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64th Paris-Nice - ProTour

France, March 5-12, 2006

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Stage 3 - March 8: Julienas - Saint-Etienne, 168.5 km

Floyd Landis takes lead at crucial point

By Jean-François Quénet in Saint-Etienne

Patxi Vila (Lampre-Fondital)
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Floyd Landis is the man for the early part of the 2006 season. After winning the Tour of California, the American has taken a serious option on the overall classification of Paris-Nice as well. Landis broke clear on the col de Croix de Chaubouret with Spain's 'Patxi' Vila of Lampre-Fondital, who won the crucial stage of the 'race to the sun' in Saint-Etienne. Landis has now four days of racing over his favourite terrain for defending his lead.

Phonak's team manager John Lelangue pointed out that their main concern is now that their team is reduced to six men, since Robert Hunter was too sick (sinus infection) to continue, and Aurélien Clerc didn't make the time cut. But four of the five domestiques now designated for backing Floyd also had the same job in California, so it won't take long before they react if the yellow jersey has to face some attacks in the next few days. It's unsure though whether someone will dare to try before Sunday's final stage in Nice, because Landis has already proven to be the strongest stage race contender in the world at the moment.

Questioned if this yellow jersey is a good sign before the Tour de France, he said "I hope so" with a big smile on his face. He's got three races scheduled before July: Critérium International, Tour of Georgia and Tour of Italy, for which he doesn't have any particular ambitions except for gearing up for the Tour de France in the mountains.

"Paris-Nice is a great objective for the year," he explained. "We'll do our best but it's not easy. We don't necessarily have the strongest team. It was a little bit out of control today. Fortunately we had guys in the breakaways. We'll take it one day at a time."

Floyd Landis (Phonak)
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Aged 30, Landis, who was a mountain biker before joining the Mercury cycling team in the middle of the 1999 season, still has to build a record book for himself. He's got less than ten international pro wins - Paris-Nice would become the most prestigious of them if confirmed on Sunday. But his companion 'Patxi' Vila, who is the same age, scored his first victory in Saint-Etienne. He turned pro with Banesto at 25 after giving priority to his studies. Then he followed his fellow Basques compatriots Igor Astarloa and Juan Manuel Garate at Lampre and kept improving every year.

"When I did Paris-Nice in 2002, it was just a nightmare", he said. Vila speaks fluent Spanish, Basque, Italian, French and English. "The weather conditions in Paris-Nice are just similar to the Basque country, but today it was cold and very hard for everyone," he added. "I was convinced the whole race would be decided in today's final climb, I'm happy I was able to follow Landis. He went for the yellow jersey and I went for the stage win. I've learnt a lot today about what I'm capable of doing."

Landis can probably say the same if he wasn't sure of his abilities to win a major stage race yet, but he has learnt a lot from Lance Armstrong school at US Postal and it's now time for him to take over.

How it unfolded

Tom Boonen (Quick.Step)
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Floyd Landis was one of the first attackers of the day, as well as Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros) as soon as the race left the Beaujolais vineyards after the start in Julienas. Roger Hammond (Discovery Channel) and Éric Berthou (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears) also tried to break clear, but the most active rider was Éric Leblacher (Française des Jeux) who finally became a member of a serious breakaway at km 26 with Jens Voigt (CSC), Christophe Laurent (Agritubel) and Sergio Paulinho (Liberty Seguros), later joined by Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak), Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros), Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole), Aitor Perez (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears), Maxime Monfort (Cofidis), Guido Trenti (Quick Step), Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) and Koldo Fernandez (Euskaltel).

Many riders pulled out of the race due to sickness or injuries: Robert Hunter (Phonak), who suffered a sinus infection, Bradley McGee (Française des Jeux), who hadn't recovered from an asthma crisis the day before, and Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) were the best known of the 13 men forced to quit the race today.

13 is also the number of riders who took off on the col de l'Aubépin (km 111): Alexandre Moos (Phonak), Johan Vansummeren (Davitamon-Lotto), Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros), Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval), José Luis Rubiera (Discovery Channel), Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole), Aitor Perez (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears), Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile), Iker Camaño and Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel), Sandy Casar and - again - Éric Leblacher (Française des Jeux), and José Alberto Martinez (Agritubel).

Floyd Landis (Phonak)
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However, the real fight was scheduled for the col de la Croix de Chaubouret, whose misty, snow covered summit was located 18.5km before the finish line on the Cours Fauriel in Saint-Etienne. David Moncoutié (Cofidis) counter attacked behind the two leftovers from the previous breakaway, Martinez and Vansummeren. He was quickly followed by Landis, Fränk Schleck (CSC), Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel), Antonio Colom (Caisse d'Épargne-Iles Balears) and Patxi Vila (Lampre). Moncoutié lost contact whereas Vila and Landis formed a new duo in the front 2km before the top of the hill.

After an impressively fast descent in damp conditions, they kept increasing their lead on Sanchez, Colom and Schleck until they reached the finish line 1'16 ahead of them. Landis didn't contest the stage win to Vila but took the yellow jersey from Tom Boonen, who gave one more sign of good form by finishing 36th out of the 144 riders who made the time cut at the end of this extremely difficult day of racing.

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Results

1 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                  4.23.28 (38.372 km/h)
2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  
3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1.16
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               
5 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                         
6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.25
7 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.26
8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
9 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                              
10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                   
11 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     
12 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  
14 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                
15 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              3.05
16 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                            3.14
17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  3.45
18 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                        
19 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                     
21 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                
22 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                      
23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                                 
24 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                           
25 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
26 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                       
28 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                         4.09
29 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                  
31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
32 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                   
33 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
34 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
35 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                 5.41
36 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                5.48
37 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       
38 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
39 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                   
40 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    
41 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                       5.41
42 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               7.20
43 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                                   
44 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                           
45 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       
46 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
47 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                       
48 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  
49 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                    
50 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
51 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
52 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
53 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
54 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
55 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       8.47
56 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 
57 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
58 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                               
59 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                9.37
60 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
61 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
62 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                           11.11
63 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 12.49
64 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
65 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           13.42
66 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                            
67 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                          
68 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                      
69 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                         
70 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                              
71 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
72 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
73 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     
74 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
75 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
76 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
77 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
78 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    
79 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                
80 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              16.17
81 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
82 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
83 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        
84 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
85 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
86 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                             
87 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                        
88 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
89 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                           
90 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          
91 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                              17.01
92 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                18.35
93 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          20.11
94 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
95 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram                                 22.00
96 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    
97 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                              
98 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
99 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
100 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                           
101 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
102 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
103 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                          
104 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           
105 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                             
106 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
107 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital                                
108 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                       
109 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                      
110 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 
111 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
112 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
113 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                        
114 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
115 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      
116 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
117 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
118 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                
119 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                         
120 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
121 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
122 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                              
123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
124 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                           
125 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
126 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                           
127 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        
128 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               22.08
129 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                             
130 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               24.41
131 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     
132 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                        
133 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                      
134 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                       
135 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
136 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                          
137 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                       
138 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                      
139 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                         
140 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
141 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
142 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                             
143 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 
144 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
 
Outside time limit (hors delai)
 
HD Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas                                              
HD Ramos Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
HD Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram                                         
HD Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
DNF Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                       
DNF Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                  
DNF Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
DNF Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas                                               
DNF Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                          
DNF Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
DNF Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                          
DNF Anthony Charteau (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
DNF David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
DNF Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                              
DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
DNF Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel                                          
DNS Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
 
Points
 
1 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                       25 pts
2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                22
3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   20
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             18
5 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       16
6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     15
7 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               14
8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  13
9 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                            12
10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                 11
11 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   10
12 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                 9
13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                                 8
14 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               7
15 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 6
16 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                               5
17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     4
18 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                       3
19 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                      2
20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                    1
 
Mountains
 
Col de Brouilly - Cat. 3, km 18.5
1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                        4 pts
2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                2
3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   1
 
Côte de Plantigny - Cat. 3, km 32
1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                        4 pts
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    2
3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   1
 
Côte de Saint-Martin-en-Haut - Cat. 2, km 98
1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                        7 pts
2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                                 5
3 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          3
4 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                              2
5 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                                  1
 
Côte de l'Aubépin - Cat. 2, km 111.5
1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                        7 pts
2 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                             5
3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     3
4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                                 2
5 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       1
 
Côte de la Croix Blanche - Cat. 3, km 124.5
1 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                     4 pts
2 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   2
3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                                 1
 
Col de la Croix de Chaubouret - Cat. 1, km 150
1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                10 pts
2 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                        8
3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    6
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                              4
5 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                        3
6 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     2
7 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                             1
 
Sprints
 
Brindas, km 82.5
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                              3 pts
2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      2
3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                        1
 
Saint-Chamond (Souvenir Andreï Kivilev), km 133.5
1 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   3 pts
2 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                     2
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                               1
 
Young rider
 
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                4.24.53
2 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          0.01
3 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               1.40
4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    2.20
5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                          2.44
6 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                                   
8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          
9 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    4.23
10 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
11 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                       4.16
12 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       7.22
13 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 
14 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                8.12
15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 11.24
16 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           12.17
17 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                          
18 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                      
19 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              14.52
21 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
22 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                17.10
23 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                         20.35
24 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                            
25 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                           
26 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                            
27 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                            
28 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                20.43
29 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                  23.16
30 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                        
31 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
32 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
33 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
34 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                              
35 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  
 
Teams
 
1 Discovery Channel Team                                             13.16.21
2 Lampre-Fondital                                                        1.33
3 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 2.49
4 Credit Agricole                                                        2.59
5 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                             3.23
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                      4.05
7 Rabobank                                                               6.58
8 Quick Step-Innergetic                                                  7.14
9 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                         8.27
10 Davitamon-Lotto                                                       8.37
11 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                       8.53
12 Francaise Des Jeux                                                    9.17
13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                         11.20
14 Gerolsteiner                                                         12.02
15 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                 14.19
16 T-Mobile Team                                                        14.22
17 Agritubel                                                            23.21
18 Bouygues Telecom                                                     24.06
19 Team CSC                                                             26.06
20 Liquigas                                                             40.56
21 Team Milram                                                          43.44
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          14.46.28
2 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                     0.09
3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1.13
4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     1.23
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               
6 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  1.35
7 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                1.37
8 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                1.39
9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
10 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            1.40
11 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                              1.43
12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                
13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                              1.47
14 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         3.02
15 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              3.12
16 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                            3.33
17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  3.51
18 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       3.59
19 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  4.00
20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                             4.01
21 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                            4.02
22 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                     
23 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   4.03
24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   4.04
25 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                   4.05
26 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  4.07
27 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    4.13
28 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                         4.17
29 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          4.20
30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                              4.22
31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               4.29
32 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                       4.39
33 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                               4.44
34 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     5.23
35 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                5.29
36 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                 5.50
37 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                       5.54
38 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               6.01
39 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   6.03
40 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                               6.04
41 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                6.15
42 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                                 7.29
43 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               7.34
44 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               7.37
45 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
46 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                       7.41
47 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                7.44
48 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   7.46
49 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears              7.50
50 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                        8.28
51 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems                          8.42
52 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           8.44
53 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    8.46
54 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                   8.53
55 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             9.03
56 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  9.54
57 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            9.55
58 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      10.43
59 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               11.09
60 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                           11.28
61 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 13.09
62 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           13.45
63 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 13.47
64 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      13.48
65 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           13.54
66 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               13.58
67 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                              13.59
68 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                           14.01
69 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                              
70 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                     14.03
71 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                       14.08
72 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                             14.10
73 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
74 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              14.11
75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    14.18
76 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                              14.22
77 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                15.00
78 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           15.36
79 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 16.07
80 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   16.25
81 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              16.31
82 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               16.36
83 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                              16.41
84 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         16.42
85 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel                                        16.46
86 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                 16.57
87 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                              17.32
88 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                   17.59
89 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                      18.14
90 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                18.55
91 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     20.11
92 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          20.23
93 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          20.24
94 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 22.05
95 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                         22.06
96 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                        22.09
97 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         22.10
98 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                  22.11
99 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                            
100 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                          
101 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    22.13
102 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   22.14
103 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
104 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           22.16
105 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
106 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital                           22.17
107 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                      22.18
108 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               22.23
109 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    22.24
110 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  22.25
111 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
112 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             22.28
113 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                            22.32
114 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                      22.52
115 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   23.13
116 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              23.16
117 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        23.28
118 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital                                  23.31
119 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram                                23.33
120 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel                                 23.42
121 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   23.43
122 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                      23.52
123 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    24.27
124 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               24.52
125 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                         25.00
126 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                 25.05
127 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              25.06
128 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                         
129 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             25.09
130 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             25.11
131 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas                                     26.20
132 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                27.12
133 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              28.45
134 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   28.47
135 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               29.22
136 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                 31.24
137 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                 31.26
138 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   31.37
139 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  31.39
140 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                       
141 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            31.44
142 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                        31.45
143 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 33.55
144 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      35.40
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                   66 pts
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                             48
3 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             38
4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  36
5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   35
6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                32
7 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     31
8 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     31
9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                              29
10 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                      25
11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                     24
12 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   24
13 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                23
14 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      23
15 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      22
16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            22
17 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       18
18 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    18
19 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                          18
20 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  17
21 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                            15
22 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              14
23 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  14
24 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 13
25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    13
26 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              13
27 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                           12
28 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 12
29 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                                 11
30 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   11
31 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                            11
32 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   10
33 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                 9
34 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                       9
35 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                                 8
36 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                             8
37 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram                                      8
38 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                       7
39 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               7
40 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   7
41 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                          6
42 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic                               6
43 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          6
44 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     6
45 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                    5
46 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              5
47 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      5
48 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     4
49 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  3
50 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                       3
51 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       3
52 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                      2
53 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                            2
54 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                         2
55 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  2
56 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                    1
57 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           1
58 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel                                          27 pts
2 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel                                       25
3 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                10
4 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                        8
5 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                             8
6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                                 8
7 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                8
8 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                      6
9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    6
10 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  5
11 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel                                    4
12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             4
13 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                  4
14 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       3
15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    3
16 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         3
17 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    2
18 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          2
19 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                             2
20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   2
21 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  2
22 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     1
23 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      1
24 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    1
25 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 1
26 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               14.48.07
2 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                          1.23
3 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               1.33
4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    2.25
5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                          2.38
6 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           2.41
7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                               2.43
8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      3.44
9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                        4.15
10 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               4.22
11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   4.24
12 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             7.24
13 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       9.04
14 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                9.30
15 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 11.30
16 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           12.06
17 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                     12.24
18 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                             12.31
19 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 14.28
20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              14.52
21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                17.16
22 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                         20.27
23 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                      20.32
24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                       20.39
25 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                       21.13
26 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                       22.13
27 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              23.30
28 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              23.32
29 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                27.43
30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                  29.45
31 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                  29.47
32 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole                                   30.00
33 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             30.05
34 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel                                         30.06
35 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       34.01
 
Teams classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Team                                             44.25.50
2 Lampre-Fondital                                                        1.54
3 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                 2.44
4 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                             3.11
5 Credit Agricole                                                        3.13
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                      4.02
7 Rabobank                                                               7.13
8 Quick Step-Innergetic                                                  7.21
9 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                         8.28
10 Davitamon-Lotto                                                       8.41
11 Francaise Des Jeux                                                    8.57
12 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                           
13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                         11.19
14 Gerolsteiner                                                         12.17
15 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                 14.39
16 T-Mobile Team                                                        14.54
17 Agritubel                                                            23.50
18 Bouygues Telecom                                                     24.07
19 Team CSC                                                             25.51
20 Liquigas                                                             41.01
21 Team Milram                                                          44.00

          

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