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87th Tour de France - Grand TourFrance, July 1 - 23, 2000 |
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Stage 2 - July 2: Futuroscope Loudun , 194 km
A train of a different color
By Tim Maloney, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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After an action packed bunch sprint in Loudon, Tom Steels (Mapei) proved that he is the numero uno sprinter at this year's Tour De France. "It's very important to take a victory early on, especially with a team like ours, with lots of sprinters," Steels said after his win. But Tom and the rest of the peloton were missing Mario Cipollini and his red Saeco Train. Cipollini's absence has made the sprint finishes more wide-open, according to Steels.
"I've said it a hundred times, it is harder without (Cipo) because it's harder to control the race when it gets wild near the finish," said Steels.
Before the crazy last 300 meters, the Tour De France peloton rolled out of Futuroscope just after midday, leaving the curious French theme park behind on a overcast, windy day. Nothing much happened at first; USPS rider Tyler Hamilton crashed but he was back in the peloton after a brief visit to the medical car.
So after a slow first hour or so getting re-acquainted, the Tour peloton decided to get down to business when Erik Dekker (Rabobank) attacked after 35 kilometres and quickly, Jacky "Dudu" Durand (Lotto) bridged up and the break was gone.
After 14 kilometres away, at 49 km, the duo had gained 3'10 on the field. By the 1st Sprint in Chateau-Larcher after 59.5 kilometres, where Durand took the bonus, the Dudu-Dekker duo had 5' over the Cofidis-led peloton and Dekker was virtual Maillot Jaune.
When the gap reached 5'20", Cofidis decided to ride hard tempo behind to protect the lead of David Millar and at the 2nd sprint in Verrieres, Millar took 3rd and added 2" onto his lead over Lance Armstrong (USPS). With a strong wind on the left shoulder and Cofidis chasing behind, by the 3rd sprint of the day at Châtellerault, Dudu and Dekker were within 2'00 of the peloton. After Dekker took the time bonus sprint in Châtellerault he began cramping and the duo lost more time.
Dudu asked his Lotto team manager Claudy Cricquelion what to do and was told to attack solo. He then dumped Dekker, who sat up and awaited the inevitable but the Lotto man resisted. It didn't matter: after 109 kilometres, Dekker was absorbed and Dudu 4 kilometres later for peloton groupée with 45 kilometres left to race to Loudon.
Cofidis kept the pace high on the front to keep anyone from getting away. Despite flats on run-in for Jens Voigt (CA) and Richie "Allez" Virenque (Polti) but both got on as Cofidis reduced the tempo up front, looking for the sprinters teams to ride harder.
With 5 kilometres to go, Sal Comesso (Saeco) and Voigt attacked but came back after a kilometer under the impulsion of Telekom.
It was strange not to see the red Saeco train leading out for the absent SuperMario Cipollini, so with no team willing to make the usual sprinters line, there was more than the usual maneuvering in the last few klicks leading up to the 1 kilometre to go arch.
At 700 meters to go, Paolo Bettini (Mapei) dove into the 90 degree final right hand bend, but three Telekom riders were right on him; Wesemann, Fagnini and the inevitable Zabel.
But the Mapei men were right behind and closing. At the 250 meter mark, Gian Fagnini (Telekom) made his final pull and moved sharply to his left and simply sat up, trying to leave the road clear for Erik Zabel to make a straight shot at the finish for the win.
The trouble was, Tom Steels (Mapei) was just making his move around the outside and he had to swerve sharply to the far left to get around the tricky move of Fagnini. Steels came back and powered ahead of Zabel anyway, despite Fagnini's attempt to impede the Mapei rider's progress.
While Zabel was occupied on his left with Fagnini, Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) was making a quick move up the inside and almost took runner up spot from Zabel with a great bike throw, but the Adelaide man ran out of road and ended up third, ahead of a fast-closing Romans Vainsteins (Vini Caldirola) and polka-dot clad Marcel Wüst (Festina). In the end, Telekom's tricks did no good, as Steels simply showed incredible power and presence of mind to take the win by 5 cm over the German.
"Today, our team rode great," Mapei manager Patrick Lefevere told cyclingnews after their Stage 2 victory. "We were 100% and got the win. The only thing I didn't like was the way Fagnini rode. That wasn't right at all..."
Results
1 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 4.46.08 (40.68 km/h) 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 4 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 5 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina 6 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 8 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 9 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 10 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 11 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 12 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 13 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 14 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 15 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 16 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 17 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 18 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 19 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 20 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 21 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 22 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 23 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 24 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 25 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 26 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 27 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 28 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 29 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 30 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 31 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 32 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 33 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 34 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 35 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 36 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 37 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 38 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 39 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 40 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 41 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 42 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 43 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 44 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 45 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 46 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 47 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 48 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 49 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 50 David Canada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 51 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 52 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 53 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 54 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 55 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 56 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 57 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 58 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 59 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 60 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 61 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 62 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 63 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 64 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 65 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 66 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 67 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 68 Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 69 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 70 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 71 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 72 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 73 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 74 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 75 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 76 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 77 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 79 Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour 80 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 81 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 82 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 83 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 84 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 85 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 86 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 87 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 88 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 89 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 90 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 91 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 92 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 93 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 94 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 95 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 96 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 97 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 98 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 99 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 100 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 101 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 102 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 103 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 104 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 105 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 106 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 107 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 108 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 109 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 110 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 111 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 112 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 113 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 114 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 115 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 116 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 117 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 118 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 119 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 120 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 121 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 122 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 123 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 124 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 125 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 126 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 127 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 128 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 129 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 130 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 131 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 132 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 133 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 134 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 135 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 136 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 137 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 138 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 139 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 140 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 141 Angel Pena Miguel (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 142 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 143 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 144 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 145 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 146 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 147 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 148 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 149 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 150 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 151 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 152 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 153 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 154 Carlos Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 155 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 156 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 157 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 158 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 159 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 160 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 161 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 162 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 163 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 164 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 165 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 166 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 167 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 168 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 169 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 170 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 171 Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 172 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 173 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 174 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.27 175 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 14.47 176 Rafael Mateos (Spa) Team Polti 177 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank Points: Loudun - 194 km 1 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 35 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 30 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 26 4 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 24 5 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina 22 6 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 20 7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 19 8 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 18 9 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 17 10 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 16 11 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 15 12 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 14 13 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 13 14 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 12 15 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 11 16 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 10 17 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 9 18 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 8 19 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 7 20 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 6 21 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 5 22 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 23 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 3 24 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 2 25 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1 Chateau-Larcher - 59.50 km 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 4 3 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 2 Verrieres - 85.00 km 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 4 3 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 2 Chatellerault - 138.50 km 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 4 3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 2 Teams: 1 La Francaise Des Jeux 14.18.24 2 Team Deutsche Telekom 3 Bonjour 4 Rabobank 5 Farm Frites 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 7 Credit Agricole 8 Festina 9 Saeco-Valli & Valli 10 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 11 Lotto-Adecco 12 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 13 Mapei-Quick Step 14 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 16 US Postal Service 17 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 18 Team Polti 19 Banesto 20 Kelme-Costa Blanca Most combative rider: 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 20 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 19 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1 3 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1 3 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1 General classification after stage 2: 1 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 5.05.09 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 0.04 3 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 0.15 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 0.16 5 David Canada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 0.18 6 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 0.22 7 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 0.23 8 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 0.29 9 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 0.35 10 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 0.41 11 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 0.42 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 0.46 13 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 14 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.51 15 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 0.55 16 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 17 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 0.56 18 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 19 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 20 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.57 21 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 22 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 23 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 24 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 0.58 25 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 26 Angel Pena Miguel (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 1.00 27 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 28 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.02 29 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 1.05 30 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 31 Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 32 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 33 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 1.06 34 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 1.07 35 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 36 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 37 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.08 38 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 1.09 39 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 40 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.10 41 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.11 42 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 43 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 1.12 44 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 1.13 45 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 46 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.14 47 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 48 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 1.15 49 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 50 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 51 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 1.16 52 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.19 53 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 54 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 1.21 55 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 56 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 57 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 1.23 58 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 59 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 60 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 1.24 61 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.27 62 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.28 63 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 64 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 65 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 66 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.31 67 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 1.32 68 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 69 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 70 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 1.33 71 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 72 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.34 73 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 74 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.36 75 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 1.37 76 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 77 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 78 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 79 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 1.39 80 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 81 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 82 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 1.41 83 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 84 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 85 Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.44 86 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 87 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 88 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 89 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 90 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.46 91 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.47 92 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1.48 93 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.52 94 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 95 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 96 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 97 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.53 98 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 1.54 99 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.55 100 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 101 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 102 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.56 103 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 104 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 105 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1.57 106 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.58 107 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 1.59 108 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 2.00 109 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 110 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 111 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 112 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 113 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.01 114 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 2.03 115 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.04 116 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.06 117 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 118 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2.07 119 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 120 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 121 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.08 122 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 123 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 124 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 2.09 125 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 2.10 126 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 2.12 127 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.14 128 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 129 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 130 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 2.15 131 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 132 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.16 133 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 2.17 134 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 2.18 135 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 136 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.19 137 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 138 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 139 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.20 140 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 141 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina 142 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.21 143 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 2.22 144 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.23 145 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2.24 146 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 2.26 147 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 148 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2.27 149 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 150 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 2.28 151 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 2.29 152 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 153 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 154 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.32 155 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.33 156 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.35 157 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.36 158 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 2.37 159 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.39 160 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 161 Carlos Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.41 162 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 2.42 163 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 2.43 164 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 165 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 2.46 166 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 2.53 167 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2.59 168 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3.02 169 Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour 170 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 3.03 171 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 3.19 172 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 3.23 173 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 3.39 174 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.49 175 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15.07 176 Rafael Mateos (Spa) Team Polti 16.56 177 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 17.19 Points classification: 1 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 35 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 30 3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 26 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 26 5 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 24 6 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina 22 7 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 20 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 19 9 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 19 10 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 19 11 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 18 12 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 16 13 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 15 14 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 14 15 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 13 16 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 12 17 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 12 18 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 12 19 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 11 20 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 10 21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 10 22 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 10 23 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 8 24 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 7 25 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 6 26 David Canada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 27 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 5 28 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 5 29 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 30 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 4 31 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 3 32 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 3 33 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 2 34 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 2 35 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification: 1 Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina 5 pts 2 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 3 3 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel 1 Teams classification: 1 US Postal Service 15.16.29 2 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 0.12 3 Festina 1.22 4 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 1.23 5 Team Deutsche Telekom 1.36 6 Banesto 1.46 7 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.48 8 Mapei-Quick Step 1.51 9 Rabobank 1.59 10 Credit Agricole 2.03 11 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.14 12 Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.41 13 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2.57 14 Lotto-Adecco 3.17 15 Saeco-Valli & Valli 3.19 16 Farm Frites 3.34 17 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 4.01 18 Team Polti 4.24 19 Bonjour 4.35 20 La Francaise Des Jeux 4.41 Most combative rider classification: 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 20 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 19 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1 4 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1 5 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1 Young rider classification: 1. David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 5.05.09 2. David Canada (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank 0.18 3. Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Once-Deutsche Bank 0.55 4. Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola 0.57 5. Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 1.05 6. Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 1.07 7. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 1.12 8. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole 1.13 9. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 1.21 10. Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli 1.39 11. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.52 12. Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise des Jeux 1.56 13. Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola 2.20 14. Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2.23 15. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 2.27 16. Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 3.23 17. Rafael Mateos (Spa) Team Polti 16.56