July 10, 2005 – Michael “The Chicken” Rasmussen (Rabobank) took the win today ahead of Credit Agricole’s Christophe Moreau and Jens Voigt. Voigt will now don the Yellow Jersey as their group had a significant gap – six minutes – on the main group with Discovery’s Lance Armstrong.

Results:

1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4.08.20 (41.315 km/h)
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.04
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
4 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.04
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
6 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
7 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
10 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita

G.C.
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 32.18.23 (46.22 km/h)
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.50
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 2.18
4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2.43
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 3.20
6 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3.25
7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3.44
8 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.54
9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 4.05