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87th Tour de France - Grand TourFrance, July 1 - 23, 2000 |
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Course Profile Live Report Results Previous Stage Photos
Stage 21- July 23: Paris - Champs-Elysées, 138 km
Mapei end it in a thrilling finale
By Jeff Jones, online editor
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The 87th Tour de France is finally over, with the 3,661 km journey of the 128 riders left in the race finishing in Paris today. No-one had the misfortune to crash, and there was essentially no change in any of the classifications. Lance Armstrong, sporting a long wig, yellow gloves, shorts, jersey, and spokes at the start, kept his lead as expected and took out his second successive Tour de France in front of an enormous crowd lining the Champs Elysées. Any doubts that his win last year was diminished due to lesser competition were completely erased over the past three weeks, as one by one he dispatched his rivals.
The closing stage of Le Tour is traditionally a parade for the riders and fans alike, finishing along Paris' most famous avenue, the Champs Elysées. This year was a little different in that the race actually started in Paris, with the Village Depart situated under the Eiffel Tower. This is only the second time in the race's history that a stage has started in Paris, the other being in 1975 when Walter Godefroot won the stage.
Today, Mr Godefroot urged his Telekom team to do their level best to keep the race together so that Maillot Vert, Erik Zabel could try for his second stage win, and also become the German with the most Tour stage wins (Rudi Altig and Zabel both have 8). In the end it wasn't to be, as Zabel took second to Mapei's Stefano Zanini - a fine performance by the team who have had a moderate amount of the spoils in this year's Tour.
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The riders' parade lasted for nearly two hours, as the peloton was content to roll along around various parts of Paris at a little over 30 km/h. For the record, the first 61 kilometres was covered in just under an hour and 50 minutes, which meant that the last 77 was done in 1'24 - an average of 55 kilometres an hour. When these boys turn on the pace, it ain't slow.
The attacks began with Christophe Agnolutto (Ag2r), winner of stage 7 and one of the most aggressive riders of this year's Tour. He took a flyer, but only succeeded in increasing the speed, as eight other riders countered. Thierry Marichal (Lotto), Pascal Derame (Bonjour), Anthony Morin (CA), the irrepressible Erik Dekker (Rabo), Xavier Jan (FdJ), Pascal Chanteur (Ag2r), Alex Vinokourov (Telekom), and Cedric Vasseur acting as a policeman for the US Postal team, were the riders who escaped for a while. Their gap grew to 20 seconds, and there it stayed for some time as the bunch were not yet ready to close it.
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Finally, the efforts of Polti, Farm Frites, US Postal and Telekom brought things back together with 36 kilometres to go. There was to be no spoiling of the sprinter's party just yet. However, there was non-stop attacking after this until a group of four stuck together with 29 kilometres left in the race. Masimilliano Apollonio (Vini Caldirola) was joined by Jens Voigt (CA), Agnolutto, and Dave Millar (Cofidis) who was trying to emulate his stage one victory.
These riders worked in perfect formation, holding 15 seconds to a peloton that was hungry for sprint finale. The inevitable closure came with one 6.5 kilometre lap to go, and it was made by Jan Ullrich who was doing an enormous amount of work for his sprinter Zabel. The Telekom train faltered however, as they had spent too many of their riders earlier on, and did not have a long leadout for Zabel. In fact it was the Mapei squad who led onto the final straight, with Dutchman Max Van Heeswijk and Freddy Rodriguez on his wheel. Rodriguez was looking like a winner, but in fact he was setting things up for the powerful Stefano Zanini, who at last found his sprinting legs on the Champs Elysées.
The final result - Zanini first, followed by a desperate Zabel, with Vainsteins (Vini Caldirola), Rodriguez and Van Heeswijk behind. US Champion Rodriguez showed his emotion crossing the line as he raised his arm with Zanini's victory, as did Van Heeswijk. The Mapei team have had a solid Tour in terms of stage wins (4 now), but have suffered as usual in the general classification. Their best riders, Daniele Nardello and Manuel Beltran finished 10th and 11th respectively, prompting Mapei boss Giorgio Squinzi's recent outburst that his riders were beaten by drugs.
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They weren't beaten today though, and at least had the satisfaction of winning the Blue Riband stage. The biggest honour went to Lance Armstrong of course, as he crushed his opposition to win the 2000 Tour. Ever since his stage 10 performance to Hautacam, his strength, determination and the US Postal team commitment has never been in doubt, even if he did falter slightly on the Joux-Plane. His second Tour win certainly doesn't seem like his last, as he is still two months shy of his 29th birthday. An exciting time trial rematch looms with his rival Jan Ullrich in Sydney, but in the meantime he has said he will back off and then rebuild his form.
The other competitions require a little summing up as well. Firstly, Erik Zabel of Telekom managed a record fifth successive green jersey in the Tour. It's the sign of the most consistent sprinter, and Zabel is always good in this competition because he can climb as well as sprint. This year, he added a stage win to his palmares, and is the most successful rider of 2000 in terms of wins.
The climbers' Maillot Pois (Polka Dot jersey) was taken out by the winner of the longest mountain stage, Colombian Santiago Botero of Kelme. He broke Richard Virenque's monopoly on that prize with some fine attacking riding through the mountains. His Kelme team were awarded with the team prize as a result, beating Festina by 13.42, and they well deserved it after forcing the pace so often when the others were afraid.
Although Botero almost took out the most combative rider classification , that honour went to Erik 'triple' Dekker (Rabobank), winner of three stages this year, and present in countless attacks. His rivals, Jens Voigt, Christophe Agnolutto and Jacky Durand all tried their hardest, but Dekker just stuck to the 'Go Hard, Early and Often' rule, and it paid off.
Finally, the best young rider was Banesto's Francesco Mancebo, 9th overall and one of only 10 riders eligible for the prize. All of the riders in this classification, including David Millar, Magnus Backstedt, David Moncoutie and Salvatore Commesso will be ones to keep an eye on in future.
A final note: Thanks to all who have written in with constructive and congratulatory comments regarding cyclingnews.com's coverage of Le Tour 2000. Thanks to those of you who cheered as our Purple Fiat sped its way over mountain passes and along innumerable French roads. Thanks to the cyclingnews.com team for producing the content: Tim Maloney, Jeff Jones, Tomas Nilsson, Gerard Knapp, Holly Rutter and John Sunde. And a big thanks to Trek and Nike for helping with the sponsorship of the site. We'll be back, bigger and better than ever next year.
Results
1 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 3.12.36 (42.99 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 3 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 4 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 5 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 6 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 7 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 9 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 10 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 11 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 12 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 13 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 14 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 16 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 17 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 18 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 19 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 20 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 21 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 22 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 23 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 24 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 25 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 26 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 27 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 28 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 29 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 30 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 31 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 32 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 33 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 34 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 35 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 36 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 37 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 38 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 39 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 40 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 41 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 42 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 43 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 44 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 45 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 46 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 47 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 48 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 49 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 50 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 51 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 52 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 53 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 54 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 55 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 56 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 57 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 58 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 59 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 60 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 61 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 62 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 63 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 64 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 65 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 66 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 67 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 68 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 69 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 70 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 71 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 72 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 73 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 74 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 75 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 76 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 77 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 78 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 79 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 80 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 81 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 82 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 83 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 84 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 85 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 86 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 87 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 88 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 89 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 90 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 91 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 92 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 93 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 94 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 95 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 96 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 97 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 98 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 99 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 100 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 101 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 102 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 103 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 104 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 105 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 106 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 107 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 108 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 109 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 110 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 111 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 112 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 113 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 114 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 115 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 116 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 117 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 118 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 119 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 120 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 121 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 122 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 0.21 123 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 124 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.24 125 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 0.39 126 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 0.51 127 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.02 DSQ Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti Points: Hauts des Champs-Elysées, 22.90 km 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 6 pts 2 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4 3 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 2 Hauts des Champs-Elysées, 52.00 km 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 6 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 4 3 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 Paris Champs-Elysées, 138.00 km 1 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 35 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 30 3 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 26 4 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 24 5 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 22 6 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 20 7 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 19 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 18 9 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 17 10 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 16 11 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 15 12 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 14 13 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 13 14 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 15 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 11 16 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 10 17 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 9 18 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 8 19 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 7 20 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 6 21 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 5 22 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 4 23 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 3 24 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 25 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 Teams: 1 Mapei-Quick Step 9.37.48 2 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3 La Francaise Des Jeux 4 Banesto 5 Team Deutsche Telekom 6 US Postal Service 7 Saeco-Valli & Valli 8 Credit Agricole 9 Bonjour 10 Farm Frites 11 Festina 12 Rabobank 13 Lotto-Adecco 14 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 16 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 17 Team Polti 18 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 19 Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone Most combative rider: 1 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 10 pts 2 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 9 3 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 5 4 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 5 6 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 2 6 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 6 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 6 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 2 6 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 2 12 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 1 Best young rider: 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 3.12.36 2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 3 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 5 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 6 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 7 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 8 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 9 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 10 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Final general Classification 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 92.33.08 (39.55 km/h) 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 6.02 3 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 10.04 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 10.34 5 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.50 6 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 13.26 7 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14.18 8 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 17.21 9 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 18.09 10 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 18.25 11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 21.11 12 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 23.13 13 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25.00 14 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 32.04 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 32.26 16 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 34.18 17 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 34.29 18 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 35.57 19 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 43.12 20 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 46.24 21 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 48.27 22 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 50.09 23 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 51.45 24 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 52.06 25 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 56.30 26 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 59.33 27 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 1.06.05 28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.06.44 29 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.09.19 30 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 1.09.27 31 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.16.33 32 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.17.28 33 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.17.44 34 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.19.44 35 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 1.20.40 36 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.21.33 37 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 1.23.13 38 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.23.33 39 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.24.21 40 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.29.51 41 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.32.00 42 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.32.33 43 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.33.34 44 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 1.35.57 45 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 1.39.55 46 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.42.00 47 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 1.43.22 48 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 1.44.15 49 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1.46.17 50 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.50.59 51 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.51.27 52 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 1.55.25 53 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 1.56.31 54 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.58.47 55 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 1.59.57 56 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 2.02.04 57 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 2.04.21 58 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 2.10.08 59 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.10.28 60 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 2.10.37 61 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.11.07 62 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 2.13.03 63 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.16.05 64 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 2.17.40 65 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 2.20.31 66 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.23.07 67 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.24.05 68 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 2.26.40 69 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.27.19 70 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.28.14 71 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 2.28.17 72 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.28.48 73 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.29.17 74 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 2.31.48 75 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2.32.26 76 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.33.55 77 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 2.34.31 78 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 2.35.52 79 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.36.03 80 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 2.36.07 81 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.36.12 82 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2.38.10 83 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.38.10 84 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.40.12 85 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.40.19 86 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 2.40.19 87 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 2.40.31 88 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.41.19 89 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 2.44.01 90 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.44.02 91 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 2.45.46 92 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 2.45.56 93 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.46.06 94 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 2.48.30 95 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.50.21 96 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2.51.01 97 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 2.51.14 98 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.51.21 99 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.52.14 100 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.52.46 101 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.52.52 102 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2.54.00 103 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 2.54.50 104 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.55.45 105 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 2.58.04 106 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.58.05 107 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.59.59 108 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3.00.47 109 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 3.02.09 110 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 3.02.15 111 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 3.03.30 112 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 3.03.38 113 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 3.04.28 114 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 3.04.28 115 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 3.05.17 116 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3.07.16 117 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3.07.17 118 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 3.07.39 119 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3.08.22 120 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.13.40 121 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.17.15 122 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 3.18.37 123 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 3.20.27 124 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.22.52 125 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.41.02 126 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 3.43.13 127 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 3.46.37 Points classification: 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 321 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 203 3 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 184 4 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 157 5 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 138 6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 130 7 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 130 8 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 122 9 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 118 10 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 106 11 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 100 12 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 99 13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 97 14 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 92 15 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 91 16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 89 17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 84 18 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 76 19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 74 20 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 69 21 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 61 22 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 57 23 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 57 24 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 57 25 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 54 26 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 52 27 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 52 28 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 52 29 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 51 30 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 50 31 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 50 32 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 47 33 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 47 34 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 46 35 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 44 36 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44 37 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 44 38 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 44 39 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 43 40 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 42 41 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 36 42 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 36 43 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 34 44 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 33 45 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 33 46 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 32 47 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 30 48 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 30 49 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 30 50 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 30 51 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 30 52 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 27 53 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 27 54 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 55 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 26 56 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 26 57 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 25 58 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 25 59 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 23 60 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 22 61 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 22 62 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 22 63 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 21 64 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 20 65 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 18 66 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 17 67 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 17 68 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 16 69 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 15 70 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 15 71 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 14 72 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 73 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 13 74 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 75 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 76 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 11 77 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 11 78 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 10 79 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 10 80 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 8 81 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 8 82 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 8 83 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 7 84 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 7 85 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 6 86 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 87 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 5 88 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 5 89 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 4 90 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 4 91 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 92 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 3 93 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 94 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 95 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 267 4 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 234 5 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 164 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 162 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 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 10 44 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 10 45 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 9 46 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 8 47 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 7 48 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 49 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 50 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 6 51 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 6 52 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 53 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 4 54 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3 55 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 3 56 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 2 57 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 58 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 59 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 60 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 1 61 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 1 Teams classification: 1 Kelme-Costa Blanca 278.10.47 2 Festina 13.42 3 Banesto 18.21 4 Team Deutsche Telekom 40.08 5 Lotto-Adecco 1.11.50 6 Rabobank 1.16.34 7 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.36.14 8 US Postal Service 1.46.04 9 Mapei-Quick Step 1.50.17 10 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.06.48 11 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.12.27 12 Team Polti 2.18.28 13 Saeco-Valli & Valli 3.03.13 14 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 3.10.12 15 Bonjour 3.43.37 16 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.55.08 17 Credit Agricole 5.19.29 18 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 5.59.20 19 La Francaise Des Jeux 6.06.02 20 Farm Frites 6.45.01 Most combative rider classification: 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 99 pts 2 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 98 3 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 79 4 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 77 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 70 6 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 53 7 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 44 8 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 44 9 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 38 10 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 33 11 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 27 12 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 21 13 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 21 14 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 19 15 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 19 16 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 19 17 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 18 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 16 19 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 20 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 11 21 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 10 22 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 10 23 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 10 24 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 10 25 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 10 26 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 9 27 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 9 28 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 8 29 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 8 30 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 8 31 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 7 32 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 33 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 7 34 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 6 35 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6 36 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 37 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 5 38 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 5 39 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 40 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 5 41 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 5 42 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 43 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4 44 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 4 45 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 4 46 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 47 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 4 48 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 4 49 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3 50 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 3 51 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 52 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3 53 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 3 54 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 3 55 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 2 56 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 2 57 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 58 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 2 59 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 2 60 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 1 61 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 1 62 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 63 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 64 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 1 65 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 1 66 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 67 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 68 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 1 69 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 1 Best young rider classification: 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 92.51.17 2 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 17.48 3 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 33.57 4 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 59.35 5 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 1.54.54 6 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.10.39 7 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2.14.17 8 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 2.27.47 9 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 2.39.55 10 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 3.02.18