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87th Tour de France - Grand TourFrance, July 1 - 23, 2000 |
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Stage 18 - July 20: Lausanne - Fribourg-En-Brisgau, 246.5 km
Toto takes it from Vino
By Tim Maloney, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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Salvatore "Toto" Commesso (Saeco) is a real battler and the Saeco's pocket puncher has been trying to win a Tour De France stage since Day 1. But his luck has not been good, or he's been overhadowed by other attackers like Dekker, Voight and Durand. But not anymore! Today, Toto took the prize on Stage 18, racing across Switzerland and once into Germany in front of record-setting crowds lining the roadside 10 deep in places.
After a beautiful lakeside start in Lausanne, the riders got PO'd by the first 7km; a neutralized section that climbed through the city to reach the actual start just outside of town and boosted the actual distance to be ridden to over 250 km!
Soon after the race began, on the green rolling hills of the Canton of Vaud, 5 men went on the attack towards Fribourg; Commesso, Jacky "Dudu" Durand (Lotto), Jens Voigt (Credit Agricole), Jean Cyril Robin (Bonjour) and Alex "Vino" Vinokourov (Telekom). The break got a small gap at first, with Rabobank riding to keep things close for Erik Dekker, but after a few kilometers of chase, the peloton all but stopped. The bunch rolled through Marnand at the 32km point, with Erik Zabel at the front inciting the peloton to ride, but the 5 fugitives already had 8'00 and their lead was increasing every kilometer.
At first, Dudu and Voigt were doing the lion's share of the work, but as they wore down, Toto and Vino came on stronger. The gap reached over 25 minutes and behind, the peloton finally woke up decided to ride. But it was too little, too late. By the time Le Tour left tranquil Switzerland for a German welcome at the border in Rheinfelden with 68km to race, the gap was 16', with Polti & Kelme chasing.
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And what a welcome! As soon as the route crossed over into Germany, the crowds awaiting Le Tour, Jan Ullrich and Team Telekom were fantastic; some of the best in recent Tour history. Lots of Telekom pink dotted the crowd with signs for Jan The Man, coming home to his region of southwestern Germany. Up front, Toto was feeling better and better and on the last two climbs of the day, the powerful Napolitano was making the others hurt. Eventually, Commesso made his move on a counter of an attack by Durand. On a twisty, winding downhill with 42km to go, Toto found himself alone in the lead with another outstanding young talent, Alexander Vinokourov.
Toto and Vino had a hard chase behind from all three behind, but eventually the two strongest riders cracked the chasers and under 25km to go banner their lead was 1'30. 5km later it was 2' and that was that. Vino rode very hard to try and crack Toto, but nothin' doin'...the determined little Italian wanted his 2nd Tour stage win in 2 years and there wasn't a hill in sight for the equally talented (and better climber) Vino to dump the Saeco man. Vino did try a move with 2.5km to go, but Toto was all over him like pomodoro on pasta.
As the duo appoached the final kilometer, the fast break became a match sprint as the two riders eyed each other carefully. Vino is a talented, complete rider and Toto know it; the sprint would not be easy. Through the last corner with 500m to go, the duo practically stopped moving, but with 200m to go, Vino jumped, Toto followed and just got the Telekom man at the line. The peloton came in a quarter of an hour later, and after stage 18, Maillot Jaune Lance Armstrong echoed the sentiments of most of the peloton (Commesso excepted!) in his post-race press conference by saying that "these long stages are not good for dramatic bike racing; no one in the peloton wants to do that (the long stages)... with 250km into the wind."
Armstrong is right; Thursday's stage of 250km plus Saturdays stage of 250km from Belfort to Troyes is simply too much; 5 hours of "piano" tempo with a fast last hour is a real bore. Riders, fans and media alike hope that the Tour De France 2001 will finally enter the 20th Century and look for faster, more exciting stages.
Toto's success at last in Fribourg
By Jeff Jones, online editor
There are no easy days in the Tour, although the peloton is wishing by now that just for once, they could have some time to relax. Today's 246.5 km stage from Lausanne, Switzerland to Fribourg-En-Brisgau in Germany was an opportunity for them to ride at a steady tempo for 3 hours before they had to start work. However, no-one told Jacky Durand, Jens Voigt, Salvatore Commesso, Jean-Cyril Robin and Alexandre Vinokourov this as they set off at the 3 kilometre point, never to be spotted again by the main bunch until they were on the podium at the finish.
With the stage finishing in Germany and with huge crowds expected to see the Tour de France visit for the first time since 1992, the conditions were ripe for a Telekom finish. The weather was perfect - hot even, and Erik Zabel was coming off a second placing in yesterday's stage, beaten by a last minute foil from Erik 'Triple' Dekker.
Today however, it was not to be for the man in green as the five aforementioned riders made good their escape for 243.5 kilometres. At first Rabobank and even Telekom tried to chase, but Zabel quickly called off his men when he realised he was not going to receive any help. Vinokourov was given permission to ride for himself to at least try and win it for a German team.
The largest time check was 27'40 at around kilometre 120, and this was too big for the decimated peloton to chase. There was an attempt by Farm Frites, Kelme, Francaise des Jeux, Festina, and Banesto to bring the five back, but they ran out of puff and could only reduce the gap to 15 minutes by the finish. Up front, things stayed together until 40 km to go, when Jacky Durand launched an expected attack. This was countered by Alexandre Vinokourov and Salvatore Commesso, who had the legs to get away from the rest with 35 km left. Jens Voigt did his best to bring them back, but was not able to and the pair quickly gained 2 minutes.
Vino and Toto then set about psyching each other out for the final sprint. Both were strong, and an attempted attack by Vino was not successful. He wanted Commesso to lead out in the last kilometre, and actually brought the break to a halt in order to do so. He didn't have his way though, and Commesso stayed on him until the final couple of hundred metres when he crossed the line for his second Tour de France stage win, and one that he has been searching hard for the last two and a half weeks.
In third place was Jacky Durand after a late attack left Voigt and Robin to take fourth and fifth in that order. The peloton was led home a quarter of an hour later by Dane, Nicolay Bo Larsen (Memorycard-Jack & Jones), who led a small breakaway in front of the rest of the 129 finishers.
Results
1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6.08.15 (41.05 km/h) 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 3 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 1.05 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1.16 5 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 6 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 15.35 7 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 8 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 9 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 10 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 15.37 11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 15.40 12 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 13 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 14 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 15 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 16 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 17 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 18 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 19 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 20 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 21 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 22 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 23 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 24 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 25 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 26 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 27 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 28 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 29 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 30 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 31 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 32 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 33 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 34 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 35 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 36 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 37 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 38 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 39 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 40 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 41 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 42 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 43 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 44 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 45 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 46 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 47 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 48 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 49 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 50 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 51 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 52 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 53 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 54 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 55 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 56 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 57 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 58 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 59 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 60 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 61 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 62 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 63 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 64 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 65 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 66 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 67 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 68 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 69 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 70 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 71 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 72 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 73 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 74 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 75 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 76 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 77 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 78 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 79 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 80 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 81 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 82 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 83 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 84 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 85 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 86 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 87 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 88 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 89 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 90 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 91 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 92 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 93 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 94 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 95 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 96 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 97 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 98 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 99 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 100 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 101 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 102 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 103 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 104 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 105 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 106 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 107 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 108 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 109 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 110 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 111 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 112 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 113 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 114 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 115 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 116 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 117 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 118 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 119 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 120 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 121 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 122 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 123 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 124 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 125 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 126 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 127 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 128 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 129 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti DNS Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto Points: Dompierre, 45.00 km 1 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 6 pts 2 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 4 3 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 Sitzenkirch, 200.50 km 1 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 6 pts 2 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 4 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 2 Fribourg-En-Brisgau, 246.50 km 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 35 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 30 3 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 26 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 24 5 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 22 6 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 20 7 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 19 8 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 18 9 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 17 10 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 16 11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 15 12 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 14 13 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 13 14 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 12 15 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 11 16 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 10 17 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 9 18 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 8 19 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 7 20 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 21 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 5 22 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 23 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 3 24 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 25 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1 Mountains: Côte de Oberer-Hauenstein - Cat. 3, 139.00 km 1 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 10 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 7 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 5 4 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 3 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1 Côte de Fullinsdorf - Cat. 4, 161.00 km 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 5 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 3 3 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 1 Côte de Waidhof - Cat. 3, 180.00 km 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 10 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 7 3 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 5 4 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 3 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 Côte de Lörrach - Cat. 3, 187.00 km 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 5 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 3 3 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 1 Teams: 1 Team Deutsche Telekom 18.56.05 2 Saeco-Valli & Valli 3 Lotto-Adecco 1.00 4 Bonjour 1.11 5 Credit Agricole 1.16 6 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 15.32 7 Farm Frites 15.35 8 Mapei-Quick Step 15.40 9 Banesto 10 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 11 US Postal Service 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 13 La Francaise Des Jeux 14 Team Polti 15 Rabobank 16 Festina 17 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 18 Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 20 Mercatone Uno-Albacom Most combative rider: 1 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 21 pts 2 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 19 3 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 10 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 10 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 9 6 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Best young rider: 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6.08.15 2 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 15.40 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 4 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 5 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 7 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 8 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 9 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 10 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis General classification after stage 18: 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 82.01.18 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 5.37 3 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 6.38 4 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.43 5 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 7.36 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 8.22 7 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10.19 8 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.35 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 13.07 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 13.08 11 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 13.50 12 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 14.28 13 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 15.47 14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 24.18 15 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 25.48 16 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 26.30 17 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 29.22 18 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 30.22 19 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 31.41 20 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 34.06 21 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 34.47 22 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 37.17 23 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 41.30 24 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 45.27 25 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 46.15 26 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 51.13 27 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 53.29 28 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 54.13 29 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 57.29 30 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 1.00.24 31 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 1.04.22 32 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.06.34 33 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.08.19 34 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 1.10.27 35 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.12.38 36 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.12.46 37 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.13.17 38 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 1.14.52 39 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.15.09 40 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 1.19.49 41 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.19.53 42 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.23.20 43 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.23.31 44 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.24.11 45 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.27.53 46 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 1.32.24 47 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.32.43 48 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 1.35.22 49 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 1.37.40 50 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1.39.21 51 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.39.55 52 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.45.41 53 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 1.46.09 54 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 1.48.30 55 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 1.51.43 56 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.51.49 57 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.52.17 58 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 1.56.10 59 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 2.00.01 60 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.01.25 61 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 2.02.35 62 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.02.41 63 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.09.02 64 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 2.09.07 65 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 2.09.30 66 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 2.09.45 67 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 2.11.26 68 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.11.48 69 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.12.09 70 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.13.13 71 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.14.06 72 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2.16.10 73 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 2.19.14 74 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.19.18 75 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.19.24 76 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.21.30 77 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 2.22.13 78 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 2.26.48 79 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.27.27 80 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 2.28.09 81 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.28.32 82 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 2.29.15 83 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.29.22 84 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.29.56 85 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.30.18 86 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 2.31.32 87 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2.31.35 88 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.33.37 89 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 2.33.37 90 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.34.08 91 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 2.34.28 92 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 2.34.37 93 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.36.26 94 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.36.54 95 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 2.37.48 96 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.40.26 97 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.41.25 98 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2.42.00 99 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.42.30 100 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.42.34 101 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 2.42.53 102 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.44.18 103 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.45.56 104 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.46.09 105 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 2.46.24 106 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2.46.45 107 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 2.47.01 108 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.48.57 109 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.49.00 110 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 2.49.22 111 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.51.39 112 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.51.56 113 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 2.53.09 114 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 2.53.21 115 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 2.53.42 116 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 2.54.32 117 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 2.55.57 118 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.56.34 119 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.57.54 120 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 2.58.39 121 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.04.51 122 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.08.20 123 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 3.09.16 124 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.09.18 125 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 3.09.33 126 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 3.14.30 127 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.28.57 128 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 3.30.27 129 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 3.34.19 Points classification: 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 256 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 137 3 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 134 4 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 130 5 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 113 6 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 105 7 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 101 8 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 99 9 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 94 10 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 90 11 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 85 12 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 84 13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 74 14 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 71 15 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 70 16 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 68 17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 66 18 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 64 19 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 62 20 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 61 21 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 57 22 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 57 23 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 56 24 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 51 25 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 50 26 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 50 27 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 47 28 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 47 29 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 46 30 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 46 31 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 44 32 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44 33 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 43 34 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 43 35 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 41 36 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 37 37 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 36 38 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 36 39 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 36 40 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 34 41 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 33 42 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 33 43 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 32 44 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30 45 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 30 46 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 30 47 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 30 48 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 29 49 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 28 50 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 27 51 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 52 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 26 53 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 26 54 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 25 55 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 22 56 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 22 57 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 19 58 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 19 59 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 18 60 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 17 61 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 17 62 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 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 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 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 71 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 11 72 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 11 73 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 10 74 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 10 75 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 76 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 8 77 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 8 78 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 8 79 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 7 80 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 7 81 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 6 82 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 6 83 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 84 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 5 85 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 5 86 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 87 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 4 88 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 4 89 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 3 90 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 91 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 2 92 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 93 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 1 Mountains classification: 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 347 pts 2 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 283 3 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 262 4 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 233 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 162 6 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 161 7 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 149 8 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 113 9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 112 10 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 110 11 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 100 12 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 96 13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 86 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 81 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 78 16 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 75 17 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 70 18 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 61 19 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 58 20 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 52 21 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 52 22 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 49 23 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 44 24 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 42 25 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 34 26 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 33 27 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 32 28 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 32 29 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 26 30 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 23 31 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 22 32 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 22 33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 20 34 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 20 35 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 20 36 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 18 37 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 18 38 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14 39 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 13 40 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 12 41 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 12 42 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 43 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 10 44 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 9 45 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 8 46 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 7 47 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 6 48 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 6 49 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 50 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4 51 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 4 52 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3 53 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 3 54 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 2 55 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 57 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 58 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 1 59 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 1 Teams classification: 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 246.20.25 2 Banesto 15.06 3 Festina 16.40 4 Team Deutsche Telekom 39.56 5 Lotto-Adecco 1.05.04 6 Rabobank 1.14.06 7 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.37.46 8 Mapei-Quick Step 1.47.27 9 US Postal Service 1.51.00 10 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.07.21 11 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.08.23 12 Team Polti 2.09.59 13 Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.52.02 14 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 3.09.09 15 Bonjour 3.33.43 16 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.48.25 17 Credit Agricole 5.14.41 18 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 5.46.29 19 La Francaise Des Jeux 5.54.18 20 Farm Frites 6.40.05 Most combative classification: 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 99 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 98 3 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 77 4 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 73 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 65 6 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 53 7 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 44 8 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 44 9 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 33 10 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 27 11 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21 12 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 19 13 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 19 14 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 19 15 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 16 16 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 17 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 10 18 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 10 19 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 10 20 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 9 21 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 9 22 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 23 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 8 24 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 7 25 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 26 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 7 27 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 6 28 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6 29 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 30 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 31 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 6 32 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 5 33 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 34 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 5 35 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 5 36 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 37 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 38 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 4 39 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 4 40 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 41 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 4 42 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 4 43 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4 44 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3 45 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 3 46 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3 47 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 3 48 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 3 49 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 2 50 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 2 51 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 52 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 53 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 2 54 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 1 55 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1 56 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 57 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 58 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1 59 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 1 60 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 61 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 62 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 63 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 1 64 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 1 65 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Best young rider classification: 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 82.14.25 2 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 18.34 3 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 33.08 4 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 59.39 5 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 1.56.00 6 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.59.02 7 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2.03.03 8 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 2.20.30 9 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 2.33.54 10 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 3.01.23