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68th Tour de Suisse- 2.HC
Switzerland, June 12-20, 2004
Main page Results Previous stage Next stage Scott Sunderland's diary
Stage 5 - June 16: Bätterkinden - Adelboden, 161.7km
Hunter does it again!
Ullrich cool in second uphill test
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South African sprinter Robert Hunter (Rabobank) has pulled off an almost carbon copy of his victory in stage 3, winning the fifth stage after breaking away from his two companions, Murilo Fischer and Michael Blaudzun, in the final uphill kilometres. Hunter again profited from the fact that he was too far down on GC to threaten the leaders, and together with his breakaway companions was able to build up enough of a buffer to ensure they stayed clear of the peloton until the finish.
"Obviously I'm very happy, but normally a sprinter doesn't win a stage like this," Hunter told Swiss TV post-stage. "Winning in a sprint is so different, it takes so much concentration of the whole team. In an escape with three you use a lot more energy. I wanted to peak for Germany and Switzerland and then take it a bit easier. I don't know yet if I'll be selected for the Tour, but I want to focus on the Olympics."
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The front part of the bunch in Adelboden arrived 4'30 after Hunter, with Fassa Bortolo's Kim Kirchen taking fourth place ahead of Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) and Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner). Race leader Jan Ullrich finished 11th in the same time, and will wear the golden leader's jersey going into tomorrow's toughest mountain stage.
How it unfolded
Today's stage from Bätterkinden to Adelboden over 162 km was the second uphill finish in this year's Tour de Suisse, with the final 20 kilometres being virtually all climbing, reaching 1368m altitude. The weather at the start was wet again, and 129 riders left Bätterkinden in rain jackets. A tailwind helped keep the speed high and the first successful attacker was Bert Hiemstra (Chocolade Jacques), who managed a 1'21 lead before he was stopped by a train crossing, which cost him 30 seconds of his lead.
Hiemstra was caught by the peloton after 16 km, prompting a new round of attacks. After 37 km, Robert Hunter (Rabobank), Murilo Fischer (Domina Vacanze) and Michael Blaudzun (Team CSC) had managed to gain 40 seconds, and the break of the day was established. None of the riders were a threat to Ullrich or the other GC riders, so T-Mobile and Saunier Duval were content to set a steady tempo as the rain continued to come down.
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With 100 km to go, the gap to the leaders was five minutes, with the average speed an impressive 47 km/h at this point. The advantage continued to grow until it reached 10 minutes with 76 km to go, at which point T-Mobile/Saunier Duval lifted their pace as Hunter had started the day only 14'22 behind Ullrich. At 55 km to go, the gap was a steady 10'34, and hovered around the 10 minute mark until the leaders reached the last climb.
Hunter won both of the day's Postfinance sprints in Reutigen (127.2 km) and Frutigen (146.2 km), building a big lead in that competition. Meanwhile Michael Blaudzun won the Cat. 4 climb of Höhe "Gürbebrücke" (km 116), and together with his second place on the Adelboden climb, moved into second overall in the mountains competition behind Martin Elmiger (Phonak).
Quick.Step-Davitamon began to help T-Mobile in the chase, and the gap finally started to come down to under nine minutes with 24 km to go. But it was too late to catch the leaders. Unfortunately with 16 km to go there was a crash in the peloton, bringing down Gerolsteiner's Gianni Faresin and Saeco's Juan Fuentes Angullo. Faresin had to abandon, continuing the bad run of luck for the German teams in the Tour de Suisse.
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Hunter, Blaudzun and Fischer still had 7'30 of their lead intact with 12 km to go, and it was clear that the winner of the stage would come from this group. With 6 km to go, Robert Hunter put in a powerful acceleration that the others couldn't match, and quickly increased his advantage over the steep final kilometres to cross the line 35 seconds clear of Fischer and Blaudzun.
In the peloton, no-one was able to successfully attack gain an advantage on GC - even though they tried. Ullrich chased down several attempts and the front group of 18 riders came in together, with smaller groups following at various intervals.
The situation could well change tomorrow with the sixth stage between Frutigen and Linthal over 185 km, containing both the Sustenpass (2224m) and Klausenpass (1848m). The climbers will have to use this stage to gain an advantage over Ullrich, who will have the upper hand in Sunday's time trial.
Photography
Images by Franklin Tello Photography/Cyclingnews/franklintellophoto.com
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) has a tough uphill finish with 162km ahead of him.
- Fabian Jeker the leader of the Saunier Duval-Prodir squad.
- Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo) catching up to the peloton.
- The rain hardly let up for the duration of the race.
- The Swiss supporters lined up the streets of every town.
- Murilo Fischer (Domina Vacanze) Michael Blaudzun (CSC) and Robert Hunter (Rabobank) in the breakaway that would decide today's final results
- Santiago Botero leads his T-Mobile squad and the chase to the breakaway.
- Jan Ullrich refueling after the feed zone.
- The Saunier Duval-Prodir team shared the work chasing the breakaway with T-Mobile.
- After a tough climb Jan Ullrich is still safely in the lead.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) made an attack with 2 km to go, but didn't realise how steep the finish was and finished over 1'30 down
- Roger Hammond (MrBookmaker.com) still in good spirits after a tough day of racing.
- Oscar Camenzind (Phonak) shares his thoughts on today's stage.
- Robert Hunter (Rabobank) took his second uphill finish stage in the Tour de Suisse.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) looks pleased with his results so far in this Tour de Suisse.
- Jan Ullrich kept the leader's jersey and the official Tour de Suisse beer mug!
- Scott Sunderland (Alessio-Bianchi) with his machine
- Scott Sunderland (Alessio-Bianchi) race ready
- Scott Sunderland (Alessio-Bianchi) before stage 5
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The wet peloton cheered on by the devil
- Robert Hunter (Rabobank) goes all out
- Michael Blaudzun (CSC) in pursuit of Hunter
- Murilo Fischer (Domina) gives it everything
- Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick.Step-Davitamon) at the head of the front group
- Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick.Step-Davitamon) leads Ullrich
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) suffers a little on the last climb
- David Canada (Saunier Duval) on the tail end of the front group
- The Milaneza boys just missed the front group
- Giuseppe Guerini finishing the stage, his job done
- Geert Verheyen was the best of the Jacques team
- Marius Sabaliauskas (Saeco) hurting
- Daniel Schnider (Phonak) not looking too happy with the situation
- Tom Danielson (Fassa Bortolo) finished 41st today
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio-Bianchi) suffers on the last climb
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) made a late attack, which failed
- Zulle and Elmiger were just inside the top half of the field
- Francesco Casagrande (Lampre) is hangin' in there
- Marco Serpellini (Gerolsteiner) in cruise mode
- Salvatore Commesso (Saeco) takes the slow and steady way up
- Robert Hunter (Rabobank) wins the fifth stage
- Murilo Fischer (Domina Vacanze) takes second place ahead of Blaudzun
- Swiss champion Daniel Schnider (Phonak) finishes in 37th spot
- Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo) post stage
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) in the leader's jersey
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) interviewed post stage
Results
1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 3.45.16 (43.069 km/h) 2 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 0.35 3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.37 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4.30 5 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 8 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 9 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 16 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 21 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 22 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 4.36 23 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 24 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 25 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia 26 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 27 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia 4.43 28 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 29 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 4.48 30 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia 31 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 32 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4.52 33 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 36 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 37 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 39 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4.56 40 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 41 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 42 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 4.59 43 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia 44 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 5.03 45 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 5.05 46 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 47 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 5.09 48 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.19 49 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 5.25 50 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 51 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 5.29 52 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 5.38 53 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.43 54 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 5.49 55 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 56 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 57 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 58 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 6.00 59 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.03 60 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.07 62 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia 6.11 63 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 6.34 64 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC 6.39 65 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.43 66 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 68 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 69 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 70 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 71 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 6.51 72 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 7.09 73 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 74 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 7.35 75 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7.56 76 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 77 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9.05 78 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.25 79 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 80 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 81 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 82 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 83 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 84 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 85 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9.46 86 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 11.13 87 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 88 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 89 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 90 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 91 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team 92 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 93 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 11.47 94 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 13.34 95 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 96 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 97 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 98 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 99 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 100 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 101 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 102 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 103 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 14.03 104 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 17.08 105 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 106 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 107 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 108 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 109 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 110 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 111 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 112 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 113 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 114 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 115 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco 116 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 117 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 118 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 119 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 120 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 121 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 122 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 124 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 125 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 126 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 127 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 128 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.21 DNF Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner DNS Claus Michael Moller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi Points 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 15 pts 2 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 12 3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 10 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 9 5 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 6 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 7 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 6 8 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 9 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 10 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3 11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 Mountains Höhe "Gürbebrücke" - Cat. 4, 116.1 km 1 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 2 3 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 1 Adelboden - Cat. 2, 159.8 km 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 8 pts 2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 6 3 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 4 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Postfinance sprints Reutigen, 127.2 km 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 3 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 1 Frutigen, 146.2 km 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 3 3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 Feldschlosschen sprints Hellsau, 18.2 km 1 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3 3 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1 Teams 1 Domina Vacanze 11.25.23 2 Team CSC 0.02 3 Rabobank 0.38 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.55 5 Fassa Bortolo 4.01 6 Milaneza Maia 4.14 7 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4.23 8 Saeco 4.30 9 Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.36 10 Lampre 5.39 11 T-Mobile Team 5.47 12 Credit Agricole 5.48 13 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 6.06 14 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 7.16 15 Lotto-Domo 8.21 16 Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.50 17 Gerolsteiner 10.00 18 Alessio-Bianchi General classification after stage 5 1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20.43.25 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 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 9 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 13 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 0.31 16 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 17 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 0.37 18 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia 0.44 19 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 0.49 20 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.50 21 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.53 22 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 23 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.00 24 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 25 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 1.10 26 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia 1.22 27 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 1.32 28 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 1.44 29 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 2.40 30 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.16 31 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5.07 32 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 5.17 33 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 9.36 34 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13.47 35 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 14.58 36 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16.15 37 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team 16.19 38 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.50 39 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 17.06 40 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 18.11 41 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 18.41 42 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 19.11 43 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.25 44 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia 19.39 45 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia 19.54 46 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 19.55 47 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 20.05 48 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 20.20 49 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.31 50 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 20.34 51 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 20.44 52 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.58 53 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 21.13 54 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 21.14 55 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia 21.18 56 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 21.35 57 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21.51 58 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21.54 59 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC 22.04 60 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.13 61 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 22.40 62 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 22.42 63 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 22.53 64 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 23.05 65 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 23.06 66 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 23.30 67 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 23.52 68 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.07 69 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 24.49 70 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze 24.58 71 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 25.21 72 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 25.44 73 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 25.56 74 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 25.58 75 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 26.05 76 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 26.16 77 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 26.45 78 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 26.46 79 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 27.05 80 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 27.13 81 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27.49 82 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 27.54 83 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.03 84 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.32 85 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 28.49 86 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 28.53 87 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 29.00 88 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 29.07 89 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 29.10 90 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia 29.19 91 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 30.04 92 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 30.17 93 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 30.37 94 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 30.38 95 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 31.14 96 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 32.15 97 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 32.58 98 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 99 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 33.14 100 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 33.58 101 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34.48 102 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 103 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 34.54 104 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 35.38 105 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 106 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 35.40 107 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35.46 108 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 35.59 109 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco 36.09 110 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 36.12 111 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 36.15 112 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 36.32 113 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 114 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 115 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 116 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 38.11 117 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 38.41 118 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco 38.46 119 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39.31 120 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39.34 121 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 41.10 122 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 41.30 123 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 41.36 124 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42.06 125 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 42.08 126 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 42.15 127 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 43.28 128 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46.58 Points classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 56 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 50 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29 5 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 6 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 22 8 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze 20 9 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 10 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 17 11 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 16 12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 15 13 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 13 14 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 15 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 12 16 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 17 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 18 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 11 19 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 20 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 10 21 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 22 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 23 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 9 24 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 8 25 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 8 26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 27 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7 28 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7 29 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 7 30 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 31 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 32 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia 6 33 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 34 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 6 35 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 36 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre 5 37 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 38 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4 39 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 40 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 41 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 42 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 43 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1 Mountains classification 1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 pts 2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 15 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 13 4 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 5 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 5 6 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 7 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 9 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 5 10 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 5 11 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 12 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 13 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4 14 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 15 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 16 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 3 17 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 18 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 19 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 20 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 1 21 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 22 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1 Postfinance sprints classification 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 24 pts 2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre 12 3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 10 4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6 5 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 6 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 6 7 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 4 8 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 9 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 10 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 11 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 3 12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 14 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 16 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1 17 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1 Feldschlosschen sprints classification 1 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 12 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 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3 7 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 2 8 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 9 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo 1 10 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 62.07.18 2 Fassa Bortolo 0.48 3 Milaneza Maia 5.17 4 T-Mobile Team 6.46 5 Lampre 8.04 6 Lotto-Domo 15.26 7 Quick.Step-Davitamon 20.29 8 Saeco 23.59 9 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 24.16 10 Credit Agricole 26.15 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.20 12 Rabobank 34.35 13 Gerolsteiner 35.23 14 Team CSC 36.57 15 Domina Vacanze 41.17 16 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 44.37 17 Alessio-Bianchi 53.31 18 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.10.03
