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92nd Tour de France - GT

France, July 2-24, 2005

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Stage 15 - Sunday, July 17: Lézat-sur-Lèze - Saint-Lary Soulan (Pla d'Adet), 205.5 km

Survival of the fittest: A new world order

Is Hincapie Discovery's future Tour contender?

By Anthony Tan and Hedwig Kröner in Saint-Lary Soulan, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney

George Hincapie (Discovery Channel)
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The most anticipated stage of the 2005 Tour went better than anticipated and beyond expectation, as the best riders in this year's race went mano-a-mano until the two strongest prevailed - but what one also saw was a surprise winner and a possible successor to Lance Armstrong's throne within Discovery Channel, as 32 year-old Classics man turned mountain man George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) deservedly won the finest victory of his career.

"I kind of decided on my own to go on my own in one of these breaks, get a gap, and be there when Lance needed me," said Hincapie on his earlier motives. "But we ended up getting 18 minutes and once Johan saw that, he said: 'Listen George, you're probably not going to come back here now, you can do your own race.' From then on, I started thinking about the win and thinking it was possible, and for it to work out is a dream come true."

When Lance Armstrong was interviewed after the stage, the maillot jaune was only too happy for his teammate and best friend, and even went as far as saying he could be Discovery's man for next year's Tour de France.

"I'm trying to deal with one thing right now - I just won the biggest race of my life!" smiled a bemused Hincapie. "Let me think about this and other stuff later. You know, I've been working for Lance a long time, and for him to say stuff like that is pretty amazing; if they want to give me a shot, I'll do what I can."

Oscar Pereiro (Phonak)
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The only other rider from the original 14-man breakaway to match the American all-star from Greenville, South Carolina, was Spaniard Oscar Pereiro (Phonak), who was also the best-placed GC rider in 24th position at the start of the day. As a consequence of his second-place finish, the 27 year-old moved inside the top 20 on GC and took the day's combativitié prize, but for Pereiro, it was small consolation for doing the lions's share of the work, only to be outsprinted with 300 metres to go.

Said a rather pissed Pereiro at the finish line: "I asked him [Hincapie] to work, as we had to collaborate to battle it out in a sprint - but he didn't. Sometimes it's not the strongest that wins. I think I showed I was one the guys that wanted this stage the most. I thought there was victory in it for me, but that's life... I'll continue trying and one day I hope to be rewarded. Now, I'll continue to help Floyd [Landis] get on the podium."

Back in the peloton, it was predictably a race of attrition. Not too far into the final climb, just Ivan Basso (CSC) and Armstrong were left, while Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) was left floundering in a similar position to what we've seen in years past, losing precious seconds as the kilometres ticked downwards and the road veered upwards. At the line, there was no sprint for sixth, as the 27 year-old Italian and six-time Tour winner rolled across five minutes and four seconds behind Hincapie, silently acknowledging each other's strength.

Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel)
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"It is a great day for the team," said Armstrong, overjoyed at his teammate's success and looking ever-surer of a seventh Tour victory exactly one week from now.

"It is an ideal situation to have a teammate in the break who didn't have to work and to have three or four guys with me. It was perfect; I could wait until the final climb to ride with Ivan, but also to take time out of Jan. But it wasn't easy being on Ivan's wheel; he was very strong today."

Ninth placed Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile), who was unable to respond to an early, though hardly difficult acceleration from Basso on the Pla d'Adet, did what he always does, containing his losses as best as he could, but today his best was still one and a half minutes behind Armstrong. While the powerful German retained his fourth place overall, his [time] deficit on GC is far too large to see him wearing yellow, and will have his work cut out for him just to make the podium come Paris.

While Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) isn't at the top level he was throughout the second week of the race, the lanky Dane isn't faltering, either. Today, the 31 year-old former world MTB champion dug deep to finish a mere four seconds behind Ullrich and only lose one place on the overall to Basso - and with just 23 seconds between them, the Italian should be wary if Chicken decides to fly the coop once more.

Mickael Rasmussen (Rabobank)
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"I wanted to stay in the race for the podium, but at first, it was a matter of controlling at not letting any dangerous people get away as far as the [mountains] jersey goes," Rasmussen said after the stage. "It's almost practically impossible that I lose the jersey right now, so yes, I can focus 100 percent on the podium. I'm very happy with the way things are going."

Ullrich's teammate Alexandre Vinokourov, who rarely fails to attack but never quite cracks, rode the stage the only way he knows how - by attacking, of course! Vino may have given up hopes of a podium finish, but winning a stage? Never! "You know, I always attack, it's in my head, that's how I am," said the hard-headed though likeable Kamikaze Kazakhstani. "It just gets very hard after two weeks of riding and then there's the heat. I suffered a little, but I wanted to break the others' rhythm by attacking."

Oscar Sevilla (T-mobile)
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Next to come in behind the Kazakhstan national champion was Gerolsteiner's Levi Leipheimer, who rode commendably to finish on his on in 13th place, and now finds himself sitting pretty in sixth on GC. "It was just...just survival. All anybody can do is do their own pace... " said the exhausted 31 year-old American straight after he finished.

Tomorrow in Pau, the second and final rest day takes place before the 2005 Tour is laid to rest one week from now. Those riders still well-placed on the classement général have 24 hours to mull over what is ostensibly their last chance on Stage 16 from Mourenx to Pau, given Armstrong's dominance against the clock in each of his previous six Tour victories. But for the sprinters, it feels like the battle for green's just getting started...

How it unfolded

The break
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Sunday's Stage 15 was the Queen Stage of the 2005 Tour de France, the hardest stage of the race with five tough ascents before the final Hors Categorie climb to Saint-Lary Soulan (Pla d'Adet), where Lance Armstrong took top honours four years ago. With a blast of hot, humid high pressure from Africa baking southern Europe, the day's stage was made even more difficult from the weather conditions.

At 11:10, Stage 15 got under way in first time stage town Lézat-sur-Lèze and the temp was 24 degrees celsius. There were a few preliminary attacks as always, but things got serious after 20km near Sabarat, when a 10 rider group got a gap, including Arrieta (Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne), Botero (Phonak Hearing Systems), Contador and Serrano (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Pellizotti (Liquigas-Bianchi), Augé (Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone), Pineau (Bouygues Telecom), Commesso (Lampre-Caffita), Casar (Française Des Jeux) and Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), but Discovery chased the dangerous break down after 6km.

In the tiny village of Maury after 28 km, Boogerd (Rabobank) was on the attack and got a gap, which provoked a big reaction and 13 riders go across to him. The bakers dozen plus Boogie were Hincapie (Discovery Channel), Sevilla (T-Mobile Team), Dekker and Kroon (Rabobank), Pereiro (Phonak Hearing Systems), Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Davis (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Caucchioli (Credit Agricole), Brochard and Pineau (Bouygues Telecom), Bertolini (Domina Vacanze), Camano (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Astarloza (Ag2r-Prevoyance). Davis took the sprint in Clermont with the peloton chasing behind, but once the news filtered back to the peloton who was up the road, they sat up and the big break was quickly 4'00 up the road. At the next intermediate sprint in Argein (km 69.5), Bertolini took the sprint, with Discovery Channel riding easy tempo 13'00 behind.

Casartelli's memorial
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Atop the first climb, the Cat. 2 Col du Portet d'Aspet (souvenir Casartelli) a 5.9km, 6.9% climb to 1069m, Rabobank's Dekker was driving the break and at the summit, the 13 escapees had 17'24 on the peloton. On the descent of the Portet d'Aspet, the break and peloton passed the flower bedecked monument where Italian 1992 Olympic Champion Fabio Casartelli died after a crash ten years ago tomorrow. The status-quo remained as Dekker and Kroon drove the pace up and over the Cat. 1 Col de Menté, a 7km climb at 8.1% to 1349m., where Luis Ocaña crashed out of the 1971 Tour De France while wearing the maillot jaune. The gap over the top back to the peloton was 17'57 with 120km still left to race.

As the heat and fast pace began to take its toll as the temps climbed into the low 30s. The break sped down the tricky descent to Saint-Beat and the feed zone with the gap now 19'10, the largest gap for any break in this year's Tour De France. The race then passed through Spain for 10km, where the Cat. 1 Col du Portillon began. Ascending to 1320m, Portillon is an 8.3km climb with a 7.2% grade, and while Rabobank continued to drive the break, CSC sent Luke Roberts to the front to up the pace as the third of the day's six ascents approached, but Basso had a puncture, which shut off the CSC action. Up front, Dekker dropped off the break after his day's work was done, while his teammate Kroon took over. Atop the Portillon, Astarloza, Pineau and Bertogliati had all dropped off, leaving 10 up front as the hot wind began to pick up as the afternoon progressed. As the peloton climbed up the Portillon, CSC's Sorensen had limited the gap to 16'30 behind.

Karsten Kroon (Rabobank)
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Down the wide open descent the now 10 front runners were still working hard, with Pereiro and the Rabobank riders driving the pace. Hincapie was just sitting on, acting as break police for his Discovery Channel leader, maillot jaune Armstrong. As the Cat. 1 Col de Peyresourde commenced with 56km to race, the day's longest ascent at 13km, a 6.9% climb to 1569m, Kroon pushed the pace hard and then dropped off, and he and his Rabobank team were doing a great job of taking the pressure off of Rasmussen and defending his maillot a pois of the Tour's best climber.

The gap was still around 15'00 as the groupe maillot jaune began the first slopes of Peyresourde. Carlos Sastre was doing the forcing for CSC, with Armstrong, Popovych, Azevedo and Rubiera (Discovery Channel), Ullrich, Klöden and Vinokourov (T-Mobile Team), Basso (CSC), Landis (Phonak), Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), maillot a pois Rasmussen (Rabobank), Mazzoleni (Lampre-Cafitta), Horner and Piepoli (Saunier Duval), Moreau and Kashechkin (Credit Agricole), Mancebo Illes Balears), Contador and Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) and Evans (Davitamon-Lotto). The stakes were getting higher as Discovery Channel took over the chase and atop the Peyresourde, the gap was 11'28 behind the break.

Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel)
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The sweltering heat was at its peak as the break and the groupe maillot jaune plunged down to Loudenvielle, where the penultimate climb of the day began. Perhaps inspired by his Tour de France stage win here eight years ago, Brochard rode hard before the ascent of the Cat. 1 Col de Val Louron-Azet, but his tempo was quickly matched by Pereiro and Boogerd. Hincapie looked good and was just marking everything, obviously under team orders not to work. There were now just six riders left up front: Pereiro, Boogerd, Hincapie, Caucchioli Brochard and Sevilla as the 7.5km climb at 7.9% grade commenced.

Pereiro and Boogerd were doing the forcing up front, while Hincapie and Sevilla were sitting on. Savoldelli and Guerini came back to the peloton on the descent and as the Col de Val Louron-Azet began for the groupe maillot jaune. Sastre went to the front and upped the pace, then Guerini took over the forcing. Next it was Vino's turn, then Basso wound up the pace and all this action completely exploded the groupe maillot jaune. Ullrich was gapped, but dieseled his way back on to Armstrong and Basso. After 2.5km of the penultimate ascent of Stage 15, the break was 8'30 on the group MJ, with maillot a pois Rasmussen almost a half minute back. It was deja vu from the final ascent the day before as Basso and Armstrong powered away with Ullrich hanging on. This was the status quo at the summit of Val Louron-Azet, with the break now 7'37 ahead. But down the mountain to Saint-Lary Soulan at the base of the day's final ascent, the maillot a pois chase group had not rejoined the groupe maillot jaune.

Basso and Armstrong
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As the steep 10.7km long, 7.6% grade up to the mountaintop finish of the Hors Categorie Pla d'Adet climb to 1669m, this situation wouldn't last for long. The break was now whittled down to four, with Pereiro, Boogerd, Caucchioli and Hincapie 7'05 up the road. Basso attacked hard and only Armstrong could follow. Ullrich was 0'15 behind, with Rasmussen's group 1'25 behind, 8'30 behind the break. In Rasmussen's group, Vino then attacked and Mancebo came across to him. But the T-Mobile strategy to take time from the determined Dane backfired as Rasmussen increased the pace on the last half of the climb and rode away from Vino to close down on Ullrich by the finish of the stage.

Up front, Pereiro attacked with 5km to go and only Hincapie could stay with him. The Phonak man tried to drop Hincapie several times, but it was nothing doing. Hincapie sprinted away from Pereiro and gapped him, sitting up 50 meters from the line, clutching his head in disbelief. George shook his head and then raised his arms for a victory salute for the biggest win of his career.

Caucchioli was a solid third at 0'38, while Rabobank's Boogerd, whose team rode so well today was 4th at 0'57, ahead of tough old (37 today) mullet man Brochard at 2'19. Basso and Armstrong finished sixth and seventh, 5'04 behind Hincapie.

Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel)
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When the dust settled on the hot, hard day, the Tour's toughest, CSC's Basso had gone past Rasmussen into second on GC. The maillot a pois maintained his possible podium spot, as Ullrich managed to pull back a little time on Rasmussen, but not much. The Dane is still 2'49 ahead of the powerful German, but the skinny Dane nicknamed Chicken may need more than that to hold Der Kaiser in next Saturday's penultimate TT. Paco Mancebo had a good day in the heat and suffered to 5th, jumping two places on GC past two Americans. Levi Leipheimer rode smart today and leaped past Floyd Landis into 6th. Landis cracked on the final ascent to Pla d'Adet and lost 4'33 to maillot jaune Armstrong, falling back to 7th on GC. Discovery Channel's other podium visitor Yaro Popovych moved up one place on GC to 12th, and stretched his lead on Kashechkin for the Best Young Rider title to almost 6'00.

Rest Day Monday, July 18, Pau

Stage 16 - Tuesday, July 19: Mourenx-Pau, 180.5km

After a rest day in Pau, the action starts again in the final mountain stage of the 92nd Tour de France. Starting west of Pau in Mourenx, Stage 16 climbs into the heart of the western Pyrenees over the Cat. 3, 4.4km at 6.2%, Col d'Ichere, then the Cat. 2 Col de Marie-Blanque, a 9.3km ascent at7.7%, then up the legendary Col d'Aubisque, the final hors categorie climb of the Tour. Aubisque is 16.5km long at 7%, then it's 72km back over rolling terrain to Pau, with only a small Cat.4 Cote de Pardies-Pietat with 20km to race likely to be a springboard for the winning attack.

Photography

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Results

1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                              6.06.38 (33.63 km/h)
2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                          0.06
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                 0.38
4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                          0.57
5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 2.19
6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                               5.04
7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                                     
8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                       6.28
9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                             
10 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                       6.32
11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     
12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                               7.33
13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                     7.54
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                                8.14
15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                8.47
16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                          
17 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                    8.54
18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                              9.32
19 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                              9.34
20 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                               10.37
21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           11.00
22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    11.27
23 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                 11.58
24 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  
25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           12.13
26 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                     
27 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  12.17
28 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                               12.44
29 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   13.13
30 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               13.49
31 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               14.01
32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  14.22
33 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              14.28
34 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         14.54
35 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                     15.09
36 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          16.01
37 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                  16.11
38 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     16.31
39 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           17.23
40 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          18.48
41 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    19.34
42 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                             20.41
43 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                                   
44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 24.01
45 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                          24.43
46 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            26.14
47 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                            35.42
48 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    36.09
49 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
50 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
51 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                    
52 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                           
53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                          
54 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     
56 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                    
57 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 
58 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
59 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         
60 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                                   
61 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                         
62 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  
63 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       
64 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
65 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                         
66 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                          
67 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
68 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                                          
69 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
70 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                       
71 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
72 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         
73 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
74 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      
75 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
76 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                     
77 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                       
78 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
79 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                  
80 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                                
81 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step                                            
82 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    
83 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                          
84 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
85 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                   
86 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                    
87 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                       
88 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                      
89 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                              
90 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                              
91 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel                                      
92 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
93 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
94 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                        
95 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                                              
96 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                         
97 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                    
98 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                  
99 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
100 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                   
101 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                37.57
102 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                              44.10
103 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                           
104 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                     
105 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
106 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step                                             
107 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                      
108 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                        
109 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
110 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                      
111 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           
112 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                       
113 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                          
114 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
115 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                       
116 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                             
117 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
118 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                         
119 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                                      
120 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                                      
121 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                 
122 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                                   
123 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                   
124 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                      
125 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  
126 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step                                           
127 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                                 
128 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
129 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
130 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                       
131 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step                                             
132 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                   
133 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                         
134 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                              
135 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                   
136 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
137 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                                    
138 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                                    
139 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
140 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                               
141 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                    
142 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                      
143 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                          
144 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                      
145 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
146 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                     
147 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
148 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                      
149 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                     
150 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
151 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                   
152 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
153 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
154 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                   
155 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
156 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
157 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                              46.37
158 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                                    
DNF Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step                                       
DNF David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     
 
Points
 
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                                   20 pts
2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            17
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                   15
4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                            13
5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   12
6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                                 10
7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                                    9
8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                          8
9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                            7
10 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          6
11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    5
12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                  4
13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                        3
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   2
15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   1
 
Mountains
 
Col du Portet d'Aspet (souvenir Casartelli) - Cat. 2, km 85
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                10 pts
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                    9
3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                             8
4 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             7
5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                               6
6 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    5
 
Col de Menté - Cat. 1, km 100.5
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                15 pts
2 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                              13
3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                            11
4 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             9
5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                    8
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                          7
7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                    6
8 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              5
 
Col du Portillon - Cat. 1, km 137.5 
1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                              15 pts
2 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                            13
3 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            11
4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                    9
5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                    8
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                          7
7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                                    6
8 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        5
 
Col de Peyresourde - Cat. 1, km 162 
1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   15 pts
2 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                            13
3 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            11
4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                          9
5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                                    8
6 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                    7
7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                    6
8 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        5
 
Col de Val-Louron-Azet - Cat. 1, km 182.5
1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   15 pts
2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            13
3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                            11
4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                                    9
5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                    8
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                          7
7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                    6
8 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        5
 
Saint-Lary-Soulan (Pla-d'Adet) - HC, km 205.5 
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                                   40 pts
2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            36
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                   32
4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                            28
5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   24
6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                                 20
7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                                   16
8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                         14
9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           12
10 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                         10
 
Sprints
 
Clermont - km 37 
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                    6 pts
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                    4
3 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                      2
 
Argein - km 69.5 
1 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  6 pts
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                    4
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                    2
 
Young rider
 
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                            6.16.10
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                 1.05
3 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                 3.12
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    4.50
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            6.29
6 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       6.59
7 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  26.37
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                                    
9 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                                           
10 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      
12 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
13 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                              
14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                              
15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
16 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                        
17 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                 28.25
18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                               34.38
19 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                            
20 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                         
21 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                          
22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                                    
23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                                  
24 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                        
25 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                    
26 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              
27 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                      
28 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                    
 
Most combative
 
1 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
 
Teams
 
1 Discovery Channel Team                                              18.34.30
2 T-Mobile Team                                                           5.53
3 Credit Agricole                                                         7.00
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 12.27
5 Bouygues Telecom                                                       15.54
6 Rabobank                                                               17.36
7 Team Csc                                                               21.29
8 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                 25.19
9 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                           26.30
10 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne                                        28.01
11 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                   43.33
12 Domina Vacanze                                                        48.40
13 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                       53.45
14 Gerolsteiner                                                        1.05.36
15 Davitamon - Lotto                                                   1.06.29
16 Lampre - Caffita                                                    1.06.36
17 Fassa Bortolo                                                       1.33.51
18 Francaise Des Jeux                                                         
19 Quick Step - Innergetic                                             1.41.52
20 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                         
21 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                               
 
General classification after stage 15
 
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                             62.09.59 (42.309 km/h)
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                               2.46
3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                        3.09
4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         5.58
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  6.31
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                      7.35
7 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                               9.33
8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                9.38
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                                11.47
10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    12.01
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                     12.57
12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                             14.27
13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               15.26
14 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                   17.56
15 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              18.16
16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           19.03
17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        19.30
18 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                               19.35
19 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                               20.35
20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           25.48
21 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  27.20
22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          27.37
23 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                        28.47
24 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                     38.51
25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                 41.25
26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    41.44
27 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    42.17
28 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                  44.49
29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               47.30
30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                  50.20
31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          51.09
32 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               52.41
33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                              52.47
34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                               55.03
35 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               56.18
36 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                59.05
37 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step                                     1.00.56
38 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                   1.08.04
39 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                 1.08.29
40 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.11.18
41 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         1.14.45
42 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                           1.17.55
43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                               1.19.35
44 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                1.19.39
45 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   1.20.11
46 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   1.24.20
47 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          1.27.15
48 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           1.28.38
49 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 1.30.49
50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               1.32.57
51 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               1.35.31
52 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.40.33
53 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   1.40.37
54 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1.41.26
55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1.43.55
56 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                1.44.11
57 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                                   1.44.16
58 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                1.44.50
59 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1.44.55
60 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              1.46.41
61 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           1.47.09
62 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                1.48.55
63 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            1.49.14
64 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           1.49.31
65 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  1.49.51
66 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             1.51.26
67 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              1.52.06
68 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1.52.21
69 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             1.54.14
70 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            1.54.49
71 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.54.58
72 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             1.55.26
73 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        1.56.53
74 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 1.58.15
75 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                2.01.48
76 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               2.01.49
77 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             2.02.26
78 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       2.03.10
79 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  2.05.00
80 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                           2.05.52
81 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                                       2.06.05
82 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  2.06.17
83 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                                2.06.29
84 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       2.07.24
85 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       2.09.15
86 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              2.10.14
87 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       2.10.28
88 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                2.10.38
89 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     2.10.39
90 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   2.13.00
91 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             2.14.34
92 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel                               2.15.31
93 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                                2.16.18
94 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          2.16.24
95 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                              2.16.45
96 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                2.17.09
97 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                  2.17.23
98 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             2.18.26
99 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             2.22.50
100 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                  2.23.37
101 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                             2.24.24
102 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          2.24.56
103 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                      2.27.45
104 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                         
105 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            2.28.25
106 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                   2.28.38
107 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          2.30.52
108 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              2.31.34
109 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                            2.31.42
110 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               2.32.18
111 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                            2.33.33
112 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                   2.38.49
113 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 2.40.50
114 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                        2.41.31
115 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                               2.42.47
116 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                2.43.12
117 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         2.46.35
118 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.47.02
119 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                 2.48.49
120 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               2.49.04
121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                           2.50.10
122 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.52.49
123 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            2.53.29
124 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        2.54.31
125 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step                                      2.55.06
126 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                               2.55.20
127 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    2.57.35
128 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                       2.58.00
129 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            2.58.20
130 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              2.58.42
131 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                            2.59.17
132 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              2.59.35
133 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               2.59.36
134 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    2.59.46
135 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             3.01.06
136 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                3.04.19
137 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                3.05.57
138 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                            3.06.20
139 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                        3.06.29
140 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step                                      3.07.16
141 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                            3.07.20
142 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                               3.07.56
143 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                3.08.16
144 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      3.08.40
145 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              3.09.29
146 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                             3.09.50
147 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                            3.11.05
148 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   3.11.37
149 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    3.11.48
150 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                             3.14.52
151 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  3.16.09
152 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            3.17.33
153 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  3.18.44
154 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            3.18.45
155 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step                                    3.20.42
156 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                3.22.14
157 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              3.25.39
158 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                3.33.05
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                       164 pts
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                    150
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                      142
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                  90
5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         84
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                   81
7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                          79
8 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          77
9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   75
10 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                  75
11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                                     73
12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                                  71
13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  67
14 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                                  66
15 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                  61
16 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    61
17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  56
18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           56
19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          54
20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     53
21 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step                                            45
22 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     43
23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                                43
24 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  42
25 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                     42
26 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                                40
27 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                        38
28 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                                  37
29 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                       37
30 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       36
31 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       33
32 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       29
33 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                            29
34 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                        29
35 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   27
36 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                   25
37 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                             25
38 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        25
39 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                     24
40 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               24
41 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                     24
42 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  24
43 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                24
44 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 24
45 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      24
46 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              24
47 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                    24
48 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                      23
49 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                              23
50 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                  23
51 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                      23
52 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                         22
53 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                  20
54 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                20
55 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                      19
56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                     19
57 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                  18
58 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    18
59 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        16
60 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                  16
61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   16
62 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                        15
63 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            14
64 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                        14
65 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                       14
66 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            13
67 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  13
68 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                      13
69 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                 12
70 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    12
71 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                                   12
72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                     11
73 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                                   11
74 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                           11
75 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       11
76 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                              11
77 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                     10
78 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   10
79 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       9
80 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                   8
81 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                         8
82 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   7
83 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   7
84 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                        6
85 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 6
86 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                                 6
87 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                     6
88 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                                    6
89 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                                 4
90 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               4
91 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              4
92 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step                                           4
93 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                                             4
94 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                             4
95 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                        4
96 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             4
97 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                           4
98 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                          3
99 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                      3
100 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                    2
101 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                     2
102 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    2
103 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                    2
104 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  2
105 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               2
106 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                     2
107 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   2
108 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  -4
109 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             -5
110 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     -5
111 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 -5
112 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel                                   -5
113 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                 -5
114 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                     -5
115 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                -10
116 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                -10
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                         185 pts
2 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           114
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                                   92
4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                            90
5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   89
6 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                              88
7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   75
8 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                                   74
9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                   73
10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                 71
11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                                65
12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          56
13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       53
14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                        44
15 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                             41
16 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            36
17 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   36
18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                       36
19 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                       34
20 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               31
21 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                     30
22 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                28
23 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                  26
24 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                                 25
25 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  24
26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       20
27 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                        20
28 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              20
29 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   19
30 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                18
31 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                            18
32 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                 17
33 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  17
34 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                        17
35 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                                16
36 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                     15
37 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    15
38 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      15
39 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                     14
40 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                                14
41 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                   13
42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                            13
43 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       13
44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   13
45 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                      12
46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    12
47 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        10
48 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                              10
49 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                  10
50 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            10
51 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             9
52 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                      8
53 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                     8
54 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                           8
55 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    7
56 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                   7
57 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       6
58 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                        4
59 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   3
60 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                      3
61 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   3
62 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           3
63 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                       3
64 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   2
65 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                             2
66 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                   2
67 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                                    2
68 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                      2
69 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                      1
70 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                   1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                           62.24.26
2 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                 6.08
3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           36.42
4 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                    54.02
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 1.05.12
6 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    1.05.44
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                1.18.30
8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                                    1.29.49
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                             1.40.22
10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       1.48.43
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                           1.51.25
12 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       1.56.01
13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.58.33
14 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                  2.02.56
15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             2.03.59
16 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             2.08.23
17 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                   2.09.10
18 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       2.13.18
19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               2.17.07
20 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              2.32.35
21 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     2.43.08
22 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             2.43.53
23 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               2.44.15
24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               2.45.08
25 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                             2.51.53
26 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                 2.53.49
27 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                             2.56.38
28 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             3.04.18
 
Teams classification
 
1 T-Mobile Team                                                      184.24.01
2 Discovery Channel Team                                                 19.28
3 Team Csc                                                               21.58
4 Credit Agricole                                                        28.11
5 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne                                         32.09
6 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 34.30
7 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                         1.31.14
8 Rabobank                                                             1.42.42
9 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                               1.47.57
10 Gerolsteiner                                                        2.15.43
11 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                     2.34.42
12 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 2.41.11
13 Bouygues Telecom                                                    2.52.22
14 Davitamon - Lotto                                                   3.02.50
15 Francaise Des Jeux                                                  3.23.03
16 Domina Vacanze                                                      3.24.08
17 Lampre - Caffita                                                    3.36.51
18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                        4.25.49
19 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                  4.26.45
20 Fassa Bortolo                                                       4.33.36
21 Quick Step - Innergetic                                             5.12.04



             

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