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Stage 4, Huy - Saint-Quentin, 215K

5 July

McEwen Manhandles the Best

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

No holds barred sprinting produced a worthy winner with Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) in stage 4 of the Tour de France into Saint-Quentin. The Aussie crossed the line meters clear of Gálvez, Freire, Hushovd and Maillot Jaune, Tom Boonen. The sprint came to a roaring finish after a day-long escape of five riders, who were only caught with less than three kilometers to go.

The clouds threatened rain today but never really delivered; the riders of the 93rd Tour de France once again had a sunny and hot day. The parcours for the peloton, from Huy to Saint-Quentin, at 207K, included two categorized climbs and three intermediate sprints. In short, it was another day for the men of speed.

The first climb, the Côte de Peu d'Eau, came at only 13K into affairs. This climb was important because the climbing classification is so tight this early in the race. Bouygues Telecom controlled the peloton until the gruppo passed the top of the Peu d'Eau, where Jérôme Pineau added to his polka-dot lead by winning the climb in front of David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir).

After the first climb was sorted, still in Belgium, Egoi Martínez (Discovery Channel) pushed forward the escape of the day (fuga del giorno). At 18.5K into affairs, Egoi went and was quickly joined by four others: Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis), Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom), Cédric Coutouly (Agritubel) and Christophe Mengin (Française Des Jeux). The five-man crew started to put time into the peloton, reaching 4'20" by the second climb of the day, the Côte de Falaen, at 57.5K.

It was a big day out for Lefevre who was riding in his home area. BiciRace.com saw his name written on the road more times than we could count, it was a very nice honor for the Frenchman.

The escape, even with home boy Lefevre in the mix, was only allowed a maximum of 4'55", which was reached at the 87K marker. As the five made their way southwest out of Belgium and towards Saint-Quentin, their gap was narrowing. Behind, the work was in the hands of Quick-Step. The Belgian team started the day in their home country with their sprinter, Tom Boonen, in yellow; certainly a very important day out for the squadra.

Quick-Step kept the throttle down, pulling in the escape, while BiciRace.com.com made a quick detour to the beer producing town of Chimay. (How could we pass this opportunity?!) When we rejoined the peloton the gap was already down to 1'30". Mengin and Wiggins were ditched from the faster moving trio while Lefevre, Martínez and Coutouly were close to meeting their fate by the hard charging peloton; -10K it was only 38" with every sprint team in sight ready to pounce.

Quick-Step had done the dirty work to bring back the escapees, pulling the gap down to almost nothing by -5K. Il Treno Blu in the final five kilometers was infiltrated by other sprinters. Julian Dean came to the fore with Thor Hushovd, doing a mean turn of speed before his foot ripped out of his pedal and he crashed hard amongst the leaders. The New Zealander was lucky not to be hit by any other rider and everyone passed him safely.

McEwen was already poised at the front when Dean crashed and he used the opportunity to kick his sprint into high gear. A blast down the left hand side of the road was enough to distance his rivals and allow him to win by around 10 meters over Isaac Gálvez (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears). Tom Boonen, clad in yellow, took fifth in the sprint and retained the overall lead.

Bravo to McEwen for riding into double digits for Tour de France wins. 10 wins, two in this Tour, is impressive stuff. McEwen after the stage: "The team is happy and the win goes to Fred Rodriguez, who crashed out yesterday."

Results: 4:59'50", 41.423 K/h
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
2 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
6 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
7 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
8 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
9 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis
12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile
13 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
14 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
16 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis
17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas
18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
19 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
20 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
23 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
24 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
25 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
26 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
27 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
30 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis
31 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
32 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
33 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
34 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
35 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
36 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
37 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
38 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
39 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
40 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
41 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
42 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
43 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
44 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
45 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
46 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
47 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram
48 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
49 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
50 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step
51 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
52 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
53 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
54 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
55 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
56 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
57 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel
58 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
59 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
60 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
61 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
62 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel
63 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel
64 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
65 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
66 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
67 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
68 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
69 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
70 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
71 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
72 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
73 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
74 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
75 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
76 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
77 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
78 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak
79 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
80 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
81 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile
82 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
83 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
84 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
85 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
86 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
87 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
88 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
89 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
90 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
91 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
92 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
93 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
94 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak
95 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
96 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
97 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
98 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
99 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
100 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
101 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel
102 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
103 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
104 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
105 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
106 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
107 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram
108 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
109 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
110 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
111 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis
112 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
113 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
114 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
115 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel
116 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
117 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
118 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
119 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux
120 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
121 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
122 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak
123 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole
124 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
125 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
126 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
127 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
128 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
129 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
130 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
131 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
132 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
133 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
134 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram
135 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
136 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
137 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel
138 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
139 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
140 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
141 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
142 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
143 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
144 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis
145 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
146 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
147 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis
148 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
149 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 0.26
150 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
151 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.27
152 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.29
153 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 0.36
154 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step
155 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step
156 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
157 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
158 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
159 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.42
160 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 0.52
161 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
162 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
163 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak
164 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.03
165 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.10
166 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 0.00
167 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.11
168 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.21
169 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 0.00
170 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2.25
171 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 2.54
172 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.06

Points
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 35
2 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 30
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 26
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 24
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 22
6 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20
7 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 19
8 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18
9 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 17
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 16
11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 15
12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 14
13 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13
14 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 12
15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11
16 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 10
17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 9
18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 8
19 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 7
20 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6
21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 5
22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4
23 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 3
24 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 2
25 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 1

Mountains
Côte De Peu d'Eau - Cat. 3, K 13
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2
4 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1

Côte De Falaën - Cat. 4, K 57.5
1 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
2 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 2
3 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1

Sprints
Beaumont, K 103
1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 6
2 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
3 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2

Sains-Du-Nord, K 135.5
1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 6
2 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4
3 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2

Bernot, K 188
1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 6
2 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2

Young rider
1 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4:59'50"
2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
3 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
6 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
7 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
8 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
10 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
11 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
12 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
14 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
16 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel
17 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
18 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
19 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
20 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
22 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.26
23 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.06

Most combative
1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel

Teams
1 Davitamon-Lotto 14:59'30"
2 Cofidis
3 Discovery Channel
4 Liquigas
5 Française Des Jeux
6 Saunier Duval-Prodir
7 Lampre-Fondital
8 T-Mobile
9 Phonak
10 Bouygues Telecom
11 Gerolsteiner
12 Quick-Step
13 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
14 Crédit Agricole
15 Team CSC
16 Milram
17 Agritubel
18 Rabobank
19 Euskaltel-Euskadi
20 Ag2R Prévoyance

GC:
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 19:52'13"
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 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.10
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.12
7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.15
8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.16
10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.17
11 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile
12 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
13 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.20
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
15 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.21
16 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 0.23
17 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
18 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 0.24
19 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.25
20 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
21 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
23 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 0.26
24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.27
25 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 0.28
26 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
28 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.29
29 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.30
30 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 0.31
31 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.32
32 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
33 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.33
34 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
35 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
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 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.41
43 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
44 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.42
45 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
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 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.52
65 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 0.53
66 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis
67 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
68 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 0.55
69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.56
70 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
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 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 1.58
102 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.01
103 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.13
104 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 2.15
105 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.16
106 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 2.17
107 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
108 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.20
109 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
110 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.23
111 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.24
112 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 2.31
113 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2.36
114 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 3.00
115 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 3.06
116 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3.07
117 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
118 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.36
119 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 3.40
120 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.43
121 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 3.44
122 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.48
123 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.52
124 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step
125 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.58
126 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.05
127 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.29
128 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 4.53
129 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 4.55
130 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 5.21
131 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.23
132 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 6.06
133 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
134 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6.12
135 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel 6.17
136 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 6.33
137 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.35
138 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.37
139 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.19
140 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.34
141 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.38
142 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.13
143 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 8.22
144 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 8.23
145 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.35
146 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 8.48
147 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.49
148 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.50
149 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 9.52
150 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 9.59
151 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 10.28
152 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.33
153 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 10.46
154 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 11.40
155 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 11.41
156 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.29
157 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.35
158 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 12.41
159 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 12.48
160 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.02
161 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.24
162 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 16.47
163 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 17.24
164 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 17.47
165 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20.32
166 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.04
167 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 22.06
168 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 22.52
169 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 24.21
170 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.55
171 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 28.45
172 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 29.09

Points
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 100
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 89
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 86
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 85
5 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 80
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 59
7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 57
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 52
9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 50
10 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 50
11 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 50
12 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43
13 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42
14 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 40
15 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 31
16 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 30
17 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28
18 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25
19 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 22
20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21
21 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20
22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 19
23 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18
24 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 17
25 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16
26 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 16
27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 16
28 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15
29 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 15
30 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 15
31 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 14
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 14
33 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13
34 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12
35 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11
36 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11
37 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10
38 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 10
39 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
40 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 10
41 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 9
42 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 9
43 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9
44 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 8
45 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8
46 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 8
47 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
48 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7
49 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6
50 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6
51 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 5
52 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5
53 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 5
54 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
55 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4
56 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
57 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
58 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3
59 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3
60 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2
61 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
62 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 2
63 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
64 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
65 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2
66 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1
67 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1
68 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 1
69 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1

Mountains
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21
2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17
3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14
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 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
10 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 4
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3
12 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 2
13 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2
14 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
15 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 1
16 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
17 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1

Young rider
1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19:52'38"
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 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52
16 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.55
17 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.59
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 27.30
23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 28.20

Teams
1 Discovery Channel 59:37'25"
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 1.03
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