52nd Grand Prix Midi Libre - 2.1

France, May 16-21, 2000

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Stage 4 - May 19: Laguiole-Laguiole, ITT, 26.1 km

Moreau in the lead after blistering TT

Christophe Moreau
Photo: © AFP

Festina's Cristophe Moreau claimed the yellow leader's jersey in the GP Midi Libre today after he won stage 4, the 26.1 kilometre individual time trial around a tough circuit in Laguiole. Moreau beat Credit Agricole's Jonathan Vaughters by 35 seconds, with Euskaltel's Unai Etxebarria finishing in thrid place. Other noted riders, such as Chris Boardman and Jan Ullrich were well off the pace, finishing 2.28 and 3.18 down on the winner, while yesterday's yellow jersey wearer Stuart O'Grady managed a time one second quicker than Boardman for 42nd place.

The early pace was set by US Postal's Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) who had the quickest time at 38.02. Telekom's climber, Guiseppi Guerini almost bettered this at 38.04, until Etxebarria and Vaughters came through with 37.54 and 37.51.

Moreau is a specialist in this type of event, and was one of the last riders to leave. He set the fastest times the whole way. The way out was the hardest part - uphill to the ski station - and Moreau clocked 26.23 for the first 13 kilometres. He was at this point, 9 seconds up on Vaughters and increased this to 35 seconds by the finish.

Afterwards, the new yellow jersey wearer declared himself happy with his 10th victory as a pro, and said that he was aiming at performing well in the Tour de France time trials. On the race: "At halfway, my directeur sportif said that I had 9 seconds advantage on Vaughters, who is a pure climber. The second part of the stage being downhill, I said that I couldn't waste time. I used Heulot as a 'hare' in the descent, as I knew he had good skills...I couldn't find a better one," he said.

The top three on GC now read Moreau, Extebarria and Vaughters, with the latter having an excellent chance in tomorrow's crucial mountain stage from Saint-Géniez d’Olt to L’Espérou (175.6 km). With Credit Agricole teammate, Bobby Julich in fourth position, the two should combine well on the stage. The final stage is largely downhill, so an all out effort will be seen tomorrow.

Results

1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus                     37.16 (42.2 km/h)
2 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Crédit Agricole                   0.35
3 Unai Extebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    0.38
4 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Us Postal Service                 0.46
5 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard           0.48
6 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard            0.55
7 Levy Leipheimer (USA) Us Postal Service                    1.01
8 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon              1.04
9 Bobby Julich (USA) Crédit Agricole                         1.08
10 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           1.10
11 David Millar (GBr)Cofidis                                 1.12
12 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                1.14
13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                      1.20
14 Nicolas Dumont (Fra) Besson Chaussures                    1.24
15 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                             1.27
16 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard      1.28
17 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones           1.30
18 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis                          1.34
19 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          1.38
20 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memory Card-Jack & Jones             1.38
21 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                      1.42
22 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures                  1.43
23 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                             1.45
24 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Us Postal Service                    1.51
25 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas-Pata                       1.57
26 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      1.59
27 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo                         1.59
28 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  2.01
29 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina-Lotus                         2.05
30 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon            2.05
31 Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard           2.09
32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                        2.10
33 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon            2.15
34 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones           2.18
35 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       2.19
36 Xavier Jan (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       2.24
37 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                   2.24
38 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard              2.24
39 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                        2.25
40 Ivan Sastre (Spa) Festina-Lotus                           2.25
41 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       2.26
42 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole                      2.27
43 Christopher Boardman (GBr)Crédit Agricole                 2.28
44 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                      2.30
45 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour                        2.33
46 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour                    2.37
47 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour                   2.37
48 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop                               2.38
49 Laurent Roux (Fra) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin               2.40
50 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel                  2.42
51 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               2.43
52 Julian Dean (Nzl) Us Postal Service                       2.46
53 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                 2.47
54 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon            2.54
55 Eric de Clerq (Bel) Collstrop                             2.56
56 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Us Postal Service                    2.59
57 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard         3.00
58 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      3.03
59 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures                    3.10
60 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                     3.10
61 Frank Hoj (Den) Française Des Jeux                        3.12
62 R. Diaz de Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  3.14
63 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              3.18
64 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       3.18
65 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina-Lotus                           3.18
66 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard               3.18
67 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                    3.21
68 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                       3.22
69 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         3.25
70 J. Pascual Lloriente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             3.26
71 Jamie Burrow (GBr) US Postal Service                      3.36
72 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                     3.42
73 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon           3.43
74 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin              3.44
75 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon       3.47
76 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones               3.51
77 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo                       4.01
78 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina-Lotus                       4.03
79 J. Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             4.04
80 Devis Miorin (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin               4.04
81 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop                         4.10
82 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon        4.11
83 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                      4.13
84 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      4.22
85 Alexander Fedenko (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata                     4.23
86 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard         4.23
87 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                  4.25
88 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures                     4.26
89 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                               4.28
90 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           4.28
91 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                    4.31
92 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin             4.34
93 Fausto Dotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                          4.37
94 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                 4.38
95 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures               4.39
96 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones         4.54
97 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata                      5.00
98 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                   5.01
99 Volodymyr Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                      5.02
100 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                    5.11
101 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                           5.12
102 Eligio Requejo Dominguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca        5.14
103 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Besson Chaussures                5.14
104 Daniele Gadenz (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin            5.17
105 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                    5.28
106 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                   5.33
107 Koen Deschuyter (Bel) Collstrop-De Federale Verzeker     5.34
108 Magnus Johansson (Swe) Collstrop-De Federale Verzeker    5.40
109 Jean Patrick-Nazon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux              5.46
110 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memory Card-Jack & Jones           5.50
111 Patrick D.hont (Bel) Française Des Jeux                  5.58
112 René Joergensen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones           6.32
113 Hans de Meester (Bel) Collstrop                          6.33
114 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop                        6.34
115 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour                     6.52
116 Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo                     6.53
117 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca          6.56
118 Ruben Galvan Manchon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca            7.33
119 Corrado Serina (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin            8.53
DNF Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Française Des Jeux

General classification after stage four:

1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus                  15.27.57
2 Unai Extebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    0.38
3 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Crédit Agricole                   0.45
4 Bobby Julich (USA) Crédit Agricole                         1.10
5 Levy Leipheimer (USA) Us Postal Service                    1.11
6 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                              1.30
7 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                       1.45
8 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Us Postal Service                 1.51
9 David Delrieu (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon              1.54
10 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard           2.00
11 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  2.01
12 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole                      2.01
13 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           2.12
14 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones           2.19
15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                      2.20
16 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Memory Card-Jack & Jones             2.27
17 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard              2.27
18 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                        2.28
19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard      2.29
20 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       2.29
21 Xavier Jan (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       2.34
22 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour                    2.40
23 Julian Dean (Nzl) Us Postal Service                       2.40
24 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour                        2.44
25 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                 2.50
26 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel                  2.52
27 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina-Lotus                         2.54
28 David Millar (GBr)Cofidis                                 2.57
29 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Us Postal Service                    3.01
30 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas-Pata                       3.02
31 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard         3.04
32 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                   3.09
33 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      3.12
34 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                     3.13
35 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                        3.16
36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                       3.16
37 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                    3.24
38 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis                          3.26
39 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               3.37
40 Laurent Roux (Fra) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin               3.45
41 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon           3.46
42 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard          3.49
43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon       3.50
44 Bo Hamburger (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones               3.54
45 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon            3.59
46 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures                    3.59
47 Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard           4.05
48 Frank Hoj (Den) Française Des Jeux                        4.06
49 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard         4.22
50 Nicolas Dumont (Fra) Besson Chaussures                    4.25
51 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                      4.25
52 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                  4.35
53 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                             4.39
54 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon            4.46
55 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Us Postal Service                    4.50
56 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard               4.59
57 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           5.04
58 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures                     5.12
59 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin             5.23
60 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures                  5.23
61 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon            5.38
62 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                     5.46
63 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Cantina Tollo                         5.51
64 R. Diaz de Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  5.57
65 Christophe Gauthier (Fra) Besson Chaussures               6.20
66 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                      6.26
67 Jamie Burrow (GBr) US Postal Service                      6.30
68 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         6.45
69 Laurent Madouas (Fra) Festina-Lotus                       6.49
70 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                    7.32
71 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones         7.40
72 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop                         7.54
73 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                    8.27
74 Fausto Dotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                          8.34
75 J. Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             8.35
76 Magnus Johansson (Swe) Collstrop-De Federale Verzekeri    9.42
77 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo                       9.49
78 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis                            9.57
79 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                    10.03
80 René Joergensen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones           10.05
81 Cristian Salvato (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                     10.05
82 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi         10.22
83 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                10.46
84 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina-Lotus                          11.21
85 J. Pascual Lloriente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca            11.34
86 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                  11.35
87 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memory Card-Jack & Jones           12.27
88 Thierry Loder (Fra) Cofidis                              13.08
89 Ivan Sastre (Spa) Festina-Lotus                          13.57
90 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole                      14.03
91 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour                  14.22
92 Eric De Clerq (Bel) Collstrop                            14.25
93 Jean Patrick-Nazon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux              15.00
94 Alexander Fedenko (Ukr) Liquigas-Pata                    15.21
95 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     15.48
96 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                    16.26
97 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi             16.29
98 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour                     16.51
99 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      17.10
100 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon      18.15
101 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop                             18.31
102 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin            20.12
103 Peio Arreitunandia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              20.29
104 Jakob Storm Piil (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones         22.15
105 Volodymyr Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                    23.29
106 Christopher Boardman (GBr)Crédit Agricole               23.52
107 Devis Miorin (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin             24.00
108 Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo                    24.38
109 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca         26.38
110 Corrado Serina (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin           30.21
111 Andrei Teteriouk (Kaz) Liquigas-Pata                    32.52
112 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Besson Chaussures               34.13
113 Patrick D'Hont (Bel) Française Des Jeux                 35.04
114 Daniele Gadenz (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin           35.38
115 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop                         36.48
116 Eligio Requejo Dominguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca       37.21
117 Ruben Galvan Manchon (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca           37.53
118 Koen Deschuyter (Bel) Collstrop-De Federale Verzeker    44.56
119 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop                       48.40

Points classification:

1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          52 pts
2 Julian Dean (NZl) US Postal Service                           35  
3 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               33  
4 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                         31  
5 Unai Extebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       31  
6 Jean Patrick-Nazon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                   27  
7 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard             24  
8 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         22  
9 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                           15  
10 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures                        14  
11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus                        13  
12 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata                       11  
13 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                      10  
14 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     10  
15 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              9  
16 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                          9  
17 Gorka Gerrikagoitia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   8  
18 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                     7  
19 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               6  
20 Corrado Serina (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin                 5  
21 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon                4  
22 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones             4  
23 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard             4  
24 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon               3  
25 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93                          3  
26 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Jean Delatour                            2  
27 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93                         1  

Mountains classification:

1 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       16 pts
2 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                           14  
3 René Joergensen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones                 9  
4 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service                         9  
5 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon                 8  
6 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures                       4  
7 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                4  
8 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                                  3  
9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard           2  
10 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour                       2  
11 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  2  
12 Christophe Bassons (Fra) Jean Delatour                        1  
13 Unai Extebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       1  
14 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                            1  
15 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service                    1  

Sprint classification:

1 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop                             11 pts
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole                          11  
3 René Joergensen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones                10  
4 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour                          10  
5 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-De Federale Verzekeringen      6  
6 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                          6  
7 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon                 5  
8 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service                         5  
9 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service                         3  
10 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) Jean Delatour                       3  
11 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                           3  
12 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       3  
13 Bobby Julich (USA) Crédit Agricole                            2  
14 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          2  
15 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop                             2  
16 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                       2  
17 David Millar (GBr)Cofidis                                     2  
18 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                            1  
19 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel                          1  
20 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Memorycard-Jack & Jones             1  
21 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance-Décathlon               1  
22 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Besson Chaussures                     1  

Young rider classification:

1 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard      14.50.44
2 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis                                    
3 Médéric Clain (Fra) Besson Chaussures                      0.43  
4 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Besson Chaussures                     0.46  
5 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina-Lotus                                
6 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                         1.02  
7 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                                 1.42  
8 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis                           1.49  
9 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      2.01  
10 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               2.40  
11 Jamie Burrow (GBr) US Postal Service                      2.51  
12 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service                    2.55  
13 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Besson Chaussures                  3.37  
14 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop                         3.41  
15 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo                       5.45  
16 Jean Patrick-Nazon (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux               9.10  
17 Ivan Sastre (Spa) Festina-Lotus                          11.29  
18 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     13.46  
19 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      13.49  
20 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin             16.25  
21 Volodymyr Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                     18.24  
22 Devis Miorin (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin              19.53  
23 Daniele Gadenz (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Rossin            30.17