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2005 Tour de France, Stage 15

Tour de France, France

Stage 15, Lézat-sur-Lèze - Saint-Lary Soulan (Pla d'Adet), 205.5K

17 July

Hincapie Gets First Tour Win on an Epic Day

Hincapie Wins, photo: CyclingTime.com

George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) earned himself an emotional first win in the Tour. He was part of a day-long break that battled through the Pyrenees. Behind the breakaway was Hincapie's team leader, Lance Armstrong, who was busy with his own battle by answering all the attacks of Ivan Basso (Team CSC). The Italian dropped two serious bombs on the American, but could not crack his rival. Armstrong retained his leader's jersey through defensive riding.

It was 10 years ago on the Portet d'Aspet that 1992 Olympic champion Fabio Casartelli lost his life during the 1995 Tour. Many riders were remembering Casartelli through armbands, which were also worn in stage 20 of this year's Giro d'Italia.

Today was the toughest of stages, made even more difficult by the heat. The riders departed Lézat-sur-Lèze knowing today would be a day of suffering: 30+ °C, 205K and 6 categorized climbs (1 cat 2, 4 cat 1, and the final HC).

The climbs:
85K Col du Portet d'Aspet, 2.7K at 8.4%, Cat 2
100.5K Col de Menté, 7K at 8.1%, Cat 1
137.5K Col du Portillon, 8.3K at 7.2%, Cat 1
162K Col de Peyresourde, 13K at 6.9%, Cat 1
182.5K Col de Val Louron-Azet, 7.5K at 7.9%, Cat 1
205K Saint-Lary Soulan (Pla d'Adet), 10.7K at 7.6%, Hors Cat

Right from the gun there were attacks to try to form an escape group. At 30K into affairs, Erik Dekker (Rabobank) helped formed the day's big move. By the bonus sprint in Clermont (37K) the 14-man group had 5 minutes. In the group was Mullet-Man, and former world champion, Brochard (Bouygues Telecom), recent interviewees Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros - Würth) and Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole) and Disco hard-man Hincapie. The rest were: Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile), Michael Boogerd (Rabobank), Karsten Kroon (Rabobank), Oscar Pereiro (Phonak), Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom), Alessandro Bertolini (Domina Vacanze), Iker Camano (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Mikel Astarloza (Ag2R Prévoyance).

By the top of the day's first climb, Col du Portet d'Aspet, the 14-man move had 17 minutes to the Disco lead peloton. Rabobank had nice control of the break-away, with representation by three men. Ivan Basso (Team CSC) was up at the front of the peloton. There was also a lot of magenta, T-Mobile jerseys to be seen joining Basso at the front.

The escape group had 12 minutes by the summit of the Peyresourde. The group was now Hincapie, Caucchioli, Sevilla, Boogard, Pereiro, and Brochard. Back in the yellow jersey group the pace was becoming intolerable for most. Leading to the Peyresourde, CSC was doing huge turns of speed. T-Mobile joined in on the tempo and guys were being shelled left and right, leaving about 20 remaining. There were still 4 Disco's (Ace, Popo, Rubiera, Armstrong), 1 CSC (Basso), 3 T-Mobile (Vino, Klöden, and Ulle).

Final 3, photo: T-Mobile

The race took a even larger reshaping on the penultimate climb, the Val Louron-Azet. It was 'Beppe Turbo' (Giuseppe Guerini) who appeared at the base of the climb to shred the group for T-Mobile. Then Vinokourov (T-Mobile) did a turn of speed for Jan Ullrich, which turned out to be to the benefit of Basso. The Italian put in a fierce attack, distancing everyone. Armstrong was able to claw his way back to join Basso, and so to was Ullrich after some minutes. Basso looked tough but lacked the killer speed to destroy Armstrong. The three made a hot pace to the top of the climb. All three looking exhausted, but happy to be there.

Armstrong At Work, photo: Discovery Channel

It was a fast descent down to the days last climb, the Pla d'Adet. There were now 10K to the finish of a tough Pyrenean weekend. Basso was not content with the damage and he dropped another bomb. This sent Ullrich into outer space and only Armstrong could match the Italian. That was to be the last shot Basso fired, he gave his all but could not crack the American. The two rode side-by-side, through maddening crowds. Ulle was suffering and trailing behind in the dust.

Up the road, the day-long escape was being decided. Caucchioli put in a dig that only Pereiro and Hincapie could answer. The Phonak rider responded with an attack that sent our Italian friend off the back. Disco Hincapie locked into the Spaniard's wheel and they rode in that position all the way to the finish. The duo battled the gradient, and the crowds, to arrive in the final kilometers. With 300m remaining, the American came around Pereiro and took an emotional win. George deserves to celebrate this impressive victory - his first Tour win, and a mountain stage to boot!

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Results: 6:06'38", 33.63 K/h
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 10 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 12 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 19 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 20 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 23 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 24 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 26 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 27 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 28 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 29 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 32 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 34 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 36 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 37 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 38 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 39 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 40 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 41 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 42 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 43 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 46 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 47 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 48 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 52 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 54 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 56 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 58 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 59 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 60 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 61 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 62 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 63 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 64 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 66 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 67 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 68 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 69 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 70 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 71 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 72 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 73 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 74 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 75 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 77 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 78 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 79 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 80 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 81 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 82 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 83 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 85 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 86 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 87 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 88 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 89 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 90 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 91 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 92 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 94 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 95 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 96 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 97 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 98 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 99 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 101 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 102 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 103 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 105 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 106 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 107 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 108 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 109 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 111 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 112 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 113 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 114 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 115 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 116 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 117 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 119 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 120 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 121 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 122 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 123 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 124 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 125 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 126 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 127 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 128 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 129 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 131 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 132 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 133 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears 134 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 135 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 136 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 137 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 138 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 139 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 140 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 141 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 142 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 143 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 144 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 145 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 146 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 147 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 148 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 149 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 150 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 151 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 152 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 153 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 154 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 155 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 157 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 158 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze DNF Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step DNF David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
0.06
0.38
0.57
2.19
5.04

6.28

6.32

7.33
7.54
8.14
8.47

8.54
9.32
9.34
10.37
11.00
11.27
11.58

12.13

12.17
12.44
13.13
13.49
14.01
14.22
14.28
14.54
15.09
16.01
16.11
16.31
17.23
18.48
19.34
20.41

24.01
24.43
26.14
35.42
36.09

37.57
44.10

46.37

Points
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 20
2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 17
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 15
4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 13
5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12
6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 10
7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 9
8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 8
9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 7
10 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6
11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 5
12 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 4
13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 3
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2
15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

Mountains
Col du Portet d'Aspet (souvenir Casartelli) - Cat. 2, K 85
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 9
3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 8
4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 7
5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6
6 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5

Col de Menté - Cat. 1, K 100.5
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15
2 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 13
3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11
4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 9
5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 8
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 7
7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
8 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5

Col du Portillon - Cat. 1, K 137.5
1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 15
2 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 13
3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 11
4 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 9
5 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 7
7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 6
8 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5

Col de Peyresourde - Cat. 1, K 162
1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15
2 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 13
3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 11
4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 9
5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 8
6 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7
7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
8 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5

Col de Val-Louron-Azet - Cat. 1, K 182.5
1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15
2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 13
3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11
4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9
5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 8
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 7
7 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
8 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5

Saint-Lary-Soulan (Pla-d'Adet) - HC, K 205.5
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 40
2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 36
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 32
4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 28
5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24
6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 20
7 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 16
8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 14
9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 12
10 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10

Sprints
Clermont - K 37
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4
3 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2

Argein - K 69.5
1 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2

Young rider
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 6.16.10
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.05
3 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 3.12
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.50
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.29
6 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 6.59
7 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.37
8 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
9 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
10 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
12 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
13 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
16 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze
17 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 28.25
18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 34.38
19 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
20 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
21 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
22 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
24 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
25 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
26 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
27 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
28 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux

Most combative
1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak

Teams
1 Discovery Channel 18.34.30
2 T-Mobile 5.53
3 Crédit Agricole 7.00
4 Phonak 12.27
5 Bouygues Telecom 15.54
6 Rabobank 17.36
7 Team CSC 21.29
8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.19
9 Liberty Seguros-Würth 26.30
10 Illes Balears 28.01
11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 43.33
12 Domina Vacanze 48.40
13 Ag2R Prévoyance 53.45
14 Gerolsteiner 1.05.36
15 Davitamon-Lotto 1.06.29
16 Lampre-Caffita 1.06.36
17 Fassa Bortolo 1.33.51
18 Française Des Jeux
19 Quick-Step 1.41.52
20 Liquigas-Bianchi
21 Cofidis

GC:
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 62:09'59", 42.309 K/h
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.46
3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3.09
4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 5.58
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 6.31
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7.35
7 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 9.33
8 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 9.38
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.47
10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 12.01
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12.57
12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 14.27
13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.26
14 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 17.56
15 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18.16
16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 19.03
17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 19.30
18 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 19.35
19 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 20.35
20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.48
21 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 27.20
22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 27.37
23 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 28.47
24 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 38.51
25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 41.25
26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 41.44
27 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 42.17
28 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 44.49
29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.30
30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 50.20
31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 51.09
32 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52.41
33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 52.47
34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 55.03
35 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 56.18
36 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 59.05
37 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 1.00.56
38 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 1.08.04
39 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.08.29
40 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 1.11.18
41 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 1.14.45
42 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.17.55
43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.19.35
44 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.19.39
45 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 1.20.11
46 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.24.20
47 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.27.15
48 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.28.38
49 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 1.30.49
50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 1.32.57
51 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 1.35.31
52 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.40.33
53 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.40.37
54 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.41.26
55 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.43.55
56 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 1.44.11
57 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 1.44.16
58 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 1.44.50
59 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.44.55
60 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1.46.41
61 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.47.09
62 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.48.55
63 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.49.14
64 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.49.31
65 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.49.51
66 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.51.26
67 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 1.52.06
68 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52.21
69 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1.54.14
70 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.54.49
71 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.54.58
72 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.55.26
73 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.56.53
74 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 1.58.15
75 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.01.48
76 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 2.01.49
77 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.02.26
78 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.03.10
79 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.05.00
80 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.05.52
81 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.06.05
82 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.06.17
83 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.06.29
84 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.07.24
85 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.09.15
86 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 2.10.14
87 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.10.28
88 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.10.38
89 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.10.39
90 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.13.00
91 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.14.34
92 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 2.15.31
93 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.16.18
94 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.16.24
95 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2.16.45
96 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.17.09
97 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.17.23
98 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.18.26
99 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.22.50
100 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.23.37
101 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.24.24
102 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 2.24.56
103 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.27.45
104 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
105 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.28.25
106 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.28.38
107 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.30.52
108 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.31.34
109 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.31.42
110 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.32.18
111 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.33.33
112 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 2.38.49
113 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.40.50
114 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 2.41.31
115 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 2.42.47
116 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.43.12
117 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.46.35
118 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.47.02
119 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.48.49
120 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 2.49.04
121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.50.10
122 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.52.49
123 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 2.53.29
124 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.54.31
125 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 2.55.06
126 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.55.20
127 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.57.35
128 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.58.00
129 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.58.20
130 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.58.42
131 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.59.17
132 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.59.35
133 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 2.59.36
134 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.59.46
135 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.01.06
136 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.04.19
137 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.05.57
138 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.06.20
139 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 3.06.29
140 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 3.07.16
141 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.07.20
142 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.07.56
143 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.08.16
144 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 3.08.40
145 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 3.09.29
146 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.09.50
147 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.11.05
148 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.11.37
149 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 3.11.48
150 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.14.52
151 Daniel Becke (Spa) Illes Balears 3.16.09
152 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.17.33
153 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.18.44
154 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.18.45
155 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 3.20.42
156 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 3.22.14
157 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.25.39
158 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.33.05

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

Mountains
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 185
2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 114
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 92
4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 90
5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 89
6 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 88
7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75
8 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 74
9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 73
10 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 71
11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 65
12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 56
13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53
14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 44
15 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 41
16 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36
17 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 36
18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 36
19 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34
20 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 31
21 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 30
22 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 28
23 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 26
24 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 25
25 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24
26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 20
27 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 20
28 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 20
29 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19
30 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18
31 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 18
32 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17
33 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17
34 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17
35 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 16
36 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15
37 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
38 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
39 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 14
40 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 14
41 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 13
42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 13
43 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 13
44 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 13
45 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12
46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12
47 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10
48 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10
49 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 10
50 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
51 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9
52 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 8
53 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 8
54 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8
55 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7
56 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7
57 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
58 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 4
59 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
60 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3
61 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
62 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
63 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
64 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
65 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2
66 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2
67 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2
68 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2
69 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1
70 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1

Young rider
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 62.24.26
2 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6.08
3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 36.42
4 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 54.02
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.05.12
6 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 1.05.44
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 1.18.30
8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 1.29.49
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.40.22
10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.48.43
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.51.25
12 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.56.01
13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.58.33
14 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.02.56
15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.03.59
16 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.08.23
17 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.09.10
18 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.13.18
19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.17.07
20 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.32.35
21 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.43.08
22 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.43.53
23 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.44.15
24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.45.08
25 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 2.51.53
26 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.53.49
27 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.56.38
28 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.04.18

Teams
1 T-Mobile 184.24.01
2 Discovery Channel 19.28
3 Team CSC 21.58
4 Crédit Agricole 28.11
5 Illes Balears 32.09
6 Phonak 34.30
7 Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.31.14
8 Rabobank 1.42.42
9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.47.57
10 Gerolsteiner 2.15.43
11 Ag2R Prévoyance 2.34.42
12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.41.11
13 Bouygues Telecom 2.52.22
14 Davitamon-Lotto 3.02.50
15 Française Des Jeux 3.23.03
16 Domina Vacanze 3.24.08
17 Lampre-Caffita 3.36.51
18 Cofidis 4.25.49
19 Liquigas-Bianchi 4.26.45
20 Fassa Bortolo 4.33.36
21 Quick-Step 5.12.04