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68th Tour de Suisse- 2.HC

Switzerland, June 12-20, 2004

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Stage 6 - June 17: Frutigen - Linthal, 185.4km

A long time between drinks for Aebersold

Niki Aebersold (Phonak)
Photo ©: Sirotti

Swiss rider Niki Aebersold (Phonak) has taken his first victory since the 1998 Milan-Turin, winning the queen stage of the Tour de Suisse today in Linthal. Aebersold was the longest survivor of an early breakaway and stayed away over the massive climbs of the Sustenpass and Klausenpass, attacking his remaining companions on the latter climb to solo into the finish with nearly three minutes advantage on Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank). In third place, and also a breakaway survivor, was Roger Beuchat (Vini Caldirola), who was caught by Jan Ullrich's golden jersey group on the run into Linthal, but still won the sprint.

For Jan Ullrich, today's stage was further proof of his rapidly improving form, and the German winner of Stage 1 is now the favourite to win the Tour de Suisse which finishes with a time trial on Sunday. He rid himself of several contenders today, including second on GC Oscar Camenzind, and now has Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval), Dario Cioni (Fassa Bortolo) and Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) as his closest rivals on GC. The time gaps are still small, but Sunday's time trial will favour Ullrich above everyone else.

"The whole team worked well today," said a satisfied Ullrich after the stage. "I especially want to personally thank Giuseppe Guerini. He gets through the tour without a problem and always remains at my side. That is a good feeling. I was also particularly happy with the kaiserwetter in this stage."

How it unfolded

After today's tough stage
Photo ©: Franklin Tello

Today's 185 km stage between Frutigen and Linthal started with 124 riders, after Christophe Detilloux (Lotto-Domo), Marco Zanotti (Vini Caldirola), Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile) and Fabrizio Guidi (Team CSC) all chose not to take the start. The loss of Wesemann due to bronchitis did not bode well for Ullrich, who had already lost two of his teammates (Vinokourov and Steinhauser) due to crashes in the earlier stages. That meant the race leader had to defend his jersey with just four other teammates.

The stage started with 60 km of relatively flat riding before the riders hit the Sustenpass, the highest point in the Tour de Suisse at 2224m. It didn't take long before the first attack of the day went with Niki Aebersold (Phonak) and Roger Beuchat (Vini Caldirola) going clear after just 7 km, quickly gaining a minute's lead. The pair were chased by Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank), Salvatore Commesso (Saeco) and Stéphane Augé (Crédit Agricole), who managed to make contact at kilometre 35 to form a lead group of five riders.

The first HC mountain of the day
Photo ©: Franklin Tello

Once again, none of the five were a real threat to the GC riders, and the peloton rode at a more relaxed pace led by Saunier Duval until it reached the bottom of the Sustenpass with close to a 10 minute deficit to the leaders. Some 30 km of climbing followed, and Stéphane Augé and Salvatore Commesso found it too much and dropped off the lead group on the climb. Meanwhile, Russian champion Alexander Bazhenov (Domina Vacanze) had attacked the peloton and found himself dangling 7 minutes behind the leaders, but he was never able to get closer than that.

The Sustenpass broke up the peloton as expected, with Quick.Step's Paolo Bettini doing some of the tempo making for Patrik Sinkewitz before Saunier Duval took over again for Jeker. At the top of the climb, Niki Aebersold claimed the mountain points ahead of Veneberg and Beuchat, with the peloton following at a disadvantage of 8'30.

Niki Aebersold (Phonak)
Photo ©: Franklin Tello

The three leaders flew down the long descent, and with 48 km to go they still had 11'00 over the golden jersey group. On the Klausenpass, T-Mobile took over the tempo making with Giuseppe Guerini once again doing some excellent work for Ullrich. Eric Leblacher (Credit Agricole) was the next to try a bridging move, and caught his teammate Augé but was unable to make contact with the leading trio. The pair were sucked up by the golden jersey group with 30 km to go.

Aebersold was having a great day, and attacked Veneberg and Beuchat with 10 km from the summit of the Klausenpass, crossing the top with a 2'00 lead over the other two and 5'20 to the Ullrich group. Despite some good work by Alex Zülle to pace Oscar Camenzind up the climb, Ullrich's lieutenant Guerini proved to be stronger and Camenzind cracked with just a few kilometres to the summit. Guerini and Ullrich's pace reduced the group to just six men at the top, with Totschnig, Jeker, Del Olmo and Cioni the only ones able to hang onto the T-Mobile duo.

T-Mobile's Giuseppe Guerini and Jan Ullrich
Photo ©: Franklin Tello

On the 25 km descent to the finish, Aebersold increased his advantage over Veneberg and Beuchat and crossed the line in Linthal after a long and deserved victory celebration in the final 250m of the stage. Behind him, Veneberg managed to stay clear for second place while Beuchat was caught by the Ullrich group, but managed to take third. Ullrich himself finished fourth and was the best placed of the GC riders, thus was able to keep the leader's jersey for the sixth day in a row.

Tomorrow Ullrich faces another test with the uphill finish in Malbun at the end of a 133 km stage. No-one has been able to unseat the German on the climbs so far, but Jeker, Totschnig, Cioni and Del Olmo will have to do something before Sunday's time trial, if they want to have a chance at the victory.

Photography

Images by Franklin Tello Photography/Cyclingnews/franklintellophoto.com

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Results

1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    5.04.07 (35.315 km/h)
2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                  2.51
3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            3.00
4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
5 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    
6 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
7 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia                               
8 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
9 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  
10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      4.13
11 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre                                          
12 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
13 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
15 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                
16 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                            
17 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                     5.13
18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                      5.24
19 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         
20 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia                                   
21 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                           
22 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia                                        
23 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
24 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
25 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze                           6.39
26 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            
27 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                  7.19
28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      7.47
29 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia                            8.01
30 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                      
31 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
32 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
33 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                                             
34 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                      
35 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                 
36 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
37 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                  9.20
38 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
39 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
40 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                           
41 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              
42 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
43 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                      
44 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                
45 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                             
46 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
47 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf               
48 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia                                    
49 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                
50 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia                              12.00
51 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    14.14
52 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                  
53 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                   
54 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                
55 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
56 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                        
57 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                 14.49
58 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                                   
59 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
60 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC                                     
61 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                    
62 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre                                          
63 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
64 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                           15.35
65 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                          
66 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        18.03
67 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                       
68 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                
69 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team                        
70 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
71 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                    
72 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       23.30
73 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                               
74 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                            
75 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    
76 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                     
77 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                                
78 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                       
79 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia                                
80 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC                                       
81 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
82 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  
83 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  
84 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                                      
85 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                
86 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre                                    
87 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
88 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco                                     
89 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               
90 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                       
91 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  
92 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze                                   
93 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                         27.40
94 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                    27.52
95 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                 
96 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                            
97 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf         
98 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
99 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                             
100 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
101 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf           
102 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
103 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                         
104 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze                                 
105 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
106 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                   
107 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
108 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
109 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        
110 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
111 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                               
112 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC                                      
113 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                         
114 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze                             
115 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                           
116 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                               
117 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            
118 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                 30.47
119 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                  
120 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          31.31
DNF Peter Lüttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                   
DNF Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
DNF Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                     
DNF Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco                                        
DNS Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo                               
DNS Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
DNS Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC                                       
DNS Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
 
Points
 
1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         15 pts
2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    12
3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              10
4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      9
5 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   8
6 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              7
7 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia                              6
8 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                5
9 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 4
10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         3
11 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre                                         2
12 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1
 
Mountains
 
Sustenpass - Cat. 0, 91.2 km
 
1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         20 pts
2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    15
3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              10
4 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                       6
5 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  4

Klausenpass - Cat. 0, 159.9 km
 
1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         20 pts
2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    15
3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              10
4 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              6
5 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      4
 
Postfinance sprints
 
Bürglen, 136.2 km
 
1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                     6 pts
2 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               3
3 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          1

Spiringen, 143.0 km

1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                     6 pts
2 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               3
3 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          1
 
Feldschlosschen sprints
 
Goldswil, 27.2 km - Elevation: 605 m
 
1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          6 pts
2 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               3
3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                     1
 
Teams
 
1 Phonak Hearing Systems                                        15.20.47
2 Milaneza Maia                                                     5.22
3 Saeco                                                             9.12
4 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                                9.18
5 Team CSC                                                         10.23
6 Fassa Bortolo                                                    10.36
7 T-Mobile Team                                                    11.48
8 Rabobank                                                         15.58
9 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                             16.50
10 Gerolsteiner                                                    17.24
11 Quick.Step-Davitamon                                            19.21
12 Credit Agricole                                                 19.34
13 Lampre                                                          25.25
14 Alessio-Bianchi                                                 26.47
15 Domina Vacanze                                                  28.22
16 Lotto-Domo                                                      29.37
17 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                                33.44
18 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                                         39.59
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               25.50.32
2 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           0.06
3 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                0.25
4 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
5 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia                               
6 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                              1.00
7 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      1.15
8 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    1.21
9 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.38
10 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
11 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                        1.44
12 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          2.31
13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                     2.38
14 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre                                      2.45
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                      2.48
16 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Milaneza Maia                               3.46
17 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze                           4.04
18 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                  5.08
19 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                             5.38
20 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) Milaneza Maia                            5.45
21 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                  6.01
22 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                  6.45
23 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            6.51
24 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        7.10
25 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     7.13
26 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              
27 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                             9.36
28 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 11.27
29 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre                                     12.59
30 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre                              14.29
31 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                 19.59
32 Santiago Perez Fernandez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems           20.38
33 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                20.53
34 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     20.55
35 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                    21.05
36 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          21.27
37 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                          22.14
38 Rui Sousa (Por) Milaneza Maia                                   23.42
39 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                         25.30
40 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                25.32
41 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       25.33
42 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                  25.47
43 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Milaneza Maia                               25.59
44 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
45 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                      26.16
46 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                            26.25
47 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf          26.40
48 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               26.52
49 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     27.00
50 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                      27.04
51 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    27.29
52 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       28.39
53 David Bernabeu (Spa) Milaneza Maia                              28.54
54 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                                        30.45
55 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) T-Mobile Team                   31.22
56 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf           32.36
57 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                     33.09
58 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                        33.33
59 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            33.54
60 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                    34.28
61 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           34.44
62 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        36.16
63 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                              36.35
64 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             37.45
65 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   38.00
66 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                           38.40
67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                           38.41
68 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                             40.24
69 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                 40.49
70 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC                                40.56
71 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze                             41.58
72 Vladimir Gousev (Rus) Team CSC                                  42.34
73 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre                               43.12
74 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                               44.03
75 Timothy Jones (Zim) Domina Vacanze                              45.28
76 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf             46.28
77 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze                         47.45
78 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                               47.48
79 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           49.01
80 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               49.23
81 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                     49.41
82 Bruno Castanheira (Por) Milaneza Maia                           49.49
83 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                               50.43
84 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                  50.47
85 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       51.37
86 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf       51.57
87 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            52.41
88 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                       52.46
89 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         52.55
90 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             53.28
91 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf    53.41
92 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                       53.44
93 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   54.34
94 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                     54.56
95 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       55.18
96 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                                      
97 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf            55.29
98 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                        55.30
99 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole                              56.06
100 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                                 56.39
101 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                         56.45
102 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf            57.02
103 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                      57.07
104 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                          57.50
105 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                               58.41
106 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                          59.11
107 Juan Fuentes Angullo (Spa) Saeco                               59.16
108 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                            59.46
109 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                      1.00.18
110 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    1.00.38
111 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                     1.01.24
112 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        
113 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                            1.01.40
114 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                               1.03.59
115 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                        1.06.22
116 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               1.06.58
117 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC                               1.07.07
118 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              1.07.28
119 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        1.08.05
120 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo                           1.09.55
 
Points classification
 
1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                        56 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                      50
3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     38
4 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             35
5 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        26
6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     22
7 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze                              20
8 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               20
9 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             16
10 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        15
11 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 15
12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        15
13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        13
14 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                13
15 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   12
16 Jose Maria Del Olmo (Spa) Milaneza Maia                            12
17 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          12
18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           12
19 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze                                12
20 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     11
21 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                        11
22 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              10
23 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                    10
24 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             10
25 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       10
26 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               10
27 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                   9
28 Davy Commeyne (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                         8
29 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                           8
30 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                        7
31 Francisco Vila (Spa) Lampre                                         7
32 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                     7
33 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                          7
34 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                      7
35 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         6
36 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         6
37 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           5
38 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                4
39 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           4
40 Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                      4
41 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               4
42 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                 4
43 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                             3
44 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                     1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         45 pts
2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    30
3 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              22
4 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         17
5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                     15
6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                        13
7 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            6
8 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              6
9 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                       6
10 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                   5
11 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      5
12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            5
13 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                     5
14 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze                                 5
15 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             4
16 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf               4
17 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                           4
18 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     4
19 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        4
20 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 4
21 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           3
22 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                   3
23 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1
24 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                                1
25 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   1
26 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                         1
27 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            1
 
Postfinance sprints classification
 
1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                        24 pts
2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    12
3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre                                     12
4 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                     10
5 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              6
6 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            6
7 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               6
8 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                            6
9 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                4
10 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze                                 4
11 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        3
12 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      3
13 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                   3
14 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         2
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         1
16 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        1
17 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           1
18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            1
19 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                   1
20 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            1
 
Feldschlosschen sprints classification
 
1 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC                                    12 pts
2 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          6
3 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                6
4 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               3
5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          3
6 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                3
7 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                    3
8 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                         3
9 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                           2
10 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                     1
11 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    1
12 Tom Danielson (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                   1
13 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                                     1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Phonak Hearing Systems                                        77.28.05
2 Milaneza Maia                                                    10.39
3 Fassa Bortolo                                                    11.24
4 T-Mobile Team                                                    18.34
5 Saeco                                                            33.11
6 Lampre                                                           33.29
7 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                               33.34
8 Quick.Step-Davitamon                                             39.50
9 Lotto-Domo                                                       45.03
10 Credit Agricole                                                 45.49
11 Team CSC                                                        47.20
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                            48.10
13 Rabobank                                                        50.33
14 Gerolsteiner                                                    52.47
15 Domina Vacanze                                                1.09.39
16 Alessio-Bianchi                                               1.20.18
17 MrBookmaker.com-Palmans                                       1.24.36
18 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                              1.43.47
   

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