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2006 Tour de France, Stage 1

93rd Tour de France - presented by

Stage 1, Strasbourg - Strasbourg, 183K

2 July

Casper Sprint, Hincapie Yellow and Hushovd Bloody

Casper out-sprints the bunch, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

A fast uncontrolled sprint was perfect for Frenchman Jimmy Casper (Cofidis) to take stage 1 of the 93rd Tour de France. The 26 year-old stomped some of the favorites in the game, coming home clean over McEwen, Zabel and our Italian friend, Bennati. It was not the same for race leader Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole); the Norwegian was cut deeply by a PMU advertising hand in the final meters; collapsing immediately after the line in a blood bath. George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) took the leader's yellow threads thanks to his sprint in the last intermediate sprint and Hushovd's bloody accident.

Today's stage was run under blazing hot conditions, 30°C in the air and 42° on the road; BiciRace.com had the AC blasting in our Peugeot. Starting and ending in France with a jaunt into Germany, the race took in three intermediate sprints and one climb, the Côte de Heilingenstein (Cat 4 at 101.5K).

The stage kicked off with an attack by Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) and Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) at the 3K mark. They were joined later by Benoît Vaugrenard (Française Des Jeux), and shortly after Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Walter Bénéteau (Bouygues Telecom), Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) and Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner).

The escape had 4'00" by 20K... This was to be the day's escape. Behind it was Hushovd's Crédit Agricole setting the tempo to make sure the move did not get out of hand. The move reached a max advantage of five minutes at 56K.

The race for mountain points on the Tour's first categorized climb was fierce. Who ever won the sprint at the top of the hill would be the first rider of the 2006 Tour to don the Maillot Blanc à Pois Rouges; presented by some very lovely ladies. Wegmann led Sprick and Etxebarria over the summit. The German had done enough to give himself the polka-dot jersey at the end of stage 1.

The gap fell for our leaders. The stage was much too important for the sprinters this early on in the Tour to let slip away to an escape. Crédit Agricole was aided by Milram, Quick-Step and Davitamon-Lotto to smash the leader's advantage. It worked; the group was dead at -15K, with only Bénéteau holding on for one extra kilometer.

Hincapie in yellow, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Hincapie had the smarts to snatch the bonus seconds on offer at the Kehl sprint (175.K). The American was beaten by Hushovd's teammate, Hinault, but the two seconds he gained helped in taking the Maillot Jaune at the end of the stage. Surely Hincapie's old mate, Lance Armstrong, was smiling at his ranch in Texas while sending Hincapie a text message of congratulations.

Casper on the podium, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

The finale was nutty: Lampre-Fondital showed a bit of strength before being washed away by Milram, Rabobank and Quick-Step. None of the teams could really organize any effort for their sprint men. Tom Boonen (Quick-Step) took matters in his own hands, deciding to lead the sprint at -250m. The World Champion quickly faded by a charge led by Casper. The Frenchman beat the best in the game to give France an early win in their own tour.

A bad finish for Hushovd, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Hushovd was present in the sprint but his right arm caught a PMU advertising hand that was hanging over the barricade by a spectator. The hand caused a deep cut and profuse bleeding. The Norwegian, covered in blood, collapsed after the line and hand to be carried away on a stretcher. We spoke with the race doctor after the race: "His wound was about 4 centimeters. He should be able to continue tomorrow, but we will see."

Perhaps race organizers need to rethink the number of advertising materials that are handed out in the final meters. BiciRace.com witnessed first-hand the mess of advertising on and off the road in the finale... Not good.

Results: 4:10'00", 44.28 K/h
1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 6 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse 7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 10 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 11 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 14 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) 15 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 16 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 19 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 21 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 22 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 23 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 24 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 25 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 27 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 29 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse 30 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 32 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 33 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 35 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 36 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 37 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 39 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse 40 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 41 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 45 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 46 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 47 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 48 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 49 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 50 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 51 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 52 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 54 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 55 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 56 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 58 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 59 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 60 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 61 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 62 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 63 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 64 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step 65 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 66 José Angel Gomez Marchante 67 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 69 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 70 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 71 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 72 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 73 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 76 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 77 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 78 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 80 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 81 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 82 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 83 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 84 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 85 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 87 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 89 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 90 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 91 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 92 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 93 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 94 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 95 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 96 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 97 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 98 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 99 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 101 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 102 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 103 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 105 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 106 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 107 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 108 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 109 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 110 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 111 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 112 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 113 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 114 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse 115 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 116 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 117 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 118 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 119 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 120 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 121 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 122 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 123 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 124 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 125 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 126 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel 127 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse 128 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 129 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 130 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 131 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 132 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 133 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 134 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 135 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 136 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse 137 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 138 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 140 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 141 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse 142 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 143 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 144 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 145 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 146 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 147 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 148 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 149 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 150 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 151 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 152 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 153 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 154 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 155 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 156 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) 157 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 158 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 159 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 160 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse 161 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 162 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 163 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 164 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 165 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 166 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 167 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 168 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 169 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 170 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 171 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 172 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 173 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 174 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 175 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 176 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

Saunier Duval-Prodir

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

(Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

0.42

1.20
2.08
2.29

Points
1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 35
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 30
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 26
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 24
5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 22
6 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20
7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 19
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 18
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 17
10 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 16
11 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15
12 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 13
14 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12
15 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11
16 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
17 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 8
19 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7
20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6
21 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 5
22 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4
23 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 3
24 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2
25 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1

Mountains
Côte de Heiligenstein - Cat. 4, K 101.5
1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

Sprints
Saverne - K 53
1 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6
2 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
Plobsheim - K 137
1 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
2 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4
3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
Kehl - K 175.5
1 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
2 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 2

Young rider
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 4:10'00"
2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
4 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
6 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
7 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
8 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
9 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
10 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
12 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
13 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
17 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
18 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
19 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel
20 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
22 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
23 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas

Most combative
1 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

Teams
1 Française Des Jeux 12:30'00"
2 Davitamon-Lotto
3 Liquigas
4 Saunier Duval-Prodir
5 Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears
6 Bouygues Telecom
7 Milram
8 Lampre-Fondital
9 Discovery Channel
10 Cofidis
11 Quick-Step
12 Gerolsteiner
13 Phonak
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi
15 Team CSC
16 Rabobank
17 Crédit Agricole
18 T-Mobile
19 Agritubel
20 Ag2R Prévoyance

GC:
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 4:18'15"
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.02
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.06
4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 0.08
8 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.10
9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.11
10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.12
12 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile
13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 0.13
14 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.14
15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.15
16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
17 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis
18 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.16
19 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
20 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.17
21 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 0.18
22 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
23 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
24 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 0.19
27 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel
28 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.20
29 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
30 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
31 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
32 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 0.21
33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.22
34 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas
35 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.23
36 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
37 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis
38 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
39 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.24
40 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
41 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak
42 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux
43 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.25
44 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis
45 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
46 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
47 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
48 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
49 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
50 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.26
51 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
52 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.27
54 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
55 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
56 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
57 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.28
58 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
59 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
60 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
61 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
62 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
63 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
64 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
65 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
66 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.29
67 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
68 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel
69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak
70 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 0.30
71 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
72 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
73 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
74 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
75 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.31
76 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
77 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.32
78 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
79 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
80 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
81 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
82 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.33
83 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
84 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
85 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step
86 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
87 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas
88 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.34
89 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
90 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
91 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
92 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
93 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0.35
94 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
95 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
96 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
97 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.36
98 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
99 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis
100 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
101 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram
102 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
103 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.37
104 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
105 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.38
106 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 0.39
107 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram
108 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole
109 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
110 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis
111 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak
112 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.40
113 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
114 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
115 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
116 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
117 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.41
118 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
119 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
120 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
121 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
122 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel
123 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 0.42
124 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
125 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.43
126 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
127 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
128 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
129 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 0.44
130 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel
131 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
132 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel
133 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
134 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.45
135 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
136 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
137 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
138 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
139 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step
140 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
141 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 0.46
142 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
143 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
144 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.47
145 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
146 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.48
147 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
148 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
149 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
150 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
151 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.49
152 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
153 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
154 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 0.50
155 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
156 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
157 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 0.51
158 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
159 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
160 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.52
161 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
162 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step
163 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
164 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.54
165 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
166 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.58
167 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.00
168 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.03
169 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 1.06
170 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.09
171 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.12
172 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 1.27
173 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 1.46
174 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.10
175 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 3.10
176 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 3.13

Points
1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 35
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 32
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 30
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 26
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 24
6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 24
7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 22
8 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20
9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 18
10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 17
11 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16
12 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 16
13 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15
14 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
15 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 13
16 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12
17 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11
18 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10
19 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 10
20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9
22 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8
23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 8
24 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7
25 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6
26 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6
27 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 5
28 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 4
29 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4
30 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
31 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3
32 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 2
33 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
34 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
35 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2
36 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1
37 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1

Mountains
1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

Young rider
1 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4:18'26"
2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.07
3 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.09
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.14
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 0.17
6 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.18
7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.20
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 0.21
9 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 0.22
10 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0.24
11 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.25
12 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.27
13 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 0.30
14 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 0.31
15 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.32
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
17 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
18 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.37
19 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
20 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.40
21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.43
22 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
23 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.49

Teams
1 Discovery Channel 12:55'16"
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 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.42
15 Rabobank
16 Bouygues Telecom 0.46
17 Quick-Step
18 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.03
19 Milram 1.16
20 Agritubel 1.23