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87th Tour de France - Grand TourFrance, July 1 - 23, 2000 |
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Stage 10 - July 10: Dax - Lourdes Hautacam, 205 km
Armstrong takes Maillot Jaune with magnificent exploit to Hautacam
By Tim Maloney, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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In the history of Le Tour De France, stages like days like today are called "Les Grande Lessive"; the Big Washing Up"...when a rider takes control of the race and puts his rivals through the wringer. Todays Stage 10 was just such a day, a cold, wet and hard day when Lance Armstrong's awesome exploit to the mountaintop finish at Lourdes Hautacam cleaned house and may have definitively distanced his rivals for the final victory in Paris.
For when Lance and Johan Bruyneel, his US Postal director sportif looked out their hotel room windows this morning and saw the cold and wet conditions this morning, they knew it was the right moment to make their move to put time between Lance and pure climbers like Pantani, Virenque and Escartin. Armstrong told French TV after the finish that "the attack wasn't planned in advance", but both Lance and Bruyneel knew that the tough Texan liked the cold wet conditions and most of the climbers he wanted to hammer didn't.
The day dawned wet and cold in Dax. Clad in layers of rainwear, the peloton rolled slowly towards the cloud-shrouded Pyrenees. Nothing happened until after the first sprint in Sauveterre-de-Bearne, when Jacky Durand (Lotto) made another early attack and was quickly joined by Nico Mattan (Cofidis) and young Kelme rider Javier Otxoa, on his way to a career ride. The trio quickly gained time on the ever-diminishing peloton, now down to 65 riders.
Under the still driving, cold rain, at the summit of the 1035m Col de Marie Blanque (9.2km @ 7.7% average grade), Otxoa and Mattan were together, now ahead of the dropped Durand and chasing Michael Sandstod (MemoryCard) and and a few other chasing groups that had splintered off the front of the peloton. The two frontrunners were 13 minutes ahead and working well together, but there were still 70km, or two hours worth of racing to go. Those chasing groups behind Otxoa and Mattan had a few Kelme riders as well and the ever-agressive Spanish team now had revealed their strategy for Stage 10: put lots of riders up the road as stepping-stones for an eventual race winning attack by their leader Fernando Escartin.
As Kelme was preparing the terrain ahead on the Marie Blanque, the cold, wet conditions took their toll on two key riders in Le Tour 2000. Frank Vandenbroucke (Cofidis) dropped out on the climb with a sore knee; the rain and cold had aggrevated his bad left knee, and on the slick descent of Marie Blanque, American Jonathan Vaughters (Credit Agricole) crashed heavily and abandonded. Maillot Jaune Alberto Elli was already in trouble as the pace quickened on the tough climb and came out the back, only to chase back on the descent.
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In Laruns at the sprint with 65km to race, Otxoa and Mattan still had a big lead (over 11 minutes) as the chasers readied themselves for the assault on the west face of the Col d'Aubisque. A 1709m climb, the Aubisque from the steep side is16.5km @ 7.1% average grade, followed by the climb and descent of the Col de Soulor down to Argeles-Gazost. As the slopes became steeper and the first hairpin turns began on the Aubisque, Armstrong sent his USPS teammates to the front to ride hard tempo; maybe too hard. Maillot Jaune Alberto Elli went out the back again, as did Laurent Jalabert and Abraham Olano (O.N.C.E.). Livingston and Hamilton made a hard tempo for a while, pulling back riders who were already up the road. When Michele Bartoli attacked, he was followed by dangerman Jose Maria Jimenez (Banesto). Bartoli faltered, but Escartin, Beltran (Mapei) and Beloki (Festina) attacked and made it up to Jimenez, nicknamed "El Chaba" (bad one).
Jaja was still dropped, but Olano managed to hold on in the shredding peloton, while both USPS riders Livingston and Hamilton dropped off the pace, leaving Armstrong on his own up front. Once Richard Virenque spotted his loyal lieutenant Pascal Herve up the road, having been dropped from a front group, he jumped up to Herve, who towed Virenque up to the Escartin group. This made a dangerous group of 7 good climbers on the Aubisque; Virenque and Herve (Polti), Fernando Escartin and Roberto Heras (Kelme), JM "El Chaba" Jimenez (Banesto) and Josep Beloki (Festina).
At the cold, windy and cloud shrouded summit of the Aubisque, Otxoa had 4' on chasing Mattan, with chasers Botero (Kelme) and Mancebo (Banesto) at 9', the Escartin/Virenque group (now 8 with Mario Aerts (Lotto) who latched on) and the Armstrong/Ullrich peloton, now led by Telekom gregario Giuseppe Guerini, who began an infernal chase that was to last over 50km.
Alberto Elli, Maillot Jaune had cracked big time and came over the Aubisque 10' behind the Armstrong/Ulrich peloton, now down to 30 riders. Among them were Pantani and Zaina (Mercatone Uno), Guerini and Ullrich (Telekom), Peter Luttenberger and David Etxebarria (O.N.C.E.), Alex Zülle (Banesto), Michael Boogerd (Rabobank), Daniele Nardello (Mapei) and Bobby Julich (Credit Agricole).
Virenque attacked from his climbers group on the wet and slippery descent of the Soulor and gained time in pursuit of whomever was up the road ahead. Virenque's attack blew up his group, after the long descent of the Soulor finished, with 18km to race in Argeles-Gazost near the foot of the steep final climb to Lourdes Hautacam at 1520m; (13.5km @ 7.9% average grade). As the weather began to clear, Otxoa was still riding strongly solo, having dropped Mattan on the Marie Blanque. The 25 year old Kelme rider had an 8' advantage on the Virenque group, with 8'50" on the Escartin group an 11'50" on the Armstrong/Ullrich/Pantani group.
Pantani's teammate Zaina joned Beppe Guerini in the chase and as the final climb began, Pantani moved up to make his attack. It was the move the favorites had been waiting for all day and when Pantani went at Arbouix soon into the final ascent, only Zülle and Armstrong could cover his move. But not for long; Armstrong powered Zülle off his wheel, caught Pantani and proceeded to storm away so hard that the American simply blew Pantani off his wheel!
At that moment, we were seeing something special, as Lance went into a higher plane; with agile pedaling at 90+ rpms that soon propelled him away from Pantani, Zülle and Ullrich and up the road towards the Virenque/Escartin group. With 6.5km to race, Lance had ridden up to them and after a kilometer, he went to the front of the Virenque/Escartin group and put a heavy hurtin' on them. Only "El Chaba" Jimenez followed Lance; the Banesto man was pushing a huge gear while Lance pedaled away. Eventually Jimenez could not hold Armstrong either and with 4km to go Armstrong went after Otxoa.
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Although he closed the gap dramatically in the last few kilometers, eventually Armstrong ran out of road as Otxoa won by 42", with Jimenez at 1'13. Armstrong's exploit was one of the most impressive in recent years; he blew away the competition one by one and essentially took over the Tour De France. Jan Ullrich finished OK today, now 4'14 behind the American, with Christoph Moreau (Festina) an excellent and suprising 3rd at 5'10". Laurent Jalabert, Abraham Olano, Marco Pantani, Bobby Julich and Alex Zülle all major lost time on Armstrong today, seriously impacting their GC hopes. None of these riders can now hope to make it to Paris in Yellow unless something suprising happens to Armstrong. Otxoa had his first-ever pro win and with his aggressive riding all day, the 25 year old Basque rider now has the Maillot Pois.
Third place Christophe Moreau said it well today, "Lance made a lot of points today; physically and psychologically with his ride today. But his team isn't as good as last year's so he still runs a risk..." And Moreau and other observers agree that the USPS squad has some issues, but now that Lance is in le Maillot Jaune, this should serve to overcome them.
But perhaps Lance said it best; "Today was a tactial day," Lance told French TV. "I was a little worried (about Virenque) on the Aubisque but my legs were good and I liked the weather; the situation was similar to Sestriere. But it's a long race and a long hard Toiur De France. I suffered last year in the Pyrenees and I learned not to count on anything."
That may be true, but you can count on the fact that Armstrong will be ready for anything it take to arrive in Paris 23 July encased in the Maillot Jaune.
Armstrong quells all doubts
By Jeff Jones
The conditions for the 10th stage from Dax to Lourdes-Hautacam were the perfect setting for an epic battle of the leaders in this year's Tour de France - cold, wet, and foggy amongst the Pyrenees. It was a day that would see many crashes and several retirements, including some of the more fancied riders.
To start with, there were 75 kilometres or so of fairly flat roads and the peloton set off in rain jackets at a steady pace, knowing full well that there was a lot pain to come. One rider seemingly oblivious to this was Lotto's designated hitter, Jacky Durand, who escaped as soon as he could - in the rain after 32 kilometres. He made it to the first sprint at Sauveterre-De-Bearn alone, with a fairly lively bunch at about a minute behind him. A counter attack from two riders, Kelme's Javier Otxoa and Cofidis' Nico Mattan followed at km 50, and this set the order for the day.
After these three had formed their own group at the front, the peloton sat up and allowed them their freedom. All save a couple of Danish riders, Frank Høj (Francaise des Jeux) and Michael Sandstød (Memorycard-Jack&Jones) who missed their chance at joining the lead, and hovered some 1-2 minutes behind Durand and co. Their task may have been easier had they worked together, but Sandstød seemed to think he could close it up by himself, so he remained at a constant 2 minute distance.
The first minor climb of the day, the category 3 Cote de Barcus (76 km) was taken by Otxoa, with Mattan in second and Durand off the pace a little in third. However, Durand had enough in him to chase back on and continued for some time with the two leaders. He was the leader on the road by a wide margin, as the bunch drifted back to over 17 minutes behind at one point.
Banesto upped the tempo in the bunch on the next climb, the Col de Marie-Blanque (km 120). This caused some fractures in the peloton and some diminishing of the gap, but the leaders still had a good 14 minutes going over the top. Durand was left to fend for himself, and he was eventually joined by Sandstød, with Høj soldiering on a little further back. The subsequent descent of that climb spelled disaster for many riders, including Jacky Durand, Pascal Herve, and Jonathan Vaughters who fell on the slick roads. It was the end of the road for Vaughters who unfortunately had to be taken away in an ambulance, for the second time in two years in this race.
The Aubsique climb saw the two leaders, Mattan and Otxoa keep their sizeable gap although Mattan was left behind by the Kelme rider. In the bunch, things were happening as US Postal, Banesto, and Mercatone Uno increased the pace. The result was that the yellow jersey of Alberto Elli was dropped, and several other strong riders to boot. Richard Virenque (Polti) accelerated toward the top, leaving the rest behind in pursuit of another group containing the likes of Beltran, Botero, Jimenez, Odriozola, and Atienza. Escartin went with the French climber, and they left the main group with Armstrong, Ullrich, Pantani, Zulle and the other GC riders behind.
They managed a gap of around two minutes over the top of the Aubisque but were still 9 minutes in arrears of Otxoa who was well on his way down into the valley before the final climb of the Hautacam. Mattan was managing to hold a gap, but this soon disappeared once he started the final climb.
Otxoa on the other hand was unfazed, and had a huge advantage at the bottom. Virenque, Escartin and company started the final pursuit, with a fairly large following peloton a minute and a half behind. On that final climb, the race completely turned upside down, as Otxoa began to crack after being in the lead for 150 kilometres. The predicted attack came from Marco Pantani, who took Alex Zülle with him in pursuit of the Virenque group. At first it seemed that the rest of the pack could not respond, but then Armstrong launched himself after the pirate.
He caught, passed and dropped Pantani before ploughing up the road in the wake of Escartin and Virenque. Within a couple of kilometres he reached the tailend of their group, all the while putting time into Ullrich, Pantani and Zülle. When he reached the front, he didn't stop and was now second on the road and definitely in yellow. Jose Maria Jimenez was the only rider to follow him, but he didn't last until the end.
Although Otxoa was riding extremely well, his massive lead started to vanish toward the top. At the finish, he hung onto all but 42 seconds of it to win after an incredible breakaway. Armstrong powered across in second place, followed by Jimenez another 30 seconds back. Virenque and Beltran were next, followed by the two Kelme riders Escartin and Heras. Next in, after some solid riding were Christophe Moreau and Joseba Beloki (Festina). Zülle and Ullrich lost over 3 minutes and much of their hopes of winning the Tour. Pantani as well could only finish 5.10 behind Armstrong and his only real hope now is to win a stage, as he is now over 10 minutes behind the American.
When all things were tallied up, Ullrich found himself in second position, 4 minutes behind Armstrong with Festina's Moreau in third at 5.10. The German is arguably the only one who can now challenge Armstrong, despite the fact that this is just the first mountain stage. Once again, the Hautacam crushes the hopes of many.
Results
1 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.09.32 (33.29 km/h) 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 0.42 3 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 1.13 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 1.57 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 6 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.02 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 3.05 9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 3.35 10 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 3.47 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 12 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.55 13 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 4.01 14 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4.18 15 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.52 16 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 17 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 18 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5.14 19 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 20 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5.44 21 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 5.52 22 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 7.09 23 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 7.26 24 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 25 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 26 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 8.17 27 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 8.40 28 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 8.45 29 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 30 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 31 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 9.16 32 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 10.00 33 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 10.27 34 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 35 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 10.38 36 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 10.51 37 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.06 38 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 11.24 39 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 12.02 40 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 12.26 41 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 12.40 42 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 43 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 44 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 45 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 46 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 12.47 47 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 12.56 48 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 13.17 49 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 13.27 50 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 13.58 51 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 15.01 52 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15.08 53 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 15.18 54 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 16.07 55 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 17.03 56 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 17.22 57 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17.38 58 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 18.32 59 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 20.51 60 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 20.51 61 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 21.52 62 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 22.05 63 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22.18 64 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 23.05 65 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 23.18 66 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 23.18 67 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 23.55 68 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 25.44 69 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 70 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 71 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 72 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 73 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 74 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 75 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 76 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 26.15 77 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 27.21 78 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 27.27 79 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 80 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 81 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 27.46 82 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 28.21 83 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 84 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 85 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 28.42 86 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 30.22 87 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 31.59 88 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 89 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 90 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 91 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 92 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 93 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 94 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 95 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 96 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 97 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 98 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 99 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 100 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 101 Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 102 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 103 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 104 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 105 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 106 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 107 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 108 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 109 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 110 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 111 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 33.11 112 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 33.39 113 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 114 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 36.33 115 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 116 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 117 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 118 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 119 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 120 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 121 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 122 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 123 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 124 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 125 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 126 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 127 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 128 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 129 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 130 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 131 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 132 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 133 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 134 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 135 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 136 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 137 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 138 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 139 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 140 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 141 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 142 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 143 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 144 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 145 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 38.00 146 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 147 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 148 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 149 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 150 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 151 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 152 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 153 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 154 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 155 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 156 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 157 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 158 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 159 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 38.34 160 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 39.11 161 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 41.25 162 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 46.51 DNF Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole DNF Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis DNF Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis DNF Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis DNF Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli DNF Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli DNF Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec DNF Carlos Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca Points: Sauveterre-De-Bearn (41.50 km) 1 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 6 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 4 3 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 2 Laruns (140.00 km) 1 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 6 pts 2 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 3 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 2 Lourdes-Hautacam (205.00 km) 1 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 17 3 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 15 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 13 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 12 6 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 8 9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 7 10 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 6 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 5 12 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 13 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 3 14 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 15 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 Mountains: Côte de Barcus (Cat. 3, 76.50 km) 1 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 pts 2 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 7 3 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 5 4 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3 5 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 1 Col de Marie-Blanque (Cat. 1, 120.50 km) 1 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30 pts 2 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 26 3 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 22 4 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 18 5 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 6 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 12 7 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 10 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 8 9 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 10 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 4 11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 2 12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 Col d'Aubisque (HC, 158.50 km) 1 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 pts 2 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 35 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 30 4 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 22 6 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 18 7 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 16 8 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 14 9 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 10 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 10 11 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 12 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 6 13 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 4 14 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 15 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 Col du Soulor (Cat. 2, 168.50 km) 1 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 pts 2 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 15 3 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 12 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 10 5 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 6 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 3 9 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 2 10 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 1 Lourdes-Hautacam (HC, 205.00 Km) 1 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 35 3 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 30 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 26 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 22 6 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 14 9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 12 10 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 10 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 8 12 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6 13 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 4 14 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 15 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 Teams: 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 18.32.40 2 Banesto 4.43 3 Festina 7.28 4 Mapei-Quick Step 7.55 5 Lotto-Adecco 12.09 6 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 17.21 7 Team Deutsche Telekom 22.37 8 Rabobank 24.24 9 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 24.34 10 Team Polti 29.51 11 US Postal Service 34.24 12 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 37.46 13 Saeco-Valli & Valli 41.15 14 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 54.31 15 Credit Agricole 1.03.41 16 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.08.44 17 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.09.37 18 Bonjour 1.12.50 19 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.20.35 20 Farm Frites 1.41.01 Most combative rider: 1 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 37 pts 2 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 15 3 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 10 4 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 8 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 6 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 7 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 1 Best young rider: 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 6.13.19 2 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 4.58 3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 7.04 4 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 9.00 5 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 11.14 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 13.16 7 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 17.04 8 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 18.05 9 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 20.08 10 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 28.12 11 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 32.46 12 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 34.13 DNF Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis DNF Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli DNF Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec General classification after stage 10: 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 39.24.30 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 4.14 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 5.10 4 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 5.18 5 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 5.21 6 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 5.23 7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 5.44 8 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.13 9 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 6.21 10 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 6.55 11 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 6.59 12 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 7.15 13 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 7.22 14 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 7.23 15 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.33 16 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 17 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.34 18 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 8.01 19 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 8.21 20 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8.48 21 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 9.51 22 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 9.52 23 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 10.11 24 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 10.19 25 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 10.34 26 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 11.32 27 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 11.41 28 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 11.53 29 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 12.05 30 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 12.13 31 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.20 32 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 12.34 33 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 12.41 34 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 13.25 35 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 13.50 36 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 14.05 37 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 14.08 38 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 14.11 39 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14.18 40 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 14.27 41 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 14.29 42 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 15.15 43 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 15.17 44 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 15.41 45 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17.40 46 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 18.05 47 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 18.12 48 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 19.52 49 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 20.03 50 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 20.22 51 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 20.31 52 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 21.00 53 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 21.23 54 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 21.57 55 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22.44 56 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 25.27 57 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 25.35 58 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 25.54 59 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 26.09 60 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 26.17 61 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 26.17 62 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 26.18 63 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 26.23 64 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 27.15 65 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 27.43 66 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 27.44 67 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 28.00 68 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 28.14 69 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 28.21 70 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 28.31 71 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28.44 72 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 28.47 73 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 28.53 74 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 29.13 75 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 29.19 76 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 29.40 77 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 30.37 78 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 31.08 79 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 31.11 80 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 31.19 81 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 31.37 82 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 31.56 83 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 32.04 84 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32.15 85 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 32.43 86 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 33.08 87 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 33.26 88 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 34.14 89 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 34.18 90 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 34.29 91 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 34.32 92 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 34.35 93 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 34.40 94 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 34.47 95 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 34.55 96 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 35.10 97 Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 35.12 98 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 35.41 99 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 35.50 100 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 35.55 101 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 36.02 102 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 36.08 103 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 36.24 104 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 36.28 105 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 36.29 106 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 36.30 107 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 37.19 108 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 37.36 109 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 38.05 110 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 38.19 111 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 38.23 112 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 38.39 113 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 38.55 114 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 39.15 115 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 39.30 116 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 39.35 117 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 39.43 118 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 39.50 119 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 39.56 120 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 39.59 121 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 40.09 122 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 40.13 123 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 40.16 124 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 40.18 125 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 40.39 126 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 40.44 127 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 40.48 128 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 41.18 129 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 41.21 130 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 41.29 131 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 42.02 132 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 42.15 133 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 42.17 134 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 42.18 135 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 42.22 136 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 42.27 137 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 42.46 138 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 42.54 139 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 43.07 140 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 43.38 141 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 43.52 142 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 43.55 143 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 43.58 144 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 44.10 145 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 146 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 44.32 147 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 45.04 148 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 45.05 149 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 45.33 150 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 45.45 151 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 45.57 152 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 46.07 153 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 46.21 154 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 47.17 155 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 49.41 156 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 49.54 157 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 55.13 158 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 57.41 159 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 58.43 160 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 59.02 161 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.00.56 162 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.10.05 Points classification: 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 169 pts 2 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 152 3 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 111 4 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 102 5 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 84 6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 81 7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 75 8 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 67 9 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 64 10 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 56 11 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 55 12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 54 13 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 54 14 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 52 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 48 16 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 47 17 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 47 18 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 45 19 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 45 20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 43 21 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 39 22 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 36 23 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 36 24 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 35 25 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 34 26 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 32 27 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 31 28 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 30 29 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 29 30 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 29 31 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 28 32 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 28 33 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 26 34 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 35 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 26 36 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 26 37 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24 38 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 24 39 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 24 40 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 23 41 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 23 42 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 22 43 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 20 44 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 19 45 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 19 46 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 19 47 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 17 48 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 16 49 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 16 50 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 16 51 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 15 52 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 15 53 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 15 54 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 15 55 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 14 56 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 14 57 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 14 58 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 13 59 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 12 60 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 61 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 12 62 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 11 63 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 11 64 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 11 65 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 11 66 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 67 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 10 68 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 10 69 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 10 70 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 71 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 72 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 9 73 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 9 74 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 8 75 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 8 76 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 7 77 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 78 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 6 79 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 80 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 5 81 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 82 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 4 83 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 84 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 4 85 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 3 86 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 3 87 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 3 88 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 2 89 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2 90 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 91 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 1 Mountains classification: 1 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 140 pts 2 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 83 3 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 65 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 56 5 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 51 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 49 7 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 42 8 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 35 9 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 32 10 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32 11 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32 12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 29 13 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 29 14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 28 15 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 24 16 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 21 17 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 16 18 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 14 19 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 20 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 10 21 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 8 22 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 7 23 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 6 24 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6 25 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 6 26 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 27 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 5 28 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 5 29 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 30 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 5 31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 4 32 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4 33 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3 34 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 3 35 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3 36 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 2 37 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 39 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 40 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 Teams: 1 Rabobank 118.15.20 2 Banesto 6.49 3 Festina 11.17 4 Mapei-Quick Step 14.02 5 Team Deutsche Telekom 16.01 6 Kelme-Costa Blanca 17.51 7 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 17.58 8 Lotto-Adecco 23.14 9 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 34.02 10 US Postal Service 36.06 11 Saeco-Valli & Valli 43.08 12 Team Polti 43.14 13 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 50.02 14 Credit Agricole 58.07 15 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.07.03 16 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.10.16 17 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.18.59 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.22.07 19 Bonjour 1.31.55 20 Farm Frites 1.52.44 Most combative classification: 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 67 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 56 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 54 4 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 44 5 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 37 6 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 23 7 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 17 8 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 15 9 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 12 10 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 10 11 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 12 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 9 13 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 14 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 8 16 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 7 17 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7 18 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 19 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 6 20 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 6 21 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6 22 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 23 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 6 24 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 25 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 26 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 5 27 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 5 28 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 4 29 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4 30 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 31 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 3 32 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 3 33 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 34 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 3 35 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3 36 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3 37 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 2 38 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 2 39 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 40 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 2 41 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 2 42 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 1 43 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 44 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 45 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 46 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 47 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 1 48 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1 49 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 1 50 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 1 51 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Best young rider classification: 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 39.32.51 2 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 4.13 3 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 6.06 4 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6.08 5 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7.20 6 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 13.02 7 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 13.36 8 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 19.23 9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 27.29 10 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 29.15 11 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 31.14 12 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 35.49