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63rd Paris-Nice - ProTour

France, March 6-13, 2005

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Stage 3 - Wednesday, March 9: Thiers - Craponne-sur-Arzon, 118 km

Illes Balears has another uphill sprinter: Vicente Reynes

By Jean-François Quénet in Craponne-sur-Arzon

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Cycling definitely doesn't need long distances to produce a thrilling scenario and bringing up new faces. 23 year-old Vicente Reynes of Illes Balears has won stage 3 of the 2005 Paris-Nice that covered only 117.5 km. He created a huge surprise at the finish line where his teammate Alejandro Valverde was expected to win. It was another bunch sprint at the end, finally located in Craponne-sur-Arzon instead of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon where there was too much snow for a bike race to come through. It will also not be possible to start from that village on Thursday, and stage 4 will take off from St-Peray near Valence. It will be only 108km long with a few climbs at the end but nothing special, the start being given at 14:00 local time.

Stage 2 may have left David Moncoutié (Cofidis) very bitter since he couldn't hold the crazy pace and got dropped. The Frenchman, winner of a stage in the Tour de France last year, reacted positively after making the first attack with his fellow compatriot Freddy Bichot. With Moncoutié, Dariusz Baranowski (Liberty Seguros), Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r), Nicki Sørensen (CSC), Floyd Landis (Phonak), Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel), Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel), Mauro Facci (Fassa Bortolo), Xavier Zandio (Illes Balears), Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto) and Iñigo Cuesta (Saunier Duval) formed the front group at km 20. Their biggest advantage was 1'50. The teams of Rabobank, T-Mobile and Domina Vacanze kept the peloton to an acceptable distance.

Jorg Jaksche (Liberty)
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On the Côte de Lavet (km 77), defending champion Jörg Jaksche was no longer overshadowed by his former teammates from CSC. In a fantastic effort, he bridged the gap by himself and joined the 11 leaders. His enterprise created a strong chase by Quick Step and CSC. It was obvious that serious action was happening under the order of Manolo Saiz. "We were asked to try and do something," Jaksche explained. "I felt really good and I was happy to ride up the front. I'm not at the same level of shape as last year in Paris-Nice, that's what explains my result in the prologue (20th). It was good to try to break clear again with two team-mates, unfortunately that last climb was too far from the finish."

With 5km to go - the Moncoutié group being caught with 10km to go - Jaksche went away again with Alberto Contador and Luis Leon Sanchez, the two stage winners of the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under earlier this year, the latter being also the overall winner of the South Australian event, which is the only race he took part in before Paris-Nice. Just like the day before, Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) attacked with 3km to go, following the example of Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel), but there was nothing to do to avoid another bunch sprint in the uphill finishing straight of Craponne-sur-Arzon.

Erik Dekker (Rabobank)
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Tom Boonen saw himself as a winner for a third consecutive day. "400 metres before the line, it looked perfect," he said. "But Jens Voigt closed me the door. I've got nothing to reproach him for. I would have done the same. I'm just frustrated and I've got mixed feelings. I'm disappointed to have lost the stage but I'm happy that I was one of the few sprinters up there in the hills today. It's a good sign for Milan-San Remo, I'm not worried about the fact that stages here are shortened before the longest classic of the year. I'll go and reconnoitre the course on Monday."

It wasn't Valverde crossing the line first but Vicente Reynes who was already fourth the day before in Thiers. "I'm having a great moment of form," the Spaniard said. "It's the right time to take advantage of it, but I can't believe I've done it, it's Paris-Nice!"

Reynes was terribly emotional after his win. "I didn't even recognise Bernard Hinault on the podium," he realized later. "With two kilometres to go, I didn't know what to do when Alexandre Vinokourov accelerated, we had very little information about the new finish and it was a very hard stage. When I saw the uphill finish, I remembered I got most of my amateur wins in such conditions. I've was very close to touching Voigt's wheel, I almost crashed, now I'm so happy with this win. It's my first pro win but not the last one, I hope."

A happy Vicente Reynes (Illes Balears)
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Reynes will turn 24 in August, he hails from Deia in Majorca, he's actually one of the four riders from Illes Balears who actually comes from one of the islands backing the team. He also gave to the new co-sponsor Caisse d'Epargne their first win in professional cycling. The French bank wanted to be associated with a ProTour team. Since they didn't manage to get a spot on the Bouygues Telecom jersey, they paired with Illes Balears through the influence of former pro rider Yvon Ledanois. Caisse d'Epargne is expected to become a title sponsor in two years time. It will give Reynes other opportunities to show his talent. "But our team leader remains Valverde," he added. "He's a better cyclist than I am."

Reynes has moved up to third place overall behind Boonen and Erik Dekker, who also sees Valverde as a bigger threat for the final win in Paris. "Voigt, Valverde and Kirchen are my three main competitors. As for myself, I'm feeling better and better every day", Dekker said.

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  • Everyone's a sprinter, but Vicente Reynes (Illes Balears) has the last laugh in Craponne-sur-Arzon.
  • Tom Boonen's beard isn't slowing him down one bit, as he holds onto the overall lead after Stage 3.

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Results

1 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            2.40.51
2 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                         
3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
4 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                               
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             
6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                
7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                           
8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                             
9 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                      
11 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                        
13 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                   
14 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems          
15 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
16 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 
17 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
18 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                 
19 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                       
20 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                            
22 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      
23 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           
24 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         
25 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                     
26 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                             
27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                             
28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
29 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
30 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
31 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
32 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
33 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                          
34 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         
35 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          
36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
37 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                      
39 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
40 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
41 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                              
42 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                    
43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
44 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
45 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
46 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
47 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       
48 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                
49 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
50 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
51 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           
52 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                           
53 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                   
54 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
55 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               
56 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
57 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
58 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        
59 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
60 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                                
61 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
62 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                    
63 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
64 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
65 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
66 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
67 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
68 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
69 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                 
70 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
71 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
72 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                 
73 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
74 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                    
75 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                        
76 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                      
77 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
78 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
79 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
80 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                
81 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                
82 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       
83 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                      
84 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
85 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
86 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
87 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
88 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                               
89 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
90 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                               
91 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
92 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
93 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
94 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                             
95 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
96 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
97 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
98 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
99 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
100 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    
101 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
102 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
103 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
104 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                     
105 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
106 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
107 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
108 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
109 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      
110 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
111 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
112 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone     0.20
113 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             
114 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         2.29
115 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne     7.08
116 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
117 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         8.18
118 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
119 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                       9.35
120 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                     
121 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  
122 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
123 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
124 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
125 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
126 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
127 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
128 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                                 
129 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                  
130 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
131 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                       
132 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                                 
133 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        
134 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              
135 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
136 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
137 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
138 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
139 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
140 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                
141 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
142 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
143 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
144 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                 
145 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                  
146 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
147 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                              14.02
148 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                    
149 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                
150 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
151 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
152 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                            
153 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                  
154 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 
155 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             
156 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  
157 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               19.05
158 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
159 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                 
160 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                              
161 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
DNF Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
DNF Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
DNS Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
 
Points
 
1 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 25 pts
2 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                       22
3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                20
4 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             18
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           16
6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              15
7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                         14
8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                           13
9 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   12
10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                    11
11 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             10
12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       9
13 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  8
14 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems         7
15 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            6
16 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                5
17 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            4
18 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                3
19 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                      2
20 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Courpière - Cat. 2, 14.00 km
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               7 pts
2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              5
3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       3
4 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               2
5 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                       1
 
Côte de Lavet - Cat. 1, 77.30 km
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              10 pts
2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              8
3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       6
4 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                4
5 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      3
6 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    2
7 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        1
 
Sprints
 
Ambert - 47.3 km
 
1 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        3 pts
2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               2
3 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1
 
Best young rider
 
1 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            2.40.51
2 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                               
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                           
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                             
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                         
6 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              
7 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                  
8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                              
10 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                          
11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         
12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                
14 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
16 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
17 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
18 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                      
19 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
20 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
21 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
22 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        
23 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              
24 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne      7.08
25 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     9.35
26 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
27 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
28 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                                  
29 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
30 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
32 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                               14.02
33 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                     
34 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
35 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
 
Teams
 
1 Davitamon-Lotto                                                8.02.33
2 Team CSC                                                              
3 Quick.Step                                                            
4 Liberty Seguros-Würth                                                 
5 Rabobank                                                              
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                     
7 Francaise Des Jeux                                                    
8 Domina Vacanze                                                        
9 Fassa Bortolo                                                         
10 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                                       
11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                         
12 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                     
13 Gerolsteiner                                                         
14 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                      
15 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                 
16 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               
17 Discovery Channel Team                                               
18 Lampre-Caffita                                                       
19 Credit Agricole                                                      
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                     
21 T-Mobile Team                                                    9.35
 
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                    7.58.46
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        0.03
3 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               0.04
4 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  0.05
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                     0.09
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                             0.11
8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                         0.16
9 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          
12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          0.17
13 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                          0.18
14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                     0.20
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                      
16 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                0.25
17 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                    0.29
18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                   0.31
19 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                  0.48
20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          0.54
21 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        
22 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
23 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   0.56
24 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                         0.57
25 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         0.58
26 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                             
27 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
28 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         1.00
29 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         1.02
30 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         1.03
31 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
32 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                    1.04
33 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          1.07
34 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              
35 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                       1.08
36 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              1.09
37 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
38 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       1.10
39 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             1.11
40 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                1.12
41 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                  1.13
42 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               1.15
43 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       
44 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
45 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                
46 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  1.16
47 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
48 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                        1.17
49 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                1.19
50 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            1.20
51 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                               1.23
52 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   1.24
53 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                             1.26
54 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                           1.28
55 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
56 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       1.29
57 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             1.30
58 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             1.31
59 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
60 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           1.33
61 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                                
62 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         1.35
63 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1.36
64 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
65 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                          1.37
66 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.39
67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                             1.44
68 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                    1.46
69 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                  1.47
70 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               1.48
71 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           1.50
72 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                           1.55
73 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                     2.03
74 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      2.07
75 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 2.09
76 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                   2.15
77 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                    2.16
78 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                      
79 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          2.23
80 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                     2.29
81 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                      2.33
82 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                2.40
83 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                      2.51
84 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            2.54
85 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  3.09
86 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                3.21
87 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           3.24
88 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                  3.28
89 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       3.30
90 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              3.31
91 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
92 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           3.40
93 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                             3.43
94 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       4.14
95 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    4.29
96 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                           4.39
97 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                         4.41
98 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                5.09
99 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               5.16
100 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          5.24
101 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         5.32
102 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems     5.44
103 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   6.08
104 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         6.20
105 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           6.28
106 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone     6.36
107 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              7.13
108 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          8.46
109 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     9.02
110 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            9.30
111 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      9.52
112 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    9.58
113 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        10.00
114 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              10.15
115 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              10.28
116 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           10.32
117 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              10.35
118 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       10.50
119 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              10.58
120 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                        11.08
121 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                         11.10
122 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                      11.14
123 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             11.34
124 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             11.40
125 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                            11.42
126 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                            11.44
127 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        11.52
128 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                11.57
129 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                             12.03
130 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            12.08
131 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
132 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                            12.18
133 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                          12.28
134 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             12.40
135 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                           12.48
136 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                        13.15
137 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            14.30
138 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                   14.42
139 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                          15.14
140 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                  15.25
141 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        15.50
142 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                          15.52
143 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          16.07
144 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   16.59
145 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             17.14
146 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             17.38
147 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                
148 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         18.21
149 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                        18.40
150 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             19.05
151 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    19.35
152 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                               19.47
153 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        20.02
154 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               20.04
155 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                              20.08
156 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                       21.26
157 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                22.45
158 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                            22.51
159 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                         23.55
160 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           25.26
161 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               26.25
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                         64 pts
2 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 53
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          52
4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       49
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           48
6 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    40
7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                           38
8 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                       35
9 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      27
10 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  27
11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            26
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            26
13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              25
14 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                               23
15 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       22
16 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                          22
17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         20
18 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                20
19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                    18
20 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                     18
21 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            18
22 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                18
23 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       17
24 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   16
25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             15
26 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 15
27 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               14
28 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                     13
29 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     12
30 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                    11
31 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               11
32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        10
33 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       10
34 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             10
35 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       9
36 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   9
37 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              8
38 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems         7
39 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            6
40 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            5
41 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            4
42 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             3
43 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                3
44 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  3
45 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  2
46 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth               2
47 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              2
48 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            1
49 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              17 pts
2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             13
3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       9
4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                      4
5 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                  4
6 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                4
7 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      3
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            2
9 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    2
10 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              2
11 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        2
12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             1
13 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       1
14 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      1
15 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              1
 
Best young rider classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                    7.58.46
2 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               0.04
3 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                     0.09
4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                             0.11
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                         0.16
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           0.17
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      0.20
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                          0.58
9 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          1.02
10 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         1.03
11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          1.07
12 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  1.16
13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                             1.26
14 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      1.28
15 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     1.31
16 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                          1.37
17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                     2.03
18 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                  2.16
19 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                      2.51
20 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       3.30
21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       4.14
22 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    4.29
23 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               7.13
24 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     9.58
25 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            10.32
26 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        10.50
27 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               10.58
28 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             12.08
29 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                             12.18
30 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          18.21
31 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne     19.35
32 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                19.47
33 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         20.02
34 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                               20.08
35 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            25.26
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                      23.56.47
2 Fassa Bortolo                                                     0.20
3 Quick.Step                                                        0.46
4 Rabobank                                                          1.16
5 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                              1.19
6 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                                    1.20
7 Davitamon-Lotto                                                   1.41
8 Bouygues Telecom                                                  1.43
9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                      1.50
10 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                 2.15
11 Liberty Seguros-Würth                                            2.21
12 Credit Agricole                                                  2.32
13 Discovery Channel Team                                           2.33
14 Francaise Des Jeux                                               2.34
15 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                2.57
16 Lampre-Caffita                                                   3.05
17 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           3.28
18 Gerolsteiner                                                     3.47
19 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                  3.50
20 Domina Vacanze                                                   4.54
21 T-Mobile Team                                                   12.42

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