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2006 Tour de France, Stage 3

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Stage 3, Esch-sur-Alzette - Valkenburg, 216K

4 July

Kessler Makes Amends, Boonen Yellow

Matthias Kessler wins at last, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

After having his last minute attack spoiled yesterday, Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) went on the hunt again today in stage 3 of the 2006 Tour de France. As the race joined the day's escapees, the German attacked from the pack on the famed Cauberg climb leading into the finish in Valkenburg. It worked and the German made amends for his near-miss in stage 2. World Champion Tom Boonen, with his staying power in the finale, scooped the Maillot Jaune from Hushovd, while potential final overall contender, Alejandro Valverde, crashed at -10K and was forced to abandon the race with a fractured right collarbone.

The heat is ON in the Tour de France: not only is the weather hot from the golden sun above but the race action is just as hot. A last minute attack producing a winner in the form of Kessler of T-Mobile lit up the finish and Tom Boonen of Quick-Step finished fourth, enabling him to trade his World's stripes for the yellow Tour de France jersey.

Jens Voigt of CSC kicked the escape into action with an attack from the peloton shortly before the 15K marker. Knowing the potential of Jens, there was an immediate response. José Luis Arrieta (Ag2R Prévoyance), Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom), Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Christophe Laurent (Agritubel) all bridged to the German to form five.

The five went to work on building up their time advantages, reaching 3'55" by the first intermediate sprint in Mersch (35K). The day was a hard one, with six categorized climbs taking the riders to the finish, some 216K later, in Valkenburg. The last of the day's climb, the Cauberg, famous for its appearance in the Amstel Gold Classic, was the main point of the race, both for the tifosi and the riders, topping out at two before the finish.

As the peloton crossed the Belgian border (at 91km), right before the feed zone, the gap was 5'25" behind the escapees. The maximum gain of the five men reached 6'10" when the peloton hit the 100K marker.

Hats off to Pineau, he did enough to take the Maillot Blanc à Pois Rouges from overnight leader, David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir). The Frenchman led over the first four categorized climbs to gain enough points to put him in the lead by three points over De La Fuente; a nice coup for Pineau and his boys of the Bouygues Telecom squadra.

Boogerd & Boonen, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

On the approach to the 3rd climb, the Côte de Petit-Rechain, Erik Dekker and Fred Rodriguez came crashing down after they hit a spectator on the right side of the narrow road. Both the Dutchman and American were forced to abandon the race because of their sustained injuries. Dekker fractured a collarbone and also required stitches to his face.

Sad news also came for one of the race favorites, Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), who could not avoid a rider who crashed in front of him. At 10K to Valkenburg the Spaniard's Tour came to an early finish. Just like in 2005 when Valverde was forced to abandon early, we will never know what would have been had the Spaniard been allowed to continue.

The whole of the Tour de France press room let out a collective sigh when Valverde went down on the run-in. Many, including BiciRace.com, are sad to see this exciting rider out of the Tour de France.

The race was falling apart over the closing two categorized climbs, the Côte de Trintelen and Cauberg. Arrieta and Pineau punched it into overdrive, breaking the dynamics of the escape and forcing a chase by Voigt and Laurent. It continued like this over the next kilometers but the riders must have heard the news that the peloton was closing behind and lost hope.

Kessler attacks, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

The time gap dipped thanks to big efforts from Quick-Step, Rabobank and Milram. Laurent attacked his escape companions with 20K to go. He was joined by Arrieta, then Voigt. The peloton closing, at 1'30". At -18K it was the turn of Arrieta, the Spaniard made a solo bid but he was caught on the Cauberg by Boogerd who was leading the peloton up the climb he knows so well...

The Dutch Champion put the accelerator down to try to repeat his glory of 1999 when he won the Amstel Gold over the same finishing parcours. It was not to be; the blonde was caught and the race looked ready for a sprint. But, like yesterday, Kessler popped off the front of the raving peloton. The move was timed perfectly, allowing the 27 year-old to get a gap of around 50 meters, which he could hold over the top of the Cauberg to the finish. Kessler crossed the line with his arms high to gain the biggest win of his career.

Results: 4:57'54", 43.605 K/h
1 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 7 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 8 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 9 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 12 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 13 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 16 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 21 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 23 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse 24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 25 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 26 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 27 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse 28 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 29 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 30 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 31 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 32 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 33 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 34 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse 35 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 36 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 37 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 38 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 39 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 40 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 43 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 45 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 46 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 47 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 48 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 50 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 53 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 55 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 56 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 57 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 58 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 60 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 61 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 62 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 63 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 64 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 65 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 66 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 67 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 68 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 69 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 70 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 71 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 72 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 73 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 74 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 75 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 78 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 79 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 80 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 81 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 82 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 83 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 José Angel Gomez Marchante 86 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 88 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 89 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 90 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 91 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 92 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 93 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 95 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 96 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 97 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 98 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 99 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 100 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 101 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 102 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 104 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 105 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) 108 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 109 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 111 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 112 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 113 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 114 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 115 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 117 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 118 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 119 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 120 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 121 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 122 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 123 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step 124 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 125 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 126 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 127 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 128 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 129 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) 130 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 131 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 132 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 133 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 134 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 135 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 136 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 137 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 138 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 139 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 140 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 141 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 142 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 143 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 144 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 145 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 146 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 147 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 148 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel 149 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 150 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 151 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse 152 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse 153 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse 154 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 155 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse 156 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 157 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 158 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 159 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 160 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 161 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 162 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 163 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 164 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 165 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 166 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 167 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 168 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 169 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 170 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 171 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 172 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step DNF Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank DNF Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Alejandro Valverde (Spa)
0.05

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

0.12
0.17

0.22

(Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir

0.34

0.42

0.48
0.50
1.29

Saunier Duval-Prodir

2.03
2.06

2.24

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.44

3.23
3.37
3.43
3.55
0.05
4.33
4.58
5.48

6.51
7.05
d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.05
d'Epargne-Illes Balears
d'Epargne-Illes Balears

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

10.46

11.35
12.11

14.44
18.36

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

Points
1 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25
2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 22
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 18
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 16
6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 15
7 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 14
8 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 13
9 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12
10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11
11 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 10
12 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 9
13 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 8
14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 7
15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 6
16 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5
17 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3
19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2
20 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1

Mountains
Côte de la Haute-Levée - Cat. 3, K 131
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1

Côte de Oneux - Cat. 3, K 155
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
2 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1

Côte de Petit-Rechain - Cat. 4, K 165.5
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2
3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1
Côte de Loorberg - Cat. 4, K 189
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1

Côte de Trintelen - Cat. 4, K 201
1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
2 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1

Le Cauberg - Cat. 3, K 214.5
1 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 4
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3
3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 1

Sprints
Mersch, K 35
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6
2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 4
3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2

Spa, K 144
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6
2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 4
3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2

Aubel, K 176.5
1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4
3 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2
Young rider
1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4:57'59"
2 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
4 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.12
5 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
7 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
8 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
11 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 0.17
12 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 0.37
13 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
14 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0.45
15 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.24
16 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
17 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
18 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5.43
20 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 8.00
21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
22 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.41
23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 18.31

Most combative
1 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance

Teams
1 T-Mobile 14:53'52"
2 Gerolsteiner 0.05
3 Discovery Channel
4 Lampre-Fondital
5 Team CSC
6 Rabobank
7 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
8 Saunier Duval-Prodir
9 Milram 0.17
10 Ag2R Prévoyance
11 Crédit Agricole
12 Phonak
13 Française Des Jeux
14 Bouygues Telecom 0.29
15 Euskaltel-Euskadi
16 Quick-Step 0.34
17 Agritubel 0.41
18 Davitamon-Lotto 0.46
19 Cofidis 1.11
20 Liquigas 1.29

GC:
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 14:52'23"
2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 0.01
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.05
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.07
5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.15
6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
7 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.16
8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.17
9 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile
10 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.20
12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
13 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.21
14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 0.23
15 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
16 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 0.24
17 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.25
18 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
19 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
20 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 0.26
21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.27
22 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.28
23 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
26 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.29
27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.30
28 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 0.31
29 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.32
30 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
31 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
32 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.33
33 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
34 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
35 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
36 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
37 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.36
39 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.37
40 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.38
41 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas
42 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.39
43 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.41
44 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
45 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.42
46 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
47 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 0.43
48 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 0.44
49 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak
50 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.45
51 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
52 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
53 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
54 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 0.46
55 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.47
56 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.48
57 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
58 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.49
59 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
60 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.50
61 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
62 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
63 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.51
64 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.52
65 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
66 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 0.53
67 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis
68 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
69 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 0.55
70 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 0.56
71 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 0.57
72 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
73 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.58
74 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
75 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.00
76 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
77 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 1.01
78 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis
79 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 1.03
80 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
81 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
82 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
83 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
84 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.07
85 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
86 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
87 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.16
88 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
89 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.17
90 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.20
91 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 1.22
92 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 1.23
93 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 1.25
94 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.26
95 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.31
96 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.34
97 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.35
98 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.39
99 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 1.51
100 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.54
101 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.58
102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak
103 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.01
104 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.13
105 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 2.15
106 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.16
107 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 2.17
108 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
109 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.20
110 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
111 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.23
112 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 2.31
113 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2.36
114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.38
115 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 2.48
116 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 3.00
117 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 3.06
118 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 3.07
119 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step 3.16
120 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.21
121 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.22
122 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.36
123 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.43
124 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 3.44
125 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.52
126 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.05
127 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.13
128 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.29
129 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 4.53
130 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 4.55
131 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 5.21
132 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 5.30
133 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6.06
134 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6.12
135 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel 6.17
136 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.33
137 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step
138 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.35
139 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.37
140 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 7.29
141 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.34
142 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.38
143 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 8.22
144 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 8.23
145 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.25
146 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.35
147 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 8.48
148 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.49
149 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.50
150 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 9.33
151 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 9.52
152 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 9.54
153 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 10.10
154 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.33
155 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.13
156 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 11.40
157 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 11.41
158 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.29
159 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.35
160 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 12.41
161 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.02
162 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 16.47
163 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 16.48
164 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 16.55
165 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.29
166 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19.45
167 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.04
168 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.10
169 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 24.21
170 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.49
171 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 28.17
172 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 28.45

Points
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 67
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 66
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 65
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 62
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 59
6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 57
7 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 54
8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 36
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 36
11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 35
12 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 31
13 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 28
14 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28
15 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25
16 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24
17 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20
18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 19
19 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18
20 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 17
21 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16
22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 16
23 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15
24 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 15
25 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 14
26 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 13
27 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12
28 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11
29 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11
30 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10
31 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 10
32 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 10
34 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 9
35 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 9
36 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9
37 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 8
38 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8
39 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 8
40 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
41 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7
42 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 6
43 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5
44 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 5
45 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
46 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4
47 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
48 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
49 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3
50 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3
51 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 2
52 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2
53 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
54 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
55 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
56 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1
57 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1
58 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1

Mountains
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17
2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14
3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12
4 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10
5 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
6 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
7 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6
9 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 4
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3
11 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2
12 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
13 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
14 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 1

Young rider
1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14:52'48"
2 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.03
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.11
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.17
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 0.20
6 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.23
7 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 0.25
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.35
9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
10 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 0.51
11 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.52
12 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.55
13 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 0.58
14 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 1.00
15 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.33
16 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52
17 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.55
18 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5.41
19 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.08
20 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.10
21 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 12.16
22 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.24
23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 28.20

Teams
1 Discovery Channel 44:37'55"
2 Team CSC 0.01
3 T-Mobile 0.02
4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.07
5 Gerolsteiner 0.18
6 Phonak 0.26
7 Lampre-Fondital 0.37
8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.42
9 Rabobank
10 Crédit Agricole 0.43
11 Ag2R Prévoyance 0.44
12 Française Des Jeux 0.51
13 Bouygues Telecom 1.10
14 Davitamon-Lotto 1.12
15 Quick-Step 1.15
16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.27
17 Milram 1.28
18 Cofidis 1.40
19 Liquigas 1.56
20 Agritubel 1.59