April 27, 2005: Avenches - Avenches (167 km):
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo       03:42:55

2 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                   

3 Andr? Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       

4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              

5 Jos? Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne     

6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           

7 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                          

8 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       

9 Robert F?rster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    

10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                            

11 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                            

12 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           

13 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep                                         

14 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                   

15 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               

16 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne            

17 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         

18 J?rg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                            

19 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux                          

20 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                     

21 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  

22 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep                                    

23 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                             

24 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             

25 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                        

26 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    

27 Dmitriy Muravzev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              

28 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel                               

29 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    

30 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  

31 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   

32 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     

33 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                    

34 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       

35 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                

36 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                         

37 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                              

38 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne             

39 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                  

40 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          

41 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                            

42 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi                          

43 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                        

44 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                       

45 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         

46 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                

47 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                           

48 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       

49 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                              

50 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           

51 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                

52 A?tor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            

53 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel                       

54 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                

55 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                       

56 Jos? Luis Arieta Lujambio (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne       

57 Jos? Cayetano Julia (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne             

58 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone              

59 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         

59 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                

61 Laszio Bodrigo (Hun) Credit Agricole                                

62 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                   

63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                           

64 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo                             

65 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     

66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               

67 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                   

68 Jos? Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quickstep                           

69 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     

70 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                

71 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             

72 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                            

73 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                              

74 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        

75 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           

76 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                           

77 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                           

78 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              

79 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC                               

80 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                            

81 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       

82 J?r?my Roy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                              

83 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                

84 Pedro Horillo Mu?os (Spa) Rabobank                                  

85 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                 

86 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep                                      

87 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita                             

88 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           

89 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 

90 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                    

91 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  

92 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                 

93 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne         

94 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                  

95 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           

96 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  

97 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           

98 C?dric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  

99 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux                          

100 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 

101 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) La Francaise des Jeux                          

102 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                  

103 Mourey Francis (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                         

104 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                           

105 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            

106 Daniele Becke (Ger) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne                  

107 Fr?d?ric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone               

108 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone               

109 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                           

110 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone              

111 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            

112 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         

113 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                              

114 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                             

115 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                

116 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        

117 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                        

118 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems           

119 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                 

120 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             

121 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 

122 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone          

123 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                

124 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep                                  

125 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel                            

126 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne          

127 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             

128 S?bastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                               

129 Beno?t Vaugrenard (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                       

130 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             

131 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 

132 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         

133 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                        

134 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   

135 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth               

136 Ama?l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                

137 S?bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep                                 

138 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                     

139 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             

140 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              

141 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            

142 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep                                   

143 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep                                    

144 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  

145 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                

146 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                

147 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank                                    

148 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                    0.29

149 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                        

150 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                           0.30

151 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                            

152 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              0.34

153 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               0.52

154 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            1.13.00

DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  

DNF Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               

DNF Una? Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                            

DNF Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 

DNS Jussy Veikkanen (Fin) La Francaise des Jeux                        

DNS Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze

Overall rankings after stage 1:
1 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems       03:47:21

2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              

3 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel                      0.02

4 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux                0.03

5 S?bastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep                             0.05

6 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          

7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              

8 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        0.06

9 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                   

10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        

11 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                 0.08

12 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                              

13 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 0.09

14 Jos? Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne    

15 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                      

16 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           

17 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       

18 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       

19 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    

20 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               0.10

21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                         

22 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                  

23 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   

24 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                                   

25 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         

26 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Davitamon - Lotto                             

27 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               

28 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              

29 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                             

30 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                 0.11

31 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             

32 Aitor Osa Eizagzuirre (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne            

33 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                         

34 J?rg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                            

35 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                

36 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           

37 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          0.12

38 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           

39 Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          

40 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     0.13

41 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                           

42 Ama?l Moinard (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                 

43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               

44 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              

45 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone               

46 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quickstep                                    

47 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                             

48 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne           

49 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                 

50 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi                       0.14

51 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  

52 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     

53 Laszio Bodrigo (Hun) Credit Agricole                                

54 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone              

55 Miguel A. Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems            

56 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               0.15

57 Andr? Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      

58 Dmitriy Muravzev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              

59 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             

60 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel                       

61 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep                                         

62 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         

63 Pedro Horillo Mu?os (Spa) Rabobank                                  

64 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                0.16

65 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                      

66 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                            

67 Torsten Hieckmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               

68 Josu Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      

69 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                           

70 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) La Francaise des Jeux                          

71 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              0.17

72 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                              

73 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  

74 A?tor Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            

75 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  

76 Beno?t Vaugrenard (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                       

77 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    

78 Fr?d?ric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone                 

79 Jos? Luis Arieta Lujambio (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne   0.18

80 Robert F?rster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   

81 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                         

82 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              0.19

83 Manuel Calvente Gorbas (Spa) Team CSC                               

84 Lilian Jegou (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                            

85 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        

86 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                

87 J?r?my Roy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                              

88 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        0.20

89 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                

90 Sergi Escobar Roure (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne             

91 Patrick Mccarty (USA) Discovery Channel                             

92 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita                             

93 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       

94 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                               

95 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                         0.21

96 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux                          

97 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank                                     

98 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                   

99 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                 

100 Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                 

101 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          

102 Fumyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel                           0.22

103 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone          

104 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            

105 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 

106 Christian Moreni (Ita) Quickstep                                    

107 Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne   0.23

108 Jos? Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quickstep                          

109 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                 

110 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                               

111 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                

112 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                 

113 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                       0.24

114 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    

115 S?bastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole                               

116 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel                             

117 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                           

118 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                        

119 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quickstep                                     

120 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             

121 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       0.25

122 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             

123 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             

124 C?dric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole                              0.26

125 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quickstep                                  

126 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                        0.27

127 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 

128 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                       

129 Jos? Cayetano Julia (Spa) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne            

130 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          

131 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                             0.28

132 Mads Christensen (Den) Quickstep                                   

133 Mourey Francis (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux                         

134 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            

135 Aitor Silloniz Aresti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 0.29

136 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                          

137 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                  

138 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth               

139 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               0.30

140 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis Le Credit Par Telephone               

141 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                

142 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo                         0.31

143 Daniele Becke (Ger) Iles Baleares-Casse d'Epargne                  

144 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            0.32

145 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              0.33

146 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                   0.38

147 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                   

148 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                    0.46

149 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                     0.47

150 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                    0.48

151 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              0.51

152 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth   0.55

153 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                           1.04

154 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               1.15