Stage Report

Frenchman Jimmy Casper (Cofidis) took the biggest win of his professional career when he won the opening road stage of this years Tour de France from Strasbourg to Strasbourg (183 km).

Typically in sprints the finish was chaotic. With 150 meters to go, World Champion Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) found himself on the front with no lead-out men remaining. Behind on Tom's wheel was Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen, although with Boonen stalling on the front and not wanting to lead it out McEwen soon found himself boxed in. Yellow Jersey Hushovd also found himself boxed in close to the barriers on the right side of the road.

Casper though ignored the mayhem which reigned, and found a straight clear line through to the finish for the stage win.

Overall George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) did enough on the road to take over as race leader going into stage 2. The overnight leader, Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) finished the stage with his arm slashed. The Norwegian sprinter got his arm cut open in the closing meters of the stage by a PMU promotional hand from the publicity caravan which was being held by a spectator. Tour doctor Gérard Porte said afterwards though that Thor would live to fight another day.

How the stage unfolded;

176 riders set out at the start in Strasbourg earlier this morning on a hot summers day. After only 3 km 3 French riders were already on the attack, S tephane Auge (Cofidis), local lad Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) and Benoit Vaugrenard (Francaise des Jeux). Soon after though yet another French rider joined them, Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne).

After 12 km the quartet had built a lead of 1 minute. This was despite a high speed behind in the peloton. A few kilometers later 3 more riders bridged to the leaders making a lead group of 7. The 3 who joined the leaders were Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel) and Walter Beneteau (Bouygues Telecom). This was the break of the day and after 22 km they had a lead of 3 minutes.

Behind the yellow jerseys Crédit Agricole team took over setting the pace at the head of the main bunch. The wind had changed at this stage to a cross to head wind.

With 80 km to the finish the Quick Step-Innergetic, CSC and Milram teams joined Crédit Agricole at the front chasing the lead group.

As the lead dropped to under 1 minute to the break, Beneteau attacked, building himself a lead of 20 seconds as they approached 9 km to the finish and the final intermediate sprint at Kehl. At the sprint Beneteau took the 6 second time bonus while behind the peloton absorbed the remanents of the breakaway group. At this stage the gap had fallen to only 15 seconds with Sebastian Hinault taking 2nd in the sprint with Hincapie chasing yellow taking 3rd and an important 2 second time bonus making him the yellow jersey on the road.

Quickly the Quick Step squad hit the front to chase the lone leader and soon had him recaptured in the bunch.

Under the 1 km flag the riders came with no team taking charge it was left to Quick Step's Pozzato who was trying to set up his leader Boonen. With 400m to go though it was Boonen who found himself on the front with no lead-out men remaining. Boonen stalled and as the peloton started bunching up Casper kicked finding a clear way through to the line to take the win ahead of the fast finishing McEwen who only a few meters earlier had found himself completely blocked in.

Results

Stage1

1 Jimmy Casper Cofidis 4.10.00 (44.28 km/h)

2 Robbie McEwen Davitamon-Lotto

3 Erik Zabel Milram

4 Daniele Bennati Lampre-Fondital

5 Luca Paolini Liquigas

6 Isaac Galvez Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

7 Stuart O'Grady Team CSC

8 Bernhard Eisel Francaise Des Jeux

9 Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole

10 Oscar Freire Rabobank

11 Peter Wrolich Gerolsteiner

12 Inaki Isasi Euskaltel-Euskadi

13 Tom Boonen Quick-Step-Innergetic

14 Francisco Ventoso Saunier Duval

15 Robert Hunter Phonak

16 Laurent Brochard Bouygues Telecom

17 Jérôme Pineau Bouygues Telecom

18 Philippe Gilbert Francaise Des Jeux

19 Carlos Da Cruz Francaise Des Jeux

20 Fred Rodriguez Davitamon-Lotto

21 Magnus Backstedt Liquigas

22 Egoi Martinez Discovery Channel

23 George Hincapie Discovery Channel

24 Christophe Laurent Agritubel

25 David Millar Saunier Duval

26 Cristian Moreni Cofidis

27 David Canada Saunier Duval

28 Bram Tankink Quick-Step-Innergetic

29 Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

30 Iker Camano Euskaltel-Euskadi

31 Christopher Horner Davitamon-Lotto

32 Michael Albasini Liquigas

33 Marcus Fothen Gerolsteiner

34 Daniele Righi Lampre-Fondital

35 Andreas Klöden T-Mobile

36 Marco Velo Milram

37 Benjamin Noval Discovery Channel

38 Yaroslav Popovyvch Discovery Channel

39 Oscar Pereiro Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

40 Cadel Evans Davitamon-Lotto

41 Mirko Celestino Milram

42 Koos Moerenhout Phonak

43 Thomas Voeckler Bouygues Telecom

44 Patxi Vila Lampre-Fondital

45 Alexandre Botcharov Crédit Agricole

46 Floyd Landis Phonak

47 Bert Grabsch Phonak

48 Fabio Sacchi Milram

49 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero Phonak

50 Björn Schröder Milram

51 Stefano Garzelli Liquigas

52 Georg Totschnig Gerolsteiner

53 Thomas Lövkvist Francaise Des Jeux

54 José Rujano Quick-Step-Innergetic

55 Giovanni Lombardi Team CSC

56 Axel Merckx Phonak

57 Nicolas Jalabert Phonak

58 Carlos Sastre Team CSC

59 Christian Knees Milram

60 Matthias Kessler T-Mobile

61 Maxim Iglinskiy Milram

62 Pieter Weening Rabobank

63 Christian Vandevelde Team CSC

64 Juan Manuel Garate Quick-Step-Innergetic

65 Eddy Mazzoleni T-Mobile

66 José Angel Gomez Saunier Duval

67 Ruben Lobato Saunier Duval

68 Arnaud Coyot Cofidis

69 Denis Menchov Rabobank

70 Tadej Valjavec Lampre-Fondital

71 Haimar Zubeldia Euskaltel-Euskadi

72 Christophe Moreau AG2R-Prevoyance

73 Laurent Lefevre Bouygues Telecom

74 Anthony Geslin Bouygues Telecom

75 Bobby Julich Team CSC

76 Patrik Sinkewitz T-Mobile

77 José Luis Rubiera Discovery Channel

78 David Kopp Gerolsteiner

79 Mario Aerts Davitamon-Lotto

80 Eduardo Gonzalo Agritubel

81 Salvatore Commesso Lampre-Fondital

82 José Luis Arrieta AG2R-Prevoyance

83 Manuel Quinziato Liquigas

84 Joost Posthuma Rabobank

85 Didier Rous Bouygues Telecom

86 Andriy Grivko Milram

87 Sebastian Lang Gerolsteiner

88 Christophe Rinero Saunier Duval

89 Sébastien Hinault Crédit Agricole

90 Michael Rogers T-Mobile

91 Mikel Astarloza AG2R-Prevoyance

92 Matteo Tosatto Quick-Step-Innergetic

93 Levi Leipheimer Gerolsteiner

94 Aitor Hernandez Euskaltel-Euskadi

95 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis

96 Christophe Brandt Davitamon-Lotto

97 David De La Fuente Saunier Duval

98 Bram De Groot Rabobank

99 Gorka Verdugo Euskaltel-Euskadi

100 Marzio Bruseghin Lampre-Fondital

101 Cyril Dessel AG2R-Prevoyance

102 Serguei Gonchar T-Mobile

103 Iban Mayo Euskaltel-Euskadi

104 José Azevedo Discovery Channel

105 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank

106 Christophe Mengin Francaise Des Jeux

107 Paolo Savoldelli Discovery Channel

108 Steven De Jongh Quick-Step-Innergetic

109 Benoît Vaugrenard Francaise Des Jeux

110 Michael Boogerd Rabobank

111 Ronny Scholz Gerolsteiner

112 Damiano Cunego Lampre-Fondital

113 Paolo Tiralongo Lampre-Fondital

114 Xabier Zandio Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

115 Pietro Caucchioli Crédit Agricole

116 Patrice Halgand Crédit Agricole

117 Gilberto Simoni Saunier Duval

118 Riccardo Ricco Saunier Duval

119 Gustav Larsson Francaise Des Jeux

120 David Zabriskie Team CSC

121 Jens Voigt Team CSC

122 Frank Schleck Team CSC

123 Pavel Padrnos Discovery Channel

124 Samuel Plouhinec Agritubel

125 Bradley Wiggins Cofidis

126 José Alberto Martinez Agritubel

127 Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

128 Cédric Vasseur Quick-Step-Innergetic

129 Filippo Pozzato Quick-Step-Innergetic

130 Victor Hugo Pena Phonak

131 Benoît Salmon Agritubel

132 Simon Gerrans AG2R-Prevoyance

133 Alessandro Ballan Lampre-Fondital

134 Moises Duenas Agritubel

135 Fabian Wegmann Gerolsteiner

136 Florent Brard Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

137 Michael Rasmussen Rabobank

138 Walter Beneteau Bouygues Telecom

139 Juan Miguel Mercado Agritubel

140 David Lopez Euskaltel-Euskadi

141 Nicolas Portal Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

142 Johan Vansummeren Davitamon-Lotto

143 Alexandre Moos Phonak

144 Viatscheslav Ekimov Discovery Channel

145 Julian Dean Crédit Agricole

146 Sandy Casar Francaise Des Jeux

147 Giuseppe Guerini T-Mobile

148 Beat Zberg Gerolsteiner

149 Ivan Ramiro Parra Cofidis

150 Stephane Goubert AG2R-Prevoyance

151 Manuel Calvente Agritubel

152 Inigo Landaluze Euskaltel-Euskadi

153 Erik Dekker Rabobank

154 Cédric Coutouly Agritubel

155 Samuel Dumoulin AG2R-Prevoyance

156 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

157 Unai Etxebarria Euskaltel-Euskadi

158 Sylvain Calzati AG2R-Prevoyance

159 Rik Verbrugghe Cofidis

160 David Arroyo Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

161 David Moncoutié Cofidis

162 Christophe Le Mevel Crédit Agricole

163 Matthieu Sprick Bouygues Telecom

164 Pierrick Fedrigo Bouygues Telecom

165 Matej Mugerli Liquigas

166 Patrick Calcagni Liquigas

167 Sébastien Joly Francaise Des Jeux

168 Kjelt Carlström Liquigas

169 Gert Steegmans Davitamon-Lotto

170 Anthony Charteau Crédit Agricole

171 Jimmy Engoulvent Crédit Agricole

172 Ralf Grabsch Milram 0.42

173 Wilfried Cretskens Quick-Step-Innergetic

174 Wim Vansevenant Davitamon-Lotto 1.20

175 Stéphane Auge Cofidis 2.08

176 Danilo Di Luca Liquigas 2.29

Points

1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 35 pts

2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 30

3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 26

4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 24

5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 22

6 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20

7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 19

8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 18

9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 17

10 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 16

11 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15

12 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14

13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 13

14 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 12

15 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11

16 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10

17 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9

18 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 8

19 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 7

20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6

21 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 5

22 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4

23 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 3

24 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2

25 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 1

Mountains

Côte de Heiligenstein - Cat. 4, km 101.5

1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts

2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2

3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

Sprints

Saverne - km 53

1 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6 pts

2 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4

3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2

Plobsheim - km 137

1 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 pts

2 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4

3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2

Kehl - km 175.5

1 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6 pts

2 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4

3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 2

Young rider

1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 4.10.00

2 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval

3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux

4 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner

5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux

6 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic

7 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram

8 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram

9 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank

10 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel

11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank

12 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram

13 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

14 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval

15 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux

16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital

17 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval

18 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic

19 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel

20 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

21 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto

22 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

23 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas

Most combative

1 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

Team stage

1 Francaise Des Jeux 12.30.00

2 Davitamon - Lotto

3 Liquigas

4 Saunier Duval - Prodir

5 Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears

6 Bouygues Telecom

7 Team Milram

8 Lampre-Fondital

9 Discovery Channel Team

10 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone

11 Quick Step - Innergetic

12 Gerolsteiner

13 Phonak Hearing Systems

14 Euskaltel - Euskadi

15 Team CSC

16 Rabobank

17 Credit Agricole

18 T-Mobile Team

19 Agritubel

20 AG2R Prevoyance

General classification after stage 1

1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 4.18.15

2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.02

3 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.06

4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner

5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC

7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 0.08

8 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.10

9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.11

10 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux

11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.12

12 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile

13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 0.13

14 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.14

15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.15

16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance

17 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis

18 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 0.16

19 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak

20 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.17

21 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 0.18

22 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile

23 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital

24 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto

25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank

26 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 0.19

27 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel

28 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.20

29 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner

30 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance

31 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC

32 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 0.21

33 Yaroslav Popovyvch (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.22

34 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas

35 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.23

36 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC

37 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis

38 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner

39 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.24

40 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

41 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak

42 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux

43 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 0.25

44 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis

45 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis

46 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner

47 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital

48 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital

49 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

50 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.26

51 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak

52 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel

53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.27

54 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank

55 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas

56 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval

57 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.28

58 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

59 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank

60 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

61 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC

62 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank

63 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance

64 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux

65 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram

66 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.29

67 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance

68 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel

69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak

70 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 0.30

71 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto

72 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval

73 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole

74 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

75 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 0.31

76 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux

77 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.32

78 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner

79 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic

80 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic

81 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel

82 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.33

83 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic

84 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi

85 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic

86 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

87 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas

88 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.34

89 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance

90 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux

91 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

92 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic

93 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0.35

94 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

95 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital

96 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel

97 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.36

98 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank

99 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis

100 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto

101 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram

102 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole

103 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.37

104 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile

105 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.38

106 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 0.39

107 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram

108 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole

109 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux

110 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis

111 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak

112 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.40

113 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak

114 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto

115 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank

116 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital

117 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.41

118 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole

119 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval

120 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance

121 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance

122 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel

123 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 0.42

124 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas

125 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 0.43

126 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital

127 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux

128 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram

129 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 0.44

130 Samuel Plouhinec (Fra) Agritubel

131 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

132 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel

133 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

134 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.45

135 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC

136 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux

137 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile

138 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

139 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic

140 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner

141 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 0.46

142 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram

143 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner

144 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.47

145 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC

146 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.48

147 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole

148 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis

149 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

150 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital

151 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 0.49

152 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel

153 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole

154 Kjelt Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 0.50

155 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas

156 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank

157 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 0.51

158 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance

159 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval

160 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.52

161 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas

162 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic

163 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto

164 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 0.54

165 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram

166 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.58

167 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 1.00

168 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.03

169 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 1.06

170 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.09

171 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.12

172 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 1.27

173 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 1.46

174 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.10

175 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 3.10

176 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 3.13

Points classification

1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 35 pts

2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 32

3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 30

4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 26

5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 24

6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 24

7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 22

8 Isaac Galvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20

9 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 18

10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 17

11 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16

12 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 16

13 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15

14 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14

15 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step-Innergetic 13

16 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 12

17 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 11

18 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 10

19 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 10

20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10

21 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9

22 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8

23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 8

24 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 7

25 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6

26 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 6

27 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 5

28 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 4

29 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 4

30 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4

31 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 3

32 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 2

33 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2

34 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2

35 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 2

36 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1

37 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 1

Mountains classification

1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts

2 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2

3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

Young rider classification

1 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 4.18.26

2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.07

3 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.09

4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 0.14

5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 0.17

6 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.18

7 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 0.20

8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 0.21

9 José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic 0.22

10 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0.24

11 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.25

12 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 0.27

13 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 0.30

14 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 0.31

15 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 0.32

16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital

17 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram

18 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.37

19 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

20 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 0.40

21 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 0.43

22 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Milram

23 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 0.49

Team classification

1 Discovery Channel Team 12.55.16

2 Team CSC 0.01

3 T-Mobile Team 0.07

4 Caisse D'Epargne-Illes Balears

5 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.14 6 Gerolsteiner 0.18

7 Davitamon - Lotto 0.31

8 Credit Agricole

9 Liquigas 0.32

10 AG2R Prevoyance

11 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.34

12 Lampre-Fondital 0.37

13 Francaise Des Jeux 0.39

14 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.42

15 Rabobank

16 Bouygues Telecom 0.46

17 Quick Step - Innergetic

18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.03

19 Team Milram 1.16

20 Agritubel 1.23