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68th Tour de Suisse- 2.HC
Switzerland, June 12-20, 2004
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Stage 3 - June 14: Rheinfelden - Juraparc-Vallorbe, 185.0km
Hunter profits from long escape
No problems for Ullrich in uphill finish
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South African Robert Hunter (Rabobank) has won the first uphill finish of this year's Tour de Suisse, beating Gregory Rast (Phonak) and Jurgen Van Goolen (Quick.Step) in Vallorbe's Juraparc. The three were part of a successful breakaway that included Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo) and Peter Wuyts (MrBookmaker-Palmans), none of whom presented a threat to the leader, Jan Ullrich. The front part of the peloton finished four minutes behind the leaders, with Ullrich coming in 11th on the stage and keeping the leader's jersey.
How it unfolded
The 142 rider field started in sunny but cool conditions in Rheinfelden, ready for a fast 177 km stage finishing in Vallorbe/Juraparc. The main rider missing was Kazakh Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile), who abandoned the tour yesterday after a crash, and may be sidelined for three weeks due to his shoulder injuries.
As expected, the attacks began from the start of the stage, with plenty of riders who had lost time in the first stage trying their chances. The speed was thus very high in the first phase of the race, with the first (non-time bonus) sprint in Liestal (10.4 km) being won by Bekim Christensen (Team CSC) from Mauro Gerosa (Vini Caldirola) and Gianluca Bortolami (Lampre).
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Eventually after 47 km, the elastic broke and nine riders got clear: Andrei Zintchenko (Milaneza-Maia), Robert Hunter (Rabobank), Christophe Stevens (Chocolade Jacques), Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo), Marco Zanotti (Vini Caldirola), Alessandro Cortinovis (Lampre), Peter Wuyts (Mr.Bookmaker.com-Palmans), Gregory Rast (Phonak ) and Jurgen Van Goolen (Quick.Step-Davitamon). They worked hard to increase their advantage as Van Goolen's teammate Bram Tankink became the first rider to abandon today, suffering from muscular cramps. Quick.Step later lost Luca Paolini due to intestinal problems.
After 70 km, the group had reduced in size to just five riders: Hunter, Ongarato, Wuyts, Rast and Van Goolen, holding a gap of 1'45 over the peloton. None of the riders were close to Ullrich on the general classification, so T-Mobile was content to let them stay away, especially as they would soak up any of the bonus seconds on offer. The gap grew to three minutes at the 83 km mark and kept growing until it reached 9'52 with 42 km to go, and it was clear that they wouldn't be caught.
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The five leaders maintained their advantage over the T-Mobile led peloton, where even Jan Ullrich was working in order to improve his condition. With 25 km to go, the gap was still 9'51 and only started to come down when Chocolade Jacques started working. The speed lifted markedly after that, and by the finish, the peloton was just 4'00 back to the leaders.
In front, the attacks started on the two climbs leading up to the finish. Wuyts won the Cat. 4 Le Day climb with 8 km to go, beating Van Goolen and Rast, but the latter then counter-attacked, and only Robert Hunter could follow. Rast and Hunter put time into the rest of their companions on the final 3 km climb up to Juraparc, and although Rast took the points on the Cat. 3 Col du Mont d'Orzeires, it was Hunter who proved to be too strong for the Swiss rider at the finish, winning the stage comfortably. Behind Rast in second place, Van Goolen took third at 19 seconds.
The peloton came in in several fragments four minutes later, as T-Mobile set a high tempo on the final climb. Bobby Julich was first over the line for sixth place, but Jan Ullrich was not far behind in 11th, and kept his golden leader's jersey with Camenzind and Jeker at 2 and 6 seconds respectively.
Photography
Images by Jean-Bernard Sieber/Reuters/Picture Media
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) riding during stage three. Ullrich and T-Mobile successfully defended his yellow jersey.
- Robert Hunter (Rabobank) claims victory in stage three after out-sprinting Gregory Rast (Phonak) and Jurgen Van Goolen (Quick.Step) at the end of a breakaway.
Images by Franklin Tello Photography/Cyclingnews/franklintellophoto.com
- Today's stage left the legendary Feldschlösschen Castle in Rheinfelden.
- Robert Hunter (Rabobank) at the start in Rheinfelden.
- Olaf Pollack (Gerolsteiner) on his way to signing in for a 185km stage.
- Bobby Julich (CSC) would lead the second group at the end of the stage.
- Italian Paolo Bettini (Quick Step - Davitamon) was well greeted by the Swiss crowd today.
- A focused lead member of Phonak Alex Zülle.
- Alexandre Moos (Phonak) did a great job today at supporting his leader Oscar Camenzind.
- The crowd greets the leader of the Tour de Suisse, Jan Ullrich.
- As always a modest Ullrich saluting his fans.
- Jan Ullrich (R) Bobby Jullich (M) and Tobias Steinhauser (L) enjoy a quick chat before the start of the race.
- Jurgen Van Goolen (Quick Step - Davitamon) Robert Hunter (Rabobank), Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo), Grégory Rast (Phonak) and Peter Wuyts (Mr. Bookmaker.com-Palmans) in the breakaway.
- The peloton starts the chase with Serguei Ivanov and his T-Mobile team.
- Serguei Ivanov and Tobias Steinhauser protecting the yellow jersey of Jan Ullrich.
- Robert Hunter (Rabobank) winning in Vallorbe, after 185km of racing.
- Grégory Rast (Phonak) tried sprinting, but he had to settle for second place for the day.
- Jurgen Van Goolen (Quick Step - Davitamon) putting his final effort to cross the line.
- Peter Wuyts (Mr. Bookmaker.com - Palmans) had a superb ride, escalating 46 places by the end of the day.
- Fassa Bortolo's Alberto Ongarato showed his strength on the final climb, to claim 4th place.
- Bobby Julich (CSC) leads the second group into the line, with the winner of this year's Tour of Germany, Patrik Sinkewitz on his shoulder.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) crosses the line, safely in the lead group
- Robert Hunter (Rabobank) salutes the crowd with his victory bouquet
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) on the podium after retaining the leader's jersey
Results
1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 4.05.07 (45.285 km/h) 2 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.02 3 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.19 4 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.29 5 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 0.31 6 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3.59 7 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 21 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 22 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 4.05 24 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 25 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 27 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 28 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 29 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 30 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 31 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 32 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 33 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 4.09 35 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.12 36 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 4.20 37 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia 4.39 38 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia 39 Gonçalo José Amorim Valada (Por) Milaneza Maia 40 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4.42 41 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4.43 42 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 43 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 44 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 45 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia 46 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia 47 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 48 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 49 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5.00 52 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 53 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 54 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 55 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 57 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC 5.13 58 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 5.15 59 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 5.26 60 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 61 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.34 62 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia 5.35 63 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.37 64 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 65 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5.58 66 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 67 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team 6.15 69 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.26 70 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6.28 71 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 72 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 73 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 74 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 75 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 76 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 77 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 78 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 79 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.51 80 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 81 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 82 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 7.28 83 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 84 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 85 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 86 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 87 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 88 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 89 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 90 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 91 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 92 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 93 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 94 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 95 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 8.18 96 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco 97 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 98 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 99 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 100 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 101 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 102 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 103 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 104 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 105 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 106 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 107 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 9.12 108 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 109 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 110 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 111 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 112 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 113 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 114 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 115 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 116 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 117 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 118 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 119 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 120 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 121 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 122 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 124 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze 125 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 126 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 127 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 128 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 129 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 130 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 131 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 132 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 133 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.10 134 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 10.26 135 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.20 136 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 12.38 137 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.19 DNF John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf DNF David Clinger (USA) Domina Vacanze DNF Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir Points 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 15 pts 2 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 3 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 4 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 5 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 8 6 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7 7 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 6 8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 Mountains Langenbruck - Cat. 3, 30.8 km 1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 pts 2 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 4 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 Le Day - Cat. 4, 177.5 km 1 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 3 pts 2 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 3 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Col du Mont d'Orzeires - Cat. 3, 183.6 km 1 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 pts 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 3 3 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 4 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1 Postfinance sprints Mathod, 155.5 km 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 3 3 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Vallorbe, 179.4 km 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 3 3 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 Feldschlosschen sprints Liestal, 10.4 km 1 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 3 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 12.23.21 2 Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.17 3 Fassa Bortolo 0.27 4 Rabobank 1.05 5 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1.57 6 Team CSC 4.03 7 Milaneza Maia 4.43 8 Saeco 4.53 9 T-Mobile Team 4.54 10 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.32 11 Gerolsteiner 5.41 12 Credit Agricole 5.51 13 Lampre 6.05 14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.26 15 Domina Vacanze 8.25 16 Alessio-Bianchi 10.39 17 Lotto-Domo 10.45 18 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 11.39 General classification after stage 3 1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12.01.49 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 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.24 7 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 0.25 8 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 10 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 13 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 15 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 16 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.28 17 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 0.31 18 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 19 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 20 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 22 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 23 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 24 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.35 25 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.38 26 Gonçalo José Amorim Valada (Por) Milaneza Maia 1.05 27 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 1.09 28 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia 30 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 1.26 31 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 1.41 32 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.03 33 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.54 34 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4.51 35 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team 7.38 36 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 9.07 37 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 10.27 38 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 14.22 39 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.37 40 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.45 41 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14.56 42 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15.11 43 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 18.41 44 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 18.47 45 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 46 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 18.58 47 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia 19.21 48 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 19.24 49 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 19.25 50 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia 51 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 52 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 54 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19.36 56 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 19.42 57 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.43 59 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC 19.55 60 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 20.03 61 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 62 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 63 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 20.08 64 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 20.16 65 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 20.19 66 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.40 67 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 68 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 69 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 21.10 70 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 71 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 72 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 73 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 74 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 75 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia 21.12 76 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 21.25 77 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21.29 78 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.54 79 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 80 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 22.06 81 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 22.10 82 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 83 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 84 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 85 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 86 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 87 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 88 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 89 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 90 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 22.30 91 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 22.31 92 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 93 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 94 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 23.00 95 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 96 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 97 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 98 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 99 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 23.21 100 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 23.29 101 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco 23.31 102 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 23.44 103 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 23.46 104 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 23.54 105 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 106 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 107 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze 108 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 109 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 111 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 112 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 113 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 114 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 115 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 116 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 23.55 117 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 24.10 118 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 24.15 119 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 120 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 121 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 122 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 24.25 123 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 124 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.45 125 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24.52 126 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 25.21 127 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27.02 128 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 27.16 129 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 27.20 130 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia 27.38 131 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 29.37 132 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 133 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 134 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 135 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 30.21 136 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 31.15 137 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 33.01 Points classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 31 pts 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 25 4 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 5 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 6 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 20 7 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 8 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 16 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 13 10 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 11 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 12 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 11 13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 16 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 17 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 9 18 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 8 19 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 8 20 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7 21 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 22 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 6 23 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 24 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 25 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 5 26 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4 27 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 28 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2 29 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1 30 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 31 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze 1 Mountains classification 1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 pts 2 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 6 4 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 5 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 6 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 7 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4 8 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 3 11 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 12 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 13 Gonçalo José Amorim Valada (Por) Milaneza Maia 2 14 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 15 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 16 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 17 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 18 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1 Postfinance sprints classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 12 pts 2 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6 4 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 6 6 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 6 7 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 8 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 10 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 11 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 13 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1 Feldschlosschen sprints classification 1 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 5 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 6 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze 3 7 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 8 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1 9 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 36.02.30 2 Fassa Bortolo 0.42 3 T-Mobile Team 4.54 4 Milaneza Maia 4.58 5 Lampre 6.20 6 Lotto-Domo 11.00 7 Quick.Step-Davitamon 18.48 8 Saeco 23.24 9 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 23.48 10 Credit Agricole 24.22 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.27 12 Gerolsteiner 29.18 13 Rabobank 37.52 14 Team CSC 40.50 15 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 42.26 16 Domina Vacanze 45.12 17 Alessio-Bianchi 47.26 18 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.06.42
