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93rd Tour de France - ProT
France, July 1-23, 2006
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Stage 13 - Saturday, July 15: Béziers - Montélimar, 231 km
Experience calls: Voigt claims the day
Bizarre circumstances see Pereiro in yellow
By Anthony Tan, Hedwig Kröner & Brecht Decaluwé in Montélimar, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney
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On the longest day of the Tour de France, five riders chose to defy the odds. Their names were Jens Voigt, Oscar Pereiro, Sylvain Chavanel, Manuel Quinziato and Andriy Grivko. And on the hottest day so far, they attacked more than 200 kilometres from the finish in Montélimar, preparing themselves for the worst.
Such circumstances call for not only a certain hunger, but a certain toughness. A toughness that only comes with experience, and the man who had that was Voigt.
"Maybe it wasn't me who had the best legs in that break," he said, "but maybe you could say that if I won today, it might have been that I was the one who was most desperate for a win."
Asked what he thought about going in such an early move, Voigt replied: "Honestly, the first thing I thought was, 'Oh no, not me again!'
"Then I noticed that we were allowed to get away; it was quickly ten minutes, twenty minutes... That's when I started to believe in my chances. Only at the very end, about ten, twenty metres before the finish line, I was thinking that this stage should be mine."
But is the 34 year-old born in Grevesmühlen, from the same area as Jan Ullrich, forgetting what he told us fourteen months ago?
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Said Voigt to Cyclingnews in May last year, "Of course, it's great publicity to do long solos, it gives you a lot of sympathy from the public and it great TV time for your sponsor. But an unspectacular victory is better than a spectacular death. So that's the new strategy: attack later to stand more chance of actually winning."
However, back then, he didn't totally contradict himself: "I'm an optimist by profession," he said. "At the end of such a break, it's not about who's got the faster legs anymore, but about who's got more strength left."
The latter Voigt didn't have much of, he admitted, though he had more than the rest. "There were a lot of reactions about my last place in the time trial, but today I can say that I saved all my energy for today.
"But it's also a question of character, as not everybody wants to be in a breakaway when it is 35 degrees C at the start of a 230 kilometre stage. It's a bit of both: I didn't want to give up, and I just wanted it to happen. You just need to force luck on your side.
"This stage was one of these days were everything worked out. But from now on, I'll have ten official rest days until the Tour de France ends!" Voigt joked.
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More surprising than witnessing a successful escape, and more surprising than Voigt's win, was the massive half-hour advantage of the lead group by the finish.
But perhaps the biggest surprise of all: seeing Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears' Oscar Pereiro, 46th on the Classement Général at the start of the day and 29 minutes down on race leader Floyd Landis, finish second to Voigt and catapult himself into the maillot jaune.
"It's like a dream," said a starry-eyed Pereiro.
"The yellow jersey of the Tour de France is something so incredibly big. Last year, when I won a stage in the Tour, I could already feel how great it was, but today, with the jersey, that's even better. I was dreaming about this, but I never thought it would happen."
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Third-placed Cofidis rider Sylvain Chavanel was one of the strongest, and despaired at missing the crucial counter with four kilometres to go.
"I was in the right breakaway today, so of course, a third placing doesn't satisfy me," he said.
"I don't know what to say; I'm really very disappointed. I'll try again... but [my new placing on GC] will prevent me from being able to escape again. I hope that my son, who is one and a half years old, saw me on television and cheered me on!" finished Chavanel, already sounding a little more upbeat.
Such bizarre circumstances haven't been seen since the 2001 Tour de France, when 14 riders gained an even larger lead over the peloton on a rain-soaked day from Colmar to Pontarlier. By the day's end, Stuart O'Grady found himself back in the race lead, but Kazakhstan's Andrei Kivilev, who tragically died in Paris-Nice two years later, became a real danger man in the battle for overall honours.
It took the might of US Postal and Lance Armstrong to reverse the threat, which the Texan and his team did in the end - but can Phonak and Floyd Landis do the same? The 2001 stage to Pontarlier was early in the piece, so time was on Armstrong's side; Pereiro's maillot jaune comes one week later, and just one week before Paris.
"The last two years I finished within the top ten," the 28 year-old Spaniard from Mos, Galicia, reminded the press.
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"[This year], I was in a very bad position coming into the Pyrenées, but I think that starting from tomorrow, the Tour will change its face again. I think my condition is good, so I'll definitely fight for the general [classification]."
The good news for Landis is that the Alps are still to come. Beginning next Tuesday, three incredibly difficult, back-to-back stages must be faced, before a 56 kilometre race against the clock sorts out the Classement Général once and for all.
"It's not that they [Phonak] gave me ten minutes, either," said Pereiro.
"I only have a little more than one minute on Landis, so I need to remain realistic. I think that Phonak just didn't want the responsibility of the jersey before heading to the Alps. There is a certain advantage for them to not have it anymore. The won't have to control the race anymore in the coming days.
"I will enjoy every day I wear this yellow jersey and I will try to defend it as long as possible, but I think that the day Floyd decides to get it, he will."
How it unfolded
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Le Tour's longest stage was another baking hot day for the peloton that started on the Mediterranean seacoast in Béziers, a flat to rolling stage through the hot rocky vineyards of Herault, Gard and the Ardeche regions that finally finished in Montélimar, famous for its sweet, sticky nougat. There were five Cat. 4 climbs on Stage 13; Cote de Puéchabon (57.5km), Cote de la Cardonille (77.5km), Cote de l'Arbousset (119.5km), Cote de Saint-Maurice d'Ibie (195.5km) and finally the Cote de Villeneuve de Berg (205.5km). Two intermediate sprints were contested on Stage 13 in Aduze (117.5km) and Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (177.5km).
A quarter of an hour before Saturday noon, 160 cyclists gazed wistfully at the close by beaches, then headed northeast into the hot back country of Herault. The temps were already nudging thirty and would eventually reach the mid thirties by the feed zone in Ales after 130km of racing. A few kilometres after the start, it was Toto Commesso (Lampre-Fondital) on the attack and this provoked another fast start, despite the Tour peloton having two weeks of racing in their legs.
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But Commesso was chased down and a general battle began on the front of the race to try and get away. Eventually after 21km in Lezignan-le-Cebe, a six rider group managed to get a small gap. Voigt (CSC), Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne), Quinziato (Liquigas), Grivko (Milram), with Chavanel and Coyot (Cofidis) were 0'10 ahead of the peloton. Credit Agricole was chasing but when Coyot sat up, the chase eased. After 31km in Belarga, the gap was 0'50, with the day's first ascent of the Cat 4 Cote de Puéchabon coming next. Maillot jaune Landis had his Phonak squad on the front riding tempo, but the best placed rider in the break was Oscar Pereiro Sio (Caisse d'Epargne) who was 46th overall, 28'50 behind Landis.
A tailwind was helping the break along and they covered 50.4km in the first hour and atop the Puéchabon climb, Chavanel took the GPM with the peloton now just cruising along 9'05 behind. The pattern for Stage 13 was set as the break was working well together, Phonak was riding easy tempo on the front of the peloton and everybody knew they were in for a long day in the saddle.
By the second climb of the day, the Col de la Cardonille after 77.5km where Grivko took the GPM, the gap was up to 12'50, the largest margin posted by any escape at this year's Tour De France so far. But it was destined to go higher, much higher as Phonak was setting a pedestrian pace in the front of the peloton, while the break was flying. The gap continued to go up and at the first intermediate sprint in Anduze halfway through Stage 13 with 112.5km to race, Quinziato took the points and then the front quintet hit the third climb, the Cote de l'Arbousset. Chavanel took his second GPM and the peloton was creeping along 12km and almost 19'00 behind.
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On the other side of the climb at the feed zone in Bagard, the gap continued to climb and eventually with 70km to go, the break's lead was up to 24'30. Phonak decided to pick up the pace as they didn't want to lose the maillot jaune. Voigt and Grivko were working the most in the break and with 63km left, the gap had now climbed to 25'10. After four hours of racing, the average speed of stage 13 was 42.3 km/h, and at the final intermediate sprint in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc after 177.5km of racing, Pereiro rode through the sprint first under a baking hot afternoon sun as the break's margin had now climbed to 26'20. Pereiro was just 2'30 from becoming maillot jaune virtuel with 52km to race to the finish in Montélimar.
The escape hit the penultimate climb of the day on the Cote de Saint-Maurice d'Ibie with over 27'00 advance on the peloton. After 195.5km, Chavanel took the points on the penultimate summit with the lead now at 28'00 and then dove down to the quaint village of de Villeneuve de Berg and climbed the final ascent of the Cote de Villeneuve de Berg. Near the GPM, there was an attack of Grivko, then a counter by Quinziato and the Milram rider was dropped, leaving four up front as the young Ukrainian had shot his wad.
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Attacks on the approach to Montélimar split the remaining four riders and Voigt and Pereiro gapped the other two with 4 km to go. Voigt made a hard attack in the last kilometre and almost dropped the Caisse d'Epargne rider, but Pereiro fought back to him and the two contested the sprint and the powerful 34 year-old German took the win for his third career stage win in the Tour De France. The other two riders came in 0'40 behind, with Chavanel 3rd and the Italian in 4th. Grivko finished fifth at 6'23, while with the gap still at 28'00 between the break and the peloton, both Rabobank and AG2R hit the front with 25km to go to up the pace in the last half-hour of racing. But the chase didn't sustain itself and eventually the peloton came in 29'57 behind, passing the maillot jaune from Landis to his former Phonak teammate Oscar Pereiro Sio. The Caisse d'Epargne rider now leads the 2006 classement general by 1'29 over second place Floyd Landis.
Stage 14 - Sunday, July 16: Montélimar-Gap / 181km
After Stage 13 - one of the most boring stages in recent Tour De France memory - Phase Three of the 93rd Tour De France kicks off on this transitional day before the second rest day. Look for the road to Gap to be another hot, hard and fast ride, with a tailwind likely and the final 5.2km, 5% grade of the Col de la Sentinelle starting just 15km from the finish on the tree shaded Ave.Marechal Foch in Gap to be the decider. No contenders will be in evidence at the end, but look for Discovery Channel's George Hincapie to score a stage win in Gap.
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- The break already away at about 50 km in.
- The bunch rolls through a lush vineyard of Provence.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) has a laugh with David Zabriskie (CSC).
- The peloton bunches up during its leisurely pace earlier in the day.
- Andriy Grivko (Milram) takes his pull on the front of the break.
- The chalk board shows the leaders at 27'55" off the front.
- David Zabriskie (CSC) sits comfortably towards the back of the field.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) rode protected by teammates all day but gave up the jersey in the end.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The two leaders come up the straight
- Jens Voigt (CSC) powers to the line
- Jens Voigt (CSC) celebrates a big win
- Jens Voigt (CSC) happy at the finish
- Andriy Grivko (Milram) comes across for 5th
- Chavanel takes the sprint for third
- Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) beats Quinziato for third
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) crosses for fourth
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) lucked out with fourth
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon) wins the sprint for sixth
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon) crosses the line in front
- Jens Voigt (CSC) after his win
- Jens Voigt (CSC) is marched up to the podium
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) was a little disappointed after the stage
- Post-stage with Oscar Pereiro
- Jens Voigt (CSC) on stage
- Jens Voigt (CSC) with his trophies
- A happy Jensy
- Raymond Poulidor congratulates Jens Voigt
- Jens Voigt (CSC) salutes the crowd
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) on stage
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) pulls on the jersey
- Happy Oscar
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) le maillot jaune
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) is pretty happy with his new jersey
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) smiles in yellow
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) in the maillot jaune
- Raymond Poulidor congratulates Pereiro
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) in view
- David de la Fuenta (Saunier Duval) is still the mountains leader
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) cools off on a hot day
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) with Gibo in tow
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) biding his time
- The break rides past an old village
- Gibo looks shocked
- The bunch gallops along
- Race ya!
- Cooling off at Le Tour
- Welcome to the Tour 2006
- Riders wizz past a steam train
- Simoni, Ballan and others look at the nice train
- Jens Voigt (CSC) triumphs over Oscar Pereiro
Images by AFP Photo
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) didn't seem worried about keeping yellow today
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon) in discussion with Floyd Landis during the stage
- Jens Voigt (CSC) drives the breakaway
- Jens Voigt (CSC) powers to the finish ahead of Pereiro
- Jens Voigt (CSC) celebrates his stage win
- Jens Voigt (CSC) is a happy German!
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) is the new maillot jaune!
Images by Anthony Tan/Cyclingnews.com
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) continues to be as popular as ever at the Tour de France.
- A few local faces at the start in Béziers.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) says he's given up on GC, and will now focus on a stage win.
- Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) will be giving his all to make sure team leader Floyd Landis stays in yellow.
- Discovery Channel team manager Johan Bruyneel a happy man after Yaroslav Popovych's win yesterday.
- Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne) enjoys some company at the start in Béziers.
- Christophe Moreau (AG2R-Prevoyance) getting a quick trim shortly before the start.
- Part of the village in Béziers.
- George Hincapie and crew enjoying a bit of downtime before the stage start.
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) came very close to a stage win yesterday.
- Race leader Floyd Landis (Phonak) heads for the start line.
- Mountains leader David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval) popular with the locals.
- A view of the Tour from the stage.
Results
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5.24.36 (42.513 km/h) 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 0.40 4 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 5 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 6.24 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 29.57 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 9 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 10 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 11 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 13 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 14 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 16 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 18 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 20 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 22 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 24 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 25 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 26 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 27 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 28 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 29 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 30 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 32 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 33 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 35 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 36 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 37 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 39 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 40 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 41 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 42 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 43 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 44 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 47 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 48 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 49 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 50 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 51 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 53 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 54 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 56 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 57 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 58 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 59 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 60 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 61 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 62 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 63 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 64 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 65 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 66 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 67 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 68 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 69 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 70 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 71 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 72 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 73 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 74 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 75 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 76 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 77 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 78 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 80 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 81 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 82 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 83 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 84 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 85 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 86 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 87 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 88 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 89 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 90 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 91 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 92 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 93 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 94 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 95 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 96 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 97 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 98 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 99 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 100 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 102 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 103 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 104 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 105 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 106 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 107 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 109 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 112 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 113 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 114 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 115 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 116 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 117 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 118 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 119 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 121 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 122 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 123 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 124 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 125 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 126 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 127 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 128 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 129 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 130 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 131 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 132 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 133 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 134 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 135 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 136 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 138 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 139 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 140 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 141 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 142 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 144 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 145 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 146 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 147 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 148 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 149 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 150 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 151 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 152 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 153 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 154 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 155 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 156 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 157 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 158 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 159 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 31.00 160 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Points 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 35 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 30 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 26 4 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 24 5 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 22 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 20 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 19 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 18 9 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 17 10 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 16 11 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 15 12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14 13 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 13 14 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 12 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 11 16 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 17 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 18 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 19 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 7 20 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 5 22 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 23 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3 24 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2 25 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 1 Mountains Côte De Puéchabon- Cat. 4, km 57.5 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 1 Col De La Cardonille- Cat. 4, km 77.5 1 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 3 pts 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Côte De L'Arbousset- Cat. 4, km 119.5 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1 Côte De Saint-Maurice D'ibie- Cat. 4, km 195.5 1 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 3 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 2 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Côte De Villeneuve De Berg- Cat. 4, km 205 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 2 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Sprints Anduze, km 117.5 1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 Vallon-Pont-D'Arc, km 177.5 1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 4 3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 2 Young rider 1 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 5.31.00 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 23.33 3 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 5 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 6 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 8 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 9 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 11 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 12 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 13 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 17 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 18 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 19 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 22 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 23 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval Most combative 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC Teams 1 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 17.13.42 2 Team CSC 3 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.40 4 Liquigas 5 Team Milram 6.24 6 Francaise Des Jeux 29.57 7 Davitamon - Lotto 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Credit Agricole 11 Quick Step - Innergetic 12 Lampre-Fondital 13 Agritubel 14 AG2R Prevoyance 15 Rabobank 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Saunier Duval - Prodir 18 Discovery Channel Team 19 T-Mobile Team 20 Bouygues Telecom General classification after stage 13 1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 59.50.34 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 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.21 19 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.36 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 9.06 21 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 9.11 22 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 9.59 23 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10.06 24 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 10.08 25 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 11.06 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 15.10 30 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15.32 31 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 15.45 32 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 16.04 33 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 16.54 34 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 18.01 35 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 18.03 36 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19.43 37 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 19.44 38 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 21.20 39 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22.13 40 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 24.18 41 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 24.28 42 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.12 43 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.19 44 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 28.26 45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 28.36 46 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 28.42 47 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 28.47 48 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30.21 49 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 30.57 50 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 32.02 51 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 32.38 52 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 32.41 53 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 32.55 54 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.02 55 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 33.28 56 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 34.20 57 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 34.43 58 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 34.55 59 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 35.01 60 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.05 61 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 36.00 62 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 36.24 63 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 36.31 64 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 36.46 65 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 37.10 66 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 37.25 67 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.54 68 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 40.00 69 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40.27 70 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 41.05 71 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 41.14 72 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43.24 73 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 43.42 74 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 44.00 75 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 45.14 76 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 45.26 77 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 45.35 78 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45.56 79 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 45.58 80 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 46.07 81 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 46.16 82 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 46.33 83 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 46.54 84 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 47.07 85 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 47.58 86 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.01 87 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 48.07 88 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48.22 89 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 49.03 90 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 49.39 91 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 51.05 92 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51.10 93 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 52.02 94 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 53.07 95 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53.37 96 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 54.01 97 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 55.01 98 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 55.05 99 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 56.56 100 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 57.42 101 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 58.04 102 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 58.50 103 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 58.58 104 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 59.39 105 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 59.44 106 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.00.06 107 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 1.00.08 108 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 1.00.10 109 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.00.28 110 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 1.01.03 111 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 1.01.20 112 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.01.25 113 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.02.26 114 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.04.28 115 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.05.27 116 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.05.52 117 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.06.31 118 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 1.06.53 119 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 1.07.13 120 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.07.42 121 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 1.07.55 122 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.07.56 123 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.08.33 124 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.09.17 125 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.09.19 126 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.10.05 127 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.10.09 128 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.10.31 129 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.10.46 130 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1.11.55 131 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.12.22 132 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.12.50 133 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 1.13.04 134 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 1.13.08 135 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.13.40 136 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.15.07 137 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 1.16.01 138 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.16.35 139 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 1.16.37 140 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.16.55 141 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.17.56 142 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.18.36 143 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.20.37 144 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.20.38 145 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 1.20.42 146 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.21.50 147 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1.22.16 148 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.22.26 149 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1.23.22 150 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.24.16 151 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 1.29.05 152 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.29.12 153 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 1.30.40 154 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31.20 155 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.33.34 156 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.34.05 157 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.34.08 158 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.38.27 159 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.43.03 160 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.50.37 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 71 14 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 67 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 57 16 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56 17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 50 18 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 49 19 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 48 20 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 48 21 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46 22 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43 23 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 40 24 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 40 25 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 40 26 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 39 27 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39 28 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 29 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 30 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 34 31 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 33 32 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 32 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 32 34 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 32 35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 31 36 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 31 37 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 28 38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 28 39 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 40 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26 41 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 26 42 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25 43 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 24 44 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 24 45 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 46 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 24 47 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 22 48 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 22 49 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 20 50 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 20 51 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20 52 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 20 53 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 54 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 18 55 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 56 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 17 57 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17 58 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 59 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 16 60 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 61 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 16 62 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 15 63 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 64 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 65 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 66 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 67 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 13 68 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 13 69 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 70 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 12 71 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 11 72 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11 73 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10 74 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 10 75 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 76 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 10 77 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 10 78 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 79 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 80 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 81 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 8 82 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 8 83 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 7 84 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 85 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 86 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 6 87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 88 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 89 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 90 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 91 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4 92 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 93 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 4 94 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 4 95 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 96 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 4 97 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 4 98 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4 99 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 100 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3 101 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3 102 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 103 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 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 61 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 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 16 21 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 16 22 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 23 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 24 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 13 25 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13 26 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 12 27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 12 28 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12 29 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 30 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 10 32 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 33 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 34 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 9 35 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9 36 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9 37 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 7 38 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 39 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 40 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 6 41 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 42 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 43 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 44 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 45 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 5 46 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 47 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4 49 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 3 50 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 3 51 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 52 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 53 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 54 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3 55 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3 56 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 2 57 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2 58 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 59 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 60 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 61 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 62 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 63 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59.56.20 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.15 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.16 4 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 29.15 5 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 31.00 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 31.39 7 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 39.49 8 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 40.30 9 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 41.08 10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 41.21 11 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 42.21 12 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 48.15 13 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 49.19 14 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 52.18 15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 53.04 16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 53.58 17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 54.24 18 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.02.47 19 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03.31 20 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 1.16.30 21 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.18.30 22 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.25.34 23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.28.22 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 179.23.50 2 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 15.53 3 T-Mobile Team 22.05 4 Gerolsteiner 22.51 5 AG2R Prevoyance 27.05 6 Rabobank 27.26 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 38.08 8 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 41.42 9 Lampre-Fondital 43.04 10 Discovery Channel Team 44.45 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 47.03 12 Euskaltel - Euskadi 52.14 13 Agritubel 1.02.44 14 Bouygues Telecom 1.11.51 15 Davitamon - Lotto 1.15.25 16 Credit Agricole 1.16.00 17 Team Milram 1.21.59 18 Francaise Des Jeux 1.58.07 19 Liquigas 2.00.50 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 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