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2006 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Stage 4

Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, France

Stage 4, Tain-l’Hermitage - Le Mont-Ventoux, 186K

8 June

Mont Ventoux Under Russian Control

Menchov rides to the win, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Denis Menchov (Rabobank) conquered one of cycling's famed climbs: Mont Ventoux. The 28 year-old Russian took his first win of the year by going clear with a group of three with eight kilometers remaining. Helping Menchov drive the pace was Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner). The Americano secured enough time to take the overall race lead from Gilbert (Française Des Jeux), who finished 5'45" back.

The race started under calm French skies but the riders were worried, at the end of today's stage four of the 58th Dauphiné Libéré awaited the 1909 meter Mont Ventoux. Sure there were two category 4 climbs before the riders reached Bédoin, but the day was going to be marked by the assent to Ventoux's observatory.

A group of optimists went free early on to try to test the straight of the peloton and maybe get enough time to stay clear to the top of Ventoux. But with the GC battle up for grabs it was going to be hard to stay clear. The overall race favorites behind would push the pace to the point that any escape would get wiped out, and that is exactly what happened.

The nine-man escape group: Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner), Stéphane Augé (Cofidis), Joost Posthuma (Rabobank), Lars Bak (CSC), Cédric Vasseur (Quick-Step), Danilo Napolitano (Lampre), Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues), Alessandro Vanotti (Milram), Florian Stalder (Phonak).

The onus was on was on team of Gilbert, Française Des Jeux, to do the tempo early on. FDJ wanted to keep their Belgian leader close incase he had an opportunity to keep his race lead. You have to hand it to Gilbert, when the racing became hot he held-tight. With help from Sébastien Joly, Gilbert limited his loses but lost the race lead.

Phonak had visions for stage glory and took over race control. By -30K the gap to the escapees was down to 4'32", and by -20K it was 2'55". This bit of Phonak pace-making put the peloton right onto the lower slopes of Mont Ventoux, setting us up for an explosive finale.

Leipheimer drives the group past Simpson memorial, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile) was the first to launch offensives from the peloton. The Spaniard struck-out with -14K and shredded the remnants of the peloton. Behind formed a smaller group with the likes of José Azevedo (Discovery Channel), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole), Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) and Christophe Moreau (Ag2R Prévoyance).

Azevedo, with around -9K, put in a ferocious response to reel in the attack by Sevilla. Soon the rider from Portugal was above the Ventoux's tree line and the winds started to work against him. Azevedo was trying hard to keep his advantage of 30" over the gruppetto behind. He was caught and washed away with -4K.

Leipheimer rides into race leadership, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

While other Americans were suffering behind, Californian, Levi Leipheimer, was advancing to capture the GC lead. LL, joined by Russian Menchov and Frenchman Moreau, put in some hard efforts on the front to gain as much time as possible on the other GC favorites. Leipheimer's efforts paid off.

The new Dauphiné leader, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Menchov threw down the winning attack of the day at -300m. The Russian was marked by Moreau but was able to put in a sort of semi-sprint to win the stage and put his name down in the annals of the famed climb, while Leipheimer happily trailed-in behind to claim the race lead. The staying power of LL should make him a serious candidate for the overall victory.

I have seen Ventoux and the damage done...
Azevedo's teammates, Hincapie and Popovych were having a hard day. Floyd Landis was also suffering. His Phonak squadra did a lot of pace-making early on, only to see Ventoux take its toll on the Americano, finishing 9'30" back. Valverde finished at 3'13", Popovych at 5'02", Zabriskie 8'10" and Vinokourov at 13'10".
- posted by Sarah

Results: 4:50'37", 38.401 K/h
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.15
4 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 0.29
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 0.54
6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.04
8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná-Würth 1.15
9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.19
10 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 1.30
11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 2.09
12 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.29
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.31
14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2.36
15 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.44
16 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.54
17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.11
18 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.13
19 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak
20 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
21 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 3.27
22 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná-Würth 3.38
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 3.54
24 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
25 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
26 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
27 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná-Würth
28 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 4.27
29 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4.38
30 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.45
31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 5.02
32 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 5.11
33 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.12
34 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.23
35 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 5.29
36 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.31
37 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.43
38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
39 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 5.50
40 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.02
41 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.19
42 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.46
43 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.05
44 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
45 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.18
46 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
47 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 7.27
48 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick-Step 7.40
49 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 8.06
50 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 8.10
51 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.15
52 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8.19
53 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 9.14
54 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
55 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 9.22
56 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 9.30
57 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak
58 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel
59 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
60 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
61 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC
62 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
63 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 10.29
64 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.35
65 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
66 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
67 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 10.37
68 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 10.53
69 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 10.59
70 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.01
71 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.46
72 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 12.53
73 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
74 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
75 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
76 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
77 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
78 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
79 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
80 Unai Osa (Spa) Astaná-Würth 13.10
81 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná-Würth
82 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 13.35
83 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 13.40
84 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14.46
85 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram
86 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
87 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
88 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
89 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 15.04
90 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 15.27
91 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 15.59
92 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.30
93 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.42
94 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.46
95 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
96 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
97 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.49
98 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 18.11
99 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Astaná-Würth 18.21
100 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 19.13
101 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.34
102 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 22.31
103 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto
104 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
105 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis
106 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel
107 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
108 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole
109 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
110 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
111 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile
112 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas
113 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
114 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
115 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas
116 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank
117 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole
118 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
119 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
120 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Astaná-Würth
121 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
122 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
123 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
124 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
125 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
126 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel
127 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
128 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Milram
129 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
130 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
131 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
132 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile
133 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick-Step
134 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
135 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
136 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram
137 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
138 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step
139 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
140 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
141 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick-Step
142 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile
143 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir
144 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
145 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas
146 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
147 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
148 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
149 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
150 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
151 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
152 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
153 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
154 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
155 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 22.44
156 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
157 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22.50
158 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22.55
159 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 25.16
DNF Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel

Points
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 20
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 17
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 15
4 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 13
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 11
6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 10
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 9
8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná-Würth 8
9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7
10 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 6
11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 5
12 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2
15 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
Mountains
Cote D Aleyrac - K 83
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
2 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 3
3 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 1
Col Le Debat - K 127,500
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
2 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 3
3 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 1
Le Mont Ventoux - K 186
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 40
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 35
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 30
4 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 26
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 22
6 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 18
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 16
8 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná-Würth 14
9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12
10 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 10
11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 8
12 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6
13 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
14 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2
15 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1

Sprints
Saint Roman De Malegarde
1 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 6
2 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
3 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 2
Beaumes De Venise - K 147
1 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 6
2 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 4
3 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2

Teams
1 Ag2R Prévoyance 14:35'49"
2 Discovery Channel 3.38
3 Astaná-Würth 4.49
4 Lampre-Fondital 6.30
5 Crédit Agricole 6.46
6 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.28
7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.13
8 Française Des Jeux 10.12
9 T-Mobile 11.58
10 Quick-Step 12.59
11 Bouygues Telecom 14.24
12 Gerolsteiner 15.08
13 Rabobank 17.14
14 Cofidis 17.17
15 Milram 17.47
16 Agritubel 18.05
17 Phonak 18.15
18 Team CSC 18.20
19 Davitamon-Lotto 21.19
20 Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.27
21 Liquigas 29.33

GC:
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 15:47'53"
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.28
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.08
4 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1.47
5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.48
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 2.08
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.10
8 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 2.25
9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 3.02
10 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná-Würth 3.20
11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.36
12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4.07
13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 4.08
14 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.20
15 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 4.44
16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 4.45
17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.57
18 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.20
19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 5.24
20 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná-Würth 5.33
21 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 5.40
22 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 5.47
23 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.01
24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 6.17
25 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.19
26 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6.22
27 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 6.27
28 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná-Würth 6.38
29 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6.49
30 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
31 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8.12
32 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 8.43
33 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.31
34 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.33
35 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 9.36
36 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.37
37 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.38
38 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.48
39 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 9.49
40 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 9.51
41 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
42 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.59
43 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10.00
44 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.15
45 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 10.24
46 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.38
47 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 10.58
48 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 11.04
49 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 11.22
50 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 11.24
51 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 11.34
52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak
53 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 11.45
54 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.55
55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 12.08
56 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
57 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.28
58 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick-Step 12.36
59 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.39
60 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.49
61 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.15
62 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 13.23
63 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.26
64 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.38
65 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14.10
66 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná-Würth 14.13
67 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 14.35
68 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 14.50
69 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 15.07
70 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 15.14
71 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.35
72 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15.38
73 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15.59
74 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 16.08
75 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 16.42
76 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 16.52
77 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 17.28
78 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 17.35
79 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 17.55
80 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 18.02
81 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
82 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 18.03
83 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 18.06
84 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 18.43
85 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19.35
86 Unai Osa (Spa) Astaná-Würth 19.55
87 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
88 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.25
89 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 20.54
90 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 21.32
91 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 21.54
92 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 22.30
93 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.47
94 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 22.48
95 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.10
96 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.15
97 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 23.22
98 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 24.00
99 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.21
100 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Astaná-Würth 24.38
101 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 24.39
102 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.56
103 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 24.59
104 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 25.04
105 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25.09
106 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 25.19
107 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 25.20
108 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 25.22
109 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 25.23
110 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 25.39
111 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25.40
112 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 25.56
113 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 25.58
114 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 26.10
115 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 26.16
116 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 26.27
117 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26.41
118 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 26.47
119 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 26.59
120 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 27.07
121 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 27.09
122 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 27.32
123 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.40
124 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile 27.42
125 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27.46
126 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 27.47
127 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.01
128 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 28.06
129 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Astaná-Würth 28.11
130 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 28.25
131 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28.32
132 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.50
133 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.05
134 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 29.06
135 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 29.18
136 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29.19
137 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29.28
138 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 29.43
139 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Milram 29.55
140 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.35
141 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 30.37
142 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30.44
143 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 31.01
144 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 31.05
145 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
146 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 32.28
147 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 33.46
148 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 34.18
149 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 34.33
150 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 34.48
151 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 34.52
152 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34.54
153 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 35.19
154 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 35.28
155 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 36.43
156 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick-Step 36.58
157 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.07
158 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39.55
159 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick-Step 44.49

Points
1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 40
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 39
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 34
4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 30
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 30
7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 29
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25
9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 24
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 23
11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22
12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 21
13 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19
14 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 18
15 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 18
16 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 17
17 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17
18 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15
19 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14
20 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 14
21 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 13
22 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 13
23 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 12
24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 11
25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11
26 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11
27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 10
28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 10
29 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 10
30 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
31 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 10
32 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9
33 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná-Würth 8
34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 8
35 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Astaná-Würth 8
36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7
37 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 6
38 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 6
39 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná-Würth 6
40 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6
41 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6
42 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6
43 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 5
44 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
45 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
46 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4
47 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
48 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
49 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
50 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2
51 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2
52 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2
53 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 2
54 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2
55 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2
56 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
57 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
58 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 1
59 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná-Würth 1
60 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1
61 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
62 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel
63 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
64 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile
65 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

Mountains
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 40
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 35
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 30
4 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 26
5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 22
7 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 18
8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 17
9 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná-Würth 17
10 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 12
12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12
13 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 10
14 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 10
15 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 10
16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 8
17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 6
18 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6
19 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 6
20 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 5
21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
23 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2
24 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1
26 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1
27 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 1
28 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1
29 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 1

Combination
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 100
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 100
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 81
4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 79
5 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 65
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 65
7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 54
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 53
9 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 45
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 44
11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41
12 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná-Würth 37
13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34
14 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32
15 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 29
16 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 28
17 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 26
18 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 24
19 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 23
20 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 23
21 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 22
22 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20
23 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 20
24 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20
25 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19
26 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 18
27 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 18
28 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 17
29 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15
30 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 14
31 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12
32 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11
33 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 10
35 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 10
36 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
37 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 10
38 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9
39 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Astaná-Würth 8
40 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 7
41 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 7
42 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 6
43 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 6
44 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6
45 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná-Würth 6
46 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 6
47 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 6
48 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
49 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
50 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 4
51 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4
52 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4
53 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
54 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
55 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2
56 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2
58 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 2
59 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2
60 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 2
61 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2
62 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná-Würth 1
63 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná-Würth 1
64 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 1
65 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1
66 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1
67 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 1
68 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 1

Teams
1 Discovery Channel 47:31'22"
2 Ag2R Prévoyance 0.31
3 Astaná-Würth 5.01
4 Française Des Jeux 7.40
5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.21
6 Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.15
7 Crédit Agricole 10.35
8 Team CSC 14.16
9 Gerolsteiner 14.27
10 Lampre-Fondital 14.42
11 T-Mobile
12 Phonak 15.13
13 Rabobank 17.38
14 Bouygues Telecom 17.45
15 Cofidis 20.16
16 Quick-Step 20.54
17 Milram 21.30
18 Davitamon-Lotto 23.49
19 Agritubel 25.44
20 Euskaltel-Euskadi 30.01
21 Liquigas 35.36