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Dauphiné Libéré
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58th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT

France, June 4-11, 2006

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Stage 7 - June 11: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Grenoble, 131 km

Thunder God takes final stage, Leipheimer wins the whole thing

By Jean-François Quénet in Grenoble

Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole)
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In his lead up to the Tour de France, last year's green jersey Thor Hushovd wanted a stage win in the Dauphiné. He tried a lot, even in the mountains, but had to wait for the final stage to Grenoble to make it a reality. For Levi Leipheimer, who decided to give it all in a total opposite pre-Tour de France tactic as the one chosen by the very quiet Floyd Landis, Alexandre Vinokourov and Yaroslav Popovych, the overall victory is a big step in his career. He's the fourth American to win the Dauphiné after Greg LeMond (1983), Tyler Hamilton (2000) and Lance Armstrong (2002 and 2003).

"When I first got into cycling, LeMond was winning the Tour de France and I always heard about the Dauphiné," the Californian explained. "I've always thought this was one of the best races in the calendar. When Tyler won it, I was on the same team and I thought I could win it one day."

The Dauphiné is Leipheimer's second major stage race win after he claimed the Tour of Germany last year. "Finishing third in the Vuelta (2002) was a breakthrough for me but I prefer to win something." He was obviously frustrated that he couldn't keep the yellow jersey in the Dauphiné last year. "I definitely should have won it," he admitted. "But this race is very difficult to control as a team. What we've done this week shows a lot about Gerolsteiner and myself. I feel very happy. The guys have done three days of hard work. Sometimes people are afraid of doing it but this gives confidence for the future."

It hasn't been just a dream though. "My week started pretty badly. In the prologue my stem came loose and I had to race sideways. The next day I had a silly crash. A motorbike went over my back from behind. I was sore then. Fortunately things started to turn around for me. More than anything, I'm very proud to win this race. It was so challenging, so difficult with a hard time trial, a mountain top finish in the Mont Ventoux and a real high mountain alpine stage."

The final podium (L to R)
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Aged 33, Leipheimer could have turned into a different rider now that Armstrong's days are over. "It will be a different Tour de France," he reckoned. "Because of no favourite like Armstrong, I'll look for opportunities to attack. I'm prepared to take more risks, but it doesn't mean you do stupid things, you have to choose wisely."

The American also described the last stage of the Dauphiné "like a roller-coaster...The French teams were very strong all week. Today it was very hard and Crédit Agricole was ripping those hills apart."

That was confirmed by Hushovd who said: "Even Pietro [Caucchioli] who was well placed on GC did a lot of work for closing the gap. It was a real pleasure to see that. It was strange for me to have the guys chasing Stuart O'Grady down, because he's a good friend of mine and he's been on my team for such a long time, but we had to race as we said in the morning: let a breakaway of three riders or so go and then ride behind them. But at the end, I had no more teammates. It's a team victory anyway."

Left alone in the streets of Grenoble, the Norwegian looked at his rivals. "I chose Philippe Gilbert's wheel because I saw he was going to try something, and Sébastien Joly led him out. Then Samuel Dumoulin attacked but from too far I think. This was my goal to win a stage in the Dauphiné. The race ended up better than it started. I got no chance to sprint for the win in the first two stages because we were the only team working for a sprint finish. Then I passed the mountains really well. I did a nice breakaway onto the col d'Izoard. It's been good training for the Tour de France."

Hushovd knows the competition will be tight with Tom Boonen and Robbie McEwen. "I'm just happy to know that I'm in a good shape. McEwen was super at the Tour of Italy and Boonen is now super at the Tour de Suisse, but on a good day I can beat them", the Norwegian concluded.

The heat is now on for the Tour de France starting in Strasbourg on July 1st.

How it unfolded

Stuart O'Grady (CSC)
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Sébastien Joly (Française des Jeux) showed his intentions to break clear as soon as the start was given. Cédric Coutouly (Agritubel) and Andy Flickinger (Bouygues Telecom) were the first riders to join him. But there were many attacks before Stuart O'Grady (CSC) found the right timing at km 14. Guido Trenti (Quick Step) and Coutouly, again, caught him but José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r) who went in between couldn't make it.

During the first hour, 48.7 kilometres were covered. At the hot spot sprint of Allevard (km 64.5), won by O'Grady, the gap between the three leaders and the bunch was 4'50. On the col du Barioz, with 57km to go, Trenti got dropped and the Gerolsteiner and Crédit Agricole teams of race leader Levi Leipheimer and stage favourite Thor Hushovd paced harder in front of the peloton.

Leipheimer and Kashechkin
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Coutouly couldn't follow O'Grady on the col des Mouilles, whose summit was located 39 kilometres before the finish line. Crédit Agricole was riding flat out but the gap stayed around two minutes for a long time. The bunch was reduced to around 60 riders. Among the supposed-to-be race favourites getting dropped were Floyd Landis (Phonak) and Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel). With 24 km to go, the gap went under one minute. O'Grady still had 35 seconds lead at the top of the Côte des Roussets with 19.5 km to go.

The Australian kept going on the descent towards Grenoble, but he got caught two kilometres before the line. "The human roc" Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) tried to go on his own but it ended up in a bunch sprint with Hushovd taking the right wheel of Française des Jeux riders Philippe Gilbert and Sébastien Joly. The Norwegian won the last stage and Leipheimer was finally able to appreciate being the overall winner of the 58th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.

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Results

1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                           3.08.17 (41.746 km/h)
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                           
4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
5 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                             
7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
8 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                 
9 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
11 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
12 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
13 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            
15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            
16 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
17 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                  
18 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                  
19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth                                   
20 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
21 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      
22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
23 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              
24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                 
25 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
26 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                           
27 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                            
28 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth                                               
29 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
30 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth                                     
31 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                          
32 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
33 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth                                         
34 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                          
35 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
36 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                  
37 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
38 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
39 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                    
40 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
41 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
42 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
43 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       
44 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              
45 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth                                        
46 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            
47 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
48 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
49 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
50 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
51 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                         
52 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                
53 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
54 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  
55 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
56 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                0.12
57 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                      
58 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
59 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              0.14
60 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             
61 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                    1.08
62 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth                                         
63 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       2.02
64 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                 3.36
65 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                6.56
66 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                              9.58
67 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                      
68 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                      
69 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel                                      
70 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                      
71 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
72 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
73 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
74 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
75 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                    13.24
76 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                        14.05
77 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
78 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
79 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
80 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
81 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
82 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                                    
83 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            
84 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                    
85 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                    
86 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
87 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
88 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth                                      
89 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       
90 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
91 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                    
92 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
93 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                        
94 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
95 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
96 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                       
97 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic                  16.05
98 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
99 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                               
100 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                   
101 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               
102 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                   
103 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas                                        
104 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                         
105 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
106 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
107 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                       
108 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
109 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                      16.08
110 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               
111 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                
112 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas                                       
113 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                      
114 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             
115 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                              
116 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                             
117 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
118 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
119 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
120 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
121 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                      
122 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                     
123 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
124 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
125 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            
126 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom                              
127 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                                    
128 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears      16.12
DSQ Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
DNF David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
DNF Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                  
DNF Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                    
DNF Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
 
Points
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                20 pts
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             17
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         15
4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          13
5 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              11
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                           10
7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            9
8 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                8
9 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               7
10 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            6
11 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                         5
12 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            4
13 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                     3
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                           2
15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           1
 
Mountains
 
Col Du Barioz - km 74
1 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                      7 pts
2 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                    5
3 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                           3
4 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                             2
5 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              1
 
Col Des Ayes - km 84
1 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                      5 pts
2 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                    3
3 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                           1
 
Col Des Mouilles - km 92
1 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                      5 pts
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                            3
3 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                             1
 
Cote Des Roussets - km 111,500
1 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                      5 pts
2 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  3
3 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             1
 
Sprints
 
Aiguebelle - km 31
1 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                      6 pts
2 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                           4
3 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                    2
 
Bd Jules Ferry - km 64,500
1 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                      6 pts
2 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                    4
3 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                           2
 
Teams
 
1 AG2R Prevoyance                                              9.24.51
2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                  
3 Française Des Jeux                                                  
4 Credit Agricole                                                     
5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                      
6 Bouygues Telecom                                                    
7 Würth Team                                                          
8 Gerolsteiner                                                    0.12
9 Team CSC                                                            
10 Phonak Hearing Systems                                         1.08
11 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                         2.14
12 T-Mobile Team                                                  9.58
13 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                           14.05
14 Rabobank                                                           
15 Cofidis                                                            
16 Lampre - Fondital                                             16.05
17 Agritubel                                                     16.54
18 Davitamon-Lotto                                               19.56
19 Quick Step - Innergetic                                       24.03
20 Liquigas                                                      28.10
21 Team Milram                                                   30.13
 
Final General classification
 
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                          28.07.06
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                         1.48
3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                               2.51
4 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           3.00
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                         3.29
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    4.14
7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         4.21
8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     5.13
9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                         5.45
10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       6.48
11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                              6.57
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        7.31
13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                              9.10
14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         9.44
15 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             11.00
16 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           12.12
17 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                   14.45
18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             15.00
19 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                     15.20
20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            16.06
21 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                         16.14
22 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                     17.02
23 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       18.51
24 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        21.05
25 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                               23.56
26 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth                                   24.26
27 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                 27.32
28 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         29.30
29 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                        29.46
30 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  30.00
31 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        31.40
32 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                31.52
33 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            33.17
34 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                      34.49
35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth                                    36.30
36 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth                                          36.57
37 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        39.33
38 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                         41.38
39 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                    41.51
40 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    42.37
41 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                           43.35
42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                 44.07
43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                     47.40
44 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel                                 48.36
45 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                       48.56
46 Josep Jufre (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                             49.35
47 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                 49.45
48 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       50.04
49 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth                              51.08
50 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                 51.43
51 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                     51.51
52 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth                                 52.15
53 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            55.00
54 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          55.15
55 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone       55.53
56 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                       56.18
57 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           56.22
58 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     56.23
59 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                               56.50
60 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                     57.06
61 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          58.37
62 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                  58.51
63 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                        59.41
64 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                       1.02.29
65 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     1.02.47
66 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                        1.03.14
67 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                         1.03.35
68 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                         1.03.39
69 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                          1.03.45
70 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     1.05.59
71 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                1.06.38
72 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                1.06.39
73 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                           1.08.17
74 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Milram                              1.10.29
75 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           1.10.46
76 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      1.12.00
77 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     1.14.01
78 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth                                  1.14.03
79 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                1.16.11
80 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                          1.16.57
81 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                               1.17.22
82 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     1.18.59
83 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                               1.19.00
84 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    1.19.10
85 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone      1.19.25
86 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                             1.20.49
87 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                             1.21.16
88 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone       1.21.23
89 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        1.22.00
90 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel                             1.22.25
91 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             1.23.11
92 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                   1.24.14
93 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         1.25.42
94 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Würth                              1.26.49
95 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.28.18
96 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                     1.29.15
97 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    1.29.53
98 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           1.29.57
99 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                  1.30.03
100 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     1.30.41
101 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone       1.30.49
102 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                  1.31.17
103 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                            1.33.59
104 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                           1.34.21
105 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                1.34.37
106 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                 1.37.11
107 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone      1.37.39
108 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole                       1.37.40
109 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         1.38.46
110 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                       1.39.25
111 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                     1.39.30
112 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                   1.39.41
113 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     1.39.42
114 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                    1.40.06
115 Kurt Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                1.40.22
116 Jose Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    1.40.30
117 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                              1.41.02
118 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                      1.41.08
119 Wilfried Cretskens BEL Quick Step-Innergetic               1.41.52
120 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                            1.43.49
121 Andy Flickinger FRA Bouygues Telecom                       1.43.56
122 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas                                 1.44.26
123 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          1.49.19
124 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                        1.49.25
125 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                            1.49.36
126 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                               1.49.38
127 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas                                1.50.05
128 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic               1.51.44
 
Points classification
 
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                           69 pts
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                         60
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          57
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                55
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                55
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                           47
7 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 42
8 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                     41
9 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                    40
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          40
11 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            34
12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     32
13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          27
14 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                26
15 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            26
16 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                          26
17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      25
18 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        24
19 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                        19
20 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                19
21 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                18
22 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           17
23 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             17
24 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              16
25 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                15
26 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 15
27 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            12
28 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           12
29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          11
30 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    11
31 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                       10
32 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         10
33 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            9
34 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                          9
35 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth                                       8
36 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        8
37 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                               8
38 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth                                        8
39 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              7
40 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      6
41 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                              6
42 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                           6
43 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   6
44 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                          6
45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                5
46 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                     5
47 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           5
48 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            5
49 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 4
50 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                     4
51 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            4
52 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            4
53 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              3
54 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                         2
55 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth                                        2
56 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                     2
57 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                   2
58 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                         2
59 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              2
60 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                         1
61 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                1
62 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth                                  1
63 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth                                     1
64 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                   1
65 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                1
66 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                   1
67 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                     1
68 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                            -3
69 Unai Osa (Spa) Würth                                             -5
70 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     -5
71 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                       -5
72 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                        -5
73 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                              -5
74 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                  -5
75 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                     -5
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          162 pts
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                               126
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     119
4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                 95
5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 93
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           90
7 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 64
8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       60
9 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             51
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                          45
11 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                42
12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                          39
13 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                     32
14 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           29
15 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                    22
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          22
17 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                           20
18 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth                                      19
19 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               16
20 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                          14
21 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                         14
22 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                   13
23 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                  13
24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        12
25 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                12
26 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth                                    12
27 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            10
28 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                       10
29 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          8
30 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               8
31 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                           8
32 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                   8
33 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            6
34 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                           6
35 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              5
36 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            4
37 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                          4
38 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                3
39 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            2
40 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            2
41 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                             2
42 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                         1
43 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             1
44 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                1
45 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     1
46 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             1
47 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                              1
 
Combination classification
 
1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          244 pts
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                               221
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                     171
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          148
5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                141
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                          137
7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                120
8 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            103
9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      101
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                98
11 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                          79
12 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         77
13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        72
14 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                71
15 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC                                    63
16 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                               58
17 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                   53
18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          42
19 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           41
20 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Team Milram                                38
21 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            34
22 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                     32
23 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              29
24 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Würth                                      27
25 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          27
26 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        24
27 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                         23
28 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            22
29 Jerome Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             22
30 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           21
31 Sebastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux                          20
32 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                       20
33 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                           20
34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                        19
35 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                19
36 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           18
37 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               17
38 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 15
39 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Würth                                    13
40 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                  13
41 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    12
42 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                         10
43 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         10
44 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                   9
45 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        8
46 Jose Rojas Gil (Spa) Würth                                        8
47 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                           8
48 Alessand Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                               8
49 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                              7
50 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              7
51 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            6
52 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                6
53 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      6
54 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   6
55 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                            6
56 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                           6
57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                     5
58 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           5
59 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            5
60 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                         4
61 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                       4
62 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                     4
63 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            4
64 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              3
65 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                2
66 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Würth                                        2
67 Stephane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              2
68 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                         2
69 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                         2
70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                   2
71 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                     2
72 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                             2
73 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Würth                                  1
74 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             1
75 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             1
76 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                     1
77 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                   1
 
Teams classification
 
1 AG2R Prevoyance                                             84.40.11
2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                              3.02
3 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                  7.43
4 Credit Agricole                                                19.57
5 Bouygues Telecom                                               32.43
6 T-Mobile Team                                                  42.52
7 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                         47.22
8 Team CSC                                                       49.21
9 Würth Team                                                     57.13
10 Phonak Hearing Systems                                      1.07.32
11 Française Des Jeux                                          1.09.03
12 Lampre - Fondital                                           1.14.07
13 Rabobank                                                    1.35.32
14 Davitamon-Lotto                                             1.36.04
15 Cofidis                                                     1.39.51
16 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                         1.47.12
17 Gerolsteiner                                                1.51.39
18 Team Milram                                                 1.56.39
19 Agritubel                                                   1.58.50
20 Quick Step - Innergetic                                     2.29.34
21 Liquigas                                                    3.19.27

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