Stage 2: Montereau - Sens, 170.2 kms1. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE 4.25.24 2. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 0.02 3. Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mapei 0.05 4. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.05 5. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino 0.05 6. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 0.05 7. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 0.05 8. Jose Luis arrieta (Spa) Banesto 0.05 10. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Festina 0.05 11. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis 0.05 12. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 0.05 13. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE 0.05 14. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.05 15. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina 0.05 16. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank 0.05 17. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 0.05 18. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lotot-Mobistar 0.05 19. Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Banesto 0.05 20. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina 0.05 21. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 0.05 22. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme 0.05 23. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Festina 0.05 24. Axel Merckx (Bel) Polti 0.05 25. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN 0.05 26. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 0.13 27. Marcelino Garcia Alonso (Spa) ONCE 0.14 28. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Kelme 0.14 29. Pascal Herve (Fra) Festina 0.14 30. Pascal Lino (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 0.14 31. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 0.14 32. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme 0.14 33. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti 0.19 34. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 0.19 35. Andrea Peron (Ita) La Francaise des Jeux 0.19 36. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.19 37. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN 0.19 38. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar 0.19 39. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei 0.19 40. Bruno Cenghialta (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 0.23 41. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.26 42. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Festina 0.26 43. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom-ARD 0.26 44. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE 0.26 45. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 0.26 46. Stephane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis 0.28 47. Evgueni Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 0.28 48. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 0.28 49. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino 0.28 50. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.28 51. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 0.32 52. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.34 53. Henk Vogels (Aus) GAN 0.34 54. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 0.34 55. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis 0.34 56. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 0.34 57. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.34 58. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 0.34 59. Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Telekom-ARD 0.34 60. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle 0.34 61. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.34 62. Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 0.45 63. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 0.45 64. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino 0.45 65. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti 0.45 66. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.45 67. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle 0.45 68. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 0.45 69. Roberto Sierra Aguero (Spa) ONCE 0.45 70. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.45 71. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN 0.45 72. Andre Korff (Ger) Festina 0.52 73. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 0.52 74. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 0.56 75. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 1.03 76. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 1.03 77. Stephane Cueff (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 1.03 78. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino 1.11 79. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) GAN 1.11 80. Jose Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.14 81. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 1.17 82. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 1.17 83. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank 1.17 84. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei 1.17 85. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE 1.17 86. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 1.24 87. Frederic Bessy (Fra) Casino 1.24 88. Vladislav Bobrik (Rus) Riso Scotti-MG 1.33 89. Gilles Talmant (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 1.33 90. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.33 91. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 1.33 92. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service 1.33 93. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service 1.33 94. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 1.33 95. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE 1.33 96. Ludwig Willems (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.33 97. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 2.01 98. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei 2.17 99. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei 2.17 100. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei 2.17 101. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 2.17 102. Jose Rodriguez Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.17 103. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei 2.21 104. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei 2.24 105. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 4.49 106. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme 4.49 107. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.49 108. Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 4.49 109. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 4.49 110. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 4.49 111. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino 4.49 112. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Polti 4.49 113. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 5.13 114. Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Polti 5.26 115. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 5.41 116. Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom-ARD 5.45 117. Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.05 118. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN 8.57 119. Riccardo Ferrari (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 8.57 120. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 9.07 121. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom-ARD 9.07 122. David Latasa (Spa) Banesto 9.07 123. Peter Meinert-nielsen (Den) US Postal Service 9.07 124. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 9.07 125. Dirk Muller (Ger) Telekom-ARD 9.07 126. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale 9.07 127. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom-ARD 9.07 128. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 9.07 129. Jans Koerts (Ned) Rabobank 9.07 130. Jay Sweet (Aus) BigMat Auber 93 9.07 131. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 9.07 132. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank 9.07 133. Armand De las Cuevas (Fra)) Banesto 9.07 134. Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 9.07 135. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal Service 9.07 136. Riccardo Faverio (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 9.07 137. Michele Rezzani (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 9.07 138. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto 9.07 139. Nicola Miceli (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 20.05 * 140. Christian Charriere (Swi) Riso Scotti-MG 20.05 * abandoned - Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal abandoned - Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis abandoned - Vitali Kokorine (Rus) Saeco-Cannondale * eliminated - Christian Charriere (Swi) Riso Scotti-MG * eliminated - Nicola Miceli (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG GC after Stage 2
1. Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 4.37.53 2. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE 0.12 3. Bruno Boscardin (Swi) Festina 0.27 4. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Festina 0.27 5. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 0.28 6. Alex Zülle (Swi) Festina 0.29 7. Bobby Julich (US) Cofidis 0.30 8. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 0.38 9. Stuart O'Grady (Aust) GAN 0.40 10. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE 0.40 11. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal 0.41 12. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.46 13. Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spa) Banesto 0.46 14. Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) ONCE 0.46 15. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 0.47 16. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank 0.48 17. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei 0.48 18. Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Casino 0.49 19. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Cofidis 0.49 20. Francisco Cabello (Spa) Kelme 0.52 21. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Rabobank 0.52 22. Andrea Peron (Ita) La Francaise des Jeux 0.56 23. Henk Vogels (Aus) GAN 0.58 24. Richard Virenque (Fra) Festina 0.58 25. David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) ONCE 0.59 26. Pascal Lino (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 1.00 27. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 1.08 28. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lotot-Mobistar 1.09 29. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONCE 1.12 30. Pascal Herve (Fra) Festina 1.12 31. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Kelme 1.13 32. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Kelme 1.15 33. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) BigMat Auber 93 1.15 34. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.17 35. Christophe Bassons (Fra) Festina 1.18 36. Luc Leblanc (Fra) Polti 1.22 37. Bruno Cenghialta (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 1.22 38. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 1.22 39. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.27 40. Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) Banesto 1.27 41. Jens Voigt (Ger) GAN 1.30 42. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.30 43. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 1.30 44. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Casino 1.31 45. Axel Merckx (Bel) Polti 1.32 46. Stephane Goubert (Fra) Cofidis 1.33 47. Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Casino 1.33 48. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Polti 1.34 49. Evgueni Berzin (Rus) La Francaise des Jeux 1.34 50. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Cofidis 1.36 51. Francis Moreau (Fra) Cofidis 1.38 52. Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Polti 1.39 53. Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom-ARD 1.39 54. Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) Banesto 1.40 55. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis 1.40 56. Charles Guilbert (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 1.41 57. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) GAN 1.44 58. Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Mutuelle 1.47 59. Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 1.48 60. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.49 61. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 1.50 62. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Polti 1.53 63. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar 1.57 64. Roberto Sierra Aguero (Spa) ONCE 1.57 65. Francois Simon (Fra) GAN 1.58 66. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 2.01 67. Andre Korff (Ger) Festina 2.02 68. Stephane Barthe (Fra) Casino 2.06 69. Dirk Baldinger (Ger) Telekom-ARD 2.07 70. Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 2.08 71. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.12 72. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.13 73. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.13 74. Stephane Cueff (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 2.13 75. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE 2.15 76. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 2.15 77. Jose Javier Gomez Gozalo (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.16 78. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) Mutuelle 2.16 79. Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 2.16 80. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei 2.20 81. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank 2.26 82. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) GAN 2.27 83. Marty Jemison (USA) US Postal Service 2.31 84. Joona Laukka (Fin) Lotto-Mobistar 2.36 85. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 2.37 86. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) US Postal Service 2.44 87. Frederic Bessy (Fra) Casino 2.44 88. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.47 89. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 2.48 90. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE 2.52 91. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 2.57 92. Ludwig Willems (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 2.58 93. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 2.59 94. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei 3.08 95. Gilles Talmant (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 3.12 96. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 3.13 97. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 3.18 98. Vladislav Bobrik (Rus) Riso Scotti-MG 3.20 99. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei 3.36 100. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei 3.41 101. Jose Rodriguez Garcia (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.42 102. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 3.55 103. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei 3.54 104. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei 4.11 105. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 5.40 106. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 5.46 107. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino 6.02 108. Arsenio Gonzalez Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme 6.03 109. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.06 110. Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Banesto 6.24 111. Laurent Pillon (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 6.27 112. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Polti 6.30 113. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 6.31 114. Jose Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.01 115. Daniel Atienza Urendeze (Spa) Polti 7.03 116. Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom-ARD 7.08 117. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 7.09 119. Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise des Jeux 10.04 119. David Delrieu (Fra) Mutuelle de Seine-et-Marne 10.11 120. Dirk Muller (Ger) Telekom-ARD 10.13 121. Michele Rezzani (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 10.16 122. Peter Meinert-nielsen (Den) US Postal Service 10.18 123. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN 10.22 124. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank 10.27 125. Jay Sweet (Aus) BigMat Auber 93 10.27 126. Christian Henn (Ger) Telekom-ARD 10.28 127. Jans Koerts (Ned) Rabobank 10.29 128. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10.31 129. Riccardo Ferrari (Ita) Riso Scotti-MG 10.35 130. Sven Teutenberg (Ger) US Postal Service 10.39 131. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom-ARD 10.40 132. Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 10.41 133. David Latasa (Spa) Banesto 10.46 134. Armand De las Cuevas (Fra)) Banesto 10.51 135. Anthony Rokia (Fra) Polti 10.59 136. Jeremy Hunt (GB) Banesto 11.21 137. Riccardo Faverio (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 11.25 138. Alexandre Moos (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale 11.27Thanks to my friend Stephane David for the Official Results Brief Report Franck Vandenbroucke extended his lead over the defending title holder and fancied rider ONCE's Laurent Jalabert by taking third place in the first stage of Paris-Nice, between of Montereau and Sens over 170 kms. David Etxebarria, a teammate of Jalabert, won the stage but the big news was the loss of over 5 seconds by Jalabert to Vandenbroucke going up the final hill. The other big news was the abandonment of Lance Armstrong due to influenza. Stage 1 was held in very cold condition. After a mediocre first 2 hours, Jalabert went on the attack at the 52 kms mark. He dragged around 40 other riders with him and as the pace quickened the bunch split into several groups. As they came to the final sharp climb the peloton came back together and the riders faced the hill - 4 times. The Belgian Vandenbroucke attacked twice on the ascents and took bonus points on the intermediate sprints. |