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2005 Tour de France, Stage 18

Tour de France, France

Stage 18, Albi - Mende, 189K

21 July

Saiz Doubles in Mende with Serrano

Serrano Attacks, photo: CyclingTime.com

Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros - Würth) stomped to victory on the Côte de la Croix Neuve. In stage 18 of the Tour de France the Spaniard dropped Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) and Cédric Vasseur (Cofidis) then soloed home. By winning he gave Manolo Saiz, team DS, a second victory in Mende. It was in 1995 that Laurent Jalabert won here riding under Saiz on the ONCE squad. Ivan Basso (Team CSC) opened the throttle on the final climb, helping Ullrich (T-Mobile) drop Rasmussen (Rabobank) for valuable time. Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel) held tight and keeps the Yellow Jersey.

Today's stage had danger written all over it. It was another undulating day in the Massif Central, finishing uphill in Mende after 189K. There were two finishing côtes in a row, the Chabrits and Croix Neuve, that rattled the nerves of the riders.

The riders started off from Albi after a stressful finish to stage 17. Stage 18 was strung out soon with attacks by Garzelli, Moreau, Vino and also McGee. The Aussie, Bradley McGee (Française Des Jeux), was looking to get into a move an make a dent in this Tour. All moves came to a quick end, then it was Flecha and Heras to have a go. The Spanish duo were joined by a large number of riders, but without the right mix.

The Escape, photo: Tour de France

All was back together and at 50K when another escape group formed. This move stuck and was to be the move of the day. After the slopes of Côte de la Bessède there was a 10-man move: Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile), Luke Roberts (Team CSC), Xabier Zandio (Illes Balears), Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto), Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas-Bianchi), Cédric Vasseur (Cofidis), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom), Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Carlos Da Cruz (Française Des Jeux). The group of riders formed a solid escape. By 50K to go the 10 men had 13 minutes and now the move was almost assured of success. Back in the peloton it was Discovery Channel doing the temp all day to keep all systems in check for the 6X champion, Lance Armstrong.

Merckx Goes Full Gas, photo: Davitamon-Lotto

At 13K to go it was Carlos Da Cruz to give it a go, solo. He was on his own before the slopes of Côte de Chabrits, his old escape companions were left looking at each other. Most of the 9 others probably thought that Da Cruz had gone too soon, given the severity of the final two climbs. Sure enough, on the slopes of Chabrits Da Cruz was in all sorts of pain. Merckx and Zandio were coming from behind, turning the screws on Da Cruz. It was the tall-figure of Axel Merckx who brought back Da Cruz, and then countered.

Over the top the winning move was formed thanks to the work of Merckx. 5K remaining and it was now Merckx, Zandio, Serrano, Vasseur, Voeckler and late-comer, Pellizotti. Just before 3K to the summit of the Côte de la Croix Neuve Merckx upped the pace. This turned off the lights for Voeckler and Pellizotti. The Belgian gave another fierce dig that left only Serrano and Vasseur. Serrano countered and rode away slowly. This left the French-Belgian duo riding behind at 8 seconds.

Serrano Wins, photo: Tour de France

Over the top of the Croix Neuve Serrano almost had his victory sealed, he just had to ride the final kilometer downhill to the line. He hammered while behind Vasseur was not working to help close the gap. Serrano came home and shed light on a dim Liberty Tour. Manolo Saiz must have been happy with Serrano. Saiz had one here 10 years previously with Laurent Jalabert. A great win by the 33 year old Liberty rider.

Behind it was Team CSC that came to the front and started shredding the peloton. The riders legs melted down when Hincapie and Popo appeared at the front to up the pace higher. This it was Basso to launch an attack on the Croix Neuve, not giving up in this Tour. This exploded the group, leaving Ullrich, Armstrong and Evans (Davitamon-Lotto). Ulle was gaining need time on Rasmussen but he never contributed to the work of Basso. Armstrong responded well and even rode on the front over the top of Croix Neuve. The elite four came home together, Ulle gaining about 40 seconds on the Dane.

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Results: 4:37'36", 40.85 K/h
1 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 8 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 9 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 14 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 15 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 16 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 21 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 22 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 29 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 30 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 31 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 32 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 33 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 34 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 35 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 36 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 37 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 38 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 39 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 44 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 46 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 47 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 49 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 50 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 51 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 52 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 53 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 54 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 55 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 56 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 57 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 59 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 61 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 62 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 63 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 64 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 66 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 67 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 68 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 70 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 71 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 72 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 73 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 74 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 75 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 76 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 77 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 78 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 79 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 80 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 81 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 83 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 85 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 86 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 87 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 88 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 89 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 90 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 91 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 92 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 93 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 94 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 97 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 98 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 99 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 100 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 101 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 102 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 103 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 104 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 105 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 107 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 108 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 109 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 111 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 112 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 113 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 114 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 116 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 117 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 118 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 119 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 120 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 121 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 122 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 123 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 124 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 125 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 126 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 127 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 128 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 129 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 130 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 131 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 132 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 133 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 134 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 135 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 136 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 137 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 139 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 140 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 141 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 142 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 143 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 144 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 145 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 146 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 147 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 148 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 149 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 150 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 151 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 152 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 153 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 154 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 155 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
0.27

1.08

1.28

1.44
2.03
2.38
11.18

11.55

12.01
12.07

12.28

12.44
12.58

13.01
13.15
13.32
13.51
14.03

14.14
14.27

14.35
14.45
14.51
15.14

15.20

15.39

16.19

16.27
17.09
17.22
17.48
18.12
18.18
19.01

21.03

21.21
21.35
22.07

22.21

Points
1 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 25
2 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 22
3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20
4 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 18
5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 16
6 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15
7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 14
8 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 13
9 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12
10 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 10
12 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 9
13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 8
14 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 7
15 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 6
16 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 5
17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 4
18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 3
19 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
20 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 1

Mountains
Côte de la Béssède - Cat. 4, K 53
1 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 3
2 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 2
3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1

Côte de Raujolles - Cat. 3, K 99
1 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4
2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
3 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 2
4 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 1

Côte de Boyne - Cat. 2, K 131.5
1 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10
2 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 9
3 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 8
4 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
5 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 6
6 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 5

Côte de Chabrits - Cat. 3, K 180
1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
3 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
4 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 1

Côte de la Croix Neuve (montée Laurent Jalabert) - Cat. 2, K 187.5
1 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20
2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18
3 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 16
4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14
5 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 12
6 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
Sprints
Villefranche-D'albigeois - K 13
1 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6
2 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 4
3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2

Le Massegros - K 138
1 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6
2 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 4
3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2

Young rider
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4.50.20
2 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 1.07
3 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.19
4 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
6 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.01
7 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.07
8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.36
9 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 3.35
10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 4.25
11 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 5.04
12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.28
13 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.17
14 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 8.19
15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
17 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
19 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
20 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
21 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
23 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
24 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
25 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
26 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
27 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
28 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux

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

Teams
1 T-Mobile 14.17.45
2 Team CSC 0.47
3 Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.02
4 Illes Balears 1.57
5 Davitamon-Lotto 2.08
6 Bouygues Telecom 3.32
7 Cofidis 5.58
8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.07
9 Liquigas-Bianchi 11.17
10 Discovery Channel 12.03
11 Phonak 13.10
12 Française Des Jeux 13.11
13 Gerolsteiner 15.05
14 Ag2R Prévoyance 16.31
15 Rabobank 16.32
16 Crédit Agricole 16.54
17 Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.10
18 Domina Vacanze 22.34
19 Lampre-Caffita 29.16
20 Quick-Step 30.13
21 Fassa Bortolo 38.12

GC:
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 77.44.44 (41.664 K/h)
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.46
3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3.46
4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile 5.58
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears 7.08
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 8.12
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9.49
8 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile 10.11
9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 10.42
10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.15
11 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15.13
12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 15.53
13 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak 17.10
14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.26
15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 20.06
16 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20.16
17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 21.15
18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 22.35
19 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 23.40
20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.51
21 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears 29.26
22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 31.14
23 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 31.45
24 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 33.14
25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 37.42
26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 43.14
27 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 46.02
28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.30
29 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 53.33
30 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 54.28
31 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 57.13
32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 59.23
33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.02.37
34 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.03.12
35 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.06.24
36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.06.40
37 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 1.11.13
38 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 1.12.15
39 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.14.22
40 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.16.33
41 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 1.17.19
42 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 1.19.14
43 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.24.17
44 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 1.25.21
45 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.31.22
46 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.35.26
47 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
48 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 1.36.09
49 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.39.24
50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 1.40.40
51 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 1.41.04
52 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.42.58
53 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 1.44.17
54 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.56.27
55 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 1.56.46
56 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.56.48
57 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 1.57.15
58 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.58.04
59 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 1.59.19
60 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 2.00.02
61 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.00.03
62 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.00.32
63 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.01.46
64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 2.03.07
65 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 2.06.33
66 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.07.52
67 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.08.09
68 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.08.23
69 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.10.39
70 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.14.36
71 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.15.31
72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.15.40
73 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 2.15.59
74 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.16.54
75 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.18.06
76 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 2.18.35
77 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.19.17
78 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.21.11
79 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.21.56
80 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.23.18
81 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.23.20
82 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.24.47
83 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 2.25.22
84 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.25.45
85 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 2.27.57
86 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.28.07
87 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.28.46
88 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.31.34
89 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.32.31
90 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.32.35
91 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.34.46
92 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.36.01
93 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.37.06
94 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.37.27
95 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.39.01
96 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.42.52
97 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.43.29
98 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.43.46
99 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 2.44.00
100 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.44.53
101 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.45.10
102 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 2.47.12
103 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.47.38
104 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2.49.09
105 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 2.50.25
106 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 2.51.23
107 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.52.53
108 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.53.51
109 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 2.55.22
110 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.55.57
111 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.56.14
112 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.58.36
113 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.59.05
114 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.02.03
115 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.04.07
116 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.07.47
117 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3.08.35
118 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 3.09.09
119 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.10.14
120 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.10.30
121 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 3.10.37
122 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.11.15
123 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.11.41
124 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.13.36
125 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 3.14.07
126 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.18.39
127 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 3.19.59
128 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 3.22.51
129 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.24.17
130 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.26.04
131 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.27.21
132 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3.28.08
133 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 3.28.26
134 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.28.45
135 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.29.32
136 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.30.29
137 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 3.35.07
138 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.35.43
139 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 3.35.45
140 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.36.06
141 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.36.57
142 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.37.42
143 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 3.37.49
144 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.39.36
145 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.41.23
146 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.42.25
147 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 3.43.08
148 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.44.38
149 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.47.19
150 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears 3.47.29
151 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.49.48
152 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 3.50.28
153 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 3.51.47
154 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.57.17
155 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.03.28

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

Young rider
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 78.00.37
2 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 7.47
3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 41.20
4 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Domina Vacanze 56.22
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.08.24
6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 1.24.47
7 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 1.28.24
8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick-Step 1.43.26
9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.47.14
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.59.38
11 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.01.01
12 Andrei Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.06.03
13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.07.27
14 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.09.52
15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.12.53
16 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.20.08
17 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 2.27.36
18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.27.53
19 Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.40.21
20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.46.10
21 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.54.37
22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.57.43
23 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.10.11
24 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.11.28
25 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.12.52
26 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 3.20.13
27 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.21.04
28 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.26.32

Teams
1 T-Mobile 230.37.42
2 Discovery Channel 11.26
3 Team CSC 22.14
4 Crédit Agricole 45.05
5 Illes Balears 55.12
6 Phonak 1.06.53
7 Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.35.04
8 Rabobank 2.10.14
9 Ag2R Prévoyance 2.32.09
10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.33.10
11 Gerolsteiner 2.54.37
12 Bouygues Telecom 2.57.45
13 Française Des Jeux 3.21.13
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.22.43
15 Davitamon-Lotto 3.25.31
16 Domina Vacanze 4.04.08
17 Lampre-Caffita 4.11.18
18 Liquigas-Bianchi 4.41.05
19 Cofidis 4.42.59
20 Fassa Bortolo 5.56.28
21 Quick-Step 6.16.15