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93rd Tour de France - ProT

France, July 1-23, 2006

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Stage 5 - Thursday, July 6: Beauvais - Caen, 225 km

Nostradamus or not? Freire predicts and wins in Caen

Another night in yellow for Tommeke

By Anthony Tan & Brecht Decaluwé in Caen, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney

Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
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Today's finish in Caen has thrown a dark horse into the list of favourites for the maillot vert: Oscar Freire.

Once again, a late regrouping created chaos with crashes before and after Samuel Dumoulin and Björn Schröder's capture, the two riders that tried to defy the inevitable today. Somewhat miraculously, all the best sprinters managed to stay upright, as Tom Boonen's two-best lead-out men, Matteo Tosatto and Steven De Jongh, led the peloton under the flamme rouge.

It was a wild and whacky last thousand metres with order nonexistent. Although Davitamon-Lotto's Gert Steegmans was there for Robbie McEwen, both Freire and Boonen gave their final acceleration 200 metres from the line, the former down the right and the latter up the middle...

... but it was Oscarito's power-punch that proved superior, winning the drag race on the boulevard Guillou - just as he predicted. Iñaki Isasi from Euskaltel-Euskadi, a newcomer to the big boys' sprint game, found himself third, while David Kopp and maillot vert McEwen were fourth and fifth respectively.

"My wife also predicted that I would win, so maybe I really have such powers," smiled Freire about his Nostradamus-like powers, forecasting his second Tour de France stage win before it even happened. "But seriously, we all know it doesn't work like that!"

"Every day, I tried to win but didn't succeed, so I needed to change tactics. Normally, I'm sitting on wheels and I wait until an opportunity arises; I lacked the initiative to grab the win.

Tom Boonen (Quick.Step)
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"Today, I planned to take some more risks and take the initiative, something I usually wouldn't do - it delivered immediately. I started the sprint too early, but in the end it didn't matter," said the 30 year-old from Torrelavega, Cantabria.

"Today I made a mistake at 200 metres of the finish; I think I'm a little bit too nervous," Boonen said.

Given he was winning stages back in March at Paris-Nice, he was asked if his lack of a stage win may be due to an already long season so far.

"First of all, this is not Paris-Nice; over there, I could stay in the wheel of Steven De Jongh until 200 metres till the finish. I just needed to overtake him, and that resulted in a win.

"In the Tour de France, it's not like that. The riders are the same but they are all very nervous and they do dangerous things in an effort to win the race, also today. But for me, I'm also more stressed and nervous and that doesn't work. We all know that if you're relaxed, you can win; on the other hand, if you are nervous you can't win. But... ça c'est le Tour!," laughed Boonen.

Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
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The battle for green was already fierce. Now, with the addition of Freire to the sprint equation, this competition is tipped to become one of the closest in years. At present, just 41 points separate the first five riders.

Said Freire: "I'll try to continue like I'm doing right now, as it delivered straight away. On the other hand, taking the [yellow] jersey isn't really an objective, because there are many riders close together on general classification. So it's not an objective; I mainly want to win stages."

With the top ten GC riders bar Daniele Bennati all finishing on equal time, the leaderboard stays largely unchanged, apart from Freire shooting himself upwards from 20th to 3rd. As a consequence, the current world champion will spend another day in yellow, although one can't help feel a growing sense of frustration at his lack of a stage win so far, even though he might not say it.

"All is going well, as I have the yellow jersey for three days now, so I'm happy for myself and for the team," said Boonen. "We're still not that far into this Tour de France, so there will be more chances for me to win a stage."

How it unfolded

The bunch was content
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On a temperate midsummer's Thursday in Beauvais, the Tour peloton of 172 riders started Stage 5 at 11:40 with sunny skies and temps in the low 20s. However, the real start was at 11:54 after a roll through a 5.6 km neutral zone.

Agritubel opened the hostilities as the day's first GPM approached on the Cat 4 Mont des Fourches after 10.5 km and Bouygues Telecom was in control, with maillot á pois Jerome Pineau and his team-mates Fedrigo and Geslin first over the top.

Geslin tried to get away but sat up after 18 km as he realized the peloton wasn't letting him go. Another attack quickly went after 20 km near Jamericourt. Eight riders were on the move, Ag2r's mini-me Sammy Dumoulin, German TT champ Seppel Lang (GST), Bram De Groot (RAB), Danny Righi (LAM), Bram Tankink (QSI), Auge (COF), Quinziato (LIQ) and Schröder (MRM). But the chase was on behind as Davitamon-Lotto, Bouygues Telecom and Credit Agricole were all in front.

After 20 km of chasing, the break was about to be caught near Vesly when Dumoulin and Schröder attacked off the front of the break, and once the chasers realized what happened, they let the duo go.

Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R-Prevoyance)
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After one hour of racing, 45.5 km were covered and the break suddenly had a 3'00 lead. At the day's first intermediate sprint after 66.5 km in Les Andelys, (66.5 km), Dumoulin took the points ahead of his break-mate Schröder, while over 8 minutes later, it was long, tall Johan Vansummeren (Davitamon-Lotto) who jumped ahead of the peloton across the sprint line to take the 2" bonus and points. 39.9 km were covered in hour two of racing, with the average speed for the first two hours is 42.9 km/h and the peloton had very little interest in chasing the front duo.

After 86 km of racing in Louviers, the gap was had skyrocketed to 12'50, which finally got the attention of the peloton and was their maximum lead. The pace behind increased, and on the day's second GPM, the Cat 4 Cote du Buquet after 109.0 km, the gap had dropped to 10'50 and Schröder took the points ahead of his break-mate, while Wegmann took the last points.

Suddenly, the skies opened up as the break approached the feed zone in Bourgetheroulde after 117 km. Hour three was raced at 38.7 km/h average speed, while the overall average was 41.5 km/h. The break and the peloton got soaked as a thunderstorm had come up the Seine River from the English Channel, while Quick.Step was riding the tempo on the front about 8'00 behind.

As the break and peloton moved west into the heart of Normandy and the storm east towards Paris, the sun came out dried the riders off quickly. Atop Stage 5's third categorized climb, the Cat 4 Cote de Saint-Gregoire-du-Vievre after 134.5 km, Dumoulin took the GPM, with Pineau taking the third place points 7'30 behind the break.

The speed
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As the next intermediate sprint approached in Saint-Gregoire-du-Vievre 6 km later, Dumoulin was first, while once again the lanky figure of Vansummeren emerged from the peloton 7'00 behind and got out front to deny anyone else the points toward the maillot vert. Quick.Step was now joined by Davitamon-Lotto on the front to help in the chase of the two fugitives.

19 km later on the final GPM of Stage 5, the Cat 4 Cote du Boulay after 159.0 km, Schröder and Dumoulin were first and second, while maillot á pois leader Pineau was third, 6'00 behind. Freckle-face Christophe Brandt of Davitamon-Lotto was riding hard tempo on the front, trying to bring the leaders' gap down with 66 km still left to race. Next up was the Pont-L'Eveque sprint with 50 km to go, where Dumoulin won and once again Vansummeren jumped the gun in the peloton 4'40 behind.

After the sprint, a crash delayed maillot jaune Boonen, but his team including a rejuvenated Pippo Pozzato quickly brought him back. The parcours headed due west towards the English Channel on the D118 road, then swung left and headed close to water on the D27 road into Caen with 37 km to go.

It was now or never for the chasers as they couldn't afford to dawdle and Credit Agricole and Lampre had now joined the chase. The break began to lose time more quickly now and with 10 km to go on the outskirts of Caen, they still had 1'20, but it wouldn't be enough. After 202 km of liberty, the break was finally reeled in Caen.

The run in to the finish
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In the last 5 km, Liquigas-Bianchi was in charge until Milram's Sacchi wound it up, but Quick.Step covered the move and as the peloton entered the last kilometre, Quick.Step's mini-train with Pozzato and DeJongh were pulling hard for Boonen. Velo then wound it up for Zabel at 600m, and next up was big Geert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto) went all out on the front for Robbie McEwen until 250m, then peeled off and suddenly there was a general hesitation. Boonen didn't want to go too early again and came off DeJongh's wheel on the left side, with 200m to go. then moved towards the middle as McEwen was swarmed by the maillot jaune's charge.

But as Boonen was preparing to make his move and Steegmans peeled off right, three-time world champion Oscar Freire made a brilliant catlike move from 10th position, jumping right past Steegmans and accelerating all the way to the line. Freire easily held off Boonen's charge to earn his second career Tour de France stage win, while third place went to Euskaltel-Euskadi's Isasi. Boonen kept the maillot jaune, with T-Mobile's world TT champ Mick Rogers 17 behind. Rogers is poised to possibly take over the maillot jaune Saturday at Stage 7 ITT.

Friday, July 7 - Stage 6: Lisieux-Vitré, 184 km

On the day before a big time trial, the GC contenders often want to downshift and chill before the big time test, so look for a wide open stage through the bocage (backwoods) of western France on the road to Vitré, where a break of non-contenders just might succeed on this shortish stage.

Photography

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Results

1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                       5.18.50 (42.341 km/h)
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic                                   
3 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
4 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                       
8 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval                                    
9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram                                                  
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux                                 
11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                             
12 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
13 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis                                           
14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis                                              
15 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile                                           
16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      
17 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
18 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                      
19 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile                                           
20 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                      
21 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile                                         
22 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram                                            
23 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                                 
24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux                               
25 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                                 
26 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                                
27 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      
28 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis                                              
29 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak                                           
30 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic                             
31 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval                                        
32 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                                           
33 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                         
34 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak                                               
35 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak                                              
36 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                        
37 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
38 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      
39 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux                                
40 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
41 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            
42 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                     
43 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak                                                
44 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel                              
45 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
46 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                                               
47 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic                                 
48 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     
49 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                      
50 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
51 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                                        
52 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                 
53 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                         
54 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance                                 
55 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                    
56 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
57 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile                                          
58 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                
59 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval                                     
60 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram                                            
61 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval                                      
62 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval                                        
63 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                                 
64 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                               
65 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram                                               
66 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                                             
67 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                          
68 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
69 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                              
70 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                        
71 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
72 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
73 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance                                   
74 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         
75 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval                                    
76 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak                                             
77 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval                                   
78 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
79 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                           
80 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                             
81 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                               
82 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
83 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
84 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance                                     
85 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
86 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram                                            
87 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel                             
88 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
89 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                      
90 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel                                           
91 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                    
92 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
93 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
94 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                           
95 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                           
96 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic                             
97 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic                          
98 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic                              
99 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
100 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
101 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
102 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              
103 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis                                        
104 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram                                             
105 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                                        
106 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic                               
107 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
108 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel                                  
109 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                 
110 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
111 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           
112 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
113 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak                                           
114 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                         
115 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                 
116 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                        
117 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             
118 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     
119 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                    
120 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic                         
121 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                  
122 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                           
123 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
124 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
125 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
126 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile                                        
127 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval                                       
128 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
129 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                                   
130 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel                                        
131 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
132 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      
133 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                
134 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                  
135 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
136 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak                            
137 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                         
138 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
139 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
140 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic                         0.23
141 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
142 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                    0.32
143 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                     0.43
144 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                        
145 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel                                   0.45
146 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel                              1.17
147 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
148 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                           
149 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       2.07
150 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                          
151 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux                                
152 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                    2.14
153 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis                                          
154 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                              3.10
155 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                            
156 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            3.23
157 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
158 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                          
159 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                    3.25
160 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak                                              
161 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak                                          
162 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                  3.50
163 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis                                       3.56
164 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   4.31
165 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              4.32
166 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
167 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
168 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             4.34
169 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              4.49
170 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  5.14
171 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                           12.43
172 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval                            13.48
 
Points
 
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                            35 pts
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic                                 30
3 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    26
4 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          24
5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                    22
6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                20
7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                     19
8 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval                                  18
9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram                                                17
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux                               16
11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                           15
12 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               14
13 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis                                         13
14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis                                            12
15 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile                                         11
16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    10
17 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  9
18 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                     8
19 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile                                          7
20 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                     6
21 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile                                        5
22 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram                                           4
23 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                                3
24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux                              2
25 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                                1
 
Mountains
 
 
Mont des Fourches, - Cat. 4, km 10.5
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    3 pts
2 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 2
3 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   1
 
Côte du Buquet - Cat. 4, km 109 
1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                             3 pts
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                   2
3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       1
 
Côte de Saint-Grégoire-du-Vièvre - Cat. 4, km 134.5 
1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                             3 pts
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                   2
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    1
 
Côte du Boulay - Cat. 4, km 159 
1 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                             3 pts
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                   2
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    1
 
Points
 
Les Andelys, km 66.5
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                   6 pts
2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                             4
3 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 2
 
Saint-Georges-Du-Vievre, km 140.5
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                   6 pts
2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                             4
3 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 2
 
Pont-L'Evêque, km 175
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                   6 pts
2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                             4
3 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 2
 
Young rider
 
1 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval                             5.18.50
2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux                                  
3 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram                                             
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux                                
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux                                 
6 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic                                  
7 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                          
8 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram                                             
9 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval                                       
10 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                              
12 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
13 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel                                           
14 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                           
15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                           
16 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic                             
17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
18 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram                                              
19 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
20 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                            
21 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.17
22 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             3.23
23 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval                             13.48
 
Most combative
 
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                    
 
Teams
 
1 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                     15.56.30
2 T-Mobile Team                                                            
3 Francaise Des Jeux                                                       
4 Bouygues Telecom                                                         
5 Team Milram                                                              
6 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                  
7 Rabobank                                                                 
8 Gerolsteiner                                                             
9 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears                                           
10 Discovery Channel Team                                                  
11 Davitamon - Lotto                                                       
12 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                  
13 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                  
14 Lampre-Fondital                                                         
15 Team CSC                                                                
16 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                     
17 Agritubel                                                               
18 Credit Agricole                                                         
19 Liquigas                                                                
20 AG2R Prevoyance                                                         
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic                           25.10.51
2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                                        0.13
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                          0.17
4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                                  
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   0.19
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                  0.24
7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                             0.27
8 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak                                            0.28
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                0.29
10 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile                                          
11 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile                                         
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                   0.32
13 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                 
14 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval                                    0.33
15 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile                                     0.35
16 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                          
17 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile                                       0.36
18 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    0.37
19 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                      
20 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                             
21 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile                                       0.38
22 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel                          0.39
23 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                 0.40
24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                              
25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                      
26 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              0.42
27 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                0.43
28 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             0.44
29 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval                                     
30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        0.45
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                           0.48
35 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             0.49
36 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  0.50
37 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                         
38 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  0.53
39 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                          
40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux                            0.54
41 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
42 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
43 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak                                       0.55
44 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram                                        0.56
45 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak                                                
46 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                           0.57
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                           0.58
51 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               0.59
52 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval                                  1.00
53 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                    
54 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             1.01
55 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                  
56 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.02
57 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic                                 
58 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      
59 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   1.03
60 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                             1.05
61 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis                                           
62 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                         1.07
63 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                                1.08
64 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic                              
65 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak                         1.09
66 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel                                   
67 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1.10
68 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                   
69 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                1.12
70 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram                                              
71 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                 1.13
72 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis                                         
73 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                       1.15
74 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
75 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval                                        
76 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance                                     
77 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
78 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                    1.19
79 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                          
80 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                                         
81 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.28
82 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram                                            
83 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                     1.29
84 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       1.32
85 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                  1.34
86 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel                                       1.35
87 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram                                        1.37
88 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel                               1.39
89 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.41
90 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval                               1.43
91 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1.46
92 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.47
93 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           1.51
94 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     2.06
95 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak                                        2.10
96 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       2.13
97 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.25
98 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                             2.27
99 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               2.28
100 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                2.29
101 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                             2.32
102 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval                                  
103 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance                            2.35
104 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       3.11
105 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                                          3.12
106 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak                                        3.18
107 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                 3.19
108 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                    3.48
109 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                    3.51
110 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak                                         3.52
111 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             3.53
112 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval                               3.55
113 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    4.00
114 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic                     4.04
115 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak                                          4.10
116 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  4.17
117 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               4.41
118 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel                                       
119 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              4.59
120 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  5.01
121 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel                                    5.05
122 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel                        5.07
123 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                    5.28
124 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           5.37
125 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                                      5.52
126 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            5.58
127 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic                           6.18
128 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                          
129 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                              6.29
130 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                  6.38
131 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis                                       6.39
132 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic                        6.45
133 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval                                   6.47
134 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          6.49
135 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                              6.56
136 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                         7.31
137 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                            7.46
138 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            7.50
139 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                        8.31
140 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux                                
141 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                           8.34
142 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   8.41
143 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 8.47
144 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                8.54
145 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                   9.00
146 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  9.01
147 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram                                         10.11
148 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic                        11.03
149 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis                                        11.52
150 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak                                     12.00
151 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                      12.15
152 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                   12.18
153 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              12.41
154 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                      12.53
155 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               13.14
156 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 13.39
157 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                     14.00
158 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           14.02
159 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis                                     15.14
160 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis                                       16.59
161 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic                    17.36
162 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               18.08
163 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                    18.42
164 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            22.16
165 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis                                        24.33
166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             25.33
167 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval                            26.35
168 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            27.38
169 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           28.07
170 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic                       28.57
171 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                   30.04
172 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                           35.01
 
Points classification
 
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                   122 pts
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic                                121
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank                                           115
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  86
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                     81
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram                                                76
7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                            72
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux                                69
9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis                                             63
10 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval                                 61
11 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   54
12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile                                         51
13 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     50
14 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         46
15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                               44
16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                         43
17 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               36
18 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                       31
19 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      31
20 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile                                         28
21 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis                                         28
22 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile                                       25
23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile                                         24
24 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 23
25 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel                                 22
26 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux                             21
27 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               20
28 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                 18
29 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval                                18
30 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                16
31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             16
32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             16
33 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                     15
34 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel                            15
35 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance                               14
36 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                    14
37 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    12
38 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram                                           12
39 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak                                            11
40 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     11
41 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis                                            11
42 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                            10
43 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                        10
44 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    10
45 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                       10
46 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                10
47 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram                                           9
48 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                              9
49 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   9
50 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                     8
51 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      8
52 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                                8
53 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                8
54 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   7
55 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak                                              6
56 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             6
57 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                6
58 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile                                        5
59 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       5
60 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 5
61 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                        5
62 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval                                       4
63 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval                                     4
64 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram                                           4
65 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                4
66 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                               3
67 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                            3
68 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                        3
69 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           2
70 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak                                          2
71 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval                                       2
72 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 2
73 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                2
74 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                        2
75 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  1
76 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance                                     1
77 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis                                         1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   26 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 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux                              3
14 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                3
15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                         2
16 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel                                  2
17 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 2
18 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic                                 1
19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  1
20 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                        1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 25.11.28
2 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                           0.03
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux                            0.11
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux                             0.17
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux                              0.20
6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval                                   0.23
7 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic                              0.25
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 0.35
9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram                                               
10 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram                                        0.51
11 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                     0.52
12 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       0.55
13 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel                                       0.58
14 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram                                        1.00
15 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1.52
16 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval                               1.55
17 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              3.16
18 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       5.41
19 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                       12.16
20 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            13.25
21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval                             25.58
22 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            27.30
23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic                        28.20
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Team                                           75.33.55
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


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