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93rd Tour de France - ProT
France, July 1-23, 2006
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Stage 8 - Sunday, July 9: Saint-Méen-le-Grand - Lorient, 181 km
Finally... a breakaway success!
Sylvain Calzati: The Lorient Express
By Anthony Tan & Brecht Decaluwé in Lorient, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney
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Until today, many tried, but for one reason or another, failed in their attempt to escape the peloton's grasp. After a difficult opening week and yesterday's 52-kilometre slog against the clock, though, the sprinters' teams found themselves a little winded when it the time came to chase, giving hope to the sextet out front.
The flipside, however, was that each of them knew this. To win today's stage would require an element of surprise, and Sylvain Calzati's counter with just over 30 kilometres to go turned out to be a perfect jack-in-the-box move.
Once away on his own, the recently-turned 27 year-old summoned his forces from within, calling upon his three years' experience as a professional to distribute his remaining energy as efficiently as possible. This he did to perfection, the previous Tour de l'Avenir champion continuing his time trial of yesterday all the way to Lorient, and in doing so, earning the biggest win of his career.
"I am completely overwhelmed," said Calzati at the finish line. "I was able to take my chance today, and then continued on with a huge final effort... And I made it!"
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"Vincent Lavenu [team manager of AG2R - ed. told me that there was a little climb in the next village. Explaining why I attacked there is impossible, it was intuition, I think. What I did know is that when I was alone on top of that climb, I could keep on going."
Finishing two minutes behind Calzati were two remnants of the early breakaway, with Liquigas rider Kjell Carlström outsprinting Patrice Halgand of Crédit Agricole. Ten seconds later, maillot vert Robbie McEwen continued to assert his sprinter superiority, comfortably beating Daniele Bennati and Erik Zabel for fourth, thus seeing no change to the leaderboard.
"This is absolutely fantastic," continued Calzati, still in shock over his accomplishment.
"I thought a lot about my wife and my little girl [during my escape], who are my good luck charms. There was so much going through my mind... I thought about everybody; my family, my trainers... also about the past year.
"2006 was a terrible year for me due to illness and a fall early on in the season [at the Etoile de Bessèges - ed.]. I'm very happy to be back at my level of 2004," he said.
Tomorrow brings a welcome day of rest for the 170 remaining coureurs in the 93rd Tour de France, but not before a 500 kilometre-long air-transfer between Lorient and Bordeaux. And yes, the Pyrenées are now looming.
How it unfolded
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After the tough time test on Saturday, Sunday's stage was predictable with a long break getting away across the verdant rolling hills of central Brittany to finish in the gritty seaport of Lorient. Stage 8 had four categorized climbs: the steep Cat. 3 Cote de Mur-de-Bretagne (75.0km), Cat. 4 Cote de Saint-Mayeux (78.5km), Cat. 4 Cote de Gouarec (94.0km) and Cat. 4 Cote de Ty Marrec (138.5km), and three intermediate sprints Plessala (38.0km), Locmalo (112.5km) and Plouay (142.0km).
Stage 8 started at 31 minutes after midday on a cool Sunday with light rain. 170 riders rolled out of the village of Saint-Méen-le-Grand, birthplace of three-time Tour winner Louison Bobet and his brother Jean. American Bobby Julich (CSC) didn't start, as he was forced to abandon after crashing after 1.5km in yesterday's time trial.
It was an active start with plenty of attacking and the first one to succeed came from Etxebarria (Euskaltel) after 17.5km in Saint-Launeuc . Seven got across to the little Basque: Voigt (CSC), Dumoulin (AG2R), Weening (Rabobank), Vansevenant (Davitamon), Garcia-Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne), Grabsch (Milram) and Coutouly (Agritubel) - at the 18km mark. Maillot jaune Gonchar's T-Mobile team and Lampre were chasing and after 29km, the break had 0'35. At the first intermediate sprint in Plessala after 38.0km, little Sammy Dumoulin, big Cente Garcia and Jensy Voigt got the points and time bonus just 0'22 ahead of the fast closing peloton, and it all came back together in Plouguenast at the 45.5 km mark after one hour of racing.
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The weather had started to clear as the Tour peloton headed deeper into the green heart of the rural countryside with huge Sunday crowds lining the road in cycling-mad Brittany. CSC's Dave Zabriskie made a clever counter-move 2km after the first break was caught and his attack attracted watchdog Matze Kessler (T-Mobile), Calzati (AG2R), Aerts (Davitamon) and Carlström (Liquigas). Halgand (Credit Agricole) went after the break after 48km, and it took him 8km to bridge, while the peloton was almost 2'00 behind. Dave Z was stung by a bee and was treated by the race doc, but the determined American brushed it off and kept riding hard in the escape.
After 63km in Le Quillio, the fast moving break had gained its max advantage of 7'30 over a Phonak-led peloton. Among the huge crowds lining the steep Cat. 3 Cote de Mur-de-Bretagne after 75.0km, Calzati took the points and doubled up on the next ascent of the Cat. 4 Cote de Saint-Mayeux just 3.5km later, and the escape was 6'20 ahead of the peloton.
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At Locmalo after 112.5km, the day's second intermediate sprint, non-sprinter Zabriskie beat Calzati and Aerts and his six-second time bonus was enough to move Dave Z past break watchdog Kessler on GC. The sun had come out and the sidewind blowing from the northwest kept the speed in the break high. Zabriskie had been maillot jaune virtuel for quite a while and was working hard in the escape along with Carlström and Halgand, while AG2R's Calzati seemed to be soft pedaling and Kessler was just sitting on, protecting his T-Mobile leader Gonchar's advantage.
Finally as the last 50km arrived, Phonak got some help chasing from Française des Jeux as the break was still 4'00 up the road. Next on the menu du jour was the ascent of the Cat. 4 Cote de Ty Marrec with 42km to go, followed by the final intermediate sprint in Plouay. This stretch of road was the site of the final kilometres of the 2000 World Championships as well as the GP de l'Ouest France and Calzati topped the climb again, while Aerts took the bonus sprint ahead of a surging Dave Z. As the peloton climbed the Cote de Ty Marrec 3'25 behind, perhaps maillot jaune Gonchar's and George Hincapie were having deja vu: Gonchar's won his TT world title here while Hincapie took the GP de l'Ouest France last year on these same roads. Phonak had left the chasing role, but Française des Jeux was now aided by Lampre-Fondital up front.
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After the town of Plouay, the break seemed to lose cohesion as it headed to Hennebont and the finish in Lorient. Calzati saw his chance and after Calan with 32km to go, the AG2R man made a huge attack and flew the coop. Halgand tried to chase as the others just sat there and watched as Zabriskie knew any move he made would be tracked by watchdog Kessler. Halgand croaked as he tried to chase down the flying Calzati, but luckily Finnish rider Carlström came across.
In Hennebont with 21km to race, Calzati had 0'45 on Carlström and Halgand, 1'00 on Dave Z, Aerts and Kessler, with the peloton at 2'30. A few clicks later, the CSC, Davitamon-Lotto and T-Mobile rider sat up and were absorbed and the peloton shut off the chase, ensuring that the first three riders would make it to the line ahead of them. In Lorient, Calzati took his second career win after the 2004 Tour de l'Avenir, while the Flying Finn of Liquigas-Bianchi took a well deserved runner-up spot ahead of Halgand, while Robbie Mac smacked the rest of the sprinters down in the bunch sprint for 4th place.
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After Stage 8, the Tour entourage will board a charter flight to Bordeaux and hope to see the World Cup final between Italy and France, then enjoy rest day #1 at this topsy-turvy 2006 Tour De France in Bordeaux.
Stage 9 - Tuesday July 11: Bordeaux-Dax, 170km
Phase Two of the 93rd Tour begins today as the peloton heads south through the piney woods of Les Landes on this dead flat stage to Dax, hometown of renowned French road sprinter Andre' Darrigade. The sprinters' teams will be looking to keep things under control in the battle for the maillot vert as the Pyrenees Mountains loom in the heat haze to the south. Can Big Bad Boonen finally beat Rockin' Robbie Mac on the Route de Tercis? Not if Mac's lovely new leadout go-go Gert Steegmans has anything to say about it!
Photography
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- The initial break gets under way
- The bunch comes through.
- The break comes up the Cote de Mur-de-Bretagne.
- Sylvain Calzati (AG2R) leads the break.
- David Zabriskie (CSC) spent the afternoon in the break.
- Phonak leads the chase.
- Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Discovery) makes it over the climb with the rest of the bunch trailing.
- Robbie McEwen (Daviamon-Lotto) wins the long sprint for 4th.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) before his first day in yellow
- Ukrainians Serguei Gonchar and Yaroslav Popovych
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) with Beppe Guerini
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) rides in the pack
- Eddy Mazzoleni with Serguei Gonchar
- Mazzoleni and Gonchar side by side
- Mazzoleni and Gonchar chat in the feed zone
- Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) gets hungry and eats his hat
- Phonak set the pace for Floyd Landis today
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step) enjoying the Tour
- Daniele Righi working for Lampre-Fondital
- The break rides past an ancient cathedral in Brittany
- Here comes the break
- Phonak leads the chase through a Breton village
- Patrice Halgand takes his sunnies off
- Carlstrom and Halgand give chase
- Sylvain Calzati (AG2R) wins the eighth stage
- Sylvain Calzati (AG2R) celebrates in Lorient
- Sylvain Calzati (AG2R) with the photo of his family
- Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas) wins the sprint for second
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Cycling is popular in this part of the world
- Sylvain Calzati (AG2R) gets a huge cheer
- Sylvain Calzati (AG2R) triumphs in Lorient
- Sylvain Calzati (AG2R) crosses the line with a photo of his family
- Sylvain Calzati (AG2R) celebrates his win
- The peloton in sight of second and third place
- Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas) beats Halgand for second
- Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas) takes second
- The sprint for fourth place in Lorient
- The dash for fourth sees McEwen get it
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) easily wins the sprint for fourth in Lorient
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) strengthened his grip on the green
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) not happy again
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) cruises in
- Vlad Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) crosses the line
- Jerome Pineau (Bouygues) spent another day in polkadots
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) post-race
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) looks for a drink
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) at the end of his first day in yellow
- Sylvain Calzati (AG2R) gets up on stage
- Sylvain Calzati (AG2R) on the podium as stage winner
- Sylvain Calzati (AG2R) smiles on the podium
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) dons the yellow jersey
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) will wear the maillot jaune going into tomorrow's rest day in Bordeaux
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) salutes the crowd
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) salutes at the end of the day in the maillot jaune
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) is congratulated by Bernard Hinault
- Everyone wants a podium shot
Images by AFP Photo
- Serguei Gonchar (T-Mobile) in his first maillot jaune
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) punctures towards the end of the stage
- Sylvain Calzati (AG2R) en route to victory
- Sylvain Calzati (AG2R) wins the stage in Lorient
Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com
- Calzati right after his win in stage 8 of the Tour de France.
- Patrice Halgand lost the sprint for second.
- Robbie McEwen won the bunch sprint for fourth place, just before Daniele Bennati.
- Erik Zabel finished sixth.
- Serguei Gonchar enters the rest day with the yellow jersey.
- Mario Aerts was in the decisive break but failed to exploit that position.
- Calzati talking with the media after the race.
- Calzati at the press conference.
Results
1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 4.13.18 (42.784 km/h) 2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.05 3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.15 5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 10 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 12 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 13 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 14 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 16 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 17 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 18 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 20 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 24 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 26 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 27 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 29 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 30 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 31 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 32 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 35 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 36 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 37 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 38 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 39 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 40 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 41 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 42 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 43 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 44 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 45 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 47 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 48 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 49 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 50 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 51 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 52 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 53 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 54 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 56 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 57 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 58 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 59 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 61 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 62 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 63 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 64 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 65 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 66 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 67 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 68 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 69 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 70 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 71 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 72 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 73 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 74 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 75 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 77 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 78 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 79 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 80 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 81 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 82 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 83 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 85 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 86 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 87 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 88 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 89 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 90 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 92 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 94 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 95 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 96 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 97 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 98 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 99 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 100 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 101 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 102 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 103 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 104 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 105 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 106 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 107 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 108 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 109 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 110 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 111 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 112 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 114 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 115 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 116 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 118 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 119 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 120 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 121 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 122 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 123 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 124 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 125 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 126 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 127 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 128 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 129 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 130 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 131 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 132 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 133 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 134 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 135 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 136 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 137 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 138 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 139 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 140 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 141 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 142 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 143 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 144 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 145 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 146 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 147 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 148 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 149 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 150 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 151 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 152 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 153 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 154 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 155 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 156 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 157 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 158 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 159 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 160 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 161 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 162 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 163 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 164 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 165 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 166 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 167 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 168 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 169 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 170 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.10 Points 1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 35 pts 2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 30 3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 24 5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 20 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 19 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 18 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 17 10 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 15 12 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 14 13 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 13 14 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 15 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 11 16 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 10 17 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 9 18 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 19 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 7 20 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 21 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 22 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 4 23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 3 24 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 25 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 1 Mountains Côte de Mûr-de-Bretagne - Cat. 3, km 75 1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 4 pts 2 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 3 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 2 4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Côte de Saint-Mayeux - Cat. 4, km 78.5 1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 3 pts 2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 3 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1 Côte de Gouarec - Cat. 4, km 94 1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 3 pts 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2 3 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Côte de Ty Marrec - Cat. 4, km 138.5 1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 3 pts 2 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 3 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Sprints Plessala, km 38 1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 pts 2 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 Locmalo, km 112.5 1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 4 3 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 Plouay, km 142 1 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 pts 2 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 4 3 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 Young rider 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 4.15.33 2 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 3 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 6 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 7 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 8 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 9 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 10 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 11 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 14 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 17 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 19 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 21 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 22 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 23 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval Most combative 1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance Teams 1 AG2R Prevoyance 12.44.24 2 Credit Agricole 2.05 3 Liquigas 4 Team Milram 2.15 5 Davitamon - Lotto 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Lampre-Fondital 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Quick Step - Innergetic 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13 Francaise Des Jeux 14 Bouygues Telecom 15 Team CSC 16 T-Mobile Team 17 Rabobank 18 Discovery Channel Team 19 Agritubel 20 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears General classification after stage 8 1 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 34.38.53 2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 1.00 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 1.08 4 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 1.45 5 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.50 6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.52 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.53 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.00 11 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 2.03 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 2.07 13 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 2.10 14 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 2.14 15 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.22 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2.27 17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 2.30 18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.57 19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 3.01 20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.15 21 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 22 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 3.25 23 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 3.27 24 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 3.34 25 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 3.38 26 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 3.46 27 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.47 28 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 3.50 29 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.56 30 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 31 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 3.58 32 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4.07 33 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 4.09 34 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 35 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4.10 36 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4.33 37 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 38 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 4.42 40 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4.44 41 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.46 42 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 43 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.00 44 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 5.05 45 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 5.19 46 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 5.25 47 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 5.26 48 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5.29 49 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 5.34 50 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.35 52 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 5.39 53 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 5.42 54 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 5.44 57 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 58 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6.02 59 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.11 60 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 6.12 61 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.15 62 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 6.16 63 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 6.17 64 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 65 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 6.19 66 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.24 67 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 6.25 68 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 69 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 6.27 70 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 6.28 71 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 6.30 72 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6.36 73 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.55 74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 6.58 75 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 76 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.06 77 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7.14 78 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 79 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 7.15 80 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.16 81 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 7.18 82 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7.20 83 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 7.21 84 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.24 85 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 86 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 7.34 87 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 7.45 88 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.54 89 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7.58 90 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.59 91 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.11 92 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 8.18 93 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 8.19 94 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 95 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 8.20 96 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 8.22 97 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.27 98 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8.28 99 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.31 100 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 8.32 101 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 8.34 102 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8.42 103 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 8.43 104 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.46 105 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 8.48 106 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 107 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.51 108 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 9.04 109 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 9.16 110 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 9.26 111 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 9.31 112 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.52 114 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 9.59 115 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 10.17 116 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 10.20 117 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 10.42 118 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 10.59 119 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 11.14 120 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11.21 121 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11.23 122 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.49 123 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 11.57 124 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 12.11 125 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 12.15 126 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 12.19 127 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 12.23 128 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 12.42 129 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 13.00 130 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 13.09 131 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 13.21 132 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.35 133 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 13.40 134 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.01 135 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 14.05 136 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14.11 137 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 14.27 138 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 14.31 139 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 14.34 140 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.57 141 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 15.07 142 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 15.23 143 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16.08 144 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.18 145 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 16.21 146 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17.50 147 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 17.55 148 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17.59 149 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 18.11 150 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 18.53 151 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 19.17 152 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 19.24 153 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.36 154 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 19.39 155 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 20.10 156 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20.58 157 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 21.17 158 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 24.38 159 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 24.46 160 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 24.54 161 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27.32 162 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28.16 163 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 32.30 164 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 33.37 165 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 35.32 166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 35.42 167 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 35.58 168 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.23 169 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 38.23 170 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 43.25 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 181 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 164 3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 146 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 138 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 118 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 115 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 112 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 108 9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 77 10 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 11 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 12 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 74 13 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 60 14 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 59 15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 44 16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43 17 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 39 19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 20 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 36 21 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 33 22 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32 23 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32 24 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 32 25 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 31 26 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 28 27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 27 28 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 29 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25 30 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 25 31 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 24 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 23 33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 21 34 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20 35 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 36 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 37 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 19 38 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 18 39 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18 40 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 18 41 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 42 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 17 43 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16 44 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 45 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 46 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 15 47 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 48 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 15 49 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 50 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 14 51 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 14 52 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 13 53 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 13 54 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 13 55 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12 56 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 57 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11 58 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10 59 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10 60 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 61 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 62 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9 63 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 9 64 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 9 65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 66 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 67 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 8 68 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 8 69 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 6 70 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 71 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 72 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 73 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 74 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 4 75 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 4 76 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 4 77 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 4 78 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4 79 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 4 80 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3 81 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3 82 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3 83 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2 84 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2 85 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2 86 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 87 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 88 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2 89 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 90 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1 91 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1 92 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 93 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 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 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 13 5 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 6 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9 7 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 8 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 6 9 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 10 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6 11 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 13 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 14 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 15 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4 16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 3 17 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 18 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3 19 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 20 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 21 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 2 22 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2 23 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 24 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 25 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 26 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 27 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1 28 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1 Young rider classification 1 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.40.43 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 1.11 3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 2.08 4 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.54 5 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 3.29 6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 3.35 7 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 3.36 8 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram 4.37 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.16 10 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 5.25 11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5.44 12 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 5.55 13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 6.29 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 6.42 15 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6.44 16 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.01 17 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 7.36 18 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.41 19 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 17.27 20 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.27 21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 31.47 22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 33.42 23 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.33 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 103.59.39 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.09 3 Gerolsteiner 3.56 4 Team CSC 4.18 5 AG2R Prevoyance 4.28 6 Discovery Channel Team 4.29 7 Francaise Des Jeux 5.36 8 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 6.00 9 Rabobank 6.01 10 Bouygues Telecom 9.19 11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 9.20 12 Davitamon - Lotto 13 Lampre-Fondital 9.28 14 Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.59 15 Team Milram 11.17 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 13.14 17 Quick Step - Innergetic 13.30 18 Liquigas 13.35 19 Credit Agricole 16.26 20 Agritubel 16.38
