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Stage 2, Obernai - Esch-sur-Alzette, 223K

3 July

Thor Takes Back Maillot and McJet Wins

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) is back in the Maillot Jaune. The Norwegian successfully battled all day with Tom Boonen (Quick-Step) for bonus seconds at the intermediate time checks on a long and hot stage, finishing in Luxembourg. After being cut down yesterday in a bloody sprint the Norwegian arrived safe to deservedly take back the yellow jersey. Aussie Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto), who avoided a crash leading into the final kilometer that stopped a large part of the peloton, sprinted cleanly to victory over Boonen and Hushovd.

Moien!

Another blazing hot day in France! Actually, BiciRace.com is now at the stage finish in Luxembourg, where it is equally as hot. The riders had it a lot harder than us journalists, they faced five climbs over 228.5K from Obernai to Esch-sur-Alzette. Two Cat. 3 climbs started the day and three Cat. 4 climbs ended the day.

The race kicked off in the very cool town of Obernai. The tifosi were out in droves to witness the riders start the stage three, all the riders except Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas). As we reported in our daily news, the Italian had been under a tremendous amount of pain, and that forced his abandon overnight. We hope that Di Luca feels better soon.

Two riders obviously feeling great were David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi); the Spaniards formed an escape right from the start in Obernai. The peloton deemed the duo were not a threat to the race and allowed their gap to quickly jump up to 9'15" by 25K. The escape reached a maximum of 11'20" at 31K and that is when Discovery Channel took over control of the race for their man in yellow, Hincapie. The scene looked like the past seven years, when the same team led for American Armstrong but this time it was for his compatriot, Hincapie.

Disco's efforts were aided by the sprinters' teams mid-way through the stage, specifically Crédit Agricole for Thor Hushovd. The big Norwegian was wrongfully denied of the yellow jersey yesterday when a fan sliced his arm open with a PMU advertising banner. Today, Hushovd was to set matters right by sprinting for bonus seconds at the two intermediate sprints. Pushed by Tom Boonen (Quick-Step) for the points; Hushovd succeeded to win third at both sprints, first behind the two escapees.

The Spanish Duo only had 3'00" in hand at the second intermediate sprint in Holling (169.5K). The first of the final three Cat. 4 climbs did Hernández in. The Euskaltel rider had been suffering all day; falling victim to De La Fuente's surges on the mountains to gain climbing points. With a shake of the head the Spaniard rider returned to the peloton right before the third, and final intermediate sprint (198.5K). This time it was Boonen getting the better of Hushovd and Stuart O'Grady (Team CSC).

Hernández was "il primo" plate, De La Fuente was soon to be "il secondo" and the finish line was to be "il dolce" for the hungry peloton being led by Quick-Step, Davitamon-Lotto and Crédit Agricole. The Saunier Duval-Prodir was caught by Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) leading to the top of the final climb but over the day he claimed enough mountain points to be rewarded the Maillot Blanc à Pois Rouges at the stage finish. Bravo!

The day came down to Il Dolce. The riders jostled for position with the usual sprint teams pushing up the tempo. Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) launched with all he had at -6K and led by as much as 12" before being gobbled 50m to the line. The sprint argy-bargy caused a crash before the ultimo chilometro that held up most of the peloton except for the sprint strong-men.

Robbie "McJet" McEwen launched his sprint down the right side of the road. It as a long effort but he was able to hold off Hushovd and Boonen coming up behind. Hushovd came so close that his front tire touched McEwen's left foot just meters before the line. Both men, being professionals, were able to keep upright and shook hands after the finish, acknowledging that the incident was all part of the game. Bravo to McEwen for sprinting to his ninth Tour victory, his first for 2006 after three wins this year at the Giro d'Italia.

Eddi!

Results: 5:36'14", 40.775 K/h
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
10 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis
12 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
13 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas
14 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
16 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile
17 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
19 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
21 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
22 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
23 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
24 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
27 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
28 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
29 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
30 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
31 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
32 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
33 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
34 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
35 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas
36 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
37 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
38 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
39 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
40 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
41 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
42 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
43 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
44 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
45 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
46 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
47 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
48 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
49 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
50 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
51 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
52 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
53 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
54 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
55 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
56 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile
57 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram
58 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram
59 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
60 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
61 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
62 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
63 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
64 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak
65 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step
66 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
67 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
68 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
69 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
70 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
71 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
72 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
73 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
74 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
75 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
76 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
77 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
78 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
79 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak
80 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
81 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
82 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
83 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
84 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
85 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
86 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel
87 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
88 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
89 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
90 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
91 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
92 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
93 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
94 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
95 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
96 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
97 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
98 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
99 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
100 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
101 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
102 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
103 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak
104 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
105 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
106 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
107 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
108 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
109 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
110 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak
111 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
112 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
113 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux
114 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
115 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
116 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis
117 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
118 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step
119 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
120 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
121 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel
122 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
123 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
124 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
125 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
126 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
127 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
128 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
129 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
130 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
131 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel
132 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
133 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
134 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
135 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
136 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
137 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
138 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
139 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
140 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis
141 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
142 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 2.18
143 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram
144 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel
145 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel
146 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 2.51
147 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
148 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis
149 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
150 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.51
151 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3.30
152 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
153 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3.54
154 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
155 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
156 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
157 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel
158 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
159 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
160 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel
161 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
162 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6.55
163 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step
164 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis
165 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
166 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.28
167 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
168 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 9.14
169 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
170 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole
171 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
172 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis
173 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
174 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 9.37
175 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.23
DNS Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas

Points
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 35
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 30
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 26
4 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 24
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22
6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 20
7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 19
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 18
9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 17
10 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 16
11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 15
12 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
13 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 13
14 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12
15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 11
16 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 10
17 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 9
18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8
19 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7
20 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 6
21 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 5
22 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 4
23 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
24 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1

Mountains
Col des Pandours - Cat. 3, K 35.5
1 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1

Col de Valsberg - Cat. 3, K 50
1 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1

Côte de Kédange-sur-Canner - Cat. 4, K 187.5
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
2 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1

Côte de Kanfen - Cat. 4, K 212.5
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2
3 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1

Côte de Volmerange-les-Mines - Cat. 4, K 215
1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
3 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1

Sprints
Marimont-Les-Benestroff, K 107
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6
2 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 2

Holling, K 169.5
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6
2 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2

Yutz, K 198.5
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 4
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2

Young rider
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 5:36'14"
2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
4 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
5 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
6 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
7 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
8 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
12 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel
13 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
15 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
16 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
17 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
19 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3.54
20 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
21 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.28
22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 9.37
23 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.23

Most combative
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir

Teams
1 Liquigas 16:48'42"
2 T-Mobile
3 Davitamon-Lotto
4 Saunier Duval-Prodir
5 Team CSC
6 Milram
7 Discovery Channel
8 Gerolsteiner
9 Rabobank
10 Quick-Step
11 Française Des Jeux
12 Crédit Agricole
13 Lampre-Fondital
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi
15 Bouygues Telecom
16 Phonak
17 Cofidis
18 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
19 Ag2R Prévoyance
20 Agritubel

GC:
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 9:54'19"
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 0.05
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.08
4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.10
5 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.16
6 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 0.18
10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.20
11 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.21
12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.22
14 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile
15 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.24
16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.25
17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
18 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.26
19 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
20 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.27
21 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 0.28
22 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
23 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
24 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 0.29
26 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.30
27 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
28 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
29 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
30 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 0.31
31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.32
32 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas
33 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.33
34 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
35 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
36 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.34
37 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
38 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak
39 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux
40 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.35
41 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis
42 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
43 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
44 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
45 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
46 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
47 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.36
48 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
49 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
50 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.37
51 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
52 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.38
53 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
54 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
55 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
56 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
57 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
58 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
60 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.39
61 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
62 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel
63 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak
64 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 0.40
65 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
66 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
67 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.41
68 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
69 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.42
70 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
71 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
72 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
73 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.43
74 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
75 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
76 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
77 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas
78 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.44
79 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
80 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
81 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
82 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
83 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0.45
84 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
85 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
86 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.46
87 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
88 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis
89 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram
90 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
91 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.47
92 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
93 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.48
94 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 0.49
95 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis
96 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak
97 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.50
98 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
99 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
100 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
101 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
102 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.51
103 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
104 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
105 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
106 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
107 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel
108 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 0.52
109 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.53
110 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
111 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
112 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
113 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.54
114 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel
115 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
116 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.55
117 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
118 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
119 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step
120 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
121 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 0.56
122 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
123 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
124 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.57
125 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
126 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 0.58
127 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
128 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
129 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
130 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.59
131 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
132 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
133 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.00
134 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
135 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.01
136 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
137 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.02
138 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
139 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step
140 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
141 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 1.04
142 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.08
143 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.10
144 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 3.07
145 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 3.12
146 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.31
147 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 3.34
148 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 3.45
149 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 3.55
150 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.10
151 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 4.23
152 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 4.25
153 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4.32
154 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.34
155 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.40
156 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 4.46
157 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 4.54
158 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 4.55
159 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.07
160 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.16
161 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 6.11
162 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 7.20
163 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 7.38
164 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.40
165 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.44
166 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 9.05
167 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.14
168 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 9.47
169 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 9.51
170 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.03
171 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.09
172 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 10.19
173 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 11.10
174 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.34
175 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.13

Points
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 65
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 62
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 49
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 43
7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 42
8 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 40
9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 36
10 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 35
11 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 31
12 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28
13 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24
14 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 22
15 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20
16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 19
17 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18
18 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16
19 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 15
20 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 14
21 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13
22 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 13
23 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11
24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10
25 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 10
26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 9
28 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9
29 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8
30 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 8
31 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
32 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7
33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 6
34 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6
35 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 5
36 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
37 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 4
38 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4
39 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
40 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3
41 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 2
42 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
43 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
44 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
45 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2
46 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1
47 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1

Mountains
1 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14
2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12
3 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10
4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
5 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
6 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
7 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

Young rider
1 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 9:54'40"
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 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 0.22
9 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0.24
10 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.27
11 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 0.30
12 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.32
13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
14 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
15 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.37
16 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.40
17 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 0.43
18 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.49
19 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.19
20 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 4.25
21 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8.53
22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 9.58
23 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.52

Teams
1 Discovery Channel 29:43'58"
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