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57th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT

France, June 5-12, 2005

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Prologue - Sunday, June 5: Aix-les-Bains ITT, 7.9 km

Hincapie surprises; Armstrong on track

By Anthony Tan

George Hincapie (Discovery Channel)
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An American standing on the highest step of the podium was to be expected at the conclusion of today's 7.9 kilometre opener in Aix-les-Bains - but George Hincapie?

After a perennially successful Spring Classics campaign, which almost saw him win Paris-Roubaix, the 31 year-old quiet American has also done what he always does year after year: take a short break, refocus, resume training, and reach his second peak at the Tour de France.

One of only three riders to break the 10-minute mark, Hincapie's time of 9 minutes and 55 seconds was enough to earn him the stage victory and the leader's jersey, but more significantly, reassure his Discovery leader Lance Armstrong that he will be with him all the way come July.

Just three seconds separated the top three placegetters - fellow American Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) came tantalisingly close two seconds behind to take second, with Kazahkstan's Andrey Kashechkin (Crédit Agricole) finishing another second back to round out the podium. Making it ostensibly an all-American affair was the fourth place of Floyd Landis (Phonak), who finished in 10 minutes flat, while Armstrong showed he's coming very close to where he needs to be one month from now, clocking a highly respectable time of 10'01.

How it unfolded

Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros)
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Sunday temps in Aix-les-Bains were parfait for fast times: a mild 19 degrees Celsius, with a gentle 10km/h NNW breeze blowing. However, it wasn't deemed perfect enough for Michel Scotto D'Abusco (Lampre-Cafitta) and Isidro Nozal (Liberty Seguros-Würth), where it was announced 15 minutes before the start that these two riders would not be present. It was later confirmed that Nozal was declared unfit to start after a pre-race test found he had a haematocrit of 52,1 percent, well over the 50 percent allowable.

Powerhouse Norweigan Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) set the early best time for the 7.9 kilometre prologue, stomping across the line in 10 minutes and 22 seconds. But an hour and 32 minutes after the first rider left at 14:30, Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth) came in with a time of 10'04.

However, there were still plenty of big hitters left to come, and minutes later, Lance Armstrong's right-hand man at the last six Tours de France, George Hincapie (Discovery Channel), became the first rider to go under the 10-minute mark, clocking a very competitive time of 9'55.

Floyd Landis (Phonak)
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When Floyd Landis left the start house at 16:27, many expected the Phonak leader to better the time of his fellow American and ex-team-mate, but the best the 29 year-old Tour de Georgia TT winner could do was 10 minutes flat. 20 minutes later, Landis' team-mate Oscar Pereiro knocked Contador out of a spot on the stage podium with a time of 10'02, but Andrey Kashechkin (Crédit Agricole) gave back the Spaniard some of his own medicine, a time of 9'58 slotting him into second with 23 riders still to go.

With respective times of 10'30 and 10'15, pre-race favourites Oscar Sevilla (Phonak) and Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) were solid though not superb. But when the wily figure of Roberto Heras crossed the line with a time of 10'18, the Liberty leader showed he's back in business from now till the end of July.

Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel)
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At half-past five, and with just seven riders left to come in, it appeared an all-American podium was on the cards as Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) finished just two seconds behind the time of Hincapie, and became the third rider to break the 10-minute barrier.

The best of the rest was indeed the last man to leave, six-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong - but the Discovery leader's time of 10'01 was only good enough for fifth, and as a result, his old pal George Hincapie became the first leader of the 2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.

Photography

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Results

1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      9.55
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                            0.01
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                       0.03
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                     0.05
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      0.06
6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    0.07
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             0.09
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            0.13
9 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               
10 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                      0.14
11 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                         
13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                              0.16
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                      0.17
15 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           0.18
16 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step                                     
17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     
18 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone       0.19
19 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       
20 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                      0.21
21 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
22 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 
23 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                   0.22
24 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                    
25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                            
26 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
27 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               0.23
28 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
29 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           0.24
30 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
33 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                      
34 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
35 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            
36 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                             0.25
37 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            
38 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         
39 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                        0.26
40 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              
41 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                    
42 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
43 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                           0.27
44 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
45 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   0.29
46 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                               
47 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                    
48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    
49 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
50 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                          
51 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                 0.30
52 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
53 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  0.31
54 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                    
55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
56 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                         0.32
57 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        
58 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                        
59 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                0.33
60 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
61 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        0.34
62 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                            0.35
63 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               
64 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      0.36
65 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
66 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              
67 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                         0.37
68 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                    
69 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      0.38
70 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           
71 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                    0.39
72 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
73 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
74 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
75 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
76 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
77 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      0.40
78 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne        
79 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                        0.41
80 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            
81 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          
82 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
83 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                            
84 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                       0.42
85 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                              
86 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
87 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      0.43
88 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           
89 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            0.44
90 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
91 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                             0.45
92 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                   
93 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 0.46
94 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           0.47
95 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                
96 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone       
97 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
98 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                      
99 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   0.48
100 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  0.49
101 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank                                     
102 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step                            
103 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step                               
104 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           0.51
105 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
106 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
107 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step                              
108 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
109 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                               
110 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             0.52
111 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                            
112 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone     0.53
113 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          
114 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         
115 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
116 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                           
117 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
118 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         0.54
119 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                        
120 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              
121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                        
122 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                        0.55
123 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                         
124 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita                      0.56
125 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                       
126 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                        0.57
127 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                       
128 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          0.58
129 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
130 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
131 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                            
132 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     0.59
133 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         
134 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                               
135 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                              1.00
136 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                          
137 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   1.02
138 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
139 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              
140 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
141 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      1.03
142 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              1.04
143 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    1.07
144 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             
145 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1.08
146 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
147 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
148 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     1.09
149 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                          1.10
150 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     1.11
151 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         1.12
152 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                          1.16
153 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
154 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     1.18
155 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       1.22
156 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                   1.28
157 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo                     1.38
158 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step                               2.02
159 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto                  2.03
160 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        2.19
 
Points
 
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                         20 pts
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                              17
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                         15
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                       13
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                         11
6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      10
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team                      9
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               8
9 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears - C.Epargne                   7
10 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                         6
11 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                    5
12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                        4
13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick.Step - Innergetic                    3
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         2
15 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              1 
 
Mountains
 
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team                      7 pts
2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                         5
3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       3
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               2
5 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                    1
 
Teams
 
1 Phonak Hearing Systems                                       30.11
2 Discovery Channel                                             0.04
3 Gerolsteiner                                                  0.14
4 Crédit Agricole                                               0.21
5 T-Mobile Team                                                 0.26
6 Liberty Seguros Team                                          0.27
7 Fassa Bortolo                                                 0.37
8 Quick.Step - Innergetic                                       0.39
9 Rabobank                                                      0.40
10 Team CSC                                                     0.45
11 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                       0.51
12 Ag2r Prevoyance                                              0.53
13 Bouygues Telecom                                             0.59
14 Cofidis                                                          
15 Illes Balears - C.Epargne                                    1.02
16 Liquigas-Bianchi                                             1.10
17 Domina Vacanze                                               1.13
18 Française des Jeux                                           1.30
19 Lampre - Caffita                                             1.31
20 Davitamon - Lotto                                            1.46
21 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          1.49
 
General classification after prologue
 
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      9.55
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                            0.01
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                       0.03
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                     0.05
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      0.06
6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    0.07
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             0.09
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            0.13
9 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               
10 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                      0.14
11 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                         
13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                              0.16
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                      0.17
15 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           0.18
16 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step                                     
17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     
18 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone       0.19
19 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       
20 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                      0.21
21 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
22 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 
23 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                   0.22
24 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                    
25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                            
26 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
27 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               0.23
28 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
29 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           0.24
30 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          
31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
33 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                      
34 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
35 Igor Gonzalez De Gal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            
36 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                             0.25
37 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            
38 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         
39 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                        0.26
40 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              
41 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                    
42 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
43 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                           0.27
44 Jose Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
45 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   0.29
46 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                               
47 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                    
48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    
49 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
50 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                          
51 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                 0.30
52 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
53 Jose Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  0.31
54 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                    
55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
56 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                         0.32
57 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        
58 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                        
59 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                0.33
60 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
61 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        0.34
62 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                            0.35
63 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               
64 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      0.36
65 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
66 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              
67 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                         0.37
68 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                    
69 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      0.38
70 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           
71 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                    0.39
72 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
73 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
74 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
75 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
76 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
77 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      0.40
78 Xabie Zandio Echaide (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne        
79 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                        0.41
80 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            
81 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          
82 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
83 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                            
84 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                       0.42
85 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                              
86 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
87 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      0.43
88 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           
89 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            0.44
90 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
91 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                             0.45
92 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC                                   
93 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 0.46
94 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           0.47
95 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                
96 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone       
97 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
98 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                      
99 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   0.48
100 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  0.49
101 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Rabobank                                     
102 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step                            
103 Jose Pecharroman (Spa) Quick Step                               
104 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           0.51
105 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
106 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
107 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step                              
108 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
109 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                               
110 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team             0.52
111 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                            
112 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone     0.53
113 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          
114 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         
115 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
116 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                           
117 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
118 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         0.54
119 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                        
120 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              
121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                        
122 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                        0.55
123 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                         
124 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita                      0.56
125 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                       
126 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                        0.57
127 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                       
128 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          0.58
129 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
130 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
131 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                            
132 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     0.59
133 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         
134 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                               
135 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                              1.00
136 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                          
137 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   1.02
138 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
139 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              
140 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
141 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      1.03
142 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              1.04
143 Jose Cayetano Julia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    1.07
144 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             
145 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1.08
146 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
147 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
148 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     1.09
149 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                          1.10
150 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     1.11
151 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         1.12
152 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                          1.16
153 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
154 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     1.18
155 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       1.22
156 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                   1.28
157 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo                     1.38
158 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step                               2.02
159 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto                  2.03
160 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        2.19
 
Mountains classification
 
Biolay, km 1,900 - km 1,900                                    
 
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team                      7 pts
2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                         5
3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       3
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               2
5 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                    1
 
Points classification
 
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                         20 pts
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                              17
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                         15
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                       13
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                         11
6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      10
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros Team                      9
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               8
9 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears - C.Epargne                   7
10 Francisco Lara Ruiz (Spa) T-Mobile Team                         6
11 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                    5
12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                        4
13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick.Step - Innergetic                    3
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         2
15 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              1 
 
Teams classification
 
1 Phonak Hearing Systems                                       30.11
2 Discovery Channel                                             0.04
3 Gerolsteiner                                                  0.14
4 Crédit Agricole                                               0.21
5 T-Mobile Team                                                 0.26
6 Liberty Seguros Team                                          0.27
7 Fassa Bortolo                                                 0.37
8 Quick.Step - Innergetic                                       0.39
9 Rabobank                                                      0.40
10 Team CSC                                                     0.45
11 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                       0.51
12 Ag2r Prevoyance                                              0.53
13 Bouygues Telecom                                             0.59
14 Cofidis                                                          
15 Illes Balears - C.Epargne                                    1.02
16 Liquigas-Bianchi                                             1.10
17 Domina Vacanze                                               1.13
18 Française des Jeux                                           1.30
19 Lampre - Caffita                                             1.31
20 Davitamon - Lotto                                            1.46
21 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          1.49

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