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68th Tour de Suisse- 2.HC

Switzerland, June 12-20, 2004

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Stage 8 - June 19: Buchs - Bellinzone, 191km

Bettini plays a solo

Paolo Bettini
Photo ©: Franklin Tello

Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) claimed a solo victory in stage 8 of the Tour de Suisse, powering a three-man break into the final 10 kilometres, dropping his companions Alessandro Cortinovis (Lampre) and Patrick Calcagni (Vini Caldirola) and negotiating the tricky descent to the finish. In another wet and unpleasant day, Bettini received his reward for a week of constant attacking. It's been a somewhat quiet spring for the Italian champion, but Bettini looks to be hitting his stride just in time for the Tour de France in two weeks time.

"I felt I was getting stronger every day," Bettini said after his win. "Today was a special day. I want to go home this evening so I really wanted to win my last race in the Italian national jersey. It was hard to pick the right break; everybody wanted to go all the time. It's been like that every day."

Bettini helped produce the winning move, but he had two riders for company: the Swiss Calcagni and Lampre's Alessandro Cortinovis. Even before the final climb, the pressure was too great for Cortinovis, who dropped off the pace. Calcagni rode well, but knew that he had a tough finish to come with Bettini at the helm. He didn't shy away from working before the climb, but once the going got steep there was no holding Bettini, who simply upped the tempo to drop his only challenger. With dark skies and rain making life treacherous, Bettini crested the climb alone and dove into Bellinzone, for once having time to savour a victory.

"This stage was really something for me," he explained. "It's the first time in my eight seasons as a pro that I finished alone!"

Bettini won't finish the Tour de Suisse, preferring to bypass the final day's time trial to return home and prepare for his defense of the Italian national championship in a week.

The golden jersey of Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval)
Photo ©: Franklin Tello

Race leader Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval-Prodir) managed to add a few seconds to his slender advantage, taking time from his key rivals Jan Ullrich and Georg Totschnig on the final climb, which splintered the main field despite its modest fourth category rating. Jeker now heads into the closing time trial with 41 seconds in hand over Ullrich, who jumped ahead of Totschnig to move into second overall.

"The attack was the best defense, I thought," said an obviously pleased Jeker. "I saw Ullrich didn't feel that good today. I did, and this is the result. I haven't looked at the time trial yet. I feel excellent and will do my best, but Ullrich remains the favourite. This jersey really motivates me though. After this tour I'm going on holiday with my family and then I'll prepare for the Tour of Spain."

How it unfolded

The breakaway group
Photo ©: Franklin Tello

Today's 191 km stage took the riders between Buchs and Bellinzone, via the Cat. 1 Lukmanier climb, which had its summit 70 km from the finish. With only tomorrow's 25.6 km time trial in Lugano to finish the Tour de Suisse, almost everyone realised that today would be their last chance of a stage win.

After 20 km of high speed racing, a group of 14 riders finally managed to get a gap, prompted by an attack from Alessio's Scott Sunderland: Sébastian Joly and Stéphane Augé (Credit Agricole), Alessandro Cortinovis (Lampre), Santiago Perez (Phonak), Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon), Marco Serpellini (Gerolsteiner), Grischa Niermann (Rabobank), David Bernabeu (Milaneza), Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo), Patrick Calcagni (Vini Caldirola), Glenn D'Hollander (Lotto-Domo), Juan Fuentes (Saeco), Scott Sunderland (Alessio-Bianchi) and Santiago Botero (T-Mobile). The most dangerous rider in the group was Niermann, who started the day 8 minutes down on GC, thus the group wasn't allowed too much leeway by the GC teams.

The Chocolade Jacques squad
Photo ©: Franklin Tello

The first hour saw an incredible 50 km covered by the leaders, who built up a sub-three minute gap to the Saunier Duval/Chocolade Jacques driven peloton. By the time the group hit the first climb of the day, it began to break up as the riders started attacking to get rid of Niermann. Bettini was first to the top of the Cat. 3 climb of Flims (km 61), and eventually a group with Perez, Botero, Kirchen, Bernabeu, Fuentes and Serpellini formed around him on the Lukmanier climb. Niermann was chasing with the rest of the break at a minute back, while the peloton followed at 6 minutes.

The gap grew to more than seven minutes between the leaders and the peloton, which picked up the pace on the climb to reduce the deficit to a more manageable level. Juan Fuentes was first to the top of the mountain, followed by Bettini, Serpellini, Bernabeu and Perez. The main peloton passed the summit five minutes behind the leaders, who were now negotiating a very fast descent made dangerous by rain that was starting to fall in buckets.

Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile)
Photo ©: Sirotti

Fuentes took the lead on the descent, but was caught with 57 km to go as the lead group briefly swelled back to 11 riders, Niermann included. But with 54 km left, Bettini attacked with Cortinovis and Calcagni, and the trio quickly rode away from the rest of the group, gaining a minute with 35 km to go.

With 12 km to go, Cortinovis couldn't hang on any more and Bettini and Calcagni were alone. When they reached the final climb of Artore with 5 km left, it was Bettini who had the best legs, dropping Calcagni near the bottom and riding solo to the stage victory. The rain was still coming down and it was no easy task for Bettini to negotiate all the bends in the last 3 km, but the Italian champion succeeded and crossed the line 1'04 ahead of Calcagni and 1'53 in front of Kim Kirchen and Santi Perez.

The peloton broke into bits on the last climb as well, and Fabian Jeker was able to put a small gap into Jan Ullrich, crossing the line in 12th place, 9 seconds clear of the German. Worse off was yesterday's winner Georg Totschnig, who finished 41st and lost 42 precious seconds to Jeker.

Jeker now has a 41 second lead over Ullrich (50 to Totschnig) going into tomorrow's final time trial in Lugano, but will it be enough?

Photography

Images by Franklin Tello Photography/Cyclingnews/franklintellophoto.com

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Results

1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      4.30.25 (42.446 km/h)
2 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        1.04
3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                  1.53
4 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                
5 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco                                 2.27
6 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              2.37
7 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                             2.41
8 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                  2.55
9 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team                        
10 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia                              2.57
11 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                              3.03
12 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         3.19
13 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           3.24
14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                     3.28
15 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
16 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    3.30
17 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                           
18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
19 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                     3.32
20 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia                         3.37
21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        
22 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre                                         
23 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                
24 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       3.44
25 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia                              3.48
26 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                     3.51
27 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia                               
28 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                      
29 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze                              
30 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
31 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                  
32 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
33 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia                                       
34 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               
35 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
36 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         3.54
37 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
38 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                   
39 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                            4.00
40 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    4.01
41 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
42 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               
43 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC                                4.03
44 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf          4.04
45 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  4.11
46 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
47 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC                                      
48 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                     
49 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            4.13
50 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
51 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                          
52 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
53 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
54 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
55 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                 4.26
56 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia                                   
57 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                4.41
58 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       4.59
59 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                5.03
60 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                       5.10
61 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                          
62 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                                            
63 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                      
64 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                         
65 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                     
66 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   5.19
67 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     5.39
68 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                                 5.44
69 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia                               
70 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       5.50
71 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            
72 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                 5.57
73 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           5.59
74 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre                                     6.16
75 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                        
76 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                             6.19
77 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze                                 
78 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               
79 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
80 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   
81 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    
82 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                  
83 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                         
84 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf               
85 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                 
86 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        
87 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                               
88 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC                                      
89 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             
90 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                           
91 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                           6.41
92 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                               6.50
93 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                    6.52
94 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                  7.37
95 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                           7.53
96 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
97 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                              
98 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                           
99 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                
100 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                              
101 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                
102 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
103 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       8.52
104 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  
105 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               17.30
106 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          21.55
107 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              
108 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
109 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
DNF Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf       
DNF Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf          
DNF Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze                            
DNF Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze                                 
DNF Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                  
DNF Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
 
Points
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           25 pts
2 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          20
3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                    16
4 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              13
5 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco                                   11
6 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                10
7 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                                9
8 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                     8
9 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team                       7
10 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia                                 6
11 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                 5
12 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            4
13 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              3
14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        2
15 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    1
 
Mountains
 
Flims - Cat. 3, 61.2 km
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            5 pts
2 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia                                  3
3 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               2
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     1

Lukmanier - Cat. 1, 120.3 km
 
1 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco                                   12 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            8
3 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 6
4 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia                                  4
5 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               2

Artore - Cat. 4, 187.9 km
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            3 pts
2 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           2
3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     1
 
Postfinance sprints
 
Olivone, 141.5 km
 
1 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                  6 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            3
3 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           1

Bellinzona, 183.9 km
 
1 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           6 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            3
3 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                  1
 
Feldschlosschen sprints
 
Flims, 61.2 km
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            6 pts
2 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               3
3 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia                                  1
 
Teams
 
1 Quick.Step-Davitamon                                         13.38.27
2 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                               1.34
3 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           1.41
4 Fassa Bortolo                                                    1.56
5 T-Mobile Team                                                    2.48
6 Saeco                                                            2.58
7 Milaneza Maia                                                    3.10
8 Credit Agricole                                                  3.17
9 Team CSC                                                         4.00
10 Gerolsteiner                                                    4.07
11 Lampre                                                          5.12
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                            5.37
13 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                                         5.40
14 Rabobank                                                        6.36
15 Domina Vacanze                                                  7.57
16 Lotto-Domo                                                      8.18
17 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                                9.30
18 Alessio-Bianchi                                                12.07
 
General classification after stage 8
 
1 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      33.47.08
2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  0.41
3 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               0.50
4 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            0.51
5 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia                          0.53
6 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      2.23
7 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                        2.32
8 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             2.33
9 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     3.19
10 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  3.28
11 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         3.58
12 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre                                     4.32
13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     4.53
14 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze                          5.43
15 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia                              5.44
16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                     6.31
17 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                 7.48
18 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    8.11
19 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           8.48
20 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                            9.49
21 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia                          10.54
22 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                11.14
23 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                        11.29
24 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   13.43
25 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      14.14
26 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                16.49
27 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                           18.41
28 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                18.58
29 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems          19.46
30 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                   21.26
31 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                             23.55
32 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                24.21
33 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia                                  26.52
34 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                               28.05
35 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                     30.14
36 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                 31.01
37 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        31.04
38 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         31.15
39 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia                              31.33
40 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                           31.56
41 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              32.47
42 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf         33.23
43 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                         33.57
44 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               33.58
45 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre                                    34.00
46 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    36.12
47 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                                       36.42
48 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      37.48
49 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                    38.58
50 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    38.59
51 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       39.04
52 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          41.55
53 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf          42.44
54 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia                             44.16
55 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        44.43
56 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      45.17
57 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           45.47
58 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team                  46.42
59 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                     46.59
60 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                   48.55
61 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            48.56
62 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                49.32
63 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC                               50.07
64 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                            54.58
65 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                             55.11
66 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                   55.29
67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                          57.25
68 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC                                 59.10
69 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                        1.00.06
70 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                            1.01.05
71 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze                          1.03.24
72 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        1.03.44
73 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                            1.04.07
74 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie    1.04.56
75 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf          1.06.46
76 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                  1.07.16
77 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                    1.07.51
78 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia                        1.07.58
79 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                               1.11.01
80 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                            1.12.18
81 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                    1.12.41
82 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                  1.13.40
83 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                     1.13.45
84 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco                             1.14.08
85 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    1.14.36
86 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                        1.15.10
87 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf          1.15.46
88 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                              1.15.47
89 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                          1.16.06
90 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                               1.16.41
91 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                      1.16.56
92 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                             1.17.25
93 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                1.18.39
94 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    1.18.53
95 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf         1.19.01
96 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                    1.19.14
97 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                       1.19.39
98 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                        1.20.28
99 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                            1.21.08
100 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                1.23.27
101 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                    1.25.17
102 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC                              1.28.11
103 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                       1.29.16
104 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo                          1.30.59
105 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             1.31.22
106 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        1.33.22
107 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                          1.33.27
108 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                         1.37.07
109 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       1.48.56
 
Points classification
 
1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                       56 pts
2 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            51
3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    46
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                    38
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           37
6 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 30
7 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       26
8 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze                             22
9 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              21
10 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia                           21
11 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         20
12 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           19
13 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems             19
14 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       15
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       15
16 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                   15
17 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             15
18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       13
19 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       13
20 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               13
21 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                  12
22 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         12
23 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze                               12
24 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    11
25 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                       11
26 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco                                  11
27 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      10
28 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                   10
29 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            10
30 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      10
31 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               10
32 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              10
33 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                               9
34 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                  9
35 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                        8
36 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                          8
37 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre                                        7
38 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                       7
39 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                         7
40 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team                      7
41 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                     7
42 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        6
43 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia                                 6
44 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                 5
45 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               5
46 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          5
47 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                          4
48 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                     4
49 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          4
50 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              4
51 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                4
52 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                            3
53 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        48 pts
2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   30
3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             24
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           21
5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                    20
6 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        17
7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                       13
8 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco                                   12
9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            12
10 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 8
11 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia                                 8
12 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          6
13 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                6
14 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                     6
15 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                              5
16 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     5
17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                    5
18 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze                                5
19 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            4
20 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf              4
21 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                          4
22 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    4
23 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia                            4
24 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              4
25 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       4
26 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                                4
27 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          3
28 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                          3
29 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                  3
30 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                    2
31 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       2
32 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              2
33 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          2
34 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              1
35 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1
36 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                               1
37 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  1
38 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                        1
39 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           1
 
Postfinance sprints classification
 
1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                       24 pts
2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   13
3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                    13
4 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                          12
5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                    10
6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            7
7 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                  7
8 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           7
9 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             6
10 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          6
11 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             6
12 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                          6
13 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                              6
14 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf              4
15 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze                                4
16 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       3
17 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     3
18 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        2
19 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        1
20 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          1
21 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       1
22 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                  1
23 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           1
 
Feldschlosschen sprints classification
 
1 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC                                   13 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           12
3 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         6
4 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf               6
5 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               3
6 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              3
7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         3
8 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               3
9 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                   3
10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                            3
11 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       3
12 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                         2
13 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                    1
14 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   1
15 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia                                 1
16 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                                    1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Phonak Hearing Systems                                      101.22.20
2 Milaneza Maia                                                   10.54
3 Fassa Bortolo                                                   11.14
4 T-Mobile Team                                                   26.56
5 Saeco                                                           36.44
6 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                              36.45
7 Quick.Step-Davitamon                                            46.14
8 Lampre                                                          48.50
9 Team CSC                                                        51.15
10 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                           57.33
11 Credit Agricole                                              1.00.14
12 Gerolsteiner                                                 1.02.48
13 Lotto-Domo                                                   1.12.24
14 Rabobank                                                     1.14.14
15 Domina Vacanze                                               1.40.10
16 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                                      1.42.42
17 Alessio-Bianchi                                              1.46.30
18 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                             2.14.55
  
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