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93rd Tour de France - ProT
France, July 1-23, 2006
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Stage 6 - Friday, July 7: Lisieux - Vitré, 189 km
Robbie McEwen: The Running Man
Maillot jaune does little for Boonen's confidence
By Anthony Tan & Brecht Decaluwé in Caen, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney
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With a smile from eye to eye and swinging his arms as if he were running across the line, Davitamon-Lotto's super-sprinter Robbie McEwen continued his winning ways in Vitré, scoring his eleventh Tour stage victory.
"I don't think I'm in the form of my life, I'm just sprinting very well," McEwen said. "I've had times where I actually felt stronger out on the road. But here, the timing and the speed in the sprint forms a funny sort of thing.
"Sometimes you feel very strong, but you can't win. Sometimes you feel average, but you sprint very fast and can't lose. I don't know about the form of my life... but it's pretty good," he grinned.
Some may have thought the loss of his normal Tour de France lead-out man Fred Rodriguez would have posed a few problems, but Gert Steegmans - a winner of five stages himself this season - is proving the perfect replacement.
"He [Steegmans] just starts his engine and takes off; nobody who's doing a lead-out for a sprinter, nor any sprinter, has got an answer to his power," praised McEwen, who described the 25 year-old youngster as his very own TGV.
"We decided on the tactics. I told him not to start not one metre before the 400 metre mark. That's exactly what he did; he was really relaxed and stayed in the wheels. We made sure which side of him would stay open. When he started, I really had to jump to get into his wheel, and when I have to jump to get into a wheel, that means that probably nobody else can follow.
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"We backed off again and I just went on the inside of him. I felt like I started to slow down but I was so wound up... number three, here we go! This is incredible, three in the first week, it doesn't get any better," he said.
"It's really nice [people who] acknowledge that there some magic between the two of us," Steegmans told Cyclingnews. "He trusts that I can do it, and it's working out.
"Everybody knows that they need to be in front in the sprint and they probably hope that he [McEwen] has sore legs or something. We really try to show up as late as possible and it's proved successful twice now. Yesterday, I misinterpreted the signals, but now it's alright!" exclaimed the young Belgian, who's quickly becoming one of the hottest prospects in world cycling.
The apparent ease with which the 34 year-old Gold Coaster is winning stages in the world's biggest bike race almost defies belief. Without a doubt, it's playing on the minds of his arch-rivals and particularly Tom Boonen, who is yet to notch a sprint win so far.
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Today just made things worse for the world champion maillot jaune, who went searching for a good wheel to follow but came up empty. The one-point gap between he and McEwen, and the seven between McEwen and Oscar Freire, is now 10 and 22 points respectively.
In fact, it's Lampre-Fondital's Daniele Bennati who's so far proving to be best of the rest in the battle for green, his second place today moving him 41 points behind the Aussie sprint king.
And if things weren't already going well enough for Rocket Robbie, he now finds himself second overall on the Classement Générale, just 12 seconds behind Boonen. At the post-race press conference, he didn't say one thing about it - but if McEwen keeps going the way he's going, he'll end up talking about it!
"One last thing," McEwen said before leaving today's press conference.
"I had a bet with Levi Leipheimer... we've been talking about it since March in Tirreno-Adriatico. He told me to do a victory salute, but a special one: the Dumb and Dumber move, from the movie. When you saw it, you know that it looks like you're running really fast," he said, swinging his arms.
"Levi will be happy with that and now he owes me!"
How it unfolded
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On the day before a big time trial, the GC contenders often want to downshift and chill, so Friday was a wide open stage through the backwoods of western France to Vitré. 171 riders started under partly cloudy skies and moderate 21 degree temps, with Milram's Fabio Sacchi was a non-starter due to worsening bronchitis.
Stage 5 had one categorized climb, the Cat 3 Cote de la Huniere (after 27.5 km) and three intermediate sprints in Villedieu-les-Bailleul (46.0 km), Chantrigne (116.5 km) and Juvigne (162.5 km).
Cofidis rider Stephane Augé was on the attack after 9 km on the climb out of the Normandy town of Liseux and was joined by Cente Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne), Lopez Garcia (Euskaltel), Beppe "Turbo" Guerini (T-Mobile) and big-boy Maggie Bäckstedt (Liquigas). This quintet got a 30" gap but Bouygues Telecom had missed the break and was chasing hard to defend the lead of their maillot á pois Pineau. The pursuit worked well enough as climber Beppe Turbo and Cente Garcia took points just ahead of Pineau and it was peloton groupé after 32 km.
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Two French riders, Augé and Vaugrenard (FDJ), attacked just before the first intermediate sprint in Villedieu-les-Bailleul (46.0 km), where Vaugrenard won and used the time bonus to go back into the lead of the maillot blanc of best young rider. The first hour was run at the rapid average of 46.9 km/h and after Argentan at the 49 km mark, Brard (Caisse d'Epargne), Knees (Milram) and Camano (Euskaltel) bridged across. 10 km later in Fontenai-sur-Orna, 13 riders came across to swell the break to 18. The new arrivals included Padrnos (Discovery), Sinkewitz (T-Mobile), Calzati (A2GR), Wrolich (Gerolsteiner), Flecha (Rabobank), Merckx (Phonak), Boonen (Quick.Step), Hushovd (C.A), Gilbert (FDJ), Bäckstedt and Quinziato (Liquigas), Geslin and Lefèvre (Bouygues).
With the maillot jaune on the move and the gap up to 1'10 after 15 km of freedom, CSC hit the front to quash the break with a hard chase, and Lampre-Fondital joined them to pull the big escape back. When big Maggie realised that the break was doomed, he attacked after 70 km in Saint Brice Sous Ranes and was joined by local lad Geslin and French champ Brard.
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The rest of the break was brought back 10 km later, while Maggie's move had 35" after 80 km. At the feed zone in Bagnoles-de-lOrne after 92 km, the front trio had 3'55", with the average speed for hour two 44.7 km/h. Quick.Step, Rabobank and Davitamon-Lotto were riding tempo on the front of the peloton and Geslin won the second intermediate sprint in Chantrigne after 116.5 km, with the peloton 4'10"behind and closing.
The lead began to drop as the chasers upped the pace. Brard claimed won the third intermediate sprint in Juvigne after 162.5 km, with the peloton just 1'15" behind. With 10 km to race on the outskirts of Vitre, the gap was just 25" and the break was finally caught with 4.5 km to go. Today, Robbie McEwen's new lead-out man, big Geert Steegmans, got his timing just right as the Aussie from Davitamon-Lotto took his 11th career Tour de France stage win.
Stage 7 - Saturday, July 8: Saint-Grégoire-Rennes ITT, 52 km
The first moment of truth at the 2006 Tour is a 52 km time test from Saint-Grégoire to Rennes across the countryside of northeast Brittany. Mostly rolling with a flat finish, the TT should show the first signs of who can win the Tour this year.
T-Mobile's World TT champ Mick Rogers is looking for a stage win and the maillot jaune, but Phonak's Floyd Landis may have something to say about that. Leipheimer, Hincapie and other GC hopefuls are also looking for a good ride tomorrow, while CSC's Dave Zabriskie is another rider to watch for a stage win.
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- An FDJ rider gets his morning rub down.
- David Zabriskie (CSC) is riding this new Cervelo SLC-SL.
- Time for a radio adjustment on the road.
- The bunch rolls through the wheat fields of Normandy.
- Welcoming le Tour.
- The sprint for the line.
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) adds another stage win to this year's list.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) rides the TT tomorrow in yellow.
- Big crowds at the finish.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) did not look happy to not have today's stage win.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) rode today's race a bit like a Belgian classic: aggressively!
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in the maillot jaune
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in the earlier break that got caught
- Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas) suffers in the break
- Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas) grabs a feed bag
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) is one of the better sprinters on Tour
- Florent Brard (Caisse d'Epargne) leads Backstedt and Geslin
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) on Tour
- Italian tifosi watch the breakaway go by
- The peloton rides past endless fields
- Le Tour rolls on
- A bike disguised as a feather boa
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins, while Tom Boonen doesn’t
- Way hey! That's how you do a sprint
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The bunch thunders up the finishing straight
- McEwen well in front in the dash to the line
- Semaphore? No, just a Tour bunch sprint
- Robbie's got it and Steegmans is already celebrating
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) celebrates after a great Steegmans lead out
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) crosses the line to win
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins the sprint
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) in post-race triumph mode
- Oh yeah! Robbie does it again
- Bits of the bunch
- Florent Brard (Caisse d'Epargne) crosses the line
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) did his job
- Florent Brard (Caisse d'Epargne) post-stage
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) now has three
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) atop the podium
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) celebrates another win
- Hmm, is the yellow jersey really that heavy?
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) smiles wanly
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) really wanted the stage win, but he's still in yellow
- Bernard Hinault gives Boonen some sprinting tips
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) strengthened his lead in the green jersey comp
- Benoit Vaugrenard (FDJ) back in the white jersey
Images by AFP Photo
- Florent Brard (Caisse d'Epargne) drives the break through the French countryside
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) was aggressive during stage 6
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) does it for the third time
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) celebrates his third stage win
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 4.10.17 (45.308 km/h) 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 13 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 14 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 15 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 16 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 20 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 24 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 25 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 26 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 27 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 29 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 30 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 31 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 32 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 33 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 34 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 35 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 36 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 37 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 38 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 39 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 40 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 41 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 42 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 43 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 44 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 45 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 46 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 47 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 48 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 49 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 50 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 51 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 52 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 53 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 54 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 55 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 56 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 57 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 58 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 59 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 60 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 61 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 63 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 65 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 66 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 69 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 70 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 71 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 72 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 73 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 74 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 75 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 76 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 77 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 78 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 79 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 80 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 81 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 82 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 83 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 84 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 85 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 86 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 87 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 88 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 89 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 90 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 91 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 93 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 94 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 95 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 96 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 97 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 98 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 99 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 100 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 101 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 102 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 103 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 104 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 106 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 107 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 109 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 110 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 111 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 112 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 113 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 114 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 115 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 116 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 117 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 118 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 119 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 121 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 123 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 124 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 125 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 127 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 128 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 129 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 130 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 131 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 133 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 134 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 135 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 136 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 137 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 138 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 139 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 140 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 141 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 142 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 144 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 145 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 146 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 147 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 148 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 0.22 149 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 0.23 150 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 0.32 151 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 152 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.37 153 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.41 154 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 155 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.46 156 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 0.51 157 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 158 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 159 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 160 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 161 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.17 162 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.27 163 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 164 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 165 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.43 166 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.12 167 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 168 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 169 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 170 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 171 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.47 DNS Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 35 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 30 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 26 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 24 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 22 6 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 20 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 19 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 18 9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 10 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 11 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 14 13 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 13 14 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 12 15 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 11 16 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 17 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 18 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 8 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 7 20 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 21 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 22 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 23 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 24 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 2 25 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1 Mountains Côte de la Hunière - Cat. 3, km 27.5 Points 1 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4 pts 2 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 4 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 Sprints Villedieu-Les-Bailleul, km 46 1 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 pts 2 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 4 3 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2 Chantrigne, km 116.5 1 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 pts 2 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 3 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2 Juvigne, km 162.5 1 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 pts 2 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 3 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2 Young rider 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 4.10.17 2 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 4 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 5 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 7 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 8 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 9 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 12 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 13 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 14 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 16 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 17 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 19 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 20 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 21 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 0.51 23 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.12 Most combative 1 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Teams 1 Credit Agricole 12.30.51 2 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3 Team Milram 4 Davitamon - Lotto 5 Gerolsteiner 6 Liquigas 7 Lampre-Fondital 8 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 10 Discovery Channel Team 11 T-Mobile Team 12 AG2R Prevoyance 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 14 Rabobank 15 Francaise Des Jeux 16 Saunier Duval - Prodir 17 Team CSC 18 Bouygues Telecom 19 Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Agritubel General classification after stage 6 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 29.21.00 (42.832 km/h) 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.12 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 0.21 4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 0.25 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.27 7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.35 8 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.36 9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.37 10 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 11 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.40 13 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 0.41 15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.42 16 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 0.43 17 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 0.44 19 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.45 20 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 21 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 22 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 0.46 23 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.47 24 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.48 25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 26 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.50 27 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 0.51 28 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.52 29 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.53 31 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 33 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 34 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 0.56 35 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.57 36 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.58 37 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 38 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.01 39 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 1.02 41 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 1.03 44 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 1.04 45 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 46 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.05 47 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 48 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 49 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 50 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.06 51 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.07 52 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 1.08 53 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 54 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.09 55 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 56 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.10 57 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 58 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 59 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.11 60 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.13 61 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 62 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.15 63 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1.16 64 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 65 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 1.17 66 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 67 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18 68 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 69 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.20 70 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 71 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 1.21 72 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 73 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 1.23 74 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 75 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 76 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.27 78 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 79 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 80 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 1.36 81 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.37 82 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.40 83 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 1.42 84 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 1.43 85 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 1.45 86 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.49 87 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 1.51 88 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.55 89 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.57 90 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.59 91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.08 92 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.14 93 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 2.18 94 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.33 95 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.35 96 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 97 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.36 98 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.37 99 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.40 100 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 101 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 102 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 2.43 103 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.58 104 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3.19 105 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 3.26 106 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 3.27 107 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.56 108 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3.59 109 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.01 110 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 4.03 111 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.08 112 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 4.18 113 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.25 114 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.49 115 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 116 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 4.51 117 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.55 118 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.09 119 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 5.13 120 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 5.15 121 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 5.36 122 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 5.39 123 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.45 124 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6.26 125 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 6.32 126 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 6.37 127 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 6.47 128 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.52 129 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 6.53 130 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 6.55 131 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 7.04 132 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 7.08 133 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.48 134 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 7.54 135 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.58 136 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 8.30 137 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 8.38 138 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 8.39 139 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 8.42 140 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8.49 141 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.02 142 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 143 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 9.08 144 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9.09 145 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.10 146 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 10.19 147 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 11.11 148 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 12.00 149 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 12.08 150 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.49 151 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 13.01 152 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 13.07 153 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.22 154 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.47 155 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 14.08 156 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 14.35 157 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 15.22 158 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.22 159 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 17.44 160 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 17.54 161 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 18.50 162 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20.28 163 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.24 164 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 24.41 165 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27.24 166 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 27.34 167 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.15 168 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 29.05 169 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 32.20 170 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 32.33 171 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 36.26 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 157 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 147 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 135 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 116 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 103 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 95 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 93 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 90 9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 77 10 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 11 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61 12 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 61 13 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 60 14 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 51 15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 44 16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43 17 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 18 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 36 19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 20 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32 21 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 31 22 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 28 23 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25 24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 24 25 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 23 27 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 23 28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 21 29 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 30 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 31 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 18 32 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 18 33 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 17 34 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 35 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 36 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 16 37 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 38 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 15 39 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 40 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 14 41 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 13 42 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 43 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 44 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 45 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 12 46 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 11 47 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11 48 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 10 49 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 50 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 10 51 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 52 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 9 53 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 54 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 55 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 9 56 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 8 57 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 58 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 8 59 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 6 60 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 61 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 62 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 63 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 5 64 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 65 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 66 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 4 67 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 4 68 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 4 69 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 4 70 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 71 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 4 72 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3 73 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3 74 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3 75 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 76 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 77 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2 78 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 79 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 80 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2 81 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 82 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1 83 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1 Mountains classification 1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 pts 2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 17 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 4 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 5 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9 6 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 7 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 8 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 11 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 12 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 4 13 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 3 15 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 16 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 17 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2 18 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 2 19 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 21 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 22 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 23 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 29.21.42 2 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.03 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 0.14 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 0.20 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 0.23 6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 0.26 7 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 0.28 8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.38 9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 10 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 0.54 11 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.55 12 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.58 13 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 1.01 14 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 1.03 15 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.55 16 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.58 17 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.19 18 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5.44 19 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 12.19 20 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15.40 21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 26.52 22 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.33 23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 28.23 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Team 88.04.46 2 Team CSC 0.01 3 T-Mobile Team 0.02 4 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 0.07 5 Gerolsteiner 0.18 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.26 7 Lampre-Fondital 0.37 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.42 9 Rabobank 10 Credit Agricole 0.43 11 AG2R Prevoyance 0.44 12 Francaise Des Jeux 1.03 13 Bouygues Telecom 1.10 14 Davitamon - Lotto 1.12 15 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.15 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.27 17 Team Milram 1.28 18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.40 19 Liquigas 1.56 20 Agritubel 1.59
