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Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, France

Stage 3, Roanne - Roanne TT, 46.5K

8 June

Botero is Really Back

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Leipheimer

Leipheimer New Leader, photo: T-Mobile

Stage 3 of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré confirmed that Santiago Botero is Back. The green-yellow Phonak rider powered into Roanne, setting a mark that none of the greats could match. Covering the 46.K course in an average of 46.9K/hr, just a nip above an hour. Hot on Santi's heels was the blue double-L, Levi Leipheimer. Leipheimer was just short of Botero's time, by 1 second, but took consolation in the leader's yellow jersey. Leipheimer traded his blue Gerolsteiner top for the GC leader's jersey in yellow.

Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong, photo: Jason Spruill

It was another American, Lance Armstrong, who failed only himself today. The Discovery Channel rider posted a scorching time, but it was not enough to win the stage or prove his Tour de France form is on target. However, the fans should be impressed, it was a solid ride by the 6X Tour champion. Armstrong's old domestique, Floyd Landis, posted a solid time. No-fuss Floyd will be happy with his form and with his teammate's win. Although now there has to be some Phonak tension between Botero and Landis.

Other rides of note were: Vinokourov of the T-Mobile phone boys, slotting in at 5th best. He will be on fire in the Tour de France, make no mistake. Hincapie can't do any wrong, from classics to tours, the Disco man is there. Big George finished in 7th, and had to be happy with his time. Robbie Hunter did the green-machine proud and posted a quick time for a sprinter.

Botero TT

Botero TT, photo: Tour de Romandie

Botero is really showing solid form and now has to be considered a strong threat for final victory this week. Depending on how the Dauphiné Libéré goes for the 32 year-old will indicate his potential in la Grande Boucle. The Gerolsteiner water boys are going to have a hard time keeping the Hearing System boys in check if the Landis and Botero powers unite. Tomorrow is Mont-Ventoux, stay-tuned for explosions.

Results:
1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 1:00'06", 46.915 K/h
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.01
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 0.26
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.39
5 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 1.00
6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 1.09
7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 1.11
8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.14
9 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 1.16
10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.19
11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 2.02
12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 2.16
13 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.26
14 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 2.28
15 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 2.29
16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.35
17 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.38
18 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
19 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.40
20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.45
21 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.46
22 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.58
23 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.59
24 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.02
25 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.06
26 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.08
27 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3.10
28 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 3.12
29 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.14
30 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 3.18
31 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.21
32 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.22
33 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 3.24
34 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 3.25
35 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.27
36 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 3.29
37 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.30
38 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.32
39 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.37
40 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
41 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
42 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 3.39
43 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 3.48
44 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.49
45 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.50
46 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis 3.54
47 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.55
48 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.59
49 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.04
50 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.05
51 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.10
52 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4.14
53 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 4.15
54 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.18
55 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 4.21
56 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4.23
57 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 4.30
58 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.31
59 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 4.33
60 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.34
61 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.36
62 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 4.37
63 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 4.39
64 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 4.40
65 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.42
66 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.43
67 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
68 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4.44
69 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.47
70 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.49
71 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.51
72 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
73 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 4.52
74 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 4.56
75 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 4.57
76 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
77 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.59
78 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 5.01
79 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 5.02
80 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.03
81 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 5.09
82 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
83 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 5.13
84 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
85 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.14
86 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
87 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel
88 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 5.15
89 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze
90 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 5.16
91 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.18
92 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.20
93 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 5.23
94 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis
95 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.26
96 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 5.29
97 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 5.31
98 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.39
99 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.43
100 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 5.49
101 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.50
102 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.02
103 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.04
104 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.09
105 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.10
106 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 6.11
107 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.12
108 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
109 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.13
110 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6.15
111 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile
112 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.16
113 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
114 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6.17
115 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 6.19
116 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6.20
117 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.21
118 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick-Step 6.22
119 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6.26
120 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 6.31
121 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 6.34
122 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 6.44
123 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.48
124 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 6.50
125 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.51
126 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 6.55
127 José Cayetano Julià (Spa) Illes Balears 6.56
128 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 7.04
129 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 7.12
130 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.13
131 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7.16
132 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.24
133 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 7.27
134 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.35
135 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 7.40
136 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
137 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7.47
138 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
139 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.00
140 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.01
141 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.02
142 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.03
143 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 8.06
144 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 8.19
145 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.28
146 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 8.29
147 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.31
148 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.35
149 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.43
150 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick-Step 8.48
151 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.50
152 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.48
153 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick-Step 10.17
154 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.42
155 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 11.15
DNS Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile

Points
1 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 20
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 17
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 15
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 13
5 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 11
6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 10
7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9
8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8
9 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 7
10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 5
11 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 4
12 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
13 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
14 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 2
15 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1

Mountains Aimpillod - K 20.5
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7
2 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 5
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 3
4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 2
5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 1

GC:
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 11.11.20
2 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 0.12
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 0.30
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.42
5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 1.09
6 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 1.12
7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 1.14
8 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 1.27
9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.36
10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.43
11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 2.03
12 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.21
13 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.26
14 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 2.30
15 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 2.46
16 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.48
17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.50
18 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.53
19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.56
20 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
21 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 2.57
22 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.58
23 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.03
24 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3.14
25 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 3.16
26 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.22
27 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 3.30
28 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 3.31
29 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.33
30 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 3.36
31 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
32 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3.37
33 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.43
34 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.45
35 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.46
36 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 3.47
37 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.49
38 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
39 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 3.51
40 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.53
41 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
42 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 3.59
43 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 4.01
44 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
45 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4.05
46 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4.19
47 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.22
48 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4.25
49 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.32
50 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4.37
51 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.38
52 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.39
53 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis
54 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 4.49
55 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.51
56 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.52
57 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.53
58 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4.54
59 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears
60 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 5.02
61 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.04
62 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 5.06
63 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.09
64 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
65 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5.10
66 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
67 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 5.11
68 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 5.12
69 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 5.15
70 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5.19
71 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.23
72 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 5.25
73 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
74 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 5.26
75 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.30
76 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 5.31
77 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
78 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 5.37
79 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 5.43
80 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 5.47
81 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.51
82 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 5.53
83 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears
84 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
85 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.55
86 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
87 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 5.58
88 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.59
89 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 6.04
90 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick-Step 6.10
91 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.11
92 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 6.15
93 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
94 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 6.23
95 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.29
96 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 6.42
97 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 6.46
98 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.49
99 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile 6.50
100 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6.54
101 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.56
102 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
103 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.58
104 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 7.04
105 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
106 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7.08
107 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) Quick-Step 7.09
108 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.13
109 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 7.18
110 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 7.20
111 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 7.23
112 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 7.26
113 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.40
114 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 7.42
115 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 7.44
116 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 7.47
117 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 7.55
118 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.57
119 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 7.59
120 José Cayetano Julià (Spa) Illes Balears 8.01
121 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.06
122 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 8.10
123 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.13
124 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 8.18
125 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.19
126 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 8.25
127 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.26
128 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
129 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.37
130 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.47
131 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 9.01
132 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9.07
133 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.12
134 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 9.17
135 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
136 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.28
137 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.30
138 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.47
139 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 10.31
140 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 11.13
141 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.49
142 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.01
143 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre-Caffita 13.14
144 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 13.39
145 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.10
146 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.36
147 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.14
148 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 15.36
149 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15.54
150 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.07
151 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16.16
152 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 16.43
153 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick-Step 19.41
154 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.41
155 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick-Step 25.45
Points
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 40
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 34
3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 32
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 30
5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 29
6 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 26
7 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 26
8 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 25
9 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 23
10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 20
11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 20
12 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19
13 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19
14 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 19
15 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 15
16 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 14
17 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 13
18 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13
19 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 13
20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 10
21 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 10
22 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10
23 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9
24 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 9
25 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9
26 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8
27 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8
28 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8
29 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7
30 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 6
31 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
32 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 5
33 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4
34 Daniele Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 4
35 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
36 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
37 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 3
38 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 3
39 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
40 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2
41 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 2
42 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick-Step 2
43 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1
44 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1
45 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1
46 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1
47 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
48 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel
49 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
50 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile

Mountains
1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15
2 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13
3 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 11
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 11
5 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 9
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7
6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
8 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 7
9 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
10 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 5
11 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
11 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 3
11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 3
14 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2
15 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2
16 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1
16 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 1
18 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1
19 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 1

Combination
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 74
2 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 60
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 56
4 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 52
5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 52

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Joseba Beloki Interview, "I'm not a real attacking kind of rider, but to attack one needs to have both confidence and physical strength to spare."

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Stefano Garzelli Interviewed

Saul Raisin

Back Early For Swiss: "that would mean missing my appointment for the Tour de Swiss"

Lampre

Yo, pass me the sun block. It is hot! Lampre for stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia.

Your Ad Here Gif
Dropped Group

Matteo Algeri and BiciRace.com crew was there, flying down the road.

Savoldelli

Simoni's Time Gains on Il Falco, Stage 19