Recently on Cyclingnews.com |
 Mt Hood Classic Photo ©: Swift |
92nd Tour de France - GT
France, July 2-24, 2005
Main Page Results Overall standings Stage Details Live report Previous Stage Next Stage
Stage 5 - Wednesday, July 6: Chambord - Montargis, 183 km
Robbie gets it right
Aussie Champ beats Boonen in thrilling drag race; easy day for Armstrong in yellow
By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Montargis
|
Riding one of the best sprints of his career to win Stage 5 of 92nd Tour De France from Chambord-Montargis, Robbie McEwen exulted after passing the finish line first, a wheel ahead of maillot vert Tom Boonen, who had beaten the tough Aussie twice already at this year's Tour. Clad in his distinctive Australian champion's jersey, the 33 year-old McEwen explained after the finish, "There were four really strong riders away today and it was hard for my (Davitamon-Lotto) team and Boonen's (Quick.Step) team to pull them back. But we brought it together and then in the sprint, Van Bon and Rodriguez worked perfectly for me. I got Boonen's wheel in the last 500m and this time, I waited for the right moment. The first (sprint), I went from too far out and in Tours, I waited too long and was boxed in. After Boonen jumped early in Tours, this was different. I'm the man!"
French TV asked the Queenslander if today's win was revenge for his DQ in Tours and McEwen responded, "A little bit it was. I was frustrated with the disqualification. And today was a good day, but I believe that the disqualification in Tours should be reversed to make the points competition more interesting."
After three stage wins at the Giro d'Italia, McEwen added his first Tour de France stage win to his already extensive palmares this year.
|
Lance Armstrong's day on Stage 5 started in a weird way, as he almost got sent to the Principal's office for not wearing the maillot jaune. "Yeah, there was a little confusion in the beginning", said Armstrong. "I realized last night that I wanted to try and do the right thing and make a sporting gesture. David (Zabriskie) was unlucky yesterday and probably would have kept the jersey. So it didn't feel right to take advantage of somebody's misfortune."
Armstrong started the stage without the yellow tunic and rode through the thick forest that surrounds the beautiful French chateau of Chambord clad in the same jersey as his Discovery Channel teammates, but as soon as the peloton hit kilometre zero of the official start, 187 riders stopped while Armstrong put on the maillot jaune.
Article 10 of the Tour De France rules states, "The wearing of the leader's yellow (and all others) is mandatory from the signing in before the stage until after the press conference after the stage." This kind of episode has happened in the past history of Le Tour, most notably three times in the last 35 years. In 1971, Eddy Merckx refused to wear the maillot jaune when his rival Luis Ocaña crashed out of the Tour during a torrential downpour on the Col de Mente. Nine years later, Joop Zoetemelk wouldn't don the maillot jaune for a day when he inherited it upon the abandon of Bernard Hinault in 1980. 11 years later, it was Greg LeMond's turn, as he also refused to put on his inherited maillot jaune because race leader Rolf Sorensen was forced to abandon due to a broken collarbone from a crash.
|
"It was very simple, really", said Armstrong. (Tour de France Race director) Jean Marie LeBlanc said 'if you don't wear the maillot jaune today, you won't start tomorrow. What are you going to do...I wanted to try and do the right thing, but I understand that (the Tour) has an obligation to sponsors. People might drive for hours to wait by the side of the road to see the maillot jaune."
As for what the next days will bring, as always in the Tour, Armstrong was somewhat cagy about the Discovery Channel team strategy going forward. "Well, we'll have to see what happens with the race...today it was fast all day, with a lot of wind and guys are nervous so that increases the tempo."
But Armstrong is keeping his cards close to the chest and told the media that, "It's nice to have the maillot jaune, but not that critical. I can't kill the team just for me to have the maillot jaune in the first week. But you could see today that the sprinters teams helped us at same time."
|
Cyclingnews sources have confirmed that Armstrong had hoped to wear the maillot jaune from start to finish in his final Tour De France, but his plans were foiled by CSC's Zabriskie. Now some observers in the Tour De France press room are saying that the Tour De France is over and that Armstrong and his strongest ever supporting squad will just keep the maillot jaune until Paris. CSC's Bjarne Riis might disagree with that. Despite his teams loss in Stage 4's Team Time Trial, the phlegmatic Riis was as positive and upbeat as he usually gets when Cyclingnews spoke with him before Stage 5. "We (Team CSC) talked a lot about what happened yesterday and now we're feeling OK. Yes, it was disappointing but Ivan (Basso) is well placed."
How it unfolded
|
After a morning setup at the beautiful Loire Valley chateau of Chambord, 189 riders started the 183km Stage 5 of the 92nd Tour De France from Chambord-Montargis at 13:21, six minutes later than planned. The delay was so Lance Armstrong could don his maillot jaune at kilometre 0, as he wore his Discovery Channel jersey in the neutral zone. The skies were overcast, with puffy grey rain clouds blowing up the Loire Valley from the Atlantic Ocean 200km away.
Stage 5's first attack came from Löwik (Rabobank), Righi (Lampre), and Casar (FDJ) but that came back. Next it was the turn of Righi's teammate "Toto" Commesso to try and go after 13km. That was a no go, then Dekker (Rabobank), Geslin (Bouygues) and Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole) tried to get away, but to no avail. At the 1st Intermediate Sprint in Villeny after 20km, big Boonen beat Viking Hushovd, with speedy Stuey O'Grady third.
After 28km, Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa) made a solo move and stayed out in front of the peloton for a dozen kilometres until Finnish rider Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas-Bianchi) made a move to get across. At the back of the peloton, Tino Zaballa (Saunier) became the 92nd Tour's first abandon after 40km, while up front, Carlstrom was joined by Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole) and Commesso (Lampre-Caffita) in pursuit of Flecha. By the second intermediate sprint in Aubigny-sur-Nere after 80.5km, Flecha was still up the road. At the 87km mark, the three chasers caught Flecha, with the Discovery Channel led peloton 4'10 behind.
|
After the feedzone in Vailly-Sur-Sauldre in the heart of Sologne wild boar hunting country, the peloton decided to hunt down the four men up front and Discovery Channel turned over the tempo riding to Quick.Step and Davitamon-Lotto, who were looking to bring the break back for their respective sprinters Boonen and McEwen. The tailwind-powered pace was very high, 49.2 km/h. average, making it hard to close down the gap. On the day's one GPM, the Cat. 4 Côte de Bellevue after 109.5km, Bodrogi took the climbing points ahead of Carlstrom, while Flecha and Toto dropped of the pace to jaw at each other, but soon got back to the rest of the break. At the final intermediate sprint in the ceramics city of Gien with 46km to go, Commesso took the points from Bodrogi and Carlström, with the peloton 1'40 behind and gradually upping the tempo.
With 25 km to go in Lorris, Ag2r was pounding on the front trying to stake a claim for its sprinter JP Nazon, with the break still 0'50 up the road. Finally with 10km to go, the break came back under the impulsion of the sprinters teams Davitamon-Lotto, Cofidis and Quick.Step most active.
|
As the 188 riders entered Montargis, they were all in one long line as the pace had cranked up to over 50 km/h. Under the flamme rouge, FDJ was leading for their sprint duo of Cooke and Eisel, but as the peloton dove through the final sharp right hand turn onto rue Coquillet and the finish, Davitamon-Lotto's Dutch champ Van Bon and then former US champ Fred Rodriguez wound it up for Robbie McEwen. Baden Cooke (FDJ) tried to lead out teammate Bernhard Eisel with 500m to go, but when Cooke pulled off, Eisel didn't have any legs left, and instead it was Quick.Step's Guido Trenti who gave his man Boonen a quick lead out before Boonen himself took the front. But Robbie was perfectly positioned on Tom's wheel and burst past the big Belgian in the last 100 meters for a decisive win in Montargis.
Stage 6 - Thursday, July 7: Troyes-Nancy, 199km
Home of the famous French cycling family Simon (remember former maillot jaunes Francois, Pascal, and Jerome?), Troyes hosts the start of Stage 6. Still heading due east to Nancy, capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle in the heart of the Lorraine region. Like Stage 6, the up and down terrain and incessant tailwind will be perfect for an opportunistic breakaway that will try to come home ahead of the sprinters' trains.
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by Jonathan Devich/epicimages.us
- The scenic view at today's sign on.
- Jaun Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) gets away by himself.
- Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas-Bianchi) leads the chase group with Salvatore Commesso (Lampre) and Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole).
- Discovery leads the main bunch.
- Another group comes through trying to catch on.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) gets a little help getting back to the group.
- The bunch still chasing to bring back the leaders.
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) rides safely in the company of his teammates.
- The peloton winds through the village of Barliue.
- The sprinters come to the line.
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) shows who's number 1.
- Photographers have to get that finish shot sent out fast.
- A few cameras turn out for the podium.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- The start was in front of Chambord's castle
- The peloton leaves Chambord
- The break rolls along in the French countryside
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) rides in yellow during stage 5
- Armstrong and Ullrich in close proximity
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) beats Tom Boonen (Quick.Step, L) to win the stage
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- I don't think they liked that I wasn't wearing yellow
- Lance is getting good at this
- Armstrong didn't want to wear yellow today
- He's popular with the kiddies too
- The jolly green giant, Tom Boonen
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) wondering what the day will bring again
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) signing autographs
- Baden Cooke (Francaise des Jeux) ready to work today
- Ivan Basso and Dave Zabriskie…the day after
- Woah dude! It's Joseba Beloki
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) always making adjustments
- Der Jan checks out his fahrrad
- Savoldelli focused
- Lance is always popular
- Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) ready for another day
- The laying on of hands
- Peekaboo! Heeeeere's Popo!
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) is the man in white
- Savoldelli and Popovych comrades in arms
- Boonen checks out the castle
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) rides to sign on…not in yellow
- The peloton assembles in Chambord
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) wins stage 5
- McEwen throws his bike to win the stage
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) enjoyed this one
- McEwen salutes as Boonen is frustrated
- I did it this time
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) post-stage
- Andreas Kloden and Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) come in
- The peloton streams into Montargis
- Armstrong comes into view
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) rolls across the line in 45th place
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) steps up to the podium
- Happy today Robbie McEwen
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) salutes from the podium
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) with the Aquarel winner's trophy
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) smiles on the podium with his trophies
- Armstrong salutes from the podium
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) salutes in yellow
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) gets another CL Lion
- Sleeve's a bit thin
- You're going to defend that until Paris, right?
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) salutes in green
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) still very comfy in green
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) smiles in his dots
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) enjoying the polka-dots
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) tries the white jersey on for size
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) puts on the white jersey of best young rider
Images by AFP Photo
- Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) strips down at kilometre 0 so he can put on the yellow jersey. He didn't want to wear it out of respect for Dave Zabriskie, who lost it because of a crash.
- Armstrong puts on the yellow
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) on his own
- Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) leads Carlstrom and Commesso in pursuit of Flecha
- Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas) does a turn in the break
- Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) rides mid-pack during stage 5
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) concentrating in the dotted jersey
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) ahead of teammate Jan Ullrich during stage 5
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) rounds the last corner behind Boonen, Rodriguez, and Davis
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.46.00 (48.584 km/h) 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 12 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 17 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 22 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 24 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 25 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 29 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 31 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 32 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 33 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 34 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 35 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 36 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 37 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 39 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 42 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 43 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 44 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 46 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 47 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 49 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 50 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 51 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 52 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 55 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 56 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 58 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 59 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 60 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 61 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 62 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 63 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 64 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 65 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 68 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 69 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 70 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 71 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 73 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 74 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 75 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 76 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 77 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 78 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 79 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 80 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 81 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 82 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 84 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 85 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 86 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 87 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 88 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 89 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 92 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 93 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 94 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 96 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 97 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 98 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 99 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 100 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 101 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 102 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 103 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 104 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 105 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 106 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 107 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 108 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 109 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 110 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 111 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC 112 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 113 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 114 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 115 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 116 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 117 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 119 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 120 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 121 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 122 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 123 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 124 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 125 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 127 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 128 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 129 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 130 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 131 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 132 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 133 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 134 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 135 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 136 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 137 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 138 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 139 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 140 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 141 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 142 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 143 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 144 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 145 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 146 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 147 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 148 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 149 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 150 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 151 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 152 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 153 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 154 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 155 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 157 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 159 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 160 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 161 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 162 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 163 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 164 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 165 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 166 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 167 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 168 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 169 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 170 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 171 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 172 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 173 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 174 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step 175 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 176 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 177 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 178 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 179 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 180 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 181 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 182 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 183 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 184 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 0.29 185 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 0.31 186 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 1.08 187 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.11 188 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.21 DNF Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 35 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 30 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 26 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 24 5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 19 8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 18 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 17 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 11 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 15 12 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14 13 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 13 14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 15 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 16 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10 17 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 9 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 20 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 21 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 5 22 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 3 24 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 2 25 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains Côte de Bellevue - Cat. 4, km 109.5 1 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3 pts 2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 3 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 Sprints Villeny - km 20 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 6 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 4 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2 Aubigny-Sur-Nere - km 80.5 1 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6 pts 2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 4 3 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 2 Gien - km 135 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6 pts 2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 4 3 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 Young rider 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 3.46.00 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 4 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 5 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 9 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 11 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 12 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 20 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 21 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 25 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 26 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 28 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 29 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 31 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 32 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo Most combative 1 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo Teams 1 Francaise Des Jeux 11.18.00 2 Bouygues Telecom 3 Lampre - Caffita 4 Domina Vacanze 5 Gerolsteiner 6 Illes Balears-Caisse D’Epargne 7 Credit Agricole 8 Fassa Bortolo 9 Quick Step - Innergetic 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 11 T-Mobile Team 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 13 Team Csc 14 Davitamon - Lotto 15 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 16 Liquigas - Bianchi 17 Discovery Channel Team 18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 19 Saunier Duval - Prodir 20 Rabobank 21 Euskaltel - Euskadi General classification after stage 5 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 13.45.12 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 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 1.39 19 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.44 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 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.29 29 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.30 30 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 2.31 31 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 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 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.58 37 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2.59 38 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.02 39 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 40 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.06 41 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 3.09 42 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 3.10 43 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 3.12 44 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.13 45 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 46 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.16 47 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.22 48 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 3.23 49 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.24 51 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.27 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 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 58 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.37 59 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3.39 60 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.41 61 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.43 62 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.46 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 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.55 68 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3.56 69 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.57 70 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.58 71 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.01 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 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.09 78 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.11 79 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step 80 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 4.12 81 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.16 82 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.21 83 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 84 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.22 85 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 4.23 86 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.26 87 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.28 88 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.34 89 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 4.36 90 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 91 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.38 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 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.47 96 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step 4.49 97 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step 4.50 98 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 99 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.53 100 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 101 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 4.54 102 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 103 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.57 104 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 4.58 105 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.00 106 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 107 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.01 108 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 5.05 109 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 5.06 110 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 5.08 111 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.11 112 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.12 113 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 114 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.13 116 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5.15 117 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.16 118 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step 119 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 5.17 120 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 121 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.18 122 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.19 123 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 5.20 124 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.22 125 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.23 126 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.24 127 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 129 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 130 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5.25 131 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 132 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 133 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.28 134 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.31 135 Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.34 136 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 137 Leon van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 138 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 139 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.36 140 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step 5.38 141 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 5.39 142 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.40 143 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.41 144 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.42 145 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5.43 146 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 147 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.48 148 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step 5.51 149 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 150 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 5.53 151 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.56 152 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 5.57 153 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 5.58 154 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 155 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.00 156 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.01 157 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 6.03 158 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6.06 159 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step 6.28 160 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6.29 161 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 6.34 162 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.35 163 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.47 164 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.00 165 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 166 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.29 167 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7.32 168 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.33 169 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7.47 170 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 7.52 171 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 7.55 172 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 173 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.16 174 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 8.54 175 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.31 176 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.33 177 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9.37 178 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.44 179 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 10.03 180 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 10.31 181 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10.38 182 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 10.49 183 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.57 184 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.08 185 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.16 186 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.22 187 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.26 188 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13.13 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 106 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 77 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 76 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 61 5 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 60 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 58 7 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 49 8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 43 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 37 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 11 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 35 12 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 34 13 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29 14 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 15 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 16 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 24 17 Maxim Iglinski (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 23 18 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick.Step 21 19 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 21 20 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 21 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 22 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 23 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 15 24 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 15 25 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 26 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 27 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 28 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14 29 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 13 30 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13 31 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 12 32 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 12 33 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 34 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r-Prevoyance 12 35 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 10 36 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 10 37 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 9 38 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 39 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 8 40 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 41 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 8 42 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 43 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6 44 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 45 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 46 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 47 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 6 48 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 49 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5 50 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 5 51 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4 52 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 53 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 54 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 55 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 56 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 3 57 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3 58 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 3 59 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2 60 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 2 61 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 62 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2 63 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1 64 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 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 3 5 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 6 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2 7 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 8 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 2 9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 10 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1 11 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r-Prevoyance 1 Young rider classification 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 13.46.28 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 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step 1.53 7 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1.54 8 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.06 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 3.50 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 38.56.25 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
