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2005 Eneco Tour, Stage 4

Eneco Tour, Netherlands

Stage 4, Landgraaf - Verviers, 232K

7 August

Ballan Wins Disorganized Stage

Ballan Wins Disorganized Stage, photo: Eneco Tour

Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Caffita) won at the end of a chaotic stage of the Eneco Tour. The Italian took a fine uphill sprint win ahead of Rik Verbrugghe (Quick-Step). Verbrugghe successfully defended his GC lead by finishing 2nd on the stage, and remains in the red leader's kit.

Another cloudy day in the Eneco Tour. The weather has not been kind to the racers in this race. Today was around 20°C, cloudy and rainy. The riders faced 232K to the finish town in Verviers, in eastern Belgium.

Soon after leaving Landgraaf a four-man move formed, Christian Vande Velde (Team CSC), Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel), Jussi Veikkanen (Française Des Jeux) and Bart Dockx (Davitamon-Lotto). The group established itself after the Côte d'Hallembaye, with 180K remaining. The escape worked in harmony, establishing a perfect rhythm. Along the way Veikkanen was dropped and his companions continued on. Their lead steadily grew up to 7 minutes by the Côte de la Haute Levée (75K to go).

After the Côte de la Haute Levée the race organization turned sour. Through a misdirection of lead cars and motorbikes in the main peloton, combined with ensuing chaos, the leading trio's gap jumped up to 14 minutes. Vande Velde had the most to gain, he was now in the virtual leader's jersey, starting the day at 6'20" down.

i Americani stop, photo: Eneco Tour

The organizers tried to set straight their mistakes and ordered the trio to stop at the summit of Côte du Rosier. The leading three, and their team directors, were outraged and refused to stop. They were then forced to stop, via the race police at 42K to go. Dockx had to be restrained by the police, he was visibly upset. The Americans took a natural break and refueled.

Dockx Protests, photo: Davitamon-Lotto

Once the peloton came to the road-block, the organizers then released the trio. The peloton was let loose to chase after about 3'30". This gap was very controversial, and considered by many to be way too short. The organizes will surely have some explaining to do later as more details unfold. All of the trio's rhythm had been lost and their chances of succeeding were now slim.

After the Côte Annete et Lubin (26K to go) the race was firing up under rain storms. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Bobby Julich (Team CSC) launched their missiles, with Erik Dekker (Rabobank) joining in. Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros-Würth), contending for the race lead, was hanging tough and being marked by Rik Verbrugghe. All these accelerations put an end to the day's escape.

McCartney Drives Trio, photo: Eneco Tour

By the Côte de Surister (18K to go) it was all over for the break, they were passed by a thinning peloton. José Gutierrez (Illes Balears) let loose with a second set of offensives. His move was marked by Julich, Rebellin and Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile), who were all down by 30" in the overall GC. The move was a serious move, that was chased heavily by Liberty Seguros-Würth and Rabobank. Through some bad group dynamics, and a strong chase, it was again gruppo compatto at 5K.

The run in to Verviers was slightly uphill. On the damp roads Ivanov launched again, marked by Alessandro Ballan. The T-Mobile rider ran out of gas and faded. The tall figure of Ballan was able to power by for the win. It was an explosive finish that topped-off a disastrous stage for the organizers.

Results: 6:06'05", 38.024 K/hr
1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 3 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 9 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 10 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 12 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 14 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 16 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 17 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 18 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 19 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 20 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 21 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 22 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 25 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 27 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 30 Gorka González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 32 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 33 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 34 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 35 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 36 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 37 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 38 David López García 39 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 40 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 41 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 42 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 44 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 45 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 46 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 47 Frédéric Guesdon 48 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 51 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 52 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears 53 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 54 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 55 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade 56 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 58 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 59 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 60 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 61 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 62 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 63 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 64 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 65 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty 66 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 67 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 68 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 69 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade 71 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 73 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 74 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 75 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 76 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 77 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 78 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 79 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 80 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 81 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 82 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 83 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 84 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 85 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 87 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 88 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 89 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 91 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 93 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 94 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 95 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 96 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 97 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 98 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 99 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis 100 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 101 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears 102 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears 103 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker-Sports 104 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 105 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 106 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 107 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 108 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 109 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 110 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 111 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) 112 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 113 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 114 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 115 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 116 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 118 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 119 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 120 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick-Step 121 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 122 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 124 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 125 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 126 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 127 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 128 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 129 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 130 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 131 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 132 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) 133 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 134 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 135 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 136 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 137 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 138 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 139 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 140 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 141 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 142 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 143 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 144 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 145 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 146 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 147 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 148 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 149 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade 150 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 151 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 152 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 153 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 154 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNF Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC DNF Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC DNF Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo DNF Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita DNF Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports DNS Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir

0.07
0.51
(Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.53

0.55

1.25
3.54

(Fra) Française Des Jeux

4.07
4.08
6.28

Jacques-T Interim

Seguros-Würth
9.03
10.25

Jacques-T Interim 10.28
10.29

14.56

Tech
19.54

Française Des Jeux

24.01
24.05

Française Des Jeux

Jacques-T Interim

Tech

Climbs
Climb 1
1 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 10
2 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 5
4 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 3
5 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1

Climb 2
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 10
2 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 7
3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
4 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 3
5 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1

Climb 3
1 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 10
2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 7
3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
4 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 3
5 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1

Climb 4
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 10
2 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 7
3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
5 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 1

Climb 5
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 10
2 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 7
3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
5 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1

Climb 6
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 10
2 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 7
3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
4 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 3
5 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1

Climb 7
1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10
2 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 7
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5
4 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 3
5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 1

Sprints
Sprint 1
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5
3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 3

Sprint 2
1 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8
2 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 5
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 3

Sprint 3
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 8
2 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 5
3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3

Teams
1 Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.18.15
2 Discovery Channel
3 T-Mobile
4 Liberty Seguros-Würth
5 Quick-Step
6 Team CSC 0.07
7 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.53
8 Rabobank 1.25
9 Lampre-Caffita 6.28
10 Crédit Agricole
11 Davitamon-Lotto
12 Illes Balears 7.19
13 Gerolsteiner 14.56
14 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 16.56
15 Phonak 18.13
16 Domina Vacanze 25.00
17 Liquigas-Bianchi 29.52
18 Française Des Jeux 33.46
19 MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 34.50
20 Cofidis
21 Fassa Bortolo 36.20
22 Bouygues Telecom 43.09
23 Shimano-Memory Corp 1.08.04

GC:
1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 19.44.28
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.06
3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.14
4 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.15
5 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.16
6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.18
7 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 0.20
8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.25
9 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 0.36
10 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
12 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
13 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
14 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.40
15 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 0.49
16 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.54
17 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 1.26
18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 1.34
19 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.06
20 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 2.43
21 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears
22 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.44
23 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.46
24 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.50
25 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 2.56
26 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.57
27 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.03
28 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.04
29 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.05
30 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.47
31 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 3.59
32 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 4.08
33 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.28
34 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4.38
35 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.06
36 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 6.46
37 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 6.55
38 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 7.07
39 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 7.27
40 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7.59
41 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 8.29
42 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 9.06
43 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.07
44 Gorka González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.08
45 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
46 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.13
47 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9.20
48 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 9.26
49 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 9.37
50 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 9.42
51 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 9.51
52 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.36
53 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.51
54 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 13.10
55 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 13.29
56 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 13.30
57 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 13.34
58 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 14.03
59 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 15.18
60 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 15.53
61 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.17
62 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.31
63 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 17.35
64 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 18.33
65 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears 19.11
66 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.55
67 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
68 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 22.31
69 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.33
70 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.32
71 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 23.35
72 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23.48
73 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 24.03
74 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.04
75 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.14
76 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis 25.24
77 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 25.51
78 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26.11
79 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 26.16
80 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.42
81 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 27.40
82 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 28.16
83 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.27
84 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.28
85 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 28.36
86 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears 28.38
87 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 28.47
88 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 28.50
89 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 28.58
90 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
91 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 29.05
92 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 29.54
93 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.24
94 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 31.03
95 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 31.26
96 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31.30
97 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 32.19
98 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 32.25
99 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 32.31
100 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 32.45
101 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 33.29
102 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak
103 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 33.49
104 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 34.06
105 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 34.14
106 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 34.50
107 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 35.12
108 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 37.03
109 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37.11
110 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 37.31
111 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.35
112 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 37.43
113 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 37.53
114 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 38.10
115 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 38.38
116 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 39.00
117 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 40.02
118 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 40.18
119 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40.44
120 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 41.01
121 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.04
122 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 41.09
123 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41.14
124 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 41.24
125 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 41.25
126 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 41.31
127 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 41.34
128 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 41.35
129 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 41.43
130 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 41.57
131 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick-Step 41.58
132 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 42.03
133 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 42.04
134 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 42.27
135 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears 43.15
136 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 43.24
137 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 43.44
138 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 45.00
139 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.28
140 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 45.53
141 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46.48
142 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 49.00
143 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 49.21
144 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 49.25
145 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.27
146 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 51.00
147 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 51.08
148 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 51.27
149 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 52.35
150 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 53.18
151 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 54.59
152 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 55.00
153 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 58.36

Points
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 101
2 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 50
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 46
4 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 41
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 37
6 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 35
7 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 33
8 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32
9 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 30
10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 30
11 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 30
12 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 28
13 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 24
14 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 22
15 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 22
16 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 17
17 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 17
18 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 17
19 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 17
20 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16
21 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15
22 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 15
23 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 15
24 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 13
25 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13
26 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12
27 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12
28 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 12
29 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 11
30 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 11
31 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 11
32 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11
33 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 10
34 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 10
35 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 5
36 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 5
37 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3
38 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 3
39 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 3

Climbs
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 53
2 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 48
3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32
4 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 31
5 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 27
6 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 17
7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12
8 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 11
9 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 10
10 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 9
11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8
12 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 7
13 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 6
14 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 6
15 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5
16 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 1
17 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1
18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1
19 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 1

Young rider
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 19.44.34
2 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.10
3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.12
4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.19
5 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 0.30
6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
7 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 1.20
8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 2.37
9 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 2.50
10 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.58
11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.00
12 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9.14
13 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.11
14 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.25
15 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 17.29
16 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 18.27
17 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears 19.05
18 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.49
19 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 22.25
20 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23.42
21 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.58
22 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis 25.18
23 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 25.45
24 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.36
25 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 27.34
26 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.22
27 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears 28.32
28 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 28.41
29 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 28.44
30 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 28.59
31 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 30.57
32 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 32.13
33 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 33.23
34 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.29
35 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40.38
36 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 40.55
37 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.58
38 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 41.19
39 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 41.29
40 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 41.51
41 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick-Step 41.52
42 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 41.57
43 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 41.58
44 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 42.21
45 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears 43.09
46 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.22
47 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 45.47
48 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46.42
49 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.21
50 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 54.54

Teams
1 Liberty Seguros-Würth 59.14.13
2 T-Mobile 0.16
3 Rabobank 1.28
4 Discovery Channel 2.09
5 Quick-Step 2.28
6 Team CSC 2.47
7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.32
8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.41
9 Davitamon-Lotto 9.03
10 Lampre-Caffita 18.42
11 Illes Balears
12 Gerolsteiner 19.47
13 Crédit Agricole 21.28
14 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 22.19
15 Phonak 26.43
16 MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 48.21
17 Cofidis 51.04
18 Domina Vacanze 54.48
19 Française Des Jeux 56.01
20 Liquigas-Bianchi 56.45
21 Fassa Bortolo 1.00.56
22 Bouygues Telecom 1.09.17
23 Shimano-Memory Corp 1.51.40