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4th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, January 31-February 4, 2005
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Stage 3 - February 2: Al Wakra - Al Khor Corniche, 194 km
CSC on the offensive
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The third stage of the Tour of Qatar saw a change in the GC standings as Team CSC broke open the race. With five riders in the final breakaway of seven, CSC ended up with first and second on the stage as Lars Michaelsen and Matti Breschel crossed in that order, 1'20 ahead of Marcus Ljungqvist (Liquigas-Bianchi). On the GC, it looks even better for CSC, who now occupy the first three positions with Michaelsen, Breschel and Guidi.
"It was a brilliant victory today," said Michaelsen. "We really took advantage of the cross winds from the beginning. Already after 40 kilometres there were only 17 guys up front - six of which were ours. We launched an attack in two stages, and this was what made the race. When we attacked the second time, there were seven riders up front, and five were ours. I have to admit that the team time trial training we've gone through during our training camps has proven to be ideal for this kind of race.
"In the end it was a given that we were to take matters into our own hands and we took turns attacking. It turned out to be me, who was able to open a gap and then Matti bridged up. For the remaining 11 kilometres we rode side by side towards the finish line. We were both pretty wrecked, but we made it. It was a very special day for us."
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CSC's directeur sportif Alain Gallopin was equally proud of his boys, noting that, "This manoeuvre was a lot like the one we pulled in Paris-Nice last year. To attack with almost the entire team in strong crosswinds takes a huge amount of discipline, and the riders really showed what they're made of today. The other teams got a lesson in bike racing, and it will definitely be tough for us to defend our position now. There's no doubt there are a lot of people dying for a rematch tomorrow. But what we did today, no one can take away from us, and the motivation to try and keep our overall position is very high."
How it unfolded
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The 194 km (and longest) third stage started in Al Wakra on the coast, and all day the riders were buffeted by strong crosswinds. After eight kilometres, the first attack was made when 15 riders rode clear, and by km 26 the peloton was in pieces trying to regroup. Everything was back together by km 35, and it took another 20 km before the first critical move of the day was made.
After 56 km, a group of 17 riders including race leader Tom Boonen and Stefano Zanini (Quick.Step), Robbie McEwen, Fred Rodriguez and Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto), Marcus Ljungqvist and Magnus Bäckstedt (Liquigas), Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel), Laurent Mangel (Ag2R), Manuel Quinziato (Saunier Duval), Maarten Tjallingii (Marco Polo) and six CSC riders (Michaelsen, Breschel, Guidi, Bak, Lombardi, Eriksen). Michaelsen won the first sprint at km 72, ahead of Tjallingii and McEwen, and by this stage the leaders had 2'10 over the peloton. The main bunch stopped chasing and was nearly half an hour behind the leaders at the end.
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At the second sprint (km 146), McEwen was fastest ahead of Boonen and Michaelsen, but any chances of keeping the group together until the finish were dashed when seven riders attacked with 36 km to go. In the group were five from CSC: Michaelsen, Breschel, Guidi, Lombardi and Eriksen, along with Rodriguez and Ljungqvist. The rest of the leading group could not close the gap and there could only be one outcome of the stage.
With 15 km to go, Michaelsen and Breschel attacked and put 1'20 into the remaining chasers, with Michaelsen crossing the line first to win the stage and Breschel taking over the best young rider's classification.
Photography
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- The peloton rolls out in the neutral zone
- The peloton rides past the seaside during stage 3
- A Qatari spectator watches the action
- Cycling in the desert: Stage 3 of the Tour of Qatar
- Lloyd Mondory (Ag2r) sits in the desert after crashing
- Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval) was hurt in a crash
- Race leader Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) gets into the action during stage 3
- Five members of CSC drop leader Tom Boonen for good, assisted by Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) and Marcus Ljungqvist (Liquigas-Bianchi)
- Lars Michaelsen and Matti Breschel (CSC) finish first and second in the third stage
- Lars Michaelsen (CSC) in gold after stage 3
Results
1 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 4.05.28 2 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 0.02 3 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.20 4 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 5 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 1.22 6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 7 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 8 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 5.30 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5.35 10 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval 12 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 13 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo 14 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 16 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step 23.37 18 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 29.51 19 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 20 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 30.11 21 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 22 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano 32.00 23 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano 24 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano 25 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 26 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 27 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 29 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 30 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 32 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 33 Farkad Mohammed (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 34 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof 35 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 37 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R 38 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 39 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 40 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 41 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 42 Ahmed Abduljaleel (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 43 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 44 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo 45 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 46 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 47 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 48 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 49 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 50 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval 51 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 52 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 53 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 54 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 55 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 56 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 57 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 58 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano 59 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 60 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 61 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 62 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 63 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R 64 Rene Obst (Ger) Wiesenhof 65 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 66 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval 67 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 68 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 69 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval 70 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 71 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 72 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 73 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 74 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 75 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 76 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 77 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 78 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo 79 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 80 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 81 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval 82 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 84 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 85 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 86 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 87 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano 88 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 89 Guido Trentin (Ita) Quick Step 90 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 91 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 92 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 93 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 94 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 95 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R 96 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 97 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 98 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 99 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 100 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 101 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 102 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 103 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 104 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 105 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel 106 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 107 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 108 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo 109 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 110 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 111 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R 112 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 114 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 115 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Discovery Channel 116 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 117 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R 118 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 119 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel 120 Michael Carter (USA) Marco Polo 121 Edmunds Hollands (Aus) Marco Polo 122 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval DNF Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile HC Mohcena Rhiele (Mar) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel Points 1 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 30 pts 2 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 27 3 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 4 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 23 5 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 21 6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 19 7 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 17 8 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 15 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 13 10 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 11 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval 10 12 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 9 13 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo 8 14 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 7 15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 16 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 17 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step 4 18 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 3 19 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 2 20 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 1 Sprints Rawdat Rashed, 72.50 km 1 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo 2 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Al Ghuwairiya, 146.50 km 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 2 3 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 1 Young rider 1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 4.05.30 2 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 5.28 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5.33 4 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 29.49 6 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 7 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 30.09 8 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 9 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 31.58 10 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 11 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 13 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 14 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 16 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof 18 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 19 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 20 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo 21 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 22 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 23 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 24 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 25 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 26 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 27 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 28 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 30 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 31 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval 32 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 33 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo 34 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 35 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 36 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 38 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano 39 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R 40 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 41 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 42 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 43 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 44 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 45 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R 46 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Teams 1 Team Csc 12.17.46 2 Davitamon-Lotto 11.10 3 Liquigas-Bianchi 37.33 4 Quick.Step 59.50 5 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.08.13 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 Marco Polo Cycling Team 8 Discovery Channel Team 9 Shimano-Memory Corp 1.30.20 10 Team Wiesenhof 1.32.49 11 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 12 Credit Agricole 1.34.38 13 T-Mobile Team 14 Aljazeera Sport Channel 15 Bouygues Telecom 16 Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Domina Vacanze General classification after stage 3 1 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 11.50.23 2 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 1.14 3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 1.28 4 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.36 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5.27 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.41 7 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo 5.43 8 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 8.17 9 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 10 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 12.25 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval 12.30 12 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 16.59 16 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 21.18 17 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano 32.08 18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 19 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 32.14 20 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 21 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 22 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 24 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 25 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 32.16 26 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 32.18 27 Guido Trentin (Ita) Quick Step 28 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 29 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 32.30 30 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 32.40 31 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 32.47 32 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 33.12 33 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R 33.18 34 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Discovery Channel 35 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 36 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 34.11 37 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 36.00 38 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval 39 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 37.00 40 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 37.06 41 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 38.54 42 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano 38.55 43 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 44 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 45 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 46 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 47 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 48 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 49 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 50 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 51 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R 52 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 53 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 54 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R 55 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 56 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 57 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval 58 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 59 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 60 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 61 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 62 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 63 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 64 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 65 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 66 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 68 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 69 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 70 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step 39.20 71 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof 40.29 72 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 73 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 41.39 74 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 45.34 75 Farkad Mohammed (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 46.54 76 Ahmed Abduljaleel (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 47.12 77 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano 47.41 78 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano 47.43 79 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 80 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 81 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 82 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 83 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 84 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 85 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R 87 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 88 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 89 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 91 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 92 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo 93 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 94 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 95 Rene Obst (Ger) Wiesenhof 96 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 97 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 98 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval 99 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo 100 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 101 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano 102 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 103 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel 104 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 105 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 106 Edmunds Hollands (Aus) Marco Polo 107 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval 109 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 110 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 111 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo 112 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 113 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 114 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 115 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 116 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 117 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R 118 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 119 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel 120 Michael Carter (USA) Marco Polo 121 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 49.00 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 75 pts 2 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 53 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 50 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 47 5 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 46 6 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 42 7 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 34 8 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 30 9 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 27 10 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 27 11 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 12 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo 23 13 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano 21 14 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 21 15 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 21 16 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21 17 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 19 18 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 17 19 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 17 20 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 15 21 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 15 22 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 23 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 11 24 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 11 25 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval 10 26 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 10 27 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 9 28 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 9 29 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 8 30 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano 8 31 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R 7 32 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 6 33 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 34 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 6 35 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 6 36 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 37 Guido Trentin (Ita) Quick Step 5 38 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 4 39 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Discovery Channel 4 40 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step 4 41 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 3 42 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 2 43 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 2 44 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano 2 45 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 1 46 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 1 47 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Young rider classification 1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 11.51.37 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 4.13 3 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 11.11 4 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 20.04 5 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 31.00 6 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 7 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 31.04 9 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 31.16 10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R 32.04 11 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 32.57 12 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 34.46 13 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 35.46 14 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 35.52 15 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 37.40 16 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 37.41 17 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 18 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 19 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 20 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 21 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 22 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 23 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval 24 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 25 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 26 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof 39.15 28 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 44.20 29 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 46.29 30 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 31 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 32 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 33 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 35 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 36 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 37 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo 38 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano 39 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 40 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 42 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo 43 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 44 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 45 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R 46 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 47.46 Teams classification 1 Team Csc 35.34.17 2 Davitamon-Lotto 11.10 3 Liquigas-Bianchi 50.55 4 Quick.Step 58.54 5 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.08.13 6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.18.40 7 Discovery Channel Team 1.21.35 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.33.34 9 Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.38.07 10 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 1.42.16 11 Shimano-Memory Corp 1.42.38 12 T-Mobile Team 1.46.56 13 Bouygues Telecom 14 Team Wiesenhof 1.48.53 15 Credit Agricole 1.55.48 16 Domina Vacanze 1.56.21 17 Aljazeera Sport Channel 2.18.41
