Today on the fashionable streets of Cannes the promising Kazakh, Andrey Kashechkin (Liberty Seguros-Würth), imitated his homie and teammate, Vinokourov, to take an excellent solo victory in stage 6. It was the first win of the season for the 25 year-old after a second spot in the opening prologue earlier in the week. L'Americano, No-Fuss Floyd Landis (Phonak), keeps a kung-fu grip on the leader's yellow jersey going into tomorrow final stage in Nice.
Today's parcours was littered with cat. 1, 2 and 3 climbs and would provide ample opportunity for an escape artist to catch the peloton napping. Most notable of the day's climbs was the category 1 Col de Bourigaille concluding at kilometer 122.
After yesterday's notable abandons of sprinters Allan Davis and Danilo Napolitano, there were 135 riders that took to the start line today in Digne-les-Bains. The race was finally starting to live up to its moniker, "The Race to the Sun". Today's conditions would still favor arm and leg warmers, but at least the threat of snow had disappeared.
Ten kilometers into today's affairs Jens Voigt (Team CSC) had a go of it. Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis) and Daniel Navarro (Liberty Seguros-Würth) decided that it looked like fun and jumped on the back of the Voigt express. Meanwhile, the chase was ironically being led by Navarro's teammate, Aitor Osa. Perhaps Navarro was just out trying to soften up the peloton before an attack by Osa, who is undoubtedly a better climber.
On the descent of the Col des Leques the peloton sensed the danger of this move and brought it all back together. A quintet of Voigt, Navarro, Osa, Portal and Verbrugghe resisted fate and rolled on towards their next appointment: the category 2 Col de Luens.
The five's lead was always precarious and crumbled under the pressure of France's David Moncoutié (Cofidis). After Moncoutié bested the group at the top of the category 3 Col de Mousteiret at kilometer 65 the numbers in the lead had swelled to over 19 riders, most notably Bobby Julich (Team CSC) and Andrey Kashechkin.
When the winner of last year's race gets in a break on a hilly stage, you had better not give him a lot of breathing room. The pressure on the Phonak boys to control affairs was now full on. Luckily for Landis, Evgeni Petrov (Lampre-Fondital) went clear of the mini peloton on the category 1 Col de Bourigaille. The Russian was scorching the road of the Haute Provence in search of that elusive victory. At the top of the penultimate climb of the day, the category 3 Côte de Mons, Petrov had a 3'50" advantage to the Phonak-led peloton and 1'30" over the original 19 rider break.
Petrov's effort was taking its toll. First it was Verbrugghe that left the chase in search of the Russian. Then, after he faltered, Kazakh Kashechkin put in a dig and bridged to Petrov somewhere on the final climb, the Col de Tanneron. Kashechkin was now on a mission and was increasing his lead over the chasers. Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) blasted clear and managed to cut the Kazakh's advantage to 13", but the Liberty rider could now smell the salty air of the deep azure Mediterranean and nothing would stand in his way. He crossed the line victorious followed by a Franco brigade of Chavanel, Sandy Casar, Thomas Voeckler and Moncoutié, in that order.
- Paco
Results: 4:12'08", 42.596 K/h
1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1.06
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.11
4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
6 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick-Step
7 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.33
9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prévoyance
10 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
11 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
13 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile
15 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
16 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
17 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel
18 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
20 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis
21 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
22 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
23 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
24 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
25 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
26 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
27 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
28 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
29 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
30 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
31 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
32 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak
33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
34 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
35 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
36 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.36
37 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas
38 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
39 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
40 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
41 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
43 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
44 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
45 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
46 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
47 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
48 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
49 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
50 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
51 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
52 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
53 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
54 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
55 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
56 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
57 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak
58 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 6.21
59 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile
60 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 6.49
61 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel
62 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.20
63 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
64 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
65 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
66 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
68 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
69 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel
70 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
71 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
72 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 7.24
73 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.28
74 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux
75 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12.19
76 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
77 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
78 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis
79 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 12.46
80 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram
81 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
82 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Milram
83 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step
84 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
85 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step
86 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
87 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
88 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole
89 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
90 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak
91 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
92 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
93 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
95 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
96 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux
97 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
98 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 17.24
99 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
100 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step
101 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
102 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
103 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
104 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20.43
105 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
106 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
107 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
108 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile
109 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram
110 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
111 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
112 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel
113 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
114 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
115 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
116 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
117 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
118 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
119 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
120 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
121 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNF Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel
DNF Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas
DNF Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
DNF Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile
DNF Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole
DNF Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel
DNF Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
DNF Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
DNF Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel
DNF David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
DNS Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
Points
1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth 25
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 22
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20
4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18
5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 16
6 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick-Step 15
7 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 14
8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13
9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prévoyance 12
10 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 11
Mountains
Col des Leques: Cat. 2, K 41.5
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7
2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 5
3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 3
4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prévoyance 1
Col de Luens: Cat. 2, K 59.5
1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 7
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5
3 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
4 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2
5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 1
Côte du Mousteiret: Cat. 3, K 64.5
1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 4
2 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1
Côte du Clos d'Espargon: Cat. 3, K 86
1 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 4
2 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1
Col de Saint-Arnoux: Cat. 3, K 103
1 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4
2 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 2
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
Col de Bourigaille: Cat. 1, K 115
1 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 10
2 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 8
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 3
6 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 2
7 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1
Côte de Mons: Cat. 3, K 122
1 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 4
2 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 2
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
Col du Tanneron: Cat. 2, K 159
1 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
2 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 5
3 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick-Step 3
4 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1
Sprints
La Garde, K 56
1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 3
2 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1
Montauroux, K 144
1 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 3
2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 2
3
Young rider
1 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prévoyance 4:13'41"
2 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
6 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
7 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 2.03
8 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
10 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
Teams
1 Liberty Seguros-Würth 12:39'30"
2 Cofidis 0.44
3 Lampre-Fondital 1.11
4 Crédit Agricole 1.33
5 Phonak
6 Discovery Channel
7 Française Des Jeux 3.14
8 Ag2R Prévoyance 3.36
9 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
10 Bouygues Telecom 5.17
GC:
1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 28:24'45"
2 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 0.09
3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.13
4 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.23
5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
6 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1.35
7 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.39
8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.40
9 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.41
10 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.43
11 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.02
12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.25
13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.40
14 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital
15 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3.51
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 3.56
17 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.00
18 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4.02
19 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.13
20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 4.22
21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 5.18
22 Aitor Osa (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.19
23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 5.21
24 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel 5.50
25 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 5.59
26 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 6.53
27 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7.03
28 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 7.23
29 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7.24
30 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 8.32
31 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 9.14
32 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.21
33 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 9.59
34 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.20
35 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 11.12
36 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12.44
37 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.32
38 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.29
39 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 14.36
40 Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quick-Step 14.58
41 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 15.04
42 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15.18
43 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 15.48
44 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 15.49
45 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.19
46 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.32
47 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.39
48 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16.52
49 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 19.22
50 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 19.37
51 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 20.01
52 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.52
53 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20.59
54 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22.23
55 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.10
56 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 23.23
57 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.04
58 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 24.10
59 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25.51
60 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 26.03
61 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.14
62 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 26.47
63 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26.54
64 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 27.13
65 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 28.24
66 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 28.28
67 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 28.29
68 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 28.56
69 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 29.01
70 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 29.32
71 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 29.52
72 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30.32
73 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.01
74 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.54
75 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 33.04
76 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 34.00
77 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 34.10
78 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 34.23
79 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35.21
80 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 35.55
81 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile 36.14
82 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 36.24
83 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 36.28
84 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 37.04
85 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37.09
86 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 37.20
87 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38.20
88 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 38.44
89 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 40.38
90 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 40.39
91 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 40.55
92 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 41.20
93 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 41.49
94 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prévoyance 42.05
95 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 42.39
96 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 42.41
97 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 43.00
98 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44.08
99 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 44.19
100 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 44.26
101 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 44.28
102 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Milram 45.27
103 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 45.48
104 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46.22
105 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46.27
106 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 46.43
107 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 46.59
108 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 48.05
109 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49.34
110 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 50.41
111 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 53.14
112 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 53.18
113 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55.02
114 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 56.11
115 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 56.19
116 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 56.52
117 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 56.53
118 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58.36
119 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 59.13
120 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.01.25
121 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.02.50
Points
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 91
2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50
4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth 48
5 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 48
6 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 46
7 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38
8 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 38
9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 36
10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 36
Mountains
1 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 42
2 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 38
3 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 35
4 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 23
5 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 19
6 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19
7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth 13
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 13
9 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12
10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12
Young rider
1 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 28:27'47"
2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.49
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.20
4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile 2.19
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4.22
6 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 6.12
7 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.19
8 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.18
9 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9.42
10 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22.49
Teams
1 Discovery Channel 85:21'58"
2 Lampre-Fondital 0.15
3 Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.21
4 Crédit Agricole 3.13
5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.51
6 Phonak 7.13
7 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.41
8 Cofidis 10.36
9 Française Des Jeux 10.48
10 Ag2R Prévoyance 12.17