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93rd Tour de France - presented by

Prologue, Strasbourg TT, 7K

1 July

Nail-Biter Finish Sees Hushovd Back in Yellow

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

Norwegian Thor Hushovd has done it again: taking the Maillot Jaune in the 93rd Tour de France. The big Crédit Agricole rider, 12th from last to start, hammered over the 7.1K parcours in Strasbourg, with a time of 8'17", to win the prologue. The 28 year-old Norwegian came under last minute attacks by gli Americani: first it was Zabriskie, winner of last year's opener, to bomb the posted time, and then Hincapie pushed Hushovd to the edge, but just fell short by a fraction of a second. Hushovd, taking the Maillot Jaune for the second time in his career, will start tomorrow's stage 1 as the race overall leader.

The 2006 Tour de France, the most hotly anticipated Tours in years, finally made its start under the hot french sun. The early day was just plain sizzling but the afternoon, though still hot, brought a slight wind that made the favorites work even harder. There parcours were 7.1K with a loop around the old center of Strasbourg, an intermediate time check at 3.6K (on the Quai des Belge) and back to where the riders started.

Past winners of prologue events at the Tour:
2004: Fabian Cancellara (SUI) Lieege
2003: Brad McGee (AUS) Paris
2002: Lance Armstrong (USA) Luxembourg
2001: Christophe Moreau (FRA) Dunkirk
1999: Lance Armstrong (USA) Le Puy du Fou
1998: Chris Boardman (GBR) Dublin
1997: Chris Boardman (GBR) Rouen
1996: Alex Zülle (SUI) s’Hertogenbosch
1995: Jacky Durand (FRA) Saint-Brieuc

Cédric Coutouly (Agritubel) started affairs at 13.15 from the Place de Bordeaux in Strasbourg. His finishing time was never enough to stick: quickly replaced by Bert Grabsch (Phonak). The 31 year-old German held his number one spot for some time before his compatriot, Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner), blasted into the finish at 8'21". The German TT Champion was to be THE man for quite some time; overcoming attacks from all quarters.

Honchar, overall leader for a stint in this year's Giro could not touch Lang; Julich, a master at any time trial activity, slotted in with a 'slow' time that put him 8'35" for the day and Ukrainian Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel), perhaps disturbed by his country losing in the World Cup football match last night, also failed to push out Lang. The German looked like he might hold on to take the stage and yellow.

But wait ... There were still the likes of Millar, Valverde, Menchov, Leipheimer, Rogers, Zabriskie and Hincapie to come. After two years out of the sport David Millar of Saunier Duval-Prodir made a fantastic return. The Scot, starting at 15.55, did not post the fastest time of the day, 7th when he crossed the line and a final 17th spot, 14" back from Hushovd.

Valverde impressed the whole BiciRace.com crew: He posted the top time at 3.6K and then finished with a time that put him fifth on the day. If The Green Bullet can ride like this over the longer time trials then the Tour de France then the overall win is well within his reach.

It was finally the Norwegian god who hammered the German TT Champion into dust. Thor Hushovd covered the road around Strasbourg in 8'17", a stunning four seconds faster than Lang.

Hushovd's time was impressively fast time, a time that Rogers, three-time World Champion, could not touch, finishing six seconds back. But would his time hold against a specialist like Zabriskie? Yes. Zabriskie, third at the 3.6K time check, came only within four seconds of Hushovd. The only rider left to crack the Norwegian was Hincapie.

Hincapie, a slow fourth at the intermediate time-check, turned on the juice over the closing kilometers. The American came around the last corner with around 7'50" and it looked like he had enough time to make it under 8'17". The tifosi were were cheering Armstrong's former domestique all the way to the line but he could not crack Hushovd, finishing second by a fraction of a second. Hincapie showed grit and strength, enough for the BiciRace.com crew to now consider him a very serious contender to the overall race victory.

The day went to 28 year-old Hushovd. Twice before a winner of a stage in the Tour, one which garnered him the yellow in 2004. Today he did it again, this time it was not a sprint win but a time trial, and it was good enough to give him the coveted Maillot Jaune. The Tour moves on to tomorrow, stage 1, a flat sprinters' affair where Hushovd will look for another win while wanting to maintain his yellow threads. Stay tuned!

Results: 8.17.00 (51.43 K/h)
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.00.73
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.04.21
4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.04.80
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.04.92
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.04.93
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 0.06.30
8 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.08.02
9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.09.26
10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.10.09
11 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 0.10.11
12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 0.11.21
13 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.12.33
14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.13.24
15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.13.73
16 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 0.13.88
17 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.14.65
18 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 0.14.89
19 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.15.61
20 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 0.16.03
21 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 0.16.17
22 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.16.22
23 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.16.93
24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 0.17.41
25 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 0.17.58
26 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.18.36
27 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.18.47
28 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.18.73
29 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.18.84
30 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 0.19.21
31 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.19.36
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.20.02
33 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 0.20.93
34 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.21.22
35 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 0.21.27
36 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 0.21.60
37 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.22.01
38 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 0.22.43
39 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.22.84
40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.23.00
41 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 0.23.09
42 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 0.23.47
43 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.23.51
44 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.23.77
45 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.23.94
46 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.23.99
47 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.24.67
48 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 0.24.77
49 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 0.24.90
50 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.25.34
51 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.25.35
52 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 0.25.50
53 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.25.80
54 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.26.11
55 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.26.14
56 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.26.19
57 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.26.53
58 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.26.55
59 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 0.26.69
60 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.26.96
61 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 0.26.99
62 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.27.09
63 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel 0.27.25
64 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 0.27.80
65 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 0.28.12
66 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.28.29
67 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.28.33
68 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.28.39
69 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.28.41
70 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.28.63
71 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.29.08
72 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.29.53
73 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.29.77
74 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.30.41
75 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.30.61
76 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 0.30.69
77 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 0.30.79
78 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.30.80
79 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.31.23
80 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 0.31.32
81 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.31.85
81 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step
83 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 0.31.99
84 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.32.14
85 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.32.87
85 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
87 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.32.92
88 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 0.32.98
89 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.33.39
90 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0.33.72
91 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.33.76
92 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.33.85
93 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 0.33.86
94 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.34.23
95 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.34.52
96 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 0.34.69
97 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.34.83
98 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 0.34.93
99 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 0.34.99
100 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.35.16
101 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 0.35.56
102 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.36.58
103 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 0.37.08
104 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 0.37.27
105 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.37.28
106 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.37.69
107 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 0.37.82
108 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 0.37.86
109 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.38.12
110 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.38.30
111 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 0.38.33
112 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.38.42
113 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 0.38.64
114 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 0.38.91
115 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.38.97
116 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.39.24
117 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 0.39.41
118 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.39.46
119 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.39.61
120 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.39.74
121 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 0.39.82
122 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 0.40.25
123 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 0.40.37
124 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.41.37
125 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 0.41.42
126 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.41.44
127 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.41.58
128 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 0.41.71
129 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 0.42.16
130 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 0.42.29
131 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 0.42.51
132 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.42.67
133 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 0.42.73
134 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.42.81
135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.43.25
136 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 0.43.52
137 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.43.55
138 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 0.43.61
139 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.43.62
140 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 0.43.71
141 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.43.90
142 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 0.43.94
143 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 0.44.15
144 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 0.44.25
145 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.44.94
146 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.45.02
147 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.45.79
148 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.46.08
149 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 0.46.39
150 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 0.46.82
151 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.46.89
152 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.46.97
153 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.47.08
154 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 0.47.38
155 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.47.50
156 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 0.48.24
157 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 0.48.31
158 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 0.48.32
159 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.48.85
160 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 0.49.02
161 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.49.29
162 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.49.92
163 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.50.03
164 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 0.50.06
165 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step 0.50.41
166 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.50.44
167 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.52.40
168 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 0.52.87
169 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.56.45
170 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.58.67
171 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 1.00.35
172 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.01.94
173 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 1.02.47
174 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 1.04.31
175 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.07.69
176 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10.65

Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 15
2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 12
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 10
4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 5
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 4
8 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3
9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 2
10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1

Young rider
1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8.33
2 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.02
3 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.03
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.07
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 0.10
6 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.13
7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 0.14
9 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 0.15
10 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0.17
11 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.18
12 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.20
13 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 0.23
14 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 0.24
15 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.25
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
17 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
18 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.30
19 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
20 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.33
21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.36
22 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
23 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.42

Teams
1 Discovery Channel 25.16
2 Team CSC 0.01
3 T-Mobile 0.07
4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
5 Phonak 0.14
6 Gerolsteiner 0.18
7 Davitamon-Lotto 0.31
8 Crédit Agricole
9 Liquigas 0.32
10 Ag2R Prévoyance
11 Cofidis 0.34
12 Lampre-Fondital 0.37
13 Française Des Jeux 0.39
14 Rabobank 0.42
15 Saunier Duval-Prodir
16 Bouygues Telecom 0.46
17 Quick-Step
18 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03
19 Milram 1.16
20 Agritubel 1.23

Intermediate timing
km 3.7
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.04
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.01
4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.02
6 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 0.03
8 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.04
11 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile
12 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.05
14 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
15 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas
16 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 0.06
17 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
18 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel
19 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
20 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
21 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.07
22 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
23 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
24 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile
25 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
26 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
30 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 0.08
31 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
32 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel
33 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux
34 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
35 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
36 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
37 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.09
38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis
39 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
40 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak
41 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
43 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
44 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
45 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
46 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 0.10
47 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
48 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
49 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis
50 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram
51 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
52 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
53 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
54 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
55 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
56 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
57 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
58 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
58 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
60 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
61 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.11
62 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
63 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
64 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram
65 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
66 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
66 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
68 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
69 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
70 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.12
70 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
72 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
73 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis
74 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
74 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
76 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak
77 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
78 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
79 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
80 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
81 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis
82 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas
83 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.13
84 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
85 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
86 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
87 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
88 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
89 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
90 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
91 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
92 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
93 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.14
93 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
93 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
96 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
97 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
97 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak
97 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
100 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
101 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
102 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
103 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
104 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
105 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
106 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
107 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
108 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 0.15
109 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel
110 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
111 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
112 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
113 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
114 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis
115 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
116 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
117 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
118 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
119 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 0.16
120 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
121 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step
122 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
123 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
124 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
125 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
126 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
127 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
128 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel
129 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
130 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.17
131 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
132 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
133 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
134 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel
135 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
136 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
137 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis
138 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
139 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.18
140 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram
141 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas
142 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
143 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
144 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
145 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
146 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
147 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 0.19
148 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
149 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
150 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
151 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
152 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel
153 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step
154 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
155 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.20
156 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
157 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
158 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
159 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
160 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.21
161 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis
161 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step
163 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
164 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
165 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 0.22
166 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
167 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
168 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
169 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.23
170 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 0.24
171 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
172 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 0.26
173 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 0.27
174 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.28
175 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.33
176 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.42