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Stage 13, Miramas - Montpellier, 173.5K

15 July

Three For The Aussie Fast-Man

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

McEwen Sprints To Third Victory

McEwen Sprints To Third Victory, photo: CyclingTime.com

The Aussie Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) won his 3rd stage in the 2005 Tour de France. Thanks to the strong work of his squad, the fast man from down-under won. The Belgian squad captured the day-long 5-man break only in the closing kilometers. Safe in the bunch was the American, Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel), keeping the yellow jersey.

Today's stage was scorching hot. On tap was a flat parcours, giving the riders a break from the hills before the painful weekend. From Miramas to Montpellier there was only had one categorized climb, the Col de la Vayède, coming at the start.

Horner and co.

Horner and co., photo: Graham Watson, Saunier Duval

Sure enough there were attacks from the gun. At 25K into the race, Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) jammed it off the front. Having missing out yesterday, on the French holiday, he was anxious to have a go. Joining Voeckler, to make 5, were Carlos Da Cruz (Française Des Jeux), Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo), Ludovic Turpin (Ag2R Prévoyance) and Chris Horner (Saunier Duval-Prodir).

The gap had jumped up to 9 minutes with 125K to go, none off these riders were a threat to the overall lead. Disco was content to relax and let the sprinter's teams worry. It was Robbie McEwen's team, Davitamon-Lotto, that was called into action, to keep the break in check.

Valverde Abandons

Valverde Abandons, photo: Illes Balears

Back in the peloton the news came through of the abandon of race favorite, Alejandro Valverde. The Illes Balears rider had been suffering from knee pains and could not continue. The pains originated from a bang on the handlebars during the team TT on 5 July. He was in major pain climbing into the team car at the feed zone. It was a sad and emotional ending to the young rider's race.

The peloton was getting itchy and it was Servais Knaven (Quick-Step) who had a dig at 20K to go. His move was quickly nullified by the steady pace work of Davitamon-Lotto. The Belgian squad was turning themselves inside-out to bring back the fivesome. Then just at 11K remaining, it was another French favorite, Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis). Chavanel thundered up the road in his bright yellow shoes. The Cofidis man quickly caught the 5-men, and then attacked again. At first the group would not let Chavanel go, but then he broke them. Only Horner was able to jump on the Frenchman's wheel.

The American-French duo formed a dodgy alliance that got them all the way to the closing meters. Horner was blown, but was giving it his all until the end. As they neared the finish Horner refused to work, or was just too tired. It was another American, Fred Rodriguez, that did the finishing work on a Davitamon-Lotto day. He brought McJet to the line, and then the Aussie delivered the goods. A third win for the Aussie, who is now back in the hunt for the green jersey.

All the GC men now look to tomorrow. The weekend holds immeasurable pain in the form of back-to-back Pyrenean stages. Armstrong's lead and team will be put to the test, making for some exciting racing.

Read The Dust Devil's Daily Wrap, Heartbreaker for Horner.

Results: 3:43'14", 46.632 K/h
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
4 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
6 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
9 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
10 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir
11 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
12 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
13 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
14 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze
15 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
17 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
18 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
19 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
22 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
23 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance
24 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
25 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile
26 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
27 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile
28 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
29 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
30 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
31 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
32 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
33 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel
34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
35 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
36 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
37 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
38 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears
39 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
40 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak
41 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
42 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
43 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi
44 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
45 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
46 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
47 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
48 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis
49 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
50 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
51 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
52 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze
53 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
54 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
55 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
56 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
57 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
58 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
59 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis
60 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
61 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze
62 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
63 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth
64 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
65 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
66 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
67 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
68 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
69 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears
70 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
71 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
72 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
73 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
74 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears
75 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
76 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak
77 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
78 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
79 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
80 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
81 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
82 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
83 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
84 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
85 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears
86 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
87 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze
88 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
89 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears
90 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
91 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
92 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step
93 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
94 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
95 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
96 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
97 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
98 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
99 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
100 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
101 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
102 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 0.15
103 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.18
104 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
105 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
106 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.23
107 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step
108 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
109 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
110 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
111 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
112 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
113 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
114 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
115 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
116 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
117 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
118 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
119 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
120 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner
121 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
122 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
123 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
124 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
125 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
126 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
127 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step
128 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
129 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
130 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
131 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
132 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
133 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
134 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
135 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
136 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
137 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
138 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
139 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
140 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
141 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
142 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
143 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
144 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
145 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
146 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears
147 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
148 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
149 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
150 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
151 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
152 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile
153 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux
154 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
155 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
156 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.36
157 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.35
158 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.49
159 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5.40
160 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.09
161 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears

Points
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 35
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 30
3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 26
4 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 24
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 22
6 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20
7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19
8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 18
9 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 17
10 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16
11 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 15
12 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 14
13 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13
14 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 12
15 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 11
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 10
17 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9
18 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8
19 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7
20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 5
22 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4
23 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
24 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 2
25 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 1

Mountains
Col de la Vayède - Cat. 4, K 26.5
1 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
2 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2
3 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1

Sprints
Maussane-Les-Alpilles - K 22
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
2 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4
3 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2

Moussac - K 96
1 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6
2 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4
3 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2

Young rider
1 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.43.14
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
11 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
12 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears
13 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze
14 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
15 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
16 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
17 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.23
18 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
19 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
20 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
21 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
22 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
23 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
25 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
26 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux
27 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.36
28 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.09

Most combative
1 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux

Teams
1 Cofidis 11.09.42
2 Gerolsteiner
3 Française Des Jeux
4 Bouygues Telecom
5 Davitamon-Lotto
6 Liquigas-Bianchi
7 Ag2R Prévoyance
8 Lampre-Caffita
9 Crédit Agricole
10 Discovery Channel
11 T-Mobile
12 Team CSC
13 Saunier Duval-Prodir
14 Liberty Seguros-Würth
15 Domina Vacanze
16 Phonak
17 Quick-Step
18 Euskaltel-Euskadi
19 Rabobank
20 Illes Balears
21 Fassa Bortolo 0.23

GC:
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 50.13.50 (43.884 K/h)
2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 0.38
3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.34
4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.40
5 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 3.48
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 3.58
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 4.00
8 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 4.02
9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 4.16
10 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
11 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 4.47
12 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.33
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.55
14 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 6.25
15 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6.32
16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 6.37
17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.41
19 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 8.46
20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 9.10
21 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.07
22 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11.43
23 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 12.15
24 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 12.42
25 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 13.01
26 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14.21
27 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.32
28 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.20
29 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 16.29
30 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 16.50
31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 19.31
32 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 20.25
33 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 21.44
34 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 26.47
35 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 27.17
36 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 27.49
37 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 28.55
38 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 29.09
39 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 32.29
40 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 35.06
41 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 35.28
42 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 38.54
43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 39.57
44 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 41.37
45 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 44.33
46 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44.53
47 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 45.21
48 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 45.24
49 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 46.25
50 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 46.38
51 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 46.39
52 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 46.46
53 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 47.57
54 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.14
55 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48.51
56 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 51.06
57 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.09
58 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 52.13
59 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 52.17
60 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 52.30
61 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 52.37
62 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 52.52
63 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 54.00
64 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 56.13
65 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 56.47
66 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 57.09
67 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58.14
68 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 58.46
69 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58.49
70 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 59.40
71 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 59.50
72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 59.54
73 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.00.06
74 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 1.00.54
75 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1.02.28
76 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1.02.33
77 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03.09
78 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03.12
79 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.03.40
80 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.03.41
81 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 1.04.15
82 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.04.17
83 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.39
84 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.05.56
85 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.06.08
86 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 1.09.20
87 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 1.10.45
88 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 1.12.54
89 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.05
90 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.15.15
91 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.48
92 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.16.46
93 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.16.55
94 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.17.02
95 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.17.22
96 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.18.13
97 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.18.33
98 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.20.53
99 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.21.05
100 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.21.14
101 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 1.22.20
102 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.22.27
103 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.24.19
104 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 1.24.27
105 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.24.48
106 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25.09
107 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.28.58
108 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1.32.25
109 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.32.35
110 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.34.39
111 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 1.34.42
112 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 1.34.52
113 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 1.36.36
114 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.39.33
115 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.40.51
116 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
117 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.41.08
118 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.41.30
119 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.41.45
120 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.41.47
121 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 1.42.46
122 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.43.23
123 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.44.08
124 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 1.44.29
125 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.46.07
126 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.46.54
127 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.48.20
128 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.48.58
129 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 1.48.59
130 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.49.09
131 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.50.07
132 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.50.41
133 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.50.43
134 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.51.36
135 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.51.42
136 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.51.45
137 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 1.52.08
138 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.52.17
139 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.53.01
140 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1.53.44
141 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 1.54.15
142 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.55.38
143 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 1.56.39
144 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.56.41
145 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 1.56.48
146 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.56.53
147 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.57.25
148 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.57.39
149 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 2.01.11
150 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 2.01.48
151 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.03.15
152 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 2.03.16
153 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.03.21
154 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.04.32
155 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears 2.05.32
156 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 2.06.30
157 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 2.08.02
158 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2.09.11
159 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.11.27
160 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.12.34
161 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.18.53

Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 164
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 150
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 142
4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84
5 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 81
6 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 79
7 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 75
8 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 73
9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 73
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 71
11 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 67
12 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 63
13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63
14 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 61
15 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61
16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 54
17 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53
18 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 45
19 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 43
20 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42
21 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 42
22 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 40
23 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 39
24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 36
25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 35
26 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 34
27 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33
28 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 29
29 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 29
30 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears 29
31 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 25
32 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 25
33 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25
34 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 24
35 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 24
36 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 24
37 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24
38 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24
39 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24
40 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24
41 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 24
42 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 23
43 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 23
44 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 23
45 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 22
46 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 22
47 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 20
48 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 19
49 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 19
50 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18
51 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18
52 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 17
53 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16
54 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 16
55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 16
56 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 15
57 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 15
58 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14
59 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14
60 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14
61 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 13
62 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13
63 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13
64 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 13
65 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12
66 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 12
67 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 11
68 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 11
69 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 11
70 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 11
71 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
72 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 10
73 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 10
74 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9
75 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9
76 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 9
77 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 9
78 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 8
79 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 8
80 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8
81 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7
82 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6
83 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 6
84 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
85 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 6
86 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4
87 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 4
88 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
89 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
90 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4
91 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4
92 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
93 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4
94 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 3
95 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 2
96 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 2
97 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 2
98 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
99 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2
100 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2
101 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
102 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank -2
103 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5
104 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel -5
105 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5
106 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux -5
107 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance -5
108 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi -10
109 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto -10

Mountains
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 160
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 89
3 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 88
4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 71
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 40
6 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34
7 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 30
8 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 27
9 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 25
10 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24
11 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 20
12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 20
13 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 20
14 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 18
15 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18
16 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 18
17 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17
18 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17
19 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17
20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16
21 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 16
22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 16
23 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15
24 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 14
26 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 14
27 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 13
28 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 13
29 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 13
30 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 13
31 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 12
32 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12
33 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12
34 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 11
35 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 11
36 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10
37 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10
38 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 10
39 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9
40 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 8
41 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 8
42 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8
43 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 7
44 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7
45 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7
46 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 6
47 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6
48 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
49 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
50 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
51 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3
52 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
53 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
54 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
55 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
56 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2
57 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
58 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2
59 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2
60 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2
61 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1
62 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1

Young rider
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 50.20.15
2 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 0.07
3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 13.06
4 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 22.30
5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 41.32
6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.49
7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 45.48
8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 46.05
9 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 54.29
10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 57.16
11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 57.52
12 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 1.06.29
13 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.08.50
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.10.21
15 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.10.37
16 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.14.49
17 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.22.33
18 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1.26.00
19 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.34.26
20 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.35.05
21 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.36.58
22 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.37.43
23 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.42.33
24 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.44.18
25 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 1.45.43
26 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.50.28
27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.51.14
28 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.06.09

Teams
1 Team CSC 148.23.52
2 Illes Balears 1.30
3 T-Mobile 2.09
4 Crédit Agricole 8.24
5 Discovery Channel 15.16
6 Phonak 19.41
7 Liberty Seguros-Würth 32.21
8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 56.48
9 Gerolsteiner 1.01.41
10 Rabobank 1.02.20
11 Ag2R Prévoyance 1.16.58
12 Française Des Jeux 1.24.01
13 Davitamon-Lotto 1.26.30
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.26.58
15 Lampre-Caffita 1.45.01
16 Liquigas-Bianchi 1.51.18
17 Cofidis 1.52.29
18 Fassa Bortolo 2.05.55
19 Bouygues Telecom 2.17.45
20 Domina Vacanze 2.21.47
21 Quick-Step 2.29.37

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