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Germany, August 15-23, 2005

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Stage 2 - August 16: Pegnitz – Bodenmais, 180 km

Pozzato likes his hair

By Hedwig Kröner

Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step, R)
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Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step), who recently won the HEW Cyclassics in Hamburg, Germany, has proved his good form once again by beating Jörg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) in a stunning finale of the 2005 Deutschland Tour's second stage. The 23 year-old crossed the finish line in Bodenmais only a few millimetres in front of the German, and the photo finish had to decide on the winner as only a hair separated the Italian's wheel from the German's.

Jaksche, whose home region is near the Bavarian Forest where the stage took place, raced very aggressively throughout the last 35 kilometres where two Cat. 2 climbs had to be mastered. He attacked again with two kilometres to go, but the hammering chasers led by Pozzato still caught him. Colombian Mauricio Ardila Cano (Davitamon-Lotto) came in third in a final sprint of about thirty riders, including the race favourites.

After crossing the two final climbs leading to the stage finish, a group of 29 riders proved to be the strongest in the peloton, including the GC favourites Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile), Levi Leipheimer, Davide Rebellin (both Gerolsteiner), Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto), Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) as well as defending champion Patrick Sinkewitz (Quickstep).

Yellow jersey wearer Bram Tankink (Qucik.Step) was able to limit his losses and finished 1.44 minutes behind, thereby defending his overall lead for one more day.

How it unfolded

Leader Bram Tankink
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160 riders took the start again this morning in sunny Pegnitz and set out on the 199.3 km long parcours, which was going to be mostly flat except for the last 35 kilometres. Two Cat. 2 climbs awaited the peloton in the stage finale before the finish line in Bodenmais - the first test for the General Classification contenders.

The stage began quietly, but as soon as the first riders started to jump, the tempo was significantly increased. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) did a good job, getting a gap together with Christian Knees (Wiesenhof) before being joined by Matti Breschel (CSC), Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile) and Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner). But their lead didn't last, and after getting caught by the bunch, Barredo took his chances again with Enrico Poitschke (Wiesenhof) - and finally succeeded. Mauro Facci (Fassa Bortolo) then managed his counter-attack up to them while Quick.Step controlled the bunch, willing to let those three go.

Just before the first intermediate sprint of the day, the trio's lead had exceeded the 3.19 minutes separating them from the Yellow jersey, and as the German took the points and bonus seconds in Amberg before Barredo and Facci, he was virtually leading the race. Quick.Step chased them moderately, constantly allowing a gap of around four minutes as the bunch was sparing its energy for the final climbs before Bodenmais.

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Around kilometre 140, Poitschke had a mechanical, forcing him to deviate on a mowed grass stretch beside the road amongst spectators - but his rear wheel was changed quickly, and the three set forth.

At the foot of the climb, with about 35 kilometres to go, the break's lead was still 3'20, but Quick.Step's efforts in the front of the peloton paid off: the bunch moved up on them quickly. Liberty Seguros made the pace as the breakaway was caught, and under the hammering in front, even Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) was dropped within the first kilometres of the climb up to Scheiben (1.050 m). Tankink also suffered and had to let go as Liberty and T-Mobile made the pace, as Cristian Fertonani (Domina Vacanze) appeared in front of the peloton.

But Jörg Jaksche (Liberty) and Davide Rebellin (Geroslteiner) moved up on him, as well as the remaining bunch, and with three kilometres to go before the GPM, the main contenders of about 40 riders were together again. Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) was doing the work for Jan Ullrich, with further overall favourites also in the group. Soon after, Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) attacked on the damp and very cool 'Scheiben' mountain, got a gap and managed to take the mountain points.

David Etxebarria Alkorta (Liberty), 'Spartacus' Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) and Wegmann then managed to break away after the GPM, still 16 km to go, racing down the the cescent to the next difficulty under a light drizzle. But the roads being wide and not too twisty, the group caught them again.

On the second and last climb of the day, the 'Bretterschachten', Liberty Seguros' Etxebarria challenged the reduced bunch of about 30 riders. T-Mobile's Jan Ullrich was meanwhile left without any teammates as Guerini had to let go. Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) and Tadej Valjavec (Phonak) were leading with Jaksche and 2004 winner Patrik Sinkewitz increasing the pace over and over again, until American Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) took up the rigns and went flat out to get to the Bretterschachten GPM first.

The roads were wet and slippery as the leaders drove the last nine kilometres down towards Bodenmais, Jaksche and Leipheimer in front. But nobody managed to ride away, and the riders reached the flat together. Jan Ullrich was also working as his fellow German Jaksche attacked with two kilometres to go - his gap was small, but it was there. Unfortunately, as the last few hundred metres were uphill, the Liberty rider wasn't able to force no more and looked back too much. The fresher Pozzato, whose Quick.Step team had worked well for him, played his card and played it right.

Photography

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Results

1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep                               4.49.40
2 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
3 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                 
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                  
7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                          
11 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
12 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         
14 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
15 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                              
16 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep                                    
17 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
18 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
19 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                  
21 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
22 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole                                   
23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       
25 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile                                          
26 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                   
27 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               
28 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           
29 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             
30 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                           0.33
31 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne       0.56
32 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           
33 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      1.19
34 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                            1.25
35 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                             
36 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
37 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
38 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
39 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                             
40 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
41 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                 
42 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
43 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
44 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas - Bianchi                        
45 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
46 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                              
47 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile                                     
48 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre - Caffita                                
49 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                   
50 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                                     
51 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                           
52 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
53 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
54 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile                                     
55 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
56 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                
57 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                     
58 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              
59 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                    
60 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team     
61 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep                                     
62 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                       1.44
63 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                
64 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole                               
65 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
66 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile                                   
67 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof                                  2.56
68 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof                                     
69 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
70 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
71 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                        
72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                     
73 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
74 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
75 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          3.04
76 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
77 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               4.09
78 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   
79 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep                                    
80 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux                                
81 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
82 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof                                   
83 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  4.46
84 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          6.14
85 André Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof                                       
86 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           
87 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                    
88 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                   
89 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            
90 Kilian Patour (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
91 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
92 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
93 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
94 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
95 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                      
96 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                               
97 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                 
98 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
99 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                            
100 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                           
101 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
102 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
103 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                          
104 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
105 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               
106 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
107 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
108 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
109 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel                            
110 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                     
111 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
112 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    7.00
113 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     11.08
114 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof                                       
115 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                              
116 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
117 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi                  
118 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
119 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
120 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
121 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                          
122 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                                
123 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                            
124 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
125 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile                                     
126 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile                                
127 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         
128 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
129 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof                                   
130 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof                                   
131 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                        
132 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                             
133 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              
134 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
135 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                               
136 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
137 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
138 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          15.02
139 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel                              
140 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep                                     
141 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                            
142 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep                                 
143 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile                                        
144 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel                      
145 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                            
146 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
147 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel                               
148 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
149 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                
150 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
151 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux                            
152 Gennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Discovery Channel                          
153 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                      
154 Martin Müller (Ger) Wiesenhof                                      
155 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       
156 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
157 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
158 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep                                      
159 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
160 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            
 
Points
 
1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep                               25 pts
2 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 20
3 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto          16
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            13
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                     11
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                           10
7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                    9
8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           8
9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    7
10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                    6
11 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   5
12 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     4
13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   3
14 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         2
15 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                        1
 
Mountains
 
Scheiben - Cat. 2, km 177,3
 
1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              6 pts
2 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                                4
3 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           3
4 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                           2
5 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne      1
 
Bretterschachten - Cat. 2, km 190,3
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                             6 pts
2 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  4
3 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto           3
4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                    2
5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             1
 
Sprints
 
Amberg, km 53,3
 
1 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof                               6 pts
2 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team     4
3 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                2
 
Sprint 2
 
1 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                6 pts
2 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof                               4
3 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team     2

Most aggressive rider

1 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team    

Teams
 
1 Davitamon-Lotto                                              14.29.00
2 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               
3 Gerolsteiner                                                         
4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                     0.56
5 Illes Balears - Caisse d'Epargne                                     
6 Quick Step - Innergetic                                          1.25
7 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               
8 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  
9 Team CSC                                                             
10 Fassa Bortolo                                                   1.58
11 Rabobank                                                        2.44
12 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                2.50
13 T-Mobile Team                                                       
14 Française Des Jeux                                              4.09
15 Domina Vacanze                                                  4.15
16 Credit Agricole                                                 4.40
17 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                                7.39
18 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                              9.04
19 Lampre - Caffita                                                9.23
20 Team Wiesenhof                                                 10.01
21 Bouygues Telecom                                               11.48
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                  8.52.49
2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep                                  0.13
3 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    0.17
4 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto             0.19
5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               0.23
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                                  
8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
11 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                          
12 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
13 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
14 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         
15 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
16 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                              
17 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep                                    
18 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
19 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
20 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                  
22 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
23 Saul Raisin (USA) Crédit Agricole                                   
24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
25 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       
26 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile                                          
27 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                   
28 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               
29 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           
30 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             
31 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                           0.57
32 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne       1.19
33 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team           
34 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                      1.42
35 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                            1.48
36 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                             
37 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
38 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
39 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
40 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel                             
41 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                 
43 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
44 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
45 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas - Bianchi                        
46 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    
47 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                              
48 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile                                     
49 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre - Caffita                                
50 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                   
51 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                                     
52 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                           
53 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
54 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
55 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile                                     
56 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
57 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                
58 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC                                     
59 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              
60 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                    
61 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team     
62 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep                                     
63 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               2.03
64 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                       2.07
65 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                                
66 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole                               
67 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
68 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile                                   
69 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof                                  3.19
70 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof                                     
71 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
72 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
73 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                     
74 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
75 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
76 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          3.28
77 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
78 Rafael Casero Moreno (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               4.32
79 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep                                    
80 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française des Jeux                                
81 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
82 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof                                   
83 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  5.09
84 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          6.37
85 André Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof                                       
86 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           
87 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                    
88 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                   
89 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            
90 Kilian Patour (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
91 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
92 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              
93 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
94 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                      
95 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                               
96 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                 
97 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                            
98 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                            
99 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
100 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
101 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi                          
102 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
103 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
104 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
105 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
106 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel                            
107 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                     
108 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
109 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    7.23
110 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     7.29
111 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                               
112 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         8.04
113 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof                              11.26
114 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               11.27
115 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team    11.28
116 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Wiesenhof                                  11.31
117 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                              
118 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            
119 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi                  
120 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
121 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
122 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
123 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                          
124 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                                
125 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                            
126 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
127 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile                                
128 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
129 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof                                   
130 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                        
131 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                             
132 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                              
133 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
134 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                               
135 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
136 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile                                12.54
137 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                       13.00
138 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     13.03
139 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          15.25
140 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel                              
141 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep                                     
142 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep                                 
143 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                            
144 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel                               
145 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                
146 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
147 Gennady Mikhaylov (Rus) Discovery Channel                          
148 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       
149 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
150 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
151 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep                                      
152 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel                 16.17
153 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           16.47
154 Martin Müller (Ger) Wiesenhof                                      
155 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
156 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile                                   18.45
157 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française des Jeux                            
158 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne       19.51
159 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                 20.24
160 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           26.28
 
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 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quickstep                               25
5 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 20
6 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto          16
7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            13
8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       13
9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                     11
10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi                   11
11 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Caffita                       11
12 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Wiesenhof                             10
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto                          10
14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                  10
15 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof                            10
16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                   9
17 Luciano André Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas - Bianchi             9
18 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               8
19 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          8
20 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team     8
21 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          7
22 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                6
23 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team    6
24 Iker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   5
25 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     4
26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   4
27 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep                              4
28 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         2
29 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne      2
30 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                        1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                             6 pts
2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              6
3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep                                   6
4 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  4
5 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile                                4
6 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir              4
7 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto           3
8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           3
9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                    2
10 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                          2
11 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                       2
12 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            1
13 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne     1

Teams classification
 
1 Quick Step - Innergetic                                      26.37.54
2 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                           0.48
3 Davitamon-Lotto                                                  1.42
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               
5 Gerolsteiner                                                         
6 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                     2.38
7 Illes Balears - Caisse d'Epargne                                     
8 Team CSC                                                         3.07
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  
10 Française Des Jeux                                              3.35
11 Fassa Bortolo                                                   3.40
12 Rabobank                                                        4.26
13 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                4.32
14 T-Mobile Team                                                       
15 Domina Vacanze                                                  5.57
16 Credit Agricole                                                 6.22
17 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                                9.21
18 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                             10.46
19 Lampre - Caffita                                               11.05
20 Team Wiesenhof                                                 11.43
21 Bouygues Telecom                                               13.30

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