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63rd Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 6-13, 2005
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Stage 6 - Saturday, March 12: La Crau - Cannes, 184km
Joost Posthuma's day of glory
By Jean-François Quénet in Cannes
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Bobby Julich has had no trouble keeping his lead coming into the final day in his European hometown of Nice. Team CSC had an easy tactic, maintaining the distance between the bunch and the eight man breakaway, from which Dutch big hope Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) came out solo as a stage winner.
It didn't take more than 5km until eight riders broke clear in the outskirts of La Crau. There were: Aaron Kemps (Liberty Seguros), Thomas Ziegler (Gerolsteiner), Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile), Marc Lotz (Quick Step), Jörg Ludewig (Domina Vacanze), Fabien Sanchez (Française des Jeux), Cyril Dessel (Ag2r) and Posthuma. What a long day in the office, with almost another 180km to go to Cannes! Quickly, the gap moved up to 5 minutes, then CSC made sure it wouldn't go any further, the highest ranked rider on GC being Ludewig, 58th, 6'43 down.
Ludewig is a 30 year-old German horsepower who has spent six seasons with Saeco. His mentor Rudi Altig - yes, the former world champion and winner of the Tour of Flanders - was promoting him at the very end of last year when he was looking for another team. He finally ended up with Gianluigi Stanga's new UCI Pro Tour outfit Domina Vacanze. That team was often mentioned for chasing breakaways since the beginning of Paris-Nice. It meant they had missed a few, if not all of them. That's why Ludewig didn't spare any energy on the way to Cannes. He desperately wanted to succeed. "He was riding flat out meanwhile I stayed quiet", Posthuma noted after the stage.
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Ludewig also spent a lot of his power when he attacked on the first category Col de Bourigaille. From the bunch, the two young Belgians Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) and Kevin Hulsmans (Quick Step) launched a chase. In the front, Ludewig attacked again. He was caught later on the Col de Tanneron by the lone Posthuma. On that last climb of the stage, it became clear that the peloton, located 2'30 back, would never bridge the gap. Bobby Julich's main opponent Jörg Jaksche wasn't such a threat as expected, since he suffered from the same allergy that prevented his teammate Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano from completing stage 5. No one really tried to put CSC in danger, and it probably won't be any different on the last day. "We've got the best team in the world," race leader Julich commented confidently.
Thus, the fight for the stage win was more spectacular than any move for GC. Posthuma went faster on the descent of the Tanneron than Ludewig. But he missed a corner and almost crashed. "In a race like this, you have to take some risks", he said. Posthuma was impressive in the way he overcame the incident. He wasn't troubled or scared at all after that. "When I got back on the road, I saw my advantage was about 30 metres," he added. "I knew that I am a better time triallist than Ludewig, I didn't want to face a two man sprint. I also knew that I would have a tailwind after the downhill all the way to the finish."
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Posthuma, 24, is a true time triallist. Before joining the Rabobank top team in the middle of last year, he won a few races against the clock in France with Rabobank's TT3, such as the prologue of the Tour of Normandy in 2003, the time trial and GC of the Circuit des Mines in 2004. Winning a stage of Paris-Nice is a huge step in his career. "It's incredible, but I hope this isn't my last victory," he said. "I came to Paris-Nice as a protected rider inside the team, with Erik and Thomas Dekker as well, but quickly Erik proved to be the best of us and we rode for him."
Posthuma is the guy who gave the elder Dekker his wheel when the former yellow jersey had broken his on the way to the Mont Faron. This incident probably dashed Dekker's chances to win Paris-Nice. But Posthuma's festival in Cannes is more than a compensation for a very successful Rabobank team.
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The Dutch squad keeps celebrating Oscar Freire's successes in Italy. Under the management of Theo de Rooij, they are one of the very few teams to have understood all the changes dictated by the UCI Pro Tour's new rules in cycling. They have recruited riders for these specific races and they obviously target these races, after dividing their roster in order to perform at all of the Pro Tour events. No doubt that we'll see the orange house again this year and Posthuma as well, because Thomas Dekker isn't the only jewel they have polished in their reserve team in the past few years.
Paris-Nice's last stage from Nice to Nice is a very hard one but no one looks able to bring Julich down from his winning position.
Photography
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- Bobby Julich (CSC) focused
- Bobby Julich (CSC) ready to start
- Tom Boonen and Mick Rogers chat with former teammate Richard Virenque in their team bus
- Bobby Julich (CSC) enjoyed his day in the sun today
- Bobby Julich (CSC) surrounded by his teammates
- CSC was untouchable today
- Jorg Jaksche (Liberty) couldn't do much today
- Which way? That way!
- The bunch cruising along in the sixth stage
- The peloton rides through trees during stage 6
- Alberto Contador (Liberty) sets things alight on the Tanneron, with Vinokourov in tow
- Belgians Philippe Gilbert and Kevin Hulsmans attack in pursuit of the break
- Jorg Ludewig (Domina Vacanze) away on his own
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) en route to victory
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) shows the effort in the last kilometres
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) wins the stage into Cannes
- A happy Joost Posthuma on the podium
Images by Hedwig Kröner/Cyclingnews.com
- José Luis Rubiera (Discovery) in the sun at the start
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) after signing the startlist
- '"Just retired" Richard Virenque came on his bike to the start
- Some of the Euskadis ride a Columbus Starship frame
- The Dura Ace carbon wheel fits well with the black Francaise des Jeux Lapierre...
- ...and with the black Crédit Agricole 585 Look too!
- Integrated headset?
- No full carbon fork on the Discovery Trek Madone
- Yaroslav Popovych is using the SRM crank and computer on his bike
- Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) happy to sign some autographs
- A lot of chocolate for Bobby Julich! Surely that won't fit in his musette?
- A happy life in the yellow jersey
- Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) concentrates on the stage to come
- '"Hi, my name is..." Cadel Evans
- David Moncoutié (Cofidis) in the polka-dot jersey
- Tom Boonen is the last rider to sign in
- Franco Pellizotti rolls towards the start line
- The star-spangled jersey of Fred Rodriguez
- TiTi Voeckler signing one last autograph before hitting the road
- Finally, the sun is out! Jaksche enjoys it.
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) just after his victory
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) after the stage finish
- Posthuma enjoying the crowd's cheer on the podium
- Waving the lion for the second time: Bobby Julich
- Moncoutié getting zipped by Duclos-Lassalle
- Late on the podium but not too late for a kiss: Tom Boonen
Results
1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.41.24 2 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 1.11 3 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.43 4 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.11 6 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 7 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 4.02 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 12 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 16 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 17 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 19 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 20 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 21 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 24 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 25 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 26 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 28 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 29 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 31 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 33 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 34 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 35 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 37 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 38 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 39 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 41 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 43 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 44 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 46 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 47 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 48 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 49 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 53 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 54 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 58 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 61 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 62 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 63 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 64 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 6.06 68 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 69 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 70 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 71 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 73 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 74 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 76 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 77 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 78 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 79 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 81 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 82 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 83 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 84 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 85 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 86 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 88 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 89 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 91 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 92 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 93 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 94 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 95 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 96 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 98 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 99 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 100 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 101 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 102 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 8.15 103 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.26 104 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 105 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 106 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 107 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.47 108 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 109 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 110 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 111 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 112 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 113 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8.50 114 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.44 115 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 116 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 117 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 118 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 119 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 120 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 121 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 122 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 123 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 125 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 126 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 127 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 16.33 128 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 129 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 130 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 131 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 132 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 133 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 134 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 135 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 136 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 137 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 138 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 139 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 140 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 141 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 142 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance DNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step DNF Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth DNS Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems Points 1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 22 3 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20 4 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 18 5 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 6 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 15 7 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 14 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 13 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 12 10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 11 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 12 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 13 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 14 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 6 16 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 5 17 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3 19 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 20 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1 Mountains Col de Taillude - Cat. 3, 33.00 km 1 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 4 pts 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 Côte de Taradeau - Cat. 2, 81.00 km 1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 7 pts 2 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 5 3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3 4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 2 5 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Côte des Tuillières - Cat. 2, 95.50 km 1 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 7 pts 2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 5 3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3 4 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 5 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Col de Saint-Arnoux - Cat. 3, 118.50 km 1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4 pts 2 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 2 3 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 1 Col de Bourigaille - Cat. 1, 130.00 km 1 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 10 pts 2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 8 3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6 4 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 4 5 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 3 6 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 7 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Col du Tanneron - Cat. 2, 164.00 km 1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 7 pts 2 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 5 3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 4 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 5 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Sprints La Garde-Freinet, 55.50 km 1 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 3 pts 2 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2 3 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 1 Montauroux, 149.00 km 1 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3 pts 2 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 2 3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1 Young rider 1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.41.24 2 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.43 3 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.11 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 4.02 5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 12 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 13 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 6.06 16 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 17 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 19 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 24 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 8.15 26 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.26 27 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 8.47 28 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.44 29 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 30 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 16.33 32 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita Teams 1 Rabobank 14.12.16 2 Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.43 3 Ag2R Prevoyance 4 Quick.Step 3.11 5 Team CSC 4.02 6 Discovery Channel Team 7 Davitamon-Lotto 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Fassa Bortolo 12 Gerolsteiner 5.15 13 T-Mobile Team 14 Domina Vacanze 5.19 15 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 6.06 16 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 17 Liquigas-Bianchi 18 Credit Agricole 19 Bouygues Telecom 20 Francaise Des Jeux 21 Lampre-Caffita General classification after stage 6 1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 19.03.44 2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.19 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.20 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.44 5 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.45 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.55 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.58 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.12 10 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.20 11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.21 12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.25 13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.28 14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.36 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 1.48 16 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.07 17 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.08 18 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 2.09 19 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.16 20 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.20 21 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 2.22 22 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.24 23 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.28 24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 2.51 25 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 3.01 26 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.05 27 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.10 28 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.11 29 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.15 30 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3.16 31 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.26 32 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3.30 33 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.33 34 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 3.43 35 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.45 36 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.46 37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 4.10 38 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.25 39 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4.32 40 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 41 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4.34 42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.50 43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.55 44 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.58 46 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.06 47 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.24 48 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.33 49 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5.41 50 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.53 51 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.40 52 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.46 53 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 6.55 54 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.04 55 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 7.24 56 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 7.35 57 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8.12 58 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8.56 59 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.05 60 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 9.31 61 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.14 62 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 10.19 63 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.24 64 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 10.25 65 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 66 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 10.44 67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 11.15 68 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 11.47 69 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 12.04 70 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.05 71 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12.22 72 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.33 73 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 12.45 74 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 13.47 75 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.51 76 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 14.26 77 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 78 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 14.42 79 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.47 80 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.53 81 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14.56 82 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 15.16 83 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.23 84 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.58 85 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 17.05 86 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.48 87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 18.03 88 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 18.08 89 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.11 90 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 19.18 91 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 19.23 92 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.38 93 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 19.51 94 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20.29 95 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20.35 96 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 20.37 97 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 21.05 98 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 21.50 99 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 23.22 100 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 23.25 101 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 23.36 102 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24.37 103 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24.41 104 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 25.47 105 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 26.44 106 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27.17 107 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27.20 108 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 27.23 109 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 30.46 110 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.18 111 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.59 112 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.47 113 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 32.55 114 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 34.30 115 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 34.50 116 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 34.56 117 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.18 118 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 35.44 119 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36.00 120 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 36.11 121 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 36.16 122 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 37.26 123 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39.16 124 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 39.32 125 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 39.56 126 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 40.16 127 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 128 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 41.35 129 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 41.36 130 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 44.35 131 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 45.26 132 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 47.10 133 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 47.19 134 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 48.37 135 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 48.56 136 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51.06 137 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 51.21 138 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 51.45 139 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 55.16 140 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 56.58 141 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 58.02 142 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59.39 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 88 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 79 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 69 4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56 5 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 53 6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 50 7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 49 8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 45 9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 43 10 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 42 11 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 42 12 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 41 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 38 14 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 15 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 31 16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 28 17 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27 18 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 26 19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 25 20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 25 21 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 25 22 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 23 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24 24 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 24 25 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 23 26 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 22 27 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 22 28 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 29 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 30 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 20 31 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 19 32 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 33 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 18 34 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 18 35 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 17 36 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 37 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 38 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 39 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 40 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 15 41 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 14 42 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 43 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 44 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 45 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 13 46 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 13 47 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 48 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 49 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 50 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 11 51 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 52 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10 53 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 54 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 9 55 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 56 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 57 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 7 58 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7 59 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5 60 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 5 61 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 5 62 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 63 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 64 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3 65 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 66 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 3 67 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 68 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 69 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1 71 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 31 pts 2 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 28 3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 27 4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 20 5 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 6 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16 7 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 8 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 9 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10 11 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step 10 12 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8 14 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 7 15 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 5 17 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5 18 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4 19 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4 20 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 21 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 22 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 23 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 24 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3 25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 26 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 27 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 29 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 30 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 32 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2 33 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 34 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1 35 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 36 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 37 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 38 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1 39 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1 40 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 41 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Young rider classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19.04.04 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.38 3 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.00 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.16 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.04 6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2.50 7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3.50 8 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 4.12 9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4.14 10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.30 11 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.46 12 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5.21 13 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.33 14 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.20 15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 7.04 16 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7.52 17 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 9.11 18 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 11.27 19 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 14.06 20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.33 21 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.38 22 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.28 23 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20.09 24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24.17 25 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.57 26 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.58 27 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.27 28 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 34.10 29 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 39.36 30 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 39.56 31 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux 41.16 32 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 54.56 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 57.12.41 2 Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.02 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.17 4 Rabobank 2.22 5 Fassa Bortolo 2.50 6 Davitamon-Lotto 3.31 7 Discovery Channel Team 4.09 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 6.18 9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 6.48 10 Liquigas-Bianchi 7.53 11 Lampre-Caffita 7.58 12 Bouygues Telecom 8.06 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.03 14 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9.13 15 Credit Agricole 9.15 16 Phonak Hearing Systems 10.53 17 Domina Vacanze 12.47 18 Francaise Des Jeux 17.31 19 Gerolsteiner 18.37 20 Quick.Step 19.54 21 T-Mobile Team 48.44
