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92nd Tour de France - GT

France, July 2-24, 2005

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Stage 4 - Tuesday, July 5: Tours - Blois TTT, 67.5 km

Lance living large in yellow again

A tale of twos: Zabriskie's day ends in tragedy

By Anthony Tan in Blois

The Discovery team
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It was a day that put one man on cloud nine and another below zero. The suspense and drama of today's team time trial couldn't have been written better by a Hollywood scriptwriter, as the last two teams to leave, Discovery Channel and Team CSC, raced each other neck and neck all the way to the finish. In the end, two seconds was all that separated the two best teams in the 92nd Tour de France.

That two second margin was enough to put the figure of Lance Armstrong in the maillot jaune, his Discovery Channel team once again riding to perfection, but up until the final kilometres, it appeared to be not quite perfect enough. Team CSC was riding with the power of the golden fleece, and at each time-check, they were ahead of their arch-rivals. But with just under two kilometres to go, a lapse of concentration saw the maillot jaune of David Zabriskie come to grief, as he catapulted into the barriers and saw his chances of another day in yellow ripped to shreds.

The team of 1997 Tour champion, Jan Ullrich, rode a very solid TTT to finish third, 36 seconds off Discovery's winning time, and Der Kaiser was in a considerably happier mood after the finish today than he was last Saturday, where he was passed by Armstrong in the opening time trial.

"We gave everything today; each one of us gave his best and I thought it was a great team time trial. Now, I have to look at the result," said Ullrich.

Added T-Mobile manager Olaf Ludwig: "That was a great performance of the team. I think nobody believed us capable of this especially after Saturday. We gained more than 20 seconds on Liberty from kilometre 25 to 47, so that was a very strong period of time for the team and [Tobias] Steinhauser had to let go. That doesn't mean he rode badly, neither did the others who came in afterwards."

David Zabriskie (CSC)
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Finishing 1'28 down and all on his own, Zabriskie was understandably in complete shock and speechless as to what happened. When Cyclingnews contacted Team CSC spokesperson Brian Nygaard later on, he said: "No-one really knows what happened. It happened so fast; all of a sudden, he [Zabriskie] was on the ground. He's in a state of shock right now and can't talk."

Team manager Bjarne Riis added that it was still too early to say if Zabriskie was okay, who, for the moment, is reported to have injured his left thigh and arm and also bruised some ribs. It is not yet known whether anything is broken until he is properly examined by the team doctor later this evening.

"I think we should have won today, but once again, Armstrong was the lucky guy. Obviously, the crash was what made the difference today," said Riis.

"I was confident that we could win today based on the previous time splits. When Zabriskie fell, it was an easy decision to keep going since that's what we had already decided beforehand. Dave is hurt, but I don't know how badly. Right now, it's hard to find anything positive at the moment, since this stage was one that we had really worked hard on. Everything went as it was supposed to until the very end. So this is where the team values we have built are going to save us. Now we have to do the job of mentally rebuilding the team's morale."

A happy Lance Armstrong
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Armstrong had this to say on what may have happened: "I wish I could comment more, but I'll say that the TTT is so hard in the end, that everybody's on the limit; everybody's a little bit cross-eyed and you come into the city and there's all these turns and this whipping wind... it's easy to make a mistake like that.

"It's easy to see how it happened, and clearly it's bad luck for him. They [CSC] were flying, they were riding strong - it took everything we had to try and catch up to them. He's a great young rider, and somebody I suspect will be in yellow again in the future."

For Armstrong and his team, it was further confirmation that the six-time Tour winner is most definitely back to his best, and already appears to have no rival.

"It's a passionate event, it's a very hard event, so it's special for us," he said. "It's nice to win the third one - I know what it's like to be second."

Asked whether he had any doubts on his form leading up to the Tour, Armstrong said he always has doubts - but believes doubt has in part made him what is he today. "The least doubtful was in 2003 and you saw where they got me. Every other year, I've been nervous and insecure and full of doubt - and I think that's a good thing for a sportsman; there's always someone that wants your place, someone that's younger, stronger, hungrier... so it works better for me to be nervous and hungry."

Armstrong pulls off
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Armstrong also dedicated the victory to his team-mate Viatcheslav Ekimov, who wasn't able to be at Lance's side as a consequence of a training crash a few months ago, and said 'Eki' was definitely missed in both strength and spirit.

"We definitely missed him today - there's no doubt. He loves this event, he's the best guy on the team in this event; he's not only the strongest, he's the steadiest - we do miss him."

As for the team's strategy over the coming days, and whether the team will defend the maillot jaune, Discovery team manager Johan Bruyneel gave a safe answer: "We'll think about that tonight. We are here to win the Tour de France and we will find the best strategy," he said.

"I think the advantage of [winning] the team time trial is that we now have a lot of guys in good position on GC, so we can play a little bit with that... Maybe the team keeps the yellow jersey, but not Lance - it depends on the next few days, but I repeat: our goal is to win in Paris, and if it means in a certain situation another guy takes the jersey or another team takes the jersey, then that's the way it'll be."

How it unfolded

Liquigas-Bianchi
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With teams starting in reverse order on GC, it was Euskaltel - Euskadi starting off first, followed by Lampre - Caffita, Ag2R Prevoyance, Saunier Duval - Prodir, Cofidis, Davitamon - Lotto and Liquigas - Bianchi, and it was this seventh team who set the early best time of 1'13'05, six seconds faster than early pacesetters Davitamon-Lotto.

Cyclingnews followed the latter squad the entire distance, and it was clear the last 20 kilometres would be decisive. The first 45 kilometres were flat and non-technical, but from Onzain to the finish in Blois (km 67.5), the roads were filled with twists and turns, and short sharp rises on narrow streets - combined with prevailing crosswinds, it was going to be a real test of team unity.

Said Armstrong of the stage: "We knew there wouldn't be big time gaps today - you can't do 45 kilometres in one direction with a tailwind, with such a straight road, with perfect pavement and be 30, 40 seconds ahead of your chief rivals. We knew the race would come down to the last 20k, where you had some crosswinds and had some real hills, so we tried to focus on that and not lose too much time in the beginning."

The TTT is a visually spectacular event, and the crowds were out in their droves as each of the 21 teams zipped along the Loire Valley at speeds exceeding 60 kilometres an hour. Mild conditions greeted those at the start in the quaint town of Tours, and although showers were predicted later in the afternoon, the rain didn't eventuate.

Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile)
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As Bouygues Telecom, Francaise des Jeux, Domina Vacanze, Quick Step - Innergetic and Rabobank came in, the saying 'the total is greater than the sum of its parts' held true, with all five teams unable to beat the time of Liquigas - Bianchi, despite former Olympic pursuit champion Bradley McGee spearheading his FdJ train and world time trial champion Michael Rogers driving the Quick.Step bus.

The next team to come in, Illes Balears-Caisse D'Epargne, managed to better the boys on their Bianchis by 14 seconds, their time of 1'12'44 the new best mark. However, with the big boys yet to finish, it would be by no means the final best mark - a time close to one hour and 10 minutes would be necessary to take the day.

Credit Agricole upped the ante from Illes Balears by just under half a minute, before Liberty Seguros - Würth set a very competitive time of 1'11'32, 48 seconds faster than the green machine. Next in were Fassa Bortolo, but the Silver Train were two minutes off the pace of Liberty, until the T-Mobile Team bettered Manolo's boys in blue by 17 seconds, putting Der Kaiser and his guys at the top of the leaderboard.

And then there were four.

Dave Zabriskie (CSC)
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The bubbly boys from Gerolsteiner did okay, finishing on the same time as Illes Balears and giving them equal seventh place in the end, while Phonak went half a minute faster, although it was still a minute off the current best time of T-Mobile.

However, the biggest battle by far was being waged behind. At the second checkpoint in Onzain (km 45.8), T-Mobile, Discovery and Team CSC were all neck and neck, separated by a slender seven seconds - but coming in Blois, Discovery and CSC separated themselves from T-Mobile, as the two teams went à bloc.

Right up until the final kilometres, it looked as if CSC had done enough to keep their man Zabriskie in yellow, but just over a kilometre from the end, Dave Z had a lapse of concentration and clipped wheels with a fellow team-mate, which sent him spiralling into the barriers.

Thankfully, he didn't appear to be too badly hurt, although the maillot jaune was literally torn off his shoulders in the cruellest possible style. In the end, two seconds was all that separated Discovery and CSC, but Zabriskie ended up finishing the stage a further 1'26 back, and as a consequence, the golden fleece switched shoulders to six-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong.

Stage 5 - Wednesday, July 6: Chambord - Montargis, 183 km

Another of the Tour's early stages for the sprinters, there are plenty of green jersey points on offer over a stage with only one Cat 4 climb - it's mostly flat, fast riding, and a day for one of the fast men to enjoy some time in the yellow jersey. In 2004 it was Thomas Voeckler who spent 10 days as the darling of France in the yellow jersey over the opening stages. The route sweeps further north and heads closer to its entry into Germany, with plenty to look at throughout the scenic Loir-et-Cher region - not that the riders will have much time for that, as average speeds of around 40-45km/h will prevent most from enjoying the sights. Although on a different route last year, Cofidis' Australian rider Staurt O'Grady took stage 5 in 2004 in the wet, but in dry weather this year it will most likely come down to another showdown between McEwen, Cooke, Hushovd and Boonen, and anyone else who wants to join the party.

Photography

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Results

1 Discovery Channel Team                                           1.10.39 (57.324 km/h)
2 Team CSC                                                            0.02
3 T-Mobile Team                                                       0.35
4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                        0.53
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                              1.31
6 Credit Agricole                                                     1.41
7 Gerolsteiner                                                        2.05
8 Illes Balears-Caisse D'Epargne                                          
9 Fassa Bortolo                                                       2.19
10 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                 2.26
11 Davitamon - Lotto                                                  2.32
12 Rabobank                                                           2.48
13 Domina Vacanze                                                     3.04
14 Quick Step - Innergetic                                            3.05
15 Bouygues Telecom                                                   3.08
16 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                3.59
17 Lampre - Caffita                                                   4.09
18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                       4.28
19 Francaise Des Jeux                                                 4.46
20 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                             5.06
21 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                    5.23

Individual ranking (using new TTT timing rules)

1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                          1.10.39
1 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                                
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                                
1 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel                                    
1 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                                  
1 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                                   
1 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                     
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                                  
10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           0.02
10 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                                           
10 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                             
10 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                        
10 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                               
15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        0.06
16 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                         0.10
17 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            0.30
17 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                       
17 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
17 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
17 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    
17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
23 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           0.40
23 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           
23 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                
23 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                   
23 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                 
23 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            
23 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                               
23 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                               
31 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      0.50
31 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
31 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
31 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     
31 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
36 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             1.00
36 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    
36 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                      
36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                 
36 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                    
36 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
43 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.10
43 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
43 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
43 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                      
43 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      
43 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      
43 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
43 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
43 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
43 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
53 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      1.28
54 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     1.30
54 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
54 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         
54 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                 
54 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         
54 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
54 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
54 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                   
62 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            1.40
62 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                               
62 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                                
62 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                     
62 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                      
62 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  
62 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 
62 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 
62 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 
71 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.50
71 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
71 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
71 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
71 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
71 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
71 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
71 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
71 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
80 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       2.00
80 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                             
80 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                        
80 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                           
80 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                             
80 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                              
80 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                          
80 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                            
88 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 2.01
88 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                    
90 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       2.07
90 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
92 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                              2.10
92 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                       
92 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                     
92 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                      
92 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                      
92 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
92 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               
92 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                     
100 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                    2.20
100 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step                                          
100 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                                      
100 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step                                        
100 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step                                        
100 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step                                    
100 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                            
107 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.30
107 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
107 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
107 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
107 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
107 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
107 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
107 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
115 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         2.32
116 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        2.34
117 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            2.35
117 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
117 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
117 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
117 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
117 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
123 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                   2.36
124 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                               2.40
124 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                            
124 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                     
124 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                      
124 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                    
124 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                
124 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                
124 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                    
132 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               2.45
132 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                  
132 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 
132 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                
132 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                  
137 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         2.50
137 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                               
137 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                              
137 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                                
137 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                                   
137 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                   
137 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                                 
144 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     2.55
144 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
144 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
144 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
144 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
144 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
144 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
144 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
152 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               3.00
152 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                   
152 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                   
152 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                 
152 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                    
152 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                  
152 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                  
152 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                  
152 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               
161 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step                                    3.16
161 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                   
163 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step                                      3.28
164 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                4.06
165 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        4.31
165 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
165 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
168 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               4.43
169 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                 4.49
170 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            4.51
171 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            4.56
172 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   5.11
173 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                            5.36
174 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    5.46
174 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      
174 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      
177 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            6.14
178 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                       6.29
179 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             7.17
180 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  7.29
181 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                7.31
181 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                  
183 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      7.36
184 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                7.57
185 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             8.03
186 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            8.40
187 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  8.53
188 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                9.29
189 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                9.31
 
Young rider
 
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                         1.10.39
2 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        0.40
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                  
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
5 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              1.00
6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                1.10
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    1.20
9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                1.30
9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                          
9 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
12 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                             1.40
13 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             1.50
14 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       2.00
14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                           
16 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                  2.10
16 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                     
18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                                   2.20
18 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                             
20 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               2.30
20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
22 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                   2.40
23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            2.50
23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                               
23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                                 
26 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               2.55
27 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               3.00
27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                     
29 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             4.51
30 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   5.46
31 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              8.03
32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             8.40
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                           9.59.12
2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                              0.55
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            1.04
4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          1.07
5 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel                            1.14
6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                            1.16
7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                             1.21
8 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel                               1.26
9 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                           
10 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                               
11 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    1.32
12 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel                                   
13 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                            1.33
14 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     1.36
15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            
16 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel                                1.37
17 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                         1.38
18 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth               1.44
19 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                1.45
20 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                           1.50
21 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 2.00
22 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                                       2.01
23 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                              2.12
24 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               2.13
26 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       2.17
27 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                        2.18
28 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                  2.21
29 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
30 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  2.29
31 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               2.30
32 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        2.35
33 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           2.43
34 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole                             2.48
35 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      2.54
36 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     2.56
37 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           2.58
38 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                2.59
39 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     3.02
40 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                
41 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             3.10
42 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                   3.12
43 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           3.13
44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              3.16
45 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             3.19
46 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             3.22
47 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                         3.23
48 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
49 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  3.24
50 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  3.27
51 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                             
52 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     3.28
53 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                   3.29
54 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                                3.32
55 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 
56 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
57 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   3.36
58 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                3.37
59 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              3.39
60 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                             3.43
61 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                  3.44
62 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  3.45
63 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  3.52
64 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                 
65 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        3.53
66 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                  3.54
67 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                 3.56
68 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                3.57
69 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              3.58
70 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                               4.01
71 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
72 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     4.04
73 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          4.05
74 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       4.07
75 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            4.08
76 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 
77 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step                                         
78 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       4.09
79 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          4.11
80 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step                                         
81 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                              4.12
82 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                             4.16
83 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   4.21
84 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                               
85 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 4.22
86 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               4.25
87 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                            4.26
88 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 4.28
89 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             4.34
90 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                   4.36
91 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
92 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 4.39
93 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                4.42
94 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             4.44
95 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  
96 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             4.47
97 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                                   4.49
98 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step                                 4.50
99 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                      
100 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            4.53
101 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                         
102 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                           4.54
103 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
104 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                            4.56
105 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             4.57
106 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               4.58
107 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            5.00
108 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
109 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               5.01
110 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                                 5.03
111 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                   5.05
112 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                               5.08
113 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             5.11
114 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              5.12
115 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                       
116 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
117 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               5.13
118 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               5.15
119 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              5.16
120 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                 5.17
121 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                
122 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        5.18
123 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              5.19
124 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                5.20
125 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                5.22
126 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         5.23
127 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        5.24
128 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
129 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
130 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
131 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                    
132 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                      5.25
133 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                            
134 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
135 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         5.28
136 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                        5.31
137 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              5.34
138 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
139 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
140 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            5.36
141 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step                                      5.38
142 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step                                      5.39
143 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         5.40
144 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               5.41
145 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               5.42
146 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            5.43
147 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  5.48
148 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                            5.49
149 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step                                    5.51
150 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                  
151 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                          5.53
152 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                           5.56
153 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                             5.57
154 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                  5.58
155 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                                 
156 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                    5.59
157 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          6.00
158 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              6.01
159 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                               6.03
160 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                6.06
161 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                               6.24
162 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                              6.29
163 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                6.47
164 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      7.00
165 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
166 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     7.26
167 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            7.29
168 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               7.32
169 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        7.33
170 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                 7.47
171 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            7.52
172 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  7.55
173 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       
174 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    8.16
175 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  8.54
176 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                            9.31
177 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      9.33
178 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            9.37
179 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             9.44
180 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                      10.03
181 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 10.31
182 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             10.38
183 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                               10.49
184 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               10.52
185 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            10.57
186 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 11.08
187 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               12.16
188 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           12.22
189 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               12.26
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                            70 pts
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                  50
3 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       49
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                     47
5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                                38
6 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                              34
7 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                                29
8 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                     27
9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                    26
10 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 26
11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           25
12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                               24
13 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                            20
14 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     20
15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                               19
16 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux                                  19
17 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                  18
18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  18
19 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step                                         16
20 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                        15
21 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     15
22 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         14
23 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   14
24 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                  13
25 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               13
26 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                            12
27 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel                               12
28 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                  12
29 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                     11
30 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                  10
31 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                              10
32 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                   10
33 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                                9
34 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel                                8
35 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                    8
36 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        7
37 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      6
38 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                  6
39 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                              5
40 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                                 5
41 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                    5
42 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                  4
43 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      4
44 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                          4
45 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                4
46 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 4
47 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              3
48 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                   3
49 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                    3
50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  2
51 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                2
52 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                              2
53 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                       1
54 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                  1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                              6 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  5
3 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           4
4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       3
5 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 2
6 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                    2
7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 1
8 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                   1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel                        10.00.28
2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                0.57
3 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        1.01
4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                1.14
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         1.19
6 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              1.54
7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              2.06
8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step                                          2.11
9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      2.12
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             2.16
11 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   2.30
12 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                  2.38
13 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       2.53
14 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                             3.00
15 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             3.18
16 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 3.23
17 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step                                   3.33
18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            3.38
19 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux                             3.40
20 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               3.56
21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                3.57
22 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                 4.04
23 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       4.09
24 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               4.18
25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                           4.37
26 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                   4.42
27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance                                 4.50
28 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance                               5.13
29 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             6.13
30 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   7.38
31 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              9.41
32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            11.06
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team Csc                                                         27.38.25
2 Discovery Channel Team                                               0.02
3 T-Mobile Team                                                        2.24
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               3.02
5 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                         3.22
6 Gerolsteiner                                                         3.45
7 Credit Agricole                                                      4.29
8 Fassa Bortolo                                                        4.33
9 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne                                       5.16
10 Rabobank                                                            6.06
11 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                  6.18
12 Quick Step - Innergetic                                             6.24
13 Domina Vacanze                                                      6.28
14 Davitamon - Lotto                                                   6.30
15 Bouygues Telecom                                                    6.49
16 Francaise Des Jeux                                                  8.11
17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                        8.50
18 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              9.32
19 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 9.35
20 Lampre - Caffita                                                    9.44
21 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                    10.12

Intermediate timing

Amboise - km 25 
 
1 Team CSC                                                            25.36
2 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                         0.06
3 Discovery Channel Team                                               0.15
3 T-Mobile Team                                                            
5 Credit Agricole                                                      0.33
6 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                   0.37
7 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               0.39
8 Illes Balears-Caisse D'Epargne                                       0.51
9 Domina Vacanze                                                       0.55
10 Fassa Bortolo                                                       0.56
11 Gerolsteiner                                                        0.58
12 Davitamon - Lotto                                                   1.00
13 Rabobank                                                            1.09
14 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 1.11
15 Bouygues Telecom                                                    1.13
16 Quick Step - Innergetic                                             1.23
17 Lampre - Caffita                                                    1.28
18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                        1.35
19 Francaise Des Jeux                                                  1.52
20 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                     1.58
21 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              2.04
 
Onzain - km 45.8 
 
1 Team CSC                                                            47.08
2 Discovery Channel Team                                               0.06
3 T-Mobile Team                                                        0.07
3 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                         0.20
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               0.49
6 Credit Agricole                                                      0.57
7 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                   1.12
8 Gerolsteiner                                                         1.18
9 Illes Balears-Caisse D'Epargne                                           
10 Fassa Bortolo                                                       1.23
11 Domina Vacanze                                                      1.32
12 Davitamon - Lotto                                                   1.33
13 Rabobank                                                            1.46
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                    2.02
15 Quick Step - Innergetic                                             2.08
16 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 2.18
17 Lampre - Caffita                                                    2.50
18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                        2.56
19 Francaise Des Jeux                                                  3.23
20 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              3.34
21 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                     3.39
 
Entry to Blois - km 61.5 
 
1 Team CSC                                                          1.05.10
2 Discovery Channel Team                                               0.02
3 T-Mobile Team                                                        0.26
4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                         0.46
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               1.15
6 Credit Agricole                                                      1.32
7 Illes Balears-Caisse D'Epargne                                       1.49
8 Gerolsteiner                                                         1.54
9 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                   2.03
10 Fassa Bortolo                                                       2.07
11 Davitamon - Lotto                                                   2.18
12 Rabobank                                                            2.30
13 Domina Vacanze                                                      2.43
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                    2.54
15 Quick Step - Innergetic                                             2.56
16 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 3.31
17 Lampre - Caffita                                                    3.55
18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                        4.09
19 Francaise Des Jeux                                                  4.30
20 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              4.40
21 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                     5.05
 
Finish - km 67.5 
 
1 Discovery Channel Team                                            1.10.39
2 Team CSC                                                             0.02
3 T-Mobile Team                                                        0.36
4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team                                         0.53
5 Phonak Hearing Systems                                               1.31
6 Credit Agricole                                                      1.41
7 Gerolsteiner                                                         2.05
8 Illes Balears-Caisse D'Epargne                                           
9 Fassa Bortolo                                                        2.19
10 Liquigas - Bianchi                                                  2.26
11 Davitamon - Lotto                                                   2.32
12 Rabobank                                                            2.48
13 Domina Vacanze                                                      3.04
14 Quick Step - Innergetic                                             3.05
15 Bouygues Telecom                                                    3.08
16 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 3.59
17 Lampre - Caffita                                                    4.09
18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                        4.28
19 Francaise Des Jeux                                                  4.46
20 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              5.06
21 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                     5.23

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