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64th Paris-Nice - ProTour

France, March 5-12, 2006

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Stage 7 - March 12: Nice - Nice, 135 km

A new American hero

By Jean-François Quénet in Nice

Floyd Landis (Phonak)
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The last stage of Paris-Nice has definitely introduced Floyd Landis (Phonak) as Lance Armstrong's possible successor at the Tour de France. Despite a crash, he has controlled the situation while Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) signaled his return after five years without any win.

"The Spanish riders knew what they were doing, attacking all the time," Zberg told Cyclingnews at the finish. "I just kept my rhythm and hoped that somebody would come up from behind - so I was lucky, too. I have been unlucky for so long and now luck came back to me!"

Zberg's last success happened in the 2001 Henninger Turm. That year, Landis started Paris-Nice with the responsibilities of leading Mercury, a team that was a newcomer on the big international cycling scene. Instead, he discovered the job of being a domestique for Peter van Petegem, who led the race after winning the crucial stage to Saint-Etienne and came third overall because the col d'Èze was an individual time trial at the time, not a climb for defending a jersey like it is now.

Since then, Landis spent three years in the shadow of Lance Armstrong at US Postal. In his second year with Phonak, he's now completely freed from Armstrong's position as the absolute boss of world cycling. Aged 30, he's in a situation to prove what he's able to do on a bike. "It has a lot to do with the way my team developed over the last years," he explained. "We've been very focused this week."

The yellow jersey crashed during the final stage. "There was some gravel downhill," he said. "There have been some dangerous downhills in this race and I'm happy that I crashed only once. I wasn't worried about anyone in particular, I was more worried about the circumstances like yesterday when 19 riders went up the road. That was more of a concern."

Reduced to six men, Phonak has controlled the situation since Landis took the lead in Saint-Etienne, the same place he discovered five years ago. But Paris-Nice never was a boring race since the action was constant. French riders fought for secondary honours till the end, Moncoutié managing to be the king of the mountain via a third day in a row of riding aggressively. Casar came close to winning the points classification that Tom Boonen didn't rate as an objective. He missed out by three points, and that was a consolation price for Euskaltel's Samuel Sanchez who lost his third place overall to his compatriot Antonio Colom of Caisse d'Épargne-Illes Balears.

Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner)
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Another Sanchez - Luis Leon of Liberty Seguros - finished on the podium as the best young rider, and Lampre-Fondital won the team classification. After a very enthusiastic presentation, race commentator Daniel Mangeas announced, "And let the UCI take care of their own awards ceremony." He didn't give a mention to the Pro Tour, whose representative Vittorio Adorni was tolerated giving Floyd Landis his white leader jersey that he'll never wear - just like Bobby Julich last year - because his next Pro Tour race will be the Giro d'Italia, his next races being the Criterium International and the Tour of Georgia.

Paris-Nice counts for the ProTour ranking for the UCI but is not a ProTour race. It was for sure a very important race in Landis' build up as a GC rider. He now has the status and the confidence for targeting another yellow jersey...in July.

How it unfolded

David Moncoutie (Cofidis)
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Defending champion Bobby Julich didn't start the last stage. He won the prologue and had a much quieter Paris-Nice than in 2005. Tom Boonen didn't bother about his green jersey. The world champion pulled out after six kilometres. With a big smile on his face, he said his mind was now set on Milan-San Remo.

After the first sprint of the day won by Erik Dekker at km 15, five riders broke clear: Francisco Ventoso (Saunier Duval), Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile), Matej Mugerli (Liquigas), Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux) and José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r). Five more riders joined at km 33: Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom), Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto), Aitor Osa (Liberty Seguros), Dimitri Fofonov (Crédit Agricole) and David Moncoutié (Cofidis).

As the peloton was coming close, Mugerli attacked, then followed by Moncoutié, who was annoyed because of the fine he got the day before, supposedly for hanging onto a car. The penalty cost him the polka dot jersey, so he had to score some more points to take over from Christophe Laurent and be the king of mountain. He did it in the first category col de la Porte (km 52).

The peloton
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From the early break, Mugerli, Arrieta and Osa stayed away. Their group got reinforced by Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner), Joaquin Rodriguez (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears), Alberto Contador and Sergio Paulinho (Liberty Seguros). The first time they crossed the line on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, Moncoutié, Paulinho and Mugerli had just lost contact.

In the col d'Èze (km 112), Contador and Rodriguez accelerated, accompanied by Zberg for a little while. Evgeni Petrov (Lampre-Fondital) attacked from the main bunch, and chased behind the two leaders with Zberg and Antonio Colom (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears). They formed a group of five playing out the stage win, since the peloton didn't close the 15 seconds gap at 3km from the end. Zberg easily won the five men sprint and Landis kept the yellow jersey for good, as 'Patxi' Vila didn't try to contest his lead.

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Results

1 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                              3.29.38 (38.638 km/h)
2 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                 
3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          0.16
6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                            0.18
7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          
8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
10 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
11 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
12 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    
13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
14 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
15 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
16 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                              
17 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                           
18 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       
19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
20 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      
21 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                            
22 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                           
24 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
25 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                 
26 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
27 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
28 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
29 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 
30 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            0.46
31 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
32 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
33 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                
34 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
36 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
37 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              
38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                          
39 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
40 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
41 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
42 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                            1.40
43 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                            
44 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
45 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                1.58
46 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                   
47 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                 2.07
48 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                     
49 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
50 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
51 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
52 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
53 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
54 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
55 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          
56 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            
57 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
58 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
59 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       3.42
60 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
61 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                 
62 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
63 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
64 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
65 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                        
66 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
67 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
68 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
69 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                           
70 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
71 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                 5.12
72 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
73 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
74 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           
75 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
76 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                            5.18
77 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                              6.50
78 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                      
79 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 8.12
80 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                       
81 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           8.49
82 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                    
83 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                              
84 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
85 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
86 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
87 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                
88 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram                               
89 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                    
90 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
91 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
92 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
93 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          12.10
94 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
95 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       
96 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
97 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
98 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
DNF Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       
DNF Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
DNF Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
DNF Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                   
DNF Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                   
DNF David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                
DNF Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                               
DNF Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
DNF Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                  
DNF Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        
DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
DNF Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                          
DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                      
DNF Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           
DNF Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
DNF Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
DNF Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
DNF Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears        
DNF Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               
DNF Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                             
DNS Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             
 
Points
 
1 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   25 pts
2 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                               22
3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 20
4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                18
5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            16
6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              15
7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        14
8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              13
9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               12
10 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               11
11 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           10
12 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                   9
13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           8
14 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                7
15 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         6
16 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                             5
17 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                          4
18 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      3
19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        2
20 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     1
 
Mountains
 
Cote de Duranus - Cat. 2, km 25.5
1 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                       7 pts
2 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               5
3 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            3
4 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       2
5 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                              1
 
Col de la Porte - Cat. 1, km 52
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            10 pts
2 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                       8
3 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   6
4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             4
5 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    3
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  2
7 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         1
 
La Turbie - Cat. 1, km 89.5
1 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   10 pts
2 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   8
3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             6
4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  4
5 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             3
6 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                       2
7 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            1
 
Col d'Eze - Cat. 1, km 119
1 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            10 pts
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  8
3 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                6
4 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    4
5 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 3
6 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             2
7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         1
 
Sprints
 
Levens, km 15.5
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         3 pts
2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               2
3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       1
 
Nice, km 107
1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         3 pts
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  2
3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             1
 
Young rider
 
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            3.29.38
2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             0.18
3 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
6 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   0.46
7 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
8 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                             1.40
9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                 1.58
10 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                   
11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                 2.07
12 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
13 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       3.42
14 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                           
15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          5.12
16 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 8.12
17 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                       
18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           8.49
19 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
21 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          12.10
 
Teams
 
1 Lampre-Fondital                                             10.29.30
2 Discovery Channel Team                                          0.18
3 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                  0.26
4 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                      0.28
5 Francaise Des Jeux                                              0.46
6 Davitamon-Lotto                                                 1.14
7 Credit Agricole                                                     
8 Rabobank                                                        1.58
9 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          2.07
10 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                2.08
11 Bouygues Telecom                                               3.02
12 Gerolsteiner                                                   3.24
13 Quick Step-Innergetic                                          3.56
14 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                           4.10
15 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                  
16 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                   5.31
17 Team CSC                                                           
18 Agritubel                                                      8.42
19 T-Mobile Team                                                  9.17
20 Liquigas                                                      14.55
21 Team Milram                                                   19.00
 
Final General classification
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                   31.54.41
2 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital              0.09
3 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              1.05
4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          1.13
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                    1.22
6 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           1.35
7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                      1.38
8 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                         1.39
9 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      1.40
10 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                       1.43
11 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                            3.16
12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                           3.25
13 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  3.30
14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  3.51
15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        3.56
16 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           4.00
17 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        4.08
18 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             4.13
19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                       4.22
20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                          4.30
21 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            5.21
22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                      5.46
23 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                          5.50
24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              7.00
25 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             7.03
26 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     7.05
27 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            7.51
28 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                     8.42
29 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         9.23
30 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                        9.49
31 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                   9.59
32 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     10.20
33 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                               10.54
34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    11.12
35 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                      13.26
36 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           14.00
37 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               14.33
38 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               14.36
39 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        14.57
40 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic               14.58
41 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                          15.04
42 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears        15.15
43 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             16.47
44 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                       17.11
45 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               20.52
46 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears      21.46
47 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                       21.50
48 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         23.01
49 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            23.10
50 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                           24.22
51 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           25.03
52 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                          25.10
53 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          25.24
54 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                25.59
55 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                       27.15
56 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                         29.29
57 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                       29.30
58 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   30.13
59 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                      30.18
60 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          
61 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         30.57
62 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                              31.12
63 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                               31.54
64 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          32.21
65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        34.25
66 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                34.53
67 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            36.18
68 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                39.17
69 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                    39.52
70 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                       40.28
71 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        40.33
72 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
73 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           41.44
74 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
75 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                    42.31
76 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone       42.41
77 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                           43.27
78 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       43.38
79 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                            44.03
80 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                  44.18
81 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                 47.10
82 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              48.32
83 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                         49.51
84 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                          51.31
85 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                  52.47
86 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      52.58
87 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram                          53.58
88 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          54.31
89 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       54.53
90 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                           55.30
91 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             55.35
92 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                 56.20
93 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                               56.36
94 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   57.40
95 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                 1.00.16
96 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                           1.07.57
97 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      1.10.28
98 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              1.10.44
 
Points classification
 
1 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            66 pts
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              63
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              52
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      50
5 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              49
6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                48
7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        46
8 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            42
9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 42
10 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               40
11 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                              39
12 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                            38
13 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        36
14 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                         35
15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          33
16 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital               31
17 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  31
18 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    31
19 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                            26
20 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               25
21 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                  24
22 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                              23
23 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       22
24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              19
25 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             19
26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           18
27 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            17
28 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           16
29 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                   16
30 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          15
31 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        15
32 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           14
33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                        13
34 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       13
35 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    12
36 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                              12
37 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                          11
38 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            10
39 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               10
40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                          9
41 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             9
42 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                          8
43 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                      8
44 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                7
45 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           7
46 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                   6
47 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                        6
48 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       5
49 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        3
50 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           3
51 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                           3
52 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 3
53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 3
54 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                           3
55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               2
56 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        2
57 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   2
58 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                  2
59 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                           2
60 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           2
61 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               1
62 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                    1
63 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                         1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            51 pts
2 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                42
3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            39
4 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                   35
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 26
6 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                               25
7 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                           23
8 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   17
9 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                      17
10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 17
11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               13
12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                        13
13 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                          12
14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    11
15 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       11
16 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        10
17 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                    8
18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              8
19 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                8
20 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            8
21 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     8
22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                         8
23 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                6
24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              6
25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           6
26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            6
27 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                    5
28 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              5
29 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           5
30 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                             4
31 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      4
32 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                           4
33 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             4
34 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           4
35 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               3
36 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   3
37 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                   3
38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             3
39 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          3
40 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             2
41 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                   2
42 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        1
43 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 1
44 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1
45 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1
46 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                               1
47 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   0.21
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                        0.52
4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             1.51
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               3.30
6 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         6.19
7 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       6.50
8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                 7.24
9 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                11.03
10 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                      26.48
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         27.27
12 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                              27.42
13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                31.23
14 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                    39.01
15 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                           39.57
16 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                  40.48
17 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                          48.01
18 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      49.28
19 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          51.01
20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       51.23
21 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              1.07.14
 
Teams classification
 
1 Lampre-Fondital                                             95.51.43
2 Discovery Channel Team                                          0.03
3 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                      0.34
4 Credit Agricole                                                 4.12
5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                  8.52
6 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          9.05
7 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              10.46
8 Francaise Des Jeux                                             11.19
9 Davitamon-Lotto                                                13.46
10 Ag2R Prevoyance                                               14.10
11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                  15.52
12 Rabobank                                                      16.42
13 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                          32.10
14 Gerolsteiner                                                  35.02
15 Bouygues Telecom                                              38.45
16 Quick Step-Innergetic                                         39.06
17 Team CSC                                                      43.08
18 T-Mobile Team                                                 48.15
19 Agritubel                                                   1.04.09
20 Liquigas                                                    1.18.28
21 Team Milram                                                 1.46.57

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