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63rd Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 6-13, 2005
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Stage 7 - Sunday, March 13: Nice - Nice, 135km
Valverde starts exporting at 25, Julich starts winning at 34
By Jean-François Quénet in Nice
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There were hard climbs in the last stage of Paris-Nice, but no suspense for the final win. CSC was too strong to eventually lose Bobby Julich's leader's jersey, but the final stage winner Alejandro Valverde became the runner-up on GC.
Only 15 riders - obviously the best of the race including 20 year old Swede Thomas Lövkvist - lined up to sprint for the stage victory in Nice. It was cruel, but there was no option but to prevent the super-courageous Alberto Contador from winning. The Liberty Seguros young gun was away since the beginning of the stage, initially in a group of seven riders with Charly Wegelius (Liquigas), Oscar Pereiro (Phonak), Vladimir Gustov (Fassa Bortolo), Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel), Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) and king of the mountain David Moncoutié (Cofidis). Contador survived on the last climb, the famous Col d'Èze that used to be the uphill time trial of Paris-Nice. He was still away at the bottom of the descent with Alexandre Vinokourov (who won this stage one year ago), but Erik Dekker made a strong effort to come across in the final kilometre.
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"300 metres to go, it was still a long way from the line," Alejandro Valverde said afterwards. "But when Jens Voigt followed Dekker, I had to follow him, that's how we came back on Vino's wheel. Constantino Zaballa attacked, I countered him, which is not what made me happy, because I stole the second place overall from him, and he's a very good friend since we were teammates at Kelme."
This winning sprint is Valverde's first success outside Spain, but for sure not the last one. Now that he rides for Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne, he'll be able to discover the best races all over Europe. His schedule this year includes Milan-San Remo, GP Indurain, Tour of Pays Basque, Amstel Gold Race, Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège before a break and a lead up to the Tour de France through the Tour of Catalunya.
"There was no way that I could win Paris-Nice, although I came here with a pretty good form," he continued. I was a bit scared to take part in such a big race but I'm satisfied at the end. A stage win is more than a consolation price for the missed GC. If I lost Paris-Nice, it was on the road to Montélimar when I wasn't in the breakaway."
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Julich was there and that's where he took the lead, inside his proper team. He rode very well up Mont Faron (10th) and got perfect support from CSC after that. "I was happy to see my teammates work the same way for me as I did for Vino and Jörg," Julich said. With Telekom, he helped the Kazakh win Paris-Nice. Last year he came third in this race while he was backing Jaksche. "I've made a lot of sacrifices. I was right there but obviously not clicking. I don't want to be selfish but I deserve a little luck."
After so many years chasing a big win, Julich finally got one. It's never too late. Bjarne Riis was right to learn from his former mentor Giancarlo Ferretti at Ariostea that a true talent is never finished. Some riders may look like "has beens" sometimes, but it can the wrong impression if they find the right environment to complete their career. "As soon as I joined CSC, I understood that was the team I was looking for since the beginning of my career," concluded Bobby Julich.
Photography
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- The peloton ride along the Promenade des Anglais
- Bobby Julich (CSC) clearly enjoying himself
- Jens Voigt (CSC) sets tempo for Julich
- David Moncoutié (Cofidis) was undisputably the best climber
- Moncoutie leading the break
- Julich and Valverde never far away from each other
- Bobby Julich (CSC) in the pack, marked by Zaballa
- Alberto Contador (Liberty) attacks the break
- Valverde, Evans put the pressure on over the top of the Col d'Eze
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) tows Contador all the way to the finish
- Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) beats Pellizotti to win the last stage
- Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) enjoying his win
- Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) on the podium
- Bobby Julich (CSC) and his wife Angela
- An ecstatic Bobby Julich on the podium
- Bobby Julich (CSC) the winner of the first ProTour race and first ProTour jersey
- The top three: Constantino Zaballa (2nd), Bobby Julich (1st) and Alejandro Valverde (3rd)
Images by Hedwig Kröner/Cyclingnews.com
- A huge carbon fork on Saunier Duval's Scott bike
- Leonardo Piepoli's XS Scott
- FSA carbon seat post on Cadel Evans' Ridley
- Alberto Contador's BH
- Seat post integrated into the frame
- Nice black Spanish brakes on a BH with Corima blocks
- Carbon Corima wheels for Alberto Contador
- BH's full carbon frame for Liberty Seguros
- Evgeni Petrov asks for a 53 ring before the start
- Jörg Ludewig speaking to Cyclingnews' Hedwig Kröner
- David Moncoutié (Cofidis) chilling before the start
- Lampre shorts this season are bizarrely coloured...
- Fred Rodriguez' stars and stripes bike
- Franco Pellizotti takes Fabian Cancellara's wheel to sign the start list
- Gilberto Simoni happy at the start
- Bobby Julich (CSC) signing in for victory
- David Zabriskie (CSC) smiles before hitting the road
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery) chatting in the sun
- It is called "the race to the sun", finally
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) getting a tan
- Alexander Vinokourov (T-Mobile) just missed the stage vicory
- Jens Voigt (CSC) going to the podium
- The stage winner Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears)
- Paris-Nice victory for the 'local' Bobby Julich
- Julich smiling ear to ear
- Voigt started in yellow and finished in green on the podium of Paris-Nice
- Polka-dotted Moncoutié just seems tired
- Stage win and best young rider jersey for Valverde - not too bad!
- CSC was definitely the best team of the race
- Bjarne Riis waves goodbye to the crowd
- Jens Voigt Dave Zabriskie and Bobby Julich
- Top three in GC: Constantino Zaballa (2nd), Bobby Julich (1st) and Alejandro Valverde (3rd)
- Julich's wife Angela and daughter enjoy the flowers and the big lion
- The jerseys and trophies of Paris-Nice
- '"Is this really mine?" Julich wearing the first official ProTour leader's jersey
- The Julichs posing for the camera
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.28.29 2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 9 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 14 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 16 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 21 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 1.48 22 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 23 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 25 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 27 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 28 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 31 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 33 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 34 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 35 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 37 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 39 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 40 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 41 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 44 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 45 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 48 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.02 49 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3.11 50 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 1.48 51 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4.57 52 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.08 53 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 54 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 55 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 56 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 57 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 58 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 59 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 60 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 62 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 64 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 65 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.46 66 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 67 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 68 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 69 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 70 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 71 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 73 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 10.37 74 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 12.26 76 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 77 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 78 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 79 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 80 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 81 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 82 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 84 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 85 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 86 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 18.11 87 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 88 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 89 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 90 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 19.47 91 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 92 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 22.45 93 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 94 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank DNF Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step DNF Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank DNF Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team DNF Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team DNF Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team DNF Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance DNF Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance DNF Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze DNF Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita DNF Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita DNF Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita DNF Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux DNF Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux DNF Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne DNF Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne DNF David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC DNF Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC DNF Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC DNF Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC DNF Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner DNF Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth DSQ Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole Points 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 25 pts 2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 20 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 16 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 15 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 14 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 13 9 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 12 10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10 12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9 13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 8 14 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 6 16 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 17 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 18 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 20 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains Côte de Duranus - Cat. 2, 25.50 km 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 5 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 1 Col de la Porte - Cat. 1, 52.00 km 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 3 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 4 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 4 5 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 3 6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 7 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 La Turbie - Cat. 1, 89.50 km 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 pts 2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 8 3 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 4 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 5 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 7 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Col d'Eze - Cat. 1, 119.00 km 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10 pts 2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8 3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3 6 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1 Sprints Levens, 15.50 km 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 3 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Nice (1st passage), 107.00 km 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3 pts 2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Best young rider 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.28.29 2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 7 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.48 9 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 10 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.02 12 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.08 13 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.46 15 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.37 17 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 18.11 18 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 19.47 19 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 22.45 20 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank Teams 1 Team CSC 10.25.27 2 Discovery Channel Team 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.48 5 Davitamon-Lotto 3.36 6 Quick.Step 5.24 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Bouygues Telecom 9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 10 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.56 11 Fassa Bortolo 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 9.44 13 Lampre-Caffita 14 Rabobank 9.46 15 Credit Agricole 11.07 16 Gerolsteiner 12.16 17 Domina Vacanze 14.04 18 Liquigas-Bianchi 15.54 19 Francaise Des Jeux 18.34 20 Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.11 Final general classification 1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 22.32.13 2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.10 3 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.19 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.44 5 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.45 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.49 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.58 8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.20 10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.21 11 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.25 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.36 13 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 1.44 14 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.08 15 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.18 16 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 2.22 17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.28 18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.16 19 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.55 20 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 3.57 21 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.04 22 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 4.08 23 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 4.39 24 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step 4.49 25 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 4.58 26 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.59 27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.06 28 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.14 29 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.33 30 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.34 31 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5.41 32 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 6.13 33 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 6.20 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 6.27 35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.43 36 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 37 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.46 38 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 7.12 39 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7.21 40 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 8.43 41 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.05 42 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9.29 43 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.41 44 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.44 45 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 12.01 46 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.02 47 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 12.10 48 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 12.51 49 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 13.16 50 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 13.35 51 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 13.43 52 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.53 53 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 15.35 54 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16.26 55 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.55 56 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 17.04 57 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 17.23 58 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 18.30 59 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.41 60 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 19.12 61 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.30 62 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.59 63 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 20.59 64 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 21.50 65 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 21.54 66 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 22.51 67 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 23.10 68 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24.11 69 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 24.21 70 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 26.06 71 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26.17 72 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 26.43 73 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 27.08 74 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 27.42 75 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 27.54 76 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30.15 77 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 30.45 78 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 30.56 79 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.04 80 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 33.03 81 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 33.11 82 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 36.53 83 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 37.11 84 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 85 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39.46 86 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 39.49 87 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.55 88 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 42.19 89 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 43.34 90 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 47.43 91 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 57.15 92 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance 57.43 93 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 58.07 94 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.04.11 Points classification 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 94 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 70 3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 68 4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 67 5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 6 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 53 7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 51 8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 50 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 48 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 46 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 44 12 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 42 13 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 33 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 31 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 28 16 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 27 17 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 27 18 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 25 19 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 20 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 24 21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22 22 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 23 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 22 24 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 25 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 20 26 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 18 27 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16 28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 15 29 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15 30 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 32 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 13 33 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 34 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 9 35 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 36 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 37 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 38 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7 39 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 5 40 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 5 41 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 42 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 43 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3 44 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 45 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 46 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 47 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1 48 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 49 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Mountains classification 1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 58 pts 2 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 28 3 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 5 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16 6 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 7 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 8 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12 9 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step 12 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 11 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11 12 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 8 13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7 14 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 15 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6 16 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5 17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4 18 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 19 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 4 20 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 21 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 22 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4 23 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 24 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 25 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 26 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 27 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 2 28 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 2 29 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 30 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1 31 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 32 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1 33 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 Best young rider classification 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 22.32.23 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.48 3 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.26 5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.08 6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 4.48 7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4.56 8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5.31 9 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 6.10 10 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 11.51 11 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 13.25 12 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16.16 13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.45 14 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 24.11 15 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30.05 16 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 30.35 17 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 37.01 18 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.45 19 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 57.05 20 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 57.57 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 67.38.08 2 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.17 3 Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.50 4 Discovery Channel Team 4.09 5 Davitamon-Lotto 7.07 6 Fassa Bortolo 10.46 7 Rabobank 12.08 8 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 12.12 9 Bouygues Telecom 13.30 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 16.02 11 Phonak Hearing Systems 16.17 12 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 17.09 13 Lampre-Caffita 17.42 14 Credit Agricole 20.22 15 Liquigas-Bianchi 23.47 16 Quick.Step 25.18 17 Domina Vacanze 26.51 18 Gerolsteiner 30.53 19 Francaise Des Jeux 36.05 20 Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.14
