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64th Paris-Nice - ProTour
France, March 5-12, 2006
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Stage 4 - March 9: Saint-Etienne - Rasteau, 193 km
World champ makes it three
By Jean-François Quénet in Rasteau
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Tom Boonen warned that he might give another try to a stage win in Rasteau. And he did it. For the third time in four days, he outsprinted Allan Davis and the rest of the field.
Reaching the vineyards close to Mont Ventoux, Paris-Nice escaped from the low temperatures. The 'race to the sun' can begin. Overall leader Floyd Landis seems to have the situation under control. The yellow jersey's progression was only stopped twice by...demonstrators. It's quite a common habit in France for people to profit from bike races and their media for making their problems public. A quarter of a century ago, Bernard Hinault used his boxing qualities against the miners of Gardanne for clearing the way on the road to Nice. Now that he is a public relations officer for organising company ASO, 'the badger' only suggested roughly to the police to calm the students down at the top of the col de la République just outside Saint-Etienne after the start of stage 4.
Neither this protest, nor the next one 50km further on, affected the race. It was a typical stage with two men away for 100 kilometres: Éric Leblacher of Française des Jeux, who seems to be boosted by his transfer from Crédit Agricole - he won a stage at the Étoile de Bessèges in February this year - and Bas Giling from T-Mobile. "Unfortunately the scenario was written in advance," the Frenchman declared. "We always believe that we have a chance to make it to the finish but we had to be realistic. When I felt that my breakaway companion was kind of giving up, I accelerated on a climb and it made him work again. Then two teams were chasing us badly. It was ten men against two who had done 100 kilometres of effort."
Leblacher's idol was...Jacky Durand.
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Since there wasn't any wind in the Rhône valley, nor the climbs of the similar stage finishing in Rasteau two years ago with a significant win by Alexandre Vinokourov, a bunch sprint finish was inevitable. It looked like Boonen could lose, but he showed a lot of strength at the end. "I thought my chain was broken, he explained. But when I felt there was still some tension, I gave three pedal strokes. With 80 metres to go, I chose to go around the other sprinters because on the inside, I would have been boxed in. I was still fresh because I didn't have many efforts to do previously."
It was cruel for Davis, who ran second for the third time. The Australian only had to be happy though. "The day before, I had stomach problems," he said. "After that, I didn't expect anything, also because getting results in Paris-Nice isn't a major issue for me. My only goal is Milan-San Remo, I'm gearing up for that race since October last year. Compared to last year, I'm a little bit faster and it gives me a lot more confidence."
Third in the sprint was Lampre-Fondital's Danilo Napolitano, but he was relegated by the officials because of having being drafted by his team car. Cyclingnews followed him and Alexei Markov on the descent of the col de la République and we can write that the commissaires were actually nice not to disqualify him from the race for good!
How it unfolded
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Stage 4 started with a typical French demonstration by sports students who had in mind to stop all the riders close to the top of the col de la République, and let them ride again only if they agreed to sign in favour of their protest against job cuts. They didn't manage to get the champions' autographs, but their action slowed the breakaway down. Already there was Éric Leblacher (Française des Jeux) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) away with Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) and Christophe Laurent (Agritubel), who had in mind getting the polka dot jersey from his teammate Nicolas Crosbie.
On the descent, as the break ended (km 20), José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r) attacked and brought along Matt Hayman (Rabobank), Francesco Failli (Liquigas), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) and Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom). Their lead never exceeded 20 seconds and they got caught after 18 km of freedom.
Another demonstration by students took place at km 69 in Tournon-sur-Rhône. This time, they really managed to stop the lone leader Renaud Dion (Ag2r), but the organisation allowed him a re-start with a lead of 1'10. The bunch chased him down again. At km 82, Leblacher had a second opportunity to break clear, this time with Bas Giling (T-Mobile). The pair had a maximum lead of 5'25 at km 113.
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The Phonak and Lampre teams of race leader Floyd Landis and runner up 'Patxi' Vila bridged the gap, with the able assistance of Quick.Step. Thierry Marichal (Cofidis) was the first man to catch Leblacher and Giling at km 180 and the whole bunch caught the trio three kilometres later. Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) also tried to anticipate the final action, but once more, the stage ended in a bunch sprint. Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) and Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) led, but Boonen overtook them despite a problem with his chain.
Photography
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- Floyd Landis (Phonak) enjoying that yellow feeling
- French students protest against job cuts and stop stage 4 of Paris-Nice
- Gendarmes try to keep the road clear for the riders
- Things got a bit tricky at the scene of the protest
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) wins the fourth stage by a big margin
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) too quick for Davis and Schumacher
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) gets another yellow jersey
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) is unbeatable in the points jersey
- Christophe Laurent (Agritubel) is the new mountains leader
Images by AFP Photo
- Riding through the Rhône valley during stage 4
- Martin Elmiger (Phonak) tries to get through the protesters
- Renaud Dion (AG2R) is stopped by the protest after 69 km
- Race director Christian Prud'homme restarts the stage after another roadside protest
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) leads Sylvain Chavanel and Thomas Voeckler on the last descent
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) wins stage 4 ahead of Allan Davis and Stefan Schumacher
- Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step) congratulates Tom Boonen on another stage win
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) on the podium after his 10th victory this season
- Floyd Landis (Phonak) loves the lion
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet/Cyclingnews.com
- French students protest against job cuts and stop stage 4 of Paris-Nice
- The protesters make their point
- Trying to get through
- The riders have to stop
- The caravan is stopped by a student protest
Images by Hedwig Kröner/Cyclingnews.com
- Vineyards were a feature of stage 4 in Provence
- Watching the big screen near the finish in Rasteau
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) after crossing the line
- Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) smiles at the finish of stage 4
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.40.29 (41.285 km/h) 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 5 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 7 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 18 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 19 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 20 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 25 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 26 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 27 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 29 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 31 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 33 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 34 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 36 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 37 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 38 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 39 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 40 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 41 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 42 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 43 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 45 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 46 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 47 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 49 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 50 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 51 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 52 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 53 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 54 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 55 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 56 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 57 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 58 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 59 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 62 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 63 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 64 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 65 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 66 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 67 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 68 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 69 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 71 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 72 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 73 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 74 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 75 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 76 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 78 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 79 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 80 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 81 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 82 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 83 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 85 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 86 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 87 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 88 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 89 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 90 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 91 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 92 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 94 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 95 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 96 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 97 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 98 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 99 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 100 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 102 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 103 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 105 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 106 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 107 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 108 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 109 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 110 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 111 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 113 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 114 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 115 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 116 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 117 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 118 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 119 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 120 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 121 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 122 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 123 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 124 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.25 125 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.32 126 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 127 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital 128 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.33 129 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 130 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.45 131 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.09 132 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 133 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 134 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.35 135 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 136 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.31 137 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 138 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 139 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 140 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 141 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 142 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 143 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 144 *Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.20 *3rd placed Danilo Napolitano was relegated for irregular sprinting and penalised 20 seconds Points 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 25 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 4 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 18 5 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16 6 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 15 7 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 10 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 11 11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 12 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 13 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 14 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 15 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 16 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4 18 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3 19 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 2 20 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Mountains Col de la République - Cat. 1, km 12.5 1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 10 pts 2 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 8 3 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 6 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 7 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 Col du Devès - Cat. 3, km 125.5 1 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 4 pts 2 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1 Côte d'Aleyrac - Cat. 2, km 148 1 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 pts 2 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 5 3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 3 4 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 2 5 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1 Côte de Buisson - Cat. 3, km 184.5 1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Sprints Châteaubourg - km 78.5 1 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Valreas - km 164.5 1 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 pts 2 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 2 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Young rider 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.40.29 2 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 5 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 11 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 12 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 13 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 14 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 15 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 16 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 19 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 21 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 22 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 24 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 25 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 29 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 31 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 3.31 33 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.20 Teams 1 Credit Agricole 14.01.27 2 Team Milram 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 Discovery Channel Team 6 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 Francaise Des Jeux 8 Rabobank 9 Gerolsteiner 10 Davitamon-Lotto 11 Agritubel 12 Lampre-Fondital 13 Liquigas 14 Bouygues Telecom 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 16 T-Mobile Team 17 Team CSC 18 Quick Step-Innergetic 19 Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone General classification after stage 4 1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 19.26.57 2 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 0.09 3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.13 4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.23 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.33 7 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.35 8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.39 10 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.40 11 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.41 12 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.43 13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.47 14 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.02 15 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.12 16 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.33 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.51 18 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.59 19 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.00 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4.01 21 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.02 22 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 23 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.03 24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.04 25 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 4.05 26 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.07 27 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.13 28 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.17 29 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.20 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 4.22 31 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.29 32 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.39 33 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4.44 34 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5.19 35 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.23 36 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 5.50 37 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 5.54 38 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.01 39 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.03 40 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.15 41 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 7.13 42 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 7.29 43 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.34 44 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 7.37 45 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7.41 47 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.44 48 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.46 49 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.50 50 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 8.28 51 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.42 52 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 8.44 53 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.46 54 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 8.53 55 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.03 56 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.54 57 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.55 58 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10.43 59 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 11.28 60 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13.09 61 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.45 62 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.47 63 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.48 64 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.54 65 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.58 66 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.59 67 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 14.01 68 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 14.03 69 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 14.08 70 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.10 71 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 72 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14.18 73 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 14.22 74 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 14.34 75 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.40 76 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 15.00 77 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16.07 78 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 16.09 79 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.25 80 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.31 81 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.36 82 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 16.41 83 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.42 84 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 16.46 85 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.57 86 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 17.29 87 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 17.42 88 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 17.59 89 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 18.14 90 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 18.55 91 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20.11 92 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22.04 93 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.05 94 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 22.06 95 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 22.11 96 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22.13 97 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 22.14 98 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 22.16 99 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 100 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 22.18 101 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.23 102 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22.24 103 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.25 104 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 105 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22.28 106 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 22.32 107 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.34 108 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 22.43 109 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Fondital 22.49 110 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 22.52 111 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22.56 112 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.13 113 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 23.16 114 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 23.23 115 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 23.28 116 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 23.33 117 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 23.42 118 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.43 119 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23.54 120 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23.55 121 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 24.52 122 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 25.05 123 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 25.06 124 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.11 125 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 25.29 126 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 25.36 127 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 26.20 128 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.41 129 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 27.02 130 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 27.12 131 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 27.21 132 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 28.31 133 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.45 134 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.47 135 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 29.22 136 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 31.24 137 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 31.26 138 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 31.34 139 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 31.39 140 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.44 141 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 31.45 142 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile Team 32.11 143 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.55 144 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39.11 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 91 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 70 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53 4 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 47 5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 6 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 7 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 38 8 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 36 9 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 36 10 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 29 14 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 15 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 25 16 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 17 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23 18 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 23 19 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22 20 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22 21 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 20 22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 23 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18 24 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 25 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 15 26 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 27 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14 28 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 29 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 30 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 31 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 32 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 33 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole 11 34 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 35 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 11 36 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 37 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 9 38 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9 39 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 40 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 8 41 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 7 42 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 7 43 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 44 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 6 45 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 46 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6 47 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 48 Aleixei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 49 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 50 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 4 51 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 52 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 53 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 54 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 56 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 57 Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance 3 58 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2 59 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2 60 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 2 61 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 62 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 2 63 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Credit Agricole 1 64 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 65 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1 Montains classification 1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 39 pts 2 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 35 3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8 6 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 8 7 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 8 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 8 9 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 10 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 7 11 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 13 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 14 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 4 15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 4 16 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4 17 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 18 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3 19 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3 20 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 21 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 22 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 2 25 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 26 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2 27 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 28 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 29 Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1 30 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 31 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 32 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1 33 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 1 Young rider classification 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.28.30 2 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.29 3 Vladimir Guysev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.39 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.31 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.44 6 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.47 7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.49 8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.50 9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 4.21 10 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.28 11 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.30 12 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.30 13 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.10 14 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11.36 15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.12 16 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 12.30 17 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.37 18 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.07 19 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14.34 20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.58 21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 17.22 22 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 20.33 23 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 20.38 24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 20.45 25 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 21.19 26 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.38 27 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 23.56 28 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 25.48 29 Jose Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 27.49 30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance 29.51 31 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 29.53 32 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 30.06 33 Javier Meijas (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.11 34 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 30.12 35 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37.38 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Team 58.27.17 2 Lampre-Fondital 1.54 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.44 4 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3.11 5 Credit Agricole 3.13 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.02 7 Rabobank 7.13 8 Quick Step-Innergetic 7.21 9 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.28 10 Davitamon-Lotto 8.41 11 Francaise Des Jeux 8.57 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 11.19 14 Gerolsteiner 12.17 15 Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.39 16 T-Mobile Team 14.54 17 Agritubel 23.50 18 Bouygues Telecom 24.07 19 Team CSC 25.51 20 Liquigas 41.01 21 Team Milram 44.00
