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2006 Tour de France, Stage 8

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Stage 8, Saint-Méen-le-Grand - Lorient, 177K

9 July

Calzati Solos into Lorient

Sylvain Calzati wins Stage 8, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Sylvain Calzati (Ag2R Prévoyance) won stage 8 of the Tour de France by joining an early-stage attack and then attacking his escape companions with 25 kilometers to the finish line in Lorient. The 27 year-old Frenchman successfully held off his former companions to ride solo to the finish, where he crossed the line two minutes clear of Carlström and Halgand. Serhiy Honchar (T-Mobile) finished safe in the peloton, being led by McEwen for the sprint, to keep his Maillot Jaune. The peloton transfers 500 kilometers south to Bordeaux tonight and will enjoy a rest day tomorrow. The Tour de France recommences Tuesday with stage 9, from Bordeaux to Dax.

For the last few days, the Tour de France has been greeted by early morning rain showers and today was no different but fortunately for the race the skies typically clear just as the race starts its way from the start line. The start from Louison Bobet's home town was slightly damp but that did not stop the attempts for escapes.

Honchar during Stage 8, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Many riders marked this 181K stage a day for an escape; the rolling parcours, with the crazy-steep Côte de Mur-de-Bretagne at 75K, was perfect for a day of freedom. The only part to be sorted was which men would be allowed a chance at going free to the finish in Lorient.

Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel-Euskadi) started the first successful break of the day at the 17.5K marker. The aggressive rider was joined by seven others in the following kilometer; Jens Voigt (Team CSC), Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2R Prévoyance), Pieter Weening (Rabobank), Wim Vansevenant (Davitamon-Lotto), José Vicente García (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears), Ralf Grabsch (Milram) and Cédric Coutouly (Agritubel). The eight never were allowed much of a gap (only reaching slightly over 30") and were brought back into the peloton 30K later.

Immediately after the eight riders were reeled in there was another escape to go. This time the escape numbered six with David Zabriskie (Team CSC), Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile), Calzati, Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto), Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) and Patrice Halgand (Crédit Agricole). The boys built a lead over the peloton; taking 1'40" by 50K. Zabriskie was stung by a bee and while he was being treated by the race doctor he became the virtual leader. Il Americano, well placed in the overall GC, started the day only 2'03" behind Honchar.

The gap of six continued to grow, reaching its maximum of 7'30" before the start of the Côte de Mur-de-Bretagne. The Côte de Mur-de-Bretagne is a dead-straight climb, only 1.6K but averaging 7.5% gradient. Calzati showed his legs early on by leading Aerts, Kessler and Halgand over the summit of the côte.

With T-Mobile in the escape, Phonak took up the majority of the pacemaking to limit the losses for Floyd Landis. The Swiss team was given assistance with 48K to go by FDJ and by Plouay the escape only had 3'25". The day looked like it might be over for our six men and they started to turn on one another.

The aggressions led to an attack by Calzati just outside of Calan, at -32K, on a slight uphill. The Frenchman was followed quickly by Halgand and Carlström but they never were able to join. Calzati slowly worked his gap over the chasing duo, while Aerts, Kessler and Zabriskie were moving backwards towards the peloton, being caught at -17K.

McEwen leads the peloton, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Panic in the peloton pushed the chase of Calzati but it was looking like they left it too late. Calzati led the peloton by a gap of 2'30" at -25K, which only fell to 2'15" by the finish. The Frenchman had conquered the stage, starting his victory celebrations with three kilometers to go by exchanging congratulations with his DS in the team car. In his fourth year as a professional, Calzati was awarded for his brave solo attack with warm applause from the tifosi gathered in Lorient. The timing of the Ag2R rider, combined with the poor chase of the peloton, produced a beautiful solo win.

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

Tonight the riders transfer to Bordeaux, where the Tour will recommence after tomorrow's rest day. Many riders will want to get to their hotels early tonight to watch Italy and France in the World Cup football final. And just so you know, French Calzati is pulling for an Italian win.

Results: 4:13'18", 42.784 K/h
1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.05
3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.15
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
10 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
12 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
13 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
14 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
15 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
16 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis
17 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
18 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
19 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram
20 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
22 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas
24 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
26 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas
27 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
29 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
30 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
31 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step
32 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
33 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
34 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
35 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
36 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
37 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
38 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak
39 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
40 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
41 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
42 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis
43 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
44 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
45 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
46 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
47 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step
48 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
49 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
50 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
51 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
52 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile
53 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
54 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
56 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step
57 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
58 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step
59 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
60 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
61 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
62 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
63 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole
64 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
65 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak
66 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
67 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
68 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
69 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
70 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
71 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
72 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
73 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
74 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
75 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
76 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
77 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
78 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
79 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
80 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
81 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
82 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
83 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
84 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
85 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
86 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
87 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
88 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
89 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
90 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
91 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram
92 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
93 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
94 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
95 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
96 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
97 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
98 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
99 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
100 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile
101 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel
102 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
103 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
104 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
105 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram
106 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
107 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
108 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
109 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
110 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak
111 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
112 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
113 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
114 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis
115 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak
116 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
117 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
118 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
119 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
120 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
121 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel
122 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis
123 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
124 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
125 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
126 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
127 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
128 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
129 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel
130 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel
131 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
132 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel
133 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
134 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
135 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
136 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis
137 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis
138 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
139 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
140 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
141 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
142 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
143 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
144 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux
145 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
146 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
147 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
148 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
149 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
150 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
151 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
152 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
153 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
154 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
155 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
156 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
157 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
158 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
159 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
160 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
161 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
162 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
163 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
164 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
165 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
166 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis
167 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
168 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel
169 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel
170 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.10

Points
1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 35
2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 30
3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 24
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 20
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 19
8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 18
9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 17
10 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16
11 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 15
12 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 14
13 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13
14 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12
15 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 11
16 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 10
17 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 9
18 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8
19 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 7
20 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
21 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
22 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 4
23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 3
24 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
25 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1

Mountains
Côte de Mûr-de-Bretagne - Cat. 3, K 75
1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4
2 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
3 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 2
4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1

Côte de Saint-Mayeux - Cat. 4, K 78.5
1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
2 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1

Côte de Gouarec - Cat. 4, K 94
1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
2 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2
3 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1

Côte de Ty Marrec - Cat. 4, K 138.5
1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
2 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2
3 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1

Sprints
Plessala, K 38
1 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
2 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2

Locmalo, K 112.5
1 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 6
2 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4
3 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2

Plouay, K 142
1 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6
2 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 4
3 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2

Young rider
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 4:15'33"
2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
3 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
4 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
6 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
7 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
8 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
9 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
10 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
11 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
13 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
14 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
16 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
17 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
18 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel
19 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
21 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
22 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
23 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir

Most combative
1 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance

Teams
1 Ag2R Prévoyance 12:44'24"
2 Crédit Agricole 2.05
3 Liquigas
4 Milram 2.15
5 Davitamon-Lotto
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi
7 Lampre-Fondital
8 Gerolsteiner
9 Quick-Step
10 Phonak
11 Saunier Duval-Prodir
12 Cofidis
13 Française Des Jeux
14 Bouygues Telecom
15 Team CSC
16 T-Mobile
17 Rabobank
18 Discovery Channel
19 Agritubel
20 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

GC:
1 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 34:38'53"
2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 1.00
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 1.08
4 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 1.45
5 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.50
6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.52
8 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
9 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.53
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.00
11 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 2.03
12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.07
13 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 2.10
14 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 2.14
15 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.22
16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2.27
17 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 2.30
18 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.57
19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 3.01
20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.15
21 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
22 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 3.25
23 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 3.27
24 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 3.34
25 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.38
26 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.46
27 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.47
28 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.50
29 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.56
30 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
31 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 3.58
32 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.07
33 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 4.09
34 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
35 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4.10
36 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4.33
37 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
38 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
39 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 4.42
40 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.44
41 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.46
42 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak
43 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.00
44 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 5.05
45 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 5.19
46 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.25
47 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 5.26
48 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5.29
49 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.34
50 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
51 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.35
52 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 5.39
53 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 5.42
54 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
55 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
56 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 5.44
57 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis
58 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6.02
59 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.11
60 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 6.12
61 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.15
62 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 6.16
63 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 6.17
64 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
65 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 6.19
66 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.24
67 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 6.25
68 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram
69 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 6.27
70 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.28
71 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 6.30
72 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6.36
73 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.55
74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 6.58
75 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
76 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.06
77 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7.14
78 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
79 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.15
80 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.16
81 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 7.18
82 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7.20
83 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 7.21
84 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.24
85 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
86 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 7.34
87 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 7.45
88 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7.54
89 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7.58
90 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.59
91 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.11
92 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 8.18
93 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 8.19
94 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
95 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.20
96 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 8.22
97 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.27
98 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8.28
99 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.31
100 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 8.32
101 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 8.34
102 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8.42
103 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 8.43
104 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.46
105 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 8.48
106 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
107 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.51
108 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 9.04
109 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.16
110 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 9.26
111 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 9.31
112 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
113 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.52
114 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 9.59
115 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 10.17
116 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 10.20
117 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 10.42
118 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 10.59
119 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 11.14
120 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11.21
121 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11.23
122 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.49
123 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 11.57
124 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel 12.11
125 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 12.15
126 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 12.19
127 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step 12.23
128 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.42
129 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13.00
130 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 13.09
131 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 13.21
132 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.35
133 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 13.40
134 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.01
135 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 14.05
136 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14.11
137 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 14.27
138 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14.31
139 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 14.34
140 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.57
141 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 15.07
142 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 15.23
143 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16.08
144 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.18
145 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 16.21
146 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 17.50
147 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 17.55
148 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17.59
149 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 18.11
150 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 18.53
151 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 19.17
152 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 19.24
153 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.36
154 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 19.39
155 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 20.10
156 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20.58
157 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 21.17
158 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 24.38
159 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 24.46
160 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 24.54
161 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27.32
162 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28.16
163 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 32.30
164 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33.37
165 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 35.32
166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 35.42
167 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 35.58
168 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.23
169 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 38.23
170 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 43.25

Points
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 181
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 164
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 146
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 138
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 118
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 115
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 112
8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 108
9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 77
10 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77
11 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76
12 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 74
13 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 60
14 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 59
15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 44
16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43
17 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40
18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 39
19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38
20 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 36
21 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 33
22 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32
23 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32
24 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 32
25 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 31
26 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 28
27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 27
28 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26
29 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25
30 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 25
31 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 24
32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 23
33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 21
34 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20
35 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20
36 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20
37 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 19
38 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18
39 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18
40 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 18
41 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18
42 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 17
43 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16
44 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16
45 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16
46 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 15
47 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15
48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 15
49 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
50 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 14
51 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 14
52 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 13
53 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 13
54 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 13
55 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12
56 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12
57 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11
58 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10
59 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10
60 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
61 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9
62 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9
63 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 9
64 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 9
65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9
66 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8
67 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 8
68 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8
69 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6
70 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6
71 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6
72 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6
73 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5
74 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
75 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
76 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 4
77 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
78 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4
79 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 4
80 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3
81 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3
82 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3
83 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2
84 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2
85 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2
86 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
87 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
88 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2
89 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1
90 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1
91 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1
92 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1
93 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1

Mountains
1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28
2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17
3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15
4 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 13
5 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10
6 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9
7 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
8 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 6
9 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
10 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6
11 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6
13 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
14 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
15 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4
16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3
17 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
18 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3
19 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
20 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3
21 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 2
22 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2
23 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
24 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2
25 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 1
26 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
27 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step 1
28 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1

Young rider
1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34:40'43"
2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.11
3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 2.08
4 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.54
5 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 3.29
6 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.35
7 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 3.36
8 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 4.37
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.16
10 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.25
11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5.44
12 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 5.55
13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 6.29
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 6.42
15 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6.44
16 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.01
17 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 7.36
18 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.41
19 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 17.27
20 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.27
21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.47
22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 33.42
23 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.33

Teams
1 T-Mobile 103:59'39"
2 Phonak 3.09
3 Gerolsteiner 3.56
4 Team CSC 4.18
5 Ag2R Prévoyance 4.28
6 Discovery Channel 4.29
7 Française Des Jeux 5.36
8 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.00
9 Rabobank 6.01
10 Bouygues Telecom 9.19
11 Cofidis 9.20
12 Davitamon-Lotto
13 Lampre-Fondital 9.28
14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.59
15 Milram 11.17
16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.14
17 Quick-Step 13.30
18 Liquigas 13.35
19 Crédit Agricole 16.26
20 Agritubel 16.38