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93rd Tour de France - ProT
France, July 1-23, 2006
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Stage 18 - Friday, July 21: Morzine - Mâcon, 197 km
Lead-out man becomes the lead man
Leaders maintain status quo
By Anthony Tan, Hedwig Kröner and Brecht Decaluwé in Mâcon
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On a stifling hot day in Mâcon, Matteo Tosatto showed that without Boonen, without Rujano, without Cretskens and without De Jongh, there's still plenty of fight left in Quick.Step-Innergetic. Going clear a quarter of the way into the race with 14 others, then picking the final counter 17 kilometres from the finish, the 32 year-old lead-out man launched himself with two-hundred metres to go and remained unsurpassed to claim his first victory in two years.
"In the finale, everybody was afraid to pull because we were all afraid of each other," explained Tosatto. "We tried to surprise each other, but when I started the sprint, I was almost sure to win, so long as I went [as hard as I could] to the very last centimetre."
After years of tireless work at the service of Alessandro Petacchi and now world champion Tom Boonen, one may have thought he would have forgotten how to sprint for the win. Though not so for Tosatto, who flew past Gerolsteiner's Ronny Scholz and Cristian Moreni as if he were 'Tommeke' himself.
"At that moment, yes, but after that, we remained very positive in the team," said Tosatto about Boonen's abandon a few days ago. "We're a great group of friends, and today was proof we were right [to remain positive].
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"I'm also a fast rider, and I'm able to win a sprint with about forty or fifty riders. Today, I knew the sprint would be between me and Moreni, so I started my sprint and I made sure I didn't make any mistakes. I knew this was a big opportunity for me and that I couldn't lose it."
From the original fifteen, the best-placed rider in the break was Levi Leipheimer, who ended up finishing one minute and six seconds behind Tosatto - but more importantly, the 32 year-old Californian finished 6'54 in front of the peloton, the groupe maillot jaune exactly eight minutes in arrears of the stage winner. Consequently, Leipheimer moved up five places on the classement general to 13th spot, passing his younger team-mate Marcus Fothen, but is still a quarter of a hour behind the maillot jaune of Oscar Pereiro.
The final countdown
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Much of the talk this morning in Morzine was still about the stunning performance of Floyd Landis, and what impact this will have on the final classification at the 93rd Tour de France.
"Today, I was hopeful there would be a breakaway," said Landis after his superhuman effort of yesterday. "It took a while but that's normal. Another team rode in front of the peloton - I don't know why they did it, but it was fine with me. In the end, it was a bit of a recovery day.
"It's really a pity what happened yesterday," said Pereiro, "because for Sastre as well as for me, it was a golden opportunity to win the Tour de France.
"Now we are at the eve of the time trial and Floyd Landis has joined us. He's one of the best time triallists in the world, he's probably ready to win the race. Still, I'm happy with what my team and myself did yesterday. We did all that was possible for us to do."
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Added Landis: "I'm confident in my time trialling, but we'll have to see. I'm optimistic though. I was strong yesterday and actually did a bit of a time trial then, so I had a good warm up," he laughed.
"Normally, a good time trial would mean that I don't lose more than two minutes on the winner," Pereiro said.
"Tomorrow is another challenge, though, as I'm only allowed to lose 29 seconds on Landis. It will be a very difficult day for me but you never know what can happen. It's probably more a question of how you're feeling. I can say that I felt very good today, so I hope it will be the same tomorrow."
Less than 24 hours from now, however, predictions or possibilities will become redundant. 56 rolling kilometres from is all it will take to decide the last wearer of the maillot jaune on Paris' Champs-Élysées.
How it unfolded
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The temperature in Morzine reached 30 degrees as the peloton completed its 2.7 km of neutral riding before the flag dropped for the start of stage 18 - a 197 km ride from the Alps into the flatlands of the Rhone valley north of Lyon, in Mâcon. The bunch saw one rider missing at the line: Oscar Freire (Rabobank) was sick and flew homewards, leaving Robbie McEwen (Davitamon) with a practically unbeatable lead in the points competition: 80 points over Erik Zabel (Milram) in second place.
The climbs on the road ahead included the Côte de Châtillon-en-Michaille (km 98, Cat. 3, 5.1 km climb at 3.7 %), the Col du Berthiand (km 130.5, Cat. 2, 4.7 km climb at 6 %), and the Côte de Chambod (km 139.5, Cat. 4, 1.9 km climb at 6.4 %). There were two intermediate sprints on the menu, in La Tour (km 29.5) and in Polliat (km 169.5).
David Millar (Saunier Duval), Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) and Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ) were the first riders to launch an attack after only three kilometres of racing. Moreni, Gilbert and Paolini chased them, but were caught. The three leaders had 28 seconds over the bunch before Vaugrenard dropped back, leaving only Popovych and Millar in front. The two first seemed to be able to get away - 1'20 after 20 kilometres - but then the bunch accelerated for the first sprint, and they were caught just after it (km 30).
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After 47 kilometres, finally the great escape was organised and got away, even if Team Lampre wanted to prevent this at first. A group of 15 riders jumped: Egoi Martinez (Discovery Channel), David Zabriskie (Team CSC), Patrik Sinkewitz (T-Mobile), Sylvain Calzati (AG2R-Prevoyance), Levi Leipheimer and Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner), Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto), Matteo Tosatto (Quick-Step-Innergetic), Sébastien Hinault (Crédit Agricole), Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Cristian Moreni (Cofidis), Benoît Vaugrenard (Française Des Jeux), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom).
Just ten minutes later, the break had 3'30 over the bunch, and had raced at 52 km/h during the first hour of the stage - a record in this year's Tour. A few kilometres later, the gap stabilized at 3'45, with Saunier Duval leading the bunch.
But the Spanish team didn't make up a lot of time on the breakaway, if its intention was to put David De La Fuente back on second place for the mountains jersey. The advantage of the 15 rider-group was still 3'20 at the second climb of the day after 130 kilometres.
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Team Lampre offered some support to chase, and the gap went down a little more as the riders passed the last difficulty of the day - close to three minutes in the descent of the last climb. In front, Calzati sensed the danger of the bunch coming back, and tried to jump away, but didn't make it. Soon after, Leipheimer did the same and got a gap with 50 km to go, and Isasi joined him.
With 40 clicks away from the finish, Leipheimer and Isasi worked well together, but still only had 30 seconds, with the bunch at 4'20 - Davitamon didn't seem interested in bringing it down to a bunch sprint today. (Maybe it was just too hot: 40° in Mâcon.) The gap only increased, and it was 5'40 at the 25 kilometre-mark.
Leipheimer and Isasi, meanwhile, didn't sit up, even if they hovered at 15 seconds in front of the chasers for quite a while. Finally, they were caught at 20 km to go, with the bunch at 6'40.
Two clicks later, the break disintegrated as many had a go in trying to solo to the finish: Ronny Scholz attacked next after having profited from his teammate Leipheimer being in the first move. Moreni took off after Scholz, and then Tosatto. The three got a small gap, but a splinter group tried to get up with Leipheimer, Quinziato, Flecha, Sinkewitz and Pineau with about 13 kilometres to go. Leipheimer, though, did not work as his teammate Scholz was in front.
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The two Italians and the German led the chasers by 20 seconds under the 10 km-mark, with the remainder of the day's break a little further back. There was a regrouping with 8 km to go, but the three leaders worked well together and increased their advantage to 50 seconds with 4 clicks away from the line. behind, Quinziato countered the chasers and tried to get across on his own, but didn't succeed.
Scholz did the bulk of the work in the final kilometres, and paid for it in the end: After leading the trio under the flamme rouge, the two Italians got the better of him, with sprint lead-out man Tosatto the freshest and most experienced. Scholz was cooked with 300 metres to go, and Moreni (in third position) never got around Tosatto, who was the strongest today.
Stage 19 - Saturday, July 22: Le Creusot - Montceau-les-Mines ITT, 57 km
The penultimate stage of the 2006 Tour de France is a rolling time test over a course that is similar to one that Jan Ullrich won in 1998 from Montceau-les-Mines to Le Creusot. It will reveal who is the strongest time triallist in this year's Tour and will undoubtedly decide who will win overall.
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- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) got in the first break out of Morzine.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) led the break away trio earlier today.
- George Hincapie (Discovery) patrolled the front of the group with a teammate up the road.
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) and Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) come through.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) rides in the bunch next to teammate Robbie Hunter.
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) lays into a tight corner.
- Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) going aero on the descent.
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) looking pretty happy with himself today.
- Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile) was all business today.
- Matteo Tosatto (Quickstep) takes the win.
- Matteo Tosatto (Quickstep) punches the air with excitement after his win.
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) comes in looking worn out after such a long hot day.
- Dave Zabriskie (CSC) rolls in looking not too happy.
- Oscar Pereiro (Illes Balears) keeps the yellow jersey for tomorrows TT.
- Things get a little a little crazy when the riders come into the finish.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) looking cool in white
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) happy to be the best young rider
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) rides in the white jersey
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) tries to escape with Yaroslav Popovych
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) celebrates
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) takes a big win
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) heads for the line
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) beats Cristian Moreni to the line
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) beats Cristian Moreni to win
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) wins the stage in Mâcon
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) punches the air
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) is delighted
- Tosatto celebrates
- Moreni and Tosatto after the finish
- Cristian Moreni (Cofidis) post-stage
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) post-stage
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) rolls across for fourth
- Sebastien Hinault (CA) wins the sprint for fifth
- Best young rider Damiano Cunego, post-stage
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) gives Quick.Step its first stage win
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) on stage
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) the winner
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) the stage winner
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) smiles on the podium
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) hopes he can do it
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) is helped by Bernard Hinault
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) salutes in the maillot jaune
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) hopes for a good day tomorrow
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) is the best young rider by just 5 seconds
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre) smiles in the white jersey
Images by AFP Photo
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) tried an early move with Popovych and Vaugrenard, which failed
- The legs of the breakaway in stage 18
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) on the front of the break
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) powers the breakaway
- Saunier Duval led the chase for a long time
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) bides his time
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) sits in the bunch
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) keeps his cool before the start
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) protected by his teammate Florent Brard
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) leads out the sprint with Moreni on his wheel
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) triumphs in stage 18 in Mâcon
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick.Step) is a happy man
Results
1 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 4.16.15(46.126 km/h) 2 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 3 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.02 4 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.47 5 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.03 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 9 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 11 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 13 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1.06 15 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.25 16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 8.00 17 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 18 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 19 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 20 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 22 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 23 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 25 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 29 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 30 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 31 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 32 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 33 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 34 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 36 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 39 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 40 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 41 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 42 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 43 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 44 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 45 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 46 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 47 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 48 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 49 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 50 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 51 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 52 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 53 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 54 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 55 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 56 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 57 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 59 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 60 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 61 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 63 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 64 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 65 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 67 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 68 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 69 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 70 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 71 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 72 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 73 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 74 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 75 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 76 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 77 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 78 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 79 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 80 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 81 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 82 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 83 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 84 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 85 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 86 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 88 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 89 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 90 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 91 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 92 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 95 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 96 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 97 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 98 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 99 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 100 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 101 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 102 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 103 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 104 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 105 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 106 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 107 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 108 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 109 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 110 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 111 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 112 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 113 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 114 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 115 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 116 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 117 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 118 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 119 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 120 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 121 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 122 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 123 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 124 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 126 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 127 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 128 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 129 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 130 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 131 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 132 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.13 133 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 9.15 134 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 135 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 9.25 136 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 137 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 138 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 9.32 140 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9.40 141 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.00 DNF David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNS Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank Points 1 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 25 pts 2 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 22 3 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 4 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 18 5 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 7 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 13 9 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 10 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 11 11 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 9 13 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 8 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7 15 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 5 17 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 4 18 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 3 19 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 2 20 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1 Mountains Côte De Châtillon-En-Michaille - Cat. 3, km 98 1 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 pts 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3 3 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 4 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1 Col Du Berthiand - Cat. 2, km 130.5 1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 10 pts 2 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 9 3 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 4 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 7 5 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 6 6 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Côte De Chambod - Cat. 1, km 139.5 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1 Sprints La Tour, km 29.5 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 6 pts 2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 4 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2 Polliat, km 169.5 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 3 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 Young rider 1 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4.17.18 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 6.57 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 6 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 8 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 10 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 11 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 15 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 16 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 17 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 18 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 19 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.10 Most combative 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 12.57.53 2 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 6.52 3 Quick Step - Innergetic 4 Liquigas 7.39 5 Francaise Des Jeux 7.55 6 AG2R Prevoyance 7 Credit Agricole 8 T-Mobile Team 9 Davitamon - Lotto 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Rabobank 12 Discovery Channel Team 13 Bouygues Telecom 14 Team CSC 9.17 15 Team Milram 14.52 16 Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 18 Lampre-Fondital 19 Agritubel 20 Saunier Duval - Prodir General classification after stage 18 1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 84.33.04 (40.747 km/h) 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.12 3 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.30 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 2.29 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.08 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.14 7 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 4.24 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 5.45 9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.16 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 12.13 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 13.48 12 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 13.52 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 15.01 14 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 15.46 15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.18 16 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.23 17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 20.50 18 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 21.04 19 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 34.01 20 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 37.11 21 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 37.45 22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39.47 23 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 43.10 24 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 47.16 25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 48.45 26 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 51.48 27 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 55.43 28 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 57.52 29 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.00.48 30 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 1.03.27 31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.04.02 32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 1.07.33 33 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.10.43 34 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.12.34 35 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14.19 36 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.17.00 37 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 1.18.35 38 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.19.12 39 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.23.11 40 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 1.25.53 41 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 1.28.01 43 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.28.25 44 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 1.28.57 45 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.29.45 46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.34.33 47 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1.36.55 48 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.37.52 49 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.37.55 50 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.39.34 51 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.40.26 52 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 1.44.09 53 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 1.46.26 54 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.48.08 55 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.48.43 56 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.48.55 57 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 1.51.03 58 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1.54.06 59 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 1.58.12 60 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 1.59.58 61 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 2.01.31 62 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.04.51 63 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 2.05.51 64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 2.06.39 65 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 2.13.21 66 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.20.52 67 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.21.06 68 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.22.15 69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.22.38 70 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.23.38 71 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.23.48 72 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.24.12 73 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.26.26 74 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.26.41 75 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.27.39 76 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.31.52 77 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.33.16 78 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 2.34.25 79 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 2.37.26 80 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.39.35 81 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 2.41.20 82 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 2.41.31 83 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 2.43.03 84 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.43.35 85 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 2.43.45 86 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.46.25 87 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.47.40 88 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.48.20 89 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.48.28 90 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.48.58 91 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 2.49.33 92 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.49.38 93 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.49.45 94 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.51.11 95 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2.52.36 96 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 2.53.22 97 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.53.43 98 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 2.53.57 99 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 2.55.15 100 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 2.55.31 101 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.56.43 102 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.59.26 103 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 2.59.27 104 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 3.00.04 105 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 3.00.13 106 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 3.02.09 107 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 3.03.34 108 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.04.00 109 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 3.06.21 110 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 3.07.45 111 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.08.38 112 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.09.01 113 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.10.09 114 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 3.10.48 115 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.12.34 116 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.13.52 117 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.14.08 118 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3.15.15 119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 3.15.42 120 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 3.15.53 121 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 3.15.56 122 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3.16.01 123 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 3.16.40 124 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.16.47 125 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.17.41 126 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 3.18.52 127 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 3.19.18 128 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 3.19.19 129 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.19.56 130 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3.22.02 131 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.23.54 132 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 3.27.21 133 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3.28.34 134 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3.29.47 135 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 3.30.56 136 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 3.31.03 137 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.31.16 138 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.43.21 139 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 3.48.09 140 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.50.05 141 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.50.36 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 254 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 175 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 160 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 157 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 152 6 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 115 8 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 106 9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 98 10 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 83 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 76 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 72 13 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 66 14 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 62 15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 58 16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 57 17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 57 18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 53 19 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 51 20 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 50 21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 49 22 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 49 23 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 48 24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 46 25 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46 26 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 44 27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 43 28 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43 29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 42 30 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 42 31 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 42 32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 41 33 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 40 34 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 40 35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 40 36 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39 37 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 38 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 37 39 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 40 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 34 41 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 33 42 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 43 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 33 44 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 33 45 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33 46 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 32 47 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 32 48 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 30 49 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 29 50 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28 51 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 28 52 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 28 53 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 27 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26 55 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 26 56 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25 57 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 25 58 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 24 59 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 24 60 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 62 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 63 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 22 64 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 22 65 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 66 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 67 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 68 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 69 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 18 70 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 16 71 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 15 72 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 73 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 14 74 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 75 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 14 76 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 77 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12 78 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 79 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 10 80 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 81 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 8 82 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 8 83 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 8 84 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 85 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 7 86 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 87 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 6 88 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 6 89 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 5 90 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 92 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 93 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3 94 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 95 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3 96 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 2 97 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 2 98 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 2 99 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2 100 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2 101 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1 102 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 103 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 104 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 105 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1 106 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic -1 108 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -3 109 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance -5 110 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital -5 111 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic -5 112 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic -10 113 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi -13 114 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -15 115 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas -15 Mountains classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 163 pts 2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 131 3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 113 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 99 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 94 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 93 7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 80 8 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 72 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 66 10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 64 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 63 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 60 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 60 15 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 48 16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 42 17 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 41 18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 41 19 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 39 20 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 36 22 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 36 23 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 35 24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 34 25 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 26 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31 27 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 30 29 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 30 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 26 32 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 33 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 24 34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 24 35 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 23 36 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 23 37 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 22 38 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 22 39 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 21 40 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 20 41 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 42 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 20 43 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 19 45 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 18 46 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 17 47 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 16 48 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 14 49 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13 50 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12 51 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 12 52 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 12 53 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 54 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 55 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 10 56 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 57 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 58 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 10 59 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 9 60 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9 61 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9 62 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 9 63 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 8 64 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 65 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 66 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 7 67 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 68 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 69 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 70 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 71 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 72 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 73 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 5 74 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 5 75 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5 76 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 3 77 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 78 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 79 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 80 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 81 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1 82 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 84.50.22 2 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.05 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.23.08 4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.31.25 5 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 1.42.40 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 1.49.21 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 2.17.07 8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.30.22 9 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.31.10 10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.32.20 11 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 2.36.04 12 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 2.42.46 13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 2.44.51 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 2.50.27 15 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.56.34 16 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 2.57.57 17 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 2.58.43 18 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 3.13.45 19 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.26.03 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 253.49.15 2 Team CSC 10.03 3 Rabobank 12.31 4 AG2R Prevoyance 19.06 5 Lampre-Fondital 47.06 6 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 49.59 7 Gerolsteiner 1.37.14 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.09.23 9 Discovery Channel Team 2.10.57 10 Credit Agricole 2.39.43 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.44.35 12 Davitamon - Lotto 2.57.10 13 Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.00.34 14 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3.08.30 15 Bouygues Telecom 3.12.23 16 Agritubel 4.24.52 17 Francaise Des Jeux 5.23.37 18 Liquigas 6.21.03 19 Team Milram 6.24.10 20 Quick Step - Innergetic 6.41.46
