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68th Tour de Suisse- 2.HC
Switzerland, June 12-20, 2004
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Stage 4 - June 15: Vallée de Joux - Bätterkinden, 211.6km
Oh no, Francesco!
Chicchi's mistake gives McEwen his second stage
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Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) sprinted to his second stage victory at the Tour de Suisse, to the chagrin of Fassa Bortolo's Francesco Chicchi, who crossed the line with arms raised, believing he had won. Jan Ullrich held onto his race lead without incident, riding strongly at the head of the field in the nervous stage finale to Bätterkinden. The longest stage of the tour provided a chance for the sprinters to excel before the serious climbing begins.
"I thought I had won," Chicchi explained after the finish. "Ongarato pulled off with 200 metres to go and when I jumped I went on the left side. I saw under my arm that McEwen was coming up, but I thought more slowly, so I believed I had won. When I raised my arms, the Australian beat me on the line."
McEwen powered through the front positions and threw his bike at just the right moment, dashing the hopes of Chicchi, who still believed he had won long after crossing the line, before his emotion turned from joy to sorrow in the midst of the team's celebration.
"I admit I got lucky this time," McEwen commented on Belgian television. "If Chicchi hadn't thrown his arms in the air too early, he would have won. I came here for a stage win and I got two. It's good for my self-confidence and now I can prepare for the Tour de France in peace."
McEwen took over the points jersey ahead of yesterday's winner, Robert Hunter. Swiss Martin Elmiger is the race's top climber, though the real tests have yet to come. Jan Ullrich's lead remains slim in the general classification, just two seconds ahead of Oscar Camenzind and six seconds on Fabian Jeker. Twenty four riders are within a minute of the golden leader's jersey after four stages.
How it unfolded
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The stage was marked by a long escape which posed no threat to the overall classification. Four riders broke clear early in the day, and as all four had missed the decisive 18 minute split on the first day of racing, they were free to go. American Tom Danielson (Fassa Bortolo), Juan Manuel Garate (Lampre), Geert Verheyen (Chocolade Jacques), and Maarten Den Bakker (Rabobank) worked together over the long stage, but the peloton kept them on a tight leash and their lead never topped much more than four and a half minutes.
With a steadily flattening stage profile, the break's chances did not look good as the sprinters' teams, Lotto-Domo and MrBookmaker.com-Palmans in particular, began a steady effort in the main peloton to set up their men. With a short hill to break the rhythm in the closing kilometres, these teams knew they had to time the capture just right to prevent the inevitable counter attacks and keep the train together for the run-in to the line.
With 25km left to race, after a long day on their own, the leaders could sense their moment was coming to a close. The gap had fallen to barely a minute, and within a few kilometres it was half that. The peloton, while assured a capture, remained a nervous bunch. With 20km to race the battle for position at the head of the field was relentless, as the sprinters' workers fought constantly to hold their places near, but not at the front. Chocolade Jacques sent riders to disrupt the chase, causing a brief flaring of tempers with Lotto and Vini Caldirola who were setting the tempo.
Ultimately the capture became imminent, and as the break began to look behind and sit up, Den Bakker decided to give it one more go. He jumped clear and left his three companions to be swallowed by the bunch, but the Dutchman wasn't flying fast enough to hold off the peloton.
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Den Bakker was reeled in just before the field turned left to climb the short hill, and a new wave of attacks began immediately. Lotto's Rik Verbrugghe was the first to get a gap on the short rise, marked immediately by British champion Roger Hammond. Another national champion, Italy's Paolo Bettini, followed the move and surged past Hammond as Grégory Rast tried desperately to latch onto the move.
Bettini topped the hill first and began a frantic plunge down the other side with just 4km to go, as Hammond and Rast joined forces to give chase. Without a substantial gap, the trio wasn't able to go far with the rest of the peloton now in full flight behind. Ullrich was not afraid to do his part, and also made an effort to stay up front and out of trouble, no doubt thinking back to his teammate Vinokourov's race-ending crash.
Into the finishing stretch, Lotto-Domo was back in control, along with Alessio-Bianchi, working for its sprinter Fabio Baldato. The big bunch flew to the line and despite Chicchi's powerful jump, there was no keeping McEwen down as the Aussie crossed the line victorious. A tough lesson learned for former U23 world champion Chicchi, who isn't likely to make the same mistake twice.
Casualties of the day
A large crash at kilometre 53 claimed several victims in this year's Tour de Suisse. Most seriously injured was Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner), who has had his share of crashes already this season. He was taken to the hospital with a suspected broken vertabrae after tumbling into a ravine. Zberg's teammate Robert Forster also was knocked out of the race with a dislocated shoulder. Race leader Ullrich's friend and right hand man Tobias Steinhauser did not suffer more than cuts and bruises but still abandoned the stage. Though not caught up in the crash, Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola) found himself far short of his best form and withdrew from the race mid-stage.
Photography
Images by Franklin Tello Photography/Cyclingnews/franklintellophoto.com
- Santiago Botero (T-Mobile) ready to support his teammate and yellow jersey, Jan Ullrich
- Russian Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) found himself eight minutes down after stage 3
- Tobias Steinhauser (T-Mobile) was involved in a crash with Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner), but unlike Zberg who landed in the hospital, Steinhauser escaped with minor injuries
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) looking forward to the stage
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) always the gentleman
- The Devil cheering on the leader
- Italians Stefano Garzelli and Mauro Gerosa (Vini Caldirola) in good spirits before the 211km stage
- The climbing jersey of Martin Elmiger (Phonak)
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) gets it on the line ahead of Francesco Chicchi (Fassa Bortolo) and Olaf Pollack (Gerolsteiner)
- McEwen is congratulated by teammate Glenn D'hollander
- Winner of stages 2 and 4 Robbie McEwen can now rest with the mountains coming up
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) in the points jersey
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) finding the golden leader's jersey to be a good fit
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) is happy to be on top again
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 4.51.50 2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 8 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 9 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 15 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 17 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 18 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 19 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 21 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 23 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 24 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 25 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 26 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 27 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 29 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia 31 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 32 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 35 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 37 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 38 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 39 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia 40 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC 41 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 42 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 43 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 44 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 45 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 47 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 49 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 50 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 51 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 52 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 53 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 54 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 55 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 57 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 58 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 59 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 60 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 61 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 63 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 64 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 65 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 66 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 67 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 68 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 69 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 70 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 71 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 72 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 73 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 74 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia 75 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 76 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 77 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 79 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 81 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 82 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 83 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia 84 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 85 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 86 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 87 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 89 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia 90 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 91 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 92 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco 93 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 94 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 95 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 96 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 97 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 98 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 99 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 100 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 101 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 102 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 104 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 105 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 106 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 107 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 108 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 0.21 109 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.13 110 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.58 111 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team 112 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 113 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 114 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 115 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.43 116 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 117 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3.17 118 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3.26 119 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 3.31 120 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 4.43 121 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 122 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 123 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 124 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 125 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 126 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 127 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 128 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 129 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 130 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo DNF Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze DNF Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNF Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre DNF GonÁalo José Amorim Valada (Por) Milaneza Maia DNF Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 25 Pts 2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 4 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 13 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 10 7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 9 8 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 8 9 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 7 10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 12 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4 13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 14 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2 15 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Mountains Prévonloup - Cat. 3, 83.0 km 1 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 5 Pts 2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 3 3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 2 4 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1 Buchegg (1) - Cat. 4, 175.9 km 1 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3 Pts 2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 2 3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1 Buchegg (2) - Cat. 4, 206 km 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 Pts 2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1 Postfinance sprints Grossaffoltern, 159.9 km 1 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 6 Pts 2 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 3 3 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1 Messen, 190.8 km 1 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 6 Pts 2 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3 3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1 Feldschlosschen sprints Aarberg, 150.2 km 1 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 6 Pts 2 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 3 3 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 1 Teams 1 Fassa Bortolo 14.35.30 2 Mr. Bookmaker.com - Palmans 3 Chocolade Jacques Wincor - Nixdorf 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Quick Step - Davitamon 6 Rabobank 7 Team CSC 8 Gerolsteiner 9 Domina Vacanze 10 Lotto - Domo 11 Credit Agricole 12 Saeco 13 Milaneza Maia 14 Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetterie 15 Alessio-Bianchi 16 T-Mobile Team 17 Lampre 18 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.58 General classification after stage 4 1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16.53.39 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 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 0.25 8 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 13 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 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 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 19 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 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 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.09 27 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 28 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia 29 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 1.26 30 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 1.41 31 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.03 32 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.54 33 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4.51 34 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 9.07 35 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team 9.36 36 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 10.27 37 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 14.22 38 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.37 39 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.41 40 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14.56 41 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15.11 42 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 18.41 43 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 18.45 44 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 18.47 45 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 18.58 46 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia 19.21 47 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 19.24 48 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 19.25 49 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 50 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia 51 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19.36 54 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.42 55 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.43 56 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC 19.55 57 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 20.03 58 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 59 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 60 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 20.08 61 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 20.16 62 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 20.19 63 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.40 64 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 65 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 66 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 21.10 67 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 68 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 69 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia 21.12 70 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21.29 71 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.54 72 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 73 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 22.10 74 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 75 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 76 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 77 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 78 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 79 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 80 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 22.31 81 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 82 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 23.00 83 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 84 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 85 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 23.08 87 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 88 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 89 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 23.21 90 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 91 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco 23.31 92 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 23.34 93 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 23.46 94 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 23.54 95 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 96 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 97 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 98 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 99 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 100 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 101 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 102 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 103 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 23.55 104 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 24.08 105 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 24.10 106 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 24.15 107 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 24.25 108 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 109 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 110 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 24.28 111 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 25.54 112 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 26.08 113 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 26.47 114 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.53 115 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26.56 116 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 27.11 117 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 27.20 118 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia 27.38 119 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 28.52 120 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 28.57 121 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 28.58 122 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29.28 123 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 29.37 124 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 125 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 29.59 126 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 30.50 127 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 33.04 128 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34.20 129 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 35.58 130 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 37.44 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 50 Pts 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 41 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27 5 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 6 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 7 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 20 8 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 9 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 17 10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 16 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 13 12 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 13 13 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 15 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 16 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 11 17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 19 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 20 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 21 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 9 22 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 8 23 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 8 24 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7 25 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 26 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 7 27 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 6 28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 29 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 30 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 31 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 5 32 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 33 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4 34 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4 35 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 36 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 37 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1 Mountains classification 1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Pts 2 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 6 4 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 5 5 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 6 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 5 8 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 9 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4 10 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 11 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 13 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 3 14 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 15 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 3 16 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 17 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 18 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 19 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1 20 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 21 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1 Postfinance sprint classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 12 Pts 2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 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 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 8 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 9 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 10 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 3 11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 12 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 15 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1 16 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1 Feldschlosschen sprint classification 1 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 6 Pts 2 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 6 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 4 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 5 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 3 6 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 1 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 50.38.00 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 26.25 12 Gerolsteiner 29.18 13 Rabobank 37.52 14 Team CSC 40.50 15 Mr. Bookmaker.com - Palmans 42.26 16 Domina Vacanze 45.12 17 Alessio-Bianchi 47.26 18 Chocolade Jacques Wincor - Nixdorf 1.06.42
