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69th Tour de Suisse - PT

Switzerland, June 11-19, 2005

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Stage 9 - June 19: Ulrichen - Ulrichen, 100 km

Gonzalez wins the Tour de Suisse

Yeaah! The stage and overall winner
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By Gabriella Ekström

Euskaltel's Aitor Gonzalez fulfilled the hopes upon him and the fears around him when he broke away over the final climb of Furkapass, and held on to the line, 48 seconds ahead of a helpless Michael Rogers (Quick.Step). The stage win was a nice bonus, but Aitor's real aim was the full title as winner of the 2005 edition of Tour the Suisse. His victory put him 22 seconds ahead of Rogers, and the final stage of the race this year proved just as exciting as last year's finale where Ullrich beat Fabian Jeker by less than one second to take the yellow.

After the line, the former winner of the Vuelta a España explained that today's victory was one of his most emotional ever. "I was so very tired in the last kilometres, but it feels so nice to win again after the low period I've had," Gonzalez explained. "I was confident before the stage, and I had shown everyone yesterday that I was strong enough to attack. Early in the stage, I wanted an Euskaltel rider to go in the break (Laiseka - ed.), so everything went according to plan."

Cyclingnews spoke to a bitter Michael Rogers after the finish, and asked whether he was satisfied with the fact that he did everything he could today. "Yeah, but really disappointed," said Rogers.

It seemed only Horner was helping you? "Yeah, well, Horner had his own objectives."

How it unfolded

Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick.Step)
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When the riders rolled out of Ulrichen, they had around three hours of riding in front of them, and it wasn't to be easy, since practically half the stage was uphill. The stage's only HC climbs were to be raced, and leader Michael Rogers and everyone else expected a lot of attacks. It didn't take long until their predictions came true, and Gerolsteiner's Ronny Scholz attacked after four kilometres.

Lots of riders were eager to create something early on, and Scholz was brought back. The pace was high, and after a few kilometres of racing, a group of seven seemed formed a solid break. Kim Kirchen and Vincenzo Nibali (Fassa Bortolo), Daniel Schnider (Phonak), Francesco Bellotti (Crédit Agricole), Luis Perez (Cofidis), Sven Montgomery (Gerolsteiner), and mountains leader Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) were the seven, and they were being chased by Daniel Atienza (Cofidis), who showed his strengths yesterday. Atienza later replaced Schnider in the break, and Schnider was quickly passed by what remained of the peloton as they chased after the break.

Rogers and Ullrich
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Already at this point, Rogers teammates were getting dropped, and he had to rely on Christian Moreni and Patrick Sinkewitz. On the other hand, the other top riders didn't have a lot of teammates to rely on either. The front group gained a minute on Rogers group as they were heading up the Nufenenpass, and Nibali proved himself to be a slow starter as he trailed behind the break, unable to hold on early in the stage. Back in the peloton, Tadej Valjavec (Phonak) took off at an amazing speed, and when he was accompanied by Liberty Seguros Koldo Gil, they posed a threat to Rogers' lead. They caught up with Nibali who was able to make a change of speed and follow the strong climbers.

Coming closer to the summit, Laiseka took off to take the twenty points offered to the winning climber, and secured his caffe latte-coloured climber's jersey by doing that. Over the top, Nibali and Gil caught up with the leading riders, while Valjavec paid dearly for his kamikaze attack earlier, and was swallowed up by the 30-strong peloton that followed one minute after the break.

The peloton
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The peloton was threatened by the presence of Gil in the break, and it was working to bring the break back on the early slopes of the Gotthardpass. CSC's Jens Voigt rode hard at the front of the peloton, and when the group he had on his wheel started to slow, he simply rode away with Lampre's Gerrit Glomser and Gerolsteiner's Beat Zberg behind him. The three riders caught up with the eight in front, and Beat Zberg's presence did little to brighten Michael Rogers day up. One rider who did was Christian Moreni, who rode strongly to regain contact with the peloton after the first climb, and put in a real effort ahead of Rogers, coming up the Gotthardpass.

With 59 kilometres to go, Nibali had to let go once more, this time for good. Bellotti couldn't follow either, nor could Glomser. Shortly after, Kim Kirchen was dropped, and Laiseka who had been in last wheel during the entire break except for over the mountain prize, looked tired rather than cunning. Great parts of the climb were cobbled, and most riders stuck to the right of the road, trying to avoid the rougher parts.

Cristian Moreni
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After having been dropped previously, Saunier Duval's Fabian Jeker came back to the peloton and decided to attack them just the same. He caught the riders who had been dropped from the leading group. The remaining riders in the lead group were now Daniel Atienza and Luis Perez, Beat Zberg, Roberto Laiseka, Koldo Gil and Jens Voigt, with Sven Montgomery yo-yoing on and off the group.

Michael Rogers and Christian Moreni (QuickStep), Jan Ullrich and Giuseppe Guerini (T-mobile), Bradley McGee (FDJeux), Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel), Cadel Evans (Davitamon), Chris Horner and Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval), Frank Schleck and Wladimir Gussev (CSC) were all in the peloton, together with another dozen riders. They were 45 seconds behind the riders in the break.

Spectators
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Luis Perez split the lead group with a little less than four kilometres to the summit of the Gotthardpass, and Koldo Gil, eager as ever, was the first rider to chase him. Zberg, Voigt, and eventually the others followed, but they had to regroup behind Perez, as the Spaniard looked strong one hairpin bend above them. Zberg tried again within one kilometre from the summit, and this time he reached Perez. His move encouraged Gil to do the same, and over the top, the group was coming together again. Laiseka looked certain to take the mountains prize, but it seemed that Laiseka's wheel sucking had upset Gil, who countered the Euskaltel rider, but tired and had to see himself passed by Perez. Laiseka secured the mountains jersey nevertheless, but Gil continued to set the tone in the break, giving Zberg a good yelling as the Swiss rider waited for Montgomery who was just about to catch up again.

Gil might be hot-headed, but at this point of the race, the break had 1'42 and he was the virtual leader. Back in the peloton, Moreni and Rogers were riding so hard on the descent that they opened up a gap to the others. Ullrich closed it with a confident face, and a piece of food in his mouth, as if to show Rogers how easily he could do it. The gap to the breakaway was down to a minute at the bottom of the second climb, and Laiseka was back with the peloton, unable to hang on with the leaders while he was waiting for the attack from Gonzalez that was likely to come.

Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
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Koldo Gil now saw his chances everywhere, and jumped for the bonus sprint right at the foot of the last climb. He certainly needed the seconds, but his move meant he came into the climb straight after a sprint. Zberg saw is chance and attacked Gil and the rest, but the Liberty Seguros rider was able to come back with Atienza on his wheel. Meanwhile, in the peloton, Rogers surprised everyone with an attack. Guerini was the natural rider to bring him back, but the high tempo made a few riders lose contact with the group, including Bradley McGee.

Early in the long climb of Furkapass, Aitor Gonzalez attacked and was followed by Rogers and Schleck. Ullrich was in pain and couldn't follow, and seeing that, Gonzalez attacked again, leaving the yellow jersey and Schleck behind him as well. Rogers and Schleck who were now back with Ullrich, reached Voigt who had been dropped from the front riders. Voigt put in his last reserves to help Schleck, and tore the group apart again. Rogers and Schleck were now leaving Ullrich, Guerini, Moos and Valjavec behind.

Up front, Gonzalez caught Gil, Atienza and Zberg, and behind them Schleck rode away from Rogers together with Piepoli and Horner. Zberg was the first rider to be dropped from the leading four, and he joined forces with the three riders who followed closest, before succumbing to the inevitable and dropping back. Gil and Atienza hung on a little longer, but had to see themselves dropped by Gonzalez, and they too joined Horner's group. Gonzalez was now the most serious threat to Rogers' lead, and the Australian chased Horner's group, hoping to get some help.

Michael Rogers (Quick.Step)
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Rogers eventually did catch the group ahead of him, but Gonzalez had 49 seconds and was the virtual leader. The bigger group still had a chance to catch him, but it would be hard. Over the top of the last climb, Gonzalez had increased the gap between him and the yellow jersey, and started the descent, 1'13 ahead of Rogers' group. Rogers was now only accompanied by Schleck, Horner, Piepoli and Atienza, and he seemed grateful for the help given to him by Horner and Schleck.

At one point on the descent, the gap was down to 51 seconds, but it grew again as Gonzalez cut short every corner and took every risk possible. At the bottom, he had over a minute again. In the last few kilometres, Rogers was once again starting to bring the gap back as the lone Basque was getting tired. Unfortunately for Rogers, it was all too late, and a super strong Gonzalez rode all the way to the line before punching the air, 48 seconds ahead of Rogers.

Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
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Rogers finished second in the GC, a result too painful to be happy about shortly after the finish. Jan Ullrich came back a bit and managed to defend a third place in the GC against an opportunistic Frank Schleck. Brad McGee who finished 4'17 down kept his points jersey all the way, just as Liquigas' Michael Albasini rode home with the sprints jersey. Laiseka kept his mountains jersey ahead of Horner and Gil, while Gerolsteiner can congratulate themselves on being the best team in Tour de Suisse 2005.

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Results

1 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          3.03.52 (32.763 km/h)
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       0.46
3 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              0.48
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step
5 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir
6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
7 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      1.42
8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems
10 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team
12 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                              1.50
13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                4.08
14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                 4.17
15 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
16 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux
17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                         6.24
18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           6.28
19 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
20 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
21 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                6.29
22 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                          6.31
23 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      7.27
24 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
25 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
26 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
27 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze
28 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 10.26
29 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
30 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                    10.35
31 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
32 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
33 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
34 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole                                13.30
35 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
36 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
37 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
38 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
39 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         17.37
40 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          19.44
41 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step                                 19.47
42 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    20.14
43 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                 20.28
44 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
45 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
46 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
47 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
48 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole
49 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
50 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi
51 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
52 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
53 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
54 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC
55 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
56 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole
57 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
58 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
59 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step
60 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
61 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
62 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
63 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
64 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
65 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
66 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team
67 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team
68 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
69 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
70 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             24.03
71 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
72 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
73 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
74 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
75 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
76 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
77 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo
78 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
79 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
80 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
81 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
82 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
83 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
84 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
85 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team
86 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              25.12
87 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi
88 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
89 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
90 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
91 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       27.33
92 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
DNF Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
DNF Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
DNF David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
DNF Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
DNF Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
DNF Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
DNF Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
DNF Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
DNF David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
DNF Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
DNF Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole
DNF Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
DNF Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step
DNF Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step
DNF Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
DNF Frederic Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
DNF Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
DNF Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
DNF Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
DNF Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze
DNF Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNS Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team
DNS Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
DNS Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
DNS Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
DNS Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step
DNS Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
 
Points
 
1 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               15 pts
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         12
3 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                10
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                       9
5 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               8
6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           7
7 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         6
8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           5
9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                           4
10 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     3
11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      2
12 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 1
 
Mountains
 
Passhohe (Nufenenpass)
1 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              20 pts
2 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                15
3 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   10
4 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                     6
5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                       4
 
Gotthardpass
1 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                    20 pts
2 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              15
3 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     10
4 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         6
5 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 4
 
Furkapass
1 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               20 pts
2 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              15
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                      10
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           6
5 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 4
 
Sprints
 
Airolo
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                       6 pts
2 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      3
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   1
 
Realp
1 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      6 pts
2 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    3
3 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         1
 
Teams
 
1 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          9.22.27
2 Gerolsteiner                                                       1.28
3 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                             4.15
4 Liberty Seguros Team                                               5.45
5 Team CSC                                                           6.54
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               10.01
7 T-Mobile Team                                                     13.09
8 Lampre - Caffita                                                  14.36
9 Cofidis                                                           21.00
10 Credit Agricole                                                  29.38
11 Quick Step - Innergetic                                          30.12
12 Discovery Channel                                                34.41
13 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne                                    36.33
14 Liquigas-Bianchi
15 Francaise Des Jeux                                               39.06
16 Bouygues Telecom                                                 40.08
17 Fassa Bortolo                                                    40.12
18 Davitamon-Lotto                                                  41.32
19 Rabobank                                                         50.33
 
Final General classification
 
1 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         33.08.51
2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                    0.22
3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    1.36
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       1.41
5 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            2.02
6 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   2.49
7 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      3.47
8 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                             4.13
9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                        4.28
10 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       6.01
11 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       6.17
12 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                6.23
13 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             6.24
14 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                              6.41
15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                 7.11
16 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                         11.26
17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                        11.32
18 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne         16.11
19 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           16.20
20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          16.55
21 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     18.14
22 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              18.19
23 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 18.22
24 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         19.20
25 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               19.40
26 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                19.54
27 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          21.22
28 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                    24.38
29 Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                       25.38
30 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step                               28.10
31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               28.40
32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                      29.15
33 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                  30.10
34 Jonath Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne        30.33
35 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           30.48
36 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                         31.41
37 Saul Raisin (USA) Credit Agricole                                31.57
38 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                  33.05
39 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                34.16
40 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                             34.32
41 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      34.37
42 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            37.28
43 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           37.33
44 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                37.59
45 Jurge Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    38.07
46 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                           39.30
47 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          41.29
48 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                              41.30
49 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  41.49
50 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           42.08
51 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                   47.22
52 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                47.41
53 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                 48.43
54 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      49.29
55 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 49.38
56 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  50.32
57 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               52.15
58 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               53.22
59 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                55.41
60 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 55.43
61 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                          57.49
62 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            58.47
63 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick Step                               1.00.24
64 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                           1.03.14
65 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                       1.03.57
66 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                        1.04.56
67 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                           1.05.03
68 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  1.05.37
69 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            1.06.28
70 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         1.07.35
71 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 1.07.37
72 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                          1.08.10
73 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    1.09.56
74 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                              1.10.07
75 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                            1.10.33
76 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          1.10.56
77 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   1.11.47
78 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.12.17
79 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      1.12.52
80 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         1.14.03
81 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone       1.14.13
82 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                         1.14.51
83 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                             1.15.42
84 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                        1.16.32
85 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         1.21.07
86 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.21.32
87 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       1.25.55
88 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                      1.28.53
89 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              1.29.10
90 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         1.29.19
91 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.31.14
92 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     1.54.14
 
Points classification
 
1 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                               42 pts
2 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  39
3 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          35
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                      32
5 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              31
6 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 31
7 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               29
8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         26
9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                       25
10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                             25
11 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    24
12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     23
13 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           20
14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   18
15 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               18
16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                         16
17 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    16
18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  15
19 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       15
20 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               14
21 Patrick Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step                                  14
22 Sbastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                              14
23 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         13
24 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                        13
25 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       11
26 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                             11
27 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                            10
28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         10
29 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   9
30 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                   9
31 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                    9
32 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         8
33 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              8
34 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               8
35 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               8
36 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                    7
37 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      7
38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            6
39 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               6
40 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          5
41 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          5
42 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                            4
43 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 1
44 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              58 pts
2 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              27
3 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     27
4 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                27
5 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                    26
6 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               24
7 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                    20
8 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            16
9 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   14
10 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    10
11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                     10
12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         10
13 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  10
14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     10
15 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         8
16 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                   6
17 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        6
18 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          6
19 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                             5
20 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                5
21 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          5
22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                              5
23 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          4
24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                       4
25 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    4
26 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                     4
27 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                             3
28 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                               2
29 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                              2
30 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                    2
31 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  2
32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         1
33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                        1
34 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1
35 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               1
36 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                               1
37 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      1
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                              28 pts
2 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            11
3 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      9
4 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          9
5 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                      9
6 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           9
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                       6
8 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 6
9 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                          6
10 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     4
11 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   3
12 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              3
13 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC                                       3
14 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 3
15 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  2
16 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        1
17 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                1
18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   1
19 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                             1
20 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                    1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Gerolsteiner                                                   99.44.56
2 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             2.33
3 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                             3.40
4 Team CSC                                                           9.55
5 Liberty Seguros Team                                              10.18
6 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                               21.38
7 T-Mobile Team                                                     23.31
8 Lampre - Caffita                                                  41.57
9 Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne                                     47.03
10 Credit Agricole                                                  51.12
11 Cofidis                                                          52.37
12 Quick Step - Innergetic                                        1.08.57
13 Bouygues Telecom                                               1.14.38
14 Fassa Bortolo                                                  1.18.41
15 Liquigas-Bianchi                                               1.23.30
16 Discovery Channel                                              1.27.25
17 Francaise Des Jeux                                             1.53.24
18 Rabobank                                                       1.56.08
19 Davitamon-Lotto                                                1.58.34

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