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3rd Tour of Qatar - 2.3
Qatar, February 2-6, 2004
Stage 1 - February 2: Sealine Beach Resort - Doha Landmark, 150.5 km
Ventoso takes first Qatar sprint
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Spain's Francisco José Ventoso (Saunier Duval-Prodir) won the opening stage of the third Tour of Qatar Monday, outsprinting Sébastien Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangère) and Robert Hunter (Rabobank) on a warm and windy day. Along with the Doha International Grand Prix the day before, the Tour of Qatar represents the first event of the season for many riders, and the 2004 racing began just 16 kilometres after race director Jean-Marie Leblanc waived the flag.
"I'm surprised by this win, since it's only my second professional race," commented an elated Ventoso at the finish. "My team came here to win the Tour of Qatar. For now we're ahead and the whole team is very strong, so hopes are high."
Fifteen teams and 119 riders took to the start at the Sealine Beach Resort, embarking on 150 kilometres of flat but windy terrain outside of Doha. Spurred on by an early tailwind, Vlaanderen- T Interim's Koen Barbe attacked shortly after the start, prompting a chase by Jean-Patrick Nazon (Ag2r-Prévoyance) and Jörg Ludewig (Saeco). The two caught Barbe, but the break was reeled in by the peloton with Lotto-Domo at the helm.
Soon after the trio was caught, La Boulangère's Rony Martius took off in a counter move which lasted until the 56km mark. Throughout the chase, this time led by Quick.Step-Davitamon, the wind caused several splits in the field. As Alexandre Usov (Phonak) took the second bonus sprint, a large portion of the peloton trailed by 30", struggling in the stiff winds. Crashes also disrupted the flow of the race, and stage favourite Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) was among those to be delayed by a tangle of bikes. With help from his teammates, McEwen was up and able to rejoin the field.
Despite strong tempos set in the finale by Ag2r, Fassa Bortolo, and Gerolsteiner, it was neo-pro Ventoso who jumped clear to take the sprint ahead of Chavanel and Hunter. Among those struggling on the first day of the tour was French sprinter Damien Nazon (Crédit Agricole), who crashed heavily in the Doha International Grand Prix on Sunday, injuring his right wrist.
Results
1 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.14.40 2 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 4 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 6 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 12 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 13 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 14 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto - Domo 18 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 19 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 20 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 21 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 22 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 23 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Giosuč Bonomi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 25 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 26 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 27 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 28 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 30 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 31 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 32 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto - Domo 33 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 35 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 36 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 38 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 39 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto - Domo 40 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 42 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 43 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 44 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 45 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 46 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 47 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 49 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 50 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 51 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 52 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 53 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 54 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 55 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi 56 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 57 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 58 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 59 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step - Davitamon 60 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 61 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 62 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto - Domo 63 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto - Domo 65 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 66 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 67 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 68 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 69 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 71 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 72 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 73 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 74 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 76 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 77 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 78 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 79 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto - Domo 80 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 82 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 83 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 84 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 85 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step - Davitamon 86 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 87 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 88 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 89 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 90 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 91 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 92 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 93 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 94 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 95 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 97 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 98 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 99 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 100 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 101 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 102 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step - Davitamon 103 David Meys (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 104 Bart De Spiegelaere (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 105 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 106 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 107 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Davitamon 108 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 109 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 110 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 111 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 112 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 113 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 114 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 0.26 115 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto - Domo 0.32 116 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 117 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto - Domo 1.13 118 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.02 119 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.13 Points Rawdat Rashed (65.80 km) 1 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto - Domo 2 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 1 Doha Landmark (first pass, 123.00 km) 1 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 3 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Doha Landmark (150.50 km) 1 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30 pts 2 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 27 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 25 4 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 23 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 21 6 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 7 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 9 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 11 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 10 12 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 9 13 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 8 14 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 15 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 16 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 17 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto - Domo 4 18 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 19 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 2 20 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 1 Young rider 1 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.14.40 2 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 5 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 7 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 8 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 9 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 11 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 12 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 13 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 15 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 17 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 18 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 20 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 21 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 22 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 23 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 24 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 25 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 26 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 28 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 29 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 31 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 32 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 33 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 34 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 37 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 38 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 39 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 41 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 42 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 44 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 45 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 46 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 47 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 0.26 48 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.02 Teams 1 Rabobank 9.44.00 2 De Nardi 3 Credit Agricole 4 Fassa Bortolo 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 Team CSC 9 Gerolsteiner 10 Vlaanderen - T Interim 11 Lotto - Domo 12 T-Mobile Team 13 Quick Step - Davitamon 14 Brioches La Boulangere 15 Ag2R Prevoyance General classification after stage 1 1 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.14.30 2 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.04 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 0.06 4 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.07 5 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 6 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto - Domo 0.08 7 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 0.09 9 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 0.10 11 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 16 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 17 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 18 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 19 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 22 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 23 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 24 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 25 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 26 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 Giosuč Bonomi (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 28 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 29 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 30 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 31 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 32 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 33 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 34 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto - Domo 35 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 37 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 38 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 40 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 41 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto - Domo 42 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team 43 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 44 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 45 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 46 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 47 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 48 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 50 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 51 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 52 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 53 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 54 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 55 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 56 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi 57 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 58 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 59 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 60 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step - Davitamon 61 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 62 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 63 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto - Domo 64 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto - Domo 66 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 67 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 68 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 69 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 70 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 71 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 72 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 73 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 74 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 76 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 77 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 78 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 79 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 80 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto - Domo 81 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 84 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 85 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 86 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step - Davitamon 87 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 88 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 89 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 91 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 92 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 93 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 94 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 95 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 97 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 98 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 99 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 100 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 101 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 102 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step - Davitamon 103 David Meys (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 104 Bart De Spiegelaere (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 105 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 106 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 107 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step - Davitamon 108 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 109 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 110 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 111 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 112 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 113 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 114 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 0.36 115 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto - Domo 0.42 116 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 117 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto - Domo 1.23 118 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.12 119 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.23 Points classification 1 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30 pts 2 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 27 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 25 4 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 23 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 22 6 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 7 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 9 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 11 11 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 10 12 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 13 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 9 14 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 8 15 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 16 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto - Domo 6 17 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 18 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 3 19 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 20 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 21 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 2 22 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 23 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 1 Young rider classification 1 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.14.30 2 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.04 3 Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.08 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 0.09 5 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 0.10 7 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 9 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 10 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 11 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 13 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 15 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 17 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 21 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 22 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 23 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 24 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 26 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 27 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 28 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 29 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 30 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 32 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 33 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 34 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 35 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 38 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 39 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 40 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 42 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step - Davitamon 43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 44 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 45 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 46 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 47 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim 0.36 48 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.12 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 9.44.00 2 De Nardi 3 Credit Agricole 4 Fassa Bortolo 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 Team CSC 9 Gerolsteiner 10 Vlaanderen - T Interim 11 Lotto - Domo 12 T-Mobile Team 13 Quick Step - Davitamon 14 Brioches La Boulangere 15 Ag2R Prevoyance
