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57th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT

France, June 5-12, 2005

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Stage 7 - Sunday, June 12: Morzine-Avoriaz - Sallanches, 128 km

Inigo's race to Luze, and theirs to win

George jumps to stage win #2

By Anthony Tan in Sallanches

Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
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At the start of the day, 28 year-old Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) had everything to lose. His more favoured rivals Santiago Botero, Levi Leipheimer and Lance Armstrong were stronger riders and possessed stronger teams. But with a difficult though by no means extreme parcours, they all needed to take the race to the Basque if they wanted to win.

However, it was only Botero and Leipheimer who really wanted it bad. With Discovery Channel teammates George Hincapie and Yaroslav Popovych up the road, coupled with Lance Armstrong's primary motivation for doing the Dauphiné, the lack of unity within this group worked to Landaluze's favour. And when he did get dropped, just as he did yesterday, he didn't panic; holding firm, holding tough, and doing enough to claim the biggest victory of his five-year professional career.

"We made a mistake to let Landaluze get away; I'm not afraid to say that," said Leipheimer, who was speaking about Friday's fifth stage that finished in Grenoble, won by Axel Merckx. At the start of that day, the day after Ventoux, Landaluze was 4'30 behind the 31 year-old American, who was the race leader at the time. However, by the day's end, Landaluze found himself part of a successful 13-man breakaway that took nine and a half minutes out of the peloton, and as a consequence, he became the new maillot jaune.

A lesson learned for Levi Leipheimer
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Yes - with Landaluze finishing 10th overall at the 2004 Dauphiné Libéré, coupled with his second place in the mountains classification at this year's Tour de Romandie, Leipheimer et al. should have watched this man far more closely. Nonetheless, Levi seemed content with his third place overall, and learned a valuable lesson before cycling's main event, the Tour de France.

Together with Leipheimer, yesterday's stage winner and eventual second overall Botero threw everything he had at Landaluze. Today, the 32 year-old Colombian came within 11 seconds of his second ProTour stage race victory after his comeback win in Romandie, but as he said to Cyclingnews at the start of the day, he was facing an uphill battle.

"It won't be easy, especially with these kinds of mountains, but we'll try," said Botero in Morzine, not sounding overly confident. Certainly, the seven 2.5 kilometre ascents of the Côte de Domancy didn't play to his strengths, but like Leipheimer, Botero can take plenty out of this race and into the Tour, Phonak's big objective of the year.

"Each day, I've been riding a little better. I think I'm at 100 percent [fitness] - I'm in very good shape. In the Tour, I hope that I will be in the same shape that I'm in now, and in the front of the general classification," he said.

Asked about the lack of time trial kilometres in the '05 Tour, his specialist discipline, Botero answered: "Ah, it's not good for me, but what can you do? Nothing. But this is the reason why I'm training a little bit more in the mountains."

George Hincapie (Discovery Channel)
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Someone that's also been spending plenty of time in the mountains is today's winner George Hincapie. After a surprise prologue win one week ago, today the 31 year-old American pretty much rode a 100 kilometre, two-man team trial with team-mate Yaroslav Popovych, impressively holding off a motoring chase group three times the size to make it Dauphiné stage victory #2.

"I would say I'm right on track," said Hincapie to Cyclingnews when asked about his form going into the Tour. "I haven't raced for six weeks before this, so it's good to come here and ride hard, and try and get some good race fitness. No matter how hard you train, you can't train as hard as you race, so it's good to do this hard race.

"The course is super-hard here - maybe too hard!" laughed laid-back George. "It's probably harder than some of the Tour stages - so it's good training. I'm trying to get ready for the Tour, so I'm just happy with the way things are going."

So is Lance.

How it unfolded

Alexandre Vinkourov (T-Mobile)
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Once again, the final day of the 57th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré began in perfect weather: at the early afternoon kick-off in Morzine, it was 18 degrees Celsius with 5-10 km/h breeze blowing from the southwest.

While timings were tight at the top of the leaderboard, riders aiming for another rung or two up the ladder needed to make things happen. It wasn't going to be like yesterday, where the parcours created certain selections; today, riders like Botero, Leipheimer, Armstrong and Vinokourov would need to do that themselves.

Once again, the start continued in a similarly aggressive vein to that of previous days, Tuesday's stage winner Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r) first to try his luck before a group of 15 and then 13 broke clear at 14:25, to make a front group of 28, Dumoulin included.

It was a large group - too large and too dangerous to let go - but they managed to gain 30 seconds a kilometre before the summit of the Côte de Saint-Sigismond (km 35) before it was all back together save two riders, Discovery Channel's George Hincapie and Yaroslav Popovych managing to stay out in front.

Yaroslav Popovych and George Hincapie
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It was an interesting move, sparking a 20-man counter containing Armstrong, Vinokourov, Moreau, Gilbert, Botero, Sastre, Leipheimer, Tankink, Dumoulin and Goubert. However, the descent of the Saint-Sigismond was considered too dangerous a place to forge their advantage, and they too found their way back to the bunch.

After 50 kilometres and approaching the first of seven ascensions of the Côte de Domancy, Hincapie and Popovych had 1'15 on the peloton that had split again, the names of Gilbert, Dumoulin and Tombak present in the group behind, and later joined by Nicolas Vogondy, Frédéric Finot, Christophe Edaleine and Sylvain Calzati.

The second time over the Côte de Domancy, the Discovery duo were roughly two minutes in front of the peloton and 1'25 ahead of José Gomez-Marchante (Illes Balears), the Spaniard sitting 11th on GC at the start of the day, 4'09 behind Landaluze.

Back in the peloton, numerous counters were splitting the bunch to pieces, with Manuel Beltran (Discovery Channel), Andrey Kashechkin (Crédit Agricole) and Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) bridging up to Gomez-Marchante after the third time of Domancy to form a chase group of four, 1'55 behind Hincapie and Popovych. A further 2'20 in arrears was Chavanel, Goubert and Zandio, with the peloton now at 2'40, having just completed their fifth of eight passages in the finish town of Sallanches.

Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
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Into the third-to-last climb of Domancy, George and Popo were storming, 2'05 ahead of Beltran, Kashechkin, Gomez-Marchante and Zaballa, who were joined by Goubert and Zandio on the climb, Chavanel unable to go with them.

But the Frenchman wasn't the only one having trouble. When the remains of the peloton came to this point, the maillot jaune of Landaluze, among numerous others, found themselves in difficulty, and cresting Domancy, a select group of 16 formed - Beltran, Mancebo, Botero, Leipheimer, Menchov, Moncoutié, Bruseghin, Codol, Van Huffel, Canada, Mazzoleni, Landaluze, Goubert, Vinokourov, Armstrong and Zandio all in there.

Landaluze got back on but not for long, as an attack by Mancebo on the penultimate ascent of Domancy saw him and a few others gone for good. By the top, Hincapie and Popovych were 1'10 ahead of the group containing Armstrong and Botero and 1'35 on the maillot jaune. With Landaluze only 49 seconds ahead of Botero at the start of the day, it was touch and go, and nail-biting stuff.

The final time over the climb, and with five kilometres to go, all bets were on the fast-finishing Hincapie, with he and his fellow Discovery companion still 50 seconds out in front. Behind them, Botero went ballistic, gaining 38 seconds on le group maillot jaune by the top of the climb before bombing the descent - but as he did yesterday, the über-cool Landaluze didn't panic, and with the aid of Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre-Caffita) and Marzio Bruseghin (Fassa Bortolo), this is where their deficit stayed by the end of the day.

Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel)
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In a textbook two-man sprint finish, the powerful Hincapie was rewarded with his second stage win of the race, easily distancing himself from his Ukrainian team-mate. And just to rub it in, Lance Armstrong made it a Disco 1-2-3, winning a six-man sprint to the line 22 seconds later, the Texan looking pretty happy with the result after Vinokourov did the same to him the day before.

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Results

1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     3.07.10 (41.033 km/h)
2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        0.22
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            
5 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                  
7 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          0.24
8 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                
9 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 0.45
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         0.59
11 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                            1.00
12 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
13 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
14 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        1.14
15 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                         1.28
16 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1.31
17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                   1.57
18 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                            
19 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     2.38
20 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
21 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
22 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                              
23 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
24 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                  3.53
25 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne      4.26
26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                      5.34
27 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
28 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
29 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
30 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
31 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                              5.36
32 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
33 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              
34 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
35 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                      5.38
36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            
37 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 
38 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                              
39 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                     
40 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                            
41 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                      
42 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
43 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       
44 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
45 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
46 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
47 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      
48 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     7.12
49 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                 7.14
50 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    8.02
51 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           14.17
52 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                              
53 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
54 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
55 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
56 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                
57 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              
58 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
59 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
60 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
61 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                          
62 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                 
63 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                           
64 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                               
65 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
66 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          
67 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
68 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita                             
69 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
70 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            
71 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
72 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                             15.33
73 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                              16.04
74 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
75 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                        
76 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
77 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
78 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         
DNF Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             
DNF Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              
DNF Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                           
DNF Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           
DNF Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             
DNF Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  
DNF Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         
DNF Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           
DNF Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                            
DNF Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
DNF Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
DNF Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
DNF Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
DNF Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
DNF Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                           
DNF Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
DNF Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
DNF Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        
DNF Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
DNF Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
DNF Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
DNF Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
DNF Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
DNF Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               
DNF Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           
DNF Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          
DNF Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                         
DNF Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                          
DNF Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               
DNF Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                          
DNF Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                
DNF Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               
DNF Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
DNF Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
DNF Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
DNF Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     
DNF Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
DNF Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
DNF Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step                              
DNF Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step                                 
DNF Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step                                
DNF Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                   
DNF Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank                                       
DNF Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     
DNF Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                       
DNF Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
DNF Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
DNF Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                 
DNF Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                              
DNS Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step                                      
 
Points
 
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          20 pts
2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        17
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          15
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          13
5 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                      11
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                10
7 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             9
8 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               8
9 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    7
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            6
11 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               5
12 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           4
13 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              3
14 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           2
15 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                            1
 
Mountains
 
Cote De St Sigismond - km 35
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         5 pts
2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           3
3 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                1
 
Cote De Domancy - km 64,500
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           7 pts
2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         5
3 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    3
4 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                            2
5 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1
 
Cote De Domancy - km 74,500
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         7 pts
2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           5
3 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    3
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                            2
5 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         1
 
Cote De Domancy - km 84,500
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         7 pts
2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           5
3 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    3
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             2
5 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1
 
Cote De Domancy - km 94,500
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           7 pts
2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         5
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                            3
4 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            2
5 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    1
 
Cote De Domancy - km 104,500
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         7 pts
2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           5
3 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                            3
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                            2
5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            1
 
Cote De Domancy - km 114,500
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         7 pts
2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           5
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                 3
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           2
5 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1
 
Cote De Domancy - km 124,500
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         7 pts
2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           5
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                 3
4 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                       2
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           1
 
Sprints
 
Sallanches - km 88
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         6 pts
2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           4
3 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    2
 
Sallanches - km 108
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           6 pts
2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         4
3 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                            2
 
Teams
 
1 Discovery Channel                                            9.21.52
2 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                          7.28
3 Davitamon-Lotto                                                 8.18
4 Fassa Bortolo                                                   8.50
5 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                 9.20
6 Rabobank                                                        9.51
7 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne                                  10.39
8 Cofidis                                                        11.14
9 T-Mobile Team                                                       
10 Phonak Hearing Systems                                        12.50
11 Credit Agricole                                               12.47
12 Team CSC                                                      16.32
13 Bouygues Telecom                                              29.26
14 Lampre - Caffita                                              30.28
15 Francaise Des Jeux                                            42.29
16 Domina Vacanze                                                44.16
 
Final General classification
 
1 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     28.24.46
2 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                    0.11
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                              0.38
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        0.59
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                        1.02
6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          1.56
7 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 3.54
8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            3.58
9 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         5.04
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         6.20
11 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                      7.51
12 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           7.52
13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              8.28
14 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                        13.08
15 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    13.14
16 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       13.36
17 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                         13.43
18 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            14.17
19 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             14.37
20 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       15.17
21 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    15.31
22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    16.14
23 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                 17.23
24 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                  17.38
25 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         20.40
26 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       21.45
27 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                 22.01
28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                     25.17
29 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   27.05
30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                 27.19
31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone       28.19
32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      28.31
33 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                         28.53
34 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             30.05
35 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                  30.13
36 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                         31.49
37 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           32.28
38 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                33.52
39 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    34.50
40 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     36.05
41 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                             36.12
42 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                37.22
43 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            37.58
44 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                           39.33
45 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             40.26
46 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            40.45
47 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         41.40
48 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne     43.17
49 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                       43.38
50 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       45.34
51 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      47.04
52 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         48.04
53 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                          49.54
54 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   50.11
55 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             50.47
56 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                            51.06
57 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                             51.09
58 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone    52.27
59 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         52.36
60 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            53.38
61 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                      53.47
62 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                       54.01
63 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       55.19
64 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                    56.16
65 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                         56.44
66 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                         59.04
67 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                   1.02.21
68 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          1.03.27
69 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                        1.04.49
70 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                              1.04.54
71 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.06.26
72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                        1.10.01
73 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  1.10.33
74 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             1.11.52
75 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                 1.14.42
76 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita                      1.18.44
77 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         1.21.39
78 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                            1.23.52
 
Points classification
 
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          63 pts
2 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                      62
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          59
4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                59
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          58
6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            37
7 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         36
8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                           35
9 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   33
10 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          31
11 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       27
12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             27
13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                26
14 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           26
15 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             25
16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       21
17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          20
18 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              20
19 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            19
20 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                18
21 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              15
22 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                      13
23 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      10
24 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   10
25 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                               10
26 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          10
27 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          9
28 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 8
29 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                8
30 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       8
31 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 8
32 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        7
33 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           7
34 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                            5
35 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                5
36 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                             4
37 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             4
38 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                             4
39 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                4
40 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                3
41 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                           3
42 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                         3
43 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                2
44 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      2
45 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           2
46 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             2
47 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          -4
48 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                    -5
49 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          -5
50 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       -5
51 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             -5
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               96 pts
2 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             67
3 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                62
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          61
5 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   61
6 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                      58
7 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            53
8 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         52
9 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        50
10 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                44
11 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         44
12 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         43
13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           40
14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                               39
15 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          35
16 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          32
17 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                          31
18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             30
19 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        30
20 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             30
21 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              23
22 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                22
23 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                               15
24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          13
25 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       12
26 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       12
27 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            11
28 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         11
29 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                10
30 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           8
31 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           8
32 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                           5
33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                     4
34 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 4
35 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                            3
36 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           3
37 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      2
38 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                2
39 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel                                           85.30.51
2 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          6.50
3 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                         11.29
4 Credit Agricole                                                15.37
5 Davitamon-Lotto                                                20.24
6 T-Mobile Team                                                  24.03
7 Fassa Bortolo                                                  24.11
8 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne                                  24.12
9 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                31.55
10 Rabobank                                                      34.10
11 Cofidis                                                       45.45
12 Team CSC                                                    1.04.29
13 Bouygues Telecom                                            1.20.10
14 Francaise Des Jeux                                          1.51.26
15 Lampre - Caffita                                            2.13.20
16 Domina Vacanze                                              2.13.31


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