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2006 Tour de France, Stage 9

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Stage 9, Bordeaux - Dax, 170K

11 July

Oscar Doubles in Dax

Oscar Freire, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Oscar Freire of Rabobank, an all-around nice guy, doubled-up in Dax; winning Tour de France stage 9, starting from Bordeaux. The Spaniard worked off the train of Liquigas and Quick-step and then launched to hold off the last second surge of Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto). Serhiy Honchar (T-Mobile) easily finished in the peloton to keep the Maillot Jaune but will come under pressure tomorrow, in the Tour's first mountain stage.

There were no climbs on the horizon today, just a dead-flat sprinters' parcours. In the last "sprint stage" for the next week, the men of speed would have to conquer high winds and escape attempts before the sprint finish would be theirs to fight.

Knees leads the break, photo: Bicirace.com

The escape of the day came when Milram's Christian Knees attacked from the peloton after seven kilometers. The German was quickly joined by Walter Bénéteau of Bouygues Telecom and Stéphane Augé of Cofidis. The three built up their advantage; reaching a maximum lead of close to eight minutes at the 59K marker. The sprint teams had let the boys a little bit of slack but the sprint hammer was about to bang hard on their heads.

With the mountains looming large on the horizon, starting with tomorrow's stage to Pau, this was going to be THE DAY for a sprint showdown. Knees might have sensed the impending doom, attacking on several occasions but unsuccessful in shaking his French companions. Bénéteau and Augé were happy to stay put, working in harmony, and wanted the keep calm to improve their odds of staying clear.

Knees' lack of cooperation and the speed of the peloton behind brought the trio's advantage down to 1'30" at -15K. Knees put in another two digs in the final 10K but they came to nothing... Remember, this was to be THE DAY for a sprint showdown.

The peloton during Stage 9, photo: Makoto.Ayano/ CyclingTime.com

Less than four kilometers left, the hammer hit the trio hard. Liquigas led the peloton and the three were dusted to the side. Knees' aggressive attitude earned him the most competitive rider of the day, a prize valued at €2000 euro... Hey, that is a lot of Bordeaux wine!

The Italian squadra soon released the control to Sig. Boonen's Treno Blu. Quick-Step thundered down the closing kilometers while CSC setup a last minute attack for O'Grady. The move looked desperate and was washed away by the steady, but blistering rhythm of il Treno Blu.

Perhaps it is the pressure of being such a successful rider and the lack of an early Tour stage win, but Tom Boonen once again could not deliver on the work of his boys. It was Freire to glide through on the right, with Green Jersey McEwen hooked right to the Spaniard's wheel. The Aussie tried to come around the Spaniard in the last 200 meters but he ran out of space.

Freire congratulated by McEwen, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Oscar Freire held on to win his second stage in this year's Tour de France. The likeable Spaniard gave a good gift to his pregnant wife back home, who is expecting the birth of their first child in eight days.

Honchar remains in yellow, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

In the GC, Serhiy Honchar still charms us with his smile while in the Maglia Gialla. Can he grind through all the mountains and win the Tour de France? Probably not but it will be exciting to watch. Stay tuned for the mountains... a domani!

Results: 3:35'24", 47.214 K/h
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 6 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse 7 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 9 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 13 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 15 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 18 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 19 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 20 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 21 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 22 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 24 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 25 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 26 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 27 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 29 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 30 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 31 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 32 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 33 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 35 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 36 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse 38 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 39 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 40 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 41 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 42 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 43 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 44 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 46 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 47 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 48 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 49 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 50 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 52 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 54 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 56 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 57 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 58 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 60 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 61 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 62 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 63 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 64 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 65 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 66 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse 68 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 69 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 70 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 71 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse 72 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 73 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 74 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 76 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 77 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 78 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 80 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 81 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 82 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 84 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 85 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 86 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 88 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 89 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 90 José Angel Gomez Marchante 91 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 93 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse 94 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 95 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 96 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 97 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 98 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 99 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 100 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 101 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 102 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 104 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 105 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 106 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 107 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 108 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 109 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 110 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 111 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 112 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 113 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 114 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 115 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 116 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 118 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) 119 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 120 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 121 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 122 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 123 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 124 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 125 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 127 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 128 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 129 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse 130 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 131 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 132 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 134 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 135 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 136 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 137 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 138 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 139 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 140 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 141 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 142 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 143 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 144 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 145 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 146 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 147 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 148 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel 150 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 151 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse 152 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 153 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 154 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 155 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 156 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 157 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step 158 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 159 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 160 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 161 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 162 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 163 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 164 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 165 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 166 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 167 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 168 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 169 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 170 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital

d'Epargne-Illes Balears
Saunier Duval-Prodir

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

0.13

(Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

0.20

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

0.23
0.24
0.26

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

0.33

0.58
1.03
1.06
1.15
1.17
1.29

d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.41
1.45

0.26
0.13
1.45

2.21
2.30
3.29
5.23
6.05
7.52

Points
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 35
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 30
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 26
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 24
5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 22
6 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20
7 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19
8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 18
9 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 16
11 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 15
12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 14
13 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13
14 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 12
15 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11
16 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10
17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 9
18 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8
19 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7
20 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 6
21 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 5
22 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
23 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 3
24 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 2
25 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 1

Sprints
Le Barp, K 25.5
1 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
2 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 4
3 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 2

Parentis-En-Born, K 72
1 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
2 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 4
3 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 2

Saint-Girons, K 128
1 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
2 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 4
3 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 2

Young rider
1 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3:35'24"
2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
4 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
6 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
7 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
8 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
10 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
11 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.13
12 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
13 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
14 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
15 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 0.20
16 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.26
17 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
18 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
20 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
22 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 1.06
23 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.45

Most combative
1 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram

Teams
1 Gerolsteiner 10:46'12"
2 Française Des Jeux
3 Davitamon-Lotto
4 Liquigas
5 Discovery Channel
6 Milram
7 Cofidis
8 T-Mobile
9 Phonak
10 Team CSC
11 Crédit Agricole
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir
13 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi
15 Quick-Step
16 Bouygues Telecom
17 Lampre-Fondital
18 Ag2R Prévoyance
19 Agritubel 0.20
20 Rabobank 0.26

GC:
1 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 38:14'17"
2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 1.00
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 1.08
4 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 1.45
5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 1.50
6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.52
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
8 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.53
9 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.03
10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.07
11 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 2.10
12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.13
13 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 2.14
14 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 2.16
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 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.38
25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.46
26 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 3.47
27 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
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 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 4.09
33 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.20
34 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.22
35 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4.30
36 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4.33
37 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
38 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 4.42
39 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.46
40 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
41 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak
42 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.00
43 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 5.05
44 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.10
45 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.25
46 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 5.26
47 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.34
48 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 5.39
49 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.42
50 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
51 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 5.44
52 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.48
53 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.50
54 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.54
55 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 5.55
56 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
57 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 5.57
58 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 6.15
59 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 6.17
60 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.24
61 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
62 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 6.25
63 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram
64 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 6.27
65 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 6.30
66 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 6.32
67 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6.36
68 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 6.38
69 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.41
70 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
71 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 6.42
72 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 6.43
73 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 6.45
74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 6.50
75 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.06
76 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.15
77 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.16
78 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 7.18
79 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 7.21
80 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 7.24
81 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7.27
82 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step
83 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.32
84 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7.40
85 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 7.47
86 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7.58
87 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 8.05
88 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.11
89 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.12
90 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
91 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.14
92 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 8.18
93 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 8.19
94 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 8.22
95 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.31
96 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 8.32
97 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.33
98 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 8.39
99 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.40
100 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8.42
101 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 8.43
102 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.46
103 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 8.48
104 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 9.00
105 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.16
106 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.17
107 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 9.21
108 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 9.26
109 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 9.30
110 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9.31
111 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.52
112 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 9.57
113 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 10.25
114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 10.59
115 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.16
116 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 11.18
117 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11.34
118 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 11.46
119 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 11.49
120 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11.57
121 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 12.19
122 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 12.41
123 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 13.00
124 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.02
125 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 13.09
126 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.34
127 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel 13.40
128 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 13.42
129 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 13.44
130 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 13.47
131 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.01
132 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 14.06
133 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step 14.08
134 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.21
135 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 14.27
136 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 14.34
137 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14.37
138 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.57
139 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 15.30
140 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 15.36
141 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 15.50
142 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16.16
143 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.18
144 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16.21
145 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17.59
146 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 18.06
147 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 18.08
148 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 18.44
149 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 19.30
150 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19.31
151 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.36
152 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 19.48
153 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 19.52
154 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 20.36
155 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 20.38
156 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20.58
157 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 21.30
158 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 26.23
159 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 26.31
160 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 27.07
161 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 32.30
162 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34.03
163 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 35.24
164 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 35.58
165 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
166 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36.08
167 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.49
168 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 41.05
169 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 41.52
170 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 49.30

Points
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 211
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 188
3 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 181
4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 151
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 141
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 134
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 127
8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 126
9 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 94
10 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93
11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 91
12 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87
13 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 80
14 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 59
15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 58
16 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 46
17 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43
18 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42
19 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40
20 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 39
21 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39
22 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38
23 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34
24 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 33
25 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 33
26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 32
27 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 32
28 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 31
29 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 27
30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26
31 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25
32 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 25
33 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 24
34 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 24
35 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22
36 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 21
37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 21
38 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 20
39 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20
40 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20
41 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20
42 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 19
43 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18
44 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 18
45 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16
46 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16
47 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16
48 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 15
49 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15
50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 15
51 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
52 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 14
53 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 14
54 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 14
55 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 13
56 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 13
57 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12
58 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12
59 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 12
60 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11
61 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10
62 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10
63 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
64 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 10
65 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9
66 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9
67 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 9
68 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9
69 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8
70 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 8
71 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6
72 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6
73 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6
74 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6
75 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5
76 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
77 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
78 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 4
79 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
80 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4
81 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3
82 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3
83 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3
84 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2
85 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2
86 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2
87 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
88 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
89 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2
90 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1
91 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1
92 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1
93 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1
94 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 38:16'20"
2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.58
3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 1.55
4 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.07
5 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.22
6 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 3.23
7 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 4.12
8 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 4.24
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.03
10 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.12
11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5.44
12 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 6.02
13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 6.16
14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 6.29
15 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6.57
16 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.14
17 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 7.23
18 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.13
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 32.00
22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 33.55
23 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.46

Teams
1 T-Mobile 114:45'51"
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 6.27
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 16.58