the Ikkurina homeland, 19 riders had their sights set on victory. This was expected, but with a mild average gradient of five and a half percent, an explosion of the third kind wasn't on the cards.
However, two things the punters weren't counting on were two super-Mikes, Rasmussen and Boogerd, who dispelled any notion of internal rivalry, sacrificing themselves for Rabobank team leader Denis Menchov; and a handful of favourites not performing as they would have liked.
As Chicken Rasmussen swung off before the final climb, his duty done, the Dutch champion with a mouthful of teeth chomped through the lead group as if on a feeding frenzy, and one by one, the names of Zubeldia, Schleck, Arroyo, Azevedo, Rogers, Simoni, Fothen and Totschnig all fell victim to this piranha of the peloton.
The orange fiesta didn't end there, though, as it then became time for Menchov to turn the screws further still. Seven kilometres from the finish, just five were left - Carlos Sastre, Levi Leipheimer, Cadel Evans, Floyd Landis and Menchov - and four kilometres later, Leipheimer thinned it to three, taking only Landis and Menchov for company.
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Prior to this day, talk has revolved around T-Mobile and Phonak. But Denis Nikolayevich Menchov, born January 25, 1978 in Orel, Russia, changed all that in one fell swoop. Among a sea of madly-waving Ikkurina flags, he bested his companions in a three-up sprint, flexing his hardened arms as he crossed the Val d'Aran, and punching the air with anger.
"We left this morning [with no set plan], thinking that we would see what would happen during the race," Menchov said.
"We knew that AG2R would work a lot and T-Mobile as well. So it depended on the situation, if we would work or not. In the finale, the situation was that there were three of us [from Rabobank] all going well. Michael [Rasmussen] made an enormous effort, and I have to thank him for that."
Denying the move with Boogerd and Rasmussen was premeditated, Menchov explained, "After the Portillon, as there were three of us in the group, we talked. Michael asked me if I was feeling well, and I said yes. So we decided to work [together].
"I was confident that we would come to the Tour with a very good team, and now we can see that it is truly a great team," he said.
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But it wasn't all Rabo-way or Rabo's day, because American Floyd Landis, the third rider to finish behind Menchov and Leipheimer, has found himself the new maillot jaune. Moments after overnight leader Cyril Dessel crossed the line with a desperate lunge, 4'45 behind the first trio, the 30 year-old Phonak leader from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, swung his head around to the leaderboard, and a pat on the back from team doctor Denise Demir said it all.
"It's a dream come true - I didn't expect to have things go quite so well," began Landis.
"The goal for our team since the start was to win the yellow jersey, so if we do that without winning stages, I guess that would be fine," he said with a wry grin. "It's always nice to be able to win a stage, but today there was more value in working on the last climb and try to get some time on the other guys who were dropped.
"Probably some people misjudged the strength of our team; today we gambled a little," he added, referring to the rest of his team not supporting him on the final climb. "A couple of teams were very confident and did most of the work for us. Probably we can't expect that to happen anymore, but we'll take it."
Second best today but hunger-flat a few days before, Leipheimer, the man from Butte, Montana, must continue to ride onwards and upwards if he is to improve on his sixth place overall from last year.
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"Well, it was great, but I'm so... ," Leipheimer muttered. "I wanted to go to the last turn first, but I misjudged it a little bit. Menchov's got a pretty good kick.
"Yesterday, I was a little bit low on fuel. So I made sure I ate a lot today, and I felt great. I wanted to put everything in an attack to win - I really thought I was going to win but I just couldn't get through that last turn first. I knew it was going to be tight and to come so close, it just hurts," he said.
Not to take anything away from Dessel, AG2R's man of the moment still holds second spot on the Classement Général, eight seconds behind Landis.
"I gave it everything I had. It's a big disappointment but I don't have any regrets, as I couldn't have done any better," he said. "I really dug the last remaining energy out of my body, and unfortunately I wasn't rewarded, as I lost the yellow and also the mountains jersey. It's a real pity, especially for my teammates, who supported me all the way."
Stage winner Menchov sits ominously in third, 1'01 in arrears, and Davitamon-Lotto's Cadel Evans and Carlos Sastre of Team CSC aren't doing too badly, either, 1'17 and 1'52 behind the American maillot jaune.
"I really wanted to follow Leipheimer and Landis," said Evans, "but I was just unable to follow in the end. Landis did a lot of work, so I think he was the strongest. It was a pretty good day for me, as we were gaining a lot of time on the other contenders."
Asked if he thought the Tour will be decided between him and Landis, Menchov said: "No, we have to have more respect here.
"Apart from myself and Landis, Sastre and Evans were also really good today, and we have to see what happens in the last week of the Tour. Today also wasn't a climb to open up big time gaps, though we will see them afterwards, in the Alps."
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Said Landis about whether his team will defend the maillot jaune or not: "It will be difficult to control it and try to keep it, as we don't have so much time on a lot of guys.
"If it's in our interest, and we can find a common goal and some help along the way, I wouldn't be opposed to letting someone else have it for a little while. The objective is to have it on the last day - that would be the best scenario!" he joked.
As for the rest, they'll have to wait till the Alps if they're to fight for the overall, or, as in the case of Discovery Channel's George Hincapie, change tack, the 33 year-old a serious casualty of today's Pyrenéean war, finishing a massive twenty one and a half minutes back.
"It's just not coming together; it's very disappointing," were some of the few words told by the dejected Discovery Channel rider. "General [classification] is over for me; I'm just going to go for stage wins."
'Your team attacked at the penultimate climb - what was that about?', T-Mobile's Andreas Klöden was asked. "We wanted to reduce the group, and succeeded. Maybe we attacked a little too soon; at the end there was only Mike [Rogers] and me left. Then, unfortunately, I cramped, so that wasn't so good.
"The ones in front of me were stronger," admitted Klöden.
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Regarding the minor classifications, the maillot vert remains largely unchanged with Robbie McEwen still well on top, although extending his lead over Tom Boonen by another six points today; Saunier Duval's David De La Fuente is the new polka-dot jersey, enjoying a comfortable buffer over AG2R's Dessel and Gerolsteiner's Fabian Wegmann; and Wegmann's 24 year-old team-mate is fast creating an unassailable lead in the young riders' classification, right now a massive 12 minutes ahead of Lampre's 'Kid' Cunego.
"I've been riding on my bike for seven hours, I've climbed five cols... tomorrow, there's a stage of 212 kilometres, and after that, a stage of 230 kilometres... I think that's just great," Boonen said sarcastically.
"This is scandalous, it's over the top. I'm also supporting the battle against doping, but with these sorts of stages, the battle will never be won," he said.
As the day's post-stage celebrations came to a close, the television camera panned skywards, honing in on an eagle flying with its wings outstretched, effortlessly using the wind's currents to sail in the breeze. One couldn't help wondering if this were a metaphor for the apparent ease Floyd Landis has shown so far in the 2006 Tour de France.
"I'll probably have to have a hip replacement soon after the Tour... But I'm not finished yet," Landis said.
How it unfolded
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At 11:00 in Tarbes, 168 riders started this long, hard stage across the Pyrenees to a new stage finish atop Pla-de-Beret in Spain. There were two intermediate sprints at Arcizac-ez-Angles after 17.5 km and Luchon at the 151.0 km mark. Stage 11's climbs are the hors category Col du Tourmalet (2,115m), an 18.4 km climb at 7.7% grade after 76 km; the Cat 1 Col d'Aspin (1,489m.), a 12.3 km climb at 5.2% grade after 106 km; the Cat 1 Col de Peyresourde (1,569 m), a 9.5 km climb at 7.1% grade after 137 km; the Cat. 1 Col du Portillon (1,320m), a 7.9 km climb at 8.4% grade after 162 km; and the final ascent up to the Cat. 1 Pla-de-Beret (1,860m), a 13.5 km climb at 5.4% grade after 205 km.
It was hot and humid in the late Thursday morning sun and as on yesterday's stage, when the the flag dropped at 11:08, the attacks started immediately. Voigt (CSC), Calzati (A2GR), Le Mevel (C.A), Verbrugghe (Cofidis), Gilbert and Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) got away after 2 km and were joined by two chasers Garcia Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne) and Geslin (Bouygues), with T-Mobile chasing the moves and this group came back after a few kilometres. The pace was full gas and a group of 20 were off the front with the first sprint of Arcizac-ez-Angles after 17.5 km, where Robbie Mac (Davitamon-Lotto) took the sprint and solidified his lead in the maillot vert competition.
Right after the sprint was the classic moment for a counterattack, and they came fast and furious up the non-rated climb of the non-rated Col de Lingous. Eventually four riders managed to extricate themselves and form a successful break outside Lugagnan after 32 km. This quartet was made up Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Camano (Euskaltel), De la Fuente (Saunier Duval) and Flecha (Rabobank).
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A few clicks later in the village of Boo, the front quartet had the not too scary lead of 1'05 and the chase behind had relented somewhat. The leaders covered 45.9 km in the first hour of racing and at the base of the Tourmalet as they turned onto the D921 road, the front group had a lead of 6'30, as AG2R was riding tempo on the front.
Although French cycling fans might have liked to enjoy the rare sight of French team AG2R leading a French maillot jaune Dessel up the Tourmalet, a sadistic TV director from French TV insisted on following the pathetic sight of a suffering Iban Mayo as he tried to abandon with dignity, out of the sight of the all seeing eye. Eventually Mayo got to the feed zone, where he climbed off for good at this year's Tour De France. Up front, AG2R was riding a steady tempo in the brutal humid heat that bathed the Pyrenees.
3.5 km from summit, the heat and even moderate pace caused Discovery Channel's Savoldelli to drop off the pace among many other riders who were having a hard time on the hot day. De la Fuente took the GPM atop the Tourmalet from Wegmann as the front riders were on a 33 km/h pace. First Tommy Voeckler in 5th then Chicken Rasmussen in 6th and the AG2R led peloton crossed under the summit banner 4'00 behind the front runners. Voeckler kept going to try and bridge across to the front of the race.
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On the long, fast 22 km descent of the Tourmalet, there was a general regrouping and at Saint-Marie-de-Campan after 92 km at the base of the Tourmalet the break's gap was 5'35. Atop the the second climb of the day, the Cat 1 Col d'Aspin (1,489m), Wegmann sprinted through the GPM first ahead of De la Fuente, with Voeckler making up ground, now 1'50 behind and the groupe maillot jaune at 4'30. The average speed for the first three hours of racing was 34.1 km/h.
The peloton was still 4'30 behind Flecha, De la Fuente, Camano and Wegmann in the feed zone in Arreau with Voeckler trying hard to get across 0'55 behind the break. As the Cat 1 Col de Peyresourde (1,569 m), began in Aneran with 80 km to go, Camano came out the back, as Voeckler had almost bridged across and had the break in sight 0'20 ahead. But Wegmann and De la Fuente punched it, putting Camano and Flecha off the back and destroying Voeckler's hopes to make it to the front. Popovych then dropped off the still 40 strong groupe maillot jaune with 2 km to the summit of the Peyresourde, as Camano was caught by the peloton. De la Fuente sprinted over the summit of the Peyresourde ahead of Wegmann 3'00 ahead of the peloton, while the cooked Voeckler was pulled back 1 km from the summit and Flecha was still out there. Boogerd led out Rasmussen for more GPM points towards the maillot á pois with 70 km still to race as the mid-afternoon heat had climbed into the low-thirties.
Down in the at the second intermediate sprint in the tree-lined streets of the spa town of Luchon after 151.0 km, De la Fuente took the sprint ahead Wegmann, while Flecha was at 3'10, and Dessel's AG2R squad was still in command at the head of groupe maillot jaune 3'45 behind. Just outside of Luchon, the penultimate climb of Stage 11 commenced, the Cat 1 Col du Portillon (1,320m.), a 7.9 km climb at 8.4% grade, and after 1 km, De la Fuente attacked Wegmann and took off solo. Flecha was caught as the first slopes of the Portillon began. Suddenly T-Mobile took over from AG2R and sent Sinkewitz to the front to start the forcing and the front of the peloton was quickly filled with faces twisted with pain and suffering.
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Karpets, maillot á pois Mercado, Popovych and the heroic maillot jaune Dessel were dropped from the T-Mobile forcing, and the last few kilometres to the summit was hellish for the AG2R rider. In the second group, Kessler, Rogers and Klöden led Landis, Hincapie, Boogerd, Menchov, Rasmussen, Leipheimer, Fothen, Totschnig, Zandio, Evans, Cunego, Zubeldia, Azevedo, Moreau, Simoni, Sastre and Schleck. Then T-Mobile slowed down the pace somewhat and there were just 22 riders left in the second group. Mick Rogers was now riding regular tempo of the front of the main group for T-Mobile, but the hot, hard day was taking its toll and big George Hincapie went out the back with 4 km left to climb, with Cofidis rider Ivan Parra .
After 162 km atop the 1 Col du Portillon with 45.5 km to the finish as the Tour De France passed the Franco-Spanish border, Wegmann had been caught by the chase, while De la Fuente was alone in front at 1'40 ahead of the Landis-Klöden group. Landis (Phonak), Rogers and Klöden (T-Mobile), Sastre and Schleck (CSC), Moreau (AG2R), Boogerd, Menchov and Rasmussen (Rabobank), Totschnig, Leipheimer and Fothen (Gerolsteiner), Evans (Davitamon), Zubeldia (Euskaltel), Parra (Cofidis) and Simoni (Saunier Duval), with the GMJ at 3'37.
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The largish group hit the descent in pursuit of De la Fuente, as Sastre then crashed on the first curves of the Portillon downhill, but quickly got back up and rejoined the chase group of Tour favourites. Landis was looking strong, but he was all alone as his Phonak teammates had faded on the penultimate ascent. Landis hit the front on the 8 km descent and used his superb downhill skills to put the pressure on Klöden.
For the next 22 km, the valley road ascended slightly to Arties at the base of the 13 km ascent to the Cat. 1 Pla-de-Beret. Caisse d'Epargne's Arroyo and Lampre-Fondital's Cunego had re-entered on the descent of the Portillon and as the favourites slowed and looked at each other, Arroyo attacked and Cunego went with him. The favourites group hesitated and at Pont d'Arros with 28.5 km to go, De la Fuente was still up front 0'45 ahead of Cunego and Arroyo, while the Landis-Klöden group, led by Rasmussen, was at 1'45 and the groupe maillot jaune with AG2R going all out on the front at 2'45.
Cunego and Arroyo caught De la Fuente near Aubert with 27 km to go, but they were losing some ground to the chase of Rasmussen at the head of the 17 strong Landis-Klöden group, while the groupe maillot jaune was also gaining ground at 1'50. But De la Fuente and Arroyo had stopped working with Cunego and the front trio sat up and were caught outside Vielha. The front group was now 20 strong: Azevedo, Sastre, Schleck, Rogers, Klöden, Moreau, Menchov, Boogerd, Rasmussen, Totschnig, Leipheimer, Fothen, Evans, Landis, Zubeldia, Parra, Simoni, De la Fuente, Arroyo and Cunego.
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Chicken Rasmussen was literally frying the legs of the other riders as he pounded away on the road that led to the base of the final ascent, with the Dutch champion Boogerd lurking right behind, ready to launch Menchov later on up the climb. A vigilant Gibo Simoni had moved up while his teammate De la Fuente had dropped off, with enough GPM points to take over the maillot á pois from Mercado. Landis had moved back in the line behind Klöden, while Dessel's groupe maillot jaune was at 1'50 with Sylvain Calzati working hard up front, but it wasn't certain that the AG2R man would hang on to his precious tunic at the end of the stage. Rasmussen was still putting the big hurt on the Landis-Klöden group as Rabobank's strategy was working out perfectly for Menchov.
With 12 km to go in Salarou, Chicken Rasmussen himself was fried and pulled off the front for his teammate Boogerd to take over and up the pace which just blew Fothen, Schleck, Moreau and Zubeldia and others out the back. With 7 km to go to the GPM and 9 km to the finish, there were seven riders left up front: Boogerd and Menchov, Landis, Sastre, Leipheimer, Klöden and Simoni, while the groupe maillot jaune was at 3'00 and losing ground.
After Arties, the road turned left up to Pla d'Adet and became steeper. Boogerd moved over and the poker faced Menchov then attacked in a big gear and only Sastre, Landis, Evans and Leipheimer stayed with him, while Klöden went out the back.
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As the road levelled out, the five front riders were looking at each other and then Landis and Evans hit the front with 3.5 km to the GPM to keep the tempo regular. The maillot jaune was 3'40 behind and Landis was looking to take the Maillot Jaune from Dessel, who was 4'45 ahead of the American at the start of the stage. Under the 5 km to go barrier (3 km to the summit), Landis was riding hard at the front and was in control of the situation. Boogerd was at 35 seconds, while Klöden was 0'10 behind him and the GMJ wasn't losing any ground at 3'30.
Leipheimer attacked, Menchov and Landis got across, then Menchov went but Floyd was just too strong. Sastre and Evans were dropped and at the final GPM with 2 km of slight downhill to the finish, Leipheimer had clawed himself back and had stopped working and sucked wheel at the rear of the front trio. After 6 hours of racing, Menchov led out and took his second win of the season in front of Leipheimer and Landis, after his win atop le Mont Ventoux last month in the Dauphiné Libéré. Evans and Sastre came in at 0'17, but Klöden had lost considerable time, losing 1'31 and coming in with Zubeldia and Schleck.
Discovery Channel's GC hopes went down the drain as Azevedo came in with Simoni and Arroyo at 4'10, while a huge chapeau to Ag2r's Cyril Dessel who fought hard throughout Stage 11, but in the end he lost the maillot jaune to Floyd Landis. The American's third place time bonus was enough by 0'08 to become the fifth American in history to wear the maillot jaune after Greg LeMond, Lance Armstrong, Dave Zabriskie and George Hincapie.
Cagey, strong Russian Menchov is now just 1'01 behind Landis and his Rabobank team showed today that they are strong and dangerous in the mountains. Evans is at 1'17 and Sastre at 1'52 are all within 2'00 of Landis, while Klöden showed he is likely a paper tiger and lost time today and is at 2'29. With the Pyrenees and Phase 2 of this Tour over, Landis is in control of the 2006 Tour De France, but with almost 1600 km and nine stages to go, it will be no cakewalk for Landis to wear the maillot jaune on the Champs Elysees in Paris a week from Sunday.
Stage 12 - Friday, July 14: Luchon-Carcassonne / 211 km
Stage 12 is on Quatorze Julliet, the French national holiday as the Pyrenees are over and the first big shakeout at the 2006 Tour has shown who are the contenders and who are the pretenders. Hilly from the get-go, look for an early break, then a counterattack on the hills after Pailhes with 90 km to go. Be certain that French champ Flo Brard will be looking to show off his maillot tricouleur on the way to the beautiful walled city of Carcassonne
Photography
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Images by Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us
- A view of the climb up the Col du Tourmalet.
- David De LaFuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir) comes up the Col du Portillon by himself.
- The chase group comes up with Leipheimer and Landis still tucked in.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) on his way to yellow.
- The yellow jersey had minimal protection today.
- George Hincapie (Discovery) comes by off the back.
- A Phonak rider makes his way up.
- Part of the split in the field.
- Another group makes its way up the Portillon.
- Riders were spread out all over the climb.
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) finds it hard going after his earlier attack.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) ready to start
- The leaders near the summit of the final climb
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) drives the front group
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) in some pain
- Landis sits at the back of the group
- Evans and Sastre chase the Landis trio
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) fought but lost 1'31 today
- A couple of Vinokourov fans stand out in the mostly Basque crowd
- Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel) pulls Frank Schleck (CSC)
- Moreau's tongue wasn't as good as Boogerd's teeth
- Ivan Parra (Cofidis) was part of the lead group for a while
- Georg Totschnig leads Rogers and Fothen
- Marcus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) was a strong 13th place today
- Jose Azevedo (Discovery Channel) leads Gilberto Simoni
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R) tries to keep yellow
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) in the company of Bruseghin
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) follows Patrik Sinkewitz up
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) was the next best rider from his team
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) comes up the climb
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) lost the spotty jersey today
- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) is cheered on
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) lost 6'25 today
- Christophe Rinero (Saunier Duval) fights for every metre
- George Hincapie (Discovery) was over 20 minutes down
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) lost a lot of time
- 1 km to go for this trio
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) wins in Pla-de-Beret
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) celebrates his win
- Cadel Evans (Davitamon) leads Sastre home for fourth
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) did a superb job today for Menchov
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) comes in behind Frank Schleck (CSC)
- Christophe Moreau (AG2R) comes in 10th
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) post-stage, waiting for confirmation of yellow
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) on stage
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) with his victory spoils
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) has finally done it
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) now in yellow
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) salutes from the podium
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) waves in the maillot jaune
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) became the fifth American to don the maillot jaune
- Marcus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) kept the white jersey of best young rider
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) hopes for a snug fit
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) was one of the early victims of today's stage
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) was good, but not quite good enough today
- Cyril Dessel (AG2R) fights to hold the maillot jaune
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) comes up the final climb
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) leads the group through the mainly Basque fans
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) looks around as he follows Landis
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) beats Levi Leipheimer to win stage 11
Images by AFP Photo
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) leads the early breakaway
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) drives the group on the final climb
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) wins the stage on Pla-de-Beret
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) enjoys the win
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) in the maillot jaune for the first time
Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
- Lampre boys Damiano Cunego and Salvatore Commesso relax in the team car before the start of the eleventh stage of the Tour de France.
- A colourful float at the start in Tarbes.
- Gerolsteiner's Marcus Fothen leads the young riders' competition.
- Five minutes before the depart fictif.
- A man to watch today.
- With Caffeine! Music to a rider's ears.
- The peloton's left, but Chris Horner's still signing autographs and chatting with the fans. Hup, Horner, Hup!
Images by Hedwig Kröner/Cyclingnews.com
- Gilberto Simoni adjusting his saddle before the start in Tarbes.
- I can do this just as well.
- Looks good to me!
Results
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6.06.25 (33.813 km/h) 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 3 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.17 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.04 7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 2.29 11 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.06 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 13 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 15 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 4.10 16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 17 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 4.45 19 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 21 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 22 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 23 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 5.36 24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.48 25 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 6.25 27 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 7.05 28 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 7.22 29 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 7.52 30 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.45 31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.03 32 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 33 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 34 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 35 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 11.08 36 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 37 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.58 38 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 40 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 14.02 41 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 15.23 42 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16.31 43 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 44 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.23 45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 46 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 47 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 22.31 48 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 23.04 49 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 50 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 51 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 52 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24.33 53 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 26.26 54 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 55 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 56 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 27.29 57 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 27.45 58 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 59 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 60 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 61 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 62 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 63 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 65 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 33.47 66 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 67 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 69 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 70 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 71 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 72 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 73 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 74 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 75 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 76 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 77 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 78 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 80 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 81 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 82 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 83 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 84 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 85 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 86 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 87 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 88 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 89 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 90 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 35.47 92 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 93 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 94 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 95 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 96 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 97 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 98 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 99 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 100 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 101 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 102 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 103 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 104 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 105 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 107 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 108 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 40.32 110 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 111 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 112 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 113 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 114 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 115 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 116 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 117 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 118 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 119 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 120 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 121 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 122 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 124 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 125 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 126 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 127 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 128 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 129 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44.20 130 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 131 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 132 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 133 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 134 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 135 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 136 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 137 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 138 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 139 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 140 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 141 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 142 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 143 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 144 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 145 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 146 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 147 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 148 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 149 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 150 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 151 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 152 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 153 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 154 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 155 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 156 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 157 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 158 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 159 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 160 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 161 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 162 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 163 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 164 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 165 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 46.13 DNF Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC DNF Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic DNF Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Points 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 20 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 17 3 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 15 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 13 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 10 7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 7 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 11 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 4 13 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 14 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 2 15 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1 Mountains Col Du Tourmalet - HC, km 75 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 20 pts 2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 3 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 4 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 14 5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 6 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10 7 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 8 8 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 Col D'aspin - Cat. 1, km 105 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 pts 2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 13 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 11 4 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 6 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 7 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 6 8 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5 Col De Peyresourde - Cat. 1, km 136 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 15 pts 2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 11 4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 9 5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 8 6 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7 7 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 8 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 5 Col Du Portillon - Cat. 1, km 161 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 15 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 13 3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 9 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 8 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 7 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 6 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 Puerto De Beret - Cat. 1, km 204.5 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 pts 2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 26 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 22 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 18 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 16 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 14 7 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 12 8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Sprints Arcizac-Ez-Angles, km 17.5 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6 pts 2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 2 Luchon, km 151 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 6 pts 2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 2 Young rider 1 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.09.31 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6.57 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.52 4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 10.56 5 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 24.39 6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 30.41 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 8 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 10 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 11 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 12 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 13 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 32.41 14 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 37.26 16 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 17 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 19 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 20 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 41.14 21 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 22 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 23 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram Most combative 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 18.25.27 2 T-Mobile Team 3.10 3 Rabobank 6.00 4 Team CSC 6.44 5 AG2R Prevoyance 11.05 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 13.12 7 Lampre-Fondital 18.39 8 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 20.17 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 24.59 10 Discovery Channel Team 25.46 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 28.52 12 Agritubel 34.14 13 Bouygues Telecom 43.07 14 Credit Agricole 44.29 15 Davitamon - Lotto 47.10 16 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 47.43 17 Team Milram 1.15.20 18 Francaise Des Jeux 1.24.26 19 Liquigas 1.31.07 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.48.39 General classification after stage 11 1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 49.18.07 2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 0.08 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.01 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.17 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.52 6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 2.29 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 3.22 8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 3.33 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 3.44 10 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.17 11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.26 12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 5.38 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 5.39 14 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5.54 15 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.33 16 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.47 17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.48 18 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 7.27 19 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 8.11 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8.37 21 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 8.39 22 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 8.52 23 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 9.00 24 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 9.37 25 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 11.18 26 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 11.20 27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.07 28 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 13.41 29 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.48 30 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 13.57 31 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 14.35 32 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 15.06 33 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16.17 34 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17.55 35 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 17.56 36 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 19.31 37 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 19.32 38 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20.25 39 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 22.49 40 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 23.01 41 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 24.22 42 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.24 43 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.31 44 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 26.42 45 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 26.59 46 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 27.07 47 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.31 48 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.52 49 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 29.09 50 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 30.18 51 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 30.57 52 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 31.26 53 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.33 54 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 31.59 55 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 32.32 56 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 32.55 57 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 33.07 58 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.17 59 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 34.07 60 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 34.53 61 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 34.58 62 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 35.02 63 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 35.56 64 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36.10 65 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 36.51 66 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 38.12 67 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38.43 68 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 39.36 69 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 39.45 70 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.07 71 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 41.33 72 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 42.19 73 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 43.10 74 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 43.26 75 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 43.47 76 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 44.14 77 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 44.19 78 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44.27 79 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 44.47 80 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 45.06 81 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 45.19 82 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46.03 83 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 46.07 84 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46.27 85 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46.29 86 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.53 87 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 47.15 88 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 48.16 89 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 48.53 90 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 48.56 91 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 49.07 92 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.22 93 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 51.17 94 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 51.19 95 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 51.44 96 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51.49 97 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 53.13 98 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 53.17 99 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 54.22 100 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 54.43 101 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 55.08 102 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 55.47 103 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 56.16 104 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 56.36 105 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 56.41 106 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 57.06 107 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 57.57 108 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 58.15 109 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 58.26 110 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 58.39 111 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 59.14 112 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 59.15 113 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 59.22 114 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 59.56 115 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.00.06 116 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.00.42 117 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.01.28 118 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.02.59 119 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.03.14 120 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.03.35 121 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 1.03.53 122 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.04.04 123 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.04.43 124 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 1.05.24 125 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 1.05.38 126 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.06.12 127 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.06.13 128 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.07.50 129 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.08.17 130 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.08.40 131 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.08.43 132 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.09.17 133 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 1.09.59 134 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1.10.26 135 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 1.10.47 136 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.11.02 137 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.12.11 138 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 1.12.15 139 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.13.38 140 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 1.14.09 141 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1.14.13 142 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.14.47 143 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 1.14.49 144 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.26 145 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.16.19 146 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.16.27 147 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.18.28 148 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.18.38 149 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 1.19.13 150 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1.19.59 151 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.20.01 152 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.20.17 153 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.20.21 154 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1.21.05 155 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.21.27 156 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.21.59 157 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 1.27.36 158 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.28.45 159 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 1.29.11 160 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.31.48 161 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.32.05 162 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.32.39 163 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.36.27 164 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.41.26 165 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.41.34 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 217 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 188 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 181 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 165 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 148 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 134 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 127 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 126 9 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 10 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 94 11 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 93 12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 91 13 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 80 14 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 71 15 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 63 16 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 46 17 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 46 18 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43 19 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 39 20 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 39 21 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39 22 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 23 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 34 25 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 33 26 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 33 27 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 32 28 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 32 29 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 31 30 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 31 31 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 28 32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 33 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25 34 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 25 35 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 24 36 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 24 37 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 23 39 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 22 40 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 41 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 21 42 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 20 43 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 20 44 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 45 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20 46 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 20 47 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 48 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 19 49 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 18 50 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 17 51 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17 52 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 53 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 54 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 15 55 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 56 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 15 57 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 58 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 59 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 60 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 14 61 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 13 62 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 13 63 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 13 64 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 65 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 66 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 12 67 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 11 68 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11 69 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10 70 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 10 71 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 72 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 73 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 10 74 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 10 75 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 76 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 77 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 78 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 9 79 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 80 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 81 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 7 82 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 83 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 84 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 6 85 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 86 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 87 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 88 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 4 89 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 4 90 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 4 91 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 92 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 93 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3 94 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3 95 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 96 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 2 97 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 98 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2 99 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2 100 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 101 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2 102 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 103 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1 104 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1 105 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 80 pts 2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 62 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 49 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 45 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 41 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 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 28 14 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 25 16 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 17 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 24 18 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 22 19 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 16 21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 22 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 13 23 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 12 24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 12 25 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12 26 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 27 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 28 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 29 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 30 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9 31 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 32 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 33 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 6 34 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 35 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 36 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 38 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 39 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 5 40 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 41 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 42 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4 43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 3 44 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 45 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 47 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3 48 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 2 49 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 50 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 51 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 52 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 53 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.22.24 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.00 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.16 4 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 30.41 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 31.39 6 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 39.30 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 40.30 8 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 40.49 9 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 41.02 10 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 41.50 11 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 44.36 12 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 47.27 13 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 49.00 14 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 52.19 15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 52.49 16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 53.58 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 54.09 18 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 55.05 19 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55.49 20 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1.15.42 21 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.17.42 22 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24.28 23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.28.22 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 148.04.07 2 Gerolsteiner 0.46 3 AG2R Prevoyance 5.00 4 Team CSC 7.52 5 Rabobank 9.17 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 16.03 7 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 23.07 8 Lampre-Fondital 24.57 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 24.58 10 Discovery Channel Team 27.05 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.09 12 Agritubel 40.39 13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 48.54 14 Bouygues Telecom 49.16 15 Davitamon - Lotto 53.20 16 Credit Agricole 57.45 17 Team Milram 1.23.27 18 Francaise Des Jeux 1.36.02 19 Liquigas 2.07.43 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.14.12
