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Deutschland Tour - ProT

Germany, August 15-23, 2005

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Stage 1 - August 15: Altenburg – Plauen, 170 km

'The Tank' drives away solo

By Hedwig Kröner

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Quickstep's Bram Tankink has won the first stage of the Tour of Germany between Altenburg and Plauen, totaling 164 kilometres. The Dutchman scored the victory on his own, ahead of the chasing Spaniard Juan José Cobo Acebo (Saunier Duval) and Austrian Bernhard Eisel (Francaise des Jeux).

Tankink is therefore awarded the first Yellow jersey of the German ProTour stage race, as well as the mountains jersey as the 26 year-old scored the points of two Cat. 3 climbs included in today's parcours.

The Dutchman was part of a three-man breakaway with Eisel and Cobo Acebo, which jumped clear of the peloton after only 30 kilometres raced. The group gained a maximum gap of almost 10 minutes, which was then reduced again by the chasing T-Mobile and Gerolsteiner teams. Just before the wet finale on a circuit course in Plauen, Tankink attacked his fellow break mates with 16 kilometres to go, knowing that Austrian Eisel would beat him if it came to a sprint. Although the Quick.Step rider crashed in a slippery curve during his final solitary ride, the two chasers were unable to catch him.

With sometimes heavy rain and cool temperatures making the racing rather unpleasant, the few remaining sprinter's teams excluding Francaise des Jeux (Cofidis for Australian Stuart O'Grady, Liquigas-Bianchi for Luciano Pagliarini) conceded to the will of the two German ProTeams in the race, who kept the breakaway at a calculated distance, eventually crossing the line a little more than three minutes behind.

How it unfolded

The peloton
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Under damp and cool weather conditions, 21 teams started the Deutschland Tour in Eastern Germany's Altenburg at 12.40 this afternoon. Due to illness, Mark Renshaw (Francaise des Jeux) could not start so instead of 163 riders only 162 made it to the start line.

Jörg Ludewig (Domina Vacanze) initiated the first breakaway after just four kilometres of racing, but was caught soon after. The next attempt was made by Crédit Agricole's Cyril Lemoine, but the Frenchman didn't succeed, as the tempo in the bunch was extremely high. Finally, just after the first prime classification at the 'Wand von Meerane' won by Alessandro Bertolini (Domina Vacanze) ahead of Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) and Björn Schröder (Wiesenhof), Austrian Bernhard Eisel (Francaise des Jeux) managed to jump clear of the peloton, soon followed by Bram Tankink (Quick.Step) and Juan José Cobo Acebo (Saunier Duval).

Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile)
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Their lead grew rapidly and with the bunch controlled by T-Mobile and Gerolsteiner, the three riders raced off towards the first intermediate sprint at kilometre 43 in Zwickau. The Austrian secured the points ahead of Cobo and Tankink. The break's gap increased to almost 10 minutes at kilometre 70 as none of the sprinter's teams engaged in the chase. Meanwhile, after only 60 kilometres, CSC's Kurt-Asle Arvesen abandoned due to stomach problems.

At the first rated climb of this year's Deutschland Tour at kilometre 86 in Stützengrün-Neulehn, Bram Tankink took the points before Cobo and Eisel under heavy rain, which made everybody very careful on the descent.

With 65 km to go, Swiss rider David Loosli (Lampre-Caffita) crashed and had to give up the race, his right knee visibly hurting.

Bram Tankink (Quick.Step)
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As the breakaway reached the foot of the Reichenbach climb, the second Cat.3 hill of the Deutschland Tour, the rain had almost stopped, leaving the roads to dry up. At the top, Bram Tankink consolidated his mountain points lead by scoring all the points in front of Cobo and Eisel in that order.

With 47 kilometres to go, the peloton directed by the two German ProTeams T-Mobile and Gerolsteiner was still 7.30 minutes behind. Eventually, Team CSC also helped out in the front of the bunch, but the sprinter's teams had made no effort to catch the breakaway before the stage finish in Plauen, so stage victory was clearly out of sight.

The race finally grew more intense as Bram Tankink, who knew that he wouldn't be able to beat Eisel in a sprint, attacked with 16 kilometres to go, taking advantage of a small climb. The rain had started again, and Cobo set out in the chase, Eisel on his wheel. But the Spaniard soon made it clear that he wouldn't chase alone, so the pair worked together. But Tankink got a good gap and drove away - only to crash minutes later in a slippery curve! But the Dutchman didn't hurt himself, and jumped on his bike again, still in the lead as he entered the circuit course in Plauen. Meanwhile, the chasing Eisel and Cobo had sat up so the 26 year-old Tankink crossed the line 'en solitaire' - or 'im Alleingang', as the Germans would say.

Photography

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Results

1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                 4.00.25
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               0.48
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                         0.51
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         3.07
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              
6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof                                   
7 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi                   
8 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           
9 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
10 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                     
11 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                         
12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep                                   
13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
14 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        
16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile                                         
17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                          
19 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          
20 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
21 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 
23 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
24 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
25 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto               
26 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                
27 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                    
28 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                 
29 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
30 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      
31 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
32 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
33 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
34 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux                               
35 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                
37 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             
38 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                             
39 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  
40 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
41 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                            
42 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                  
43 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
44 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
45 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
46 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas - Bianchi                       
48 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                         
49 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
50 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   
51 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                           
53 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          
54 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       
55 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         
56 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
57 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  
58 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof                                    
59 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
60 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile                                    
61 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team    
62 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
63 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile                                    
64 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                            
65 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      
66 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                           
67 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                                    
68 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
69 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                            
70 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                          
71 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre - Caffita                               
72 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
73 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep                                      
74 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             
75 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                          
76 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
77 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
78 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                     
79 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                
80 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              
81 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                   
82 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
83 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
84 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
85 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            
86 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             
87 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                               
88 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                
89 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                                
90 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   
91 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
92 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel                            
93 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                           
94 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
95 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              
96 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep                                    
97 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof                                       
98 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole                                  
99 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                               
100 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
101 André Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof                                     
102 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                             
103 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                              
104 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                 
105 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                  
106 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof                                  
107 Gennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Discovery Channel                         
108 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile                               
109 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof                                  
110 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         
111 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep                                   
112 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                           
113 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep                                
114 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
115 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                         
116 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel                             
117 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              
118 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                       
119 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof                                    
120 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep                                  
121 Kilian Patour (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
122 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole                             
124 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
125 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
126 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile                                 
127 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                            
128 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
129 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
130 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
131 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            
132 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
133 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
134 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
135 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
136 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
137 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
138 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                             
139 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                   
140 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep                                    
141 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
142 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
143 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
144 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel                              
145 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel                 3.59
146 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
147 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              
148 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile                                4.29
149 Martin Müller (Ger) Wiesenhof                                     
150 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
151 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
152 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        4.34
153 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     4.38
154 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               3.07
155 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
156 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux                       6.26
157 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile                                       
158 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne       7.33
159 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                 8.06
160 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          14.10
DNF Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  
DNF David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Caffita                               

Points
 
1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                25 pts
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           20
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                     16
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     13
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                      11
6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof                           10
7 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi            9
8 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team    8
9 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         7
10 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                              6
11 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                  5
12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep                            4
13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                 3
14 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    2
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                 1
 
Mountains
 
Stützengrün - Cat. 3, km 86,3
                                                      
1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                 3 pts
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            2
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                      1
 
Reichenbach - Cat. 3, km 117,3

1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                 3 pts
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            2
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                      1
 
Sprints
 
Zwickau, km 43

1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                      6 pts
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            4
3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                 2
 
Talsperre Pöhl, km 145,9
                                                 
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                      6 pts
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            4
3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                 2
 
Teams
 
1 Quick Step - Innergetic                                     12.07.29
2 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                          0.48
3 Française Des Jeux                                              0.51
4 Credit Agricole                                                 3.07
5 Lampre - Caffita                                                    
6 Team Wiesenhof                                                      
7 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                    
8 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                        
9 Rabobank                                                            
10 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             
11 Illes Balears - Caisse d'Epargne                                   
12 Team CSC                                                           
13 T-Mobile Team                                                      
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                
15 Gerolsteiner                                                       
16 Fassa Bortolo                                                      
17 Bouygues Telecom                                                   
18 Davitamon-Lotto                                                    
19 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                                   
20 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                 
21 Domina Vacanze                                                     
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                 4.00.13
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               0.50
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                         0.53
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         3.19
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              
6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof                                   
7 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi                   
8 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           
9 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
10 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                     
11 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                         
12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep                                   
13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
14 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        
16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile                                         
17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                          
19 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          
20 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
21 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 
23 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               
24 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
25 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto               
26 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                
27 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                    
28 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                 
29 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
30 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      
31 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
32 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
33 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
34 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux                               
35 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                
37 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             
38 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                             
39 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  
40 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
41 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                            
42 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                  
43 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
44 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
45 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
46 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas - Bianchi                       
48 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                         
49 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
50 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   
51 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                           
53 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          
54 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       
55 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         
56 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
57 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  
58 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof                                    
59 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
60 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile                                    
61 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team    
62 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
63 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile                                    
64 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                            
65 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      
66 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                           
67 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                                    
68 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
69 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                            
70 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                          
71 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre - Caffita                               
72 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
73 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep                                      
74 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             
75 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                          
76 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
77 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
78 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                     
79 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                
80 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              
81 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                   
82 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
83 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
84 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
85 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            
86 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             
87 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                               
88 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                
89 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                                
90 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   
91 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
92 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel                            
93 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                           
94 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
95 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              
96 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep                                    
97 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof                                       
98 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole                                  
99 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                               
100 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
101 André Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof                                     
102 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                             
103 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                              
104 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                 
105 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                  
106 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof                                  
107 Gennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Discovery Channel                         
108 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile                               
109 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof                                  
110 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         
111 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep                                   
112 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                           
113 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep                                
114 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
115 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                         
116 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel                             
117 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              
118 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                       
119 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof                                    
120 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep                                  
121 Kilian Patour (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
122 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole                             
124 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
125 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
126 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile                                 
127 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                            
128 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
129 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
130 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
131 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            
132 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
133 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
134 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
135 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
136 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
137 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
138 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                             
139 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                   
140 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep                                    
141 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
142 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
143 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
144 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel                              
145 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
146 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
147 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel                 4.11
148 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
149 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              
150 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile                                4.41
151 Martin Müller (Ger) Wiesenhof                                     
152 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
153 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
154 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        4.46
155 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     4.50
156 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux                       6.38
157 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile                                       
158 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne       7.45
159 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                 8.18
160 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          14.22
 
Points classification
 
1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                29 pts
2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                     28
3 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           28
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     13
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                      11
6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof                           10
7 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi            9
8 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team    8
9 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         7
10 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                              6
11 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                  5
12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep                            4
13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                 3
14 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    2
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                 6 pts
2 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir            4
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                      2

Teams classification
 
1 Quick Step - Innergetic                                     12.07.29
2 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                          0.48
3 Française Des Jeux                                              0.51
4 Credit Agricole                                                 3.07
5 Lampre - Caffita                                                    
6 Team Wiesenhof                                                      
7 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                    
8 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                        
9 Rabobank                                                            
10 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             
11 Illes Balears - Caisse d'Epargne                                   
12 Team CSC                                                           
13 T-Mobile Team                                                      
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                
15 Gerolsteiner                                                       
16 Fassa Bortolo                                                      
17 Bouygues Telecom                                                   
18 Davitamon-Lotto                                                    
19 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                                   
20 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                 
21 Domina Vacanze                                                     

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