Other Stages
Stage 6, Challes-les-Eaux - Megève Cote 2000, 178 kms:1. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 4.47.34 2. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service 0.01 3. Ric Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.01 4. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis 0.01 5. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.10 6. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 0.14 7. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.09 8. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 1.09 9. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service 1.09 10. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.09 11. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.09 12. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto 1.09 13. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.09 14. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar 1.09 15. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1.09 16. Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 1.13 17. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.15 18. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto-Mobistar 1.17 19. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 1.19 20. Alberto Contreras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.23 21. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino 1.28 22. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank 1.35 23. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino 1.37 24. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 1.40 25. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 1.42 26. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 1.44 27. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina-Lotus 1.46 28. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 2.14 29. David Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 2.23 30. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.25 31. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 2.27 32. Alexandre Vinokourov (Rus) Casino 2.58 33. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis 3.16 34. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal Service 3.16 35. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 4.05 36. Evgeny Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 4.19 37. Manu Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 4.19 38. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.03 39. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 6.17 40. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 6.29 41. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 6.59 42. Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 7.08 43. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 9.58 44. Danny Jonasson (Den) Rabobank 11.10 45. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 11.10 46. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 11.1 47. Stephane Petilleau (Fra) GAN 11.10 48. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Cofidis 18.26 49. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 18.26 50. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18.26 51. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 18.26 52. Christian Henn (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 18.26 53. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 18.26 54. Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 20.03 55. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto 21.09 56. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 28.41 57. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 28.41 58. Pascal Derame (USA) US Postal Service 28.41 59. Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 28.41 60. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 28.41 61. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 28.41 62. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 28.41 63. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto 28.41 64. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 28.41 65. Una Osa (Spa) Banesto 28.41 66. Chris Boardman (GB) GAN 28.41 67. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 28.41 68. Johan Bruyneel (Bel) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 28.41 69. Angel Vidal (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28.41 70. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 28.41 71. Francisco Mauleon (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 28.41 72. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis 28.41 73. François Simon (Fra) GAN 28.41 74. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 28.41 75. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 28.41 76. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 28.41 77. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 28.41 78. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 28.41 79. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 28.41 80. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service 28.41 81. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 28.41 82. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 28.41 83. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino 28.41 84. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 28.41 85. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 28.41 86. Neil Stephens (Aus) Festina-Lotus 28.41 87. Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Vitalicio Seguros 28.41 88. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 28.41 89. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino 28.41 90. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 28.41 91. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 28.41 92. Max Sciandri (GB) La Francaise des Jeux 28.41 93. Eros Poli (Fra) GAN 28.41 94. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal Service 28.41 Abandoned: Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) GAN Inigo Gonzalez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina-Lotus Sebastian Hinault (Fra) GAN Steve De Wolf (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar GC after Stage 6
1. Armand De las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto 24.49.01 2. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto 0.34 3. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 0.54 4. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) US Postal Service 1.23 5. Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Lotto-Mobistar 1.49 6. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina-Lotus 2.11 7. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank 2.33 8. José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 2.41 9. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 3.17 10. Ric Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 3.52 11. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service 4.02 12. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 4.35 13. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5.05 14. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 5.20 15. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar 5.55 16. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 6.24 17. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino 6.24 18. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus 7.18 19. Kevin Livingston (USA) Cofidis 7.26 20. Alexandre Vinokourov (Rus) Casino 8.18 21. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina-Lotus 8.41 22. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 9.47 23. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom 10.20 24. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 10.47 25. Santiago Blanco (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 11.06 26. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal Service 11.53 27. Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino 13.38 28. Evgeny Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 13.52 29. David Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 13.58 30. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14.48 31. Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 16.48 32. Denis Leproux (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 16.55 33. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 16.58 34. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 17.07 35. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 17.39 36. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 17.42 37. Luis Perez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 19.42 38. Manu Fernandez Gines (Spa) Banesto 21.38 39. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Casino 23.03 40. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis 26.04 41. Danny Jonasson (Den) Rabobank 27.14 42. Laurent Genty (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 27.49 43. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto 28.03 44. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina-Lotus 28.45 45. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 32.17 46. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 34.29 47. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis 34.31 48. Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 35.41 49. Max Sciandri (GB) La Francaise des Jeux 35.49 50. José Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36.34 51. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 36.58 52. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 37.37 53. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 37.49 54. Francesco Frattini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 38.41 55. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Cofidis 40.35 56. Jonathan Vaughters (USA) US Postal Service 40.54 57. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 41.08 58. Chris Boardman (GB) GAN 41.28 59. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 41.47 60. Stephane Petilleau (Fra) GAN 42.04 61. Francisco Benitez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 42.04 62. Francisco Mauleon (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 43.21 63. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino 43.36 64. François Simon (Fra) GAN 43.37 65. Johan Bruyneel (Bel) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 43.40 66. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 43.45 67. Alberto Contreras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44.42 68. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 44.45 69. Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 45.01 70. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros 45.27 71. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino 45.56 72. Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 46.00 73. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 46.34 74. Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 48.36 75. Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Vitalicio Seguros 48.44 76. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 48.50 77. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 49.27 78. Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 49.37 79. Una Osa (Spa) Banesto 50.09 80. Christian Henn (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 50.35 81. Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank 50.54 82. Pascal Derame (USA) US Postal Service 51.14 83. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 51.18 84. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 51.33 85. Angel Vidal (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52.12 86. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 52.22 87. Aitor Osa (Spa) Banesto 53.02 88. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 56.31 89. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 56.36 90. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 56.37 91. Claude Lamour (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine et Marne 57.49 92. Neil Stephens (Aus) Festina-Lotus 59.21 93. Eros Poli (Fra) GAN 1.03.00 94. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal Service 1.30.34 Other Classifications:
Points: 1. MOREAU Christophe 58 2. SCIANDRI Maximilian 50 3. JALABERT Nicolas 47 4. LOMBARDI Giovanni 45 5. VOIGT Jens 45 6. BARTHE Stephane 42 7. BARANOWSKI Dariusz 41 8. BOARDMAN Christopher 40 9. VIRENQUE Richard 38 10. SORENSEN Rolf 38 11. JIMENEZ Jose Maria 30 12. *VERBRUGGHE Rik 25 13. BOURGUIGNON Thierry 25 14. EKIMOV Viatceslav 24 15. JONKER Patrick 24 16. DJAVANIAN Viatcheslav 21 17. ROBIN Jean-Cyril 20 18. VAN DE WOUWER Kurt 20 19. TETERIOUK Andrei 20 20. PENA Miguel Angel 19 21. MAIGNAN Gilles 17 22. DE LAS CUEVAS Armand 17 23. BOOGERD Michael 17 24. MADOUAS Laurent 16 25. LIVINGSTON Kevin 15 26. LAMOUR Claude 15 27. VAUGHTERS Jonathan 9 28. SIMON Francois 9 29. BRUYNEEL Johan 8 30. VERHEYEN Geert 8 31. ZARRABEITIA Mikel 8 32. MOERENHOUT Koos 7 33. SERRANO Marcos 6 34. TEYSSIER Francisque 6 35. SALMON Benoit 6 36. AGNOLUTTO Christophe 6 37. VIERHOUTEN Aart 6 38. JULICH Bobby 6 39. CASERO Angel 6 40. MASSI Rodolfo 6 41. DERAME Pascal 6 42. TOTSCHNIG Georg 5 43. FRATTINI Francesco 5 44. VINOKOUROV Alexandre 4 45. GOUVENOU Thierry 4 46. GENTY Laurent 4 47. VASSEUR Cedric 4 48. LEPROUX Denis 3 49. BENITEZ Francisco 3 50. BROCHARD Laurent 3 51. HENN Christian 2 52. ODRIOZOLA Jon 2 53. JONASSON Danny 2 54. VIDAL Jose 1 Brief Richard Virenque (Festina) emerged from the anonymity of the peloton today to win the 6th stage from Challes-les-Eaux to Megève. It was a grand occasion for the climber who has won the last four KOM jerseys in the Tour de France. The stage today required 7 climbs over cols or côtes. Virenque won in front of a sprint between French rider Jean-Cyril Robin (US Postal), Belgian Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto) and the American Kevin Livingston (Cofidis). The small group had gone away after attacking on the climb of Revard. On the descent of the Col des Aravis the action increased. Virenque said: "I wasn't sure about the escape. There was a lot of wind. But Banesto was controlling well (for de las Cuevas) and Christophe Moreau was off the front." After parting company with Thierry Bourguignon (BigMat Auber) on the torturous descent (Virenque: "I am very pleased that I still had the legs for attacking on the mountains"), he joined his French teammate. Moreau: "It helped to share the work. But I gave everything for Richard and only dropped off in the last 300 metres." While he is using the Dauphine to prepare for the Tour de France, he assessed his chances of winning. "The stage on Sunday is tough, interesting and suits me. But it will be difficult to take more than two minutes out of de las Cuevas. I don't truly know if I have the form to do it." Armand de las Cuevas retained his GC by 34 seconds on Miguel Angel Pena (Banesto) and 54 to Jens Voigt (GAN). He said at the end: "If I win this it will be a credit to the work of the team. If I cannot push through tomorrow, then Miguel is in the ideal place to take the GC." It is true that there are only 144 kms tomorrow to ride. But there are 5 cols or côtes to climb and that could bring some surprises. |