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68th Tour de Suisse- 2.HC

Switzerland, June 12-20, 2004

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Stage 2 - June 13: Dürrenroth - Rheinfelden, 169.9km

McEwen wins second stage as Vino crashes out

Robbie McEwen
Photo ©: Reuters

Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) won the second stage of the Tour de Suisse in a bunch sprint, beating German Olaf Pollack (Gerolsteiner) and South African Robert Hunter (Rabobank) in Rheinfelden. McEwen, who missed the crucial move yesterday, called on his teammates to pull back a dangerous seven man breakaway that contained Paolo Bettini and Stefano Garzelli, among others. The group was caught with 4 km to go and McEwen was able to comfortably win the mass sprint.

Vinokourov out

Although his T-Mobile teammate Jan Ullrich retained the Tour de Suisse golden leader's jersey today, defending champion Alexandre Vinokourov came to grief on the finishing circuits, crashing with 47 km to go and abandoning the race. It was a hard blow for Ullrich, who was counting on having Vino with him in the mountains later this week, but fortunately the Kazakh did not break any bones.

The crash happened when Vinokourov hit a traffic island at 50 km/h. The 30 year old sustained concussion, facial abrasions and shoulder and hand injuries, and will have to rest for at least two or three days before riding again. Doctors are investigating the possibility of torn ligaments in his shoulder, which could put his Tour de France in danger. "Vinokourov plays an important part in our Tour plans," said T-Mobile's spokesman Olaf Ludwig on the team's website. "We are counting on him and Ullrich very heavily in France."

Although Ullrich was happy to have maintained the leader's jersey, he was critical of the organisers for what he thought was a dangerous finishing circuit. "After this fast stage I don't understand why the finishing circuit was not properly marshalled like it should be for an top level international tour. Alexandre became a victim of the chaos. Instead of being able to attack with me in the coming stages, he is now lying in hospital. That is annoying."

T-Mobile's team director Mario Kummer said that "To defend [this jersey] without Vinokourov now becomes rather tough. We will nevertheless keep fighting. We'll defend the lead for as long as possible."

How it unfolded

Jan Ullrich
Photo ©: Reuters

Today's 170 km stage between Dürrenroth and Rheinfelden was expected to suit the sprinters. But unlike yesterday, the sprinters' teams were more awake and were able to better control the stage. It was raining at the start and the riders were rugged up in the 13 degree temperatures.

The attacks began almost immediately, especially by riders who had missed the break yesterday. John Gadret (Chocolade Jacques) and Murilo Fischer (Domina Vacanze) were the first to attack, but were hauled in by the field as the rain continued to pour down. The attacks continued with Peter Wuyts (Mr.Bookmaker.com-Palmans) going clear after 6 km, but he had to stop with a mechanical problem.

It took 40 km for the break of the day to be established, as Michael Blaudzun (CSC) and Jan Boven (Rabobank) jumped clear, followed by Eric Leblacher (Credit Agricole), Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner), Martin Elmiger (Phonak), Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) and Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola). The seven men were able to gain an advantage, as none of them presented any threat to Ullrich's lead, and after 75 km, they had 4'30 on the main field, where Lotto-Domo was setting the tempo.

As the rain became more intermittent, Elmiger took the day's first Cat. 4 climb at Bürersteig (km 80) ahead of Garzelli and Blaudzun, with the field now 5'00 behind. With such a strong group in front, Lotto-Domo had to work hard to keep them in check, and by the first passage of the finish line with 54 km to go, the gap was still 5'00.

Elmiger took the day's second climb at Zeiningen Höhe (107.0 km) and then the third and fourth climbs on the same hill at km 134 and km 161, thereby securing the mountains jersey for at least a day. But the break was now being gradually brought back through the efforts of Lotto-Domo and MrBookmaker-Palmans, who had joined in the chase. It was on the first finishing circuit with 47 km to go that Alexandre Vinokourov's Tour de Suisse came to an end after he crashed heavily and abandoned the race.

With one 26.9 km lap to go, the Lotto/MrBookmaker chase had brought back Bettini and co. to within 2'10, and the chase was on in earnest. A mass sprint looked to be extremely likely as the group had just 1'04 with 15 km left. Elmiger and Zberg attacked the break and were joined by Garzelli and Leblacher, but the quartet was caught with just 4 km to go.

"It was a very strong group that went away on a climb with Garzelli in it," said Zberg. "The lead we wanted (6-7 minutes) didn't happen though and when the peloton came back to two minutes we knew it was done, we tried to give it another go but it was too late. I'm not too disappointed really. My main goal here is to get more form and then you have to go deep now and again. There can only be one winner. We'll try again tomorrow."

The sprint was chaotic as Alexandre Moos (Phonak) then Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo) tried to jump clear inside the final kilometre. But with 300m to go, Robbie McEwen hit out on the right hand side of the road and had a clear run to the finish, comfortably beating Olaf Pollack and Robert Hunter for the stage win.

Tomorrow's third stage from Rheinfelden to Vallorbe/Juraparc will present a challenge for Ullrich to maintain the golden jersey, as it finishes on the short but steep climb to the Juraparc.

Photos

Images by Jean-Bernard Sieber/Reuters/Picture Media

  • Jan Ullrich of Germany during the second stage of the Tour of Switzerland
  • Robbie McEwen raises his arms as he wins the second stage of the Tour of Switzerland

Results

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                            3.44.57 (45.32 km/h)
2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                     
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                  
5 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                      
6 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
7 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                
8 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC                                    
9 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                   
10 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze                          
11 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
12 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
13 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           
14 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf             
15 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze                             
16 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                 
17 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
18 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       
19 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                  
20 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre                                     
21 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
22 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                              
23 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                          
24 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              
25 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf            
26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                     
27 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                    
28 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    
29 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                           
30 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
31 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
32 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                 
33 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
34 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre                                     
35 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia                           
36 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
37 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            
38 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
39 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC                                  
40 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
41 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       
42 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            
43 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf             
44 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze                             
45 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            
46 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
47 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        
48 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia                         
49 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                     
50 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
51 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       
52 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                    
53 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
54 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         
55 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia                              
56 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf    
57 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           
58 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                           
59 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                           
60 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                     
61 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
62 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
63 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia                               
64 Gonçalo José Amorim Valada (Por) Milaneza Maia                  
65 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                       
66 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                      
67 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             
68 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       
69 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
70 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                       
71 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                              
72 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                                 
73 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems           
74 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                 
75 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                        
76 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
77 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze                         
78 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf          
79 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf       
80 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                
81 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    
82 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                 
83 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                               
84 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             
85 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia                              
86 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                            
87 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
88 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                                        
89 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team                          
90 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                          
91 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
92 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               
93 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               
94 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
95 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            
96 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                         
97 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                               
98 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         
99 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           0.21
100 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                            
101 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC                               
102 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      
103 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                              
104 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                    
105 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team                  
106 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf          
107 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                    
108 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                 
109 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                  
110 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre                              
111 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                     
112 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
113 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        
114 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      0.31
115 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 
116 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco                                   
117 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze                             
118 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                 0.46
119 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                   0.56
120 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       
121 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      
122 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                           
123 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco                           1.17
124 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                            1.25
125 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                      1.27
126 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    1.47
127 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia                              1.51
128 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                  3.00
129 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                      5.43
130 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
131 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                
132 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo                          
133 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC                                 
134 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                
135 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo                         7.21
136 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                               
137 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia                          
138 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                      
139 David Clinger (USA) Domina Vacanze                             
140 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        
141 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                         10.01
142 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf             
DNF Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                       
 
Points
 
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                 25 pts
2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                20
3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                   16
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                13
5 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                    11
6 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       10
7 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                               9
8 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC                                   8
9 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                  7
10 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze                         6
11 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   5
12 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          4
13 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf            3
14 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          2
15 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze                            1
 
Mountains
 
Bürersteig - Cat. 3, 79.5 km
1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     5 pts
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       3
3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                 2
4 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                            1
 
Zeiningen Höhe (1) - Cat. 4, 107.0 km
1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     3 pts
2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                 2
3 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                        1
 
Zeiningen Höhe (2) - Cat. 4, 133.9 km
1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     3 pts
2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                 2
3 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 1
 
Zeiningen Höhe (3) - Cat. 4, 160.8 km
1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     3 pts
2 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 2
3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       1
 
Postfinance sprints
 
Möhlin (1), 125.3 km
1 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 6 pts
2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                 3
3 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                        1
 
Möhlin (2), 152.2 km
1 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 6 pts
2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                 3
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        1
 
Feldschlosschen sprints
 
Mumpf, 103.5 km
1 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 6 pts
2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     3
3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                 1
 
Teams
 
1 Credit Agricole                                          11.14.51
2 Team CSC                                                         
3 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           
4 Gerolsteiner                                                     
5 Domina Vacanze                                                   
6 Lampre                                                           
7 Fassa Bortolo                                                    
8 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                             
9 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                                 
10 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                                         
11 Rabobank                                                        
12 T-Mobile Team                                                   
13 Quick.Step-Davitamon                                            
13 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                              
15 Alessio-Bianchi                                                 
16 Lotto-Domo                                                      
17 Milaneza Maia                                                   
18 Saeco                                                           
 
General classification, stage 2
 
1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           7.52.43
2 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                 0.02
3 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      0.06
4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      0.07
5 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               0.08
6 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    0.22
7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                  0.24
8 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze                       0.25
9 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            
10 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre                                     
11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                 
12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    
14 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              
15 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                 
16 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                          
17 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre                                     
18 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
19 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia                           
20 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            
21 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
22 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
23 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            
24 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia                         
25 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                     
26 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia                              
27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                       
28 Gonçalo José Amorim Valada (Por) Milaneza Maia                  
29 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
30 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                              
31 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                 
32 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         
33 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                            
34 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                       2.40
35 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans              4.07
36 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team               5.22
37 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             5.25
38 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo                       6.08
39 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                             18.31
40 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                               18.37
41 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                 
42 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   18.41
43 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                 
44 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                    
45 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC                                   
46 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
47 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                              
48 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                           
49 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze                             
50 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                  
51 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       
52 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
53 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf    
54 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                     
55 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia                               
56 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                     
57 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                               
58 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf          
59 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC                                  
60 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                           
61 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
62 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                                        
63 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia                              
64 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           
65 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze                             
66 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf             
67 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
68 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
69 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
70 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                                 
71 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
72 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        
73 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
74 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            
75 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
76 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            
77 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                        
78 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                               
79 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
80 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                
81 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       
82 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                               
83 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf            
84 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems           
85 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze                         
86 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    
87 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                      
88 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                    
89 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               
90 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf             
91 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       
92 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                         
93 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             
94 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team                          
95 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             
96 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                          
97 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               
98 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                       
99 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf       
100 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
101 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                       19.02
102 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              
103 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                 
104 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
105 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        
106 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre                              
107 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC                               
108 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                     
109 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                    
110 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      
111 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                    
112 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                  
113 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                              
114 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf          
115 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco                              19.12
116 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
117 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze                             
118 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                19.27
119 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            19.32
120 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                  19.36
121 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       
122 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                      19.37
123 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      
124 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco                          19.58
125 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                           20.00
126 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                     20.08
127 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                   20.28
128 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia                             20.32
129 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                 21.41
130 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                       24.24
131 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                          
132 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                
133 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                
134 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC                                 
135 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia                     26.02
136 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                      
137 David Clinger (USA) Domina Vacanze                             
138 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo                             
139 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        
140 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                               
141 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf        28.42
142 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              
 
Points classification
 
1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                25 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                 25
3 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   25
4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                20
5 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        16
6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                   16
7 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze                         14
8 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        13
9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                13
10 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                11
11 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                   11
12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   10
13 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      10
14 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                              9
15 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC                                  8
16 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                7
17 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                 7
18 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo                          6
19 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre                                    5
20 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          4
21 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   4
22 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          4
23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                    3
24 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf            3
25 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                1
26 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze                            1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    14 pts
2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                 6
3 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  5
4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         4
5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       4
6 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 3
7 Gonçalo José Amorim Valada (Por) Milaneza Maia                  2
8 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    1
9 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                        1
10 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                           1
 
Postfinance sprints classification
 
1 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                12 pts
2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       6
2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         6
4 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                 6
5 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    3
6 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  3
7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                     1
8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        1
9 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                        1
 
Feldschlosschen sprints classification
 
1 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               6 pts
2 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 6
3 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze                             3
4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     3
5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                 1
6 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                      1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Phonak Hearing Systems                                   23.39.09
2 T-Mobile Team                                                    
3 Lotto-Domo                                                   0.15
4 Lampre                                                           
5 Fassa Bortolo                                                    
6 Milaneza Maia                                                    
7 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                        18.01
8 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                          18.16
9 Credit Agricole                                             18.31
10 Saeco                                                           
11 Quick.Step-Davitamon                                            
12 Gerolsteiner                                               23.37
13 Team CSC                                                   36.47
14 Domina Vacanze                                                  
15 Rabobank                                                        
16 Alessio-Bianchi                                                 
17 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                                    40.29
18 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                           55.03
                             

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