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87th Tour de France - Grand TourFrance, July 1 - 23, 2000 |
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Stage 15 - July 16: Briancon - Courchevel, 173.5 km
Pantani powers to second stage win
By Tim Maloney, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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"Today on the last climb, I think I made a leap forward; now I'm with the best (riders)," said Marco Pantani, minutes after he blasted up the final kilometers of the 22km to Courchevel. "I've felt good but not great during this Tour; I'm strong but not really sharp." His exultant direttore sportivo Giuseppe Martinelli said after the stage that "today, you have seen the real Pantani 2000."
Clad in his pink jersey and short combo, Pantani was hard to miss today as he picked off riders one after another. "Armstrong asked me to work with him today and I felt good so I did...", said Pantani, explaining why the Italian climber pulled back the last break on his way to victory today.
Maillot Jaune Lance Armstrong (USPS) lost 50" to the flying Pantani, but gained 2'31" over a fighting yet faltering Jan Ullrich (Telekom), who just couldn't follow the pace of the fastest climbers today. He almost lost his 2nd place on GC to the talented 26 year old Joseba Beloki (Festina), but the powerful, determined German battled all the way to the summit of Courchevel, saving his runner-up spot by only 2 seconds. Armstrong has solidified his grip on the race as he now leads Ullrich by 7'26" with a week to Paris. However, in a post-stage TV interview, Lance showed deep respect for the legend of Le Tour De France; when asked by the commentator if the race was won, Armstrong responded that "it's not over until I cross the finish line in Paris."
As the 141 riders headed out of Briancon for their 173.5km ride to Courchevel, there was bright sun but a definite chill in the air as the strange summer weather continued in Le Tour 2000. The peloton huddled togther for warmth as the cloud shrouded summit of the Galibier loomed above. On the lower slopes of the Galibier, Javi Otxoa (Kelme) and was quickly joined by El Chaba Jimenez. Some other riders joined them, but USPS decided to keep things tight and as the chilly (3 degrees) summit, Pascal Herve (Polti) took the KOM points and Souvenir Henri Desgrange prize for 20,000 French Francs at the highest climb at this year's Tour.
On the long, fast descent of the Galibier, Sal "Toto" Commesso (Saeco) attacked and got a gap and after 50km, he was joined by a 7 man chase group just before the feed zone in St.Jean De Maurienne with 93km to race. Along with Commesso was Lelli (Cofidis), Jimenez, Arrietta and Garcia Acosta (Banesto), Otxoa and Vidal (Kelme), Nardello (Mapei). Behind, the peloton wasn't riding too hard and the gap had jumped quickly on the flat secion between the base of the Galibier and the foot of the Col de la Madeleine.
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At the bottom of the Madeleine, whose upper reaches were clearing of morning clouds but were still frosted by a freak summer snowstorm a few days ago, the gap was 5', but behind the Festina and Telekom teams began to ride hard tempo to pull the break back. The non-climbers in the front group began to come back one by one, but halfway up the Madeleine, the now polka-dot clad Kelme rider Santi Botero, yesterdays winner in Briancon took off from the ever shrinking peloton. No one chased him and the Colombian, certainly one of the revelations at this year's Tour made rapid progress up the climb to the now 4 leaders.
Otxoa, Jimenez, Lelli and Nardello crested the Col de la Madeleine with 48" on the fast closing Botero and the group Maillot Jaune, led by Virenque at 1'20". In yet another clever team move, Kelme's DS Belda had Otxoa drop off the front group and wait for Botero so the two could bridge up together. Halfway down the 27 km descent of la Madeleine, they bridged and now there were 5 away. Behind, the group Maillot Jaune didn't ride hard and this group grew to over 40 riders by the base of the descent.
At the base of the climb, the lead quintet had a lead of almost 3'00, while a chase group of 5 had exited the peloton. But on the fast tailwind run along the Isere River, the chasing group with the Maillot Jaune didn't chase much, while up front Otxoa powered the break. Finally Commesso and Mercatone Uno went to the front of the group Maillot Jaune when the gap was almost 5'00. With 20km to race on the first slopes of the Courchevel, the Kelme men up front were looking for another stage win, while the 5 chasers were at 2'14 and the peloton, now led by Telekom's Giuseppe Guerini, was at 3'50" and falling fast.
Up front, Botero attacked with 16km to go and Jimenez and Nardello followed, while Lelli and Otxoa were dropped. Gutsy Lelli came back but another acceleration by Jimenez doomed the Italian to oblivion 15km from the summit of Courchevel. These attacks were just too little, too late. Pantani had attacked behind and exploded the remainder of the peloton. Only Maillot Jaune Armstrong cold go with the Italian, while Heras (Kelme) made a huge effort to get up to Lance and Marco.
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The chasers had split into two groups behind, one with Beloki and Moreau (Festina), and the other led by Ullrich, who had lost contact but not cracked on the climb. Moreau and Beloki and Ullrich had a pursuit match all the way up the Courchevel climb, as Beloki was less than one minute behind Ullrich on GC. But the real story was up the road, as Pantani attacked Armstrong and Heras (who had caught Botero) and sprinted away in his characteristic style, picking off riders up the climb one by one. At 3km to go, Pantani moved into the lead as he sprinted past Jimenez. The Banesto rider hung tough for a while, but as Pantani emerged from a tunnel and under the 1km to go arch, it was as the little Italian had emerged from a tunnel himself. Pantani 2000 was back and there would be no humiliation of a gift win as on Le Mont Ventoux. No, Pantani crossed the line with his right index finger extended in victory and the worlds number 1 climber declared himself back for good.
Armstrong powered in just behind Jimenez and Heras. His ride and Ullrich's pace up to Courchevel enabled Lance to further solidify his lead on the Telekom man, who maintained his lead on Beloki by two scant seconds.
Results
1 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 5.34.46 (31.09 km/h) 2 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 0.41 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.50 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 5 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.00 6 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.09 7 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 2.17 8 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.21 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 10 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 11 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 2.26 12 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 2.42 13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 3.16 14 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.20 15 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 3.21 16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 3.36 17 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.44 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 4.01 19 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 20 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.11 21 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 6.17 22 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6.37 23 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 7.43 24 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 8.00 25 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 26 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 27 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 9.01 28 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 29 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 30 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 9.52 31 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 10.21 32 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 11.18 33 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 34 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 35 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 36 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 13.23 37 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 15.17 38 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 39 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 16.10 40 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 17.17 41 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 42 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 43 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19.34 44 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 22.17 45 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 46 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 47 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 48 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 49 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 50 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 51 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 52 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 53 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 54 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 55 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 23.42 56 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 25.59 57 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 26.01 58 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 59 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 60 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 61 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 62 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 63 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 64 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 65 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 66 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 29.42 67 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 35.56 68 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 69 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 70 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 71 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 72 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 73 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 74 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 75 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 76 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 77 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 78 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 79 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 80 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 81 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 82 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 83 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 84 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 85 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 86 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 87 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 88 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 89 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 90 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 91 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 92 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 93 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 94 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 95 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 96 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 97 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 98 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 99 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 100 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 101 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 102 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 103 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 104 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 105 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 106 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 107 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 108 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 109 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 110 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 111 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 112 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 113 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 114 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 115 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 116 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 117 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 118 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 119 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 120 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 121 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 122 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 123 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 124 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 125 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 126 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 127 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 128 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 129 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 130 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 131 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 132 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 133 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 134 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 135 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 136 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 36.08 137 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites DNF Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank DNF Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank Points: Saint-Avre, 89.50 km 1 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 6 pts 2 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 4 3 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 2 Aigueblanche, 140.50 km 1 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 6 pts 2 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 3 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 2 Courchevel, 173.50 km 1 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 20 pts 2 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 17 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 13 5 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 12 6 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 7 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 9 8 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 7 10 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 6 11 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 5 12 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 4 13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 3 14 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 15 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 Mountains: Col du Galibier - Cat. HC, 33.00 km 1 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 40 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35 3 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 30 4 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 5 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 22 6 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 16 8 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 14 9 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 12 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 10 11 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 8 12 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 6 13 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 4 14 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 15 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 Col de la Madeleine - Cat. HC, 110.50 km 1 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 40 pts 2 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35 3 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 30 4 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 26 5 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22 6 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 18 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 16 8 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 14 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 12 10 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 10 11 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 12 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 6 13 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 14 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 2 15 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 1 Courchevel - Cat. 1, 173.50 km 1 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 30 pts 2 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 26 3 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 22 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 18 5 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 14 6 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 7 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 10 8 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 6 10 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 4 11 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 2 12 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 1 Teams: 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 16.48.38 2 Banesto 3.13 3 Festina 6.44 4 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13.57 5 US Postal Service 21.11 6 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 22.15 7 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 29.41 8 Rabobank 29.52 9 Lotto-Adecco 30.12 10 Team Deutsche Telekom 32.36 11 Mapei-Quick Step 36.37 12 Team Polti 36.39 13 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 46.55 14 Bonjour 1.01.53 15 Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.01.55 16 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.17.24 17 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.24.49 18 Farm Frites 1.29.49 19 Credit Agricole 1.29.49 20 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.43.28 Most combative rider: 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 pts 2 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 3 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 11 4 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 6 5 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 5 6 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 4 6 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1 8 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 1 8 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 1 Best young rider: 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 5.38.02 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 4.44 3 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5.45 4 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 8.02 5 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 14.01 6 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 20.26 7 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 32.40 8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 9 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 10 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service General classification after stage 15: 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 66.38.09 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 7.26 3 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 7.28 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 8.22 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.25 6 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 9.03 7 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 9.57 8 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.19 9 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.27 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 12.43 11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 12.44 12 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 13.34 13 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 14.40 14 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15.23 15 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 16.26 16 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 19.41 17 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 21.07 18 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 23.21 19 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 27.31 20 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 27.44 21 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 29.10 22 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 31.43 23 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 34.37 24 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 35.25 25 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 36.00 26 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 36.18 27 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 36.30 28 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 38.48 29 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 40.56 30 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 41.59 31 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 43.17 32 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 46.16 33 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 49.49 34 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 52.51 35 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 53.34 36 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 55.05 37 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 57.07 38 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 57.22 39 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 59.37 40 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 59.52 41 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.00.25 42 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 1.00.35 43 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.00.36 44 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.01.56 45 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.02.29 46 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.04.58 47 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 1.06.28 48 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.07.04 49 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 1.07.40 50 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.08.14 51 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.13.21 52 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 1.15.17 53 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 1.16.14 54 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 1.17.15 55 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1.17.32 56 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.18.06 57 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.19.04 58 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.21.00 59 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 1.22.57 60 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.24.12 61 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 1.25.35 62 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.25.41 63 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 1.30.53 64 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 1.31.09 65 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.35.49 66 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.36.20 67 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 1.38.27 68 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 1.39.30 69 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.39.54 70 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 1.40.51 71 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.44.31 72 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 1.45.18 73 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 1.46.10 74 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.47.35 75 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1.48.07 76 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.49.03 77 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.49.45 78 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 1.50.20 79 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.50.30 80 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.51.24 81 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1.54.14 82 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.55.22 83 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.56.09 84 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.56.43 85 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 1.56.48 86 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.57.05 87 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.57.43 88 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 2.00.02 89 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 2.00.24 90 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 2.01.34 91 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.02.24 92 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2.02.41 93 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 2.03.07 94 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 2.03.49 95 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 2.04.28 96 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 2.04.35 97 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.04.43 98 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.05.14 99 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 2.05.51 100 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 2.06.20 101 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.06.21 102 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.07.15 103 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 2.07.25 104 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.08.00 105 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.08.17 106 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.08.41 107 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2.08.47 108 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 2.09.40 109 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 2.09.45 110 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.10.42 111 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.12.48 112 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.12.56 113 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.13.36 114 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.13.44 115 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 2.14.40 116 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.15.44 117 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 2.16.01 118 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 2.16.09 119 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2.17.51 120 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.18.26 121 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.18.34 122 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.18.43 123 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.19.00 124 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 2.20.08 125 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 2.20.16 126 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 2.22.59 127 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 2.23.09 128 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 2.23.16 129 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.23.21 130 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 2.23.21 131 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 2.25.50 132 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 2.27.39 133 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.29.00 134 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.32.46 135 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 2.36.11 136 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.37.21 137 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.38.27 Points classification: 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 214 pts 2 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 110 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 105 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 94 5 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 92 6 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 84 7 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 81 8 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 77 9 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 76 10 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 67 11 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 64 12 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 64 13 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 61 14 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 60 15 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 59 16 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 57 17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 53 18 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 52 19 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 50 20 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 48 21 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 48 22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 48 23 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 47 24 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 46 25 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 46 26 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 45 27 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 42 28 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 39 29 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 36 30 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 35 31 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 34 32 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 34 33 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 34 34 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 34 35 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 33 36 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 32 37 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 31 38 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 31 39 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 30 40 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28 41 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 28 42 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 26 43 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 44 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 26 45 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 24 46 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 23 47 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 23 48 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 22 49 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 22 50 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 22 51 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 21 52 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 20 53 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 19 54 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 19 55 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 18 56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 18 57 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 18 58 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 17 59 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 17 60 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 16 61 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 15 62 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 15 63 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 15 64 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 14 65 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 14 66 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 67 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 13 68 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 69 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 12 70 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 11 71 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 11 72 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 10 73 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 10 74 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 75 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 9 76 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 8 77 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 8 78 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 8 79 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 80 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 6 81 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 82 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 6 83 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 6 84 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 4 85 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 86 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 3 87 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 88 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 2 89 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 90 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 91 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 1 Mountains classification: 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 296 pts 2 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 249 3 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 180 4 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 158 5 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 144 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 142 7 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 110 8 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 94 9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 85 10 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 78 11 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 78 12 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 76 13 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 75 14 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 73 15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 66 16 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 61 17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 59 18 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 58 19 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 52 20 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 52 21 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 50 22 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 46 23 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 44 24 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 33 25 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 33 26 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 32 27 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 31 28 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 26 29 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 23 30 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 22 31 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 19 32 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 18 33 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14 34 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 12 35 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 12 36 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 37 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 10 38 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 10 39 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 8 40 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 7 41 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 6 42 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 6 43 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 44 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 5 45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 4 46 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4 47 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 4 48 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3 49 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 3 50 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 3 51 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 2 52 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 54 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 55 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 56 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 1 57 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 1 Teams classification: 1 Banesto 200.10.00 2 Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.24 3 Festina 16.01 4 Rabobank 39.47 5 Team Deutsche Telekom 46.25 6 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 50.48 7 Lotto-Adecco 1.04.43 8 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.24.37 9 Mapei-Quick Step 1.25.18 10 US Postal Service 1.26.11 11 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.34.12 12 Team Polti 1.43.48 13 Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.23.17 14 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2.41.01 15 Bonjour 3.05.42 16 Credit Agricole 4.02.15 17 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.02.47 18 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 4.10.54 19 La Francaise Des Jeux 4.44.31 20 Farm Frites 5.20.25 Most combative rider classification: 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 98 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 97 3 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 71 4 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 56 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 55 6 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 53 7 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 40 8 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 27 9 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 23 10 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 11 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 16 12 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 16 13 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 12 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 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 19 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 8 20 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 7 21 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7 22 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 23 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 7 24 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 6 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 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 5 31 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 5 32 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 33 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 4 34 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 4 35 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 4 36 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 4 37 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4 38 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 4 39 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 40 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3 41 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3 42 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 3 43 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 3 44 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 2 45 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2 46 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 47 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 2 48 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 1 49 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1 50 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 51 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 52 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1 53 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 1 54 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1 55 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 56 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 57 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 58 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 59 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 1 60 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 1 61 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Best young rider classification: 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 66.50.52 2 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 19.00 3 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 22.42 4 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 49.13 5 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 1.25.44 6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 1.33.27 7 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.36.20 8 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 1.47.41 9 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 2.01.57 10 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 2.03.18