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68th Tour de Suisse- 2.HC

Switzerland, June 12-20, 2004

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Stage 4 - June 15: Vallée de Joux - Bätterkinden, 211.6km

Oh no, Francesco!

Chicchi's mistake gives McEwen his second stage

McEwen gets it on the line
Photo ©: Franklin Tello

Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) sprinted to his second stage victory at the Tour de Suisse, to the chagrin of Fassa Bortolo's Francesco Chicchi, who crossed the line with arms raised, believing he had won. Jan Ullrich held onto his race lead without incident, riding strongly at the head of the field in the nervous stage finale to Bätterkinden. The longest stage of the tour provided a chance for the sprinters to excel before the serious climbing begins.

"I thought I had won," Chicchi explained after the finish. "Ongarato pulled off with 200 metres to go and when I jumped I went on the left side. I saw under my arm that McEwen was coming up, but I thought more slowly, so I believed I had won. When I raised my arms, the Australian beat me on the line."

McEwen powered through the front positions and threw his bike at just the right moment, dashing the hopes of Chicchi, who still believed he had won long after crossing the line, before his emotion turned from joy to sorrow in the midst of the team's celebration.

"I admit I got lucky this time," McEwen commented on Belgian television. "If Chicchi hadn't thrown his arms in the air too early, he would have won. I came here for a stage win and I got two. It's good for my self-confidence and now I can prepare for the Tour de France in peace."

McEwen took over the points jersey ahead of yesterday's winner, Robert Hunter. Swiss Martin Elmiger is the race's top climber, though the real tests have yet to come. Jan Ullrich's lead remains slim in the general classification, just two seconds ahead of Oscar Camenzind and six seconds on Fabian Jeker. Twenty four riders are within a minute of the golden leader's jersey after four stages.

How it unfolded

The devil and Der Kaiser
Photo ©: Franklin Tello

The stage was marked by a long escape which posed no threat to the overall classification. Four riders broke clear early in the day, and as all four had missed the decisive 18 minute split on the first day of racing, they were free to go. American Tom Danielson (Fassa Bortolo), Juan Manuel Garate (Lampre), Geert Verheyen (Chocolade Jacques), and Maarten Den Bakker (Rabobank) worked together over the long stage, but the peloton kept them on a tight leash and their lead never topped much more than four and a half minutes.

With a steadily flattening stage profile, the break's chances did not look good as the sprinters' teams, Lotto-Domo and MrBookmaker.com-Palmans in particular, began a steady effort in the main peloton to set up their men. With a short hill to break the rhythm in the closing kilometres, these teams knew they had to time the capture just right to prevent the inevitable counter attacks and keep the train together for the run-in to the line.

With 25km left to race, after a long day on their own, the leaders could sense their moment was coming to a close. The gap had fallen to barely a minute, and within a few kilometres it was half that. The peloton, while assured a capture, remained a nervous bunch. With 20km to race the battle for position at the head of the field was relentless, as the sprinters' workers fought constantly to hold their places near, but not at the front. Chocolade Jacques sent riders to disrupt the chase, causing a brief flaring of tempers with Lotto and Vini Caldirola who were setting the tempo.

Ultimately the capture became imminent, and as the break began to look behind and sit up, Den Bakker decided to give it one more go. He jumped clear and left his three companions to be swallowed by the bunch, but the Dutchman wasn't flying fast enough to hold off the peloton.

McEwen licks his lips for the Tour
Photo ©: Franklin Tello

Den Bakker was reeled in just before the field turned left to climb the short hill, and a new wave of attacks began immediately. Lotto's Rik Verbrugghe was the first to get a gap on the short rise, marked immediately by British champion Roger Hammond. Another national champion, Italy's Paolo Bettini, followed the move and surged past Hammond as Grégory Rast tried desperately to latch onto the move.

Bettini topped the hill first and began a frantic plunge down the other side with just 4km to go, as Hammond and Rast joined forces to give chase. Without a substantial gap, the trio wasn't able to go far with the rest of the peloton now in full flight behind. Ullrich was not afraid to do his part, and also made an effort to stay up front and out of trouble, no doubt thinking back to his teammate Vinokourov's race-ending crash.

Into the finishing stretch, Lotto-Domo was back in control, along with Alessio-Bianchi, working for its sprinter Fabio Baldato. The big bunch flew to the line and despite Chicchi's powerful jump, there was no keeping McEwen down as the Aussie crossed the line victorious. A tough lesson learned for former U23 world champion Chicchi, who isn't likely to make the same mistake twice.

Casualties of the day

A large crash at kilometre 53 claimed several victims in this year's Tour de Suisse. Most seriously injured was Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner), who has had his share of crashes already this season. He was taken to the hospital with a suspected broken vertabrae after tumbling into a ravine. Zberg's teammate Robert Forster also was knocked out of the race with a dislocated shoulder. Race leader Ullrich's friend and right hand man Tobias Steinhauser did not suffer more than cuts and bruises but still abandoned the stage. Though not caught up in the crash, Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola) found himself far short of his best form and withdrew from the race mid-stage.

Photography

Images by Franklin Tello Photography/Cyclingnews/franklintellophoto.com

Results

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                   4.51.50
2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner
4 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon
6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank
7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC
8 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans
9 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco
10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon
12 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans
13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
14 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
15 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
16 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
17 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
18 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze
19 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole
20 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
21 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
22 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
23 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
24 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
25 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
26 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
27 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
28 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia
29 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
30 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia
31 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans
32 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
33 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
34 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team
35 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
36 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo
37 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans
38 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
39 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia
40 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC
41 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans
42 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco
43 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre
44 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco
45 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
46 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon
47 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
48 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team
49 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
50 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze
51 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans
52 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo
53 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
54 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo
55 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
56 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
57 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon
58 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi
59 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon
60 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi
61 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole
62 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
63 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
64 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco
65 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner
66 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC
67 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
68 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
69 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre
70 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole
71 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
72 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team
73 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
74 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia
75 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team
76 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre
77 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
79 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
80 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre
81 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
82 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi
83 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia
84 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC
85 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
86 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia
87 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
88 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze
89 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia
90 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans
91 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo
92 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco
93 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole
94 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
95 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
96 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
97 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
98 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
99 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
100 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi
101 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
102 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
103 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
104 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre
105 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze
106 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi
107 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze
108 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                 0.21
109 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   1.13
110 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         1.58
111 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team
112 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans
113 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
114 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
115 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                               2.43
116 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo
117 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                            3.17
118 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf             3.26
119 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                             3.31
120 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                    4.43
121 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
122 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco
123 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
124 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
125 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
126 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre
127 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco
128 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco
129 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo
130 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo
DNF Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team
DNF Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze
DNF Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
DNF Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
DNF Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre
DNF GonÁalo José Amorim Valada (Por) Milaneza Maia
DNF Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
 
Points
 
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                        25 Pts
2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 20
3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       16
4 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                   13
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              11
6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                          10
7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC                                          9
8 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                            8
9 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                             7
10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           6
11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             5
12 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                        4
13 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                               3
14 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                   2
15 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  1
 
Mountains
 
Prévonloup - Cat. 3, 83.0 km
 
1 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                      5 Pts
2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                        3
3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                      2
4 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  1
 
Buchegg (1) - Cat. 4, 175.9 km
 
1 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  3 Pts
2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                        2
3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                      1
 
Buchegg (2) - Cat. 4, 206 km
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                               3 Pts
2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            2
3 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                            1
 
Postfinance sprints
 
Grossaffoltern, 159.9 km
 
1 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                        6 Pts
2 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                      3
3 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  1
 
Messen, 190.8 km
 
1 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                        6 Pts
2 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  3
3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                      1
 
Feldschlosschen sprints
 
Aarberg, 150.2 km
 
1 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  6 Pts
2 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                      3
3 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                      1
 
Teams
 
1 Fassa Bortolo                                                   14.35.30
2 Mr. Bookmaker.com - Palmans
3 Chocolade Jacques Wincor - Nixdorf
4 Phonak Hearing Systems
5 Quick Step - Davitamon
6 Rabobank
7 Team CSC
8 Gerolsteiner
9 Domina Vacanze
10 Lotto - Domo
11 Credit Agricole
12 Saeco
13 Milaneza Maia
14 Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetterie
15 Alessio-Bianchi
16 T-Mobile Team
17 Lampre
18 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                             1.58
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 16.53.39
2 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        0.02
3 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             0.06
4 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             0.07
5 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      0.08
6 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         0.24
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     0.25
8 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
9 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze
10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
11 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
12 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo
13 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon
14 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
15 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia
16 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          0.28
17 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                    0.31
18 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia
19 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
20 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre
21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco
22 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco
23 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
24 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                            0.35
25 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               0.38
26 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               1.09
27 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi
28 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia
29 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre                                        1.26
30 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                 1.41
31 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                               2.03
32 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    2.54
33 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                     4.51
34 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              9.07
35 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team                      9.36
36 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo                             10.27
37 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                      14.22
38 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         14.37
39 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   14.41
40 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      14.56
41 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              15.11
42 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      18.41
43 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                 18.45
44 Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                 18.47
45 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                   18.58
46 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia                                 19.21
47 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 19.24
48 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                        19.25
49 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
50 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia
51 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
52 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
53 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          19.36
54 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  19.42
55 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                              19.43
56 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC                                    19.55
57 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC                                  20.03
58 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre
59 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
60 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                       20.08
61 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            20.16
62 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                  20.19
63 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       20.40
64 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze
65 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner
66 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                             21.10
67 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team
68 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze
69 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia                                     21.12
70 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 21.29
71 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       21.54
72 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze
73 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         22.10
74 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans
75 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole
76 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre
77 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
78 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
79 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
80 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           22.31
81 Claus Michael Moller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi
82 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                23.00
83 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco
84 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
85 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
86 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             23.08
87 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
88 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon
89 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                 23.21
90 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
91 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco                                      23.31
92 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                    23.34
93 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                        23.46
94 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC                                     23.54
95 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
96 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
97 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi
98 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
99 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
100 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
101 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
102 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
103 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                         23.55
104 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                         24.08
105 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                        24.10
106 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                              24.15
107 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                                         24.25
108 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
109 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze
110 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                        24.28
111 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf            25.54
112 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco                                 26.08
113 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                  26.47
114 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    26.53
115 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            26.56
116 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           27.11
117 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                        27.20
118 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia                            27.38
119 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                            28.52
120 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                28.57
121 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                   28.58
122 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   29.28
123 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                            29.37
124 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC
125 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                              29.59
126 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                  30.50
127 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo                               33.04
128 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  34.20
129 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 35.58
130 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                37.44
 
Points classification
 
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                        50 Pts
2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                          41
3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       36
4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       27
5 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          25
6 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               20
7 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze                                20
8 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 20
9 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC                                         17
10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              16
11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                      13
12 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  13
13 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            12
14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             12
15 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       11
16 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                          11
17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          10
18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          10
19 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         10
20 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 10
21 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                     9
22 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                           8
23 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                             8
24 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                       7
25 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                        7
26 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                            7
27 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 6
28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           6
29 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 5
30 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           5
31 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre                                           5
32 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             5
33 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                          4
34 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                        4
35 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                 4
36 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                   4
37 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                               3
38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                       1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           16 Pts
2 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              6
3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                        6
4 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                      5
5 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            5
6 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         5
7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                        5
8 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                4
9 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                              4
10 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                 4
11 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          4
12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              3
13 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                          3
14 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             3
15 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                     3
16 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                2
17 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          1
18 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  1
19 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                           1
20 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     1
21 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                              1
 
Postfinance sprint classification
 
1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                          12 Pts
2 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                       12
3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                6
4 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              6
5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                        6
6 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                              6
7 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  4
8 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           3
9 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         3
10 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                     3
11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           1
12 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             1
13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          1
14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              1
15 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                              1
16 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                     1
 
Feldschlosschen sprint classification
 
1 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC                                       6 Pts
2 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  6
3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            3
4 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                  3
5 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                      3
6 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                      1
7 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                        1
8 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                             1
9 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                                        1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          50.38.00
2 Fassa Bortolo                                                       0.42
3 T-Mobile Team                                                       4.54
4 Milaneza Maia                                                       4.58
5 Lampre                                                              6.20
6 Lotto - Domo                                                       11.00
7 Quick Step - Davitamon                                             18.48
8 Saeco                                                              23.24
9 Vini Caldirola - Nobili Rubinetterie                               23.48
10 Credit Agricole                                                   24.22
11 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                            26.25
12 Gerolsteiner                                                      29.18
13 Rabobank                                                          37.52
14 Team CSC                                                          40.50
15 Mr. Bookmaker.com - Palmans                                       42.26
16 Domina Vacanze                                                    45.12
17 Alessio-Bianchi                                                   47.26
18 Chocolade Jacques Wincor - Nixdorf                              1.06.42

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