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87th Tour de France - Grand TourFrance, July 1 - 23, 2000 |
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Stage
6 - July 6:
Vitre - Tours,
198.5
km
Dutch treat as Van Bon win, while warhorse Elli finally in Maillot Jaune
By Tim Maloney, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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36 years young Alberto Elli (Telekom) got in the right break today and powered his way to a Maillot Jaune on the sixth stage of the 2000 Tour De France, which finished on the tree-lined Avenue de Grammont in front in the beautiful epoque Hotel de Ville in the heart of Tours. Rabobank also had a good day, putting three riders in the key 12 man break.
"After 14 years of racing, this is great; its a real payback for me," Elli stated. Elli is one of the oldest active riders and his stankovite approach to training and racing has finally paid off. Elli's team manager Rudy Pevenage of Telekom seemed pleased as well. "Alberto should be able to keep the (yellow) jersey ar least as as far as (the) Hautacam (stage); after that we'll see."
Stage 6 began with a few small moves, but as the road got hillier outside of Argentre-Du-Plessis, Jacky Durand attacked just as Maillot Jaune Laurent Jalabert stopped to answer the call of nature. Durand was joined by 11 other riders. Arrieta, three Rabobank riders; Leon Van Bon, Marc Wauters and Markus Zberg. Alberto Elli (Telekom), Pascal Chanteur (AG2R), Salvatore "Toto" Commesso (Saeco), Servais Knaven (Farm Frites), Manu Magnien (FdJ), Arvizs Piziks (Memory Card) and Fabrice Gougot (Credit Agricole). Although Maillot Jaune Jalabert's O.N.C.E. squad chased for perhaps 10km, the front group was too powerful and they cruised ahead rapidly as O.N.C.E. turned off the chase.
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An even dozen riders raced across the farmers garden of France towards Tours; although the winds were expected to be on their backs, the 12 riders and chasing peloton had a light headwind and constant up and down terrain to contend with. As the break entered the Departement de Maine et Loire with 130km to race, they had increased their lead to an enormous 13 minutes over a listless peloton.
Suddenly, Bonjour and USPS began to chase as they realized that Elli was now virtual Maillot Jaune by over 10 minutes, as the experienced Italian had started the stage in 21st, only 2'15" behind Jalabert. And Elli was a real dangerman for the GC; in that he had always ridden well in most of his 11 Tours, even finishing 7th in 1994. No one expected Elli to keep the jersey all the way to Paris, but his smart move in joining the right break would help the Telekom team a bit by boosting their morale.
Soon Bonjour and Postal joined the general chase and whittled the gap down but there was just no stopping the dynamic dozen up front today. As the break crossed the bridge over the Loire River at Langeais with 30km to race, their advantage was just under 8 minutes, while O.N.C.E. and Mercantone Uno were leading the chase at the head of the peloton. No one was really missing a turn up front, but the fast men like Piziks in his purple and white Latvian champ's jersey and Zberg in his classic red with white cross Swiss champ's jersey were watching tricky Toto Commesso, who wanted another stage win to add to his victory last year in Albi. But, newly crowned Dutch champ Leon Van Bon was watching them; his legs were good and he told his powerhouse teammate Wauters to keep the pace high so no one would escape.
When the break passed the Chateau de Villandry with 15km to go, the gap was still over 7 minutes and everyone could see that Alberto Elli would be trading his pink and white Telekom jersey for Yellow in a short while. Jacky Durand made an attempt to go, but Rabobank policeman Marc Wauters kept him in line and maintained a torrid pace up to the Coca Cola inflatable arch with 1km to go.
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Another wild, wide open sprint today hurtled towards the line, and Leon Van Bon was not to be denied, notching his 2nd stage win just ahead of his Rabobank teammate Zberg. Clapping his hands in celebration, the 12th man in the break to cross the line was their teammate Marc Wauters, who kept it together until the end. Robbbie McEwen won the bunch sprint for 13th over Marcel Wust, 7'49" behind Van Bon as the best masters rider in the World, 36 year old Alberto Elli headed for the podium and his Maillot Jaune. Contenders Jaja, Armstrong and Ullrich are all 6 minutes behind Elli, so the pecking order for final victory in the 2000 Tour De France has not really changed at all.
Results
1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 4.28.06 (44.3 km/h) 2 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 5 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 6 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 7 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 9 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 10 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 11 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 0.13 13 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 7.49 14 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 16 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 17 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 18 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 19 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 20 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 21 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 22 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 23 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 24 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 25 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 26 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 27 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 28 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 29 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 30 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 31 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 32 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 33 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 34 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 35 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 36 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 37 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 38 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 39 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 40 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 41 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 42 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 44 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 45 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 46 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 47 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 48 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 49 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 50 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 51 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 52 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 53 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 54 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 55 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 56 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 57 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 58 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 59 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 60 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 61 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 62 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 63 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 64 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 65 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 66 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 67 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 68 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 69 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 70 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 71 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 72 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 73 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 74 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 75 Carlos Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 76 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 77 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 78 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 79 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 80 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 81 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 82 Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 83 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 84 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 85 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 86 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 87 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 88 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 89 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 90 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 91 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 92 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 93 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 94 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 95 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 96 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 97 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 98 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 99 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 100 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 101 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 102 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 103 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 104 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 105 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 106 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 107 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 108 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 109 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 110 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 111 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 112 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 113 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 114 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 115 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 116 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 117 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 118 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 119 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 120 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 121 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 122 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 123 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 124 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 125 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 126 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 127 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 128 Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour 129 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 130 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 131 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 132 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 133 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 134 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 135 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 136 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 137 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 138 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 139 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 140 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 141 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 142 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 143 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 144 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 145 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 146 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 147 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 148 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 149 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 150 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 151 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 152 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 153 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 154 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 155 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 156 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 157 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 158 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 159 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 160 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 161 Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 162 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 163 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 164 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 165 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 166 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 167 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 22.26 168 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 169 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 170 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 171 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 172 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 173 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 174 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 175 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 176 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole DNF Rafael Mateos (Spa) Team Polti Points: 1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 35 pts 2 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 30 3 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 26 4 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 24 5 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 22 6 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 20 7 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 8 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 18 9 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 17 10 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 16 11 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 15 12 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 14 13 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 13 14 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 12 15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 11 16 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 10 17 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 9 18 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 8 19 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 7 20 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 6 21 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5 22 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 23 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3 24 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 2 25 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 1 Sprints: Quelaines-Saint-Gault (39.00 km) 1 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 6 pts 2 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 4 3 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 Daumeray (89.50 km) 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6 pts 2 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 4 3 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 Hommes (154.50 km) 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6 pts 2 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 4 3 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 2 Teams: 1 Rabobank 13.24.31 2 Farm Frites 15.25 3 Lotto-Adecco 4 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 5 Team Deutsche Telekom 6 Credit Agricole 7 La Francaise Des Jeux 8 Banesto 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 10 Saeco-Valli & Valli 11 Mapei-Quick Step 23.14 12 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 13 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 14 US Postal Service 15 Festina 16 Team Polti 17 Bonjour 18 Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 20 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone Most combative rider: 1 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 22 pts 2 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 2 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 4 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 7 5 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 5 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6 7 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 4 8 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3 8 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3 8 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 3 11 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 2 11 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 2 11 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 2 Best young rider: 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 4.28.06 2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 7.49 3 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 4 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 5 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 6 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 8 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 9 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 10 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 11 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 12 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 13 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 14 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 15 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 22.26 16 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux General classification after stage 6: 1 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 18.58.40 2 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.12 3 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.17 4 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.56 5 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 3.08 6 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 3.27 7 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 3.52 8 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 4.31 9 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 4.38 10 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 5.40 11 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 5.52 12 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 5.54 13 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6.13 14 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6.17 15 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 6.23 16 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6.29 17 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6.29 18 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6.31 19 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6.32 20 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6.34 21 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 6.35 22 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 6.37 23 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 6.39 24 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 6.58 25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 26 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 7.03 27 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 7.36 28 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 7.47 29 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 7.52 30 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 7.55 31 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 7.59 32 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 8.07 33 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 8.12 34 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 8.16 35 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 8.17 36 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 37 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 8.26 38 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 8.27 39 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 8.29 40 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 8.35 41 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 8.40 42 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.42 43 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 8.43 44 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 8.54 45 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 8.59 46 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 9.00 47 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 9.04 48 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 9.06 49 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 9.12 50 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 9.12 51 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 9.13 52 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 9.18 53 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 9.19 54 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9.28 55 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9.29 56 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 9.30 57 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 9.35 58 Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 9.37 59 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 9.41 60 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 9.47 61 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9.49 62 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 9.51 63 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 9.58 64 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 9.59 65 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 66 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10.00 67 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 10.05 68 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 10.11 69 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 10.20 70 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.22 71 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 10.27 72 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.30 73 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 10.42 74 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 75 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.43 76 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 10.52 77 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 10.53 78 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 10.54 79 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 80 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 10.58 81 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 82 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11.02 83 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 11.03 84 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 11.06 85 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11.12 86 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 87 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 11.14 88 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 11.17 89 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 11.20 90 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 11.21 91 Jesper Skibby (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 11.24 92 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 93 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 11.26 94 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.30 95 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11.31 96 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 11.40 97 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 98 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 11.42 99 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 11.44 100 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 11.47 101 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 11.52 102 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.55 103 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.56 104 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 11.57 105 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 11.59 106 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 107 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 12.03 108 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 12.05 109 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 12.06 110 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 12.08 111 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 112 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 12.13 113 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 12.18 114 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 12.19 115 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 12.21 116 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 12.22 117 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 12.23 118 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 12.24 119 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 12.26 120 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 12.41 121 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 12.45 122 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 12.47 123 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 12.48 124 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 125 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 12.54 126 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.58 127 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13.01 128 Carlos Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13.03 129 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 13.04 130 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 13.06 131 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 13.06 132 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 13.10 133 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 134 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 13.12 135 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 13.16 136 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 13.17 137 Filippo Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 13.22 138 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 13.27 139 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 13.29 140 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 13.36 141 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 13.40 142 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 13.43 143 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 13.46 144 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 13.55 145 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 13.57 146 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 13.59 147 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 14.01 148 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 149 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 14.08 150 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 14.09 151 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 14.14 152 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 14.21 153 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 14.22 154 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 14.23 155 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 14.33 156 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 14.34 157 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 14.53 158 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 14.56 159 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15.05 160 Christophe Faudot (Fra) Bonjour 15.10 161 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 15.13 162 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 15.24 163 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 16.27 164 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 19.32 165 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 22.23 166 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 22.33 167 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 25.11 168 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26.59 169 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 27.11 170 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 27.32 171 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 27.53 172 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 28.07 173 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 28.37 174 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 28.59 175 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 29.20 176 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 35.11 Points: 1 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 100 pts 2 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 99 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 94 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 72 5 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 68 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 62 7 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 59 8 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 58 9 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 56 10 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 49 11 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 47 12 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 46 13 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 46 14 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 45 15 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 45 16 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 37 17 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 35 18 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 35 19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 32 20 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 31 21 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 26 22 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 26 23 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 26 24 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 24 25 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 23 26 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 23 27 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 23 28 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 21 29 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 20 30 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 19 31 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 16 32 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 14 33 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 14 34 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 14 35 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 13 36 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 12 37 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 12 38 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 12 39 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 11 40 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 11 41 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 11 42 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 11 43 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 10 44 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 10 45 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 46 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 9 47 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 8 48 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 49 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 6 50 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 51 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 5 52 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 53 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 4 54 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 4 55 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 3 56 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3 57 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 3 58 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 3 59 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 2 60 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 2 61 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 1 62 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification: 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 13 pts 2 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 3 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 8 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 5 5 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 5 6 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 5 7 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4 8 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 4 10 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 3 11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 Teams classification: 1 Rabobank 56.57.55 2 Team Deutsche Telekom 12.06 3 Credit Agricole 13.08 4 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 15.40 5 US Postal Service 16.45 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 21.25 7 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 21.27 8 Banesto 21.55 9 Festina 22.31 10 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 24.31 11 Saeco-Valli & Valli 25.22 12 Mapei-Quick Step 25.54 13 Lotto-Adecco 26.08 14 Farm Frites 26.46 15 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 27.19 16 La Francaise Des Jeux 29.15 17 Kelme-Costa Blanca 32.54 18 Team Polti 33.10 19 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 34.54 20 Bonjour 38.52 Most combative rider classification: 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 46 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 43 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 43 4 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 21 5 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 6 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 7 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 7 8 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 7 9 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 10 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 6 11 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 12 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 5 13 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 4 14 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 3 15 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3 16 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3 17 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 2 18 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 2 19 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 2 20 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 21 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 1 22 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 1 Best young rider classification: 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 19.02.32 2 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 2.00 3 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 2.37 4 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 4.07 5 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 4.15 6 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5.26 7 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 7.02 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 7.06 9 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 7.22 10 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 8.14 11 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 9.25 12 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 10.03 13 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 10.09 14 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 11.32 15 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 21.19 16 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 31.19