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63rd Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 6-13, 2005
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Stage 4 - Thursday, March 10: Saint-Peray - Montélimar, 101km
Fabian Cancellara puts the hammer down
By Jean-François Quénet in Montélimar
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Paris-Nice has a new leader with Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) who showed how strong he was in stage 4 when he outsprinted the man with 117 wins, Jaan Kirsipuu of Crédit Agricole. Fassa Bortolo's horse power went extremely fast on the descent of the côte du bois de Grignan in the final 20 kilometres. Juan Antonio Flecha and Paolo Bossoni, two of his teammates, contributed with him to create a split in front of the peloton. Thus, Jörg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros), Bobby Julich (CSC) and Jaan Kirsipuu (Crédit Agricole), the latter being dropped earlier on in a climb, broke clear from the bunch with the white and blue trio.
They caught the riders who went away with 25km to go: Iker Camaño (Euskaltel), Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) and Nicolas Portal (Ag2r) to form a nine man group. "I wasn't initially with the other two because I wasn't very well positioned in the bunch," Portal explained. "But no one else dared to bridge the gap, so I had a go despite the headwind. Too many riders are still up there on GC with a small margin, that's why breakaways like ours don't have much possibility to get a big advantage. 45 seconds was our maximum lead. Since I've got nothing to lose in this race, I'm happy to try and do something. I'll try again if I get a chance, but for now I'm only half satisfied with my result because it's only eighth out of nine men away."
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Right near the end of the stage, in the streets of Montélimar, it didn't look like a good enough position for Fassa Bortolo to have three riders in a 9 man breakaway. They kept hammering and taking risks in corners, that's how Cancellara and Flecha managed to split the group again. Only Kirsipuu went with them. "He was the fastest of the three of us," Cancellara explained. "Personally I was a bit cooked. Our plan was to lead Flecha out but I started sprinting from too far. When I saw him slow down, I understood that I had to go." Kirsipuu was so upset after losing to Cancellara that he refused to answer the questions from the press, which is very unusual from him.
Fassa Bortolo was one of the first teams in action right after the start of this shortened stage, held over only 101 km with a strong tailwind at the beginning in the valley of the Rhône. On a day of strikes all over France, mostly in the transport sector, despite the visit of the IOC in Paris for the bid for the 2012 Olympics, the cyclists were extremely generous at work. "This is the fastest race of my life!" Cancellara said. Although there was some headwind at the end, 46.242 km/h was the average on the day, the average on GC is 44.803 km/h. It's huge, but only 455.5 km have been covered in five days. Unanimously, the cycling world paid tribute to ASO and its new race director Christian Prudhomme for having taken the right decisions regarding the snowy conditions of the road. Short stages have even made the event more intense than it was in the previous years.
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"Our win was planned today, Cancellara admitted. But that was the case every day. Our goal in Paris-Nice was to win a stage. We've tried it all and we've had a magnificent race today. I was sure of myself. Coming second in the prologue has given me a lot of confidence. I came here to realize what my condition actually was because my preparation wasn't as good as last year. I was sick two weeks before coming here."
Questioned about his intentions to repeat his win in the prologue of the Tour de France this year, he gave a clear answer: "I don't want to think about that yet. For now, I'm aiming at the Belgian classics, that's it. I came fourth in Paris-Roubaix last year, I want something more this year. For now, because of my condition, I can be very good on short races. I also use my talent to make the luck turn into my favour, but I still have to find the right rhythm for the Belgian classics. Fortunately, the bad weather looks like it's over now. With this win I'm on the right track and I can work properly towards my next goals."
He's now Paris-Nice's race leader but doesn't seem to worry about keeping the white-and-yellow jersey at the top of the Mont Faron scheduled on Friday for being the key to the final win. "I don't think I'm able to keep the jersey," Cancellara said. "It's not my goal anyway. I'll rather give a hand to my teammates Flecha and Kim Kirchen, who have the right condition for that kind of climb."
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Mont Faron above the Mediterranean city of Toulon is a 5.5km long climb with a gradient of 8.9% on a 3 metre-wide road. It's no stranger to the professional cyclists who often finish up there during the Tour of Med. Voigt won at there less a month ago. Kirchen, Jaksche, Vinokourov, Alejandro Valverde, Erik Dekker and Franco Pellizotti are named as the main competitors to the team CSC that remains the hot favourite with so many cards to play with Voigt, Julich, Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Vladimir Gussev and Franck Schleck, despite Fassa Bortolo's tour de force on the road to Montélimar.
Photography
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- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues) paying attention
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) in the thick of things
- The peloton races during stage 4
- It's back breaking work in Paris-Nice
- Chavanel, Vinokourov and Voigt in a dangerous seven man break
- Jens Voigt (CSC) and Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto)
- Race leader Tom Boonen working with his Quick.Step teammates to bring back a break
- The peloton ride across a bridge
- Jalabert and Portal fly on the final descent
- Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) beats Kirsipuu and Flecha to win stage 4
- Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) wins the 4th stage
- A happy Fabian Cancellara on the podium
- Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) now in the yellow and white jersey
Images by Hedwig Kröner/Cyclingnews.com
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) still waking up at the start
- Red, white and blue ribbons on Dekker's bike - how very elaborate!
- Jörg Jaksche (Liberty) chatting to his former boss Bjarne Riis
- Jaksche finally enjoying the sun but there's this hard stage coming up in a few minutes...
- Axel Merckx on his father's bike and not using a Ridley like the rest of Davitamon-Lotto.
- Johan Bruyneel and Axel Merckx talking in Flemish
Images by Russell Standring/grenoblecycling.free.fr
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) looks happy to see the sun in St Peray
- Leader Tom Boonen (Quick Step) at the start in St Peray
- Sign on for the Française Des Jeux riders in St Peray
- Thomas Ziegler (Gerolsteiner) signs on with commentary from the voice of the Tour de France, Daniel Mangeas
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) discusses his bike before the start in St Peray
- The race goes this way according to Erik Dekker (Rabobank)
- Riders chat before the start in St Peray
- Jean-Patrick Nazon (Ag2r Prevoyance) is surprised to hear his name in St Peray
- St Pernay, happy to be a start town in the 2005 Paris Nice
- Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile Team) warms up in St Peray
- Oscar Sevilla (Spa) is happy to sign autographs for his fans
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) is a popular figure in St Peray
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile Team) contemplates the afternoon's racing
- David Moncoutie (Cofidis) lines up in St Peray behind the Rabobank team
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) chats while waiting for the start in St Peray
- Tom Boonen has enjoyed great early season form
- Jens Voigt (CSC) takes the sprint from Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) and Erik Dekker (Rabobank) in Cleon-D'Andran
- A few seconds down from the leaders, a chasing group in Cleon-D'Andran
- At 59 km, a group chases through Cleon-D'Andran
- The sun was actually shining on this chasing bunch
- Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) on the podium and big screen in Montélimar
- Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) puts on the leader's jersey in Montélimar
Results
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.11.03 (46.24 km/h) 2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.02 4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.05 5 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.08 8 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 0.10 9 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.22 10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.32 11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 13 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 16 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 18 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 19 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 23 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 24 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 25 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 26 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 27 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 29 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 30 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 32 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 33 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 34 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 35 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 36 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 37 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 38 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 39 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 41 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 42 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 44 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 46 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 47 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 48 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 49 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 50 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 51 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 52 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 53 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 55 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 57 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 58 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 60 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 62 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 63 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 65 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 66 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 67 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 68 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 69 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 71 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 73 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 74 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 76 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 77 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 78 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 79 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 80 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 82 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 83 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 84 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 86 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 87 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 88 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 89 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.02 90 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 2.26 91 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 92 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 93 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 94 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 95 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 96 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 97 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 98 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 99 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 100 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 101 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 102 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 103 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.23 104 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 107 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 108 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 110 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.28 111 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 112 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 113 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 114 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 115 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 116 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 117 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.37 118 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 119 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 120 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 121 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 122 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 123 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 124 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 125 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 126 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 127 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 128 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 129 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 130 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 131 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 132 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 133 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 134 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 135 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 136 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 137 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 138 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 139 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 140 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 141 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 142 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 143 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 144 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 145 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 146 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 147 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 148 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 149 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 150 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 151 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 152 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 153 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 154 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 155 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team Outside time limit (hors delai) HD Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne HD Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne DNF Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita DNF Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo DNS Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNS Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner Points 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 22 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 20 4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 18 5 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 6 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 15 7 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 8 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 13 9 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 11 11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10 12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 9 13 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 14 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 7 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6 16 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 5 17 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 18 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 19 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 2 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Mountains Côte de Puy-Saint-Martin (52.00 km) 1 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 pts 2 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1 Côte d'Aleyrac (76.00 km) 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 pts 2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3 4 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Côte du bois de Grignan (89.00 km) 1 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 pts 2 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 3 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Sprints Cleon-D'Andran - 59.00 km 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1 Best young rider 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.11.03 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.32 3 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 11 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 14 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 21 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 22 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.26 24 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 25 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 26 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.23 27 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 6.28 29 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12.37 30 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 31 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 32 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 33 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita Teams 1 Fassa Bortolo 6.33.33 2 Credit Agricole 0.40 3 Team CSC 0.45 4 Liberty Seguros-Würth 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.48 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 0.50 7 Rabobank 1.12 8 Domina Vacanze 9 Quick.Step 10 Liquigas-Bianchi 11 Davitamon-Lotto 12 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Discovery Channel Team 15 Bouygues Telecom 16 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 17 Francaise Des Jeux 3.06 18 Lampre-Caffita 19 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.36 20 Gerolsteiner 5.00 21 T-Mobile Team 25.22 General classification after stage 4 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 10.09.50 2 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.15 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.20 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.31 5 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.33 6 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.35 7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.36 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.37 9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 0.40 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.47 11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.48 14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.51 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 16 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.56 17 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 1.00 18 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.02 19 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 20 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.16 21 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.19 22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.23 23 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.25 24 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 25 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 1.28 26 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.29 27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.31 28 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.33 29 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.34 30 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 1.35 32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.38 33 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 34 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.40 35 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.41 36 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 1.43 37 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 1.44 38 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.46 39 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 40 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 41 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 42 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.47 43 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 1.48 45 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.50 46 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.51 48 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1.54 49 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.55 50 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.57 51 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.59 52 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.01 54 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.02 55 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 56 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.04 57 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.07 58 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 59 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.08 60 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.15 61 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.19 62 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.26 63 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.34 64 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 2.47 65 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.54 66 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.04 67 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 3.22 68 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.25 69 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.36 70 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.40 71 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 72 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 3.52 73 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.58 74 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.59 75 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 4.12 76 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.15 77 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 4.40 78 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.45 79 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.51 80 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.54 81 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.38 82 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 5.42 83 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.47 84 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.55 85 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5.56 86 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6.54 87 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.59 88 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 7.04 89 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7.25 90 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 7.34 91 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.06 92 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.34 93 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8.46 94 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.06 95 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.33 96 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.42 97 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 10.01 98 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.29 99 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.35 100 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.56 101 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.03 102 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 11.37 103 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 11.39 104 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11.59 105 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 12.28 106 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.39 107 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 12.59 108 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 13.11 109 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 13.19 110 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.23 111 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.32 112 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 13.44 113 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.17 114 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14.45 115 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 15.13 116 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 15.16 117 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.00 118 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16.16 119 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.19 120 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 18.44 121 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 18.45 122 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19.12 123 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.22 124 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.43 125 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 21.52 126 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.28 127 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.36 128 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 22.51 129 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 23.04 130 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23.26 131 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 23.46 132 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 23.50 133 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 24.39 134 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.44 135 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 25.07 136 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 25.51 137 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 27.06 138 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 27.50 139 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.26 140 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 28.28 141 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.43 142 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.35 143 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 29.50 144 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 30.14 145 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 146 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31.41 147 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 32.23 148 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 32.38 149 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32.40 150 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 32.44 151 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 34.02 152 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 35.21 153 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 36.31 154 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 38.02 155 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 39.01 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 75 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 62 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 61 4 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 53 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 50 6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 49 7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 45 8 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 42 9 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 42 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 38 11 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 28 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 28 14 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27 15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 26 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 24 17 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 23 18 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 22 19 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 21 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 20 22 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 18 23 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 24 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 18 25 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 26 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16 27 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 28 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 29 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 30 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15 31 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 33 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 13 34 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 13 35 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 36 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 37 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step 11 38 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 39 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10 40 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 41 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 9 42 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9 43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 44 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 45 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 46 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5 47 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 5 48 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 49 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 50 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3 51 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 52 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 53 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 54 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 55 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 56 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 pts 2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12 4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4 6 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 7 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 8 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 9 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 10 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 13 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 14 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 15 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2 16 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 17 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 19 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 20 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1 21 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1 22 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Best young rider classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 10.09.50 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.31 3 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.35 4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 0.40 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.47 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.48 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.51 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.29 9 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.33 10 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.34 11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.38 12 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.47 13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.57 14 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.59 15 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.02 16 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.08 17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.34 18 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 2.47 19 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 3.22 20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.45 21 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.55 22 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6.54 23 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.29 24 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.35 25 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.03 26 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.23 27 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 18.45 28 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.43 29 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23.26 30 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.44 31 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 32.23 32 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 32.38 33 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 32.44 34 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 38.02 Teams classification 1 Fassa Bortolo 30.30.40 2 Team CSC 0.25 3 Quick.Step 1.38 4 Rabobank 2.08 5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.11 6 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.12 7 Davitamon-Lotto 2.33 8 Bouygues Telecom 2.35 9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 2.42 10 Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.46 11 Credit Agricole 2.52 12 Liquigas-Bianchi 3.07 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.25 14 Discovery Channel Team 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.20 16 Francaise Des Jeux 5.20 17 Domina Vacanze 5.46 18 Lampre-Caffita 5.51 19 Phonak Hearing Systems 6.44 20 Gerolsteiner 8.27 21 T-Mobile Team 37.44
