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Stage 10, Cambo-les-Bains - Pau, 193K

12 July

Mercado Stage, Dessel Yellow

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

It was a huge day for the French Squadras: Cyril Dessel (Ag2R Prévoyance) and Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) rode clear after the Col de Soudet to finish Tour de France stage 10 with 7'32" on the main peloton. Spaniard Mercado won the sprint, but Frenchman Dessel was just as content. With their advantage the Frenchman had enough to move into the Maillot Jaune. Dessel will party hard this evening in his yellow kit before tomorrow, where he is likely to lose the lead in the Tour's first mountain top arrival to Pla-de-Beret.

A humid day with temperatures of 26°C was in store for the start of the 190.5K run from Cambo-les-Bains to Pau, 190.5K. The peloton faced the first series of serious climbs in this year's Tour: Col d'Osquich (Cat. 3, 50.0K), Col de Soudet (hors catégorie, 101.5K) and the Col de Marie-Blanque (Cat. 1, 148.0K).

The stage's proximity to the Basque Country meant one thing: an onslaught of attacks by our friends in Orange, Euskaltel-Euskadi. The boys were firing off their missiles left and right; the first attack of the race was by Aitor Hernández but it was not until 40.5K when his mates Iñaki Flores and Iñigo Landaluze formed part of a successful 15-man move.

The Basque tifosi were everywhere on the roads; all dressed in orange and waving their red, white and green flags; it was exciting and they were happy to see representation from Euskaltel in the escape. The other 13 riders: Jens Voigt (Team CSC), Dessel, Joost Posthuma (Rabobank), Gert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto), Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital), Cédric Vasseur (Quick-Step), Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), Cristian Moreni (Cofidis), Christophe Rinero (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Carlos Da Cruz (Française Des Jeux), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) and Mercado.

By the base of the Col d'Osquich both Hushovd and Steegmans were shelled from the escape, whose gap was up to one minute. By the summit of the Soudet the time was 1'25" and growing. It was important for the 13 men to build their advantage; ahead of them was an hors catégorie monster: the Col de Soudet.

The escape, with over nine minutes at the start of Soudet, started to think of how to thin down numbers and form a true possibility of freedom. The answer came with an attack by Mercado. It was a beautiful move for Agritubel, they are the only non-ProTour team here at le Tour and their man was making the day's race.

Mercado, known for his climbing prowess, was quickly marked by Dessel. The duo was able to work their way clear up the 14.7K climb while behind the escape was split into pieces. Dessel led Mercado over the summit to realize some important mountain points that would earn him the polka-dot jersey by day's end, while behind the duo was followed by Landaluze at 30" and Rinero at 50".

Back in the peloton the favorites were marking each other and happy to save the battle until tomorrow's mountaintop arrival at Pla-de-Beret. The only big news was that Euskaltel-Euskadi leader, Iban Mayo, was dropped on the Soudet. It was a disappointment for the former winner of L'Alpe d'Huez to be gapped off so early into the Tour. The television crew stayed with him for a long time; filming his misery. The Basque eventually finished the day with the gruppetto, including big Belgian sprinter, Tom Boonen.

Euskaltel rider, Landaluze, to the excitement of the Basque tifosi, joined on to the lead duo on the start of the final Cat. 1 Col de Marie Blanque. The partnership was short lived and Landaluze was again off the back of Dessel and Mercado when the trio hit the day's final climb (9.3K in length).

Mercado fired a missile with 7K to climb on the Col de Marie Blanque. Frenchman Dessel was having none of it and pulled himself back to the Spaniard. Dessel then went on to top the climb, gaining 30 points and securing the climber's jersey for the day. Landaluze kept on ticking behind, crossing 25" later. The remnants came across and then the peloton, at 9'10".

Mercado and Dessel were going to stay clear of the peloton but they had to do enough work to ensure that Landaluze or any of their old escape companions did not rejoin. It was a beautiful sight seeing the duo trade pulls over the remaining downhill 42K to Pau. Landaluze eventually gave in with only 25K remaining, at which point the peloton trailed by 9'35".

Dessel was guaranteed of taking the Maillot Jaune but was he going to gift the stage to Mercado? The duo was seen talking on the way to Pau and it looked like Mercado was going to be given the win. But Dessel, leading for the final two kilometers, gunned-it at -200m. Mercado came around but just barely; Dessel had made Mercado work for his win.

This was a momentary French fiesta before the fire gets hotter tomorrow. Mercado, by winning a stage in the world's biggest race, made the season for non-ProTour, France-based Agritubel, while to the delight of Ag2R, another French squadra, Dessel claimed the Maillot Jaune and Blanc à Pois Rouges.

Honchar, leader for the last two days, finished in 56th place in the middle of the peloton at 7'23" back.

Results: 4:49'10", 39.527 K/h
1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel
2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
3 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.56
4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 2.24
5 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.25
6 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.03
7 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 5.35
8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.23
9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas
11 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
12 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
13 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
14 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram
15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
17 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
18 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
19 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
20 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
22 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
23 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
24 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
26 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak
27 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
29 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
30 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
31 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
33 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
34 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
35 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
36 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
37 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile
38 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
39 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
40 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
41 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
42 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
43 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
44 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
45 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
46 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
47 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
48 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
49 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
50 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
51 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis
52 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
53 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
55 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
56 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile
57 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
58 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
59 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
60 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
61 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
62 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
63 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
64 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
65 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
66 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
67 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
68 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel
69 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
70 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
71 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
72 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
73 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
74 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
75 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
76 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
77 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
78 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
79 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
80 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
81 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
82 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.00
83 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel
84 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
85 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
86 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
87 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
88 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
89 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
90 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
91 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
92 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram
93 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
94 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
95 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak
96 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
97 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
98 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
99 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
100 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 16.33
101 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
102 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux
103 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
104 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
105 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
106 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
107 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
108 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
109 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
110 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 24.24
111 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step
112 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak
113 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis
114 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step
115 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
116 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis
117 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel
118 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
119 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
120 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
121 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis
122 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
123 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step
124 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
125 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
126 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel
127 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
128 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
129 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
130 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas
131 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
132 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
133 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
134 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak
135 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step
136 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
137 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
138 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
139 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
140 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
141 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
142 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
143 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
144 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
145 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
146 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel
147 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
148 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
149 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
150 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
151 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
152 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis
153 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
154 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
155 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
156 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
157 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel
158 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
159 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
160 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
161 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
162 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
163 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
164 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
165 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis
166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
167 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
168 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole
DNS Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

Points
1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 20
2 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 17
3 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 13
5 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12
6 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10
7 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 9
8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8
9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 7
10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 6
11 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5
12 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
13 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
14 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 2
15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1

Mountains
Col D'Osquich - Cat. 3, K 50
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4
2 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
4 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 1
Col De Soudet - HC, K 101.5
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 20
2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 18
3 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16
4 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14
5 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12
6 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 10
7 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 8
8 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7
9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6
10 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5
Col De Marie-Blanque - Cat. 1, K 148
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 30
2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 26
3 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22
4 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18
5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 16
6 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
7 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 12
8 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10

Sprints
Larceveau, K 37.5
1 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6
2 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2
Laguinge, K 74.5
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6
2 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2

Young rider
1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4:56'33"
2 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
3 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
5 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
7 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel
8 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 4.37
9 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
12 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
13 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.10
14 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 17.01
17 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
20 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
21 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
22 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
23 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas

Most combative rider
1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel

Teams
1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 14:40'52"
2 Ag2R Prévoyance 1.24
3 Agritubel
4 Cofidis 3.48
5 Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.49
6 Lampre-Fondital 8.47
7 Gerolsteiner
8 Milram
9 Bouygues Telecom
10 Davitamon-Lotto
11 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
12 Phonak
13 Discovery Channel
14 Team CSC
15 Crédit Agricole
16 T-Mobile
17 Rabobank
18 Française Des Jeux 17.57
19 Quick-Step 24.00
20 Liquigas 34.58

GC:
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 43:07'05"
2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 2.34
3 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 3.45
4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 3.51
5 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 4.45
6 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 4.53
7 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.22
8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 5.30
9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 5.35
10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.37
11 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
12 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 5.38
13 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.48
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 5.52
15 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 5.55
16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5.58
17 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 6.01
18 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6.12
19 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 6.15
20 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6.42
21 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6.46
22 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.00
23 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 7.10
24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 7.12
25 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 7.31
26 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 7.32
27 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
28 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7.41
29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
30 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 7.54
31 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.03
32 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 8.15
33 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 8.18
34 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
35 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 8.31
36 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
37 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak
38 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.45
39 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.10
40 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 9.11
41 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.19
42 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 9.24
43 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas
44 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 9.27
45 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 9.29
46 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.33
47 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.39
48 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 9.40
49 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
50 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 9.42
51 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.09
52 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 10.10
53 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram
54 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 10.12
55 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 10.15
56 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 10.21
57 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.26
58 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 10.28
59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 10.35
60 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.51
61 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.01
62 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 11.09
63 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 11.12
64 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 11.25
65 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 11.43
66 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 11.50
67 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.57
68 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.00
69 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 12.03
70 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 12.07
71 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.18
72 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.21
73 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 12.24
74 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 13.04
75 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 14.37
76 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 14.39
77 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 15.00
78 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.03
79 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 15.04
80 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 15.09
81 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.17
82 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.37
83 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.54
84 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 16.04
85 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 16.09
86 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 16.26
87 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16.35
88 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 16.47
89 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.53
90 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
91 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.02
92 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.17
93 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.19
94 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 17.22
95 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.43
96 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.46
97 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18.14
98 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18.22
99 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 20.07
100 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 22.09
101 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.12
102 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23.16
103 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 23.20
104 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 23.52
105 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 23.58
106 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 24.01
107 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.11
108 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25.06
109 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25.56
110 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 26.36
111 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.10
112 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 27.29
113 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 27.31
114 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 28.04
115 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 28.07
116 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.57
117 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 29.00
118 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 29.05
119 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 29.18
120 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 29.29
121 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.32
122 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 29.34
123 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 30.07
124 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 30.12
125 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 30.16
126 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 30.17
127 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 30.43
128 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 32.04
129 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 32.18
130 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel 32.32
131 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 32.43
132 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 33.33
133 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 33.55
134 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Agritubel 34.26
135 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis 34.28
136 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 34.30
137 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 34.52
138 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step 34.54
139 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35.07
140 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 35.13
141 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.43
142 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 36.16
143 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 36.36
144 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 37.02
145 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 37.07
146 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 38.45
147 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 38.52
148 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 38.54
149 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 39.30
150 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 40.16
151 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 40.22
152 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 40.34
153 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 40.38
154 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 41.22
155 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 41.44
156 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42.16
157 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42.25
158 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 47.09
159 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 47.17
160 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 47.53
161 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 53.16
162 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 56.10
163 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 56.44
164 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
165 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 57.35
166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.01.51
167 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.02.38
168 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.10.16

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 165
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 148
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 134
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 127
8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 126
9 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97
10 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 94
11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93
12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 91
13 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 80
14 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 71
15 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 59
16 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 46
17 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43
18 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 42
19 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 39
20 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39
21 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38
22 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34
23 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 33
24 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 33
25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 32
26 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 32
27 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 31
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 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 20
39 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 20
40 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20
41 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20
42 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 20
43 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20
44 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20
45 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 19
46 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18
47 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 18
48 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16
49 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16
50 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 15
51 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
52 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 15
53 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 15
54 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 14
56 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 14
57 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13
58 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 13
59 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 13
60 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12
61 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12
62 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 12
63 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 11
64 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11
65 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10
66 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 10
67 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
68 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 10
69 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9
70 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9
71 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 9
72 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9
73 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8
74 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 8
75 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7
76 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6
77 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6
78 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6
79 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6
80 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
81 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 4
82 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
83 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
84 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4
85 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4
86 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3
87 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3
88 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3
89 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2
90 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2
91 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2
92 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
93 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2
94 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
95 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2
96 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1
97 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1
98 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1

Mountains
1 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 54
2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 45
3 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38
4 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28
6 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26
7 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 24
8 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 22
9 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17
10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15
11 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 13
12 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11
13 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10
14 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10
15 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9
16 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
17 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 6
18 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
19 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6
20 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6
21 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6
23 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
24 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5
25 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
26 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4
27 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
28 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3
29 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 3
30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3
31 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3
32 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 2
33 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2
34 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2
35 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 1
36 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
37 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step 1
38 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1

Young rider
1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43:12'53"
2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 0.58
3 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.22
4 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 3.23
5 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram 4.24
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.03
7 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 6.02
8 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 8.49
9 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.49
10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 10.21
11 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 11.05
12 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 11.34
13 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.24
14 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.23
15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20.08
16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 23.17
17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 23.30
18 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 24.24
19 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 34.28
20 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 36.28
21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36.37
22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 50.56
23 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51.47

Teams
1 Ag2R Prévoyance 129:32'35"
2 T-Mobile 2.55
3 Phonak 6.04
4 Gerolsteiner 6.51
5 Team CSC 7.13
6 Cofidis 7.16
7 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.22
8 Discovery Channel 7.24
9 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8.55
10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 8.56
11 Rabobank 9.22
12 Bouygues Telecom 12.14
13 Davitamon-Lotto 12.15
14 Lampre-Fondital 12.23
15 Agritubel 12.30
16 Milram 14.12
17 Française Des Jeux 17.41
18 Crédit Agricole 19.21
19 Quick-Step 31.38
20 Liquigas 42.41