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87th Tour de France - Grand TourFrance, July 1 - 23, 2000 |
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Stage
14 - July 15:
Draguignan - Briancon,
249 km
Botero breaks through to stage win and Maillot Pois
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By Tim Maloney, cyclingnews.com correspondent
After yet another day of audacious attacking by Kelme, this time it was the turn of Santi Botero, a 27 year old 5 year pro from Medellin, Colombia to win a stage at Le Tour 2000. Kelme directeur sportif, Vicente Belda has orchestrated his team's moves all Tour long and today was no exception as Kelme went on the attack and took the stage and Maillot Pois for Botero.
Two riders who placed in the top 10 of last year's Tour did not take the start today, Laurent Dufaux (Saeco) and Angel Casero (Festina). After a slow, easy roll out of Draguignan, the peloton headed towards the Col d'Allos, the first time in 25 years that this first category climb has been included in the Tour's route. After two hours, the average speed of the peloton was under 30km/hr(!) and after 100km, the USPS team got bored of the slow speed and moved to the front to up the tempo over 30km/hr.
As USPS rolled on the front, Kelme man Pascual Llorente attacked 7km from the summit of the Allos. He was joined by 8 riders; Herve (Polti), Otxoa (Kelme), Botero (Kelme), Baranowski (Banesto), Conti (Vini Caldirola) and Vinokourov (Telekom). Once the chase started behind, riders like Pantani came off in spades until there were only 20 left in Armstrong's chasing group.
Pascual Llorente's lead group was away over the summit of the Allos, but there was a general regroupment on the descent and by Barcelonnette, with 104km left to race, at least 40 riders were still together. In the final reaches of the Alpes of Haut Provence village, Odrizola (Banesto) and Den Bakker (Rabobank) took off and got a gap, then were joined by 5 others: Pascual Llorente again, Baranowski again, Jens Heppner (Telekom), Savoldelli (Saeco) and Rous (Bonjour). As the 7 escapees hit the foot of the Col du Vars, they had accumulated a 3' lead on the docile peloton, with Scando's Bo Hamburger (MemoryCard) and Glenn Magnusson (Farm Frites) chasing at 1'25'.
As the Vars steepened, the 7 riders continued to gain time, while chaser Hamburger dropped Magnusson. Behind the leaders, Santi Botero had made a move to bridge up on the Vars and as he blew by Hamburger, Botero looked certain to get up to the front group. On the deccent, Botero did bridge up by Guillestre at the foot of the Izoard, and now there were 8 riders in the front group riding towards the stage finish in Briancon.
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With 50km to go in the feed zone in Guillestre, USPS was controlling the pace at the front while the break continued to gain time. At the foot of the Izoard with 14km of climbing ahead, the gap on the frontrunners was 5'15". As the road headed skyward on the Izoard, the 8 breakaway riders had over 5' on the chasers, while Olano was dropped. Things were bound to change, and as the chasers passed through Arvieux, Pantani, Escartin, Beltran, Virenque, Beloki and Moreau moved towards the front, waiting for the upcoming steep part of the climb to bring on the attacks. Roberto Conti attacked solo outside the village and gained a nice gap, as behind in the chasing group of 30 riders, Lance told his teammate Ekimov on the 2 way radio, " Eki, just get us town; come on baby..."
Up front in the break, Botero decided he'd had enough and blew off the front with Baranowski. As the front group shattered, Pascal Herve (Polti) was towing the ever-diminishing peloton, when Marco Pantani attacked. Once again in a repeat of le Mont Ventoux, the only one who could follow Pantani was le Maillot Jaune Lance Armstrong. Pantani and Armstrong quickly got a gap, but they were eventually pulled back by the chasers in le Casse Desert, where Jan Ullrich continued to be in trouble. Giuseppe Guerini (Telekom) kept Jan in the game and when Heppner eventually came back to join the front group, there were three Telekoms up front.
Eventually, Botero crossed the summit of the Izoard at the Souvenir Gino Bartali with 1m58" to spare on chasers Baranowski and Savoldelli and 3'15" on the main chasing group with le Maillot Jaune and key players like Ullrich still there. By the finish in Briancon, Armstrong had juice left but just stayed calm and in-charge, while Botero charged to victory and the Maillot Pois after almost 8 hours of racing ahead of a fast closing Pantani, who jumped away for 2nd in the last kilometer.
Botero in a Colombian triumph
By Gerard Knapp
Today was a great day for Colombia, Kelme and the mercurial Santiago Botero, who rode a brilliant tactical race to win by 2.30 to Paolo Salvoldelli (Ita) of Saeco-Valli & Valli and a fast-finishing Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno-Albacom) in third another 16 seconds behind. The stage covered three serious climbs and was raced into aheadwind, and hence the average speed was a relatively low 31.435 kmh. Yet the main challengers to Lance Armstrong never really made any attacks that the US Postal rider couldn;t easily cover and it appears he has the psychological edge over his rivals. It seemed they just didn't have the confidence to go on the attack.
The crucial moment in the stage for Botero came on the Col de Vars, the second major climb of the day, where he just rode off the front of the main peloton to chase Roberto Conti and then a leading bunch of seven riders who'd broken clear after the Col d'Allos. The Colombian bridged to this group on the climb and then attacked on the legendary Col d'Izoard and no-one could ride with him.
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In the main field, Virenque, Pantani and Pascal Herve all tried to get away on the Izoard, but Armstrong just rode back up to them and snuffed out these seemingly futile attempts to challenge his lead. His USPS team kept tempo for most of the latter half of the stage and they were content to let a small group go clear as the closest rider on GC was Botero in 19th position, and he was over 13 minutes behind.
It was certainly a day that offered the potential to challenge Armstrong, but none were up to it. He finished the stage with his 4.55 lead over Ullrich still intact.
After the stage to Mont Ventoux, Botero told the Colombian newspaper "El Tiempo" that he was determined to win a stage, and today he did so. "I said it before and I'll repeat it - I'll try to win a stage." As far as his second placement in the mountains classification he said: "I'm going to ask permission to fight for the jersey for our team if it's the last thing I do." Botero's team mate Javier Otxoa (Ochoa) is the current holder of the jersey but he was not among the top contenders on Mount Ventoux.
Today Botero has claimed the first stage win in the tour for a Colombian since Chepe Gonzalez in 1996. In this case Botero rode alone on the final climb in a thoroughly deserved victory.
Results
1 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7.56.13 (31.37 km/h)
2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.30
3 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.46
4 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.49
5 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
7 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 2.51
8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
10 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina
11 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 2.55
12 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 2.57
13 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.16
14 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 3.21
15 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 3.26
16 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 4.05
17 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.57
18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 4.59
19 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli
20 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
21 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom
22 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
23 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.07
24 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.38
25 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank
26 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto
27 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 5.44
28 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 5.46
29 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 5.53
30 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 5.59
31 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 6.25
32 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 6.34
33 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 6.48
34 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour
35 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
36 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
37 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis
38 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 6.52
39 David Plaza (Spa) Festina
40 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance
41 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7.03
42 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 9.28
43 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina
44 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
45 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 10.20
46 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
47 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank
48 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
49 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 13.05
50 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
51 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 13.07
52 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 14.06
53 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service
54 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service
55 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 14.16
56 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 14.39
57 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 18.50
58 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 22.32
59 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 23.55
60 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank
61 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
62 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
63 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
64 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
65 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
66 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti
67 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service
68 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service
69 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
70 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
71 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service
72 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
73 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 26.47
74 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites
75 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 26.54
76 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 27.56
77 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
78 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
79 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole
80 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
81 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour
82 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 28.00
83 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
84 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
85 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto
86 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto
87 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti
88 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom
89 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
90 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 28.05
91 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 28.22
92 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 36.35
93 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom
94 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
95 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour
96 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
97 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour
98 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux
99 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
100 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom
101 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank
102 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
103 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour
104 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole
105 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step
106 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites
107 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
108 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina
109 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto
110 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
111 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole
112 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank
113 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux
114 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina
115 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
116 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
117 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones
118 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance
119 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis
120 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
121 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites
122 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli
123 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank
124 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones
125 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis
126 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones
127 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
128 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
129 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites
130 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites
131 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
132 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti
133 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti
134 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour
135 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole
136 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones
137 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
138 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step
139 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco
140 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites
141 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 36.52
DNF Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
DNF Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones
DNF Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux
DNF Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
Points:
Castellane, 55.50 km
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 6 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 4
3 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 2
Jausiers, 154.00 km
1 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 6 pts
2 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 4
3 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 2
Briancon, 249.50 km
1 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 pts
2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 17
3 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 15
4 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13
5 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 12
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 10
7 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 9
8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8
9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 7
10 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 6
11 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 5
12 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 4
13 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3
14 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 2
15 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 1
Mountains:
Côte de Canjuers - Cat. 2, 19.50 km
1 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 20 pts
2 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 15
3 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12
4 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10
5 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 8
6 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 6
7 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 4
8 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3
9 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2
10 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 1
Col d'Allos - Cat. 1, 127.00 km
1 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 30 pts
2 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26
3 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22
4 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18
5 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 14
6 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 12
7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 10
8 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 8
9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 6
10 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4
11 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 2
12 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1
Col de Vars - Cat. 1, 177.50 km
1 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 30 pts
2 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 26
3 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22
4 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 18
5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 14
6 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 12
7 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 10
8 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8
9 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 6
10 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 4
11 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 2
12 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1
Col d'Izoard - Cat. HC, 228.00 km
1 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40 pts
2 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 35
3 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 30
4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 26
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 22
6 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 18
7 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 16
8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 14
9 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12
10 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 10
11 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 8
12 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6
13 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 4
14 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2
15 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1
Teams:
1 Kelme-Costa Blanca
2 Team Deutsche Telekom 23.54.19
3 Festina 4.37
4 Banesto 5.46
5 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 6.21
6 Lotto-Adecco 13.19
7 Rabobank 13.52
8 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 13.55
9 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 16.17
10 Bonjour 18.16
11 Team Polti 20.47
12 US Postal Service 23.59
13 Saeco-Valli & Valli 25.23
14 Mapei-Quick Step 25.44
15 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 28.13
16 Ag2R Prevoyance 30.02
17 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 57.12
18 Farm Frites 1.06.09
19 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.20.14
20 Credit Agricole 1.20.35
1.22.46
Most combative rider:
1 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca
2 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 pts
3 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 18
4 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 6
4 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 4
6 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 4
7 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 3
7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2
7 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2
10 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2
10 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1
10 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1
10 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 1
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Best young rider:
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto
2 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 7.59.39
3 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.22
4 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 3.37
5 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 20.29
6 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 23.28
7 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 33.09
8 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites
9 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole
10 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
General classification after stage 14:
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service
2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 61.02.33
3 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 4.55
4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 5.52
5 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 6.51
6 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.26
7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 8.33
8 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9.33
9 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 10.00
10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 10.13
11 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.17
12 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.56
13 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 12.33
14 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 12.48
15 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 12.48
16 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 13.24
17 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 13.56
18 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 17.21
19 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 17.54
20 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 19.20
21 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 19.33
22 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 21.15
23 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 21.30
24 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 22.01
25 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 22.16
26 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 24.46
27 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 25.06
28 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 25.30
29 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 25.59
30 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 26.02
31 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 27.14
32 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 27.40
33 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 29.08
34 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 31.31
35 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 31.39
36 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 31.54
37 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 31.58
38 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 32.49
39 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 38.58
40 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39.47
41 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 41.02
42 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 41.08
43 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 42.39
44 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 43.09
45 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 43.10
46 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 43.30
47 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 43.58
48 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 45.01
49 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 45.29
50 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 46.13
51 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 47.47
52 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 48.02
53 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 51.54
54 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 52.06
55 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 53.01
56 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 53.47
57 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 53.50
58 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 53.50
59 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 55.47
60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 56.05
61 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 57.46
62 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 59.01
63 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 59.22
64 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 1.00.24
65 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.03.21
66 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 1.04.14
67 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.04.24
68 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.06.33
69 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 1.09.25
70 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 1.09.42
71 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.10.12
72 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.10.38
73 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.11.09
74 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1.12.29
75 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.13.01
76 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 1.14.45
77 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.15.14
78 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.15.24
79 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.16.18
80 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.19.08
81 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.20.53
82 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 1.21.37
83 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.21.42
84 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.21.59
85 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 1.22.37
86 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 1.24.56
87 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 1.25.18
88 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.25.31
89 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 1.26.15
90 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.26.28
91 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.27.18
92 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 1.27.35
93 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 1.28.01
94 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 1.28.43
95 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.29.22
96 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 1.29.25
97 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.29.29
98 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.30.08
99 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 1.30.11
100 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.30.45
101 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.31.15
102 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 1.32.09
103 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.32.19
104 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.32.54
105 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 1.33.11
106 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.33.15
107 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.33.35
108 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 1.33.41
109 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 1.34.34
110 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.34.39
111 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.35.36
112 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.37.42
113 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.37.50
114 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.38.30
115 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 1.38.38
116 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 1.39.00
117 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.39.34
118 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.39.42
119 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 1.40.38
120 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 1.40.53
121 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.40.55
122 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.42.45
123 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.43.20
124 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.43.28
125 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.43.37
126 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 1.43.54
127 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 1.44.53
128 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 1.45.02
129 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 1.45.10
130 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 1.47.53
131 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 1.48.03
132 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.48.10
133 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 1.48.15
134 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 1.48.15
135 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 1.50.32
136 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.52.33
137 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.53.54
138 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.57.40
139 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 1.58.35
140 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.01.05
141 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.02.15
2.03.21
Points classification:
Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom
2 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 214 pts
3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 110
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 105
5 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 94
6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 92
7 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 81
8 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 76
9 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 74
10 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 67
11 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 64
12 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 64
13 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 64
14 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 59
15 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 57
16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 56
17 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 52
18 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 52
19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 50
20 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 48
21 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 47
22 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 46
23 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 46
24 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 45
25 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 42
26 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 41
27 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 39
28 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 36
29 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 36
30 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 35
31 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 35
32 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 34
33 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 33
34 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 32
35 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 32
36 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 31
37 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 30
38 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 30
39 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 29
40 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28
41 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 27
42 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26
43 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 26
44 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26
45 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 24
46 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24
47 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 23
48 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 23
49 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 23
50 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 22
51 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 22
52 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 22
53 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 20
54 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 19
55 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 19
56 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 19
57 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 18
58 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 18
59 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 17
60 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 17
61 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 16
62 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 16
63 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 15
64 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 15
65 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 15
66 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 14
67 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 14
68 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 13
69 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 13
70 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 12
71 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 12
72 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 11
73 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11
74 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 10
75 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10
76 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 10
77 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 9
78 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 8
79 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 8
80 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 8
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 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 6
85 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 6
86 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4
87 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 4
88 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3
89 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3
90 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 3
91 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2
92 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2
93 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 1
1
Mountains classification:
1 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 227 pts
2 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 188
3 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 158
4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 136
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 92
6 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 89
7 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 76
8 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 75
9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 75
10 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 61
11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 61
12 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 60
13 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 58
14 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 52
15 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52
16 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 50
17 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 44
18 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40
19 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 38
20 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 35
21 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 33
22 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 33
23 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 32
24 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 31
25 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 26
26 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 22
27 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 19
28 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 18
29 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 18
30 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 16
31 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14
32 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 12
33 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 11
34 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10
35 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 10
36 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 10
37 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 8
38 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 8
39 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 7
40 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 6
41 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 6
42 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6
43 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 5
44 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 4
45 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4
46 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 4
47 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3
48 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 3
49 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 3
50 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 2
51 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2
52 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2
53 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1
54 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1
55 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1
56 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 1
57 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 1
58 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 1
Teams classification:
1 Banesto 183.18.09
2 Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.37
3 Festina 12.30
4 Rabobank 13.08
5 Team Deutsche Telekom 17.02
6 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 24.20
7 Lotto-Adecco 37.44
8 Mapei-Quick Step 51.54
9 US Postal Service 1.08.13
10 Team Polti 1.10.22
11 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.13.53
12 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.15.10
13 Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.24.35
14 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.57.19
15 Bonjour 2.07.02
16 Credit Agricole 2.35.39
17 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.41.11
18 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.56.43
19 La Francaise Des Jeux 3.04.16
20 Farm Frites 3.53.49
Most combative rider classification:
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 97 pts
2 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 73
3 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 71
4 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 56
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 55
6 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 40
7 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39
8 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 27
9 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18
10 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 15
11 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 12
12 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 12
13 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 11
14 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 11
15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 10
16 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 10
17 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 9
18 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 8
19 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8
20 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 8
21 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 7
22 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7
23 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7
24 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 7
25 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6
26 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6
27 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6
28 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 6
29 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5
30 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 5
31 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 5
32 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 4
33 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 4
34 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4
35 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 4
36 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3
37 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 3
38 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3
39 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3
40 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 3
41 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 3
42 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 2
43 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2
44 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2
45 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 2
46 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 2
47 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 2
48 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 1
49 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1
50 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1
51 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1
52 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 1
53 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1
54 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 1
55 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1
56 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1
57 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1
58 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 1
59 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 1
60 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1
Best young rider classification:
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 61.12.50
2 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 10.58
3 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 16.57
4 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 35.12
5 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 53.04
6 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 1.15.01
7 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.15.58
8 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 1.28.43
9 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 1.29.17
10 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 1.30.38