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Stage 2, Challans - Les Essarts, 181.5K

3 July

Hard-Man of North is Loose in France

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

Boonen Sprints

Boonen Sprints, photo: CyclingTime.com

Tom Boonen, hard-man of the North, is running wild in France. The Quick-Step rider terrorized the sprinters, many Australian, in the closing kilometers of today's stage 2 of the Tour de France. His team, along with FDJ and Davitamon-Lotto, was instrumental in bringing back the day long four-man escape. David Zabriskie finished safe in the gruppo to maintain his prized Maillot Jaune.

Under steaming hot conditions the peloton set off in western France today. Shortly after leaving Challans a 4-man break formed. Last year's hero, Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), was in the move. Voeckler was looking to repeat last year's break where he obtained the yellow jersey and rocketed to fame. Joining the Frenchman was Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole), David Cañada (Saunier Duval - Prodir) and Sylvain Calzati (Ag2r-Prévoyance). The move was key for Voeckler's team, the race was heading into Bouygues Telecom's hometown of Les Essarts.

4-Man Escape

4-Man Escape, photo: Graham Watson, Saunier Duval

A break-away in the first road stage of any grand tour is always hard to pull off. Today was no exception for the escape group. But the four gave it their all, trying to win in the Grande Boucle. By the feed-zone, with 90K remaining, the break had around 4 minutes. Behind the peloton was being lead by Zabriskie's Team CSC. Protecting the American and also his teammate, Ivan Basso. From the 90 to 10K to go the peloton moved closer and closer to the escape group. The group was able to stay clear on the day's only categorized climb. It was Voeckler who out sprinted Cañada at the top. It was a nice prize for the French rider, podium time and the Climber's jersey awaited him in Les Essarts.

Zabriskie in Yellow

Zabriskie in Yellow, photo: Team CSC

Only five K remaining and it was guns in the air for the sprinter's teams. FDJ, Quick-Step and Davitamon-Lotto were all up there. There were many Aussie's in the mix: Cooke, Davis, O'Grady and of course, McEwen. But with under 1K remaining it was the Quick-Step work of Trenti and Zanini that put the nails in the coffin of the other sprinters. Robbie McJet (Davitamon-Lotto) opened up the sprint on the right side but Tom Boonen powered down the left. Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) was able to nip past McJet for 2nd.

Boonen, by wining the stage, took the Maillot Vert and will be in green tomorrow. From terrorizing the peloton in Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders, and now on to the Tour de France, Boonen is a force to be reckoned with. The sprinters are going to have their work cut-out to shut down this Belgian Hard-man.

The Dust Devil's Daily Wrap (Funny Stuff)

Results: 3:51'31", 47.037 K/h
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
5 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi
6 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak
13 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance
15 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze
16 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze
17 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile
20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
21 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux
22 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir
23 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole
24 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step
25 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
26 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears
27 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita
28 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
30 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak
31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
32 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
33 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
34 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears
35 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
36 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze
37 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step
38 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
39 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
40 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
41 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
42 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
43 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
44 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
45 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
46 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
47 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
48 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
49 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth
50 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
51 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
52 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
53 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel
54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
55 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
56 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile
57 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
58 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
59 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
60 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears
61 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
62 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
63 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel
64 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
65 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
66 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
67 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
68 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
69 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
70 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears
71 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
72 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
73 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
74 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
75 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
76 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
77 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
78 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
79 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
80 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
81 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
82 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
83 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
84 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak
85 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze
86 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
87 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
88 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis
89 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
90 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
91 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
92 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
93 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
94 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
95 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
96 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
97 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
98 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile
99 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
100 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
101 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
102 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
103 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
104 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
105 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
106 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
107 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
108 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
109 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
110 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
111 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
112 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
113 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
114 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
115 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
116 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
117 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
118 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
119 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
120 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
121 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
122 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
123 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
124 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
125 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
126 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
127 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
128 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
129 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
130 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
131 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
132 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
133 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
134 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
135 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
136 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
137 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze
138 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
139 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
140 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
141 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
142 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
143 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner
144 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis
145 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step
146 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step
147 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
148 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
149 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
150 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi
151 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
152 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
153 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
154 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
155 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
156 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
157 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
158 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
159 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
160 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
161 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
162 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
163 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
164 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux
165 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
166 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step
167 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears
168 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
169 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
170 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears
171 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
172 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
173 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
174 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
175 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears
176 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears
177 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
178 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
179 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
180 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
181 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
182 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
183 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
184 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
185 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
186 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
187 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.36
188 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 0.39
189 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.47

Points
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 35
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 30
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 26
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 24
5 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 22
6 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 20
7 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19
8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18
9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 17
10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16
11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15
12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 14
13 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13
14 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 12
15 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11
16 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 10
17 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9
18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8
19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 7
20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6
21 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5
22 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
23 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 3
24 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 2
25 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1

Mountains
Côte du lac de la Vouraie - Cat. 4, K 165
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
2 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
3 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1

Sprints
Orouet, K 17.5
1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 6
2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2

Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, K 69.5
1 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 6
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
3 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2

Château-Guibert, K 150
1 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 6
2 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4
3 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2

Young rider
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 3.51.31
2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
4 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze
5 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears
7 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
8 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel

Most combative
1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance

Teams
1 Crédit Agricole 11.34.33
2 Bouygues Telecom
3 Quick-Step
4 Domina Vacanze
5 Phonak
6 Française Des Jeux
7 Fassa Bortolo
8 Gerolsteiner
9 Ag2R Prévoyance
10 Team CSC

GC:
1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 4.12.22
2 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 0.02
3 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 0.47
4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 0.53
5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.57
6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 1.02
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.04
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 1.05
10 Igor González de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.06
11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.07
12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 1.08
13 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 1.12
14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1.13
15 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner
16 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.16
17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.18
18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 1.24
19 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux
20 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.25
21 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 1.26
22 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.27
23 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.28
24 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 1.29
25 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.30
26 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak
27 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
28 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 1.31
29 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.32
30 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
31 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.34
32 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.35
34 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.39
35 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.41
37 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.46
38 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
39 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.48
40 Sergei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
41 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.50
42 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
43 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step
44 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.51
45 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 1.53
46 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.55
47 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
48 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.57
49 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.00
50 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance
51 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 2.01
52 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
53 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir
54 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.02
55 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.03
56 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.05
57 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
58 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 2.06
59 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 2.08
61 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
62 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
63 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.09
64 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears 2.11
65 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
66 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 2.12
67 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
68 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.13
69 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
70 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
71 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.14
72 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
73 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.16
74 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 2.17
75 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
76 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.18
77 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 2.19
78 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
79 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.20
80 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
81 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.24
82 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears
83 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth
84 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.25
85 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 2.28
86 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
87 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
88 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.29
89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
90 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile
91 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.30
92 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
93 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2.31
95 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
96 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
97 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
98 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears
99 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
100 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
101 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 2.32
102 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
103 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears
104 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.33
105 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.34
106 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.35
107 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
108 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 2.36
109 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 2.37
110 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
111 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 2.39
112 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
113 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.40
114 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.41
115 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.42
116 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 2.43
117 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi
118 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
119 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.44
120 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
121 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
122 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
123 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
124 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
125 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
126 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.45
127 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita 2.46
128 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
129 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
130 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
131 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.48
132 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.49
133 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
134 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.50
135 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 2.51
136 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 2.52
137 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
138 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
139 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.53
140 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
141 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
142 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
143 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 2.54
144 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
145 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.55
146 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
147 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.56
148 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
149 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.57
150 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.58
151 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
152 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
153 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.59
154 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
155 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.00
156 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.01
157 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
158 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.03
159 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
160 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 3.04
161 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3.05
162 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.06
163 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.08
164 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 3.09
165 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
166 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 3.10
167 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.11
168 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
169 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 3.12
170 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3.14
171 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.15
172 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
173 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 3.18
174 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 3.20
175 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 3.21
176 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 3.23
177 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.25
178 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3.27
179 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
180 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.31
181 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.36
182 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
183 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
184 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.37
185 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
186 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 3.41
187 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.44
188 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.50
189 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.40

Points
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 35
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 30
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 26
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 24
5 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 22
6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 20
7 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 20
8 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19
9 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 18
10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18

Mountains
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
2 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
3 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1
Young rider
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4.13.24
2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 0.03
3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.16
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 0.27
5 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.37
6 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 0.44
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.55
8 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.58
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.04
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 1.06

Teams
1 Team CSC 12.39.17
2 Discovery Channel 0.04
3 Phonak 1.33
4 Gerolsteiner 1.42
5 T-Mobile 1.51
6 Fassa Bortolo 2.16
7 Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.31
8 Crédit Agricole 2.50
9 Illes Balears 3.13
10 Rabobank 3.20
11 Quick-Step 3.21
12 Domina Vacanze 3.26
13 Française Des Jeux 3.27
14 Bouygues Telecom 3.43
15 Liquigas-Bianchi 3.54
16 Davitamon-Lotto 4.00
17 Cofidis 4.24
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.28
19 Ag2R Prévoyance 4.51
20 Lampre-Caffita 5.37
21 Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.38

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