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2006 Tour de France, Stage 16

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Stage 16, Bourg d'Oisans - La Toussuire, 182K

19 July

Rasmussen Rules Mountains & Pereiro In Yellow

Michael Rasmussen wins the stage, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) is both the winner of Stage 16 and the King of the Mountains. Rasmussen, nicknamed ‘the Chicken,’ outlasted a flurry of attacks on the race leader to take win. Along the way, he gathered enough KOM points to pass David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval), the former KOM. Rasmussen now has a comfortable cushion of 45 points. A day after Landis took back the maillot jaune, he lost it again. Constant attacks from the teams of the top contenders eventually allowed Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) to ride himself into second place. But it was Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) who proved himself by following almost every attack and taking back the yellow jersey.

The stage, 182k long, was comprised of four climbs. The Col du Galibier (hors category, 42.8k), the Col de la Croix-de-Fer (hors category, 22.7k), the Col du Mollard (Cat. 2, 5.8k) and La Toussuire (Cat. 1, 18.7k). With temperatures on the road at 37 degrees, it was going to be a long, hot day in the saddle.

Christophe Moreau (AG2R) attacked first, joined shortly by Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre-Fondital) and Jose Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval). The attack didn’t last and after the catch, Jose Azevedo (Discovery Channel) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre) attacked at 7k. A few kilometers later at 9k, Rasmussen made his move. A kilometer later, David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne - Illes Balears) bridged the gap to Rasmussen, but it, too, didn’t last.

20k into the race, two riders had joined Rasmussen: Tadej Valjavec (Lampre-Fondital) and Sandy Casar (FDJ). About a minute or so behind them was the chase group: José Luis Rubiera (Discovery Channel), José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval), Salvatore Commesso and Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre), Mikel Astarloza (AG2R), José Vicente Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne), Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues).

Peloton on the Col du Galibier, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

As the escape, chasers and peloton rode up the Col du Galibier, attacks continued from the peloton, but most of them didn’t last. Finally at about 30k, Gilbert Simoni (Saunier Duval), Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne), Sylvain Calzati (AG2R), Patrik Sinkewitz (T-Mobile), Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel), and Ivan Parra (Cofidis) all made it to the chase group, bringing the total to 14 riders.

At the top of the Col du Galibier, Rasmussen took off, taking the 20 points. Just over four minutes later, the peloton rolled over the top and started down. Though the descent was not especially hard, there were several crashes, including a Bicirace.com favorite, Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital), who then abandoned.

As the race worked its way up the Col de la Croix de Fer, the chasing group split into two smaller groups, both continuing to chase the three riders at the front. Several riders from the second group were caught by the peloton and on the ascent, Casar was dropped by Rasmussen and Valjavec. With 70k to go, Rasmussen attacked, leaving Valjavec to fend for himself. The Chicken wouldn’t be caught. Behind him, the chase group had all but collapsed and attacks were coming hard and fast. It was Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) who attacked successfully, surging off the front.

With 63k to go, the peloton had dwindled to 20 riders, among them were the yellow jersey and all of the main contenders. Rasmussen crossed the Col de la Croix de Fer first, passing De La Fuente’s lead in the KOM competition. On the next climb, the Col du Mollard, little changed except Rasmussen secured his KOM bid. At eight minutes back, the yellow jersey group was working hard. Pereiro’s team as well as T-Mobile were starting to push the tempo. Landis sat comfortably in the group, watching the situation unfold.

Klöden and Pereiro, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

On the ascent of La Toussuire, though, the attacks began in earnest. It was clear Rasmussen would most likely win the stage, but the yellow jersey was there for the taking. With Leipheimer aiming for time, the teams with highly place riders started attacking. Riders were dropped from the back, and with 13k to go, Menchov attacked. Riders, including Pereiro, responded. Among those who didn’t was the yellow jersey. Eventually Menchov, Pereiro, Klöden and Evans rode away from the group containing Landis. At 12k to go, Sastre attacked and eventually passed all the riders, but couldn’t catch Rasmussen.

Then, with 11k to go, everything fell apart for Landis. He was dropped from the chasing group and just continued going backward. At the front, Pereiro was the virtual yellow jersey while Landis lost more and more time. With 3k to go, the group with Pereiro dropped Menchov.

Merckx and Landis, photo: www.ciclismovitamia.it

Rasmussem crossed the line and a minute behind him was Carlos Sastre. And driving his tiny group, Oscar Pereiro sprinted to the finish to take third and a time bonus. He was most certainly in yellow. Evans was fourth and Klöden followed in fifth. Landis, with the help of teammate Merckx, didn’t arrive until 10 minutes after Rasmussen crossed the line.

On what was billed as the hardest day of the Tour, it was Spain’s Oscar Pereiro who took the yellow jersey. He leads by a minute and a half lead over Sastre, with Klöden only two minutes and twenty nine seconds back. Tomorrow is another hard stage, 199k with five climbs. We’ll find out of Pereiro can hold the jersey or if the mountains will reshuffle the leaders again.
- Sarah

Results: 32.493 K/h
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 7 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 8 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 13 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 16 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 17 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 20 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse 21 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 22 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 23 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 24 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse 25 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 26 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 27 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 29 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 32 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 33 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 34 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 35 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse 36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 37 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 38 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 40 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 41 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 42 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 43 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 44 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 45 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 46 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step 47 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 48 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 49 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 50 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 51 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 52 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 54 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 56 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 57 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 58 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 59 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 60 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 62 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 63 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 65 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 66 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 67 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 68 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 69 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 70 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 71 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 72 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 73 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 76 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 77 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 79 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 80 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 81 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 82 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 83 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 84 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 85 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 86 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 87 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 88 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 89 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 90 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 93 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 94 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 95 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse 96 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 97 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 98 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 99 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 100 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 101 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval 102 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 103 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 104 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 105 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 107 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 108 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 109 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 110 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 111 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 112 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 113 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 114 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 117 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 118 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 119 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 120 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 121 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 122 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 123 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 124 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 125 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 126 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 127 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 128 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 129 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 130 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 131 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 132 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 133 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse 134 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 135 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 136 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 137 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 138 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 139 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 140 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) 141 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 142 José Angel Gomez Marchante 143 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 144 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 145 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 146 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 147 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step DNF David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step DNF Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Milram

Points
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 7 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 8 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 13 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5:36'04",
1.41
d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.54
1.56

2.37

3.24
3.42

4.21
6.33
7.55
8.37

9.14
d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9.40

10.04

d'Epargne-Illes Balears
11.16
12.01
13.16
14.28
15.19
15.40
15.42

16.33
17.24
d'Epargne-Illes Balears
21.10
22.12

24.46

25.44
25.50
28.56

35.05

37.17

43.42
44.01

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

(Spa) Saunier Duval

46.45

20
17
d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15
13
12
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

Mountains
Col Du Galibier - HC, K 45.5
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 18
3 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 16
4 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 14
5 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12
6 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10
7 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 8
8 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 7
9 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 6
10 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 5
Col De La Croix De Fer - HC, K 126.5
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20
2 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 18
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 16
4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14
5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 12
6 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 10
7 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 8
8 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6
10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5
Col Du Mollard - Cat. 2, K 146.5
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 9
3 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 8
4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7
5 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6
6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5
La Toussuire - Cat. 1, K 182
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 30
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 26
3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 18
5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 16
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 14
7 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12
8 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 10

Sprints
La Grave, K 26.5
1 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4
3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2
Saint-Etienne-De-Cuines, K 103
1 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 6
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4
3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2

Young rider
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5:40'25"
2 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.16
3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.19
4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 30.44
5 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel
6 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 32.56
7 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 39.21
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 39.40
9 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
10 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
12 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
13 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
14 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval
15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
16 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
17 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
18 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
19 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval
20 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval
21 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 42.24

Most combative
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank

Teams
1 T-Mobile 16:57'32"
2 Rabobank 0.55
3 Ag2R Prévoyance 7.55
4 Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 12.18
5 Lampre-Fondital 13.55
6 Team CSC 18.22
7 Gerolsteiner 37.46
8 Davitamon-Lotto 42.08
9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 42.43
10 Crédit Agricole 43.23
11 Phonak 45.53
12 Bouygues Telecom 50.35
13 Discovery Channel 56.27
14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.06.02
15 Agritubel 1.10.23
16 Française Des Jeux 1.19.35
17 Cofidis 1.25.28
18 Quick-Step 1.47.38
19 Milram 2.02.43
20 Liquigas

GC:
1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 74:38'05"
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.50
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 2.29
4 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.43
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.56
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3.58
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 6.47
8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 7.03
9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 7.46
10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.06
11 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 8.08
12 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 13.27
13 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 13.48
14 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 13.52
15 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.04
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.46
17 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 18.33
18 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 18.57
19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 19.21
20 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 19.46
21 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20.48
22 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.30
23 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 31.16
24 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 33.03
25 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 33.41
26 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 34.36
27 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 34.37
28 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 34.39
29 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 37.28
30 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 40.48
31 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 40.59
32 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 43.15
33 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 43.52
34 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 46.39
35 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.45
36 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 49.57
37 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 50.19
38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 52.01
39 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52.17
40 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 52.58
41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 53.01
42 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 53.18
43 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 53.24
44 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.29
45 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 55.08
46 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 55.33
47 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59.07
48 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1.07.36
49 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.08.09
50 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 1.11.52
51 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 1.14.48
52 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 1.14.53
53 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.16.12
54 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 1.20.57
55 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.21.07
56 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.21.45
57 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.21.54
58 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 1.22.31
59 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 1.23.44
60 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.26.21
61 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 1.27.08
62 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 1.28.46
63 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.33.53
64 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.36.12
65 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 1.36.22
66 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.38.34
67 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.38.36
68 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.41.47
69 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.42.14
70 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.42.45
71 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.44.13
72 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.45.55
73 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.46.02
74 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.48.22
75 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.49.10
76 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 1.49.17
77 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.52.22
78 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.52.32
79 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.55.38
80 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.56.07
81 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 1.56.26
82 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 1.56.37
83 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 1.58.51
84 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step 1.58.58
85 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.01.31
86 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.01.34
87 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.02.01
88 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.03.34
89 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.03.53
90 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 2.04.39
91 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.04.44
92 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 2.04.55
93 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.05.38
94 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 2.05.56
95 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.08.00
96 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval 2.08.18
97 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 2.09.03
98 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.09.43
99 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 2.10.21
100 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.14.21
101 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 2.14.33
102 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 2.15.10
103 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2.15.19
104 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2.15.47
105 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 2.16.11
106 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.16.44
107 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 2.17.15
108 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 2.18.40
109 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.18.46
110 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.19.48
111 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 2.21.27
112 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.24.07
113 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 2.24.21
114 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 2.25.54
115 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 2.26.10
116 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.27.29
117 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.27.35
118 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.29.16
119 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 2.30.10
120 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.30.32
121 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.30.51
122 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 2.30.59
123 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 2.31.07
124 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 2.31.35
125 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.31.42
126 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.32.36
127 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 2.34.14
128 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2.34.24
129 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.34.32
130 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2.36.57
131 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2.38.21
132 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 2.38.30
133 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.38.46
134 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 2.38.57
135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.39.50
136 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.41.48
137 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 2.42.16
138 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.43.07
139 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.43.40
140 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2.45.51
141 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 2.45.59
142 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.46.11
143 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 2.52.55
144 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.57.46
145 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 3.01.43
146 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.04.50
147 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.05.31

Points
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 252
2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 207
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 172
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 159
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 152
6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 148
7 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 120
8 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99
9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 98
10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 84
11 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 72
12 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 67
13 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 62
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 58
15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 57
16 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56
17 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 53
18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 52
19 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 50
20 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 49
21 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 48
22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46
23 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 44
24 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43
25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 42
26 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 40
27 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 40
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 40
29 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 40
30 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 39
31 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39
32 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 38
33 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38
34 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34
35 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 34
36 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33
37 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 33
38 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33
39 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 32
40 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 31
41 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 30
42 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 30
43 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 28
44 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28
45 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 28
46 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27
47 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 27
48 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 26
49 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26
50 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26
51 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 26
52 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25
53 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 25
54 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 24
55 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 24
56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24
57 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 22
58 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22
59 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 22
60 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 22
61 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 20
62 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20
63 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 20
64 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20
65 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16
66 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16
67 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16
68 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 16
69 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 15
70 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
71 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
72 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 14
73 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 14
74 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 12
75 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12
76 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12
77 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10
78 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
79 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 10
80 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 10
81 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9
82 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 8
83 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8
84 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7
85 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval 7
86 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 7
87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6
88 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6
89 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 6
90 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6
91 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6
92 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
93 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 4
94 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 4
95 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
96 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
97 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 4
98 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4
99 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3
100 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3
101 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3
102 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 2
103 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 2
104 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
105 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2
106 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
107 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2
108 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1
109 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1
110 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1
111 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital -5
112 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step -5

Mountains
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 153
2 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 108
3 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 74
4 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 72
5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 69
6 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 63
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 63
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 63
9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61
10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 60
11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 52
12 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 52
13 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 47
14 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel 45
15 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 42
16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 39
17 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38
18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 37
19 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 36
20 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 36
21 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 35
22 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 34
23 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31
24 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30
25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 29
26 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28
27 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 28
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 26
29 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26
30 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25
31 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 24
32 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 24
33 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 23
34 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step 22
35 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 20
36 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20
37 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20
38 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 19
39 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 17
40 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17
41 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 14
42 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 14
43 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13
44 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12
45 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 12
46 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11
47 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10
48 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 10
49 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 10
50 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 9
51 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9
52 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9
53 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 9
54 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 8
55 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8
56 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7
57 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 7
58 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
59 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
60 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6
61 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6
62 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5
63 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
64 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 5
65 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5
66 Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 5
67 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5
68 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 3
69 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
70 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 3
71 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3
72 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3
73 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2
74 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 2
75 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2
76 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1
77 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Quick-Step 1
78 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
79 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1

Young rider
1 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74:53'09"
2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.42
3 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Agritubel 59.49
4 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.01.08
5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 1.06.41
6 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.27.10
7 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.34.06
8 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 1.48.30
9 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.49.40
10 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval 1.53.14
11 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.54.39
12 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 2.00.06
13 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step 2.01.07
14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 2.02.11
15 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.04.44
16 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.12.31
17 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 2.15.06
18 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 2.16.03
19 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.26.44
20 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 2.30.55
21 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.42.42

Teams
1 Team CSC 224:07'07"
2 T-Mobile 2.23
3 Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears 14.25
4 Rabobank 16.07
5 Ag2R Prévoyance 20.24
6 Lampre-Fondital 40.57
7 Gerolsteiner 47.49
8 Phonak 1.19.06
9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.24.13
10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.29.46
11 Discovery Channel 1.32.20
12 Cofidis 1.55.23
13 Davitamon-Lotto 1.57.14
14 Crédit Agricole 1.58.28
15 Agritubel 2.07.21
16 Bouygues Telecom 2.19.52
17 Française Des Jeux 3.40.18
18 Milram 4.06.39
19 Liquigas 4.41.51
20 Quick-Step 5.11.35