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2006 Vuelta a España, Stage 6

Vuelta a España, Spain

Stage 6, Zamora - León, 177K

31 August

Hushovd Edges Out Greipel for Win

Thor Hushovd, photo: © Unipublic

Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) hammered into León to take Vuelta a España stage 6. Wearing the points jersey, the big Norwegian sprinter, finishing in front of André Greipel (T-Mobile) and Erik Zabel (Milram), took advantage of Il Treno Milram to gain the photo finish sprint win. After 147 kilometers off the front, Mathieu Claude (Bouygues Telecom) was brought under control by Liquigas for their team captain and race leader Danilo Di Luca. The Italian will go on to defend his Maillot Oro in tomorrow's mountain arrival of Alto de El Morredero, a stiff 18.5K climb with 11% maximum gradients. Stay tuned!

A rest day for the GC men, between yesterday's torturous run to Béjar and tomorrow's climb of Alto de El Morredero, the classification riders need a break. The parcours presented nothing in the way of the challenges that the riders found yesterday, just a sunny 177K run from Zamora to León.

Mathieu Claude, photo: © Unipublic

After several attempts for escape groups to form, one man finally went free: Mathieu Claude. It was clearly Bouygues Telecom's intention of having a rider away today. There were several previous attempts by Claude's mates, but it was the 23 year-old Frenchman who successfully flew the coop, going solo after only 10 kilometers from Zamora.

Claude built up his lead; after 25K it was near six minutes, and 12K later, at -140K, he had a massive 10 minutes over the peloton. Liquigas, controlling the peloton behind, really only cared about keeping Di Luca in gold; if Claude was to have a chance he would have to hold off the engine revs of the sprinters' teams in the final 40K.

Claude and his team car, photo: © Unipublic

Our French friend kept his advantage around nine minutes, until, about -60K, he started to fade. The heat, the treeless landscape, the massive effort, the chase from behind... who knows, but Claude's advantage started dropping off; now only holding on to 6'30". Had Claude hit the mental breaking point? Yes, it looked that way.

After three hours of racing, at -45K, Claude now down to only three minutes over the peloton. The 23 year-old looked cracked. But hey, it was his only his second Grand Tour since turning pro in 2005; a sharp eye might remember this French racer in this year's Corsa Rosa, the Giro.

Enrico Franzoi & Olivier Kaisen, photo: © Unipublic

It was game over for Mathieu Claude at 21K, just before the last intermediate sprint in Mansilla de las Mulas. Olivier Kaisen (Davitamon-Lotto) quickly threw counter punch (err attack). The tall Belgian was joined by Italian cyclocross champion, Enrico Franzoi (Lampre-Fondital). The two loosely dangled out in front of the peloton, which was now being headed by the sprint teams.

At -6K the duo were swept away and another attack went, an attack of three. Milram, leading the charge, canceled out the trio just with 2K to go; it looked like the boys were going to launch Erik Zabel, but Alessandro Petacchi was further up than normal. But wait! David Millar, like in the previous two sprint stages, came barreling to the front, towing along Francisco José Ventoso. The poor Spaniard had a heck of time keeping tight to Millar's enthusiastic rhythm.

In the mix of the Saunier Duval-Prodir charge, Milram should have probably paid more attention to the Norwegian sprint god. Hushovd came hammering for the line taking Zabel and barely, and we mean barely, nipping André Greipel. The judges had to sort out the sprint using the cameras before awarding the Norwegian the win over the German.

Ale-Jet of Milram ended up with a fourth place for the sprint. After the Italian, recovering from a fractured knee cap, led out for his German teammate, he kept his engine turning for the line. This could signal the return of the Italian sprint machine, expect to see Milram giving full support to Ale-Jet in the next sprint stage.

Tomorrow is going to be a good one; the riders of the 61st Vuelta will be taken up the Alto del Morredero, finishing in Ponferrada, after 154 kilometers of racing. Race Leader, Danilo Di Luca, should face attacks from all quarters as riders attempt to take his Maillot Oro. Keep your browser locked here, into BiciRace.com.

Results: 4:09'10", 42.62 K/h
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 9 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 10 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) 11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 12 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 13 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 15 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 19 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 20 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 22 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 24 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 25 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 26 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 28 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 29 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 30 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 31 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astaná 33 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse 34 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 35 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 37 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 38 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM 39 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 40 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 41 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Astaná 42 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 43 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 44 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 45 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 47 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 49 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile 50 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 51 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM 52 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM 53 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 54 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 55 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 56 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 57 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Discovery Channel 58 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 59 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 60 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 61 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 62 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 63 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 64 José Angel Gomez Marchante 65 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 66 Josep Jufré (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto 67 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 68 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak 69 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 70 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 71 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 72 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse 73 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 74 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 75 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 76 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 77 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 78 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 80 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 81 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 82 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Steve Morabito (Swi) Phonak 84 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 85 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 86 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse 90 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 91 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 92 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 93 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 94 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak 95 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 98 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 99 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 100 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 101 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 102 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas 103 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 104 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 105 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 106 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 107 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 108 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 109 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 110 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 111 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 112 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) 113 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astaná 114 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse 115 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax-GAM 116 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital 117 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 118 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-GAM 119 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 120 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 121 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 122 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak 123 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 124 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 125 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 126 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 127 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Française Des Jeux 128 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 129 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 130 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 131 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 132 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 133 Raul García de Mateo (Spa) Relax-GAM 134 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 135 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 136 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 137 José Alberto Benítez (Spa) 138 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse 139 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse 140 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 141 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 142 Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 143 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 144 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 145 Daniel Becke (Ger) Milram 146 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Astaná 147 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 148 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 149 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 150 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 151 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 152 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) 153 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 154 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 155 David George (RSA) Relax-GAM 156 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 157 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 158 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 159 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 160 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) 161 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 162 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 163 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 164 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 165 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 166 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 167 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 168 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 169 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 170 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 171 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 172 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 173 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 174 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 175 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 176 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 177 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 178 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 179 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) 180 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 181 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 182 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

Saunier Duval-Prodir

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

0.05

(Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

d'Epargne-Illes Balears

Saunier Duval-Prodir
d'Epargne-Illes Balears
d'Epargne-Illes Balears

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

0.31

0.38
0.41
1.01
1.15

1.16
Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.33
1.53
5.04

GC:
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 22:47'11"
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 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.59
10 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 1.00
11 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.04
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 2.27
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 3.10
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 3.35
27 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 3.53
28 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astaná 3.56
29 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 4.00
30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.02
31 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
32 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 4.19
33 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC 4.21
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 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 8.57
57 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 9.09
58 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile 9.28
59 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astaná 9.30
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 13.02
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 Luis Fernández (Spa) Phonak
75 Steve Morabito (Swi) 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 16.50
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 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 20.23
87 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.26
88 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 20.55
89 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile 21.11
90 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.13
91 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21.19
92 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.55
93 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astaná 22.24
94 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 22.27
95 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 22.28
96 José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná 22.29
97 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.30
98 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 22.37
99 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
100 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22.41
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 25.15
106 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 25.45
107 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.06
108 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.14
109 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 27.00
110 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 27.49
111 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 28.06
112 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
113 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 28.09
114 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 28.10
115 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
116 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28.13
117 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 28.14
118 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 28.15
119 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 28.16
120 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 28.17
121 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile
122 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 28.19
123 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
124 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 28.20
125 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
126 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 28.21
127 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
128 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step
129 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.24
130 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.25
131 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 28.26
132 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 28.27
133 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
134 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 28.28
135 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
136 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance
137 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas
138 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 28.29
139 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.30
140 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
141 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis 28.31
142 Pierre Drancourt (Bel) Bouygues Telecom 28.32
143 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 28.33
144 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
145 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
146 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28.34
147 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
148 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.35
149 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 28.36
150 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
151 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astaná 28.37
152 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28.39
153 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax-GAM 28.43
154 Jorge García (Spa) Relax-GAM
155 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 28.50
156 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 28.51
157 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
158 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 29.00
159 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 29.08
160 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 29.13
161 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.19
162 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 29.20
163 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 29.25
164 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas 29.38
165 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29.58
166 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole 30.02
167 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 30.05
168 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.44
169 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 30.56
170 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 31.12
171 David Navas (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 31.32
172 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 31.45
173 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.01
174 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 33.11
175 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.19
176 Mario De Sárraga (Spa) Relax-GAM 35.20
177 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 36.24
178 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 37.17
179 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 42.53
180 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44.02
181 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 45.28
182 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 48.27

Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 94
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 61
3 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43
5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 40

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

Combination
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 11
2 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 18
3 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astaná 22
4 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 34