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Tour de Romandie - PT

Switzerland, April 26-May 1, 2005

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Stage 3 - April 29: Aigle - Anzère, 146.5km

The Kid confirms

But Botero bounces into the lead

By Anthony Tan in Anzère

Damiano Cunego (Lampre)
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For the well-informed, there was little doubt who would take today's queen stage of the Tour de Romandie. And Damiano 'Kid' Cunego didn't disappoint, winning the stage as predicted atop Anzère, but not doing quite enough to take the leader's yellow jersey.

That honour went to Phonak's Santiago Botero, who is enjoying a welcome return to form in 2005. Benefiting from a strong prologue ride in Geneva three days ago, where he finished eight seconds behind his team-mate Oscar Pereiro, Botero 'only' had to finish within sight of the defending Giro champion to take the race lead, and more than likely, the overall honours Sunday in Lausanne.

"I am really happy; this win is the result of all the work I've done until now," said Cunego at the post-race press conference. "It is a great win I want to dedicate to all my team, to my family and to my girlfriend Margherita who is pregnant, and who will give me a daughter, Ludovica, in July."

Santiago Botero (Phonak)
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Despite catching the last rider from the second breakaway less than four kilometres from the finish, the 24 year-old, 65 kilogram Veronese went on to say he was "tranquillo" [calm] throughout the day: "I thought the break would come back; and 10 kilometres from the finish, I was not concerned."

One not-so-well informed journalist asked whether he's thinking about overall honours in the race, to which Cunego laughed before replying: "No, tomorrow [Stage 4] isn't nearly hard enough, and against Botero [world time trial champion in 2002 - ed.] in the chrono ... I don't think so!"

So, barring disaster, can anyone beat the 32 year-old Colombian? Not really.

How it unfolded

Starting from UCI headquarters, 150 riders set off at 1.40 this afternoon for a 146.5 kilometre jaunt around the Swiss countryside, with Frank Schleck (Team CSC), Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) and Alessandro Spezialetti (Lampre-Caffita) missing from today's start list.

With the real action not due to take place until the final 30 kilometres, three Frenchmen broke clear of the meandering peloton at km 13.5: Christophe Edaleine (Cofidis), Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole) and national champion Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom). No more than a kilometre later, two Rabobanks - Erik Dekker and Joost Posthuma - and Belgian Preben Van Hecke (Davitamon-Lotto) decided they also wanted a piece of the action, and made the junction shortly thereafter.

By km 30, the sextet had roughly a two minute advantage, and by km 90.8 at the first PMU sprint prime in Sion that was taken by Poosthuma, the gap was hovering around the four minute mark. The Dutchman also decided he didn't want to leave Suisse without a few mountain points, and took the first GPM atop Lens with a century of kilometres completed.

At km 106, and approaching the business end of the bike race to quote effervescent Aussie cycling commentator Stuart Doyle, a quartet of poursuivants - Steve Zampieri (Phonak), Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval), Dario Cioni (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Angel Vicisio (Liberty Seguros - left the relative comfort of the peloton, and with just Dekker, Posthuma, and Bellotti left in front, Lobato and Zampieri made contact with the trio just before the first passage of Anzère (km 114.3) to form a five-man lead group.

Out of this quintet, it was the Spaniard Lobato who looked the best, and as they began climbing again out of Sion with around 15k to go, the Saunier Duval rider left the others in his wake. With just six kilometres remaining, Lobato's lead was still at the minute mark, but around the same time, Damiano Cunego's appetite for the high mountains was growing ever stronger, the 2004 Giro champ instigating a six-man chase group that eventually decided the race.

Damiano Cunego (Lampre)
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Possessing a fast finish for a mountain guy, 'The Kid' simply rose out of his saddle on the final hairpin corner, stomped on the pedals a few times, and comfortably outsprinted Rabobank's Denis Menchov and Phonak rider Santiago Botero, who came in four seconds in arrears, but took the race leadership as a result.

Unsurprisingly, being such a decisive stage, the top 10 stage place-getters - Cunego (Lampre-Cafitta), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Botero (Phonak), Daniel Atienza (Cofidis), Manuel Beltran (Discovery Channel), Marco Fertonani (Domina Vacanze), Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros), Alberto Ardila (Davitamon-Lotto), Alexandre Moos (Phonak) and Aitor Osa (Illes Balears) - now occupy the top 10 places on the general classification. In fact, that scenario virtually applies all the way down the classement general.

Photography

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Results

1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               3.45.49 (38.925 km/h)
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                             
3 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                         0.04
4 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                 0.09
5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   
6 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 0.28
7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                 0.37
8 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                              0.40
9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          1.02
10 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne               
11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                         1.07
12 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    1.16
13 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi                          1.23
14 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           1.39
15 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      
16 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                       
17 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                               
18 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            1.44
19 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems            1.50
20 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
21 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              2.36
22 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       2.44
23 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                              2.54
24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                           2.57
25 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       3.15
26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             3.55
27 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
28 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep                                    4.10
29 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                            
30 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                            4.35
31 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                            4.45
32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             4.55
33 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     5.00
34 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          5.03
35 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo                             5.04
36 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         5.28
37 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
38 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                   5.35
39 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
40 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone               5.40
41 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                              5.42
42 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC                               5.51
43 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne    6.54
44 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                  
45 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             6.56
46 Mourey Francis (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                          7.06
47 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  7.31
48 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne           7.44
49 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       8.08
50 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                   8.13
51 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                      
52 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  8.50
53 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  9.07
54 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           9.48
55 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                    
56 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
57 Jérémy Roy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                                  
58 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita                           10.01
59 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth                      
60 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep                                             
61 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                    10.04
62 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          10.25
63 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                10.28
64 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                        10.51
65 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                    
66 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quickstep                               
67 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                 11.08
68 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep                                   11.19
69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                            11.57
70 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                    
71 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank                                         
72 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                               12.44
73 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                        
74 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel                      13.15
75 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne        13.46
76 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      14.21
77 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    16.35
78 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth               18.29
79 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne            18.35
80 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep                                   18.36
81 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              19.44
82 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                    
83 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         20.09
84 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 20.19
85 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 
86 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                           20.24
87 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                          21.20
88 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux                         21.37
89 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                                
90 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      22.50
91 Aïtor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           24.21
92 Daniele Becke (Ger) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne                  24.38
93 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               
94 José Luis Arieta Lujambio (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne           
95 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                                
96 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
97 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
98 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                     
99 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
100 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                       
101 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                      
102 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
103 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
104 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
105 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            24.43
106 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  
107 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
108 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                         
109 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
110 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                    
111 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                 
112 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                     
113 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
114 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                            
115 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole                                25.51
116 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                          25.55
117 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                     
118 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
119 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
120 José Cayetano Julia (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne                
121 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   25.59
122 Pedro Horillo Muños (Spa) Rabobank                                26.01
123 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
124 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
125 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel                                  
126 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep                                         
127 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
128 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep                                      
129 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            26.04
130 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               26.11
131 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                     
132 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                    
133 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux                             
134 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                   
135 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                            
136 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
137 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                           
138 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                              
139 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        26.15
140 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                          
141 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone         26.19
142 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel                                
143 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
144 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                           26.23
145 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) La Francaise des Jeux                        26.37
146 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             26.57
147 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                              33.47
DNF Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
DNF Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep                                     
DNF Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
DNS Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           
DNS Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
DNS Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                            
 
Points
 
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                    15 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           12
3 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                           10
4 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                    9
5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                  8
6 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                    7
7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                    6
8 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                                 5
9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             4
10 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne              3
11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                            2
12 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       1
 
Mountains 
 
Lens
1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                          12 pts
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                              8
3 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                    6
4 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth                      4
5 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                                2
 
Anzere
1 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       12 pts
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                              8
3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             6
4 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                                4
5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                           2
 
Anzere
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                    12 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            8
3 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                            6
4 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                    4
5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                  2
 
Sprints
 
Sierre
1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                           6 pts
2 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                    3
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                              1
 
St Germain / Saviese
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                              6 pts
2 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                                3
3 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        1
 
Teams
 
1 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           11.19.40
2 Liberty Seguros-Wurth                                                1.47
3 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                 3.26
4 Credit Agricole                                                      7.55
5 Discovery Channel                                                    8.23
6 Team CSC                                                             8.32
7 Rabobank                                                            10.05
8 Credit Par Telephone                                                10.30
9 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                    12.55
10 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  13.18
11 Illes Baleares-Casse d'Epargne                                     13.27
12 Lampre-Caffita                                                     14.13
13 Domina Vacanze                                                     16.19
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                   19.01
15 Gerolsteiner                                                       19.22
16 Quickstep                                                          22.49
17 T-Mobile Team                                                      25.13
18 Fassa Bortolo                                                      28.10
19 Francaise Des Jeux                                                 36.18
20 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                50.41
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                     11.50.34
2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                  0.02
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         0.10
4 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                               0.22
5 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                 0.28
6 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 0.36
7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                 0.37
8 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                              0.39
9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          0.56
10 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne           1.02
11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                         1.05
12 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    1.21
13 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi                          1.26
14 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          1.37
15 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                   1.44
16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                
17 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  1.50
18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           1.53
19 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                
20 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           1.57
21 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              2.40
22 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       2.53
23 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                              3.00
24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                           3.10
25 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       3.23
26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             3.55
27 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        4.12
28 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep                                        
29 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                4.16
30 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                            4.36
31 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                            4.38
32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             4.46
33 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          5.04
34 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     5.13
35 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo                             5.24
36 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         5.27
37 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         5.32
38 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                              5.39
39 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone               5.42
40 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                   5.45
41 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC                               5.59
42 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne    6.52
43 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone              6.57
44 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             7.00
45 Mourey Francis (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                          7.23
46 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  7.35
47 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne           7.46
48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       8.03
49 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                   8.12
50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                  8.25
51 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  8.53
52 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  9.23
53 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           9.46
54 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              9.47
55 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                9.49
56 Jérémy Roy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                              9.56
57 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                    10.02
58 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep                                        10.05
59 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita                           10.10
60 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth                 10.11
61 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                10.27
62 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          10.34
63 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth               11.01
64 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quickstep                          11.03
65 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                 11.20
66 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                        11.27
67 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep                                   11.36
68 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone               12.03
69 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank                                    12.07
70 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                            12.32
71 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                   12.41
72 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                               12.56
73 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel                      13.19
74 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne        13.58
75 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      14.18
76 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   15.10
77 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep                                   18.47
78 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth               19.13
79 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    19.21
80 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              19.49
81 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         20.00
82 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth               20.02
83 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            20.20
84 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 20.25
85 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                           20.40
86 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                          21.22
87 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux                         21.29
88 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                           21.45
89 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      23.17
90 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            24.22
91 Aïtor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           24.27
92 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  24.37
93 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                                
94 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              24.38
95 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          24.39
96 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          24.43
97 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                24.45
98 José Luis Arieta Lujambio (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne           
99 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                  
100 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
101 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                    24.48
102 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           24.49
103 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                             24.52
104 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                 24.56
105 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                            
106 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            24.57
107 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                25.05
108 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                       
109 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                25.23
110 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 25.42
111 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   26.03
112 Pedro Horillo Muños (Spa) Rabobank                                26.05
113 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    26.06
114 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                       26.11
115 Daniele Becke (Ger) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne                      
116 José Cayetano Julia (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne                
117 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel                             26.12
118 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                   
119 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   26.13
120 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                    
121 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep                                    26.14
122 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            26.18
123 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                         26.24
124 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                           26.25
125 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel                           26.28
126 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone         26.30
127 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            26.32
128 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne           28.21
129 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                               33.40
130 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                              34.00
131 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                34.46
132 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                          34.50
133 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                34.51
134 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               35.04
135 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 35.05
136 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           35.13
137 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole                                35.43
138 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux                        35.58
139 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                          
140 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) La Francaise des Jeux                        36.19
141 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        37.37
142 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep                                 37.38
143 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         37.39
144 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                      38.10
145 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            39.11
146 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             39.12
147 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               40.32
 
Points classification
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                50 pts
2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             25
3 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        25
4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                23
5 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                   20
6 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                     20
7 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         19
8 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                               18
9 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  17
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                   15
11 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                      13
12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                          12
13 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne      12
14 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                              12
15 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                          10
16 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                     10
17 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                           10
18 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                     10
19 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           10
20 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                   9
21 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux                             9
22 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                 8
23 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                             8
24 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              8
25 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                   7
26 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                   6
27 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                   6
28 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                                5
29 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep                                       5
30 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                       4
31 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne              3
32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                              3
33 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep                                            3
34 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                                 3
35 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                            2
36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                2
37 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       2
38 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                              7 pts
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 6
3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                           6
4 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux                              6
5 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               6
6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                              6
7 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                    4
8 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                                3
9 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                    3
10 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             3
11 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       1
12 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                            1
13 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          1
14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       30 pts
2 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              28
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                             16
4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                          14
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                    12
6 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             10
7 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   10
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            8
9 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      8
10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            8
11 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo                                7
12 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                           6
13 László Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                   6
14 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                               6
15 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                   4
16 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth                     4
17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                 2
18 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                               2
19 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 2
20 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            1
21 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     1
22 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           35.33.40
2 Liberty Seguros-Wurth                                                2.00
3 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                 3.42
4 Credit Agricole                                                      8.23
5 Discovery Channel                                                    8.25
6 Team CSC                                                             8.47
7 Rabobank                                                            10.15
8 Credit Par Telephone                                                10.46
9 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                    13.09
10 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  13.35
11 Illes Baleares-Casse d'Epargne                                     13.42
12 Lampre-Caffita                                                     14.28
13 Domina Vacanze                                                     16.35
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                   19.17
15 Gerolsteiner                                                       19.32
16 Quickstep                                                          23.07
17 T-Mobile Team                                                      25.39
18 Fassa Bortolo                                                      28.29
19 Francaise Des Jeux                                                 36.39
20 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                51.17

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