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Tour de France, France

Stage 17, Pau - Revel, 239.5K

20 July

From Italy to France, Il Falco Continues Flight

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) caught and passed Kurt Arvesen (Team CSC) in the final K to win stage 17 of the Tour de France. Il Falco Bergamasco was in the mega-break that gained huge time on the peloton. The final Côte saw Il Falco attack and fight all the way to the line. Behind, his team leader, Lance Armstrong, remained in yellow as leader of the Tour de France.

Today's was the longest of the 92nd Tour de France and also the longest stage in years. The riders were traveling 239.5K west to Revel. Today the weather eased up for the riders and the mode was more relaxed than in the previous week. There were no serious mountains today, just a lot of up-and-downs, with some côtes. The climbs were the Cat. 3 Côte de Baleix (22.5K), Cat. 4 Côte de Betbèze (88.5K), Cat. 4 Côte de Capens (159.5K) and Cat. 3 Côte de Saint-Ferréol (232.5K).

The long stage lent itself to a long and large escape group. Sure enough, after 30K, a group of 17 formed. In the group were: Jose Luis Rubiera and Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel), Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile), Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC), Erik Dekker (Rabobank), Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Sébastien Hinault (Crédit Agricole), Dario Cioni (Liquigas-Bianchi), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Bram Tankink (Quick-Step), Pierrick Fédrigo (Bouygues Telecom), Daniele Righi (Lampre-Caffita), Carlos Da Cruz and Thomas Lövkvist (Française Des Jeux), Andrei Grivko (Domina Vacanze), Samuel Dumoulin and Simon Gerrans (Ag2r-Prévoyance). As soon as this move formed, the main peloton went into vacation mode. The stage resembled a Giro d'Italia stage of old, riders rolling along, chatting and having a good time.

The time gap sky-rocketed up to 10 minutes at the Côte de Betbèze, with 146K to go. The highest placed rider in the bunch was Oscar Sevilla, 25th at 38 minutes. By the fourth category Côte de Capens, with 80K to go, the break had gone up even higher to 20 minutes.

The action heated up with 50K to go, 24 minutes back to the peloton, when Erik Dekker gunned it. In true Dekker fashion he soon had the group in shatters. He was quickly joined by Bram Tankink, both riders smart for this type of attacking tactic. The jump by Dekker formed an 8-man group: Andrei Grivko, Simon Gerrans, Oscar Sevilla, Paolo Savoldelli, Daniele Righi, Bram Tankink, Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Sébastien Hinault. This turned out to be a much more manageable group for the final 50K.

Back in the main peloton it was Crédit Agricole and T-Mobile who started to try to bring the gap down. Crédit Agricole's GC man, Christophe Moreau, was being threatened by the move, and so too was T-Mobile's Team GC.

The eight escapees were working well together, holding off the 9 riders that they were previously with all day. They were storming home and at the 10K banner group exploded. It was Bram Tankink who attacked on the door-step of the Cat 3 Côte de Saint-Ferréol. Hinault responded swiftly to Tankink. Then it was Savoldelli to catch and join the Frenchman on the ascent. Over the top of the climb it was the duo of Savoldelli-Hinault, trailed by Arvesen-Gerrans at 7 seconds.

The hammer was down hard on the drive home. Il Falco repeatedly looked at Hinault in disgust because the CA rider was not doing his share. 2K to go the Norwegian-German combo reentered. Arvesen quickly counter-attacked in what looked to be a race winning move. The CSC rider seemed to have the power to work over Il Falco, who was chasing hard, again with Hinault on his wheel. Il Falco got down to business, ignoring and dropping Hinault. Our Italian friend pulled the Norwegian back in the final 200 meters and threw his arms up in joy.

It was party time from Roma to Milano, the tifosi were going nuts. Il Falco Bergamasco added to his wonderful season, a Tour de France stage win to complement his overall Giro d'Italia victory. Today's win marks a third victory by Discovery Channel in the 2005 Tour. The euro bills are now being placed on Lance Armstrong to win the Final TT on Saturday.

The peloton came rolling in 22 minutes after Il Falco's landing. The gruppo was flying with T-Mobile leading the charge for Alexandre Vinokourov. There was a crash under the 10K to go banner, which put Floyd Landis (Phonak) and Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) in difficulty. By the line Landis and Evans slipped down, and Vino to moved up from 9th to 7th. The finale only showed that the Tour is not over until Paris.

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Results: 5:41'19", 42.101 K/h
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.08
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.11
5 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 0.24
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 0.51
7 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.53
9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.14
10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
11 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
12 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
13 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
14 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.09
15 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
16 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis
17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 22.28
19 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile
20 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
22 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile
23 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel
24 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
25 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
26 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
27 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears
28 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 22.48
29 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
30 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
31 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
32 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
33 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
34 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
35 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
36 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak
37 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
38 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
39 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
40 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth
41 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
42 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
43 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
44 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
45 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.14
46 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
47 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 23.27
48 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
49 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
50 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze
51 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
52 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
53 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
54 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 23.29
55 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears
56 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze
57 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
58 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
59 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
60 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
61 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
62 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 24.20
63 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
64 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
65 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance
66 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
67 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step
68 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
69 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze
70 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
71 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
72 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
73 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
74 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
75 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
76 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi
77 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
78 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
79 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
80 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
81 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
82 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
83 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
84 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears
85 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
86 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
87 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
88 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
89 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
90 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
91 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
92 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
93 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
94 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
95 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
96 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak
97 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
98 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
99 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
100 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
101 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
102 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
103 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
104 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
105 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step
106 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
107 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
108 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step
109 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
110 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
111 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
112 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
113 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
114 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze
115 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
116 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
117 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
118 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
119 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
120 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner
121 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis
122 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
123 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 24.44
124 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24.57
125 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.13
126 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
127 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
128 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 25.54
129 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
130 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
131 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
132 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
133 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
134 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
135 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
136 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
137 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux
138 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
139 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears
140 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
141 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
142 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
143 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
144 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
145 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
146 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
147 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears
148 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
149 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux
150 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 27.09
151 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 27.35
152 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
153 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile
154 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
155 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
DNF Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile

Points
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 35
2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 30
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 26
4 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24
5 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 22
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 20
7 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 19
8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 18
9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 17
10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16
11 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15
12 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14
13 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 13
14 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12
15 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 11
16 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 10
17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 9
18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 8
19 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 7
20 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 6
21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 5
22 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 4
23 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 3
24 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2
25 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1

Mountains
Côte de Baleix - Cat. 3, K 22.5
1 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4
2 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 3
3 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 1

Côte de Betbèze - Cat. 4, K 88.5
1 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2
3 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1

Côte de Capens - Cat. 4, K 159.5
1 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3
2 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2
3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1

Côte de Saint-Ferréol - Cat. 3, K 232.5
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 4
2 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3
3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2
4 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 1

Sprints
Rabastens-De-Bigorre - K 44.5
1 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
3 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 2

Gardouch - K 198
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
2 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 4
3 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2

Young rider
1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 5.41.27
2 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 0.16
3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.06
4 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 4.01
6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 22.20
7 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 22.40
8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 23.19
9 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 23.21
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 24.12
11 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
14 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
16 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
17 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step
18 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
20 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.05
22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.46
23 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
24 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
25 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
26 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
27 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux
28 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 27.01

Most combative
1 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole

Teams
1 Discovery Channel 17.29.39 (41.823 K/h)
2 Ag2R Prévoyance 2.00
3 Française Des Jeux 6.03
4 Team CSC 19.34
5 T-Mobile 20.05
6 Crédit Agricole
7 Domina Vacanze 21.38
8 Lampre-Caffita 21.59
9 Liquigas-Bianchi 23.08
10 Bouygues Telecom 23.47
11 Liberty Seguros-Würth 23.49
12 Quick-Step
13 Rabobank 24.24
14 Cofidis 25.35
15 Phonak 42.42
16 Saunier Duval-Prodir 43.08
17 Euskaltel-Euskadi 43.49
18 Gerolsteiner 43.54
19 Davitamon-Lotto 44.02
20 Illes Balears 44.35
21 Fassa Bortolo 48.52

GC:
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 72.55.50
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 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 9.38
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9.49
9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 9.53
10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12.07
11 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14.24
12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 14.27
13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.46
14 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 16.00
15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 17.10
16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18.36
17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 19.35
18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 20.55
19 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.08
21 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 27.57
22 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 29.12
23 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 29.48
24 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 29.59
25 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 39.40
26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 42.04
27 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 43.17
28 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 45.50
29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47.50
30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 51.19
31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 53.01
32 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53.27
33 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 56.38
34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 56.55
35 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 58.41
36 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.00.57
37 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 1.08.04
38 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 1.09.29
39 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.09.30
40 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 1.15.05
41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.21.32
42 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.25.21
43 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.25.41
44 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.28.11
45 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.29.39
46 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 1.31.19
47 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 1.31.48
48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 1.34.49
49 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 1.36.24
50 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.38.56
51 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 1.41.44
52 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.44.41
53 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.47.03
54 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.48.19
55 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.49.34
56 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.50.47
57 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.52.25
58 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 1.52.44
59 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 1.52.49
60 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.53.22
61 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.55.42
62 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1.56.06
63 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1.56.48
64 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.57.18
65 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.58.24
66 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.58.38
67 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.00.54
68 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.03.31
69 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.04.51
70 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.05.46
71 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 2.06.49
72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.07.57
73 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 2.08.50
74 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.09.32
75 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 2.10.50
76 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.11.26
77 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.11.53
78 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.12.11
79 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.13.33
80 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.15.02
81 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 2.15.37
82 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.16.00
83 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.16.26
84 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.17.18
85 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.19.01
86 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 2.20.14
87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.21.49
88 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.22.50
89 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.24.41
90 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.26.16
91 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.26.52
92 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.27.42
93 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.29.16
94 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.29.22
95 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.29.23
96 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.33.07
97 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.33.44
98 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.34.01
99 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 2.34.15
100 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.35.08
101 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.35.25
102 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.37.27
103 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.37.53
104 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2.38.20
105 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.43.08
106 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 2.43.40
107 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.44.06
108 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.45.08
109 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.46.29
110 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.49.20
111 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 2.50.21
112 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.50.53
113 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.53.50
114 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.58.02
115 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.58.30
116 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 2.58.50
117 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 2.59.24
118 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 3.00.15
119 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.00.29
120 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 3.00.52
121 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.01.56
122 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.03.51
123 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3.04.22
124 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.07.03
125 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.08.54
126 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 3.10.14
127 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.14.32
128 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.17.19
129 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.17.36
130 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 3.17.37
131 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.18.21
132 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 3.18.55
133 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.19.00
134 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.19.47
135 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.21.07
136 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.23.29
137 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.25.58
138 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 3.26.00
139 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.26.21
140 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.27.18
141 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 3.27.24
142 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.27.57
143 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 3.28.04
144 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.29.51
145 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.31.38
146 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.32.40
147 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 3.33.23
148 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.34.53
149 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.37.34
150 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 3.37.44
151 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.38.45
152 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 3.40.43
153 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 3.40.58
154 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.47.14
155 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.53.23

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

Mountains
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 185
2 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 135
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 72
11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 65
12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 56
13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53
14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 50
15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 44
16 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 41
17 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 39
18 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36
19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 36
20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 36
21 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 34
22 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 31
23 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 30
24 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 29
25 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 28
26 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 28
27 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 28
28 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 26
29 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24
30 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 23
31 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19
32 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19
33 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18
34 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 18
35 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17
36 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 17
37 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17
38 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17
39 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 16
40 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15
41 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
42 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
43 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 14
44 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 14
45 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 14
46 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 13
47 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 13
48 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 13
49 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12
50 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12
51 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10
52 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 10
53 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
54 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 10
55 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
56 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9
57 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9
58 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 8
59 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 8
60 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8
61 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 8
62 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7
63 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 7
64 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 6
65 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
66 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4
67 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3
68 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
69 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
70 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3
71 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
72 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
73 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
74 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
75 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2
76 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2
77 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 2
78 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2
79 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1
80 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1
81 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 1
82 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1

Young rider
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 73.10.17
2 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6.28
3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 38.34
4 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 55.03
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.07.05
6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 1.20.22
7 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 1.27.17
8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 1.38.22
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.38.55
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.51.19
11 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.57.26
12 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1.57.44
13 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.01.33
14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.01.59
15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.04.34
16 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.11.49
17 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.19.17
18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.19.34
19 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.32.02
20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.44.03
21 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.49.24
22 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.52.36
23 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.03.09
24 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.03.54
25 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.04.33
26 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.11.54
27 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.12.51
28 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.18.13

Teams
1 Discovery Channel 216.19.20
2 T-Mobile 0.37
3 Team CSC 22.04
4 Crédit Agricole 28.48
5 Illes Balears 53.52
6 Phonak 54.20
7 Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.34.39
8 Rabobank 1.54.19
9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.11.37
10 Ag2R Prévoyance 2.16.15
11 Gerolsteiner 2.40.09
12 Bouygues Telecom 2.54.50
13 Française Des Jeux 3.08.39
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.12.13
15 Davitamon-Lotto 3.24.00
16 Domina Vacanze 3.42.11
17 Lampre-Caffita 3.42.39
18 Liquigas-Bianchi 4.30.25
19 Cofidis 4.37.38
20 Fassa Bortolo 5.18.53
21 Quick-Step 5.46.39