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2006 Vuelta a España, Stage 5

Vuelta a España, Spain

Stage 5, Plasencia - La Covatilla (Béjar), 178K

30 August

The Killer Strikes in Béjar

Danilo Di Luca wins stage 5, photo: © Unipublic

The Killer, Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas), struck in western Spain to take stage 5 and the overall lead of the Vuelta a España. The Italian caught most off guard by displaying confidence and strength on the last climb; distancing the likes of Carlos Sastre and Alejandro Valverde on the slopes of La Covatilla. Janez Brajkovic, after doing work for Discovery Channel teammate Tom Danielson, hung on to finish second behind The Killer.

After four flat stages the peloton was greeted with a mountain run through western Spain. The 178K parcours from Plasencia to the mountain top ski station of La Covatilla, took the riders over two cat. 1 climbs (Puerto de Piornal and Puerto de Honduras) and one cat. 2 climb (Alto de Lagunilla). This left the riders at the base of La Covatilla, with a summit of 1960 meters reached after 18K of climbing (averaging 6.5%).

Charles Wegelius suffers, photo: © Unipublic

Today, the race lost Il Varesino, err Brit Charles Wegelius (Liquigas). Wegelius took two falls, after the second deciding to call it quits. While Wegelius was suffering disastrous falls, the day's major escape formed. At -127.5K, a group of 16 riders had broken away while on the first category Puerto de Piornal. The 16: Michael Rasmussen, Pietro Caucchioli, Vladimir Gusev, Iñigo Landaluze, Paolo Bettini, David Arroyo, Benoît Joachim, Ángel Vallejo, Sergio Paulinho, Joaquím Rodríguez, Torsten Hiekmann, Eric Leblacher, Ángel Gómez Gómez, José Luis Arrieta, José Miguel Elías and Xavier Florencio.

By the top of Piornal, lead by Vallejo of Relax-GAM, the group had 1'40". On the descent and the ride to the next cat. 1 climb of Puerto de Honduras, the 16-man move was narrowed down to a strong 11. Bettini, Vallejo, Florencio (the San Sebastián winner), Rodríguez and Leblacher lost contact.

Caucchioli & Rasmussen, photo: © Unipublic

The group, lead by Gusev, Caucchioli and Joachim, summited the Honduras with 4'24" over the peloton, which was being mostly led by Team CSC for Carlos Sastre. The Danish squadra continued to ride tempo over the cat. 2 Lagunilla, whittling down the advantage of the escape. The race started to go cah boom in the valley leading to La Covatilla.

Hushovd, wearer of the Golden Jersey was distanced, while Valverde's Caisse squadra took control of the chase. Up ahead the escape was blowing apart; Landaluze had ridden clear, being chased by a small group, which only had one minute over the thinning peloton.

By 10K to go, the remnants of the escape were turning on each other. Sergio Paulinho (Astaná) attacked and David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) gave chase, leaving only three of the escapees to follow Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel), Pietro Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole) and José Miguel Elías (Relax-GAM).

The peloton, photo: © Unipublic

The gradient kicked in hard with -7K; touching 9% the boys were feeling the effects of a long day in the saddle. Behind in the dwindling chase group, our 2005 Vuelta winner, Denis Menchov (Rabobank), was blown out the back. The chase was now under the control of Iñigo Cuesta, who was hammering out a tempo for Team CSC mate Carlos Sastre. Others left in the gruppo were: Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile), Tom Danielson, Manuel Beltrán and Janez Brajkovic (Discovery Channel), José Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Luis Pérez (Cofidis), Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Vino and Kash (Astaná) and The Killer, Di Luca.

Italian Di Luca looked amazing, showing the same bit of form that put him up top in the 2005 Giro d'Italia. He must have been thinking, "Franco [Ballerini], are you watching? 'Cause I am about ready to unleash on this party."

Kash and Valverde climb, photo: © Unipublic

Sure enough, after a few punches by Valverde, which saw Vino fading off the back, The Killer threw down the hammer at -3K. Sastre, who was one of the few still around, blew. Slovenian Brajkovic, given freedom by Durango Danielson, stuck with our Italian friend.

Di Luca, with Brajkovic following, picked up the remainder of the riders up the road with still 2000m remaining. Coming into the final 500 meters it was all Di Luca; The Killer punched again to take the small sprint from his Slovenian companion for the stage win, the leader's Maillot Oro and essentially sealing his place for the Squadra Azzurra. Bravissimo Di Luca!

Kash, Gomez Marchante, Sastre and Valverde were the next big guns to come trailing to the line behind the lead duo. Menchov ended up losing big, and probable 2006 Tour de France winner, Oscar Pereiro, also lost chucks of time. The Caisse Spaniard will now clearly be working for Valverde, likewise Astaná rider, Vinokourov, should be working for Kashechkin.

Tomorrow is another "flat" day but the fireworks will recommence on Friday. This Vuelta a España is already shaping up to be one humdinger!

Results: 5:02'25", 35.31 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 4 José Angel Gomez Marchante 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 11 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM 14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 15 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 16 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse 20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 21 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 22 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 23 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse 25 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 28 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 31 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 32 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 34 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 35 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 36 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 37 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 38 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 39 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse 40 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 42 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 43 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 44 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 45 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 46 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse 47 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 48 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 50 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 52 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 53 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 54 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 55 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 56 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 57 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 58 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 60 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 61 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astaná 62 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 63 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 64 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 65 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 66 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse 67 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 68 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 69 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse 70 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 71 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 72 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 73 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) 75 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 76 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 77 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 78 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 79 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 80 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 81 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 82 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 83 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 84 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 85 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) 86 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 88 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 89 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 90 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 91 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 92 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 93 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 94 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 95 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 96 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 97 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 98 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 99 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 100 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 101 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 102 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) 103 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 104 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 105 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 106 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 108 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) 109 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 110 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 111 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 112 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 113 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 114 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 115 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 116 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 119 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile 120 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 121 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 122 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 123 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM 124 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 125 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 126 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 127 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 128 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 129 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 130 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) 131 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 132 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 133 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 134 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 135 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 137 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 138 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 139 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 140 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 141 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 142 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 144 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 145 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 146 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 147 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 148 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 149 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 150 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 151 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 152 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 153 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 154 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 155 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 156 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 157 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 158 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 159 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 160 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 161 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 162 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 163 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 164 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 165 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 166 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 167 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 168 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 169 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 170 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 171 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 172 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 173 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 174 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 175 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 176 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 177 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 178 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 179 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 180 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 181 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 182 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 183 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram

Outside time limit
TC Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux TC Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux TC Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas DNF Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak DNS André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile K/h

0.07
(Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.15
0.22
d'Epargne-Illes Balears
0.36
0.39

0.42

1.09
1.27
1.32
1.35
1.44

d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.54
2.12
2.13
2.15
2.32
d'Epargne-Illes Balears
2.52
2.56
3.03
3.37

4.08
4.14
4.23

d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.28
4.39
5.02
5.38

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

6.10
6.56

7.20
7.22
8.25

8.26
9.15

11.33
12.13
d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12.53

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

14.52
14.58
15.45

15.48
Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.39
19.57
20.16
20.53

22.10

Saunier Duval-Prodir

22.50
23.11
23.45
Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.52
25.24
27.59

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

28.18
29.42
30.18
30.23
30.58
31.25
31.27 39.15
39.21
39.26

GC:
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 18:37'56"
2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 0.04
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 0.18
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.29
5 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.35
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.36
7 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.55
8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 0.58
9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 1.00
10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.04
11 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
12 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.29
13 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 1.54
14 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 2.06
15 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.09
16 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
17 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM 2.11
18 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 2.16
19 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 2.32
20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 2.43
21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.46
22 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.52
23 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.12
24 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.24
25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.31
26 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 3.40
27 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 3.53
28 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 3.56
29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.02
30 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
31 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 4.05
32 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 4.21
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 4.24
34 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 4.32
35 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.42
36 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná
37 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 4.45
38 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 4.48
39 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 5.09
40 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.10
41 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.46
42 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5.52
43 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 5.54
44 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 6.03
45 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
46 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6.10
47 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 6.12
48 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 6.22
49 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.35
50 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 7.03
51 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7.16
52 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.42
53 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 7.53
54 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 8.32
55 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8.52
56 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 9.09
57 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 9.10
58 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 9.33
59 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astaná 9.34
60 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 9.41
61 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 9.43
62 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 9.46
63 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 11.49
64 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 12.37
65 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12.46
66 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.07
67 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.10
68 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.12
69 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 13.15
70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 13.18
71 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
72 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.19
73 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 13.27
74 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak
75 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak
76 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 13.30
77 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.33
78 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 14.07
79 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 14.59
80 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 15.18
81 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 16.19
82 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 16.24
83 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 17.10
84 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 17.14
85 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.01
86 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.26
87 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 20.28
88 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 20.55
89 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 21.11
90 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.18
91 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21.19
92 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.10
93 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 22.28
94 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 22.29
95 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná
96 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.30
97 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 22.32
98 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 22.37
99 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.41
100 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22.42
101 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 22.44
102 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 23.05
103 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 23.15
104 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.42
105 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 24.05
106 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24.38
107 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 25.50
108 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.14
109 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 27.27
110 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 27.54
111 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 28.06
112 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
113 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 28.10
114 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.13
115 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 28.14
116 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram
117 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 28.15
118 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
119 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 28.17
120 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile
121 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 28.21
122 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step
123 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
124 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step
125 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 28.24
126 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
127 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
128 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 28.25
129 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
130 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
131 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 28.27
132 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
133 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
134 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 28.28
135 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas
136 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.30
137 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
138 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 28.31
139 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 28.32
140 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 28.33
141 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
142 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
143 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance
144 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
145 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
146 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 28.34
147 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
148 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
149 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.35
150 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 28.36
151 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
152 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
153 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 28.37
154 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28.39
155 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM 28.43
156 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM
157 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.46
158 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 28.47
159 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28.50
160 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 28.56
161 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 29.00
162 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 29.08
163 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 29.20
164 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.26
165 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 29.30
166 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29.58
167 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 30.02
168 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 30.05
169 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 30.16
170 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.49
171 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31.01
172 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 31.32
173 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 31.45
174 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32.00
175 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.01
176 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 33.34
177 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 35.20
178 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 36.24
179 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 37.17
180 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 39.03
181 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 41.05
182 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 45.28
183 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 48.27

Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 68
2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 45
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 35
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 35

Mountains
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 30
2 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 26
3 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 26
4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 25
5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 25