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Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, France

Stage 7, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Grenoble, 131K

11 June

Thor Revenges - Leipheimer Prestigious Win

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Overall winner Leipheimer (center) with Moreau (left) and Kohl (right)

Overall winner Leipheimer (center) with Moreau (left) and Kohl (right), photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) became the first American to win the Dauphiné Libéré since 2003, when Lance Armstrong took the overall before going on to win the Tour de France for the fifth time. L'Americano, with today's overall win, has set himself up as even more of a possible challenger for July's big show. The final stage saw victory for Thor Hushovd of Crédit Agricole. The Norwegian got sweet revenge on the opportunists who stole his sprint chances earlier in the French race.

The last day of the 58th Dauphiné Libéré presented the peloton with a 131 kilometer stage from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Grenoble. The parcours included one Cat 3 climb, followed by three Cat 4 brutes. But with the last 20K downhill and flat the sprinters were able to have their way.

An escape of three went in the first kilometers: Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC), Guido Trenti (Quick-Step) and Cédric Coutouly (Agritubel). On the second climb of the day, Col des Ayes, the Aussie, O'Grady, put in the punch to drop his fellow companions, and thus went solo.

However, behind it was 0'Grady's old squadra, Crédit Agricole, increasing the pace in the finale. The green boys were working hard for Hushovd to make sure he would not miss out on his opportunity of a sprint, like in stage two when Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux) stayed free.

Thor Hushovd wins the final stage

Thor Hushovd wins the final stage, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Our Belgian friend did figure in the day's affair, but this time it was the sprint. After O'Grady was caught and whipped clean it was then a mere formality of Hushovd to follow up the work of his French squadra. The Norwegian won the sprint, trailed behind by Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2R Prévoyance) and Gilbert.

Third in the 2005 Dauphiné Libéré, Leipheimer's victory in the Dauphiné was his first overall win since he took the Deuschtland Tour last August. LL finished with one of his finest victories to date. L'Americano hopes to go on to challenge for victory in another French Race, the Tour de France, in one month's time.

Leipheimer seized the overall lead on stage four's summit finish of Mont Ventoux, where he worked with Denis Menchov (Rabobank) to finish third. "This will give me tons of confidence heading into the Tour de France. I think it will be a completely different event without Armstrong and that I will have my chances," confirmed the 32 year-old American.
- posted by Sarah

Results: 3:08'17", 41.746 K/h
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel
8 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
9 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
11 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
12 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
13 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
16 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
17 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
18 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
19 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná-Würth
20 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
23 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
25 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
26 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
27 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
28 Unai Osa (Spa) Astaná-Würth
29 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
30 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Astaná-Würth
31 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux
32 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
33 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná-Würth
34 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
35 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
36 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
37 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
38 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
39 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC
40 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
41 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
42 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
43 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
44 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
45 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná-Würth
46 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
47 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
48 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
49 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
50 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
51 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
52 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel
53 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux
54 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
55 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
56 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.12
57 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
58 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
59 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.14
60 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
61 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 1.08
62 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Astaná-Würth
63 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.02
64 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3.36
65 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 6.56
66 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 9.58
67 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
68 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
69 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel
70 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
71 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
72 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
73 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
74 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step
75 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13.24
76 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 14.05
77 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
78 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
79 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
80 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis
81 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
82 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
83 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
84 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas
85 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
86 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
87 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak
88 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná-Würth
89 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
90 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
91 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
92 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
93 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
94 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
95 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
96 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick-Step
97 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 16.05
98 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis
99 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole
100 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank
101 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile
102 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
103 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas
104 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
105 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
106 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
107 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
108 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel
109 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 16.08
110 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
111 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
112 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas
113 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
114 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
115 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram
116 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital
117 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
118 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir
119 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
120 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
121 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick-Step
122 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
123 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
124 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
125 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis
126 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
127 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram
128 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16.12
DSQ Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
DNF David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
DNF Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
DNF Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
DNF Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto

Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 20
2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 17
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 15
4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 13
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 10
7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 9
8 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 8
9 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7
10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6
11 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 5
12 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 4
13 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 3
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2
15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1

Mountains
Col Du Barioz - K 74
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 7
2 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 5
3 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 3
4 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2
5 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1
Col Des Ayes - K 84
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5
2 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 3
3 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 1
Col Des Mouilles - K 92
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5
2 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 3
3 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1
Cote Des Roussets - K 111,500
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5
2 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3
3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1

Sprints
Aiguebelle - K 31
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 6
2 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 4
3 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2
Bd Jules Ferry - K 64,500
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 6
2 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 4
3 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 2

Teams
1 Ag2R Prévoyance 9:24'51"
2 Discovery Channel
3 Française Des Jeux
4 Crédit Agricole
5 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
6 Bouygues Telecom
7 Astaná-Würth
8 Gerolsteiner 0.12
9 Team CSC
10 Phonak 1.08
11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.14
12 T-Mobile 9.58
13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.05
14 Rabobank
15 Cofidis
16 Lampre-Fondital 16.05
17 Agritubel 16.54
18 Davitamon-Lotto 19.56
19 Quick-Step 24.03
20 Liquigas 28.10
21 Milram 30.13

Final GC:
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 28:07'06"
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.48
3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 2.51
4 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 3.00
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.29
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.14
7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.21
8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.13
9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5.45
10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 6.48
11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 6.57
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 7.31
13 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 9.10
14 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9.44
15 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.00
16 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.12
17 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 14.45
18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15.00
19 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 15.20
20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.06
21 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 16.14
22 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.02
23 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.51
24 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 21.05
25 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 23.56
26 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná-Würth 24.26
27 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 27.32
28 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 29.30
29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 29.46
30 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.00
31 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.40
32 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 31.52
33 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 33.17
34 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 34.49
35 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná-Würth 36.30
36 Unai Osa (Spa) Astaná-Würth 36.57
37 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 39.33
38 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 41.38
39 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 41.51
40 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 42.37
41 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 43.35
42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 44.07
43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 47.40
44 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 48.36
45 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 48.56
46 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 49.35
47 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 49.45
48 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 50.04
49 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná-Würth 51.08
50 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 51.43
51 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 51.51
52 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná-Würth 52.15
53 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 55.00
54 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55.15
55 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 55.53
56 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 56.18
57 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56.22
58 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56.23
59 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 56.50
60 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 57.06
61 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 58.37
62 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick-Step 58.51
63 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 59.41
64 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.02.29
65 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 1.02.47
66 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.03.14
67 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 1.03.35
68 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 1.03.39
69 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.03.45
70 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.05.59
71 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.06.38
72 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 1.06.39
73 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.08.17
74 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 1.10.29
75 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.10.46
76 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.12.00
77 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14.01
78 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Astaná-Würth 1.14.03
79 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 1.16.11
80 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 1.16.57
81 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 1.17.22
82 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18.59
83 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 1.19.00
84 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.19.10
85 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 1.19.25
86 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.20.49
87 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.21.16
88 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 1.21.23
89 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.22.00
90 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.22.25
91 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.23.11
92 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.24.14
93 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.25.42
94 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Astaná-Würth 1.26.49
95 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.28.18
96 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.29.15
97 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.29.53
98 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.29.57
99 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.30.03
100 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.30.41
101 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 1.30.49
102 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.31.17
103 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1.33.59
104 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.34.21
105 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 1.34.37
106 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.37.11
107 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 1.37.39
108 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.37.40
109 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.38.46
110 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 1.39.25
111 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 1.39.30
112 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 1.39.41
113 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.39.42
114 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 1.40.06
115 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.40.22
116 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.40.30
117 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1.41.02
118 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.41.08
119 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 1.41.52
120 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 1.43.49
121 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.43.56
122 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas 1.44.26
123 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.49.19
124 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 1.49.25
125 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 1.49.36
126 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 1.49.38
127 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 1.50.05
128 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick-Step 1.51.44

Points
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 69
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 60
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 57
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 55
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 55
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 47
7 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42
8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 41
9 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 40
10 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 40
11 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 34
12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 32
13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 27
14 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 26
15 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 26
16 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 26
17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25
18 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 24
19 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 19
20 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19
21 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 18
22 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 17
23 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17
24 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16
25 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 15
26 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15
27 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 12
28 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12
29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 11
30 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11
31 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 10
32 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
33 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9
34 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 9
35 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná-Würth 8
36 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 8
37 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 8
38 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Astaná-Würth 8
39 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7
40 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 6
41 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 6
42 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6
43 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6
44 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 6
45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 5
46 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 5
47 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 5
48 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
49 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4
50 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4
51 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 4
52 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
53 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
54 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2
55 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná-Würth 2
56 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2
57 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2
58 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2
59 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 2
60 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
61 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
62 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná-Würth 1
63 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná-Würth 1
64 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 1
65 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 1
66 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1
67 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1
68 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital -3
69 Unai Osa (Spa) Astaná-Würth -5
70 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank -5
71 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux -5
72 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux -5
73 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile -5
74 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas -5
75 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner -5

Mountains
1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 162
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 126
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 119
4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 95
5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 93
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 90
7 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 64
8 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 60
9 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 51
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 45
11 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 42
12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 39
13 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick-Step 32
14 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29
15 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 22
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 22
17 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20
18 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná-Würth 19
19 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 16
20 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14
21 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 14
22 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 13
23 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 13
24 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 12
25 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 12
26 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná-Würth 12
27 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 10
28 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 10
29 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 8
30 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8
31 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 8
32 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 8
33 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
34 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 6
35 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
36 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4
37 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 4
38 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3
39 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2
40 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 2
41 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2
42 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
43 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1
44 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1
45 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1
46 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 1
47 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 1

Combination
1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 244
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 221
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 171
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 148
5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 141
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 137
7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 120
8 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 103
9 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 101
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 98
11 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 79
12 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 77
13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 72
14 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 71
15 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 63
16 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 58
17 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 53
18 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 42
19 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41
20 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 38
21 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 34
22 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick-Step 32
23 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 29
24 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná-Würth 27
25 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 27
26 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 24
27 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 23
28 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 22
29 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22
30 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 21
31 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20
32 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 20
33 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20
34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 19
35 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19
36 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18
37 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 17
38 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15
39 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná-Würth 13
40 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 13
41 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12
42 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 10
43 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
44 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 9
45 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 8
46 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Astaná-Würth 8
47 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 8
48 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 8
49 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Milram 7
50 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7
51 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 6
52 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
53 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 6
54 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6
55 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
56 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 6
57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 5
58 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 5
59 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
60 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4
61 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 4
62 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 4
63 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
64 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
65 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
66 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná-Würth 2
67 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 2
68 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2
69 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2
70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2
71 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2
72 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2
73 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná-Würth 1
74 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 1
75 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1
76 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 1
77 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 1

Teams
1 Ag2R Prévoyance 84:40'11"
2 Discovery Channel 3.02
3 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.43
4 Crédit Agricole 19.57
5 Bouygues Telecom 32.43
6 T-Mobile 42.52
7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 47.22
8 Team CSC 49.21
9 Astaná-Würth 57.13
10 Phonak 1.07.32
11 Française Des Jeux 1.09.03
12 Lampre-Fondital 1.14.07
13 Rabobank 1.35.32
14 Davitamon-Lotto 1.36.04
15 Cofidis 1.39.51
16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.47.12
17 Gerolsteiner 1.51.39
18 Milram 1.56.39
19 Agritubel 1.58.50
20 Quick-Step 2.29.34
21 Liquigas 3.19.27

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