Other Stages
Stage 5, Diekirch - Diekirch, 179 kms:1. ANDREU Frankie USA US POSTAL SERVICE 4.19.49 2. ANDERSEN Christian DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 0.37 3. SCHMIDT Torsten GER CHICKY WORLD 0.37 4. MUELLER Dirk GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 0.39 5. DEKKER Erik NED RABOBANK 0.39 6. DIETZ Bert GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 1.21 7. O'GRADY Stuart AUS GAN 1.21 8. IVANOV Serguei RUS TVM - FARM FRITES 1.21 9. TCHMIL Andrej BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 1.21 10. HUSER Rolf SUI POST SWISS TEAM 1.21 11. PLANCKAERT Jo BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 1.21 12. VAN DER POEL Adri NED RABOBANK 1.21 13. ELLI Alberto ITA CASINO 1.21 14. KJARGAARD Steffen NOR CHICKY WORLD 1.21 15. HOFFMAN Tristan NED TVM - FARM FRITES 1.21 16. KYNEB Mikael DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 1.21 17. BLAUDZUN Michael DEN TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 1.21 18. STOFFEL Roman GER TEAM NUERNBERGER 1.21 19. PEREIRA Delmino POR RECER BOAVISTA 1.21 20. DEN BAKKER Marten NED RABOBANK 1.21 21. ARMSTRONG Lance USA US POSTAL SERVICE 1.21 22. JEMISON Marty USA US POSTAL SERVICE 1.21 23. HAMILTON Tyler USA US POSTAL SERVICE 1.21 24. CASAGRANDA Francesco ITA COFIDIS 1.21 25. DETILLOUX Christophe BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 4.16 26. JENNER Christopher NZL GAN 4.24 27. JOHANSEN Allan DEN CHICKY WORLD 10.22 28. MEZZAPESA Enzo LUX LUXEMBOURG 10.22 29. RICHARD Pascal SUI CASINO 10.25 30. LEFEVRE David FRA CASINO 10.25 31. DURAND Jacky FRA CASINO 10.25 32. AUS Lauri EST CASINO 10.25 33. LELLI Massimiliano ITA COFIDIS 10.25 34. TAFI Andrea ITA MAPEI - BRICOBI 10.25 35. KIRCHEN Kim LUX LUXEMBOURG 10.25 36. PLAZA David ESP COFIDIS 10.25 37. PRETOT Arnaud FRA GAN 10.25 38. BOS Cyril FRA GAN 10.25 39. BOMANS Carlo BEL PALMANS - IDEAL 10.25 40. PEETERS Wilfried BEL MAPEI - BRICOBI 10.25 41. PEERS Chris BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 10.25 42. ZEMKE Jens GER TEAM NUERNBERGER 10.25 43. MATTAN Nico BEL MAPEI - BRICOBI 10.25 44. VANDEVELDE Christian USA US POSTAL SERVICE 10.25 45. LEYSEN Bart BEL MAPEI - BRICOBI 10.25 46. GWIAZDOWSKI Grzegorz POL COFIDIS 10.25 Abandoned/Eliminated: STEELS Tom BEL MAPEI - BRICOBI DI GRANDE Guiseppe ITA MAPEI - BRICOBI ZANINI Stefano ITA MAPEI - BRICOBI ZABEL Erik GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM KLOEDEN Andreas GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM SCHAFFRATH Jan GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM WESEMANN Steffen GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM KIRSIPUU Jann EST CASINO KASPUTIS Arturas LTU CASINO ORIOL Christophe FRA CASINO VAN BON Leon NED RABOBANK MC EWEN Robbie AUS RABOBANK HIEMSTRA Bert NED RABOBANK KOERTS Jans NED RABOBANK BRUINSMA Johan NED RABOBANK MICHAELSEN Lars DEN TVM - FARM FRITES VAN PETEGEM Peter BEL TVM - FARM FRITES VAN DYCK Hendrik NED TVM - FARM FRITES CAPIOT Johan BEL TVM - FARM FRITES SEIGNEUR Eddy FRA GAN LANGELLA Anthony FRA GAN PERRAUDEAU Olivier FRA GAN VAN HYFTE Paul BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR FEYS Wim BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR BERTOLINI Allessandro ITA COFIDIS GAUMONT Phillipe FRA COFIDIS MOREAU Francis FRA COFIDIS DELBOVE Jerome FRA COFIDIS HINCAPIE George USA US POSTAL SERVICE SILOVS Juris LAT TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES JACOBSEN Marc DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES NELISSEN Danny NED TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES SKIBBY Jesper DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES NIELSEN Michael DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES JOERGENSEN Rene DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES ZBERG Marcus SUI POST SWISS TEAM AEBERSOLD Niki SUI POST SWISS TEAM VETSCH Patrick SUI POST SWISS TEAM CHASSOT Richard SUI POST SWISS TEAM BOURQUENOUD Pierre SUI POST SWISS TEAM DE CLERQ Hans BEL PALMANS - IDEAL VANDERAERDEN Gert BEL PALMANS - IDEAL HAMMOND Roger GBR PALMANS - IDEAL PAUWELS Karel BEL PALMANS - IDEAL VAN STEEN Martin NED TEAM NUERNBERGER KLIER Andreas GER TEAM NUERNBERGER KASTENHUBER Alex GER TEAM NUERNBERGER WEISSMANN Mike GER TEAM NUERNBERGER RODRIGUEZ Quintino POR RECER BOAVISTA SARKAUSUS Saulius LTU RECER BOAVISTA SILVA Pedro POR RECER BOAVISTA REBOLLO Jose ESP RECER BOAVISTA CEPELE Arunas LTU RECER BOAVISTA TEIXEIRA Carlos POR RECER BOAVISTA RASMUSSEN Dennis DEN CHICKY WORLD HOLESTOL Svein-Gaute NOE CHICKY WORLD NIELSEN Bjarke DEN CHICKY WORLD LERCHE Ronny DEN CHICKY WORLD POOS Christian LUX LUXEMBOURG JOACHIM Benoit LUX LUXEMBOURG TRIEBEL Pascal LUX LUXEMBOURG FLAMMANG Tom LUX LUXEMBOURG Final GC
1. ARMSTRONG Lance USA US POSTAL SERVICE 17.14.29 2. DEKKER Erik NED RABOBANK 3.06 3. MUELLER Dirk GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 3.16 4. O'GRADY Stuart AUS GAN 3.51 5. PLANCKAERT Jo BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 4.10 6. SCHMIDT Torsten GER CHICKY WORLD 4.11 7. ELLI Alberto ITA CASINO 4.12 8. HUSER Rolf SUI POST SWISS TEAM 4.16 9. HOFFMAN Tristan NED TVM - FARM FRITES 4.16 10. JEMISON Marty USA US POSTAL SERVICE 5.02 11. DIETZ Bert GER TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 5.06 12. JENNER Christopher NZL GAN 7.19 13. AUS Lauri EST CASINO 9.04 14. DURAND Jacky FRA CASINO 12.59 15. PRETOT Arnaud FRA GAN 13.35 16. KYNEB Mikael DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 16.42 17. BLAUDZUN Michael DEN TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM 16.45 18. ANDREU Frankie USA US POSTAL SERVICE 23.54 19. ANDERSEN Christian DEN TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES 24.17 20. DEN BAKKER Marten NED RABOBANK 25.09 21. KJARGAARD Steffen NOR CHICKY WORLD 25.19 22. VAN DER POEL Adri NED RABOBANK 25.23 23. HAMILTON Tyler USA US POSTAL SERVICE 25.23 24. IVANOV Serguei RUS TVM - FARM FRITES 25.27 25. STOFFEL Roman GER TEAM NUERNBERGER 25.27 26. TCHMIL Andrej BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 25.27 27. PEREIRA Delmino POR RECER BOAVISTA 25.27 28. JOHANSEN Allan DEN CHICKY WORLD 25.46 29. KIRCHEN Kim LUX LUXEMBOURG 25.49 30. CASAGRANDA Francesco ITA COFIDIS 26.04 31. DETILLOUX Christophe BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 28.03 32. PEETERS Wilfried BEL MAPEI - BRICOBI 34.13 33. PEERS Chris BEL LOTTO - MOBISTAR 34.27 34. GWIAZDOWSKI Grzegorz POL COFIDIS 34.28 35. LEFEVRE David FRA CASINO 34.28 36. BOS Cyril FRA GAN 34.31 37. BOMANS Carlo BEL PALMANS - IDEAL 34.31 38. ZEMKE Jens GER TEAM NUERNBERGER 34.42 39. RICHARD Pascal SUI CASINO 35.08 40. LELLI Massimiliano ITA COFIDIS 35.08 41. VANDEVELDE Christian USA US POSTAL SERVICE 35.08 42. TAFI Andrea ITA MAPEI - BRICOBI 35.14 43. MATTAN Nico BEL MAPEI - BRICOBI 35.21 44. LEYSEN Bart BEL MAPEI - BRICOBI 36.04 45. PLAZA David ESP COFIDIS 43.31 Brief Lance Armstrong (US Postal) won the Tour du Luxembourg after his teammate Frankie Andreu made a solo escape to win the last stage over 179 kms which started and finished in Diekirch. 26-year old Armstrong abandoned Paris-Nice, soon after returning to the peloton following illness. He returned to the US and took a break from competition and during May he married. The Texan, who won the World Championship in Oslo in 1993, said he was very satisfied with his victory but did not divulge his future programme. After the Casino team had put Lauri Aus into the GC leadership the day before, Armstrong re-issued the challenge and made up the 2 seconds gap early by winning bonus points during a sprint. The parcours had 7 major climbs and this led to a sequence of attacks punctuated by the decisive escape of Frankie Andreu 30 kilometer from the finish. |