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87th Tour de France - Grand TourFrance, July 1 - 23, 2000 |
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Stage 9 - July 9: Agen - Dax, 181 km
Pocket puncher Bettini pops onto podium - the mountains await
By Tim Maloney, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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On the final transition stage before the Le Tour hit the mountains, there was a lot of indecision in the peloton. Chase down the breaks, or not...because in the back of every tour rider's mind was tomorrow's tough climbing stage to Lourdes Hautacam. In the end, that same indecision cost the sprinters and their teams a chance at a stage win.
After joining a break 35km to go initiated by Didier Rous (Bonjour), pocket puncher Paolo Bettini (Mapei), who is enjoying his best season ever with a classic win (Liege-Bastogne-Liege) and now a Tour De France stage win, sprinted in from his group just as the peloton caught them in the final 200 meters.
The weather during this year's Tour De France has been cool and windy and Sundays stage from Agen, halfway between Bordeaux and Toulouse started out overcast and windy. The big battle of the day was expeted to be between Marcel Wüst and Erik Zabel for the Points Maillot Vert. It didn't take long for the sun to come out and the racing to heat up after a slowish start, with a big break of 19 riders who exited the peloton just after the first sprint in Nerac, won by Wüst. With both Wüst (Festina), Zabel and Heppner (Telekom), Hamilton and Vasseur (USPS) and Arrieta (Banesto), the Mercatone Uno led peloton pull the big break back after 18kms of liberty.
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Sprint number 2 was in Parlebosq at 68km and Zabel took that one to keep the race for the Green Jersey with Wüst tight. Lots of attacking followed by MemoryCard, Lotto and AG2R but nothing stuck until massive Swede Magnus Bäckstedt (Credit Agricole), Rick Verbrugge (Lotto) and Max Van Heeswijk (Mapei) grabbed a lead with 70km to race, but Festina decided to ride behind and the trio never got more than 31" lead. With increasing headwinds, hot temperatures and long straight roads, the Festina led group pulled the break back. Wüst then took the 3rd sprint in Saint Sever with 48km to race.
After yet another series of abortive breaks, one finally stuck. 10kms after the 3rd sprint, Paolo Bettini (Mapei), Didier Rous (Bonjour), Paul Van Hyfte (Lotto) and Jose Angel Vidal (Kelme) got away on the final KOM in Montaut and worked well together to gain a 1 minute lead with 15k to go. Behind, a nervous peloton was hit with several crashes, one of which included Ekimov and Hamilton (USPS), but with no real consequences except for giving the break a bit more room in the finale - just enough to stay away for the win.
Bettini's Mapei teamates did a great job of slowing the chase in the final kilometers and although the piccolo italian was boxed in, Bettini came around Van Hyfte for the win. Zabel grabbed the bunch sprint and with those points, he took over the Green Points jersey from Wüst; familiar territory for the 30 year old German, who has already won the Maillot Vert 4 times and with Stuart O'Grady out of the Tour with a broken collarbone, now looks good for his 5th. Ekimov lost 1'32" on the final run in from his crash.
Alberto Elli kept his yellow jersey, which he said that he will not give up without a fight tomorrow. The Hautacam beckons.
Results
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 4.29.06 (40.36 km/h) 2 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 6 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 7 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 8 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 9 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 11 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 13 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 14 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 15 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 16 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 17 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 19 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 20 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 21 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 22 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 23 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 24 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 25 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 26 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 27 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 28 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 29 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 30 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 31 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 32 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 33 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 34 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 35 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 36 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 37 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 38 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 39 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 40 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 41 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 42 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 43 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 44 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 45 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 46 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 47 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 48 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 49 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 50 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 51 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 52 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 53 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 54 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 55 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 56 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 57 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 58 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 59 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 60 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 61 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 62 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 63 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 64 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 65 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 66 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 67 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 68 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 69 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 70 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 71 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 72 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 73 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 74 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 75 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 76 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 77 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 78 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 79 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 80 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 81 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 82 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 83 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 84 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 85 Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 86 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 87 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 88 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 89 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 90 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 91 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 92 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 93 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 94 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 95 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 96 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 97 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 98 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 99 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 100 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 101 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 102 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 103 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 104 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 105 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 106 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 107 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 108 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 109 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 110 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 111 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 112 Carlos Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 113 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 114 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 115 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 116 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 117 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 118 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 119 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 120 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 121 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 122 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 123 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 124 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 125 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 126 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 127 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 128 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Banesto 129 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 130 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 131 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 132 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 133 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 134 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 135 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 136 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 137 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 138 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 139 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 140 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 141 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 142 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 143 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 144 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 145 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 146 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 147 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 148 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 149 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 150 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 151 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 152 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 153 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 154 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 155 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 156 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 157 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 158 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 159 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 0.35 160 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 0.37 161 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.49 162 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.10 163 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 164 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 1.32 165 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.17 166 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4.21 167 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 4.49 168 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.07 169 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 170 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 171 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 9.16 Sprints: Nerac (23.50 km) 1 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 6 pts 2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 2 Parleboscq (68.00 km) 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 6 pts 2 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 4 3 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 Saint-Sever (132.50 km) 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 6 pts 2 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 4 3 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 2 Dax (181.00 km) 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 35 pts 2 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 30 3 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 4 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 24 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 22 6 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 20 7 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 19 8 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 18 9 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 17 10 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 16 11 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 15 12 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 14 13 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 13 14 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 12 15 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 11 16 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 10 17 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 18 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 8 19 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 7 20 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 6 21 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 5 22 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 4 23 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 3 24 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 2 25 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 Mountains: Côte de Montaut (Cat. 4, 143.00 km) 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5 2 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 3 3 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 Teams: 1 Mapei-Quick Step 13.27.18 2 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 3 Bonjour 4 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 5 Team Polti 6 Team Deutsche Telekom 7 Credit Agricole 8 La Francaise Des Jeux 9 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 10 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 11 Festina 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 13 Lotto-Adecco 14 Farm Frites 15 Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 US Postal Service 17 Rabobank 18 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19 Banesto 20 Saeco-Valli & Valli Most combative rider: 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 pts 2 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 9 3 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 3 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7 5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 6 6 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 4 7 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 3 7 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 9 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 2 9 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 2 9 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 2 9 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 2 13 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 1 13 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1 13 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 Best young rider: 1 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 4.29.06 2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 3 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 4 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 5 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 7 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 8 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 9 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 10 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 12 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 13 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 14 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 15 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1.10 16 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 9.16 General classification after stage 9: 1 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 33.08.34 2 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.12 3 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.15 4 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.56 5 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 3.08 6 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 3.17 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 8 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 3.52 9 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 4.31 10 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 4.38 11 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 4.46 12 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 5.25 13 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 5.33 14 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 5.40 15 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 5.52 16 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 5.54 17 Abraham Olano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6.13 18 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6.15 19 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 6.25 20 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6.29 21 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 22 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6.31 23 Marcos Serrano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6.32 24 Miguel Angel Peña (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6.34 25 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 6.35 26 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 6.37 27 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.43 28 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 6.57 29 Kevin Livingston (USA) US Postal Service 6.58 30 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 7.03 31 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 7.12 32 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 7.13 33 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 7.27 34 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 7.34 35 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 7.52 36 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 7.55 37 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole 38 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 7.56 39 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 7.59 40 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 8.07 41 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 8.12 42 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 8.16 43 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 8.17 44 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Festina 8.26 45 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina 8.27 46 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 8.29 47 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 8.37 48 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 8.40 49 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 50 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 51 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.42 52 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 8.43 53 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 54 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 8.46 55 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 8.54 56 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 57 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 9.00 58 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 9.06 59 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 9.12 60 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 9.13 61 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 9.18 62 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 9.21 63 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 9.24 64 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9.28 65 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9.29 66 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 9.35 67 Chann McRae (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 9.37 68 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9.40 69 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 9.41 70 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 9.47 71 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9.49 72 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 9.50 73 Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis 9.51 74 Marco Velo (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 9.59 75 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 76 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 10.11 77 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 10.20 78 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 10.27 79 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.30 80 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.39 81 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.42 82 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 10.53 83 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 10.54 84 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 10.58 85 Jon Odriozola (Spa) Banesto 86 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 11.06 87 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11.12 88 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 89 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 11.17 90 Allan Johansen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 11.20 91 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.24 92 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 11.26 93 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.30 94 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11.31 95 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) Banesto 11.40 96 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 97 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) Banesto 11.44 98 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 11.52 99 Roberto Heras (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.55 100 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11.56 101 Enrico Zaina (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 102 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 11.57 103 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 11.59 104 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 105 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 12.01 106 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 12.02 107 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 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 12.13 112 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 12.18 113 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 12.21 114 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 12.23 115 Riccardo Forconi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 12.25 116 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 12.37 117 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 12.45 118 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 12.48 119 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 120 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.50 121 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 12.54 122 Javier Otxoa (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13.01 123 Carlos Alberto Contreras (Col) Kelme-Costa Blan 13.03 124 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 13.04 125 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina 13.06 126 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 13.10 127 Roberto Conti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 128 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 13.16 129 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 13.17 130 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 13.29 131 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 13.34 132 Michel Lafis (Swe) Farm Frites 13.40 133 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 13.43 134 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 13.46 135 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Farm Frites 13.49 136 Jean Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour 13.59 137 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 14.01 138 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 139 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 14.08 140 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 14.09 141 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 14.21 142 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 14.23 143 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 14.33 144 Marcello Siboni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 14.34 145 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 14.46 146 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 14.53 147 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 14.56 148 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15.05 149 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco-Valli & Valli 15.13 150 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 15.24 151 Mario Scirea (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 152 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 15.27 153 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 15.43 154 Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti 16.27 155 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Banesto 16.49 156 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 17.33 157 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 18.45 158 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 18.54 159 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis 19.12 160 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 19.32 161 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 20.02 162 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 25.11 163 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 27.07 164 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 27.32 165 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 27.33 166 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 27.41 167 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Saeco-Valli & Valli 28.07 168 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 28.53 169 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 29.20 170 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 39.56 171 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 45.48 Points classification: 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 165 pts 2 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 152 3 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 111 4 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 102 5 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 84 6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 81 7 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 75 8 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 75 9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Farm Frites 75 10 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 64 11 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 59 12 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 56 13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 55 14 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 54 15 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 54 16 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 52 17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 48 18 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 47 19 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 45 20 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 45 21 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 45 22 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 43 23 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 36 24 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 35 25 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 34 26 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 33 27 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 32 28 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 30 29 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 30 30 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 29 31 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 28 32 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 28 33 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 26 34 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 35 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 26 36 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 26 37 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 26 38 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 24 39 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 24 40 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 23 41 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 23 42 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 22 43 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 20 44 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 19 45 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 19 46 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 19 47 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour 19 48 Frank Hoj (Den) La Francaise Des Jeux 17 49 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 16 50 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 16 51 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol) La Francaise Des Jeux 16 52 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 15 53 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 15 54 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Team Polti 14 55 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 14 56 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 14 57 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 14 58 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 12 59 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 60 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 11 61 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 11 62 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 11 63 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 10 64 Michaël Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 10 65 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 10 66 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 67 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 9 68 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 9 69 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 8 70 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 8 71 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina 7 72 David Cañada (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 73 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 6 74 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 6 75 Alex Zulle (Swi) Banesto 5 76 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 4 77 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 4 78 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) Festina 4 79 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 80 Simone Borgheresi (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 3 81 Pascal Herve (Fra) Team Polti 3 82 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 3 83 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service 2 84 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco-Valli & Valli 2 85 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 2 86 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti 1 Mountains classification: 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 29 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 28 3 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 4 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 8 5 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 6 6 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 7 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 5 8 Marcel Wüst (Ger) Festina 5 9 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 5 10 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 11 Richard Virenque (Fra) Team Polti 5 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 4 13 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4 14 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3 15 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service 3 16 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 17 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 2 18 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 19 Udo Bölts (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 20 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 Teams classification: 1 Rabobank 99.18.16 2 Team Deutsche Telekom 17.48 3 Credit Agricole 18.50 4 Memorycard-Jack & Jones 22.43 5 O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 25.01 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 25.56 7 US Postal Service 26.06 8 Saeco-Valli & Valli 26.17 9 Banesto 26.30 10 Festina 28.13 11 Mapei-Quick Step 30.31 12 La Francaise Des Jeux 33.46 13 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 33.52 14 Lotto-Adecco 35.29 15 Farm Frites 36.07 16 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 36.40 17 Team Polti 37.47 18 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 40.09 19 Kelme-Costa Blanca 42.15 20 Bonjour 43.29 Most combative rider classification: 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 67 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 54 3 Jacky Durand (Fra) Lotto-Adecco 48 4 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 44 5 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 23 6 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 17 7 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 12 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 9 Michael Sandstod (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 9 10 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 11 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 12 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 8 13 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 7 14 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 15 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7 16 Alberto Elli (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 6 17 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 18 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 6 19 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 6 20 Xavier Jan (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 21 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 5 22 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5 23 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Farm Frites 5 24 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 4 25 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 4 26 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Banesto 3 27 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard-Jack & Jones 3 28 Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) Banesto 3 29 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Team Polti 3 30 Markus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 3 31 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3 32 Servais Knaven (Ned) Farm Frites 2 33 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 2 34 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Festina 2 35 David Etxebarria (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Deutsche Bank 2 36 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2 37 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 1 38 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 1 39 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina 1 40 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 1 41 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 1 42 Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Farm Frites 1 43 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 44 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1 45 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Best young rider classification: 1 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 33.12.26 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 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli 3.42 5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole 4.07 6 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 4.15 7 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5.26 8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Banesto 7.06 9 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 8.09 10 Guido Trentin (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 8.14 11 Sven Montgomery (Swi) La Francaise Des Jeux 9.25 12 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites 10.09 13 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 11.32 14 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 14.53 15 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 21.19 16 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 41.56