Tour de France, Grand Tour

France, July 3-25, 1999

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The stage started very fast and with a tailwind the average speed in the first hour was 52.1 kms. They are riding bikes with 53 on the front and a 10-15 back block! As it turned out it was the fastest stage in Tour history eclipsing the old record set by Johan Bruyneel (Bel) in 1993 - 49.417 km/h for the 6th stage to Amiens. The five fastest stages have been: 

50.355 km/h: Mario Cipollini, 1999, Laval-Blois, 194.5 kms
49.417 km/h: Johan Bruyneel, 1993, Evreux-Amiens, 158 kms
48.927 km/h: Adri van der Poel, 1988, Tarbes-Pau, 38 kms
48.764 km/h: Tom Steels, 1998, Tarascon-Cap d'Agde, 205 kms
48.677 km/h: Patrick Sercu, 1977, Fribourg-Fribourg, 46 kms

All the drug for the first three stages were negative. That was good news. There was bright sunshine for the start with a temperature of 19-21 degrees. Later the temperature reached 24 with a north east wind of 15-25 km/h.

The Saeco teammates of Cipollini set him up perfectly and the sprint started around a km out. Cipo went clear with 250 metres to go and outpointed German Erik Zabel and Australian Stuart O'Grady. 5th place-getter, Jaan Kirsipuu retained his yellow jersey with a 16 second gap on O'Grady.

Cipollino said afterwards: "I think it was just a perfect sprint. Our Saeco team worked perfectly in the end, they led a perfect sprint for me. When I saw the 250 metres sign I told myself it was time to give it all I had. I was strong enough to resist Zabel's move. I'm happy. I was all geared up after missing my chance three times. And to win the fastest stage ever is a great achievement, even though the wind helped us a lot."

Zabel is now the lonely sprinter. He has finished 3rd, 4th and second twice so far this year.

The other highlight of the stage was the 140 km attack from French rider Anthony Morin and Italian Gianpaolo Mondini. Given the speed it was amazing that they were able to stay away as long and they were caught just 10 kms out from the end.

Stage 4, Laval - Blois, 191 kms:

AVS: 50.356 km/h

  1. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                      3.51.45
  2. Erik Zabel (All) Team Deutsche Telekom
  3. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole
  4. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
  5. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino
  6. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
  7. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
  8. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux
  9. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal
 10. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93
 11. Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Rabobank
 12. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux
 13. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
 14. Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin
 15. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
 16. Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 17. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
 18. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti
 19. Lars Michaelsen (Dan) La Française des Jeux
 20. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros
 21. Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
 22. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole
 23. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93
 24. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin
 25. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 26. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kzk) Casino
 27. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
 28. Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
 29. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
 30. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
 31. Pedro Horillo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 32. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux
 33. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis
 34. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 35. Henk Vogels (Aus) Crédit Agricole
 36. Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 37. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti
 38. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole
 39. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 40. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 41. Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina
 42. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
 43. Andrea Peron (Ita) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 44. Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
 45. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
 46. Christophe Bassons (Fra) La Française des Jeux
 47. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino
 48. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal
 49. Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 50. Jens Voigt (All) Crédit Agricole
 51. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale
 52. Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
 53. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
 54. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 55. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Team Polti
 56. Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
 57. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina
 58. Massimiliano Napolitano (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 59. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal
 60. Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
 61. Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux
 62. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 63. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
 64. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto
 65. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
 66. Bo Hamburger (Dan) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
 67. Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
 68. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Française des Jeux
 69. Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
 70. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal
 71. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 72. Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 73. Steffen Wesemann (All) Team Deutsche Telekom
 74. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina
 75. José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 76. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
 77. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal
 78. Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom
 79. Alex Zuelle (Swi) Banesto
 80. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 81. Marco Artunghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
 82. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
 83. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom
 84. Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale
 85. Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti
 86. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino
 87. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
 88. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino
 89. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
 90. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step
 91. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti
 92. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step
 93. Stefano Cattai (Ita) Team Polti
 94. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom
 95. Udo Bolts (All) Team Deutsche Telekom
 96. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis
 97. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
 98. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
 99. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina
100. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Casino
101. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
102. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
103. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
104. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
105. Chris Boardman (GBR) Crédit Agricole
106. Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin
107. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
108. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto
109. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
110. Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal
111. Jan Schaffrath (All) Team Deutsche Telekom
112. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina
113. Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
114. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto
115. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
116. Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole
117. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
118. Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca
119. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
120. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
121. Francisco Garcia Rodriguez (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
122. David Navas (Spa) Banesto
123. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
124. Kai Hundertmarck (All) Team Deutsche Telekom
125. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Dan) US Postal
126. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
127. Stephane Goubert (Fra) Team Polti
128. Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
129. Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis
130. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
131. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
132. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank
133. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
134. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino
135. Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina
136. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Lampre-Daikin
137. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Festina
138. Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti
139. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti
140. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis
141. Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
142. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis
143. Marco Fincato (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
144. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto
145. Hernan Buenahora (Col) Vitalicio Seguros
146. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
147. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis
148. Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
149. Jorg Jaksche (All) Team Deutsche Telekom
150. Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi
151. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank
152. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux
153. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis
154. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
155. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto
156. José De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
157. Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto
158. Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
159. Gines Salmeron (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros
160. José Javier Gomez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
161. Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
162. Carlos Contreras (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca
163. Pascal Derame (Fra) US Postal
164. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Casino
165. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank
166. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto
167. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina
168. Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
169. Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
170. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Française des Jeux
171. Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar
172. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
173. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
174. Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis
175. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino                                   0.53
176. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                     0.53
177. Michele Coppolillo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                 1.16

Mountain premie 1, Côte de Beaumont-la-Ronce, km 129.5:

  1. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Française des Jeux			       5
  2. Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 		       3
  3. Dimitri Konishev (Rus) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                      1

Points premie 1, La Fleche, km 60.5:

  1. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux                     6
  2. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                           4
  3. Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 		       2

Points premie 2, Neuille-Pont-Pierre, km 118:

  1. Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 		       6
  2. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Française des Jeux			       4
  3. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino					       2

Points premie 3, Chateau-Renault, km 146:

  1. Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 		       6
  2. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Française des Jeux			       4
  3. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino					       2

Points premie 4, Blois, km 194.5:

  1. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale			      35
  2. Erik Zabel (All) Team Deutsche Telekom			      30
  3. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole			      26
  4. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step				      24
  5. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino					      22
  6. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia			      20
  7. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93			      19
  8. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux			      18
  9. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal				      17
 10. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93				      16
 11. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank				      15
 12. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux			      14
 13. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole			      13
 14. Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin				      12
 15. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole			      11
 16. Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93			      10
 17. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina			      	       9
 18. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti				       8
 19. Lars Michaelsen (Dan) La Française des Jeux		       7
 20. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros			       6
 21. Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar			       5	
 22. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole			       4
 23. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93			       3
 24. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin			       2
 25. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93			       1

GC after Stage 4 

  1. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino                                 17.10.40
  2. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole                           0.16
  3. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                              0.21
  4. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal                                0.24
  5. Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                       0.32
  6. Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                         0.35
  7. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal                                0.38
  8. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                                0.39
  9. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                         0.44
 10. Alexandre Vinokoerov (Kaz) Casino                              0.45
 11. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                       0.45
 12. Andrea Peron (Ita) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                          0.47
 13. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal                           0.47
 14. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale                          0.47
 15. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                           0.50
 16. Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Mapei-Quick Step                            0.52
 17. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           0.52
 18. Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis                                     0.52
 19. Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros               0.53
 20. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     0.53
 21. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                        0.55
 22. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank                                  0.56
 23. Benoit Salmon (Fra) Casino                                     0.56
 24. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole                         0.57
 25. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux                  0.57
 26. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                        0.58
 27. Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux                    0.59
 28. Didier Rous (Fra) Festina                                      0.59
 29. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                               0.59
 30. Henk Vogels (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              1.00
 31. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                      1.00
 32. Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                     1.01
 33. Lars Michaelsen (Den) La Française des Jeux                    1.02
 34. Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom                                        1.02
 35. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                  1.02
 36. Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole                               1.04
 37. Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Casino                                    1.05
 38. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                      1.05
 39. Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                             1.05
 40. Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                        1.06
 41. Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom                                 1.06
 42. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino                                   1.08
 43. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                           1.08
 44. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom                                 1.09
 45. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                           1.10
 46. Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal                               1.11
 47. Gianni Faresin (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                          1.11
 48. Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina                                  1.11
 49. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                     1.12
 50. Alberto Elli (Ita) Telekom                                     1.12
 51. Manuel Fernandez Gines (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step                  1.13
 52. Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                   1.14
 53. Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                     1.15
 54. Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti                              1.15
 55. Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                                1.18
 56. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                              1.18
 57. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti                             1.18
 58. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux                       1.19
 59. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      1.19
 60. Bo Hamburger (Den) Cantina Tollo                               1.20
 61. Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                       1.20
 62. Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                            1.20
 63. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Casino                                    1.21
 64. Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                          1.22
 65. Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                           1.28
 66. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin                            1.34
 67. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        1.39
 68. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                           1.39
 69. Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina                                       1.41
 70. Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal                                 1.49
 71. Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom                                 2.30
 72. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux                   2.31
 73. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                                 6.00
 74. Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis                                    6.29
 75. Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto                                       6.34
 76. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Casino                                    6.50
 77. Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal                                 6.54
 78. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Casino                                  7.00
 79. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Française des Jeux                      7.03
 80. José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto                                7.03
 81. Marco Fincato (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                      7.04
 82. Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina                                  7.04
 83. Fabian Jeker (Swi) Festina                                     7.06
 84. Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                              7.06
 85. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Festina                                   7.06
 86. Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale                             7.08
 87. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                               7.08
 88. Pedro Horillo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                          7.09
 89. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                        7.10
 90. Manuel Beltran (Spa) Banesto                                   7.11
 91. Hernan Buenahora (Col) Vitalicio Seguros                       7.12
 92. Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) US Postal                          7.13
 93. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Française des Jeux                   7.14
 94. Kurt Van de Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                        7.14
 95. Ivan Gotti (Ita) Team Polti                                    7.14
 96. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti                                  7.14
 97. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                          7.15
 98. Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                   7.16
 99. Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                      7.17
100. Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              7.18
101. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank                                   7.20
102. Francisco Tomas Garcia (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                 7.23
103. Carlos Contreras (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca                      7.23
104. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                                7.25
105. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux                       7.27
106. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti                                7.27
107. Stefano Cattai (Ita) Team Polti                                7.28
108. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                 7.29
109. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                       7.30
110. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           7.31
111. José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                      7.31
112. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                            7.33
113. Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                        7.33
114. Dimitri Konishev (Rus) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                   7.35
115. Prudencio Indurain (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                     7.42
116. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                           7.43
117. Javier Ochoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                          7.45
118. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                     7.46
119. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino                                   8.03
120. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo                              8.04
121. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                            8.12
122. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                          8.20
123. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Team Polti                                 9.44
124. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo                          10.12
125. Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto                           10.22
126. Chris Boardman (GB) Crédit Agricole                           15.56
127. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                           15.58
128. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina                                16.01
129. César Solaun (Spa) Banesto                                    16.09
130. Gines Salmeron (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                        16.13
131. Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Festina                                 16.16
132. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto                               16.16
133. José Luis Rebollo (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                    16.24
134. Miguel Angel Pena (Spa) Banesto                               16.24
135. Georg Totschnig (Aut) Telekom                                 16.26
136. Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank                                     16.27
137. Leon van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                   16.28
138. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                     16.30
139. Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                             16.31
140. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                              16.32
141. Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Cantina Tollo                         16.35
142. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                            16.35
143. Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        16.36
144. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis                                   16.40
145. Alessandro Baronti (Ita) Cantina Tollo                        16.43
146. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Team Polti                             16.44
147. Dominique Rault (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                        16.47
148. Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                        16.48
149. Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) Team Polti                             16.56
150. José de Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                  17.06
151. José Javier Gomez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                    17.10
152. Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                    17.19
153. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                          17.20
154. Gianpaolo Mondeni (Ita) Cantina Tollo                         20.22
155. Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto                                   20.25
156. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis                                    20.30
157. Christophe Bassons (Fra) La Française des Jeux                20.31
158. Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Telekom                                    20.35
159. Pascal Deramé (Fra) US Postal                                 20.38
160. Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 20.42
161. David Navas (Spa) Banesto                                     20.43
162. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                      20.48
163. Marco Artunghi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                    20.52
164. Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                         20.52
165. Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom                                  20.54
166. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis                                  20.55
167. Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Cantina Tollo                             21.06
168. Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                                   21.14
169. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93                              21.27
170. Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar                             21.46
171. Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Cantina Tollo                           22.07
172. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                    22.25
173. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo                            23.04
174. Massimiliano Napolitano (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi           24.03
175. Michele Coppolillo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                25.30
176. Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                    29.44
177. Raivis Belohvosciks (Let) Lampre-Daikin                       32.47

Overall Mountains:

  1. Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                               9
  2. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Française des Jeux                         5
  3. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                         5
  4. Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                          5
  5. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina                                    5
  6. Dimitri Konyshev (Rus) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                      5
  7. Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                      3
  8. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux                      3
  9. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              3
 10. Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                                1
 11. Sergio Barbero (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                        1
 
Overall Points:
 
  1. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino                                      131
  2. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                               124
  3. Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom                          114
  4. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole                            111
  5. George Hincapie (USA) US Postal                                  89
  6. Mario Cipollini (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                           77
  7. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux                         76
  8. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti                               66
  9. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                         63
 10. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                        62
 11. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             61
 12. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                                  59
 13. Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Rabobank                                    41
 14. Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          36
 15. Elio Aggiano (Ita) Vitalicio Seguros                             32
 16. Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                                  31
 17. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93                                 29
 18. Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                            25
 19. Damien Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux                         20
 20. Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                     20
 21. Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                             19
 22. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal                                  17
 23. Lars Michaelsen (Dan) La Française des Jeux                      16
 24. Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                           15
 25. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin                              13
 26. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino                                     13
 27. Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                       12
 28. Alex Zülle (Swi) Banesto                                         12
 29. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                          12
 30. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux                     12
 31. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                        11
 32. Henk Vogels (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                10
 33. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Team Polti                                   10
 34. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                      10
 35. Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                     9
 36. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        9
 37. Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                                9
 38. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux                     9
 39. Pedro Horillo (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                             8
 40. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                  8
 41. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole                            8
 42. Massimo Giunti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia                         8
 43. Anthony Morin (Fra) La Française des Jeux                         8
 44. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                                  7
 45. Rolf Huser (Swi) Festina                                          7
 46. Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole                                  6
 47. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kzk) Casino                                 6
 48. Chris Boardman (GBR) Crédit Agricole                              6
 49. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                              5
 50. Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Cannondale                                5
 51. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar                               5
 52. Angel Casero (Spa) Vitalicio Seguros                              4
 53. Wladimir Belli (Ita) Festina                                      4
 54. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                           4
 55. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                             3
 56. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank                          3
 57. Laurent Brochard (Fra) Festina                                    2
 58. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal                              2
 59. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                              1
 60. Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale                               1
 61. Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux                       1
 62. Gilles Maignan (Fra) Casino                                       1

Overall Teams:

  1. US Postal                                                  51.34.03
  2. ONCE-Deutsche Bank                                             0.04
  3. Crédit Agricole                                                0.19
  4. Festina                                                        0.20
  5. Casino                                                         0.25
  6. Vitalicio Seguros                                              0.37
  7. Saeco-Cannondale                                               0.44
  8. Rabobank                                                       0.45
  9. Team Deutsche Telekom                                          0.55
 10. Mapei-Quick Step                                               0.56
 11. La Française des Jeux                                          1.01
 12. Lampre-Daikin                                                  1.04
 13. Big Mat-Auber 93                                               1.40
 14. Lotto-Mobistar                                                 6.41
 15. Team Polti                                                     7.27
 16. Cofidis                                                       10.47
 17. Mercatone Uno-Bianchi                                         13.31
 18. Cantina Tollo-Alexia                                          13.40
 19. Kelme-Costa Blanca                                            13.50
 20. Banesto                                                       18.30