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1 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 3.29.16 (40.14 km/h) 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto Domo 0.14 3 Cedric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 5 Lennie Kristensen (Den) CSC 6 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R 7 Brad McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 0.23 8 Gene Bates (Aus) UniSA 9 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Telekom 10 Xavier Florencio (Spa) ONCE Eroski 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quickstep-Davitamon 12 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 13 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) CSC 14 Angel Vicioso (Spa) ONCE Eroski 15 Luke Roberts (Aus) UniSA 16 Patrick Jonker (Aus) UniSA 17 Cadel Evans (Aus) Telekom 18 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) CSC 19 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 20 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) CSC 21 Russell Van Hout (Aus) UniSA 22 Sergey Matveyev (Ukr) Panaria Fiordo 23 David Canada (Spa) Quickstep-Davitamon 0.27 24 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R 25 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R 26 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quickstep-Davitamon 27 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 29 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) ONCE Eroski 30 Adrian Laidler (Aus) UniSA 31 Stefen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 0.33 32 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE Eroski 0.53 33 Dirk Reichl (Ger) Telekom 1.59 34 Erki Putsep (Est) Ag2R 35 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco-Longoni Sport 36 Andrea Tafi (Ita) CSC 37 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R 38 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Davitamon 39 Bobby Julich (USA) Telekom 40 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Lotto Domo 41 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 42 Christian Werner (Ger) Telekom 43 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 44 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 45 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 46 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Domo 47 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R 48 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 49 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quickstep-Davitamon 50 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto Domo 51 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 52 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Panaria Fiordo 53 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE Eroski 54 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE Eroski 55 Scott Davis (Aus) Panaria Fiordo 56 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto Domo 57 Graeme Brown (Aus) Panaria Fiordo 58 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep-Davitamon 2.08 59 Peter Dawson (Aus) United Water 60 David Betts (Aus) United Water 61 Lee Godfrey (Aus) United Water 11.28 62 Mark Renshaw (Aus) United Water 63 Brett Aitken (Aus) UniSA 64 Steve Cunningham (Aus) UniSA 65 Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Panaria Fiordo 66 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Panaria Fiordo 67 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria Fiordo 68 Allan Davis (Aus) ONCE Eroski 69 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 70 Christian Pepoli (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 71 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 72 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R 73 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Telekom 74 Aaron Kemps (Aus) United Water 75 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 76 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Longoni Sport 77 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Saeco-Longoni Sport 78 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC 79 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto Domo 80 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto Domo 81 Arvis Piziks (Lat) CSC 82 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep-Davitamon 83 Filippo Perfetto (Ita) Panaria Fiordo 84 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto Domo 85 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) United Water 86 Jay Sweet (Aus) UniSA 87 Brendan Cato (Aus) United Water 88 Mickael Pichon (Fra) FDJeux.com 89 Jacky Durand (Fra) FDJeux.com 90 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) United Water 91 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 92 Matt Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 93 Julian Dean (NZl) CSC 94 Corey Sweet (Aus) Credit Agricole