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87th Tour de France - Grand TourFrance, July 1 - 23, 2000 |
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Stage 12 - July 13: Carpentras - Mont Ventoux, 149 km
Il Grande Pantani returns - Armstrong powers once again
By Tim Maloney, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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33 years to the day that British cyclist Tommy Simpson died on Le Mount Ventoux, Marco Pantani's win provided a rebirth for the dynamic Italian climber. Today's win by Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno) on Le Mont Ventoux was a suprise for most; Pantani look like he had been dropped on the front group of 6 with 7km to go, but the gutsy bald Italian battled his way back to the front group and together with le Maillot Lance Armstrong (USPS), simply rode away from the rest to give Pantani the stage win and Armstrong an ever more solid grip on victory in the 2000 Tour De France.
As the mistral began to blow across Provence, Stage 12 started in a nervous way. La bagarre commenced immediately, when Jens Voigt (Credit Agricole) attacked and was joined in the early going by Erik Dekker (Rabobank). When these two went, Telekom began to ride hard tempo behind and this split the peloton in two after only 10km. 40 ahead including le Maillot Armstrong (USPS) and 120 behind by 10". However, Kelme quickly closed this gap down in a few klicks and on the early slopes of the first climb, le Col de Murs, stage 7 winner Christophe Agnolutto (AG2R Preyvoyance) attacked and took a 15" margin on the peloton.
Pascal Herve (Polti) attacked early after Agnolutto and his move was quickly covered by Arrietta and Garcia Costa (Banesto), Botero (Kelme), Nicolas Jalabert (O.N.C.E.), Mattan (Cofidis), Vinokorouv (Telekom) and Kivilev (AG2R). These 8 riders bridged up to Agnolutto just over the summit of le Col de Murs after 42km of racing and a good group of 9 formed on the race to the summit of Le Mont Ventoux.
Across the next 70 km, the distance to the break and the peloton grew to up to 4' but as the Banesto team went to the front to set up an attack by Jose Maria Jimenez, the gap began to fall. With 21km to race in Bedoin at the foot of Le Mont Ventoux, the gap was under 2 minutes and as the chasing peloton approached the sharp lefthand bend in St. Esteve that signaled the start of the steep section of Mont Ventoux, USPS had taken over the chase. First Tyler Hamilton, then Kevin Livingston did yeoman's work up front for Lance, while behind, Jimenez, Zülle, Escartin (Kelme) and Moreau (Festina) simply dropped off the intense pace of the front runners on the wooded forest road.
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With 10km to race, the front group had been whittled down to 6 riders, composed of Armstrong (USPS), Heras and Botero (Kelme), Virenque (Polti), Beloki (Festina) and Jan Ullrich (Telekom), with Marco Pantani yo-yoing off the back of this group. Ullrich made most of the tempo going up, and when the steep Ventoux climb leveled out a bit at Chalet Reynard with 6.5k to go, Pantani made it back to the front group for good.
Chalet Reynard is just above the treeline on Le Mont Ventoux at 1410 meters above sea level and it's where the riders are exposed to the full force of the fierce, biting mistral wind. Suddenly Pantani attacked, his fierce acceleration put the hurt on the other front runners, notably Richard Virenque, who went out the back almost immediately. Pantani attacked three more times and eventually got a good gap with 3km to race, a gap that chaser Heras couldn't close. Suddenly from the back of the break came Armstrong, driving to the front and accelerating past Ullrich to bridge up to the disappearing Italian before he could do a Houdini.
With 2.5km left to race, Armstrong and Pantani had ridden away from the rest and at the final summit sprint, the rejuvinated Italian slipped ahead of Le Maillot Jaune to win the epoch stage to the summit of Le Mont Ventoux. Suprising Joseba Beloki was third to leap into the same spot on GC with a solid ride by Ullrich for 4th. Big losers were Jimenez, who was 10" down, and Zülle and Escartin who lost over 3'.
Results
1 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 4.15.11 (35.03 km/h) 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 3 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 0.25 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 0.29 5 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.48 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 1.17 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 1.23 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1.29 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 1.31 11 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.36 12 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 2.01 13 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.16 14 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.26 15 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 3.12 16 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.12 17 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.12 18 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 3.12 19 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.21 20 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 3.22 21 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 3.32 22 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 4.28 23 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 4.28 24 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 25 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 26 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 27 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 28 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 5.57 29 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 6.45 30 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 31 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 32 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 34 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 35 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 37 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7.15 39 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 7.34 40 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 7.42 41 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 42 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 43 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 7.51 44 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 45 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 8.13 46 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.58 47 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 9.50 48 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 49 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 50 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 51 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 52 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 10.07 53 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 10.50 54 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 10.57 55 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 11.23 56 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 57 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 58 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 12.26 59 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 60 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 61 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 13.10 62 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 13.22 63 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 13.34 64 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 65 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 13.39 66 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 67 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 13.49 68 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 13.51 69 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15.32 70 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 16.32 71 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 72 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 17.05 73 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 74 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 75 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 76 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 77 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 78 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 79 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 80 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 81 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 82 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 83 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 84 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 85 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 86 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 87 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 88 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 89 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 90 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 91 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 92 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 93 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 94 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 95 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 96 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 97 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 98 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 20.18 99 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 20.52 100 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 101 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 102 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 103 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 104 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 105 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 106 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 107 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 108 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 109 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 110 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 111 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 112 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 113 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 114 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 115 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 116 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 117 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 118 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 119 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 120 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 121 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 122 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 123 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 124 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 125 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 126 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 127 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 128 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 129 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 130 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 131 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 132 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 133 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 134 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 135 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 136 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 137 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 138 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 139 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 140 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 141 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 142 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 23.29 143 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 24.10 144 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 145 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 146 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 26.09 147 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 26.17 148 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 29.05 149 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 29.55 150 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 33.59 151 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 36.16 DNF Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones DNF Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti DNF Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli DNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom DNF Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec DNS Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina Points: Pernes-Les-Fontaines, 22.00 km 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 6 pts 2 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 4 3 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 Saint-Saturnin-Les-Apt, 61.50 km 1 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 6 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 3 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 2 Le Mont-Ventoux, 149.00 km 1 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 20 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 17 3 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 15 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 13 5 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 7 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 9 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 8 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 7 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 6 11 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 12 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 4 13 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3 14 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 15 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 Mountains: Col de Murs - Cat. 2, 41.50 km 1 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 20 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 3 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 12 4 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 10 5 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 8 6 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 6 7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 4 8 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 3 9 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 10 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 1 Côte de Javon - Cat. 2, 75.00 km 1 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 20 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 3 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 4 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 10 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 8 6 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 6 7 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 4 8 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 3 9 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 2 10 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1 Col de Notre-Dame-des-Abeilles - Cat. 2, 99.00 km 1 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 20 pts 2 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 15 3 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 10 5 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 6 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 6 7 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 4 8 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 3 9 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 10 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 1 Côte de Mormoiron - Cat. 4, 118.00 km 1 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 5 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 3 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 1 Le Mont-Ventoux - Cat. HC, 149.00 km 1 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 40 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 35 3 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 30 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 26 5 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22 6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 7 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 16 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 14 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 12 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 10 11 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 8 12 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 13 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 14 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 15 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 Teams: 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.50.21 2 Festina 1.36 3 Banesto 3.19 4 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6.09 5 Lotto-Adecco 7.15 6 Team Deutsche Telekom 8.53 7 US Postal Service 12.53 8 Saeco-Valli & Valli 14.32 9 Mapei-Quick Step 16.02 10 Rabobank 16.33 11 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 17.58 12 Team Polti 18.33 13 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 19.24 14 Credit Agricole 25.47 15 Bonjour 26.35 16 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 26.44 17 Ag2R Prevoyance 31.39 18 La Francaise Des Jeux 39.12 19 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 45.35 20 Farm Frites 50.14 Most combative rider: 1 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 19 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 3 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 12 4 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 10 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 10 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1 Best young rider: 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 4.16.34 2 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 3.05 3 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 5.22 4 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 15.42 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 19.29 7 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 8 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 9 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 10 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli General classification after stage 12: 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 48.50.21 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 4.55 3 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 5.52 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 6.53 5 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 7.25 6 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 8.28 7 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.33 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 9.42 9 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.46 10 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 10.01 11 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 10.14 12 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 10.26 13 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 10.46 14 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.58 15 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 11.16 16 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 11.40 17 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 12.15 18 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13.11 19 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 14.49 20 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 14.59 21 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 15.13 22 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 15.36 23 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 16.12 24 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 17.17 25 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 17.30 26 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 17.39 27 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 18.00 28 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.17 29 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 20.16 30 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 21.03 31 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 21.08 32 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 21.26 33 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 22.14 34 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 22.33 35 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 23.02 36 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 23.51 37 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 24.26 38 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 25.11 39 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 25.32 40 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 26.03 41 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 26.27 42 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 27.00 43 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 27.47 44 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 27.53 45 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 27.57 46 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 28.54 47 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 29.33 48 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 29.37 49 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 29.47 50 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 32.37 51 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 36.33 52 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 36.37 53 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36.54 54 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 37.07 55 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 37.44 56 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 37.45 57 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 37.57 58 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 38.18 59 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 38.42 60 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40.37 61 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 41.16 62 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 42.20 63 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 42.35 64 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 43.20 65 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 43.31 66 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 45.08 67 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 45.17 68 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 45.38 69 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 45.39 70 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 47.22 71 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 48.36 72 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 48.51 73 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 49.27 74 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 49.47 75 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 49.50 76 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 50.05 77 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 50.09 78 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 50.15 79 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 50.23 80 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 51.35 81 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 51.42 82 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 51.57 83 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 52.10 84 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 52.41 85 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 53.36 86 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 53.59 87 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 54.59 88 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 55.14 89 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 55.59 90 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 56.42 91 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 56.45 92 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 56.50 93 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 57.46 94 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 57.59 95 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 58.04 96 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 58.25 97 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 58.25 98 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 59.04 99 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 59.47 100 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 59.51 101 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 1.00.50 102 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 1.00.55 103 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.01.02 104 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.01.52 105 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.02.01 106 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.02.13 107 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.02.56 108 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.03.34 109 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.03.49 110 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 1.03.51 111 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 1.04.14 112 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 1.04.20 113 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 1.04.27 114 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.04.32 115 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.04.40 116 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.04.46 117 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 1.04.54 118 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.04.54 119 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.05.16 120 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 1.05.36 121 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 1.05.50 122 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.05.58 123 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 1.06.14 124 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 1.06.28 125 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.06.31 126 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.08.11 127 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.08.42 128 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.09.01 129 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 1.09.41 130 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.09.45 131 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.09.53 132 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.10.10 133 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 1.10.47 134 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 1.10.57 135 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 1.11.09 136 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 1.11.10 137 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.13.29 138 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.13.32 139 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 1.13.43 140 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 1.14.09 141 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 1.14.31 142 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 1.17.47 143 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.20.10 144 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.20.30 145 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 1.22.58 146 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.23.49 147 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.23.56 148 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.26.03 149 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 1.27.21 150 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.28.31 151 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.40.55 Points classification: 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 195 pts 2 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 102 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 101 4 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 86 5 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 81 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 75 7 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 67 8 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 64 9 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 60 10 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 60 11 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 59 12 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 56 13 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 55 14 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 54 15 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 52 16 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 50 17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 48 18 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 47 19 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 46 20 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 45 21 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 45 22 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 45 23 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 43 24 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 35 25 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 35 26 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 35 27 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 34 28 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 32 29 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 32 30 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 31 31 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 30 32 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 30 33 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 29 34 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 28 35 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 28 36 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 37 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 26 38 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 26 39 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 26 40 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 24 41 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24 42 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 24 43 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 23 44 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 23 45 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 23 46 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 22 47 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 22 48 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 20 49 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 50 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 19 51 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 19 52 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 19 53 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 19 54 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 19 55 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 18 56 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 17 57 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 16 58 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 16 59 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 16 60 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 16 61 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 15 62 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 15 63 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 15 64 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 15 65 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 14 66 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 14 67 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 68 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 11 69 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 11 70 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 11 71 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 72 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 10 73 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 10 74 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 10 75 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 76 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 9 77 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 8 78 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 8 79 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 7 80 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 81 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 6 82 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 83 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 6 84 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 4 85 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 86 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 3 87 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3 88 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 3 89 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 2 90 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 91 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 92 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 93 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 1 Mountains classification: 1 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 153 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 151 3 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 138 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 89 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 70 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 70 7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 61 8 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 59 9 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 58 10 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 52 11 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 50 12 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 45 13 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 42 14 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 40 15 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 32 16 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 32 17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 31 18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 28 19 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 26 20 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 24 21 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 23 22 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 21 23 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 19 24 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 15 25 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14 26 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 13 27 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 28 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 10 29 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 8 30 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 7 31 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 6 32 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 6 33 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 34 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 6 35 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 5 36 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 4 38 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4 39 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 40 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3 41 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 3 42 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 3 43 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3 44 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 2 45 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 46 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 47 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 48 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1 49 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 1 50 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 1 51 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 Teams classification: 1 Banesto 146.48.11 2 Rabobank 1.34 3 Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.52 4 Festina 2.59 5 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 13.59 6 Team Deutsche Telekom 14.46 7 Mapei-Quick Step 19.56 8 Lotto-Adecco 20.07 9 US Postal Service 39.05 10 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 51.52 11 Team Polti 52.17 12 Saeco-Valli & Valli 55.06 13 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 58.06 14 Credit Agricole 1.15.14 15 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.32.41 16 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.45.47 17 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.46.20 18 Bonjour 1.48.36 19 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.49.05 20 Farm Frites 2.35.56 Most combative rider classification: 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 97 pts 2 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 63 3 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 56 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 55 5 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 48 6 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 37 7 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 27 8 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 17 9 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 12 10 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 10 11 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 10 12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 10 13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 14 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 9 15 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 16 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 17 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 8 18 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 7 19 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7 20 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 21 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 6 22 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 6 23 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6 24 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 25 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 6 26 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 27 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 5 28 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 29 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 5 30 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4 31 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 4 32 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 33 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 34 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 3 35 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 3 36 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 3 37 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3 38 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3 39 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 2 40 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 2 41 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 42 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 2 43 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 2 44 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 1 45 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 46 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1 47 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 48 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 1 49 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 50 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 1 51 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Best young rider classification: 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 49.00.03 2 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 11.44 3 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 13.20 4 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 16.45 5 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 19.55 6 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 40.05 7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 54.09 8 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 54.32 9 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 56.08 10 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 56.46