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63rd Paris-Nice - ProTour

France, March 6-13, 2005

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Stage 6 - Saturday, March 12: La Crau - Cannes, 184km

Joost Posthuma's day of glory

By Jean-François Quénet in Cannes

Joost Posthuma (Rabobank)
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Bobby Julich has had no trouble keeping his lead coming into the final day in his European hometown of Nice. Team CSC had an easy tactic, maintaining the distance between the bunch and the eight man breakaway, from which Dutch big hope Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) came out solo as a stage winner.

It didn't take more than 5km until eight riders broke clear in the outskirts of La Crau. There were: Aaron Kemps (Liberty Seguros), Thomas Ziegler (Gerolsteiner), Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile), Marc Lotz (Quick Step), Jörg Ludewig (Domina Vacanze), Fabien Sanchez (Française des Jeux), Cyril Dessel (Ag2r) and Posthuma. What a long day in the office, with almost another 180km to go to Cannes! Quickly, the gap moved up to 5 minutes, then CSC made sure it wouldn't go any further, the highest ranked rider on GC being Ludewig, 58th, 6'43 down.

Ludewig is a 30 year-old German horsepower who has spent six seasons with Saeco. His mentor Rudi Altig - yes, the former world champion and winner of the Tour of Flanders - was promoting him at the very end of last year when he was looking for another team. He finally ended up with Gianluigi Stanga's new UCI Pro Tour outfit Domina Vacanze. That team was often mentioned for chasing breakaways since the beginning of Paris-Nice. It meant they had missed a few, if not all of them. That's why Ludewig didn't spare any energy on the way to Cannes. He desperately wanted to succeed. "He was riding flat out meanwhile I stayed quiet", Posthuma noted after the stage.

Jorg Ludewig (Domina Vacanze)
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Joost Posthuma (Rabobank)
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Ludewig also spent a lot of his power when he attacked on the first category Col de Bourigaille. From the bunch, the two young Belgians Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) and Kevin Hulsmans (Quick Step) launched a chase. In the front, Ludewig attacked again. He was caught later on the Col de Tanneron by the lone Posthuma. On that last climb of the stage, it became clear that the peloton, located 2'30 back, would never bridge the gap. Bobby Julich's main opponent Jörg Jaksche wasn't such a threat as expected, since he suffered from the same allergy that prevented his teammate Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano from completing stage 5. No one really tried to put CSC in danger, and it probably won't be any different on the last day. "We've got the best team in the world," race leader Julich commented confidently.

Thus, the fight for the stage win was more spectacular than any move for GC. Posthuma went faster on the descent of the Tanneron than Ludewig. But he missed a corner and almost crashed. "In a race like this, you have to take some risks", he said. Posthuma was impressive in the way he overcame the incident. He wasn't troubled or scared at all after that. "When I got back on the road, I saw my advantage was about 30 metres," he added. "I knew that I am a better time triallist than Ludewig, I didn't want to face a two man sprint. I also knew that I would have a tailwind after the downhill all the way to the finish."

CSC
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Posthuma, 24, is a true time triallist. Before joining the Rabobank top team in the middle of last year, he won a few races against the clock in France with Rabobank's TT3, such as the prologue of the Tour of Normandy in 2003, the time trial and GC of the Circuit des Mines in 2004. Winning a stage of Paris-Nice is a huge step in his career. "It's incredible, but I hope this isn't my last victory," he said. "I came to Paris-Nice as a protected rider inside the team, with Erik and Thomas Dekker as well, but quickly Erik proved to be the best of us and we rode for him."

Posthuma is the guy who gave the elder Dekker his wheel when the former yellow jersey had broken his on the way to the Mont Faron. This incident probably dashed Dekker's chances to win Paris-Nice. But Posthuma's festival in Cannes is more than a compensation for a very successful Rabobank team.

Waving the lion
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The Dutch squad keeps celebrating Oscar Freire's successes in Italy. Under the management of Theo de Rooij, they are one of the very few teams to have understood all the changes dictated by the UCI Pro Tour's new rules in cycling. They have recruited riders for these specific races and they obviously target these races, after dividing their roster in order to perform at all of the Pro Tour events. No doubt that we'll see the orange house again this year and Posthuma as well, because Thomas Dekker isn't the only jewel they have polished in their reserve team in the past few years.

Paris-Nice's last stage from Nice to Nice is a very hard one but no one looks able to bring Julich down from his winning position.

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Results

1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  4.41.24
2 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                 1.11
3 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           1.43
4 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                    
5 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 3.11
6 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                      
7 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                            
8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                       4.02
9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             
10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
11 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               
12 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
13 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
14 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           
15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                             
16 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                             
17 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             
18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          
19 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              
20 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
21 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                      
22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
23 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
24 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
25 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
26 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                             
28 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       
29 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                            
30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                        
31 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                    
32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         
33 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
34 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         
35 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
36 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
37 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                 
38 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                   
39 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
40 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           
41 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
42 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                      
43 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              
44 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
45 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                       
46 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
47 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 
48 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                      
49 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
50 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
51 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
52 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
53 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
54 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
55 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
56 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
57 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                              
58 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
59 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
60 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                   
61 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                      
62 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        
63 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
64 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
65 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
66 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                            6.06
68 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                        
69 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                                
70 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
71 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
72 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                
73 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
74 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
75 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                                
76 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               
77 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
78 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           
79 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
80 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
81 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                 
82 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
83 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                          
84 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                              
85 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               
86 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
87 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                               
88 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                      
89 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
90 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                         
91 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                            
92 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      
93 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                              
94 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                    
95 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
96 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
97 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              
98 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                 
99 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
100 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             
101 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
102 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                8.15
103 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              8.26
104 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                      
105 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
106 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
107 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              8.47
108 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       
109 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
110 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
111 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                              
112 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               
113 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               8.50
114 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                  13.44
115 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
116 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone         
117 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
118 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    
119 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                          
120 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
121 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                  
122 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                
123 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
124 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                        
125 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
126 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      
127 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                         16.33
128 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                              
129 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
130 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
131 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
132 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                                 
133 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                   
134 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    
135 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
136 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  
137 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   
138 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                
139 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                  
140 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
141 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 
142 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
DNF Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                            
DNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                 
DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             
DNF Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                     
DNF Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth               
DNS Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems         
 
Points
 
1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       25 pts
2 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                   22
3 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             20
4 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                  18
5 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   16
6 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                    15
7 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                          14
8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                         13
9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           12
10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         11
11 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             10
12 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          9
13 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      8
14 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          7
15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            6
16 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            5
17 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            4
18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         3
19 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             2
20 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            1
 
Mountains
 
Col de Taillude - Cat. 3, 33.00 km
1 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                    4 pts
2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                     2
3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        1
 
Côte de Taradeau - Cat. 2, 81.00 km
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   7 pts
2 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                           5
3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        3
4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                     2
5 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    1
 
Côte des Tuillières - Cat. 2, 95.50 km
1 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                    7 pts
2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   5
3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        3
4 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              2
5 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    1
 
Col de Saint-Arnoux - Cat. 3, 118.50 km
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   4 pts
2 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                    2
3 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                           1
 
Col de Bourigaille - Cat. 1, 130.00 km
1 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                   10 pts
2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   8
3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        6
4 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                           4
5 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                     3
6 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              2
7 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              1
 
Col du Tanneron - Cat. 2, 164.00 km
1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        7 pts
2 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                    5
3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   3
4 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              2
5 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    1
 
Sprints
 
La Garde-Freinet, 55.50 km
1 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                    3 pts
2 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              2
3 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                           1
 
Montauroux, 149.00 km
1 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              3 pts
2 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                           2
3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                   1
 
Young rider
 
1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  4.41.24
2 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           1.43
3 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 3.11
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                       4.02
5 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               
7 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                              
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                              
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          
10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         
11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              
12 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                      
13 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
14 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
15 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                            6.06
16 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  
17 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
18 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                 
19 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             
20 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                          
21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
22 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                            
24 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
25 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                 8.15
26 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               8.26
27 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                    8.47
28 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    13.44
29 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                           
30 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
31 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                             16.33
32 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                    
 
Teams
 
1 Rabobank                                                      14.12.16
2 Liberty Seguros-Würth                                             1.43
3 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                       
4 Quick.Step                                                        3.11
5 Team CSC                                                          4.02
6 Discovery Channel Team                                                
7 Davitamon-Lotto                                                       
8 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                
9 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                  
10 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                    
11 Fassa Bortolo                                                        
12 Gerolsteiner                                                     5.15
13 T-Mobile Team                                                        
14 Domina Vacanze                                                   5.19
15 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                     6.06
16 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                                       
17 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                     
18 Credit Agricole                                                      
19 Bouygues Telecom                                                     
20 Francaise Des Jeux                                                   
21 Lampre-Caffita                                                       
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                   19.03.44
2 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    0.19
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne           0.20
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                         0.44
5 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          0.45
6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                          0.55
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      0.58
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
9 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                           1.12
10 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      1.20
11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               1.21
12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       1.25
13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           1.28
14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                         1.36
15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                  1.48
16 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                   2.07
17 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       2.08
18 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                2.09
19 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                2.16
20 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                           2.20
21 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                         2.22
22 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                     2.24
23 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          2.28
24 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                               2.51
25 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                    3.01
26 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               3.05
27 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                          3.10
28 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          3.11
29 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              3.15
30 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                        3.16
31 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            3.26
32 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             3.30
33 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            3.33
34 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                3.43
35 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                      3.45
36 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     3.46
37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                        4.10
38 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   4.25
39 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       4.32
40 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                 
41 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                            4.34
42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    4.50
43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          4.55
44 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      
45 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        4.58
46 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       5.06
47 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           5.24
48 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           5.33
49 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     5.41
50 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              5.53
51 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         6.40
52 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             6.46
53 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                            6.55
54 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            7.04
55 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                    7.24
56 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             7.35
57 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          8.12
58 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          8.56
59 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      9.05
60 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                      9.31
61 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                       10.14
62 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                 10.19
63 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          10.24
64 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                   10.25
65 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
66 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                 10.44
67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                            11.15
68 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                 11.47
69 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                   12.04
70 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              12.05
71 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             12.22
72 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                   12.33
73 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           12.45
74 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                 13.47
75 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      13.51
76 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                     14.26
77 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                       
78 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                        14.42
79 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         14.47
80 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            14.53
81 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                            14.56
82 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                 15.16
83 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  16.23
84 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              16.58
85 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                          17.05
86 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               17.48
87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      18.03
88 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                          18.08
89 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                   18.11
90 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                19.18
91 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                         19.23
92 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     19.38
93 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              19.51
94 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 20.29
95 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         20.35
96 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                               20.37
97 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            21.05
98 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                      21.50
99 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                  23.22
100 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                   23.25
101 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                   23.36
102 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     24.37
103 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              24.41
104 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                           25.47
105 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                          26.44
106 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   27.17
107 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         27.20
108 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                           27.23
109 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                        30.46
110 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            31.18
111 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         31.59
112 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         32.47
113 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              32.55
114 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       34.30
115 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                         34.50
116 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone    34.56
117 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         35.18
118 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        35.44
119 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        36.00
120 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                        36.11
121 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne               36.16
122 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  37.26
123 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     39.16
124 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                          39.32
125 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                               39.56
126 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                             40.16
127 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                                 
128 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                          41.35
129 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        41.36
130 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              44.35
131 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             45.26
132 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               47.10
133 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                      47.19
134 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            48.37
135 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                           48.56
136 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   51.06
137 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             51.21
138 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             51.45
139 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                              55.16
140 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               56.58
141 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                         58.02
142 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                59.39
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                         88 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           79
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          69
4 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      56
5 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 53
6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               50
7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       49
8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    45
9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             43
10 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                        42
11 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                      42
12 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            41
13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                          38
14 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         37
15 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                       31
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            28
17 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  27
18 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth                           26
19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      25
20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               25
21 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                  25
22 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             25
23 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                           24
24 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                    24
25 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                               23
26 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                  22
27 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             22
28 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                          22
29 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                      21
30 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                            20
31 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 19
32 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        18
33 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                     18
34 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                18
35 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                         17
36 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       17
37 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  16
38 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   16
39 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 15
40 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                   15
41 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 14
42 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                14
43 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        14
44 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               14
45 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               13
46 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                     13
47 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       12
48 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     12
49 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  12
50 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                           11
51 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               11
52 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                       10
53 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             10
54 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       9
55 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          9
56 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              8
57 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                            7
58 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                            7
59 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             5
60 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                5
61 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            5
62 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             4
63 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 3
64 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                      3
65 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  3
66 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               3
67 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              2
68 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1
69 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               1
70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                     1
71 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone              31 pts
2 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                   28
3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                  27
4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       20
5 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          19
6 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 16
7 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             14
8 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       12
9 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth                      12
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               10
11 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                         10
12 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               8
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                   8
14 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                    7
15 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                             6
16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         5
17 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        5
18 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     4
19 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                 4
20 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         4
21 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               4
22 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            3
23 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     3
24 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             3
25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                           3
26 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   3
27 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          2
28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   2
29 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              2
30 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        2
31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                2
32 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              2
33 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        2
34 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                             1
35 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 1
36 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      1
37 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         1
38 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       1
39 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      1
40 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              1
41 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne       19.04.04
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                      0.38
3 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       1.00
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux                          1.16
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                      2.04
6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                           2.50
7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux                         3.50
8 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                              4.12
9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                             4.14
10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    4.30
11 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       4.46
12 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     5.21
13 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              5.33
14 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth                         6.20
15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                    7.04
16 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth                          7.52
17 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                      9.11
18 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                 11.27
19 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                     14.06
20 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            14.33
21 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              16.38
22 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               17.28
23 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 20.09
24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      24.17
25 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    26.57
26 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             30.58
27 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          32.27
28 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth                        34.10
29 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                39.36
30 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Française Des Jeux                             39.56
31 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         41.16
32 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                               54.56
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                      57.12.41
2 Liberty Seguros-Würth                                             0.02
3 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                              0.17
4 Rabobank                                                          2.22
5 Fassa Bortolo                                                     2.50
6 Davitamon-Lotto                                                   3.31
7 Discovery Channel Team                                            4.09
8 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                   6.18
9 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                      6.48
10 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                 7.53
11 Lampre-Caffita                                                   7.58
12 Bouygues Telecom                                                 8.06
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                9.03
14 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                                   9.13
15 Credit Agricole                                                  9.15
16 Phonak Hearing Systems                                          10.53
17 Domina Vacanze                                                  12.47
18 Francaise Des Jeux                                              17.31
19 Gerolsteiner                                                    18.37
20 Quick.Step                                                      19.54
21 T-Mobile Team                                                   48.44                             

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