Stage Report

Floyd Landis (Phonak) had the ride of his life to bounce back from the disappointments of yesterday to solo to victory and win the 200.5 km stage by 5'42" from Carlos Sastre (CSC). Now Landis is only 0'30" down in the general classification in 3rd place.

Overall the yellow jersey of Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) just managed to hang onto his lead. He now leads 2nd placed Carlos Sastre by only 0'12".

Now coming into the individual time trial on Saturday the race is completely wide open with the top 5 riders on GC still capable of taking the title of Tour champion.

The whole race is still to play for and thanks to the solo win of Landis today after being at the head of the race all day, he again is a potential champion. Maybe now Landis has the best possibility for the overall win in Paris this coming Sunday.

Floyd Landis said on the Phonak website after his win today, "After my defeat yesterday I had something to prove today. I couldn't allow my team to work hard for three weeks and then destroy it all in one day. I came here to win the Tour de France. The Tour win is the only thing that interests me. After today, I am very, very happy - and also very optimistic. I have faith in my time-trial abilities. But I have to continue fighting because whoever wants to win this Tour has to give his all." Who would bet against him now?

2nd placed Sastre said, "Already on the first climb I could tell that he [Landis] was going to attack. He just took off like an eagle and there was nothing we could do about it. He was way too strong."

Lampre's Damiano Cunego done enough today to move into the lead of the young riders classification and wear the white jersey on tomorrow's stage. He said after finishing 17th on the stage, "Wearing this jersey makes me very happy. Also today I offered a great performance that permitted me to obtain this jersey: I will wear it for two days, and then I will probably give it back to Fothen after the time trial. But at the end of the Tour nothing is so sure: the fatigue can cause surprises."

How the stage unfolded;

146 riders rolled out of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne on the 200.5 km stage to Mozine, the final Alpine mountain stage of this years Tour.

5 climbs were on route today for the stage, the final coming only 12 km before the finish in Morzine. The 5 climbs were the Category 1 Col des Saisies after 82.5 km, the Category 2 Col des Aravis at km 109, the Category 1 Col de la Colombière after 134 km, the 3rd Category Côte de Châtillon-sur-Cluses having covered 162 km of racing, and finally the Col de Joux-Plane coming after 188.5 km. The Col de Joux-Plane is a Hors Category climb and memorably known as the only climb in Lance's 7 Tour wins which he cracked on! It's an 11.7 km climb at 8.5 %.

As usual in this Tour de France the first break was launched straight after the start. There was 6 riders present but unfortunately for them, team CSC felt the break was too dangerous and never let them obtain any real advantage. Soon the were reeled back in.

After 12 km it was time for another break. Discovery's Padrnos, O'Grady (CSC), Posthuma and Weening (Rabobank), Sinkewitz (T-Mobile), ex-KOM leader De la Fuente (Saunier Duval), Gilbert (FdJ), Paolini (Liquigas), Garate and Tankink (Quick.Step), Righi (Lampre-Fondital), Halgand and Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole), and Auge (Cofidis).

Before long though the 14 man group had become 11 with 3 riders sitting up and returning to the main group. The riders who dropped back were De la Fuente because of being a threat for the KOM title, and the two Rabobank riders who were no doubt told to come back and look after their GC rider, Denis Menchov who started the stage in 6th place overall.

So, with 11 riders ahead of the peloton, none dangerous overall, there was no reason to chase. After 30 km of racing they had built a reasonable lead of 1'30" as they rode towards the first climb of the day.

Before long the yellow jersey of Pereiro was already being tested when Landis and Klöden made a move. They were soon followed by the other riders challenging with Evans (Davitamon Lotto), world time trial champion Rogers (T-Mobile), Menchov (Rabobank) and Sastre (CSC) all present.

Landis though was in a determined mood and before long had dropped the others, going on ahead alone while the others decided to drop back to the yellow jersey group and save their energy for later in the stage. A move this early on in the stage looked like complete suicide.

Landis showed that he had recovered from cracking on yesterday's stage and powered his way up the 1st climb of the day, the Col des Saisies, a climb of 14.9 km at 6.4%. Landis rode in his large chain-ring keeping the speed high while up ahead of him, the 11 man group were disintegrating. Before long the 11 had become 7. The 7 remaining in the lead were, Padrnos, Sinkewitz, O'Grady, Garate, Gilbert, Halgand, and Righi.

Halgand took maximum points at the summit of the Saisies but more importantly Landis was at this stage only 3'00" behind the leaders and 3'00" ahead of the yellow jersey group.

Down the decent Landis dropped like a stone showing the bike handling skill's picked up in his mountain bike days.

On the decent the lead group became 11 again with the riders who were dropped on the climb rejoining.

After 97 km of racing as the leaders came through the feed station Crédit Agricole rider Halgand attacked going ahead alone. Only a couple of km's later though Landis had made contact with the remaining riders from the break. He made contact at the start of the 2nd climb of the day, the 5.9 km Col des Aravis (average 7.1%). Almost immediately Landis, a man on a mission today hit the front. One by one the riders who he had caught started getting dropped, unable to follow the flying American's pace on the climb.

Over the summit Halgand again took maximum points but with Landis crossing the summit in 2nd place only 1'45" in arrears, it was only a matter of time until the Frenchman would again have company.

4 riders reached the bottom of the 3rd climb of the day, the Col de la Colombière after 134 km's, Halgand who had been recaptured, Landis who was doing all the driving, Sinkewitz and Righi. By this stage the gap back to the yellow jersey was 5'30". Caisse d'Epargne led the charge but with only 2 riders to do the chasing they were finding it almost impossible to control the time gap to Landis.

On the Colombière, 7 km from the summit, Landis was forced to make a bike change because of a mechanical problem. Immediately Landis was back on his new bike, straight back to the front, and again, forcing the pace.

There was talk that Landis may well have suffered from heat stroke yesterday. He made no mistake today though and throughout the stage poured bottles of water over his head to keep himself cool. It wasn't just Landis though, many riders in the yellow jersey group pouring water over themselves also, especially with the temperatures even higher than yesterday.

Landis drove over the top of the Colombière with only T-Mobile's Sinkewitz able to hold the American. Halgand crossed the summit one minute behind with the peloton now 8'30" behind.

By the end of the decent the gap had grown to 9'00". With only one Caisse d'Epargne rider left to chase and evident that even when they were chasing the gap continued to grow they switched off. It was at this stage that CSC hit the front with Voigt, Zabriskie, and Vande Velde, lining out their group. With pain clearly visible on the face of Voigt they were soon joined by the T-Mobile squad. Together the two teams drove the chase. They caught O'Grady who before long also joined in the chase in the hope of bringing the time down to launch Sastre for home.

Suddenly the gap started coming down but with 25 km to the finish the lead was still over 7'00".

Landis hit the bottom slopes of the Col de Joux-Plane, unbelievably still looking strong, where he dropped Sinkewitz and continued alone.

The yellow jersey group hit the bottom of the climb with riders immediately getting blasted out the back door. CSC's Alpe d'Huez stage winner Fränk Schleck hit the front with Sastre on his wheel. Immediately everyone looked to be in trouble. Seeing this Sastre accelerated leaving his team mate and going ahead alone attempting to make up time on the yellow jersey and bring back as much time on Landis as possible on the climb.

Christophe Moreau (AG2r) gave chase in the company of Cadel Evans (Davitamon Lotto) Menchov and Boogerd (Rabobank), followed a couple of meters behind by Cunego and Schleck who were in turn a couple of meters ahead of the yellow jersey group which also contained Klöden (T-Mobile) and Dessel (AG2r). 20 km from the end of the stage Evans et al were still 6'00" behind the unstoppable Landis.

Before long Evans was unable to follow the pace of Moreau and started dropping back. Cunego then managed to cross to Moreau, while the yellow jersey, finding his second wind, started setting the pace putting Klöden in trouble.

Over the top Landis led with Sastre crossing the summit 5'08" behind, Moreau at 5'58, Cunego at 6'19, yellow jersey Pereiro with Klöden, Boogerd, Schleck and Zubeldia at 6'52", Evans, Menchov, Sinkewitz and Rasmussen at 7'19", and the group of Dessel with Guerini and Valjavec at 8'20.

Landis powered his way down the decent to the finish reaching this line 5'42" ahead of Sastre and only missing taking the yellow jersey again by 0'30". Maybe Saturday?

Disaster struck for Frenchman Dessel though on one of the corners. He lost it half way down the decent swinging too wide and crashing. Immediately he was back up though and finished the stage in 16th place at 8'49".

So overall Oscar Pereiro retains the lead by 12 seconds going into tomorrow's 18th stage.

Results

Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne- Morzine, 200.5 km

(37.175 km/h)
1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 5.23.36
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5.42
3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 5.58
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6.40
5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 7.08
6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile
9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 7.20
11 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7.24
12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
13 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
14 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 8.37
15 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile
16 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 8.49
17 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 9.27
18 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
19 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile
20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
21 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
22 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 12.34
23 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 13.37
24 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval
25 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 14.35
26 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.39
27 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 15.49
28 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
29 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.27
30 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19.53
31 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 21.23
32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
34 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel
35 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC
36 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
37 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
38 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
39 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
40 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 26.06
41 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 31.03
42 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile
43 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 31.12
44 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
45 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
46 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance
47 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
48 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
49 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 32.22
50 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic
51 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic
52 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
53 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
54 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 33.05
55 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis
56 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 36.29
57 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas
58 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37.27
59 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
60 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 43.44
61 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
62 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 52.02
63 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux
64 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
65 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
66 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
67 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak
68 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
69 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
70 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic
71 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
72 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
73 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
74 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
75 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak
76 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
77 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
78 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
79 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
80 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
81 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak
82 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux
83 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
84 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance
85 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
86 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
87 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
88 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram
89 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel
90 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
91 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux
92 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
93 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel
94 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
95 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel
96 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval
97 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
98 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak
99 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram
100 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
101 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
102 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
103 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
104 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis
105 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
106 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
107 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance
108 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
109 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
110 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas
111 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 52.13
112 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic
113 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval
114 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic
115 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
116 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel
117 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis
118 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance
119 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak
120 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
121 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
122 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
123 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis
124 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis
125 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
126 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
127 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
128 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
129 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
130 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
131 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
132 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
133 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
134 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
135 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
136 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
137 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel
138 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
139 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel
140 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
141 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
142 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval
143 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval
DNS José Rujano (Ven) Quick-Step-Innergetic
DNF Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
DNF José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval
DNF Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Agritubel

Points
1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 20 pts
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 17
3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 15
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13
5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 12
6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10
7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 9
8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 8
9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6
11 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 5
12 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4
13 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 3
14 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 2
15 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 1

Mountains
Col Des Saisies - Cat. 1, km 82.5
1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15 pts
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 13
3 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 11
4 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 9
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 8
6 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 7
7 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6
8 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5

Col des Aravis - Cat. 2, km 109
1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 pts
2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 9
3 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 8
4 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 6
6 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 5

Col De la Colombière - Cat. 1, km 134
1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 15 pts
2 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 13
3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11
4 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 9
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 8
6 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7
7 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 6
8 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 5

Côte De Châtillon-Sur-Cluses - Cat. 3, km 162
1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 4 pts
2 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 3
3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1

Col De Joux-Plane - HC, km 188.5
1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 40 pts
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 36
3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 32
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28
5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 24
6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 20
7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16
8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 12
10 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10

Sprints
Le Grand-bornand, km 122
1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 pts
2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 4
3 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 2

Verchaix, km 172.5
1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 6 pts
2 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 4
3 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 2

Young rider
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.30.16
2 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.47
3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 6.57
4 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.32
5 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.42
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 26.25
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 45.22
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic
9 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
10 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux
13 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
14 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
15 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval
16 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
17 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 45.33
18 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
19 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel
20 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval

Most combative
1 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak

Team Stage
1 Rabobank 16.32.44
2 T-Mobile 1.13
3 AG2r Prevoyance 2.18
4 Lampre - Fondital 2.48
5 CSC 12.17
6 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 32.13
7 Discovery Channel 42.13
8 Crédit Agricole 44.51
9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 48.46
10 Bouygues Telecom 56.07
11 Gerolsteiner 1.00.56
12 Davitamon - Lotto 1.03.32
13 Cofidis 1.17.46
14 Phonak 1.22.08
15 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.27.27
16 Quick Step - Innergetic 1.34.50
17 Liquigas 1.43.04
18 Francaise Des Jeux 1.46.55
19 Milram 2.14.10
20 Agritubel

General classification after stage 17
1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 80.08.49 (40.528 km/h)
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.12
3 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 0.30
4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 2.29
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.08
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.14
7 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 4.24
8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 5.45
9 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.16
10 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 12.13
11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 13.48
12 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 13.52
13 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 15.46
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.18
15 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.23
16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 20.50
17 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 21.04
18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 22.01
19 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 34.01
20 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 37.11
21 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 37.45
22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39.47
23 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 47.16
24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 48.51
25 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 50.07
26 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 51.48
27 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 55.43
28 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 57.52
29 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.00.48
30 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 1.03.27
31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.04.02
32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 1.07.33
33 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.10.43
34 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14.19
35 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.17.00
36 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 1.18.35
37 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.19.12
38 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 1.19.31
39 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.23.11
40 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 1.25.53
41 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
42 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.28.20
43 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 1.28.57
44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.34.33
45 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.35.22
46 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 1.36.13
47 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 1.36.55
48 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.37.52
49 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.37.55
50 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.39.34
51 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.40.26
52 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 1.44.09
53 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 1.46.26
54 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.48.08
55 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.48.43
56 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.48.55
57 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 1.51.03
58 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 1.52.41
59 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval 1.56.57
60 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 1.59.58
61 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 2.00.20
62 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 2.03.11
63 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 2.05.51
64 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 2.06.39
65 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 2.13.21
66 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.20.52
67 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.21.06
68 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.22.15
69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.22.38
70 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.23.38
71 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.24.12
72 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.26.26
73 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.26.41
74 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.27.39
75 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.30.49
76 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.33.16
77 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 2.34.25
78 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R-Prevoyance 2.37.26
79 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.37.27
80 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Agritubel 2.41.20
81 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 2.41.31
82 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 2.43.45
83 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.45.02
84 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.46.25
85 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.46.48
86 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.46.55
87 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.48.28
88 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.48.58
89 Viatscheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 2.49.33
90 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.49.38
91 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.49.45
92 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 2.50.00
93 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.50.32
94 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 2.51.11
95 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2.52.36
96 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 2.53.22
97 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 2.53.57
98 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.54.37
99 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak 2.55.15
100 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 2.55.31
101 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.59.26
102 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 2.59.27
103 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 3.00.04
104 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 3.00.13
105 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 3.00.52
106 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.01.49
107 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 3.02.09
108 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 3.03.34
109 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.03.40
110 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.04.00
111 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak 3.06.21
112 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 3.07.45
113 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.09.01
114 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.10.09
115 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 3.10.48
116 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.12.34
117 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.12.39
118 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.14.10
119 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3.15.15
120 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.15.37
121 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 3.15.53
122 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 3.15.56
123 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3.16.01
124 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak 3.16.40
125 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.16.47
126 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.17.41
127 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 3.18.52
128 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 3.19.18
129 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis 3.19.19
130 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.19.56
131 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3.22.02
132 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 3.23.54
133 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 3.24.02
134 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 3.27.21
135 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 3.28.22
136 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3.28.34
137 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 3.30.56
138 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 3.31.03
139 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.31.16
140 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.43.21
141 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 3.46.37
142 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.50.05
143 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.50.36

Points classification
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 252 pts
2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 207
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 172
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 159
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 152
6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 148
7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 115
8 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99
9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 98
10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 84
11 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 83
12 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 76
13 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 72
14 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 66
15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 62
16 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 58
17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 57
18 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 57
19 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 51
20 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 50
21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 49
22 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 49
23 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 48
24 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 46
25 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 44
26 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 43
27 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 42
28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 42
29 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 41
30 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 40
31 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 40
32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 40
33 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 40
34 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 39
35 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39
36 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38
37 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 37
38 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34
39 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 33
40 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33
41 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 33
42 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33
43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 32
44 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 30
45 Michael Albasini (Ita) Liquigas 30
46 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 28
47 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 28
48 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 27
49 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 26
50 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 26
51 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 25
52 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 24
53 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 24
54 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24
55 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 22
56 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 22
57 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22
58 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22
59 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 22
60 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 22
61 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21
62 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20
63 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 19
64 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 16
65 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16
66 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16
67 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 16
68 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 15
69 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15
70 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 14
71 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 14
72 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 14
73 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 12
74 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 12
75 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
76 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 10
77 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 10
78 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 9
79 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 8
80 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 8
81 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7
82 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis 7
83 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 6
84 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 6
85 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 6
86 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 5
87 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
88 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 4
89 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
90 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
91 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4
92 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 3
93 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 3
94 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3
95 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 2
96 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 2
97 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 2
98 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 2
99 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 2
100 José Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 1
101 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1
102 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1
103 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1
104 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 1
105 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
106 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic -1
107 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -3
108 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance -5
109 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital -5
110 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic -5
111 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step-Innergetic -10
112 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi -13
113 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -15
114 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas -15

Mountains classification
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 163 pts
2 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 131
3 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 113
4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 99
5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 94
6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 93
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 80
8 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 72
9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 64
10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 63
11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 63
12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 61
13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 60
14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 60
15 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 42
16 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 41
17 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 41
18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 39
19 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38
20 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 37
21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 36
22 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 36
23 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Saunier Duval 35
24 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 34
25 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34
26 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 31
27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 30
28 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30
29 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28
30 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 26
31 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26
32 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25
33 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 24
34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 24
35 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 23
36 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 23
37 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick-Step-Innergetic 22
38 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 22
39 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval 20
40 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20
41 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20
42 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 19
43 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick-Step-Innergetic 18
44 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) T-Mobile 17
45 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17
46 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 16
47 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 14
48 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel 14
49 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13
50 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12
51 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis 12
52 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11
53 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10
54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 10
55 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10
56 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile 9
57 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 9
58 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9
59 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 9
60 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2R-Prevoyance 8
61 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8
62 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7
63 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 7
64 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
65 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6
66 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R-Prevoyance 6
67 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6
68 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
69 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5
70 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak 5
71 Ivan Ramiro Parra (Col) Cofidis 5
72 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 5
73 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval 3
74 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
75 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3
76 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 2
77 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2
78 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1
79 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
80 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 1

Young rider classification
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 80.26.07
2 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.05
3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.23.08
4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval 1.31.25
5 Moises Duenas (Spa) Agritubel 1.42.40
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Francaise Des Jeux 1.49.21
7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 2.17.07
8 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.27.44
9 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 2.31.10
10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2.32.20
11 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval 2.36.04
12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 2.37.19
13 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 2.42.46
14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Francaise Des Jeux 2.44.51
15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux 2.50.27
16 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.55.21
17 Eduardo Gonzalo (Spa) Agritubel 2.57.57
18 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 2.58.43
19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step-Innergetic 3.13.45
20 Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.26.03

Team classification
1 T-Mobile 240.43.27
2 CSC 8.41
3 Rabobank 12.31
4 AG2r Prevoyance 19.06
5 Lampre - Fondital 40.09
6 Caisse D’Epargne-Illes Balears 43.02
7 Gerolsteiner 1.45.09
8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.09.23
9 Discovery Channel Team 2.10.57
10 Phonak 2.37.38
11 Crédit Agricole 2.39.43
12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.53.37
13 Davitamon - Lotto 2.57.10
14 Cofidis 3.09.33
15 Bouygues Telecom 3.12.23
16 Agritubel 4.17.55
17 Francaise Des Jeux 5.23.37
18 Milram 6.17.13
19 Liquigas 6.21.19
20 Quick Step - Innergetic 6.42.49