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Race Results, 2005

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Saturday, October 22: Firenze - Pistoia (1.1) 33 km Individual Time Trial

1. Sergiy Matveyev (Panaria) 41min 18sec
2. Andry Grivko (Domina Vacanze) @ 10sec
3. Giovanni Visconti (Domina Vacanze) @ 38sec
4. Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval) @ 43sec
5. Olksandr Kvachik (Lampre) @ 58sec

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Thursday, October 13: Giro del Piemont (HC), 176 km. Italy.

Fischer is enjoying fine late-season form. Sirotti photo
1. Murilo Fischer (Naturino) 4hr 3min 28sec
2. Steven de Jongh (Rabobank) s.t.
3. Paride Grillo (Panaria) s.t.
4. Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.
5. Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Panaria) s.t.

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Sunday, October 9: Paris-Tours (Pro Tour), 253.5 km.

1. Erik Zabel (T-Mobile)
2. Daniele Bennnati (Lampre) s.t.
3. Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
4. Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.
5. Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.

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Brazilian sprinter Fischer gets a nice win over an in-form Bettini. Sirotti photo.

Sunday, October 9: GP Beghelli (1.1), 200 km. Italy.

1. Murilo Fischer (Naturino) 4hr 52min 27sec
2. Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) s.t.
3. Paride Grillo (Panaria) s.t.
4. Fabia Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
5. Ruggero Marzoli (Acqua & Sapone) s.t.

Saturday, October 8: Giro dell'Emilia (HC), Italy. 194 km.

1. Gilberto Simoni (Lampre) 5hr 13min 50sec
2. Frank Schleck (CSC) @ 6sec
3. Mirko Celestino (Domina Vacanze) @ 8sec
4. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) @ 16sec
5. Alexandr Arekeev (Acqua & Sapone) s.t.

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Sunday, October 2: Championship of Zurich, Pro Tour. 240.9km.

1. Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) 6hr 6min 22sec
2. Frank Schleck (CSC) @ 2min 57sec
3. Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.
4. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) @ 3min 10sec
5. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) s.t.

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World Championships, September 21 - September 25. Madrid, Spain.

Sunday, September 25: Elite Men's Road Race, 273 kilometers.

What an athlete! What a season! Boonen caps his Spring Paris-Roubaix and Tour of Flanders wins with the Rainbow Jersey.
1. Tom Boonen (Belgium) 6hr 26min 10sec
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spain) s.t.
3. Anthony Geslin (France) s.t.
4. Marcus Lungquist (Sweden) s.t.
5. Murilo Fischer (Brazil) s.t.
6. Jakob Piil (Denmark) s.t.
7. Alexandre Kolobnev (Russia) s.t.
8. Andreas Kleir (Germany) s.t.
9. Julian Dean (New Zealand) s.t.
10. Martin Elmiger (Switzerland) s.t.
23. Guido Trenti (USA) s.t.

Saturday, September 24: Men's Under-23 road Race, 168 km.

A well-deserved Rainbow Jersey for Grabovskyy
1. Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukraine) 3hr 56min 23sec
2. William Walker (Australia) @ 26sec
3. Evgeny Popov (Russia) s.t.
4. Carlo Westphal (Germnay) @ 33sec
5. Chris Sutton (Australia) @ 34sec

Best placed American was John Murphy, 119th @ 11min. Tyler Farrar crashed with a few kilometers to go.

Saturday, September 24: Elite Women's Road Race, 126 km.

The German team was sure Schleicher could deliver in a sprint. She didn't let them down.
1. Regina Schleicher (Germany) 3hr 8min 52sec
2. Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) s.t.
3. Oenone Wood (Australia) s.t.
4. Dorte Rasmussen (Denmark) s.t.
5. Chantal Beltman (Netherlands) s.t.
17. Kristin Armstrong (USA) s.t.

Thursday, September 22: Elite Men's 44.1 Kilometer Individual Time Trial.

The electric board tells the story. Michael Rogers gets his 3rd Elite ITT Championsip.
1. Michael Rogers (Australia) 53min 34sec
2. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spain) @ 23sec
3. Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) @ 23sec
4. Ruben Plaza (Spain) @ 44sec
5. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakhstan) @ 1min 20sec
6. Andrey Kaschechkin (Kazakhstan) @ 1min 29sec
7. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) @ 1min 31sec
8. Sebastian Lang (Germany) @ 1min 35sec
9. Matias Medici (Argentina) @ 1min 37sec
10. Victor Hugo Pena (Colombia) @ 1min 41sec
11. Bobby Julich (USA) @ 1min 45sec

Wednesday, September 21: Women's 22-kilometer Individual Time Trial.

Thurig powers to a Gold Medal
1. Karen Thurig (Switzerland) 28min 51sec
2. Joane Somarriba (Spain) @ 5sec
3. Kristin Armstrong (USA) @ 39sec
4. Judith Arndt (Germany) @ 56sec
5. Amber Neven (USA) @ 57sec

Wednesday, September 21: Men's Under-23 37.9-kilometer Individual time Trial.

1. Mikhail Ignatiev (Russia) 47min 24sec
2. Dmytro Grabovsky (Ukraine) @ 34sec
3. Peter Latham (New Zealand) @ 37sec
4. Martin Mortensen (Denmark) @ 50sec
5. Simon Spilak (Slovenia) @ 1min 12sec
10. Tyler Farrar (USA) @ 1min 44sec

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Sunday, September 4: Giro di Romagna (1.1), 193 km.

Napolitano (LPR-Guerciotti) wins another one.
1. Danilo Napolitano (LPR-Guerciotti) 4hr 15min 50sec
2. Daniele Bennati (Lampre) s.t.
3. Graeme Brown (Panaria) s.t.

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Sunday, September 4: San Francisco Grand Prix ...er, Barlcays Global Investor Grand Prix (HC).108.3 miles

1. Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) 4hr 27sec
2. John Lieswyn (Health Net) s.t.
3. Jason McCartney (Discovery) s.t.
4. Andrea Moletta (Gerolsteiner) @ 27sec
5. Glen Mitchel (Kodak) @ 1min 58sec

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Thursday, September 1: Trofeo Melinda, Italy (1.1), 194 km.

Cunego gets the better of Garzelli in the sprint.
1. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) 4hr 54min 10sec
2. Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) s.t.
3. Luca Mazzanti (Panaria) s.t.
4. Santo Anza (Acqua & Sapone) @ 4sec
5. Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) s.t.

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Sunday, August 28: Grand Prix Ouest France - Plouay (Pro Tour), 212 km.

1. George Hincapie (Discovery) 4hr 59min 42sec
2. Alexandre Usov (Ag2R) s.t.
3. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
4. Daniele Bennati (Lampre) s.t.
5. Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) s.t.

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Hot Diggity! LPR's Danilo Napolitano wins the Coppa Bernocchi on a Guerciotti bike. He seems pleased. Gotta be the bike.

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August 15 - August 23: Deutschland Tour (Pro Tour)

Tuesday, August 23: 9th and Final Stage, Bad Kreuznach - Bonn, 170 km.

1. Daniele Bannati (Lampre) 3hr 53min 9sec
2. Baden Cooke (FDJ) s.t.
3. Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.
4. Luke Roberts (CSC) s.t.
5. Steffen Radochla (Wiesenhof) s.t.

Final GC after Stage 9:

1. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) 37hr 24min 35sec
2. Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) @ 33sec
3. Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 58sec
4. Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) @ 1min 21sec
5. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) @ 1min 26sec

Monday, August 22: Stage 8, Ludwigshafen - Weinheim 31.1 km individual time trial.

1. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) 36min 57sec
2. Bobby Julich (CSC) @ 11sec
3. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) @ 54sec
4. Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) @ 1min 2sec
5. Marzio Bruseghin (Fassa Bortolo) @ 1min 11sec

GC after Stage 8:

1. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner)
2. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) @ 31sec
3. Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) @ 1min 23sec
4. Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) @ 1min 28sec
5. Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 1min 53sec

Sunday, August 21: Stage 7, Singen - Feldberg, 173 km.

1. Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) 4hr 56min 10sec
2. Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) @ 11sec
3. Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
4. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) @ 14sec
5. Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) @ 26sec

GC after Stage 7:

1. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) 32hr 53min 37sec
2. Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) @ 33sec
3. Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 58sec
4. Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) @ 1min 21sec
5. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) @ 1min 26sec

Saturday, August 20: Stage 6, Freidrichshafen - Singen, 175 km.

1. Maxim Iglinskiy (Domina Vacanze) 3hr 50min
2. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Discovery) s.t.
3. Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) s.t.
4. Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) s.t.
5. David Etxebarria (Liberty Seguros) s.t.

GC after Stage 6:

1. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) 27hr 57min 12sec
2. Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) @ 18sec
3. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) @ 56sec
4. Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 1min 22sec
5. Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) @ 1min 28sec

Friday, August 19: Stage 5, Solden - Friedrichshafen, 215 km.

1. Daniele Bennati (Lampre) 4hr 48min 2sec
2. Roger Hammond (Mr. Bookmaker) s.t.
3. Baden Cooke (FDJ) s.t.
4. Sebastian Siedler (Wiesenhof) s.t.
5. Volodymyr Bileka (Discovery) s.t.

GC after Stage 5:

1. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) 24hr 5min 4sec
2. Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) @ 18sec
3. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) @ 56sec
4. Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 1min 22sec
5. Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) @ 1min 28sec

Thursday, August 18: Stage 4, Kufstein - Solden, 175 km.

1. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) 5hr 11min 56sec
2. Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) @ 15sec
3. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) @ 50sec
4. Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 1min 12sec
5. Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) @ 1min 24sec

GC after Stage 4:

1. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) 19hr 17min 2sec
2. Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) @ 18sec
3. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) @ 56sec
4. Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 1min 22sec
5. Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) @ 1min 28sec

Wednesday, August 17: Stage 3, Bodenmais - Kufstein (Austria), 232 km.

1. Daniele Bennati (Lampre) 5hr 12min 4sec
2. Filippo Pozzato (Quick Step) s.t.
3. Sebastien Siedler (Qiesenhof) s.t.
4. Luciano Pagliarini (Liquigas) s.t.
5. Baden Cooke (FDJ) s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

1. Bram Tankink (Quick Step) 14hr 4min 51sec
2. Filippo Pozzato (Quick Step) @ 7sec
3. Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) @ 17sec
4. Mauricio Ardila (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 19sec
5. Bobby Julich (CSC) @ 21sec

Tuesday, August 16: Stage 2, Pegnitz - Bodenmais, 199.3 km.

1. Filippo Pozzato (Quick Step) 4hr 49min 40sec
2. Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
3. Mauricio Ardila (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.
4. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
5. Philippe Gilbert (FDJ) s.t.
6. Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

1. Bram Tankink (Quick Step) 8hr 52min 49sec
2. Filippo Pozzato (Quick Step) @ 13sec
3. Jorg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros) @ 17sec
4. Mauricio Ardila (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 19sec
5. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) @ 23sec

Monday, August 15: Stage 1, Altenburg - Plauen, 170 km.

1. Bram Tankink (Quick Step) 4hr 23sec
2. Juan Cobo (Saunier Duval) @ 49sec
3. Bernhard Eisel (FDJ) @ 52sec
4. Sebastien Hinault (Credit Agricole) @ 3min 7sec
5. Daniele Bennati (Lampre) s.t.

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Sunday, August 21: USPRO Criterium Championships, 100 km. Chicago.

1. Tyler Farrar (Healthnet)
2. Dave McCook (Jelly-Belly)
3. Kyle Wamsley (Sun Valley)
4. Dan Schmitz (Kodak)
5. Mark McCormack (Colavita)

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Saturday, August 20: Giro Del Veneto (HC), 198 km.

1. Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre) 5hr 3min 13sec
2. Savatore Commesso (Lampre) @ 42sec
3. Serhiy Honchar (Domina Vacanze) s.t.
4. Giovanni Visconti (Domina Vacanze) @ 50sec
5. Paolo Valoti (Domina Vacanze) s.t.

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Thursday, August 18: Coppa Bernocchi, 200 km. Legnano, Italy

1. Danilo Napolitano (LPR-Guerciotti) 4hr 32min 5sec
2. Graeme Brown (Panaria) s.t.
3. Antonio Murilo Fischer (Naturino) s.t.
4. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.

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Wednesday, August 17: Coppa Agostoni (1.1) 196 km. Lissone, Italy

1. Alessandro Valoti (Domina Vacanze) 4hr 43min 2sec
2. Leonardo Giordani (Universal Caffe) s.t.
3. Stefano Cavallari @ 7sec
4. Salvatore Commesso @ 32sec
5. Giovanni Visconti s.t.
35. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 7min 58sec

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Tuesday, August 16: Tre Valle Varesine (HC), Italy.

This uphill sprint must have perfect for Garzelli who can both sprint well and climb.
1. Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) 5hr 1min 1sec
2. Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) @ 2sec
3. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 3sec
4. Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre) @ 4sec

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August 10 - August 14: Rothaus Regio Tour (2.1), Germany.

Final GC:
1. Nico Sijmens (Landbouwkrediet) 18hr 18min 36sec
2. Torsten Hiekmann (T-Mobile) @ 1min 45sec
3. Maxime Monfort (Landbouwkrediet) @ 1min 52sec
4. Mattias russ (Gerolsteiner) @ 2min 4sec
5. Bjorn Papstein (Lamonta) @ 2min 27sec

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Saturday, August 13: Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian (Pro Tour) 227 km.

San Sebastian podium history.

Zaballa dares and wins. Escaping from a 7-man break with about 3 kilometers to go, Zaballa made it stick.
1. Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) 5hr 24min 18sec
2. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Saunier Duval) @ 31sec
3. Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre) s.t.
4. Stefano Gazelli (Liquigas) s.t.
5. Yon Bru (Kaiku) s.t.
6. David Moncoutie (Cofidis) s.t.
7. Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel) s.t.
8. Unai Yus (Bouygues Telecom) @ 40sec
9. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) s.t.
10. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 43sec

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August 7 - August 11: Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos (HC)

Final General Classification:

1. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Saunier Duval) 16hr 11min 44sec
2. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Saunier Duval) @ 29sec
3. Carlos Castano Panadero (Andalucia) @ 45sec
4. Santo Anza (Andria) @ 1min 1sec
5. Antonio Colon Mas (Illes Balears) @ 1min 8sec

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Wednesday, August 10: 2 Giorni Marchigiana; Trofeo Citta di Castelfidardo, 199 km.

1. Antonio Murilo (Naturino) 5hr 3min
2. Giuliano Figueras (Lampre) @ 1sec
3. Elio Aggiano (LPR) @ 3sec
4. Jakob Piil Storm (CSC) @ 20sec
5. Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) @ 27sec

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August 3 - August 10: ENECO Tour of Benelux (Pro Tour).

Wednesday, August 10: 7th and final stage, Etten - Leur 26.3 km Individual Time Trial

1. Bobby Julich (CSC) 31min 14.94sec. 50.522 km/hr
2. Leif Hoste (Discovery) @ 37sec
3. Erik Dekker (Rabobank) @ 45sec
4. Jan Hruska (Liberty Seguros) @ 55sec
5. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears) @ 1min

Final GC after Stage 7:

1. Bobby Julich (CSC) 29hr 8min 1sec. Average speed of 42.281 km over the race's 1,226.1 kms.
2. Erik Dekker (Rabobank) @ 21sec
3. Leif Hoste (Discovery) @ 41sec
4. Thmas Dekker (Rabobank) @ 54sec
5. Michael Blaudzun (CSC) @ 1min 7sec
6. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) @ 1min 16sec
7. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) @ 1min 22sec
8. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Discovery) @ 1min 28sec
9. Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) @ 1min 57sec
10. Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) @ 2min 12sec

Tuesday, August 9: Stage 6, Truiden (Belgium) - Hoogstraten (Belgium), 195.9 km.

1. Stefan Van Dijk (Mr. Bookmaker) 4hr 10min 37sec. 46.9 km/hr
2. Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery) s.t.
3. Simone Cadamuro (Domina Vacanze) s.t.
4. Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.
5. Marco Zanotti (Liquigas) s.t.

GC after Stage 6:

1. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) 28hr 36min 10sec
2. Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) @ 5sec
3. Erik Dekker (Rabobank) @ 13sec
4. Michael Blaudzun (CSC) @ 15sec
5. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) @ 17sec

Monday, August 8: Stage 5, Verviers (Belgium) - Hasselt (Belgium), 194 km.

1. Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery) 4hr 41min 6sec. 41.408 km/hr
2. Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.
3. Stefan Van Dijk (Mr. Bookmaker) s.t.
4. Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.
5. Daniele Bennati (Lampre) s.t.

GC after Stage 5:

1. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) 24hr 25min 34sec
2. Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) @ 6sec
3. Michael Blaudzun (CSC) @ 14sec
4. Erik Dekker (Rabobank) @ 15sec
5. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) @ 16sec

Sunday, August 7: Stage 4, Landgraaf (Netherlands) - Verviers (Belgium), 232 km. With about 60 km to go with Christian Vendevelde (CSC), Jason McCartney (Discovery) and Bart Dockx (Davitamon) away, the peloton was directed off-course. The police stopped the trio who gained as much as 15 minutes during the fiasco. As you can see from the results, after they were allowed to proceed, they were caught.

1. Alesandro Ballan (Lampre) 6hr 6min 5sec
2. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) s.t.
3. Leif Hoste (Discovery) s.t.
4. Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
5. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Discovery) s.t.

GC after Stage 4:

1. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) 19hr 44min 28sec
2. Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) @ 6sec
3. Michael Blaudzun (CSC) @ 14sec
4. Erik Dekker (Rabobank) @ 15sec
5. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) @ 16sec

Saturday, August 6: Stage 3, Beek (Netherlands) - Landgraaf (Netherlnads), 206.3 km.

1. Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) 4hr 56min 44sec. 41.714 km/hr
2. Erik Dekker (Rabobank) @ 5sec
3. Daniele Bennati (Lampre) s.t.
4. Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) s.t.
5. Pieter Mertens (Chocolade Jacques) s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

1. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step0 13hr 38min 29sec
2. Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) @ 2sec
3. Michael Blaudzun (CSC) @ 8sec
4. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) @ 10sec
5. Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile) @ 12sec

Friday, August 5: Stage 2, Geldrop (Netherlands) - Sittard/Geleen (Netherlands), 182.2 km.

1. Simone Cadamuro (Domina Vacanze) 4hr 14min 48sec. 42.904 km/hr
2. Marco Zanotti (Liquigas) s.t.
3. Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas) s.t.
4. Manuel Quinziato (Saunier Duval) s.t.
5. Stefan Van Dijk (Mr. Bookmaker) s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

1. Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery) 8hr 41min 37sec
2. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) @ 3sec
3. Gert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 12sec
4. Kevin Van Impe (Chocolade Jacques) s.t.
5. Carlos Barredo (Liberty SEguros) @ 13sec

Thursday, August 4: Stage 1, Geel (Belgium) - Mierlo (Netherlands), 189.4 km.

1. Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery) 4hr 20min 8sec. 43.685 km/hr
2. Marco Zanotti (Liquigas) s.t.
3. Steven De Jongh (Rabobank) s.t.
4. Giosue Bonomi (Lampre) s.t.
5. Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) s.t.

GC after Stage 1:

1. Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery) 4hr 26min 51sec
2. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) @ 1sec
3. Carlos Barredo (liberty Seguros) @ 11sec
4. Roger Hammond (Discovery) s.t.
5. Stefan Van Dijk (Mr. Bookmaker) s.t.

Wednesday, August 3: 5.7 km Mechelen Prologue.

1. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) 6min 45.11sec. 50.666 km/hr
2. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) @ 1sec
3. Servais Knaven (Quick Step) @ 2sec
4. Uwe Peschel (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
5. Stijn Devolder (Discovery) s.t.
6. Mirco Lorenzetto (Domina Vacanze) s.t.
7. Benoit Joachim (Discovery) s.t.
8. Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile) @ 3sec
9. Marc Wauters (Rabobank) s.t.
10. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Discovery) s.t.

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Thursday, August 18: Coppa Bernocchi, 200 km. Legnano, Italy

1. Danilo Napolitano (LPR-Guerciotti) 4hr 32min 5sec
2. Graeme Brown (Panaria) s.t.
3. Antonio Murilo Fischer (Naturino) s.t.
4. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.

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Wednesday, August 17: Coppa Agostoni (1.1) 196 km. Lissone, Italy

1. Alessandro Valoti (Domina Vacanze) 4hr 43min 2sec
2. Leonardo Giordani (Universal Caffe) s.t.
3. Stefano Cavallari @ 7sec
4. Salvatore Commesso @ 32sec
5. Giovanni Visconti s.t.
35. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 7min 58sec

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Tuesday, August 16: Tre Valle Varesine (HC), Italy.

This uphill sprint must have perfect for Garzelli who can both sprint well and climb.
1. Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas) 5hr 1min 1sec
2. Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) @ 2sec
3. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 3sec
4. Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre) @ 4sec

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August 10 - August 14: Rothaus Regio Tour (2.1), Germany.

Final GC:
1. Nico Sijmens (Landbouwkrediet) 18hr 18min 36sec
2. Torsten Hiekmann (T-Mobile) @ 1min 45sec
3. Maxime Monfort (Landbouwkrediet) @ 1min 52sec
4. Mattias russ (Gerolsteiner) @ 2min 4sec
5. Bjorn Papstein (Lamonta) @ 2min 27sec

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Saturday, August 13: Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian (Pro Tour) 227 km.

San Sebastian podium history.

Zaballa dares and wins. Escaping from a 7-man break with about 3 kilometers to go, Zaballa made it stick.
1. Constantino Zaballa (Saunier Duval) 5hr 24min 18sec
2. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Saunier Duval) @ 31sec
3. Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre) s.t.
4. Stefano Gazelli (Liquigas) s.t.
5. Yon Bru (Kaiku) s.t.
6. David Moncoutie (Cofidis) s.t.
7. Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel) s.t.
8. Unai Yus (Bouygues Telecom) @ 40sec
9. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) s.t.
10. Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) @ 43sec

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August 7 - August 11: Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos (HC)

Final General Classification:

1. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Saunier Duval) 16hr 11min 44sec
2. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Saunier Duval) @ 29sec
3. Carlos Castano Panadero (Andalucia) @ 45sec
4. Santo Anza (Andria) @ 1min 1sec
5. Antonio Colon Mas (Illes Balears) @ 1min 8sec

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Wednesday, August 10: 2 Giorni Marchigiana; Trofeo Citta di Castelfidardo, 199 km.

1. Antonio Murilo (Naturino) 5hr 3min
2. Giuliano Figueras (Lampre) @ 1sec
3. Elio Aggiano (LPR) @ 3sec
4. Jakob Piil Storm (CSC) @ 20sec
5. Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) @ 27sec

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August 3 - August 10: ENECO Tour of Benelux (Pro Tour).

Wednesday, August 10: 7th and final stage, Etten - Leur 26.3 km Individual Time Trial

1. Bobby Julich (CSC) 31min 14.94sec. 50.522 km/hr
2. Leif Hoste (Discovery) @ 37sec
3. Erik Dekker (Rabobank) @ 45sec
4. Jan Hruska (Liberty Seguros) @ 55sec
5. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears) @ 1min

Final GC after Stage 7:

1. Bobby Julich (CSC) 29hr 8min 1sec. Average speed of 42.281 km over the race's 1,226.1 kms.
2. Erik Dekker (Rabobank) @ 21sec
3. Leif Hoste (Discovery) @ 41sec
4. Thmas Dekker (Rabobank) @ 54sec
5. Michael Blaudzun (CSC) @ 1min 7sec
6. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) @ 1min 16sec
7. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) @ 1min 22sec
8. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Discovery) @ 1min 28sec
9. Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) @ 1min 57sec
10. Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) @ 2min 12sec

Tuesday, August 9: Stage 6, Truiden (Belgium) - Hoogstraten (Belgium), 195.9 km.

1. Stefan Van Dijk (Mr. Bookmaker) 4hr 10min 37sec. 46.9 km/hr
2. Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery) s.t.
3. Simone Cadamuro (Domina Vacanze) s.t.
4. Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.
5. Marco Zanotti (Liquigas) s.t.

GC after Stage 6:

1. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) 28hr 36min 10sec
2. Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) @ 5sec
3. Erik Dekker (Rabobank) @ 13sec
4. Michael Blaudzun (CSC) @ 15sec
5. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) @ 17sec

Monday, August 8: Stage 5, Verviers (Belgium) - Hasselt (Belgium), 194 km.

1. Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery) 4hr 41min 6sec. 41.408 km/hr
2. Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.
3. Stefan Van Dijk (Mr. Bookmaker) s.t.
4. Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.
5. Daniele Bennati (Lampre) s.t.

GC after Stage 5:

1. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) 24hr 25min 34sec
2. Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) @ 6sec
3. Michael Blaudzun (CSC) @ 14sec
4. Erik Dekker (Rabobank) @ 15sec
5. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) @ 16sec

Sunday, August 7: Stage 4, Landgraaf (Netherlands) - Verviers (Belgium), 232 km. With about 60 km to go with Christian Vendevelde (CSC), Jason McCartney (Discovery) and Bart Dockx (Davitamon) away, the peloton was directed off-course. The police stopped the trio who gained as much as 15 minutes during the fiasco. As you can see from the results, after they were allowed to proceed, they were caught.

1. Alesandro Ballan (Lampre) 6hr 6min 5sec
2. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) s.t.
3. Leif Hoste (Discovery) s.t.
4. Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
5. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Discovery) s.t.

GC after Stage 4:

1. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) 19hr 44min 28sec
2. Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) @ 6sec
3. Michael Blaudzun (CSC) @ 14sec
4. Erik Dekker (Rabobank) @ 15sec
5. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) @ 16sec

Saturday, August 6: Stage 3, Beek (Netherlands) - Landgraaf (Netherlnads), 206.3 km.

1. Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) 4hr 56min 44sec. 41.714 km/hr
2. Erik Dekker (Rabobank) @ 5sec
3. Daniele Bennati (Lampre) s.t.
4. Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) s.t.
5. Pieter Mertens (Chocolade Jacques) s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

1. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step0 13hr 38min 29sec
2. Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) @ 2sec
3. Michael Blaudzun (CSC) @ 8sec
4. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) @ 10sec
5. Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile) @ 12sec

Friday, August 5: Stage 2, Geldrop (Netherlands) - Sittard/Geleen (Netherlands), 182.2 km.

1. Simone Cadamuro (Domina Vacanze) 4hr 14min 48sec. 42.904 km/hr
2. Marco Zanotti (Liquigas) s.t.
3. Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas) s.t.
4. Manuel Quinziato (Saunier Duval) s.t.
5. Stefan Van Dijk (Mr. Bookmaker) s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

1. Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery) 8hr 41min 37sec
2. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) @ 3sec
3. Gert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 12sec
4. Kevin Van Impe (Chocolade Jacques) s.t.
5. Carlos Barredo (Liberty SEguros) @ 13sec

Thursday, August 4: Stage 1, Geel (Belgium) - Mierlo (Netherlands), 189.4 km.

1. Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery) 4hr 20min 8sec. 43.685 km/hr
2. Marco Zanotti (Liquigas) s.t.
3. Steven De Jongh (Rabobank) s.t.
4. Giosue Bonomi (Lampre) s.t.
5. Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) s.t.

GC after Stage 1:

1. Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery) 4hr 26min 51sec
2. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) @ 1sec
3. Carlos Barredo (liberty Seguros) @ 11sec
4. Roger Hammond (Discovery) s.t.
5. Stefan Van Dijk (Mr. Bookmaker) s.t.

Wednesday, August 3: 5.7 km Mechelen Prologue.

1. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) 6min 45.11sec. 50.666 km/hr
2. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) @ 1sec
3. Servais Knaven (Quick Step) @ 2sec
4. Uwe Peschel (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
5. Stijn Devolder (Discovery) s.t.
6. Mirco Lorenzetto (Domina Vacanze) s.t.
7. Benoit Joachim (Discovery) s.t.
8. Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile) @ 3sec
9. Marc Wauters (Rabobank) s.t.
10. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Discovery) s.t.

Tuesday, August 9: 2 Giorni Marchigianni; Gran Premio Fred Mengoni, 200 km.

Mazzanti gets a clean win in front of Failli and Bernucci. Serotti photo.
1. Luca Mazzanti (Panaria) 5hr 14min 25sec
2. Francesco Failli (Naturino) @ 2sec
3. Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.
4. Paolo Bailetti (Androni) @ 5sec
5. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) s.t.

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Pozzato makes beating Di Luca and Iglinskiy look easy. Another big win for Pozzato, just one week after winning Hamburg.

Saturday, August 6: Giro Del Lazio (HC), Italy. 210 km.

1. Filippo Pozzato (Quick Step) 5hr 54min 9sec
2. Antonio Murillo (Naturino) s.t.
3. Krzystof Szczawinski (Flaminia) s.t.
4. Danilo Di Luca (Lquigas) s.t.
5. Maxim Iglinskiy (Domina Vacanze) s.t.

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August 3 - August 7: Post Danmark Rundt (Tour of Denmark) (HC)

Sunday, August 7: 6th and final stage, Slagelse - Fredriksberg, 165 km.

1. Andre Griepel (Wiesenhof) 3hr 35min 37sec
2. Tomas Vaitkus (Ag2R) s.t.
3. Paride Grillo (Panaria) s.t.
4. Graeme Brown (Panaria) s.t.
5. Marcin Lewandowski (ATI) s.t.

Final GC after Sage 6:

1. Ivan Basso (CSC) 19hr 58min 37sec
2. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) @ 2min 21sec
3. Rory Sutherland (Rabobank) @ 2min 51sec
4. Tomas Vaitkus (Ag2R) @ 2min 55sec
5. Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile) @ 3min 7sec

Saturday, August 6: Stage 5, Nyborg 13.8 km individual time trial.

1. Ivan Basso (CSC) 16min 15sec
2. Jens Voigt (CSC) @ 24sec
3. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) @ 40sec
5. Tomas Vaitkus (Ag2R) @ 43sec
5. Lukasz Bodnar (Intel) @ 51sec

GC after Stage 5:

1. Ivan Basso (CSC) 16hr 22min 53sec
2. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) @ 2min 28sec
3. Rory Sutherland (Rabobank) @ 2min 51sec
4. Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile) @ 3min 7sec
5. Tomas Vaitkus (Ag2R) @ 3min 8sec

Saturday, August 6: Stage 4, Assens - Odense, 90 km.

1. Paride Grillo (Panaria) 1hr 56min 36sec
2. Alexandre Usov (Ag2R) s.t.
3. Tomas Vaitkus (Ag2R) s.t.
4. Martin Pedersen (GLS) s.t.
5. James Vanlandschoot (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.

Friday, August 5: Stage 3, Arhus - Vejle, 187 km.

1. Ivan Basso (CSC) 4hr 44min 15sec
2. Rory Sutherland (Rabobank) @ 1min 9sec
3. Moises Aldape (Panaria) s.t.
4. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) @ 1min 10sec
5. Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile) s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

1. Ivan Basso (CSC) 14hr 10min 2sec
2. Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile) @ 1min 45sec
3. Rory Sutherland (Rabobank) @ 1min 46sec
4. Kurt-Asle Avesen (CSC) @ 1min 48sec
5. Roy Sentjiens @ 2min 17sec

Thursday, August 4: Stage 2, Viborg - Arhus, 187 km.

1. Ivan Basso (CSC) 4hr 31min 8sec
2. Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile) s.t.
3. Andre Greipel (Wiesenhof) @ 1sec
4. Ilzo Keisse (Chocolade Jacques) s.t.
5. Martin Pedersen (GLS) s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

1. Ivan Basso (CSC) 9hr 26min 1sec
2. Andre Greipel (Wiesenhof) @ 19sec
3. Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile) @ 23sec
4. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) @ 25sec
5. Havard Nybo (Glud & Marstrand) @ 28sec

Wednesday, August 3: Stage 1, Skive - Skive, 210 km.

1. Ivan Basso (CSC) 4hr 55min 13sec
2. Andre Greipel (Wiesenhof) @ 9sec
3. Kurt Asle Arvesen (CSC) s.t.
4. Jens-Erik Madsen (Glud & Marstrand) s.t.
5. Paride Grillo (Panaria) s.t.

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Iglinskiy edges out Liquigas' Pellizotti. Sirotti photo.

Thursday, August 4: GP Citta di Camaiore (1.1) 193.7 km.

1. Maxim Iglinskiy (Domina Vacanze) 4hr 32min 12sec
2. Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) s.t.
3. Rinaldo Nocentini (Acqua & Sapone) s.t.
4. Salvatore Commesso (Lampre) s.t.
5. Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) @ 6sec

Sunday, June 19: Eindhoven 48.6 km Team Time Trial (Pro Tour).

1. Gerolsteiner 53min 35sec (54.41kph)
2. Phonak @ 3sec
3. CSC @ 24sec
4. Rabobank @ 51sec
5. Discovery @ 54sec
6. Davitamon-Lotto @ 1min 20sec
7. Domina Vacanze @ 1min 25sec
8. Illes Balears @ 1min 40 sec
9. Crédit Agricole @ 1min 42sec
10. Cofidis @ 1min 46sec
11. Mr Bookmaker @1min 58sec
12. Lampre @ 2min
13. Quick Step @ 2min 9sec
14. Liquigas @ 2min 12sec
15. Liberty Seguros @ 2min 19sec
16. T-Mobile @ 2min 21sec
17. Shimano-Memory Corp @ 2min 27sec
18. Fassa Bortolo @ 2min 28sec
19. Wiesenhof @ 2min 30sec
20. Bouygues Telecom @ 2min 41sec
21. Saunier Duval @ 2min 44sec
22. Intel-Action @ 2min 47sec
23. Chocolade Jacques @ 2min 51sec
24. FDJ @ 2min 7sec
25. Euskaltel @ 2min 49sec

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Tour of Switzerland (Pro Tour) June 11 - June 19

Podium history of the Tour of Switzerland.

Sunday, June 19: 9th and Final Stage, Ulrichen - Ulrichen, 100 km.

1. Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) 3hr 3min 52sec
2. Frank Schleck (CSC) @ 46sec
3. Daniel Atienza (Cofidis) @ 48sec
4. Michael Rogers (Quick Step) s.t.
5. Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) s.t.
6. Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) s.t.
7. Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) @ 1min 42sec
8. Alexandre Moos (Phonak) s.t.
9. Tadej Valjavec (Phonak) s.t.
10. Koldo Gil (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
11. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) s.t.

Final GC after Stage 9:

1. Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) 33hr 8min 51sec
2. Michael Rogers (Quick Step) @ 22sec
3. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) @ 1min 36sec
4. Franck Schleck (CSC) @ 1min 41sec
5. Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) @ 2min 2sec
6. Koldo Gil (Liberty Seguros) @ 2min 49sec
7. Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) @ 3min 37sec
8. Bradley McGee (FDJ) @ 4min 13sec
9. Tadej Valjavec (Phonak) @ 4min 28sec
10. Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) @ 6min 1sec

Saturday, June 18: Stage 8, Lenk - Verbier, 165 km.

Stage 8: Top: Pablo Lastras takes the solo win. Below: Michael Rogers (in Yellow) with Ullrich on his left, works to get home in time to keep his lead. Both photos from Sirotti.
1. Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) 4hr 9min 9sec
2. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros) @ 16sec
3. Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
4. Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) @ 19sec
5. Walter Beneteau (Bourgues Telecom) @ 56sec
6. Daniele Righi (Lampre) @ 1min
7. Koldo Gil (Libertry Seguros) @ 1min 17sec
8. Frank Schleck (CSC) @ 1min 21sec
9. Daniel Atienza (Cofidis) s.t.
10. Michael Rogers (Quick Step) s.t.

GC after Stage 8:

1. Michael Rogers (quick Step) 30hr 4min 33sec
2. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) @ 20sec
3. Bradley McGee (FDJ) @ 22sec
4. Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) @ 36sec
5. Frank Schleck (CSC) @ 1min 27sec
6. Koldo Gil (Liberty Seguros) @ 1min 38sec
7. Chis Horner (Saunier Duval) @ 1min 40sec
8. Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) @ 2min 32sec
9. Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) @ 2min 41sec
10. Tadej Valjavec (Phonak) @ 3min 12sec
11. Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 3min 20sec

Friday, June 17: Stage7, Eisiedeln - Lenk, 193 km.

1. Linus Gerdemann (CSC) 4hr 25min
2. Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) @ 3sec
3. David Etxebarria (Liberty SEguros) @ 15sec
4. Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) s.t.
5. Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.
6. Martin Elmiger (Phonak) s.t.
7. Daniele Colli (Liquigas) @ 23sec
8. Rene Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
9. Baden Cooke (FDJ) s.t.
10. Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.

GC after Stage 7:

1. Michael Rogers (Quick Step) 25hr 54min 03sec
2. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) @ 20sec
3. Bradley McGee (FDJ) @ 22sec
4. Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) @ 1min 11sec
5. Frank Schleck (CSC) @ 1min 27sec
6. Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) @ 1min 31sec
7. Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) @ 1min 38sec
8. Tadej Valjavec (Phonak) @ 1min 39sec
9. Koldo Gil (Liberty Seguros) @ 1min 42sec
10. Beat Zberg (Gerols teiner) @ 1min 57sec

Thursday, June 16: Stage 6, Burglen - Arosa, 156 km. This stage has two major climbs.

1. Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) 4hr 24min 43sec
2. Vincenzo Nibili (Fassa Bortolo) @ 1min 12sec
3. Michael Rogers (Quick Step) @ 1min 14sec
4. Frank Schleck (CSC) s.t.
5. Koldo Gil (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
6. Tadej Valjavec (Phonak) s.t.
7. Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval) s.t.
8. Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) s.t.
9. Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) s.t.
10. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) @ 1min 48sec
11. Bradley McGee (FDJ) s.t.

GC after Stage 5:

1. Michael Rogers (Quick Step) 21hr 28min 40sec
2. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) @ 20sec
3. Bradley McGee (FDJ) @ 22sec
4. Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) @ 1min 11sec
5. Frank Schleck (CSC) @ 1min 27sec
6. Chris Horner (Saunier Duval) @ 1min 31sec
7. Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) @ 1min 38sec
8. Tadej Valjavec (Phonak) @ 1min 39sec
9. Koldo Gil (Liberty Seguros) @ 1min 42sec
10. Beat Zberg (Gerols teiner) @ 1min 57sec

Wednesday, June 15: Stage 5, Bad Zurzach - Altdorf, 176 km.

1. Michael Albasini (Liquigas) 3hr 48min 1sec
2. Gregory Rast (Phonak) s.t.
3. Rene Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
4. Allan Johansen (CSC) s.t.
5. Gustav Larsson (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.
6. Yannick Talabardon (Credit Agricole) s.t.
7. Maarten Den Bakker (Rabobank) s.t.
8. Aurelien Clerc (Phonak) @ 38sec
9. Angelo Furlan (Domina Vacanze) s.t.
10. Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) s.t.

GC after Stage 5:

1. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) 17hr 2min 33sec
2. Bradley McGee (FDJ) @ 2sec
3. Michael Rogers (Quick step) @ 18sec
4. Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) @ 1min 12sec
5. Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) @ 1min 14sec
6. Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) @ 1min 25sec
7. Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) @ 1min 31sec
8. Frank Schleck (CSC) @ 1min 41sec
9. Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick step) @ 1min 47sec
10. Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) @ 1min 52sec

Tuesday, June 14: Stage 4, Vaduz - Bad Zurzach 205 km.

1. Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) 4hr 42min 40sec
2. Daniele Colli (Liquigas) s.t.
3. Aurelien Clerc (Phonak) s.t.
4. Tom Boonen (Quick Step) s.t.
5. Sebatian Hinault (Credit Agricole) s.t.
6. Baden Cooke (FDJ) s.t.
7. Rene Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
8. Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
9. David Loosli (Lampre) s.t.
10. Roger Hammond (Discovery) s.t.

GC after Stage 4:

1. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) 12hr 13min 50sec
2. Bradley McGee (FDJ) @ 2sec
3. Michael Rogers (Quick step) @ 18sec
4. Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) @ 1min 12sec
5. Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) @ 1min 14sec
6. Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) @ 1min 25sec
7. Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) @ 1min 31sec
8. Frank Schleck (CSC) @ 1min 41sec
9. Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick step) @ 1min 47sec
10. Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) @ 1min 52sec

Monday, June 13: Stage 3, Abtwil/Santispark - St. Antono a.A.
Patrick Sinkewitz was penalized 42 seconds for drafting Jan Ullrich during the stage 2 time trial.

1. Bradley McGee (FDJ) 3hr 45min 48sec
2. Mirko Celestino (Domina Vacanze) s.t.
3. Patrik Sinketwitz (Quick Step) s.t.
4. Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
5. Daniel Schniner (Phonak) s.t.
6. Koldo Gil (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
7. Iban Mayo (euskaltel) s.t.
8. Tadej Valjavec (Phonak) s.t.
9. Fabina Jeker (Saunier Duval) s.t.
10. Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

1. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) 8hr 31min 10sec
2. Bradley McGee (FDJ) @ 2sec
3. Michael Rogers (Quick step) @ 18sec
4. Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) @ 1min 12sec
5. Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) @ 1min 14sec
6. Fabian Jeker (Saunier Duval) @ 1min 25sec
7. Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) @ 1min 31sec
8. Frank Schleck (CSC) @ 1min 41sec
9. Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick step) @ 1min 47sec
10. Aitor Gonzalez (Euskaltel) @ 1min 52sec

Sunday, June 12: Stage 2, Weinfelden 36 km individual time trial.

1. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) 44min 6sec
2. Bradley McGee (FDJ) @ 15sec
3. Michael Rogers (Quick Step) @ 18sec
4. Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) @ 39sec
5. Serhiy Honchar (Domina Vacanze) @ 40sec
6. Vladimir Gusev (CSC) @ 46sec
7. Jens Voigt (CSC) @ 58sec
8. Bobby Julich (CSC) @ 1min 2sec
9. Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) @ 1min 8sec
10. Patrick Sinkewitz (Quick Step) @ 1min 9sec

GC after Stage 2:

1. Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) 4hr 44min 19sec
2. Bradley McGee (FDJ) @ 12sec
3. Michael Rogers (Quick Step) @ 18sec
4. Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) @ 39sec
5. Serhiy Honchar (Domoina Vacanze) @ 40sec
6. Vladimir Gusev (CSC) @ 46sec
7. Jens Voigt (CSC) @ 58sec
8. Bobby Julich (CSC) @ 1min 2sec
9. Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) @ 1min 8sec
10. Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) @ 1min 14sec

Saturday, June 11: Stage 1, Schaffhausen - Weinfelden, 170 km.

1. Bernhard Eisel (FDJ) 4hr 7sec
2. Tom Boonen (Quick Step) s.t.
3. Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
4. Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) s.t.
5. Bradley McGee (FDJ) @ 3sec
6. Baden Cooke (FDJ) s.t.
7. Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) @ 6sec
8. Vladimir Gusev (CSC) s.t.
9. Aurelian Clerc (Phonak) s.t.
10. Rene Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner) s.t.

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Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (Pro Tour), June 5 - June 12.

Scheduled to ride: Lance Armstrong, Alexandre Vinokourov, Francisco Mancebo, Levi Leipheimer, Roberto Heras, Oscar Sevilla and Floyd Landis.

Podium history of the Dauphine Libere.

Sunday, June12: 7th and final stage, Morzine Avoriaz - Sallanches, 128 km.

This picture makes it very clear what sort or territory ther racers are in.
Hincapie and Popovych on their long, successful break. Both photos by Sirotti.
1. George Hincapie (Discovery) 3hr 7min 10sec
2. Yaroslav Popopych (Discovery) s.t.
3. Lance Armstrong (Discovery) @ 22sec
4. Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) s.t.
5. Santiago Botero (Phonak) s.t.
6. Levi Leipheimer (Gerosteiner) s.t.
7. David Moncoutie (Cofidis) @ 24sec
8. Wim Van Huffel (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.
9. Jose Gomez-Marchante (Saunier Duval) @ 45sec
10. Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) @ 59sec
11. Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre) @ 1min
12. Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) s.t.

Final GC after Stage 7:

1. Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) 28hr 24min 46sec
2. Santiago Botero (Phonak) @ 11sec
3. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) @ 38sec
4. Lance Armstrong (Discovery) @ 59sec
5. Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) @ 1min 2sec
6. David Moncoutie (Cofidis) @ 1min 56sec
7. Jose Gomez-Marchante (Saunier Duval) @ 3min 54sec
8. Marzio Bruseghin (Fassa Bortolo) @ 3min 58sec
9. Andrey Kashechkin (Credti Agricole) @ 5min 4sec
10. Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) @ 6min 20sec

Saturday, June 11: Stage 6, Albertville - Morzine Avoriaz, 155 km. This is the monster day with some of the most storied, famous climbs in cycling history:

Col de la Forclaz (1st category)
Col de la Croix-Fry (1st)
Col de la Colombière (1st)
Côte de Chatillon (4th)
Col de Joux-Plane (hors-category)

Above: Leipheimer, Armstong and Vinkourov. Below: What a comeback! Botero won the stage 3 time trial and now the Queen Stage in the montains. Sirotti photos.

Results:

1. Santiago Botero (Phonak) 4hr 30min 54sec
2. David Moncoutie (Cofidis) @ 23sec
3. Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) @ 53sec
4. Christophe Moreau (Credit Agricole) @ 58sec
5. Marzio Bruseghin (Fassa Bortolo) @ 2min 27sec
6. Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) @ 2min 50sec
7. Lance Armstrong (Discovery) @ 2min 52sec
8. David Arroyo (Illes Balears) s.t.
9. Jose Gomez-Marchante (Saunier Duval) s.t.
10. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
11. Andrey Kashechkin (Credit Agricole) @ 3min 43sec
12. Floyd Landis (Phonak) @ 4min 2sec
13. Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) @ 4min 17sec

GC after Stage 6:

1. Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) 25hr 16min 26sec
2. Santiago Botero (Phonak) @ 59sec
3. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) @ 1min 26sec
4. Lance Armstrong (Discovery) @ 1min 47sec
5. Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) @ 1min 50sec
6. David Moncoutie (Cofidis) @ 2min 42sec
7. Floyd Landis (Phonak) @ 3min 23sec
8. Marzio Bruseghin (Fassa Bortolo) @ 4min 8sec
9. Christophe moreau (Credit Agricole) @ 4min 11sec
10. Andrey Kashechkin (Credit Agricole) @ 4min 17sec

Friday, June 10: Stage 5, Vaison La Romaine - Grenoble, 219 km.

Axel Merckx gets a nice solo win in the Dauphine, Stage 5. Sirotti photo
1. Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) 5hr 15min 1sec
2. Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) @ 2min 15sec
3. Benjamin Noval (Discovery) @ 5min 45sec
4. Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre) s.t.
5. Paolo Bossoni (Fassa Bortolo) @ 6min 15sec
6. Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis) s.t.
7. Rafael Casero (Saunier Duval) s.t.
8. Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 6min 17sec
9. Francis Mourey (FDJ) @ 6min 18sec
10. Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) @ 7min 32sec
The main peloton came in @ 9min 36sec

GC after Stage 5:

1. Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) 20hr 41min 15sec
2. Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 2min 32sec
3. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) @ 2min 51sec
4. Lance Armstrong (Discovery) @ 3min 12sec
5. Alexandre Vinikourov (T-Mobile) @ 3min 17sec
6. Floyd Landis (Phonak) @ 3min 38sec
7. Andrey Kashechkin (Credit Agricole) @ 4min 51sec
8. Santiago Botero (Phonak) @ 5min 16sec
9. Jose Gomez-Marchante (Saunier Duval) @ 5min 44sec
10. Marzio Bruseghin (Fassa Bortolo) @ 5min 58sec

Thursday, June 9: Stage 4, Tournon sur Rhone - Mont Ventoux, 182 km. It's 140 km of almost dead flat then a race up the 1,909 meter high mountain.

Results, more later:

1. Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) 4hr 7min 23sec
2. Jose Gomez-Marchante (Saunier-Duval) @ 6sec
3. Wim Van Huffel (Davitamon-Lotto) @ 16sec
4. Lance Armstrong (Discovery) @ 37sec
5. Floyd Landis (Phonak) @ 41sec
6. Andrey Kashechkin (Credit Agricole) @ 43sec
7. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) @ 46sec
8. Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) @ 1min 31sec
9. Nicolas Fritsch (Saunier-Duval) @ 1min 36sec
10. David Moncoutie (Cofidis) @ 1min 45sec

GC after Stage 4:

1. Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) 15hr 19min 29sec
2. Lance Armstrong (Discovery) @ 21sec
3. Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) @ 26sec
4. Floyd Landis (Phonak) @ 37sec
5. Andrey Kashechkin (Credit agricole) @ 2m