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94th Tour de France - ProT
France, July 7-29, 2007
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Stage 19 - Saturday, July 28: Cognac - Angoulême, 55.5km
Kid Contador conquers Tour de France
Leipheimer wins first Tour stage and nearly nabs overall - Evans holds second
By Gregor Brown and Brecht Decaluwé in Angoulême with additional reporting from Shane Stokes
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Alberto Contador has conquered the 94th Tour de France with a race-saving time trial ride from Cognac to Angoulême. The 24 year-old Spaniard finished 2'18" behind stage winner, Levi Leipheimer, and fought hard to hold off a superb effort by Aussie Cadel Evans to maintain his maillot jaune. The American of Discovery Channel nearly stole the show by covering the 55.5-kilometre parcours in Western France with a time of one hour, two minutes and 44 seconds. Predictor-Lotto's Evans finished 51 seconds behind Leipheimer and will remain in second overall 23 seconds behind 'Kid Contador.'
A tight finish concluded the Tour's second time trial through the French department of Charente and most likely the 2007 Tour de France as Contador now leads the overall classification by 23 seconds on Evans. The 30 year-old Australian acknowledged that taking bonus seconds in the final stage to Paris is unlikely but wasn't discounting the possibility. His Predictor-Lotto team may try to pull off an upset since it is within reach of grabbing the world's biggest Grand Tour.
"Sprinting on the Champs-Élysées? I will think about it tomorrow," noted Evans in French after the race. The attentive Australian stayed far up in the stage 18 sprint and gained three seconds when a gap opened up ahead of Contador's group, and had to body-check a spectator in the process. He noted that sprinting could be perilous and admitted, "It is not worth the risk after what happened yesterday."
Evans had his sights on the yellow jersey, but had to hold off a strong threat to his overall position from the American stage winner. "Always watch out for Leipheimer, I knew he was a good time trial rider," he continued regarding Leipheimer's threat to the overall picture. "I know he was still very fresh. The podium was always the goal but if you are so close to then you really want to win."
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The day belonged to Leipheimer who used the early fast-paced ride of team-mate George Hincapie as a reference-point to post a blistering ride and nearly nabbed the overall race win. He went the fastest at all time checks; in Sigogne at the kilometre 17.5 he post 19'36", in Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac, kilometre 35, 39'44" and at kilometre 50.1 he posted 57'14". It was a ride that knocked on the door of second place and nearly knocked down the door of the overall competition. The 33 year-old took his first stage win in the Tour de France while moving from 2'49" back at the end of yesterday to 31" back 24 hours later.
"I am extremely happy to win the stage, it has been a life long dream," Leipheimer explained post-stage. "It has been a life long dream just to ride the Tour! To stand on the podium tomorrow, I imagine that it will be fantastic. I will be very happy for Alberto tomorrow, too.
"I did not think I had a chance to win the Tour today, to be honest," he continued. "When I finished I was watching in the camper, yelling at the TV until Alberto crossed the line safely. I was just as happy for his GC win as I was for my stage win today."
Kitted in the yellow colours of race leader 'Kid Contador' saved the day and likely the 94th Tour de France. His ride was not beautiful, at times, his bike was wobbling under the power he was putting into his machine, but it was sufficient. He lost time to his main rival Evans but he handled the most important task of keeping the maillot jaune on his back. His gap was 1'50" at the start of the day and that slipped down by 1'27".
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"For a moment, at 30 kilometres to go, I was a little concerned when they gave me a reference of 38 seconds," Contador remarked on his ride. "There was moment when my legs were hurting... but then this gap stayed steady. In the last kilometres, I knew I had to ride to death to save the jersey."
Contador received help from seven-time winner Lance Armstrong who rode in the team car behind him. "Today, he did not tell me anything from the car but when I was hearing Johan [Bruyneel] I was also hearing behind him the voice of Lance Armstrong." Like Armstrong, Contador has had a near-death experience after suffering a blood clot in his brain, and reflected on that dark time in his young life. "I could not image it when I was there [in the hospital] that today I would be here with all these people watching me."
"It was unexpected but fantastic," confirmed Discovery Directeur Sportif Dirk Demol. "We have confidence that he will not be a one-off winner."
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Demol commented on Armstrong's appearance. "Lance is someone that keeps leaving his stamp on the team. Since the stage to Plateau de Beille, Lance talked almost every evening to Alberto and that gave him a lot of confidence."
In the battle for fourth, Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) proved his experience and expanded on the gap to Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi) even if he was caught by a storming Leipheimer. Sastre increased his gap to his compatriot from the Basque country by 42 seconds.
The battle for the Lanterne Rouge of the last rider in the general classification was likely locked down today when Wim Vansevenant (Predictor-Lotto) went 1'22" slower than Geraint Thomas (Barloworld). 'Sevi' now sits in dead last with a comfortable margin of 6'39" behind the Brit.
How it unfolded
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141 riders started the penultimate stage of the Tour de France knowing that at that point of the race, they were almost certain to make it to Paris. The aim for many was simply to get through the mainly flat 55 kilometre time trial without mishap but for those at the head of the general classification, the stakes were far higher. Maillot jaune Alberto Contador began the day 1'50" ahead of Cadel Evans (Predictor Lotto) and 2'49" up on his own Discovery Channel team-mate Levi Leipheimer. Both challengers are better time trialists than the young Spaniard, so everything was to race for.
There was also plenty of incentive for the other GC riders to perform well. Carlos Sastre (CSC) and Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel Euskadi) started the day fourth and fifth overall and had just 27" between them. Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) was 1'18" ahead of Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile Team), who in turn was 1'11" ahead of Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team). KOM leader Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) and Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel – Euskadi) were ninth and tenth overall and had just eleven seconds dividing them, while last year's possible victor Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) was hope to overtake one or the other and finish tenth overall for the third time in his career. He's a strong time trialist and started the day 36 seconds behind Soler and 25 seconds away from Astarloza.
Wim Vansevenant (Predictor – Lotto) was first rider off but both he and the youngest rider in the race, Geraint Thomas (Barloworld), were caught during the TT by Sven Krauss, who became the early leader. The Gerolsteiner rider's time was however bettered very soon afterwards by Bram de Groot (Rabobank), then Leif Hoste (Predictor Lotto) went a very impressive 2'36" quicker. His time of 1 hour 5'32" would stand for nearly three and a half hours, although he had nervous moments much earlier when world champion Fabian Cancellara went quicker at the first checkpoint. The CSC rider was five seconds clear of Belgian TT champ Hoste at the 17.5 kilometre mark but would finish seven seconds behind at the finish in Angoulême
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Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) was next to threaten. He was eleven seconds quicker than Cancellara at the first checkpoint and nine quicker than Hoste at the next, but faded between there and the finish, running third.
David Millar (Saunier Duval – Prodir) said in the days leading up to the time trial that he would try to win. However the Scott had wretched luck, his rear disk wheel disintegrating about 200 metres after he left the start house. He changed bikes but never recovered from that, finishing 5'04" behind. Rabobank's Thomas Dekker fared much better, showing his speed when he was second at the 17.5 kilometre time check and then going on to finish just seven seconds behind Hoste.
Discovery Channel's George Hincapie gave an indication of what would be a good day for his team when he went provisionally quickest at each of the intermediate checks and finished 15 seconds ahead. However his celebrations were short as behind him, Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) was chomping up the course and beat his time by six seconds to take over at the top of the leaderboard.
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Disappointment was in store for him too, though, as his team-mate Vladimir Karpets scorched along the course, going 31 seconds quicker en route to a time that looked potentially good enough to win. Further back on the course, though, Levi Leipheimer showed he meant business when he went a staggering 39 seconds faster than the Russian. He was chasing Cadel Evans but the Australian showed that he too was on for a good time when he took second at that check, 14 seconds back.
Evans was trying everything to overcome his overnight 1'50" deficit to race leader Contador. However the Spaniard showed that he wasn't going to hand over the yellow jersey without a fight when he placed third at that check, 36 seconds behind Leipheimer, but just 22 seconds away from his closest rival. The intermediate timing at km 35 saw Leipheimer maintain his lead, the American going through there 35 seconds ahead of Evans. While Contador was still losing time, he was resisting at a rate which suggested he should hold on. He was 1'29" behind this team-mate here and 54 seconds adrift of Evans, maintaining an overall lead of 56 seconds.
From there to the finish just 20.5 kilometres remained. It was utterly suspenseful; Leipheimer had started the day 59 seconds behind Evans and when he set a pace 51 seconds quicker by the 50.1 kilometre check, the Australian's GC place looked threatened. Not only that – Evans was 1'18" better than Contador here, closing the gap between them to 32 seconds. It meant that each rider went eyeballs out from there to the finish.
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Leipheimer came home with a time of 1 hour 2'44", dominating the day's race and taking his first Tour de France stage victory. Evans showed excellent bike handling over the final kilometres, taking some risks and fighting his way to the line in a time 51 seconds behind that of the stage winner. That meant he had eight seconds in hand for the general classification, but the bigger questions concerned Contador's maillot jaune. The Spaniard sprinted all the way to the line and lunged across for fifth on the stage, 2'18" behind his team-mate, and 23 seconds ahead of Evans in the overall. The jersey was safe.
Of the other top riders, Sastre finished 16th in the time trial and thus holds on to his fourth place overall. Zubeldia lost 42 seconds to the CSC rider and must be content with equalling his 2003 finish placing of fifth. Valverde and Kirchen fought hard for sixth place and while the Spaniard was 25 seconds back at the first time check, he only conceded another twelve between here and the finish. This is enough for him to stay put.
Popovych finished fourth on the stage and remains eighth, while Soler was slower than Astarloza and Pereiro and drops behind the two of them to eleventh on GC. Karpets' strong ride saw him moving past Chris Horner (Predictor Lotto) in the overall standings. However the American overtook Iban Mayo (Euskaltel Euskadi) in the general classification, so he continues in 15th place overall.
Stage 20 - Sunday, July 29: Marcoussis - Paris Champs-Élysées, 146km
The final stage is normally a celebratory, somewhat processional affair until the racing starts on the Champs Elysées. Victory there is highly prestigious but the stakes will be even higher tomorrow due to the fact that the general classification is so tight. Evans is 23 seconds behind Contador and only eight ahead of Leipheimer; sprint bonuses and the prospect of slipping away in a group before the finish could lead to some aggressive racing by the three.
Stage 20 begins in Marcoussis and then takes a wandering course towards Paris and eight finishing circuits on the Champs-Elysées. Two fourth category climbs come inside the first hour and a half of racing, then bonus sprints are situated at Chatenay-Malabry and Haut des Champs-Elysées.
Climbs:
Km 51: Côte de Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse - 2.5km climb @ 6% grade / 4th Cat.
Km 54.5: Côte de Châteaufort - 1.5km climb @ 6% grade / 4th Cat.
Sprints:
Km 74: Chatenay-Malabry
Km 108.5: Haut des Champs-Elysees
Photography
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- Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) came close, but stays in second
- Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) has all but secured his Topur win.
- Going forward, looking back: Armstrong watches Contador heading toward possible Tour glory.
- Lance Armstrong returned to the Tour de France on Saturday to watch his young rider Alberto Contador defend the yellow jersey on the penultimate stage.
- Pat McQuaid wasn't invited to the Tour by organiser ASO but accepted a French television invite to come to the world's largest cycling event.
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Alejandro Valverde took 17th not a great Tour for the pre-race favourite
- Leipheimer gasps for air on the very painful final metres
- Levi Leipheimer pulled out a fantastic performance
- Levi Leipheimer lunges to his stage win
- Cadel Evans digs deep and grits out a second place in the TT and overall
- Cadel Evans gave it a great effort in the final 5km, holding on to second overall
- Alberto Contador gets constant encouragement from his team car
- Alberto Contador struggles to the line just barely keeping his yellow jersey
- Leipheimer does the robot walk with a more emphatic style than his Spanish team-mate Contador
- Leipheimer failed to overtake Evans but got his stage win
- The Americans get their stage win courtesy of Levi Leipheimer
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) blasted to a first Tour stage win in the TT
- Alberto Contador had to work hard for this yellow jersey
- A kiss for Mr. Lion from yellow jersey Contador
- Contador and the lion on the yellow jersey podium
- Alberto Contador does his best robot impression
- Fabian Cancellara wags his tongue
- Fabian Cancellara (CSC) powers to the line but the world champ only managed 12th
- Stefan Schumacher catches his two minute man Aleksandr Kuchynski at the finish
- Thomas Dekker showing his tongue is bigger than Moreau's.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) hammers up the final 50m
- George Hincapie gives it his all on the tough final 25m
- George Hincapie powered to a 7th place
- Spanish TT champ Gutierrez grits his teeth to a solid 6th place
- Vladimir Karpets held the fastest time for much of the day
- Iban Mayo comes in 66th place - not a great day for the Spaniard
- Michael Boogerd moved up to 12th on GC
- Oscar Pereiro put in a good effort to take 8th on the day
- Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel-Euskadi) held onto his top ten spot on GC
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) set blistering splits for his GC men
- Mauricio Soler in the climber's jersey
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) keeps 7th overall
- Haimar Zubeldia kept his top ten overall
- Carlos Sastre was caught and passed by his three minute man Leipheimer
- The inflatable podium moves from town to town with the Tour
- Robert Hunter (Barloworld) was awoken early in the morning for blood testing
- Fabian Cancellara the world TT champ had a less than satisfactory ride
- Patrick Lefevre "I've got a banana and am not afraid to use it"
- The photo crew await the arrival of the yellow jersey
- Linus Gerdemann chugs some juice after the TT
- George Hincapie sports some whacky Oakleys
- The sweat pours from George Hincapie after a superb effort in the TT
- Pereiro finished 8th
- Oscar Pereiro put in a strong TT
- One day, Pereiro may be awarded the '06 Tour win
- Soler finished 42nd
- Soler gets a drink
- Leipheimer towels off in the crush of the cameras
- Cadel Evans went straight from an all out effort into the scrum of the press
- Leipheimer steps up to receive his accolades
- Levi Leipheimer wins the day
- For a while it looked like Leipheimer might win the Tour
- Alberto Contador really struggled to keep his yellow in the TT
- Bernard Hinhault zips up the yellow for Alberto Contador
- Contador seemed much more comfortable with earning the yellow jersey than having it handed down
- Who needs podium girls I can kiss this Lion
- Contador earned this yellow jersey
- Alberto Contador "I am Cornholio!"
- Contador happy in yellow
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- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) and his tight aero tuck
- Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) looking low and focused
- Fabian Cancellara (Team Csc) showing battle scars from the Tour
- Sebastien Rosseler (Quickstep suffering through the final TT
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep) in the Green skinsuit
- Leif Hoste (Predictor Lotto) the Belgian TT champ, sets time splits for Evans
- Charly Wegelius (Liquigas)
- Thomas Voeckler concentrates
- David Millar had terrible problems with disintegrating wheels, scuttling his chances for a TT win
- Benoit Vaugrenard crashed in the time trial
- Contador had to really pour on the gas to keep his overall lead
- Contador sucks wind to try and hold the yellow
- Evans shows that he wants yellow
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) faded and was caught by Leipheimer.
- Popovych put in a strong TT
- Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) rockets past the vines
- Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) looms large
- José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) the Spanish TT champ
- Hincapie powers past vineyards
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) went nearly the same time as the World TT champ, Cancellara
Results
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.02.44 (53.068 km/h) 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.51 3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 1.56 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.01 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.18 6 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.27 7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.33 8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.36 9 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.48 10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.50 11 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.55 12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 13 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 3.00 14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.17 15 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 3.24 17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.37 18 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.46 19 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 3.58 20 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.06 21 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4.07 22 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.08 23 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 4.11 24 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 4.13 25 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 27 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 4.15 28 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4.26 29 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 4.38 30 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4.46 31 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.50 32 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 5.04 33 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.07 34 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5.08 35 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.10 36 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5.18 37 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 38 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5.19 39 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 5.24 40 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.26 41 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 5.27 42 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 5.28 43 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.29 44 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.34 45 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 5.41 46 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.48 47 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.50 48 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5.54 49 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.55 50 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 51 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5.56 52 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.09 53 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 6.13 54 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 6.18 55 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.22 56 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 6.25 57 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 6.28 58 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 6.30 59 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 60 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 6.32 61 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 6.34 62 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 6.41 63 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.42 64 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6.51 65 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 6.54 66 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.03 67 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.04 68 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 69 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.06 70 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 71 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 7.11 72 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 7.14 73 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 74 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 7.20 75 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.23 76 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 7.24 77 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.26 78 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 79 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.30 80 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 7.35 81 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.42 82 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.43 83 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 84 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.44 85 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 7.48 86 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 7.52 87 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7.53 88 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.56 89 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.58 90 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 8.08 91 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 92 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 93 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8.09 94 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 95 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8.13 96 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 8.14 97 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 8.16 98 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 99 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 100 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.20 101 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 8.21 102 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 103 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 8.25 104 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.26 105 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.28 106 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8.32 107 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 8.39 108 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 8.44 109 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 8.50 110 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 111 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.54 112 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 8.58 113 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.00 114 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 9.16 115 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.20 116 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 9.22 117 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.23 118 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.26 119 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 9.34 120 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 9.35 121 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 9.36 122 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.41 123 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 9.42 124 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 125 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 9.45 126 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 9.49 127 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.50 128 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 9.53 129 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 130 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 131 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 9.56 132 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 10.00 133 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 134 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 10.01 135 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 10.11 136 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 10.18 137 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 10.26 138 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.35 139 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 10.42 140 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11.00 141 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.04 Points 1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 12 3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 10 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 6 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 9 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2 10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Young rider 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.05.02 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.37 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.59 4 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.49 5 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.20 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.46 7 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.52 8 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 3.09 9 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 3.10 10 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.30 11 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.37 12 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.24 13 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 4.36 14 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.08 15 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.12 16 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.58 17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.08 18 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 6.21 19 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.36 20 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7.35 21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.17 22 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 8.24 Teams 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.12.31 2 Caisse d'Epargne 2.40 3 Predictor-Lotto 3.35 4 Team CSC 5.58 5 T-Mobile Team 6.06 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.44 7 Rabobank 8.13 8 Quickstep-Innergetic 8.56 9 Gerolsteiner 9.10 10 Lampre-Fondital 10.57 11 Crédit Agricole 12.23 12 Team Milram 13.12 13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.30 14 Liquigas 13.41 15 Bouygues Telecom 14.20 16 AG2r Prévoyance 14.44 17 Barloworld 14.50 18 Française des Jeux 14.57 19 Agritubel 17.51 Most combative 1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi General classification after stage 19 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 87.09.18 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 0.23 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.31 4 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 7.08 5 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.17 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.37 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 12.18 8 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.30 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.14 10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.25 11 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 16.41 12 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 21.05 13 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21.49 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 24.05 15 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 25.09 16 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26.59 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 31.38 18 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 34.04 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 36.58 20 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37.04 21 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 38.06 22 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 45.32 23 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49.24 24 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54.50 25 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 55.50 26 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 56.13 27 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.06.20 28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.08.12 29 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital 1.09.37 30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.12.35 31 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.13.27 32 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 1.15.06 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.22.15 34 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.30.12 35 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.30.24 36 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.30.37 37 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.32.56 38 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.33.50 39 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1.36.33 40 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.36.34 41 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.36.40 42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.36.49 43 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.36.55 44 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.44.44 45 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 1.46.15 46 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.52.24 47 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 1.53.13 48 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.53.22 49 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.54.40 50 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.56.20 51 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 1.58.35 52 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1.59.57 53 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.05.07 54 John Gadret (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2.06.40 55 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 2.08.04 56 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto 2.10.32 57 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.15.16 58 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.15.17 59 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 2.18.25 60 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.19.36 61 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.20.06 62 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.20.31 63 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 2.20.50 64 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.21.47 65 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.22.40 66 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.23.21 67 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.24.26 68 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.24.49 69 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.32.12 70 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 2.32.48 71 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.33.19 72 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.37.15 73 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2.37.20 74 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 2.37.46 75 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.38.55 76 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.39.24 77 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.40.49 78 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.41.41 79 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2.42.41 80 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel 2.44.07 81 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.44.29 82 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.50.20 83 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.50.44 84 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.53.32 85 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2.55.48 86 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.55.59 87 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 2.56.02 88 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.56.35 89 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 2.58.46 90 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.59.42 91 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.00.18 92 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 3.00.30 93 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 3.06.59 94 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 3.09.15 95 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.09.19 96 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.10.35 97 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 3.13.12 98 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.14.05 99 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.14.17 100 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 3.15.01 101 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 3.15.53 102 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3.17.03 103 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.17.19 104 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.18.25 105 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.19.48 106 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 107 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3.22.02 108 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 3.22.04 109 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 110 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.22.35 111 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.22.52 112 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.23.17 113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3.23.47 114 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 3.24.07 115 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.24.13 116 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 3.24.25 117 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.24.46 118 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3.26.17 119 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.26.24 120 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 3.26.48 121 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 3.26.54 122 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3.26.57 123 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 3.27.24 124 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.27.52 125 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.28.32 126 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 3.28.49 127 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.29.42 128 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3.31.49 129 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.32.30 130 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.34.36 131 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 3.35.28 132 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.35.30 133 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.36.10 134 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 3.37.51 135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.39.15 136 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.40.15 137 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.40.56 138 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.41.43 139 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.42.14 140 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 3.46.05 141 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 3.52.44 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 234 pts 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 210 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 206 4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 161 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 156 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 125 7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 109 9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 93 10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 88 11 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile Team 84 12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 83 13 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 75 14 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 71 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 65 17 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 64 18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63 19 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 63 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 21 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 54 22 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49 23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 49 24 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 45 25 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45 26 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 27 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44 28 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 44 29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 43 30 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 43 31 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 32 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 43 33 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep - Innergetic 41 34 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team 40 35 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 40 36 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 39 37 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 38 38 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 39 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37 40 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 36 41 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 36 42 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 43 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 36 44 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36 45 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 46 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 34 47 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 33 48 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 49 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 50 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 51 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 29 52 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 27 53 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27 54 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 56 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 57 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 58 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 22 59 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 21 60 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 61 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 21 62 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 63 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 19 64 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 18 65 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel 18 66 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 18 67 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 17 68 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 17 69 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 16 70 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 71 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 15 72 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 73 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 74 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 75 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 76 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 14 77 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 14 78 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 79 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 80 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10 81 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 82 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 9 83 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 9 84 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 85 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 86 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto 7 87 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 88 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 7 89 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 90 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 91 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6 92 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 93 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre - Fondital 4 94 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 95 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 3 96 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 97 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 98 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Liquigas 2 99 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 100 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 2 101 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 2 102 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 2 103 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel 1 104 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 105 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC -1 106 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld -3 107 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance -5 108 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin (Spa) Agritubel -5 109 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 110 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir -10 Mountains classification 1 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 206 pts 2 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 128 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 104 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 92 5 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 85 6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 77 7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 74 8 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 68 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 10 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 64 11 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 12 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 54 13 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 53 14 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 52 15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 51 16 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 45 18 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43 19 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 43 20 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 42 21 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 22 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31 23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 24 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 25 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 26 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 27 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 28 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25 29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 25 30 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 31 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23 32 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 35 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 16 36 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15 37 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 38 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 39 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 14 40 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14 41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r Prévoyance 14 42 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14 43 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 45 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12 46 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 12 47 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 48 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 49 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 50 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 51 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 10 52 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 10 53 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 54 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 55 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 56 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 57 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 58 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 5 59 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 4 60 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 61 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 4 62 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 3 63 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 3 64 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 65 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 2 66 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 67 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 68 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2 69 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 70 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 1 Young rider classification 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 87.09.18 2 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 16.41 3 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49.24 4 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.13.27 5 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 1.15.06 6 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.30.24 7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.30.37 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.33.50 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.22.40 10 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2.41.41 11 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.50.20 12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.50.44 13 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 3.06.59 14 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.22.35 15 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.23.17 16 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.24.46 17 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 3.26.48 18 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 3.28.32 19 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.29.42 20 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.32.30 21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.40.56 22 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 3.46.05 Team classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 261.39.33 2 Caisse d'Epargne 19.31 3 Team CSC 22.10 4 Rabobank 36.14 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.51 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.44.23 7 Predictor-Lotto 1.49.56 8 Lampre-Fondital 2.19.41 9 Crédit Agricole 2.25.39 10 AG2r Prévoyance 2.25.48 11 Liquigas 2.28.20 12 Quickstep-Innergetic 2.57.25 13 T-Mobile Team 3.17.26 14 Bouygues Telecom 3.49.43 15 Barloworld 3.58.52 16 Gerolsteiner 4.09.38 17 Agritubel 6.17.25 18 Team Milram 6.48.28 19 Française des Jeux 6.48.45
