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2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Prologue

Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, France

Prologue, Aix-les-Bains - Aix-les-Bains, 7.9K

5 June

Hincapie Hammers with Prologue Win

Hincapie Races, photo: Dauphiné Libéré

Under warm French skies in Aix-les-Bains George Hincapie hammered home the winner of a 7.9K Prologue, in the 57th edition Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. It was another big win for the American, after winning Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne and finishing runner-up in Paris Roubaix early this year. Discovery head-honcho, Lance Armstrong, came in fifth, a powerful ride sending out warning signals to the Tour de France competition.

Early in the day it was big Thor Hushovd that dominated the affairs. The CA rider clocked a time of 10'22" on the course. Hushovd's time held for a while until Davide Rebellin and Alberto Contador came in. Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth) put in a solid pre-Tour time, at 10'04". Tour fans take note, Contador is a rider to reckon with.

It was quickly after the Spaniard that big Georgie came home with a sub-ten minute time. The American vibe was going on when Landis and Leipheimer came in, sandwiching the Kazakhstan Kashechkin (CA). The top five was filling out nicely but the attention was soon drawn to the 6X Tour champion, Lance Armstrong. The Disco rider put in a performance that did not let down.

Hincapie Thumbs Up, photo: Dauphiné Libéré

A great day for the Americans as their compatriots are battling it out in the national championships back in Philadelphia. Disco will dominate affairs over the coming week for sure. Gerolsteiner and Phonak are sure to put down their markers.

Results:
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0:09'55"
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.01
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 0.03
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.05
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 0.06
6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 0.07
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.09
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.13
9 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears
10 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 0.14
11 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak
12 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile
13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 0.16
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.17
15 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.18
16 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
18 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 0.19
19 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
20 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.21
21 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
22 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
23 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 0.22
24 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
26 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
27 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.23
28 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
29 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.24
30 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
33 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
34 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
35 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
36 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.25
37 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
38 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
39 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.26
40 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
41 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
42 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
43 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.27
44 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
45 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.29
46 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
47 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
49 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
50 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
51 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.30
52 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
53 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 0.31
54 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
56 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 0.32
57 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze
58 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
59 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.33
60 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
61 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 0.34
62 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 0.35
63 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears
64 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.36
65 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
66 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
67 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile 0.37
68 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
69 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.38
70 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
71 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 0.39
72 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
73 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
74 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
75 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
76 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
77 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.40
78 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears
79 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.41
80 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
81 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
82 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
83 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
84 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.42
85 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
86 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
87 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.43
88 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears
89 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.44
90 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner
91 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 0.45
92 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC
93 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.46
94 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 0.47
95 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
96 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis
97 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
98 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
99 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.48
100 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.49
101 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
102 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step
103 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick-Step
104 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 0.51
105 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
106 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
107 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
108 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
109 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
110 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.52
111 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze
112 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 0.53
113 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
114 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
115 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
116 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
117 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
118 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 0.54
119 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
120 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
122 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 0.55
123 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
124 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 0.56
125 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
126 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.57
127 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
128 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.58
129 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
130 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
131 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
132 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.59
133 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears
134 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
135 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.00
136 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze
137 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.02
138 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
139 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
140 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
141 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03
142 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.04
143 José Cayetano Julià (Spa) Illes Balears 1.07
144 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner
145 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.08
146 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
147 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux
148 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.09
149 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.10
150 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.11
151 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.12
152 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.16
153 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
154 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18
155 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22
156 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1.28
157 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 1.38
158 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick-Step 2.02
159 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 2.03
160 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.19

Points
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 20
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 17
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 15
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 13
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 11

Mountains
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 5
3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 3
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2
5 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1

GC:
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9.55
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.01
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 0.03
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.05
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 0.06
6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 0.07
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.09
8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.13
9 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears
10 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 0.14
11 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak
12 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile
13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 0.16
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.17
15 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.18
16 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
18 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 0.19
19 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
20 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.21
21 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
22 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
23 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 0.22
24 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
26 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
27 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.23
28 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
29 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.24
30 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
31 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
33 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
34 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
35 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
36 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.25
37 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
38 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
39 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.26
40 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
41 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
42 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
43 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.27
44 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
45 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.29
46 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
47 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
49 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
50 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
51 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.30
52 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
53 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 0.31
54 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
55 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
56 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 0.32
57 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze
58 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
59 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.33
60 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
61 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 0.34
62 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 0.35
63 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears
64 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.36
65 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
66 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
67 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile 0.37
68 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
69 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.38
70 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
71 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 0.39
72 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
73 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
74 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
75 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
76 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
77 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.40
78 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears
79 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.41
80 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
81 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
82 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
83 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
84 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.42
85 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
86 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
87 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.43
88 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears
89 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.44
90 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner
91 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 0.45
92 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC
93 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.46
94 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 0.47
95 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
96 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis
97 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
98 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
99 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.48
100 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.49
101 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
102 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step
103 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick-Step
104 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 0.51
105 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
106 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
107 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
108 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
109 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
110 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.52
111 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze
112 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 0.53
113 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
114 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
115 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
116 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
117 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
118 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 0.54
119 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
120 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
122 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 0.55
123 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
124 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 0.56
125 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
126 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.57
127 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
128 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.58
129 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
130 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
131 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
132 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.59
133 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears
134 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
135 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.00
136 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze
137 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.02
138 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
139 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
140 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
141 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03
142 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.04
143 José Cayetano Julià (Spa) Illes Balears 1.07
144 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner
145 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.08
146 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
147 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux
148 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.09
149 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.10
150 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.11
151 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.12
152 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.16
153 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
154 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18
155 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22
156 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1.28
157 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo 1.38
158 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick-Step 2.02
159 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 2.03
160 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.19