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57th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT

France, June 5-12, 2005

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Stage 4 - Thursday, June 9: Tournon-sur-Rhône - Le Mont Ventoux, 182 km

Vino the King of Ventoux

By Anthony Tan

Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile)
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On the queen stage of the Dauphiné Libéré, T-Mobile's Alexandre Vinkourov has found himself the King of Mont Ventoux. The 31 year-old Kazakhstan rider, already a winner of this year's Liège-Bastogne-Liège, today demonstrated his versatility and abundance of strength to outride all the favourites and conquer the Giant of Provence.

Brilliant rides were also done by Jose Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Wim Van Huffel (Davitamon-Lotto), the young Belgian having already shown his class with an 11th place overall at the Giro d'Italia. Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) was dropped with around 10 kilometres to go, but clawed his way back to the lead group and rode to a gutsy fourth place finish, 37 seconds behind Vinokourov.

Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner)
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The best of the rest - Floyd Landis (Phonak), Andrey Kashechkin (Credit Agricole) and overnight leader Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) - all finished within five seconds of each other, between 41 and 46 seconds back, with Leipheimer doing enough to retain his race lead over Armstrong, who is now 21 seconds behind the maillot jaune. Vinokourov is now third overall and in striking distance, just five seconds behind Armstrong, while Landis (Phonak) sits fourth, 47 seconds off the race lead.

How it unfolded

With the favourites all placed within two minutes of each other after yesterday's time trial in Roanne, today was going to see the first - but no means final - shake up on the classement général at the 2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.

Leipheimer's Gerolsteiner boys
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Temperatures at the start in Tournon-sur-Rhône were almost perfect: 20°C and a moderate 30km/h wind blowing from the north, with expected gusts of up to 60km/h. However, that was nothing compared to the conditions awaiting the riders atop Le Mont Ventoux, otherwise known as the "Le Géant de Provence".

153 riders took to the start; big Swede Magnus Backstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi) deciding to call it quits after yesterday. Naturally, with just the one Alpine climb at the end, plenty of riders were looking for a head-start more than a stage win, and Rafael Casero (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Damien Nazon (Crédit Agricole) the first to leave the peloton, albeit very briefly.

Because of the high average speed, it wasn't until towards the end of the first hour's racing a group of seven escaped: Nicolas Vogondy (Crédit Agricole, 66th GC), Daniele Becke (Iles Baleares-Caisse d'Epargne, 59th GC), José Gutierrez (Phonak, 21st GC), Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros-Würth, 58th GC), Devis Miorin (Liquigas-Bianchi, 112th GC), Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval-Prodir, 55th GC) and Elia Rigotto (Domina Vacanze, 130th GC) the ones who got away.

By km 54, the septet had extracted a 2'40 lead over the peloton, but with the first hour completed at a 55,6 km/h average, they were working overtime. Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery Channel) had what appeared to be a minor spill, but with the aid of two of his team-mates, the Spaniard found his way back in the bunch.

Entering the feed zone (km 93), the break had forged another minute and a half's lead, now up to 4'10. Phonak's José Gutierrez was the best-placed of the seven, 2'57 down on race leader Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) at the start of the day, and was therefore sitting in the maillot jaune virtuel.

"George to Lance, George to Lance,
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However, unlike two days ago, the teams holding GC riders weren't so blase about controlling the break, and after two hours in the saddle, Rabobank and Discovery Channel sent a few of their men up front, which saw the gap reduced to a more manageable 2'50. Not long afterwards, a large group of 27 riders containing Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) and Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) tried to get away, but the teams of the lead riders weren't having anything of it, and they were brought back to the peloton after no more than 10 minutes.

At the sprint prime in Cairanne (km 126.5), taken out by Vogondy (Crédit Agricole), the break's lead had gone back out to 3'45. Still, with the 21 kilometre Giant of Provence ahead of them, the seven were going to need a lot more than that. The second sprint in Baaume-de-Venise was an equally lacklustre affair, this time won by Zaballa (Saunier Duval), and was more significant for the fact that it signaled 40 kilometres left to race, the gap to the peloton now 4'15.

From there, the only way was up, and shortly into the climb (though not the climb proper), Gutierrez (Phonak), Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) and Zaballa (Saunier Duval) gradually rode away from their companions - but there was no time to say adieu, as the peloton were only 1'50 behind them.

David Moncoutie (Cofidis)
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Back in the bunch, the action had started early, and it was David Moncoutié (Cofidis) who took off first, seemingly unsatisfied with the pace Christophe Moreau (Crédit Agricole) was setting at the head of the peloton, which was enough to see Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) in trouble.

A little further up front, Zaballa was dropped, leaving just two - Gutierrez and Jaksche - at the 10km to go mark, who were 1'25 ahead of the remains of the peloton; Lance Armstrong and Manuel Beltran (Discovery Channel), Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), Andrey Kashechkin (Credit Agricole), Floyd Landis, Santiago Botero and Oscar Pereiro (Phonak), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Wim Van Huffel (Davitamon-Lotto), Jose Gomez Marchante, Rafael Casero and Nicolas Fritsch (Saunier Duval), Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile), David Arroyo (Illes Balears) and Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) all still in there.

By this stage, Moncoutié (Cofidis) had been absorbed. However, Armstrong (Discovery Channel) and Fritsch (Saunier Duval) were in difficulty, losing a few lengths to le groupe maillot jaune, but clawed their way back 10 minutes later. Speaking of the maillot jaune, Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) was looking comfy at the head of the group that had now eaten up and spat out Gutierrez and Jaksche, but the catch instigated a new counter by Belgian climbing sensation Wim Van Huffel (Davitamon-Lotto).

Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile)
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At five kilometres to go, the front group contained 11 riders - Armstrong, Vinokourov, Kashechkin, Landis, Leipheimer, Jaksche, Menchov, Moncoutié, Fritsch, Landaluze and Gomez-Marchante - but a attack by the latter rider saw Menchov and Landaluze dropped, leaving just nine.

As the slopes steepened, Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), Vinokourov (T-Mobile) bridged to Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) and distanced themselves from a group containing Armstrong (Discovery Channel), Landis (Phonak), Moncoutié (Cofidis) and Kashechkin (Credit Agricole), although the trio were still half a minute behind Van Huffel, with the Armstrong group a further 10 seconds back.

But then it became Levi's turn to let go, leaving Vino and Gomez Marchante out in front, who made the junction with Van Huffel at three kilometres to go. Leipheimer soon fell into the cradle of the group being driven by his former leader, Lance Armstrong, 27 seconds behind, with Landis and Kashechkin also hangin' in there.

Armstrong's group
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Passing underneath the flamme rouge, Van Huffel saw his super day over, as Vinokourov and Gomez-Marchante upped the tempo ever so slightly. 300 metres before the line, Vino attacked his Spanish companion, and moments later, the stocky Kazakhstan rider found himself a glorious victor, 1,909 metres above sea level.

Stage 5 - Friday, June 10: Vaison-la-Romaine - Grenoble, 219 km

With six categorised climbs and about a kilometre of flat road along its 219 kilometre-long parcours from Vaison-la-Romaine to Grenoble, some may find tomorrow's stage even harder. Maybe one for Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) or Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom).

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Results

1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                     4.07.23 (44.14 km/h)
2 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 0.06
3 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            0.16
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        0.37
5 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                       0.41
6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         0.43
7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                              0.46
8 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.31
9 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      1.36
10 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         1.45
11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           2.17
12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                        2.35
13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         2.39
14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                   2.40
15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     2.48
16 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                   2.59
17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        3.18
18 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              4.05
19 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                         4.12
20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                      4.24
21 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                          4.35
22 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                              4.43
23 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             4.45
24 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                  4.57
25 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  5.00
26 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 5.35
27 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              5.41
28 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    5.58
29 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne      6.13
30 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            
31 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             6.18
32 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
33 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          
34 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
35 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              
36 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
37 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                  
38 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                              6.42
39 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           6.45
40 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step                              6.48
41 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  6.57
42 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                      
43 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                          7.07
44 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            7.22
45 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                           7.31
46 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                           8.14
47 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                      
48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     8.51
49 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone     9.27
50 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                          9.54
51 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                       10.00
52 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
53 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
54 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
55 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
56 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
57 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
58 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              
59 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
60 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                 10.35
61 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                11.17
62 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                     11.50
63 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
64 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
65 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank                                        
66 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
67 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
68 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  
69 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           
70 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
71 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto                         
72 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                 
73 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 
74 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
75 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 
76 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                12.16
77 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                  12.31
78 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone       13.10
79 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         13.49
80 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                      13.58
81 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                               
82 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             14.21
83 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
84 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                      14.36
85 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              14.53
86 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            15.44
87 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                              
88 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step                                       
89 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
90 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
91 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                
92 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
93 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
94 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                          
95 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                
96 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
97 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
98 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
99 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                
100 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             
101 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                   15.57
102 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                          15.59
103 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                       17.47
104 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          21.01
105 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                         
106 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            
107 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                
108 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               
109 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                  
110 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           
111 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
112 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step                                
113 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
114 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                
115 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
116 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
117 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
118 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                           
119 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                       
120 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        
121 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                    
122 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                          
123 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             
124 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step                              
125 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                   
126 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                           
127 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           
128 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
129 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           
130 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              
131 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                           
132 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  
133 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
134 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                       
135 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
136 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
137 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
138 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita                            
139 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                            
140 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
141 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   22.39
142 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
143 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
144 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
145 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
146 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               
147 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
148 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                
149 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
150 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step                             23.07
151 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            23.57
DNF Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                     
DNF Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step                                     
DNF Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
DNS Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
 
Points
 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          20 pts
2 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   17
3 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              15
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          13
5 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         11
6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                           10
7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                 9
8 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            8
9 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         7
10 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            6
11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              5
12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                           4
13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            3
14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      2
15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1
16 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
 
Mountains
 
Le Mont Ventoux - km 182
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          40 pts
2 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   35
3 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              30
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          26
5 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         22
6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                           18
7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                16
8 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           14
9 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        12
10 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           10
11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              8
12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                           6
13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            4
14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      2
15 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1
 
Sprints
 
Cairanne - km 126,500
1 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        6 pts
2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     4
3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      2
 
Beaumes De Venise - km 143
1 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     6 pts
2 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                              4
3 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        2
 
Teams
 
1 Phonak Hearing Systems                                      12.28.37
2 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                          0.49
3 Credit Agricole                                                 1.14
4 Discovery Channel                                               3.45
5 T-Mobile Team                                                   4.33
6 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne                                   6.29
7 Rabobank                                                        8.06
8 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                 9.26
9 Davitamon-Lotto                                                 9.29
10 Fassa Bortolo                                                 10.34
11 Bouygues Telecom                                              12.53
12 Cofidis                                                       14.44
13 Liberty Seguros Team                                          14.50
14 Gerolsteiner                                                  16.08
15 Francaise Des Jeux                                            20.01
16 Quick Step - Innergetic                                       23.01
17 Domina Vacanze                                                25.26
18 Team CSC                                                      26.33
19 Liquigas-Bianchi                                              35.42
20 Lampre - Caffita                                              36.59
21 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                           37.05
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                          15.19.29
2 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        0.21
3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                        0.26
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                       0.47
5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         2.00
6 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                    2.25
7 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 2.53
8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            3.07
9 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      3.16
10 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         3.45
11 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        4.30
12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                        4.39
13 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                   5.08
14 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           5.25
15 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
16 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                          6.47
17 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         7.04
18 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             7.21
19 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            8.03
20 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    8.09
21 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             8.20
22 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              8.45
23 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        8.55
24 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                         8.57
25 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  9.08
26 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team          9.15
27 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              9.17
28 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        9.18
29 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                  9.30
30 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 9.40
31 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  9.48
32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      10.23
33 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                 10.44
34 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
35 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          10.51
36 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             10.57
37 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                 11.13
38 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                             11.17
39 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                             11.19
40 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne     11.20
41 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    11.56
42 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                         12.14
43 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            12.30
44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                     12.39
45 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     12.45
46 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
47 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                       13.07
48 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step                             13.11
49 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone    13.20
50 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       13.24
51 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                             13.43
52 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                 13.48
53 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                            13.53
54 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            14.00
55 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                         14.18
56 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                14.24
57 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                         14.29
58 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            14.51
59 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             14.53
60 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             15.09
61 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             15.42
62 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               15.43
63 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                          15.57
64 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                     16.08
65 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  16.10
66 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       16.13
67 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   16.27
68 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                      16.53
69 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                  16.55
70 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                            16.57
71 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
72 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone       17.13
73 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                     17.36
74 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                    17.41
75 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      18.00
76 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              18.06
77 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank                                   18.46
78 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         19.02
79 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne      19.05
80 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto                    19.22
81 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                         19.23
82 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                19.25
83 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                           19.51
84 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            19.52
85 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          20.02
86 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                     20.07
87 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    20.23
88 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step                                       
89 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                      20.30
90 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            20.32
91 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                           20.35
92 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         20.40
93 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            21.13
94 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             21.41
95 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                           21.52
96 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                          22.02
97 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                         22.36
98 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                           22.39
99 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                       23.08
100 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                       23.12
101 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   23.24
102 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                      23.45
103 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                         24.11
104 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                          24.16
105 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      24.19
106 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                   24.34
107 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                             24.52
108 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                              25.21
109 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      25.29
110 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
111 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                  25.46
112 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                           25.58
113 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      26.06
114 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      26.11
115 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                             26.13
116 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone      26.19
117 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step                         26.25
118 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          26.30
119 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne      27.01
120 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                       27.04
121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                     27.19
122 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   27.23
123 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                           
124 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step                           27.38
125 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                               27.59
126 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                         28.14
127 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                    28.25
128 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      28.28
129 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                         28.37
130 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           28.40
131 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              28.41
132 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          28.52
133 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                       29.32
134 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
135 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             29.33
136 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                           29.45
137 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      30.02
138 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         30.12
139 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      31.00
140 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            31.58
141 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      32.04
142 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita                       33.29
143 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           33.54
144 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       34.25
145 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           34.51
146 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           35.29
147 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                  35.51
148 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                           36.09
149 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       36.22
150 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                          38.09
151 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step                             48.06
 
Points classification
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                43 pts
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             40
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          39
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          35
5 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         32
6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        32
7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                30
8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                           30
9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          29
10 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                     25
11 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                          23
12 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       21
13 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            19
14 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          19
15 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  17
16 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             15
17 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              14
18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             13
19 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      13
20 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         13
21 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                      13
22 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      10
23 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   10
24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                               10
25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          10
26 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          10
27 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 9
28 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             9
29 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              9
30 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           8
31 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 8
32 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                8
33 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            7
34 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        7
35 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               7
36 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                           6
37 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                           6
38 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           6
39 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           5
40 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                             4
41 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             4
42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                             4
43 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                4
44 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            3
45 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                3
46 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      3
47 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step                                      3
48 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                   3
49 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      2
50 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     2
51 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick.Step                                  2
52 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                1
53 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 1
54 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                1
55 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          -5
56 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                    -5
57 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             -5
58 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 -5
59 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             -5
60 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                               -5
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          47 pts
2 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   35
3 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              30
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          29
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                23
6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         22
7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                           18
8 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           15
9 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           14
10 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          13
11 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       12
12 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            11
13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          11
14 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           10
15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                9
16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              8
17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 7
18 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                           6
19 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                      5
20 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        4
21 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            4
22 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             3
23 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      2
24 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                2
25 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                2
26 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1
27 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   1
28 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Phonak Hearing Systems                                      46.04.45
2 Discovery Channel                                               7.07
3 Credit Agricole                                                 8.14
4 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                         10.16
5 T-Mobile Team                                                  10.54
6 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne                                  15.50
7 Fassa Bortolo                                                  16.21
8 Rabobank                                                       16.28
9 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                16.39
10 Gerolsteiner                                                  18.39
11 Davitamon-Lotto                                               19.54
12 Bouygues Telecom                                              20.03
13 Cofidis                                                       21.17
14 Liberty Seguros Team                                          23.52
15 Francaise Des Jeux                                            31.03
16 Team CSC                                                      35.42
17 Quick Step - Innergetic                                       36.26
18 Domina Vacanze                                                39.53
19 Liquigas-Bianchi                                              47.57
20 Lampre - Caffita                                              51.30
21 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                           56.51


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