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99th Paris-Tours - ProT
France, October 9, 2005
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Zabel's farewell present to T-Mobile
By Jean-François Quénet in Tours
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Even without the new World Champion Tom Boonen, also without Alessandro Petacchi among the fast finishers who called it a season before the very end, Paris-Tours is again the Classic for the sprinters. Erik Zabel claimed his third win at the end of the famous 2.6 km long avenue de Grammont, 11 years after the first one. Two years ago, he was also the first man to win a bunch sprint since Nicola Minali's double in 1995 and 96. Zabel, 35, is a never tired champion. He had good reasons to complain about his non-selection for the Tour de France, but he didn't. He just kept on working till he achieved something before moving to his new Italo-German team Milram. The 99th edition of Paris-Tours was his last race for T-Mobile. What a farewell!
How it unfolded
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Held under sunny conditions, the race took off very quickly. The first serious breakaway started after the sprint of Bonneval (km 66). It was initiated by Dutchman Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) who was joined by France's Stéphane Bergès (Agritubel) and Spaniard José Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Baleares). Their maximum lead went up to 8'20 after 105 kilometres of racing, while Crédit Agricole and Davitamon-Lotto were the main chasers.
With 50 kilometres to go, the main information concerned Danilo Di Luca's retirement. "I didn't go well today, the Italian told Cyclingnews. "Since the championship of Zurich, I had a pain in my left knee. At home, it wasn't too bad, but here in the race, producing efforts, I got pain in both knees. I have to recover before deciding weather I'll ride the Tour of Lombardy or not. At least, since I've won the Pro Tour in Zurich, the pressure is off and everything's more relaxed."
Stijn Devolder was fully on when he attacked in the côte de Crochu at km 226. Aart Vierhouten (Davitamon-Lotto), Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) and Alejandro Valverde (Illes Baleares) went with him but only the two Belgians stayed away with 25km to go.
Gilbert and Devolder produced an excellent show and took a maximum advantage of 58 seconds, but 25 seconds looked enough when they reached the avenue de Grammont. "We went flat out," the Walloon rider from Française des Jeux commented. "I believed I could be the winner until 200 metres to go. But Devolder refused to take a turn and that put an end to our initiative. It's a huge disappointment for me."
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The winner of the Three Days of De Panne actually respected the instructions of his directeur sportif Dirk Demol. "He told me not to ride at all after the flamme rouge," an also disappointed Devolder explained. "He said it was my only chance to beat him in a sprint. I'm very frustrated, even if I had theoretically less chances than Philippe to win a two men sprint. I could still hope to win a World Cup race, it could have helped me to get some responsibilities for the one day races in my team where it's difficult to show something apart from the Tour de France. I didn't want to look behind. If only I could have taken one turn, we could have made it. I regret it a little bit."
When it came down to a bunch sprint, Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Caffita) was the first in action. "I was perfectly positioned behind him," eventual third place getter Allan Davis told Cyclingnews. "I didn't want to pass him too early, but before we went around the two breakaway riders, there was still a lot of room. But a wave stopped my momentum. Then it was too late. To finish third in Paris-Tours isn't a bad result but it's still not a win. I got one last year at this time in Italy (Tour of Piemonte) but I only have the Tour of Lombardy left now." As soon as he crossed the line, Davis looked for the judges and met race boss Christian Prudhomme to make sure that the video would be analysed correctly in case of incorrect behaviour by one of the other sprinters.
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Right on the line, Bennati was overshadowed by Zabel. "I was quiet before the sprint, the German indicated in a late press conference. With four or five kilometres to go, I was left without any team-mate but I didn't panic. I experienced this situation before in the years when Jakob Piil or Jacky Durand won the race. I thought: if we don't catch the two guys away, I'll sprint for third place and that's it, but I wasn't sure to be on the podium."
Zabel was full of praise for Walter Godefroot, who was managing T-Mobile for the last time before getting pensioned. "He has always been there for me," he said. "He put a lot of confidence in me and kept his feet on the ground even there were private problems. As he's quitting now, this win has a particular sense for both of us. It's very good to finish a 13 year experience with such a success. It's been 13 years of dreams coming true. Now I'll continue my career with a German sponsor, Milram, who has put his faith in cycling despite all the difficulties, in the year 2006 when the soccer world cup will be held in Germany. It's a new challenge. Everyone talks about the new duo Zabel-Petacchi. It'll be important to work well together. I hear about a potential conflict but that will not happen, I can tell you. In a ProTour team, there's space for two. I don't have many years left but I still want to win more races."
Not sure if Petacchi will give him space for Milan-San Remo, at least he'll be able to come back to Tours and try and win as many times on the avenue de Grammont as on the via Roma so far.
Trivia note: Frank Vandebroucke was strangely initially classified 11th, although he pulled out of the race after breaking two bikes! It turned out to be his Mrbookmaker.com teammate Stefan Van Dijk.
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Zabel and Bennati fight for that last metre
Images by AFP Photo
- The sprint between Zabel and Bennati was very close, but Zabel got it
- Bennati and Zabel after crossing the line
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) is interviewed
- A delighted Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) on the podium
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) salutes from the podium
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) on the podium with his director Frans van Looy
- The podium (L to R): Daniele Bennati (2nd), Erik Zabel (1st), and Allan Davis (3rd)
Images by Alain Quenderf
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) with the race face on
- Bennati and Gasparotto rock up
- Salvatore Commesso (Lampre-Caffita) smiles
- Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) looks happy
- Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) at the start
- Christophe Agnolutto (Agritubel) sporting a mini-mohawk
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) in discussion with race boss Christian Prudhomme after being boxed in during the sprint
Images by Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.fr.st
- The U23 podium (l-r): Maxime Vantomme, Fabien Patanchon and Thomasz Smolen
- Fabien Patanchon will ride for the Française des Jeux team in 2006 - and this was a great way to impress his new employers
- Fabien Patanchon and his DS were thrilled with the result
- Are ya feelin' lucky, punk? Danilo di Luca (Liquigas) is the UCI Pro Tour's inaugural overall winner.
- Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) was hoping for a win in Paris-Tours 2005.
- Eyes right, gentlemen. The Liquigas team have enjoyed a great 2005.
- Eric Zabel before the start, was his last race with T-Mobile.
- Got that BBQ ready back in Bundy, Alby? Robbie McEwen and Allan Davis wait for the start.
- Team Cofidis: Jimmy Casper, Nicolas Inaudi and Sylvain Chavanel.
- Alejandro Valverde (Illes Balears) before the start
- This was Rolf Aldag's last race...
- Eric Zabel wins the 99th Paris-Tours
- Jean-Marie Leblanc and Eric Zabel together after the finish
- What d'you mean I'm too old? Eric Zabel proves he can still win bike races.
- Walter Godefroot looks very happy with the Zabel's victory.
- The podium (l-r): Daniele Bennati, Erik Zabel and Allan Davis.
Results - 253.5 km
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.37.23 (45.082 km/h) 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 8 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 11 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step 15 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 16 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 20 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 21 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 22 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 23 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 24 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 26 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 27 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 29 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2r Prevoyance 30 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 31 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 33 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 35 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 37 David Etxebarria (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 39 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 40 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 41 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 44 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 45 M.Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 47 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 48 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 49 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 50 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 52 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 53 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 54 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 56 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 58 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 59 Matej Jurco (Slo) Domina Vacanze 60 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 61 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 62 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 63 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 64 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 65 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 66 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 68 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 69 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 70 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 71 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 72 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 73 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 74 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 75 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 76 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 77 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 78 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 79 Renaud Dion (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 80 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 81 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 82 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 83 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 84 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 85 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 86 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 87 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 88 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.13 89 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.15 90 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 91 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.18 92 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 93 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 1.25 94 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.41 95 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 96 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 97 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 98 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.47 99 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 100 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 101 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.26 102 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 103 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.39 104 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 105 Christopher Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 106 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 107 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 108 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 109 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 110 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 111 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 112 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 113 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 114 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 115 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 116 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.44 118 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2r Prevoyance 2.56 119 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 3.19 120 Ben Day (Aus) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 121 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 122 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 124 Hubert Dupont (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 125 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 126 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 128 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole 129 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prevoyance 130 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 131 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 132 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step 133 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.35 134 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 135 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 6.10 136 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 137 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 138 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 139 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 140 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 141 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.26 142 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 143 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 144 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 145 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 146 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 147 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 148 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 149 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 150 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 151 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 152 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance 153 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole 154 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 155 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 157 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel 159 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 160 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 161 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 162 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 163 Cristian Bonfanti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 164 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 165 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 166 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 167 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 168 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10.04 169 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.30 170 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13.04 171 Johan Coenen (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 172 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 173 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 174 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Thomas Bruun (Den) Team CSC DNF Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel DNF Jens Renders (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech DNF Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita DNF Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita DNF Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi DNF Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step DNF Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole DNF Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team DNF Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC DNF Lenaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel Espoirs - 186.5 km 1 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Ent Sud Gascogne 4.02.12 (46.201 km/h) 2 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 0.03 3 Thomasz Smolen (Pol) CC Etupes 4 Romain Fondard (Fra) VC Roubaix 5 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Ent Sud Gascogne 6 René Mandri (Est) EC St Etienne Loire 7 Sylvain Cheval (Fra) Cote d'Armor Cyclisme 8 Romain Feillu (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 9 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 10 Alexandre Aulas (Fra) Chambery CF 11 Yannick Marie (Fra) Ent Sud Gascogne 12 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank Continental 13 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Continental 14 Cano Luis Maldonado (Spa) F.C. Barcelona Excelent 15 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) CC Etupes 16 Detlef Moerman (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 17 Bart Oegema (Ned) Amical-Velo Clubs Aixois 18 Thomas Lebas (Fra) Ent Sud Gascogne 0.09 19 Vincent Limoges (Fra) Blois CAC 20 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) UC Châteauroux 0.10 21 Ramirez E. Gonzalo (Spa) F.C. Barcelona Excelent 22 Antoine Perche (Fra) VC Roubaix 23 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank Continental 24 Philippe Pratte (Bel) Royal Pesant Club Liegois 25 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto VC Ardennes 26 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 27 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) CR4C Roanne 28 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Rabobank Continental 0.19 29 Julien Elfares (Fra) VC La Pomme Marseille 0.24 30 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Rabobank Continental 0.29 31 Alexandre Roger (Fra) UC Châteauroux 0.53 32 Jonathan Ferrand (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 33 Dimitri Champion (Fra) CA Mantes-la-Ville 1.01 34 Kieran Page (GBr) Amical-Velo Clubs Aixois 35 Goeffrey Deresmes (Fra) ESEG Douai 36 Thomas Degand (Bel) Team Wallonie 37 Damien Villemont (Fra) Limousin 1.04 38 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Team Wallonie 1.21 39 Renaud Pioline (Fra) CA Mantes-la-Ville 40 Fabien Copin (Fra) RO St-Amand 41 Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Super Sport 35 42 Julien Boyer (Fra) Limousin 43 Thomas Leroy (Fra) Comite Regional De Champagne-Ardenne 1.23 44 David Han (Fra) Comite Regional De Champagne-Ardenne 45 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 46 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Vendee U - Pays De La Loire 47 Stéphane Paolella (Bel) Royal Pesant Club Liegois 1.26 48 Nadir Haddou (Fra) CA Mantes-la-Ville 1.29 49 Cyril Florent (Fra) EC St Etienne Loire 50 So Tanaka (Jpn) VC La Pomme Marseille 51 Mario Ickx (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 52 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Vendee U - Pays De La Loire 1.42 53 Benoit Ebrard (Fra) Chambery CF 2.13 54 Christophe Laborie (Fra) Auvergne 2.14 55 Christopher Esch (GBr) Cote d'Armor Cyclisme 56 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Vendee U - Pays De La Loire 57 Jonathan Mouchel (Fra) CC Marmande 2.18 58 Lionel Suhubiette (Fra) Ent Sud Gascogne 59 Mickael Regner (Fra) Auvergne 60 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental 2.33 61 Pierre-Bernard Vaillant (Fra) Super Sport 35 2.37 62 Benjamin Cantournet (Fra) Comite Regional De Champagne-Ardenne 63 Sébastien Crowin (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto VC Ardennes 64 Mathieu Rompion (Fra) Vendee U - Pays De La Loire 65 Steve Destrebecq (Bel) Team Wallonie 2.39 66 Sylvain Georges (Fra) Limousin 67 Jasper Melis (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000 68 Jérôme Verdenal (Fra) RO St-Amand 2.41 69 Guillaume Malle (Fra) USSA Pavilly-Barentin 70 Julien Brodin (Fra) USSA Pavilly-Barentin 71 Guenaël Rouzet (Fra) CC Etupes 72 Thomas Ravenel (Fra) St-Cyr Tours VLAC 73 Sébastien Hoareau (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme 74 Stéphane Guyot (Fra) Limousin 2.45 75 Steven Tronet (Fra) VC Roubaix 76 Nicolas Racodon (Fra) CR4C Roanne 77 Sébastien Boulangue (Fra) CA Mantes-la-Ville 78 Julien Rabaud (Fra) RO St-Amand 79 Mickaël Rocher (Fra) VC Evreux 80 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) CR4C Roanne 2.50 81 Florent Guetrot (Fra) Blois CAC 2.57 82 Jéremy Beyaert (Fra) VC Roubaix 83 Stéphane Renais (Fra) Blois CAC 84 Jérémie Herblot (Fra) ESEG Douai 85 Maxime Hardy (Fra) Cote d'Armor Cyclisme 86 Guillaume Duval (Fra) Chambery CF 2.59 87 Mickael Cherel (Fra) Cote d'Armor Cyclisme 88 Joël Pearson (Aus) Cote d'Armor Cyclisme 89 Emmanuel Roche (Fra) EC St Etienne Loire 90 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Super Sport 35 91 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Ent Sud Gascogne 3.03 92 Steve Houamard (Fra) VC Evreux 3.10 93 Anthony Colin (Fra) ESEG Douai 3.22 94 Joe Kirch (Lux) Davitamon-Lotto VC Ardennes 4.44 95 Alexandre Bousseau (Fra) Vendee U - Pays De La Loire 4.55 96 Jonathan Godfroid (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto VC Ardennes 97 Valderas J. Luciano (Spa) F.C. Barcelona Excelent 98 Damien Cigolotti (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme 5.06 99 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) VC La Pomme Marseille 5.23 100 Ruslan Sambris (Mda) VC La Pomme Marseille 101 Benjamin Biebouw (Bel) Royal Pesant Club Liegois 5.42 102 Stéphane Penaud (Fra) Limousin 5.45 103 Mathieu Perget (Fra) VC Roubaix 5.52 104 Yann Huguet (Fra) Amical-Velo Clubs Aixois 105 Benoît Sinner (Fra) UC Châteauroux 106 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Amical-Velo Clubs Aixois 6.07 107 Julien Guay (Fra) Vendee U - Pays De La Loire 108 David Deroo (Fra) VC Roubaix 6.14 109 Michel Marc (Fra) VC Evreux 6.34 110 Kevin Lalouette (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 8.06 111 Brice Feillu (Fra) CC Nogent-Sur-Oise 112 Jérémie Galland (Fra) CA Mantes-la-Ville 113 Damien Leroyer (Fra) UC Sabolienne 8.08 114 Joel Desmet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto VC Ardennes 115 Gaetan Guernion (Fra) Super Sport 35 9.00 116 Tomasz Olejnik (Pol) USSA Pavilly-Barentin 117 Willy Perrocheau (Fra) CC Marmande 10.54 118 Dylan Esmans (Fra) ESEG Douai 11.13 DNF Cédric Jeannot (Fra) VC Evreux DNF Boris Chauveau (Fra) UC Châteauroux DNF Vincent Codbessin (Fra) Super Sport 35 DNF Benjamin Derrien (Fra) Super Sport 35 DNF Lilian Pommier (Fra) St-Cyr Tours VLAC DNF Derek Le Ven (Fra) St-Cyr Tours VLAC DNF Franck Lamy (Fra) St-Cyr Tours VLAC DNF Sébastien Champalou (Fra) St-Cyr Tours VLAC DNF Julien Barbier (Fra) St-Cyr Tours VLAC DNF Anthony Dubois (Fra) RO St-Amand DNF Fabien Pasquier (Fra) RO St-Amand DNF Vincent Laroy (Bel) Royal Pesant Club Liegois DNF Rudy Lagamme (Bel) Royal Pesant Club Liegois DNF Jean-François Henrard (Bel) Royal Pesant Club Liegois DNF Casas Santi Prat (Spa) F.C. Barcelona Excelent DNF Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) UC Châteauroux DNF Pierre Quillere (Fra) UC Châteauroux DNF Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) VC Evreux DNF Loïc Borgogmo (Fra) VC Evreux DNF Grégory Dumoulin (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme DNF Rémy Cusin (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme DNF Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme DNF Julien Adamiak (Fra) Cours La Ville Cyclisme DNF Thierry Hupond (Fra) VC La Pomme Marseille DNF Julien Malet (Fra) USSA Pavilly-Barentin DNF Nicolas Suzanne (Fra) USSA Pavilly-Barentin DNF Alexandre Bosquain (Fra) USSA Pavilly-Barentin DNF Anthony Dubuisson (Fra) UC Sabolienne DNF Eddy Lubin (Fra) UC Sabolienne DNF Antoine Klein (Fra) UC Sabolienne DNF Frédéric Emery (Fra) UC Sabolienne DNF Torres Aznar (Spa) F.C. Barcelona Excelent DNF Gil Suray (Bel) Team Wallonie DNF Olivier Lefrancois (Fra) Comite Regional De Champagne-Ardenne DNF David Arassus (Fra) Comite Regional De Champagne-Ardenne DNF Thomas Rostollan (Fra) Chambery CF DNF Romain Duverger (Fra) Chambery CF DNF Xavier Charpigny (Fra) Chambery CF DNF Mathew Brammeier (GBr) CC Etupes DNF Mikaël Beluche (Fra) CC Etupes DNF Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Blois CAC DNF Sébastien Greau (Fra) Blois CAC DNF Bertrand Goupil (Fra) Blois CAC DNF Colin Menc Molina (Fra) Amical-Velo Clubs Aixois DNF André Valery (Fra) Auvergne DNF Florian Vachon (Fra) Auvergne DNF Sébastien Fournet-Fayard (Fra) Auvergne DNF Cédric Pineau (Fra) Comite Regional De Champagne-Ardenne DNF Eric Pean (Fra) Cote d'Armor Cyclisme DNF Gilles Devillers (Bel) Team Wallonie DNF Nicolas Briolet (Bel) Team Wallonie DNF Fabien Pottier (Fra) ESEG Douai DNF Jean-Christophe Mourier (Fra) EC St Etienne Loire DNF Stéphane Lioger (Fra) EC St Etienne Loire DNF Sébastien Besqueut (Fra) EC St Etienne Loire DNF Dorian Meinguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto VC Ardennes DNF Florian Vignolles (Fra) CC Marmande DNF Adrien Brusson (Fra) CC Marmande DNF Julien Branas (Fra) CC Marmande DNF Rémy Ladret (Fra) CR4C Roanne DNF Marc Denonfoux (Fra) CR4C Roanne DNF Cyril Bessy (Fra) CR4C Roanne DNF Guillaume Valadas (Fra) Limousin DNF Jordan Dubuisson (Fra) Auvergne DNS Arnaud Godet (Fra) CA Mantes-la-Ville
ProTour standings
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 229 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 171 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 140 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 139 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 136 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 131 7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 130 8 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 129 9 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 128 10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 126 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 109 12 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 107 13 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 100 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 99 15 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 96 16 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 95 17 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 94 18 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 92 19 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 87 20 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 86
