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69th Tour de Suisse - PT
Switzerland, June 11-19, 2005
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Stage 3 - June 13: Abtwil/Säntispark - St. Anton a.A., 154 km
McGee gets close to yellow with stage win
By Gabriella Ekström
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T-Mobile's Jan Ullrich barely hung on to the leader's jersey in today's third stage into Austria, after having served Francaise des Jeux' Bradley McGee the stage win and ten bonus seconds on a silver plate. Thanks to his win, McGee now trails Ullrich by only two seconds, but neither seems particularly keen to actually have the jersey.
McGee was very happy with his stage win, crediting his teammates: "My teammates stayed with me for the whole day and continually gave me the right clothing and the right food. They set me up at the foot of the finishing climb and therefore I was very motivated to finish it off for them.
"The fact that I'm still two seconds behind Ullrich is a little present for my teammates. Now they don't have to defend the jersey. T-Mobile can keep doing that."
Ullrich and his team rode a strong race, even if he was a little isolated on the finishing climb with only Giuseppe Guerini left to help him. "Indeed I wouldn't have found it bad if McGee had taken the yellow," said Ullrich, who finished 12th. "Now the team still has to defend it; we feel obliged to. But it's going well, I'm satisfied."
How it unfolded
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157 riders left Abtwil at 13.30 this afternoon, with Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step, stomach problems) and Guennadi Mikhailov (Discovery Channel) the non-starters. The weather was rainy but seemed to improve as the riders rode on. Since yesterday's time trial in Weinfelden had opened up rather large time differences in the general classification, a lot of riders were interested in early attacks, but none were let away for very long.
Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto), David Loosli (Lampre-Caffita) and Cédric Hervé (Crédit Agricole) all made attempts to get away, Loosli even twice, but none of them lasted long. Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) and Jurgen van den Broeck (Discovery Channel) were next in line, but only lasted for a few kilometres before they were caught. Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) and Alessandro Bertolini (Domina Vacanze) were the next to try after 13 km, and lasted 25 km in front before they came back.
At the front of the peloton, T-mobile were surprisingly assisted by the Phonak team, perhaps because of the declaration made by Ullrich, saying that he did not intend to keep the jersey at any cost. There was no need for Phonak to worry though, as T-mobile made their intentions obvious as the race moved closer to the Austrian border. The whole magenta coloured team lined up at the front and made life hard for those intending to break away.
Jörg Ludewig (Domina Vacanze), Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues) and Antonio Colom (Illes Balears) tried to escape after 47 kilometres, but were brought back within minutes. T-mobile controlled the peloton all the way over the Swiss/Austrian border, and onto the lower slopes of the Arlbergpass. Before the intermediate sprint in Bludenz with 42 kilometres to go, Michael Albasini (Liquigas), Aurelien Clerc (Phonak) and his team mate Gregory Rast took off, and after Clerc had won the sprint, a few more riders seized the opportunity and formed a little break.
Along with Rast, Clerc and Albasini, points leader Bernhard Eisel (FDJ), Daniele Colli, Matej Mugerli (Liquigas), Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto), and Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) sat in the break, but T-mobile seemed determined not to let anyone go, and their actions very much contradicted with Ullrich's opinions before the stage.
The first attack uphill came from Linus Gerdemann (CSC) with 24 kilometres to go, and his actions attracted Discovery Channel's Jurgen Van Den Broeck who followed. This initiated a series of attacks, with Charly Wegelius (Liquigas), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues) and David Lopez (Euskaltel) being the first riders to follow.
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The peloton came back together for the last sprint, won by Albasini in front of Clerc, who felt that he had been treated unjustly by Albasini, who sensibly took the shortest route to the line, even though it involved cutting a few corners tightly and not allowing Clerc any room to pass. Straight after the sprint, the attackers were off again, this time with never-tiring David Loosli, David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval), Alejandro Valverde (Illes Baleares), Iker Flores (Euskaltel) and Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick.Step) all heading up the road in turns. Valverde and Sinkewitz seemed to be the stronger riders as they powered away from the others, but in the dark secrecy of one of numerous tunnels, Euskaltel's Aitor Gonzalez countered and passed them.
Gonzalez was chased, first by Sven Montgomery (Gerolsteiner) and then by a 23 man group led by Guerini and Ullrich (T-mobile), followed by Bradley McGee (FDJeux), George Totschnig and Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner), Alexander Moos, Tadej Valjavec and Daniel Schnider (Phonak), Frank Schleck (CSC), Patrik Sinkewitz and Michael Rogers (Quick.Step), Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto), Fabian Jeker, Leonardo Piepoli and Chris Horner (Saunier Duval), Dario Frigo, Kim Kirchen and Vincenzo Nibali (Fassa Bortolo), Koldo Gil (Liberty Seguros), Iban Mayo (Euskaltel), Daniel Atienza (Cofidis), Mirko Celestino (Domina Vacanze) and Francesco Bellotti (Credit Agricole).
Tadej Valjavec jumped across to Gonzalez with 12 kilometres to go, four to the top of the climb. When the two riders up front merged to a duo, the peloton was closing in fast since a few riders started to raise the speed at the front. Daniel Schnider was the next Phonak rider to jump away as Phonak riders do, and he was followed by Koldo Gil, fresh from the Giro and hungry for more stages. Gil stayed clear over the summit, and hit the wet descent of the Arlbergpass like a kamikaze pilot. Good skills helped Gil stay away down the mountain, but the peloton was chasing very close. With one kilometre to go, the chasing group only had a tiny gap to close but who should do it?
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Ullrich, hungry for the stage win, eventually closed the gap, only to realize that a lot of riders behind him were also hungry for the stage. They overshot him from all directions, and too late, Ullrich seemed to understand that the stage and the bonus would go to Bradley McGee, a much bigger threat to Ullrich on the GC than Koldo Gil. Ullrich saw the riders spread out and tried to get out of the group that had him boxed in, worried that a time gap would open up.
Meanwhile, Sinkewitz had started the sprint with Totschnig on his wheel, but never matched the speed of McGee, who came round the slower riders in the middle of the road. Mirko Celestino followed McGee to take second, while Ullrich missed out on all bonus seconds. Michael Rogers held on to defend his third position in the GC, while Dario Frigo climbed to fourth, 1.12 behind Ullrich.
Photography
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- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) protected by the magenta train all day
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) with Brad McGee, Mick Rogers, and Alexandre Moos on his wheel
- Bradley McGee (Francaise des Jeux) knew which wheel to follow today
- Bradley McGee (Francaise des Jeux) beats Mirko Celestino (Domina Vacanze) to win stage 3
- Bradley McGee (Francaise des Jeux) smiles after his win
- Thumbs up! Brad McGee on the podium
- Do I really want this?
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- Alexandr Kolobnev (Rabobank) manages a smile in the rain
Images by Christine Grein/www.capture-the-peloton.com
- Iban Mayo (Euskatel) doesn't look too worried about the rain before stage 3
- Iker Flores (Euskatel) appears to be happy and relaxed before the start of stage 3
- Koldo Gil (Liberty Seguros) was another who was enjoying himself before stage 3 kicked off
- Leif Hoste (Discovery Channel) with something on his mind before the start of stage 3
- Luciano Pagliarini (Liquigas) does his best schoolboy pose before stage 3
- Water goes in mouth... Luis Perez (Cofidis) perfects the art of water squirting
- Liquigas rider Michael Albasini in his sprinter's jersey before stage 3
- Freddy Bichot and Antonio Colom head up the bunch during stage 3
- Cedric Vasseur (Cofidis) puts it in a little bit during stage 3
- Christian Moreni (Quickstep) is flanked by Euskatel riders during the third stage
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) is all ready for the rain
- The Divine Mullet, aka Tom Boonen, waiting at the start of stage 3
- T-Mobile boys Steffen Wesemann and Daniele Nardello lead the bunch during the third stage
Results
1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.46.51 (40.785 km/h) 2 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 4 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 15 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 20 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 21 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.04 22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 23 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.06 25 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.10 26 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 27 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.25 29 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.29 30 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.22 31 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 32 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 33 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 34 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.32 35 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.40 36 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.43 37 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 38 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 39 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 40 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 41 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 42 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.47 43 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.05 44 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.19 45 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.43 46 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.49 47 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 48 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 49 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 50 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 2.55 51 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 52 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.02 53 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 54 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 55 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 57 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 58 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.06 59 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 60 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 61 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.59 62 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 63 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 64 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.31 65 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 5.42 66 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 67 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 68 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 69 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 70 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 71 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 72 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 73 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 74 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 75 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 76 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 77 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 78 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 79 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 80 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 81 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 82 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 83 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 84 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 85 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 86 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 87 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 88 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 89 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 90 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.46 91 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.57 92 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 7.58 93 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 94 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 95 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 96 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 97 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 98 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 99 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 100 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 101 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 102 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 103 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 104 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 106 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.06 107 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 108 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 109 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 110 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 111 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.20 112 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 8.28 114 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 9.35 116 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.46 117 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 118 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 119 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 120 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 121 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 122 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 123 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 124 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 125 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 126 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 127 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 128 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 129 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 130 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 131 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 132 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 133 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 134 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 135 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 136 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 137 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 138 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 139 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 140 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 141 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 142 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 143 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 144 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 145 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 146 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 147 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 148 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 150 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 151 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 152 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 153 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 154 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 155 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 156 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 13.35 DNF Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre-Caffita DNS Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNS Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step Points 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 15 pts 2 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 3 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 10 4 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 5 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 6 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 7 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 9 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 10 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains Arlbergpass - Cat. 2, 146.5 km 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6 3 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 Sprints Bludenz, 111.9 km 1 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 3 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Klosterle a.Anton, 135.7 km 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 pts 2 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 3 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 11.20.33 2 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.04 3 Fassa Bortolo 4 Gerolsteiner 0.10 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.35 6 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 2.09 7 Team CSC 2.44 8 LIBERTY SEGUROS WURTH TEAM 3.05 9 Domina Vacanze 3.41 10 Credit Agricole 4.38 11 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.42 12 T-Mobile Team 13 Lampre - Caffita 7.38 14 Cofidis 8.50 15 Bouygues Telecom 9.31 16 Liquigas-Bianchi 11.34 17 Discovery Channel 12.41 18 Francaise Des Jeux 13.40 19 Rabobank 20 Davitamon-Lotto 13.44 General classification after stage 3 1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.31.10 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0.02 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 0.18 4 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.12 5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.14 6 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.25 7 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.31 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.41 9 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 1.47 10 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52 11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.53 12 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.56 13 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.02 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 2.08 16 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.17 17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2.20 18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.21 19 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 2.29 20 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.37 21 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.47 22 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole 2.48 23 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.51 24 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.54 25 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3.04 26 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 27 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.09 28 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.17 29 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.18 30 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.58 31 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.03 33 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4.04 34 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.13 35 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.19 36 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 4.22 37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.34 38 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.36 39 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.49 40 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.52 41 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 4.54 42 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.57 43 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.05 44 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 45 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.14 46 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.23 47 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.53 49 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.00 50 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 6.04 51 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.07 52 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.15 53 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.32 54 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.42 55 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 6.43 56 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6.53 57 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.00 58 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.09 59 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7.26 60 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.38 61 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.39 62 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole 7.41 63 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.53 64 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 7.56 65 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.05 66 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.23 67 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.35 68 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 8.36 69 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 8.37 70 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.40 71 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step 8.41 72 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8.42 73 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.43 74 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 9.01 75 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 9.38 76 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.44 77 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.46 78 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 9.48 79 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 9.49 80 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 9.50 81 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.55 82 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 9.56 83 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.59 84 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.01 85 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 10.02 86 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.10 87 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.11 88 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 10.21 89 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 90 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.25 91 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 10.35 92 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11.00 93 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.08 94 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 95 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.36 96 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11.44 97 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.51 98 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12.22 99 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 12.28 100 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.29 101 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12.42 102 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.51 103 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.06 104 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 105 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.15 106 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13.22 107 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.23 108 Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.27 109 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13.39 110 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 13.51 111 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13.53 112 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 13.55 113 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.56 114 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 14.02 115 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 14.33 116 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 14.39 117 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.43 118 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 14.50 119 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.54 120 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 15.05 121 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 15.12 122 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15.21 123 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15.22 124 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.34 125 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15.36 126 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.38 127 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.39 128 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 15.47 129 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.49 130 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 16.09 131 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 16.16 132 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.18 133 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 16.22 134 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.29 135 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 16.37 136 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 16.40 137 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.41 138 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 16.53 139 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16.58 140 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 17.01 141 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 17.14 142 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17.19 143 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17.27 144 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.36 145 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 146 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 17.40 147 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 17.44 148 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 149 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 17.46 150 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20.03 151 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 20.24 152 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21.26 153 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.51 154 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.49 155 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26.47 156 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26.59 Points classification 1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 38 pts 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 25 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 20 4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 18 5 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 6 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 15 8 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step 13 9 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 10 11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 10 12 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 13 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 8 14 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 15 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 16 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 18 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 19 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 20 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 21 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5 22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 24 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 25 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 26 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 27 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 28 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 29 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 30 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1 Mountains classification 1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 pts 2 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6 4 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 6 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1 8 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Sprints classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 16 pts 2 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 3 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 4 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 5 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 6 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Teams classification 1 Fassa Bortolo 25.37.29 2 Gerolsteiner 0.53 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.10 4 Team CSC 1.31 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.48 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.00 7 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne 5.37 8 Quick Step - Innergetic 5.56 9 LIBERTY SEGUROS WURTH TEAM 6.06 10 Domina Vacanze 6.16 11 T-Mobile Team 7.11 12 Credit Agricole 8.09 13 Lampre - Caffita 13.52 14 Bouygues Telecom 14.24 15 Discovery Channel 14.44 16 Cofidis 15.18 17 Liquigas-Bianchi 16.11 18 Davitamon-Lotto 17.24 19 Francaise Des Jeux 17.55 20 Rabobank 20.47
