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58th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT

France, June 4-11, 2006

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Stage 4 - June 8: Tain-l’Hermitage - Le Mont-Ventoux, 186 km

Menchov claims the Ventoux again, Leipheimer shows his ambitions

By Jean-François Quénet in Vaison-la-Romaine

Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner)
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In the mountains of the Dauphiné, there are always two types of riders: those who race for the win and the others who have mostly the Tour de France in mind. Levi Leipheimer has chosen his camp. He's not holding the brakes. Just like one year ago, he took the yellow jersey at the top of the Mont Ventoux, but just like four years ago, Denis Menchov was the stage winner, and is now second on GC, whereas former leader Philippe Gilbert limited the damage and now lies third overall.

"I know from last year that you have to pay a lot of respect to Le Mont Ventoux," Leipheimer declared. "It's long. You have to be patient and wait. I could have waited even longer, but I wanted the jersey. I knew I couldn't get both stage win and yellow jersey, so I went for the jersey."

Menchov did the exact opposite. Rabobank hadn't won a race since April 6 with Oscar Freire at the Tour of the Basque country. More than two months with no win isn't exactly a part of the Dutch cycling culture, but Menchov wasn't on a mission for filling that gap. "Winning here is more than I expected," the Russian said. "I trained a lot before coming to this race. I was feeling good. The time trial confirmed that."

Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
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Winning the stage to Mont Ventoux isn't anything new for the winner of last year's Tour of Spain. He did it four years ago while racing for Banesto. "The first time it gave me a lot of joy," he said. "Now, it's the work done for the Tour de France that produces good results. I'm a bit older now but I'm still very happy though. The Mont Ventoux always gives a lot of motivation, but I didn't come here for GC, so for that, we'll see what happens in the next few days."

Leipheimer doesn't make any mystery about his ambitions: "There are different ways that lead to the Tour de France, you can give it all or hold something back. Lance Armstrong did both at the Dauphiné. Some years he used a lot of energy, sometimes he rode conservatively. As for myself, I definitely want to win the Dauphiné. Last year I let it slip through my fingers (the day after the Ventoux, he let a breakaway go with Axel Merckx and eventual winner Iñigo Landaluze, ed.). It's a beautiful race. I would love to win it. I will give everything."

Not everyone rode that way up Mont Ventoux, obviously. Alexandre Vinokourov, Floyd Landis and George Hincapie looked like they were not trying their best, probably afraid of burning themselves instead of doing solid work in their lead up to the Tour de France. "I think they're coming all off a big break from racing," Leipheimer noticed. "At a point, they weren't pushing as hard as they could, that's what I think."

Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner)
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Exactly ten years ago, Bjarne Riis climbed the Ventoux 15 minutes behind Miguel Indurain, one month before taking him down from his throne at the Tour de France. There are a few people in modern cycling following the example of Riis' methods.

As for Leipheimer, he's adamant that he keeps improving in the mountains every year. "I showed it today, as well as last year during the Tour of Germany," the Californian said. He has taken an important step towards the final win in the Dauphiné with two mountain stages to go, one including the col d'Izoard, the other one with the Galibier prior to the uphill finish in La Toussuire on Saturday. It will be the first time for a bike race in that ski station, and the second time will be next month during the Tour de France.

As Leipheimer reckons, there are different ways of approaching the world's biggest race, but everyone has both the Dauphiné and the Tour in mind these days.

How it unfolded

Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom)
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From the gun, a group of nine riders took off: Joost Posthuma (Rabobank), who initiated the move, Florian Stalder (Phonak), Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Lars Bak (CSC), Cédric Vasseur (Quick Step), Danilo Napolitano (Lampre), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Alessandro Vanotti (Milram).

For 20 kilometres, the teams of Française des Jeux, Euskaltel and Caisse d'Épargne tried to bridge the gap, then they gave up and it was up to FDJ, because of Philippe Gilbert being the leader of the race, to set the pace in front of the bunch. The difference reached 6 minutes in Visan (km 107). With 40 km to go, Phonak took over from FDJ. At the bottom of the Mont Ventoux, the gap was under 3 minutes. After two kilometres of climbing, Vanotti was alone away but soon overtaken by Vasseur, who was looking good on the hill. At the same time, Alexandre Vinokourov was the first star to be dropped from the bunch, soon followed by Gilbert.

The summit of Ventoux
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Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) attacked from the bunch after four kilometres of climbing. He passed Vasseur but couldn't stay with José Azevedo (Discovery Channel) who had joined him 9 km before the top. The Portuguese rider got a maximum lead of 45 seconds at Chalet-Reynard 6 km before the finish. The chasing group was then composed of Christophe Moreau and Francisco Mancebo (Ag2r), Maxim Iglinsky (Milram), Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole), Sergio Paulinho (Würth), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile), Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) and Sevilla. With 3 km to go, Azevedo was caught by Leipheimer, Moreau and Menchov. Menchov attacked for the stage win 300 meters before the line. Moreau was a little bit too late to pass him in extremis. Leipheimer became the new race leader.

Photography

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Results

1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                   4.50.37 (38.401 km/h)
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                0.15
4 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             0.29
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           0.54
6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                     
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                           1.04
8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth                                       1.15
9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                           1.19
10 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                1.30
11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                2.09
12 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              2.29
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      2.31
14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                            2.36
15 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                        2.44
16 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            2.54
17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           3.11
18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          3.13
19 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
20 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
21 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                          3.27
22 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth                                    3.38
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          3.54
24 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                
26 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth                                           
28 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                    4.27
29 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                    4.38
30 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               4.45
31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       5.02
32 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                   5.11
33 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             5.12
34 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             5.23
35 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                  5.29
36 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                        5.31
37 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                          5.43
38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            
39 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                       5.50
40 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                6.02
41 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           6.19
42 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       6.46
43 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     7.05
44 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
45 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          7.18
46 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
47 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                           7.27
48 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                     7.40
49 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel                                    8.06
50 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                   8.10
51 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          8.15
52 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    8.19
53 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           9.14
54 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
55 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           9.22
56 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        9.30
57 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
58 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                  
59 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                             
60 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
61 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                      
62 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                        
63 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                              10.29
64 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             10.35
65 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
66 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
67 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            10.37
68 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    10.53
69 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           10.59
70 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             11.01
71 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               11.46
72 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             12.53
73 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                
74 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
75 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                     
76 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
77 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              
78 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      
79 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                  
80 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth                                            13.10
81 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth                                     
82 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         13.35
83 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            13.40
84 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                14.46
85 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                       
86 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
87 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
88 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
89 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                 15.04
90 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                 15.27
91 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         15.59
92 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                          17.30
93 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         17.42
94 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            17.46
95 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                      
96 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
97 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          17.49
98 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                     18.11
99 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth                                      18.21
100 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                           19.13
101 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                20.34
102 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic                   22.31
103 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
104 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
105 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
106 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                       
107 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          
108 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                                
109 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                         
110 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
111 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                 
112 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas                                          
113 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
114 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                        
115 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                       
116 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                     
117 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                  
118 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         
119 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                       
120 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth                                      
121 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
122 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
123 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                   
124 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
125 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
126 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                     
127 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
128 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                
129 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
130 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                  
131 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
132 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
133 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                        
134 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  
135 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
136 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                 
137 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                       
138 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
139 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom                                
140 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
141 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                       
142 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     
143 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
144 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                
145 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas                                       
146 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
147 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
148 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
149 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
150 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
151 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
152 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
153 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
154 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                             
155 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas                                    22.44
156 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
157 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                        22.50
158 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         22.55
159 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        25.16
DNF Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel
 
Points
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        20 pts
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             17
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                  15
4 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               13
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             11
6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                   10
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              9
8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth                                          8
9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                              7
10 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                   6
11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                   5
12 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 4
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         3
14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                               2
15 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1
 
Mountains
 
Cote D Aleyrac - km 83
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               5 pts
2 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                              3
3 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                 1
 
Col Le Debat - km 127,500
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               5 pts
2 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                              3
3 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                           1
 
Le Mont Ventoux - km 186
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        40 pts
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             35
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                  30
4 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               26
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             22
6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                   18
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                             16
8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth                                         14
9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                             12
10 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                  10
11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                   8
12 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 6
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         4
14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                               2
15 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1
 
Sprints
 
Saint Roman De Malegarde
1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                 6 pts
2 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      4
3 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 2
 
Beaumes De Venise - km 147
1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         6 pts
2 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                           4
3 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      2
 
Teams
 
1 AG2R Prevoyance                                               14.35.49
2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                3.38
3 Würth Team                                                        4.49
4 Lampre - Fondital                                                 6.30
5 Credit Agricole                                                   6.46
6 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                    8.28
7 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                            9.13
8 Française Des Jeux                                               10.12
9 T-Mobile Team                                                    11.58
10 Quick Step - Innergetic                                         12.59
11 Bouygues Telecom                                                14.24
12 Gerolsteiner                                                    15.08
13 Rabobank                                                        17.14
14 Cofidis                                                         17.17
15 Team Milram                                                     17.47
16 Agritubel                                                       18.05
17 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          18.15
18 Team CSC                                                        18.20
19 Davitamon-Lotto                                                 21.19
20 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             25.27
21 Liquigas                                                        29.33
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                            15.47.53
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      0.28
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         1.08
4 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.47
5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                           1.48
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           2.08
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                           2.10
8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                 2.25
9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          3.02
10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth                                      3.20
11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          3.36
12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                          4.07
13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          4.08
14 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            4.20
15 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                      4.44
16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                4.45
17 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           4.57
18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      5.20
19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       5.24
20 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth                                       5.33
21 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                5.40
22 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                    5.47
23 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                        6.01
24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                            6.17
25 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               6.19
26 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                   6.22
27 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                  6.27
28 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth                                    6.38
29 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               6.49
30 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
31 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                   8.12
32 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        8.43
33 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                        9.31
34 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             9.33
35 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                          9.36
36 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                        9.37
37 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       9.38
38 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        9.48
39 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    9.49
40 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                    9.51
41 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
42 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                9.59
43 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               10.00
44 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          10.15
45 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                   10.24
46 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         10.38
47 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                        10.58
48 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel                                   11.04
49 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          11.22
50 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          11.24
51 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                 11.34
52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
53 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          11.45
54 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         11.55
55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                           12.08
56 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
57 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            12.28
58 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                    12.36
59 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               12.39
60 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            12.49
61 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            13.15
62 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                             13.23
63 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    13.26
64 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             13.38
65 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                         14.10
66 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth                                14.13
67 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            14.35
68 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    14.50
69 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         15.07
70 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                              15.14
71 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             15.35
72 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                    15.38
73 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              15.59
74 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                         16.08
75 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             16.42
76 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                      16.52
77 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                 17.28
78 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           17.35
79 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                           17.55
80 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                             18.02
81 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
82 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                  18.03
83 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            18.06
84 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         18.43
85 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                19.35
86 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth                                            19.55
87 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                      
88 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          20.25
89 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         20.54
90 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                 21.32
91 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                     21.54
92 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                       22.30
93 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                          22.47
94 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          22.48
95 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        23.10
96 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         23.15
97 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            23.22
98 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              24.00
99 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 24.21
100 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth                                     24.38
101 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                           24.39
102 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         24.56
103 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                  24.59
104 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               25.04
105 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                     25.09
106 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                             25.19
107 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                        25.20
108 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                  25.22
109 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             25.23
110 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    25.39
111 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears        25.40
112 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                               25.56
113 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                              25.58
114 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           26.10
115 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                  26.16
116 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone    26.27
117 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             26.41
118 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                         26.47
119 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          26.59
120 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                            27.07
121 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic                   27.09
122 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                              27.32
123 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            27.40
124 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               27.42
125 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                      27.46
126 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                             27.47
127 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          28.01
128 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                  28.06
129 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth                                 28.11
130 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                28.25
131 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                     28.32
132 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom                           28.50
133 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        29.05
134 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                29.06
135 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                  29.18
136 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       29.19
137 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         29.28
138 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas                                     29.43
139 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                           29.55
140 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          30.35
141 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                        30.37
142 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  30.44
143 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas                                  31.01
144 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                       31.05
145 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
146 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     32.28
147 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                           33.46
148 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          34.18
149 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              34.33
150 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                34.48
151 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                   34.52
152 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                         34.54
153 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas                                    35.19
154 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                            35.28
155 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                36.43
156 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                   36.58
157 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           37.07
158 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        39.55
159 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                  44.49
 
Points classification
 
1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      40 pts
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                           39
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            34
4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   31
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                  30
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                             30
7 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                       29
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        25
9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                           24
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 23
11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            22
12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            21
13 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  19
14 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            18
15 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             18
16 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                              17
17 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             17
18 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   15
19 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                14
20 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          14
21 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              13
22 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                  13
23 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              12
24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            11
25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      11
26 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            11
27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                  10
28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            10
29 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                         10
30 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           10
31 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                10
32 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            9
33 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth                                         8
34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          8
35 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth                                          8
36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                             7
37 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        6
38 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                6
39 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth                                       6
40 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                             6
41 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     6
42 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                       6
43 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                   5
44 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   5
45 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              5
46 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       4
47 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              4
48 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         3
49 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                3
50 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                               2
51 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                           2
52 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                       2
53 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                2
54 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       2
55 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                  2
56 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             2
57 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1
58 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     1
59 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth                                    1
60 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                       1
61 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
62 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                      
63 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                         
64 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                  
65 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        40 pts
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             35
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                  30
4 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               26
5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              24
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             22
7 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                   18
8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                             17
9 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth                                         17
10 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                            14
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                          12
12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                            12
13 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              10
14 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                         10
15 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                  10
16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                   8
17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            6
18 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 6
19 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                             6
20 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      5
21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         4
22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   3
23 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                               2
24 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1
25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       1
26 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                  1
27 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               1
28 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                              1
29 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                 100 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       100
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                           81
4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             79
5 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               65
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                             65
7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            54
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             53
9 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      45
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                  44
11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             41
12 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth                                        37
13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  34
14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            32
15 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                      29
16 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                            28
17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            26
18 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          24
19 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                  23
20 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                 23
21 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              22
22 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                            20
23 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                         20
24 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                20
25 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  19
26 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                  18
27 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             18
28 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                              17
29 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   15
30 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          14
31 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      12
32 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            11
33 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        10
34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         10
35 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            10
36 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           10
37 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                10
38 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            9
39 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth                                          8
40 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                7
41 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                               7
42 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                         6
43 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        6
44 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     6
45 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth                                       6
46 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                             6
47 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                       6
48 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   5
49 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              5
50 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                               4
51 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              4
52 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       4
53 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              4
54 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                3
55 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                           2
56 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             2
57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       2
58 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                2
59 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                           2
60 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                  2
61 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                       2
62 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth                                          1
63 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth                                    1
64 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               1
65 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                              1
66 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                       1
67 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                     1
68 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                  1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                            47.31.22
2 AG2R Prevoyance                                                   0.31
3 Würth Team                                                        5.01
4 Française Des Jeux                                                7.40
5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                    8.21
6 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                           10.15
7 Credit Agricole                                                  10.35
8 Team CSC                                                         14.16
9 Gerolsteiner                                                     14.27
10 Lampre - Fondital                                               14.42
11 T-Mobile Team                                                        
12 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          15.13
13 Rabobank                                                        17.38
14 Bouygues Telecom                                                17.45
15 Cofidis                                                         20.16
16 Quick Step - Innergetic                                         20.54
17 Team Milram                                                     21.30
18 Davitamon-Lotto                                                 23.49
19 Agritubel                                                       25.44
20 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                             30.01
21 Liquigas                                                        35.36
                     

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