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92nd Tour de France - GT

France, July 2-24, 2005

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Stage 2 - Sunday, July 3: Challans - Les Essarts, 181.5 km

Look Ma! No cavities!

Boonen overcomes toothache, McEwen to win stage one

Zabriskie maintains status-quo in maillot jaune, Armstrong bides his time

By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Les Essarts

Tom Boonen (Quickstep)
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A few days ago, 24-year-old Belgian phenom Tom Boonen had such a terrible toothache that he thought he might not be able to start the Tour De France. "I thought I was going to die I was in such pain," Boonen said of his dental emergency. But a visit to a dentist in Nantes cleared up the Quick.Step rider's molar misery and today in the fly-blown French bourg of Les Essarts, Tom Terrific powered to his 12th victory of the 2005 season. Boonen has had a fabulous season already, with back to back wins in the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix three months ago, and now his Tour win, showed "Staf" Boonen is certainly a sprinter to be reckoned with. Boonen took over the maillot vert from Lance Armstrong, who really didn't want it anyway.

Boonen explained his win today by telling Cyclingnews, "Today in the finale, I stayed pretty much in the back with my teammate Guido [Trenti]...I was in like 15th, 20th position, and then in the last two kilometres, I wanted to go up front. So Stefano [Zanini] brought me up and then Guido set me up for the last kilometre. At the finish line, it was a little uphill which suits me, so I just waited for the right moment and started sprinting... and it was no problem."

Bada bing, bada boom...big bad Boonen smoked his arch-rival, Aussie Robbie McEwen today in Les Essarts, but the Quick.Step rider is taking nothing for granted in the 92nd Tour De France. "It was a very hard finish today; one for the strong guys. I think I was using two gears bigger than Robbie...but maybe tomorrow Robbie wins... Ach, every stage is different." In the chaos of the final kilometres on Stage 1 of the 92nd Tour De France, it didn't seem like McEwen's Davitamon-Lotto team was asserting themselves enough in the final kilometres.

David Zabriskie (CSC)
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Robbie calmly explained post-stage, "I just got the timing wrong; I just went too early... I went from about 250m (out) and it was too far. As soon as (the road) straightened up, I went and then I had a little problem with the gears, getting on the 11 (cog). But it was bit of a tactical mistake; I just went from too far and basically gave the other guys a lead-out...so I'll just have to do better next time."

Maillot Jaune Dave Zabriskie (CSC) had few problems and finished 71st in today's stage. DaveZ is just chillin', taking it day by day, but the 26 year old Batman fan and non-Mormon from Salt Lake City understands that he's probably not going to Paris with his Tour De France leader's jersey. "Yeah, anything's possible, but sooner or later, the (maillot jaune) is probably going to go away from Dave Zabriskie."

In response to his team manager Bjarne Riis's comment to Danish TV that "if Zabriskie loses three or four kilos, he could be a GC rider, Zabriskie smiled and responded and said "Yeah, it's possible, but I'd be pretty skinny (smiles)... I look at myself in the mirror, and I don't know where I'd lose that. But if Bjarne thinks it's possible, then maybe it is. But there's also a balance with losing weight. You can't pedal the bike on just bones, you need muscle too, but I'll try to find that balance and see what happens."

DaveZ's CSC teammate Bobby Julich, third in the 1998 Tour De France and winner of the 2005 edition of Paris-Nice, sees that Zabriskie, a Salt Lake City, Utah native who now lives in Berkeley, California with his girlfriend Randi, has a great future in cycling. "As far as I can see, Dave's it," Julich told team-csc.com. "There's no one else that's impressed me in the European scene. He's the future of American cycling. I'm glad he's on my team and I can show him my experience. I can show him how he can avoid my mistakes. I'm looking forward to racing with him until I'm put out to pasture."

Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel)
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Another of Zabriskie's fellow Americans in the 92nd edition of the Tour De France, six time Tour winner Lance Armstrong, moved one step closer to his seventh TdF win, finishing safely in 63rd on today's stage. "It was a typical first stage for the Tour; kinda crazy. Riders were cracking a little bit and there were are always crashes. Those finishes, they still scare me...I won't miss those!"

Only three riders lost any time today and all were either Robbie McEwen's (Van Bon and Vansevenant) or Tom Boonen's leadout men (Zanini). Boonen took over the maillot vert, while Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) took the first maillot a pois for best climber with his win on the only rated climb of the day: the Cat. 4 Côte du lac de la Vouraie with 16.5km to go.

How it unfolded

David Canada (Saunier Duval)
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On a hot summer early afternoon, 189 Tour De France riders took the start seven minutes early at 13:01, as the first ever en ligne stage of the ProTour designated Tour de France got underway. The first attack by was after 9km by Sylvain Calzati (Ag2r), but he was caught after 13 km. Stage 1 featured three intermediate sprints, and at the first in Orouet (km 17.5) it was South African Robert Hunter (Phonak) over Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) and Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux). A counter move of four riders got away after 28km, including Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole), who began Stage 1 in fifth, 0'59 behind maillot jaune Zabriskie. Also up there were Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Cañada (Saunier Duval), and Calzati (Ag2r). After 36km, the four leaders had a lead of 2'05, and Bodrogi was maillot jaune virtuel. After 50 km, Bodrogi, Voeckler, Cañada, and Calzati had 2'50 on the CSC-led peloton and climbing.

With 100km to go at Saint-Vincent-Sur-Jard, the gap from the leaders to the peloton was 4'10, gradually growing, and soon after, Jaan Kirsipuu (Credit Agricole) and Iker Camano (Euskaltel-Euskadi) got tangled up and Camano hit the deck and needed a bike change. The average speed after two hours was 47.5 km/h and after the feed zone with 82km to race, the gap to the break was still 4'15. Quick.Step, Francaise des Jeux and Lotto all joined the chase, and at the 50km to go mark, the gap fell to 2'50, but the chase was not really intense. As the break passed through Mareuil-Sur-Lay-Dissais with 37km to go, the gap was 2'00.

Dave Zabriskie (CSC)
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At the last sprint of the day in Chateau-Guibert with 31km to go, Bodrogi took the points, with Calzati and Canada second and third and the peloton 1'30 behind. With 16.5km to go on the only Cat. 4 climb today up the Côte du lac de la Vouraie, Voeckler took the points, as Bodrogi dropped off the break. With just 6km to go, the break is kaput and after a bit of a handshake between Calzati and Voeckler, the three remaining riders were absorbed and the peloton began to wind up for the sprint, with Francaise des Jeux, Liquigas, and Quick.Step battling for position.

After a wild finish, Boonen won by over a bike length from Hushovd, Boonen, O'Grady and Pagliarini in the first bunch sprint of this year's Tour. Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r) crashed inside the final kilometre, causing a few splits in the peloton, but in the end he was relatively OK and all riders in the bunch were given the same time.

Stage 3, Monday, July 4: La Châtaigneraie-Tours, 212.5km

Monday morning's Stage 3 heads from the country hamlet of La Châtaigneraie east through the lower Loire Valley, across rolling green countryside past beautiful chateaux like Chinon and Azay-le-Rideau to another finish for the fast men on Avenue Grammont in Tours, where the Paris-Tours classic finishes every October. Can Robbie McEwen get his revenge on his young arch-rival Tom Boonen? The long, straight finish will be the final judge Monday.

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Results

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                   3.51.31 (47.037 km/h)
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                   
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                
5 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
6 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                              
7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                                 
10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
13 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
14 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                
15 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  
16 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                 
17 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                
21 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                              
22 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
23 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                 
24 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step                                       
25 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    
26 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             
27 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                 
28 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
30 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                
32 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 
33 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                         
34 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
35 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                    
36 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
37 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step                                     
38 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                           
39 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
40 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             
41 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     
42 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           
43 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
44 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
45 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
46 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
47 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               
48 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                             
49 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
50 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
51 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                 
52 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                           
53 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                              
54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                           
55 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
56 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            
57 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                             
58 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
59 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
60 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
61 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         
62 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               
63 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                             
64 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                            
65 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
66 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                              
67 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                           
68 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                            
69 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  
70 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
71 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      
72 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               
73 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                         
74 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            
75 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
76 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                                   
77 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                                
78 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                             
79 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             
80 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step                                       
81 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             
82 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             
83 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
84 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
85 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                   
86 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
87 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                   
88 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 
89 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
90 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           
91 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
92 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
93 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
94 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
95 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
96 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
97 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
98 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              
99 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
100 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               
101 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
102 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
103 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
104 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
105 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth              
106 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          
107 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                               
108 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         
109 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                
110 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
111 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                 
112 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                                      
113 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
114 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                               
115 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
116 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
117 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
118 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
119 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       
120 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              
121 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
122 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                
123 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            
124 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                
125 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel                              
126 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
127 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      
128 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
129 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
130 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      
131 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               
132 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                  
133 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
134 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
135 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               
136 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       
137 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                             
138 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
139 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
140 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                             
141 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
142 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               
143 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
144 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               
145 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step                                    
146 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step                                
147 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
148 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
149 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
150 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
151 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               
152 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                 
153 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               
154 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
155 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                 
156 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
157 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              
158 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                      
159 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                     
160 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
161 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              
162 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
163 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                        
164 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            
165 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                       
166 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step                                    
167 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    
168 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
169 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                 
170 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
171 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                   
172 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          
173 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
174 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
175 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
176 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
177 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
178 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
179 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             
180 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
181 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
182 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                        
183 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
184 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
185 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
186 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            
187 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                0.36
188 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                             0.39
189 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          0.47 
 
Points
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                        35 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 30
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                26
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              24
5 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                          22
6 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                            20
7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   19
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               18
9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                               17
10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           16
11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       15
12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        14
13 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               13
14 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              12
15 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                11
16 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                               10
17 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                            9
18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              8
19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    7
20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                               6
21 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                             5
22 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            4
23 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                3
24 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step                                      2
25 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                   1
 
Mountains
 
Côte du lac de la Vouraie - Cat. 4, km 165
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              3 pts
2 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             2
3 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               1
 
Sprints
 
Orouet, km 17.5
1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          6 pts
2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   4
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                           2
 
Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, km 69.5
1 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                6 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              4
3 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               2
 
Château-Guibert, km 150
1 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                6 pts
2 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               4
3 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             2
 
Young rider
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                   3.51.31
2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              
4 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                  
5 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
7 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
8 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              
9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                              
10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                           
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                           
12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               
13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            
14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                                   
15 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
16 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        
17 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               
18 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
19 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                 
20 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
21 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
22 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       
23 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                   
24 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                  
25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               
26 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               
27 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       
28 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
29 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
30 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
31 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
32 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
 
Most combative
 
1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                
 
Teams
 
1 Credit Agricole                                              11.34.33
2 Bouygues Telecom                                                     
3 Quick Step - Innergetic                                              
4 Domina Vacanze                                                       
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               
6 Francaise Des Jeux                                                   
7 Fassa Bortolo                                                        
8 Gerolsteiner                                                         
9 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                      
10 Team Csc                                                            
11 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                        
12 T-Mobile Team                                                       
13 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              
14 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                  
15 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne                                      
16 Davitamon - Lotto                                                   
17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                        
18 Lampre - Caffita                                                    
19 Discovery Channel Team                                              
20 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 
21 Rabobank                                                             
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                4.12.22
2 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                          0.02
3 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                             0.47
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                         0.53
5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                          0.57
6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.02
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                        1.04
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            1.05
10 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth           1.06
11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                     1.07
12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 1.08
13 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems             1.12
14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                              1.13
15 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
16 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                       1.16
17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                       1.18
18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                      1.24
19 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                              
20 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                     1.25
21 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                       1.26
22 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               1.27
23 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                          1.28
24 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                     1.29
25 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1.30
26 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
27 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                         
28 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.31
29 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                1.32
30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
31 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 1.34
32 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel                               
33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                        1.35
34 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                   1.39
35 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                
36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.41
37 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              1.46
38 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                  
39 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 1.48
40 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                 
41 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                         1.50
42 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               
43 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step                                     
44 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                         1.51
45 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step                                 1.53
46 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    1.55
47 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
48 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                    1.57
49 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 2.00
50 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                
51 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              2.01
52 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                                       
53 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
54 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   2.02
55 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      2.03
56 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       2.05
57 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
58 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  2.06
59 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            
60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne          2.08
61 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
62 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                             
63 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            2.09
64 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               2.11
65 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       
66 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         2.12
67 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step                                       
68 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            2.13
69 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
70 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
71 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                          2.14
72 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
73 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         2.16
74 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         2.17
75 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
76 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance                           2.18
77 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              2.19
78 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          
79 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         2.20
80 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           
81 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              2.24
82 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             
83 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
84 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     2.25
85 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                               2.28
86 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
87 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
88 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          2.29
89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
90 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              
91 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                            2.30
92 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
93 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                   2.31
95 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
96 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                                   
97 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
98 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
99 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                
100 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                   
101 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step                            2.32
102 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               
103 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    
104 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              2.33
105 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                           2.34
106 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     2.35
107 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          
108 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                2.36
109 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step                                2.37
110 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
111 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                             2.39
112 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                            
113 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        2.40
114 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir          2.41
115 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             2.42
116 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           2.43
117 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                          
118 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
119 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          2.44
120 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                
121 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               
122 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
123 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                
124 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
125 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                  
126 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           2.45
127 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                            2.46
128 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
129 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
130 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 
131 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                       2.48
132 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            2.49
133 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               
134 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        2.50
135 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           2.51
136 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    2.52
137 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         
138 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
139 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                           2.53
140 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         
141 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                        
142 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              
143 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                            2.54
144 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                            
145 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                 2.55
146 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
147 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        2.56
148 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
149 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            2.57
150 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                       2.58
151 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   
152 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            
153 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                        2.59
154 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                             
155 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             3.00
156 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3.01
157 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
158 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                          3.03
159 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
160 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              3.04
161 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                      3.05
162 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                         3.06
163 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                            3.08
164 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          3.09
165 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
166 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              3.10
167 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            3.11
168 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                            
169 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                            3.12
170 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                               3.14
171 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              3.15
172 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
173 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          3.18
174 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                              3.20
175 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step                                  3.21
176 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            3.23
177 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        3.25
178 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                  3.27
179 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                        
180 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                          3.31
181 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          3.36
182 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                               
183 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                       
184 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              3.37
185 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
186 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                3.41
187 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        3.44
188 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                         3.50
189 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    4.40
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                        35 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 30
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                26
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              24
5 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                          22
6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                         20
7 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                            20
8 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   19
9 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                               18
10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              18
11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                              17
12 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           16
13 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                    15
14 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       15
15 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               13
16 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                           12
17 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              12
18 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                11
19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                          10
20 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                               10
21 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                            9
22 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                            8
23 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              8
24 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    7
25 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                               6
26 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              6
27 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          5
28 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                             5
29 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              4
30 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            4
31 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  4
32 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             4
33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          3
34 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                3
35 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              2
36 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            2
37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                          2
38 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step                                      2
39 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth              1
40 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                   1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              3 pts
2 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             2
3 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               1

Young rider classification
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                         4.13.24
2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne            0.03
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                        0.16
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                      0.27
5 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                    0.37
6 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                               0.44
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                     0.55
8 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  0.58
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         1.04
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                         1.06
11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.09
12 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         1.10
13 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                         1.12
14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         1.22
15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               1.26
16 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                               1.29
17 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         1.38
18 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir           1.39
19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           1.42
20 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            1.43
22 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         1.44
23 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1.54
24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                       2.03
25 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                             2.06
26 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               2.08
27 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             2.09
28 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                             2.10
29 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                               2.18
30 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   2.25
31 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                           2.29
32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         2.42
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team Csc                                                     12.39.17
2 Discovery Channel Team                                           0.04
3 Phonak Hearing Systems                                           1.33
4 Gerolsteiner                                                     1.42
5 T-Mobile Team                                                    1.51
6 Fassa Bortolo                                                    2.16
7 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                     2.31
8 Credit Agricole                                                  2.50
9 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne                                   3.13
10 Rabobank                                                        3.20
11 Quick Step - Innergetic                                         3.21
12 Domina Vacanze                                                  3.26
13 Francaise Des Jeux                                              3.27
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                3.43
15 Liquigas - Bianchi                                              3.54
16 Davitamon - Lotto                                               4.00
17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                    4.24
18 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                          4.28
19 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                 4.51
20 Lampre - Caffita                                                5.37
21 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             5.38

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