6th Tour de Langkawi - 2.3

Malaysia, February 6-18, 2001

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Stage 1 - February 6: Alor Setar - Sungai Petani, 182 km

First blood to Fraser

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Fraser/Koerts
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By Mark Cassley-Sharon, cyclingnews.com correspondent

Mercury-Viatel sprinter Gordon Fraser took 182 kilometre Stage 1 of the 2001 Tour de Langkawi ahead of a field battered and bruised from a dozen crashes. Fraser himself was dripping blood from a gashed knee sustained in an early. Second place went Fraser's team-mate Jans Koerts, while Enrico Degano of Ceramiche Panaria took third place.

The stage started quietly with the first section taking the peloton north into a head wind. The wind served to keep the race speed low. At the first of the hot spot sprints at Kangar 44.1 into the race Koerts won ahead of Paolo Bettini of Mapei-Quickstep and Graeme Miller of the Telekom AllStars. Shortly after the sprint the course turned south and assisted by a tailwind the pace increased.

Koerts won the second hot spot sprint at 75.2 kilometres, this time beating Alexandre Usov of Phonak and Saulius Ruskys of Gerolsteiner.

The first of three major crashes happened at 102 kilometres. 40 riders were brought down including eventual stage winner Fraser who said, "for most of the guys it's the first race of the season. Many of them aren't paying attention".

The second crash at 131 kilometres proved the most serious. According to reports a cow, perhaps several, wandering onto the road in front of the 170 strong peloton, forced riders to take evasive action. Unfortunately, Chinese rider Yajun Ma was unable to stop and finished up in a deep ditch. Unconscious he was taken to hospital. It is not sure whether he hit the cow, but there are reports that his brakes failed. According to South African Kosie Lousber, "he shot by me doing 70kms and didn't stop. He crashed into the Credit Agricole rider and somersaulted over the handlebars into the ditch". Loubser braked so hard he stripped the rubber on his tyre down to the canvas.

Ma is reported to be in a stable condition in Sungai Petani hospital suffering a broken jaw and several smashed teeth. The Credit Agricole, Pierrick Fedrigo, sustained a broken wrist and has also abandoned the race.

A third crash with 22 kilometres brought down a dozen riders but all remounted and continued. A series of minor incidents involving single riders occurred right up to the final kilometers.

Fraser completed the 182 kilometres in 4:49.49. It is Fraser's first win in the Tour de Langkawi. In 2000 he managed win the points competition but didn't win a stage. Koerts leads the race overall thanks to time bonuses gained by his wins in two out of the day's three hot-spot sprints. He will start stage 2, from Gerik to Kota Bharu wearing the race leader's yellow jersey. Koerts also leads on points but the green points leaders jersey will be worn by second place Bettini.

Mercury-Viatel leads the team classification, ahead of Mapei-QuickStep and Team Gerolsteiner. Mercury has made it clear that it has no intention of letting Mapei have an easy ride to the finish in Kuala Lumpur.

Results

1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury Viatel               4.49.49 (37.68 km/h)
2 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury Viatel
3 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria
4 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
5 Henricus Jansen (Ned) Saturn                        0.02
6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step
7 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step
8 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco Macchine Caffe        0.05
9 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan
10 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Team Gerolsteiner
11 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Colchon Relax
12 Pedro Horrilo Munoz (Spa) Mapei - Quick Step
13 Jacob Rasmussen (Den) CSC World Online
14 Chris Horner (USA) Mercury Viatel
15 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step
16 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak
17 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step
18 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step
19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
20 Michael Rich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
21 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury Viatel
22 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia
23 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
24 Pascal Herve (Fra) Alexia Alluminio
25 Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop-Palmans
26 René Joergensen (Den) CSC World Online             0.11
27 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta Rossin
28 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner
29 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax
30 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
31 Scott Moninger (USA) Mercury Viatel
32 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria
33 Chris Wherry (USA) Mercury Viatel                  0.15
34 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner
35 Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo
36 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo
37 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
38 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Macchine Caffe            0.18
39 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury Viatel
40 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour
41 Mark Walters (Can) Canada
42 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
43 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn
44 Timothy Jones (Zim) Mobilvetta Rossin
45 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole
46 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
47 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Mobilvetta Rossin
48 Antonio Varriale (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria
49 Fuyu Li (Chn) China
50 Mohd. Mahazir Hamad (Mas) Malaysia
51 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo
52 Corrado Serina (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
53 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
54 Douglas Ryder (RSA) South Africa
55 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia
56 Tom Leaper (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria
57 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak
58 Neil Mac Donald (RSA) South Africa
59 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Cantina Tollo
60 Amir Zargari (Iri) Telekom Malaysia
61 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta
62 Jacob Erker (Can) Canada
63 Mohd. Azlan Jamaluddin (Mas) Malaysia
64 Matthew Decanio (USA) Saturn
65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour
66 Cory Lange (Can) Canada
67 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific
68 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific
69 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia
70 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Japan
71 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour                      0.27
72 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
73 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Cantina Tollo
74 Brad Davidson (Aus) Saeco Macchine Caffe
75 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
76 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
77 Uwe Straumann (Swi) Phonak
78 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Indonesia
79 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Selle Italia-Pacific
80 José Vasquez Palomo (Spa) Colchon Relax
81 Xuezhong Tang (Chn) China
82 Sergei Ouchakov (Ukr) Alexia Alluminio
83 Dany Baeyens (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
84 Paolo Bertoglio (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria
85 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta Rossin
86 Kam-Po Wong (Hkg) Telekom Malaysia
87 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak
88 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Colchon Relax
89 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
90 Andres Bermejo Siller (Spa) Colchon Relax
91 Eduardo Hernandez Bailo (Spa) Colchon Relax
92 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC World Online
93 Danny Jonasson (Den) CSC World Online
93 Danny Jonasson (Den) CSC World Online
94 Julio Perez (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria
95 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole
96 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco Macchine Caffe
97 Stéphane Berges (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
98 Thierry Loder (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
99 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Telekom Malaysia
100 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia
101 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Telekom Malaysia
102 Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta
103 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta Rossin
104 Daniele Gadenz (Ita) Mobilvetta Rossin
105 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour
106 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour
107 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada
108 Min Van Velzen (Can) Canada
109 Svein Tuft (Can) Canada
110 Greg Seiniewicz (Can) Canada
111 Jacobus Loubser (RSA) South Africa
112 Simon Kessler (RSA) South Africa
113 James Perry (RSA) South Africa
114 Ian McLeod (RSA) South Africa
115 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific
116 Csaba Szekerez (Hun) Selle Italia-Pacific
117 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Pacific
118 Stefan Richner (Swi) Phonak
119 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Indonesia
120 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China
121 Yechen Xiao (Chn) China
122 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Japan
123 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan
124 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Japan
125 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan
126 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
127 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
128 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
129 Donatas Virbickas (Ltu) Collstrop-Palmans
130 Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn
131 Michael Barry (Can) Saturn
133 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step              0.44
134 Innar Mandoja (Est) AG2R Prevoyance
135 Daniel Spence (RSA) South Africa
136 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Colchon Relax       0.58
137 Amin Suryana (Ina) Indonesia                      1.03
138 Robert Lee (Mas) Malaysia
139 Febrianto Febrianto (Ina) Indonesia               1.11
140 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole
141 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria          1.16
142 Mohd. Hardi Razali (Mas) Malaysia                 1.22
143 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Caffe       1.26
144 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Indonesia                   1.35
145 Daniele Castellan (Ita) Mobilvetta Rossin         2.06
146 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole            2.23
147 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC World Online
148 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta                   2.27
149 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC World Online
150 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance             2.38
151 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Cantina Tollo
152 Alexandre Grux (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance              2.51
153 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                  3.20
154 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour
155 Christian Wegmann (Ger) Saeco Macchine Caffe      3.28
156 Musairi Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia               3.46
157 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak                    3.56
158 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta
159 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC World Online             5.28
160 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team Fakta                 5.46
161 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta                5.46
162 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Saeco Macchine Caffe
163 Christian Auriemma (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
164 Christopher Fisher (USA) Saturn
165 Xiaohai Zheng (Chn) China                         6.56
166 Manu L'hoir (Bel) Team Fakta                      6.57
167 Zhenjiang Li (Chn) China                          6.57
168 Sulistiyono Sulistiyono (Ina) Indonesia           9.19
169 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan                       10.00
170 Suyitno Suyitno (Ina) Indonesia                  11.48
171 Ah Thiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia                     12.10

Points

1 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury Viatel               15 pts
2 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury Viatel                 14
3 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria            13
4 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Alexia Alluminio             12
5 Henricus Jansen (Ned) Saturn                     11
6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step           10
7 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step             9
8 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco Macchine Caffe      8
9 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan                         7
10 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Team Gerolsteiner           6
11 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Colchon Relax         5
12 Pedro Horrilo Munoz (Spa) Mapei - Quick Ste      4
13 Jacob Rasmussen (Den) CSC World Online           3
14 Chris Horner (USA) Mercury Viatel                2
15 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step        1

Sprints

Hot Spot Sprint at 44.1 km

1 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury Viatel                  5 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step            3
3 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia              2
4 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Colchon Relax       1

Hot Spot Sprint at 75.2 km

1 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury Viatel                  5 pts
2 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak                       3
3 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Team Gerolsteiner            2
4 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC World Online           1

Hot Spot Sprint at 155.4 km

1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step            5 pts
2 Christian Wegmann (Ger) Saeco Macchine Caffe      3
3 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Selle Italia-Pacific         2
4 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury Viatel                  1

Teams

1 Mercury Viatel                             14.29.32
2 Mapei - Quick Step                             0.04
3 Team Gerolsteiner                              0.10
4 Alexia Alluminio                               0.11
5 Ceramiche Panaria                              0.24
6 Saturn                                         0.33
7 Colchon Relax                                  0.38
8 CSC World Online
9 Mobilvetta Rossin                              0.42
10 Cantina Tollo                                 0.43
11 Saeco Macchine Caffe                          0.45
12 Credit Agricole
13 Phonak
14 Telekom Malaysia
15 Japan
16 Malaysia                                      0.49
17 Canada
18 Collstrop-Palmans                             0.54
19 Bonjour                                       0.58
20 South Africa
21 Selle Italia-Pacific
22 AG2R Prevoyance                               1.07
23 China
24 Indonesia                                     1.52
25 Team Fakta                                    3.07

General classification after stage 1

1 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury Viatel                 4.49.37
2 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury Viatel                  0.02
3 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria               0.08
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step              0.09
5 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Alexia Alluminio                0.12
6 Henricus Jansen (Ned) Saturn                        0.14
7 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step
8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak                         0.15
9 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Team Gerolsteiner              0.16
10 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia
11 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco Macchine Caffe       0.17
12 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan
13 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Colchon Relax
14 Pedro Horrilo Munoz (Spa) Mapei - Quick Step
15 Jacob Rasmussen (Den) CSC World Online
16 Chris Horner (USA) Mercury Viatel
17 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step
18 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step
19 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step
20 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
21 Michael Rich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
22 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Mercury Viatel
23 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
24 Pascal Herve (Fra) Alexia Alluminio
25 Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop-Palmans
26 René Joergensen (Den) CSC World Online             0.23
27 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Mobilvetta Rossin
28 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner
29 German Nieto Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax
30 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
31 Scott Moninger (USA) Mercury Viatel
32 Nathan O'Neill (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria
33 Chris Wherry (USA) Mercury Viatel                  0.27
34 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner
35 Emanuele Negrini (Ita) Cantina Tollo
36 Federico Colonna (Ita) Cantina Tollo
37 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
38 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco Macchine Caffe            0.30
39 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mercury Viatel
40 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour
41 Mark Walters (Can) Canada
42 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
43 Trent Klasna (USA) Saturn
44 Timothy Jones (Zim) Mobilvetta Rossin
45 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole
46 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
47 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Mobilvetta Rossin
48 Antonio Varriale (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria
49 Fuyu Li (Chn) China
50 Mohd. Mahazir Hamad (Mas) Malaysia
51 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo
52 Corrado Serina (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
53 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
54 Douglas Ryder (RSA) South Africa
55 Seong Hoong Tsen (Mas) Malaysia
56 Tom Leaper (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria
57 Lukas Zumsteg (Swi) Phonak
58 Neil Mac Donald (RSA) South Africa
59 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Cantina Tollo
60 Amir Zargari (Iri) Telekom Malaysia
61 Lennie Kristensen (Den) Team Fakta
62 Jacob Erker (Can) Canada
63 Mohd. Azlan Jamaluddin (Mas) Malaysia
64 Matthew Decanio (USA) Saturn
65 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bonjour
66 Cory Lange (Can) Canada
67 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific
68 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific
69 Razali Shahrulneeza (Mas) Malaysia
70 Ken Hashikawa (Jpn) Japan
71 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Selle Italia-Pacific          0.38
72 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour                      0.39
73 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
74 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Cantina Tollo
75 Brad Davidson (Aus) Saeco Macchine Caffe
76 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
77 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
78 Uwe Straumann (Swi) Phonak
79 Tonton Susanto (Ina) Indonesia
80 José Vasquez Palomo (Spa) Colchon Relax
81 Xuezhong Tang (Chn) China
82 Sergei Ouchakov (Ukr) Alexia Alluminio
83 Dany Baeyens (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
84 Paolo Bertoglio (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria
85 Uros Murn (Slo) Mobilvetta Rossin
86 Kam-Po Wong (Hkg) Telekom Malaysia
87 René Stadelmann (Swi) Phonak
88 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Colchon Relax
89 Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
90 Andres Bermejo Siller (Spa) Colchon Relax
91 Eduardo Hernandez Bailo (Spa) Colchon Relax
92 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC World Online
92 Danny Jonasson (Den) CSC World Online
92 Julio Perez (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria
92 Anthony Langella (Fra) Credit Agricole
92 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Saeco Macchine Caffe
92 Stéphane Berges (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
92 Thierry Loder (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance
92 Victor Espiritu (Phi) Telekom Malaysia
92 Ghader Mizbani (Iri) Telekom Malaysia
92 Björnar Vestöl (Nor) Telekom Malaysia
92 Morten Sonne (Den) Team Fakta
92 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Mobilvetta Rossin
92 Daniele Gadenz (Ita) Mobilvetta Rossin
92 Charles Guilbert (Fra) Bonjour
92 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Bonjour
92 Andrew Randell (Can) Canada
92 Min Van Velzen (Can) Canada
92 Svein Tuft (Can) Canada
92 Greg Seiniewicz (Can) Canada
92 Jacobus Loubser (RSA) South Africa
92 Simon Kessler (RSA) South Africa
92 James Perry (RSA) South Africa
92 Ian McLeod (RSA) South Africa
92 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Selle Italia-Pacific
92 Csaba Szekerez (Hun) Selle Italia-Pacific
92 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Pacific
92 Stefan Richner (Swi) Phonak
92 Matnur Matnur (Ina) Indonesia
92 Yongbiao Zhu (Chn) China
92 Yechen Xiao (Chn) China
92 Junichi Shibuya (Jpn) Japan
92 Satoshi Hirose (Jpn) Japan
92 Yoshimasa Hirose (Jpn) Japan
92 Mitsuteru Tanaka (Jpn) Japan
92 Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
92 Hans De Meester (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
92 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
92 Donatas Virbickas (Ltu) Collstrop-Palmans
92 Frank McCormack (USA) Saturn
92 Michael Barry (Can) Saturn
92 Soren Petersen (Den) Saturn
133 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step              0.56
134 Innar Mandoja (Est) AG2R Prevoyance
135 Daniel Spence (RSA) South Africa
136 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Colchon Relax       1.10
137 Amin Suryana (Ina) Indonesia                      1.15
138 Robert Lee (Mas) Malaysia
139 Febrianto Febrianto (Ina) Indonesia               1.23
140 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole              1.23
141 Stefano Guerrini (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria
142 Mohd. Hardi Razali (Mas) Malaysia                 1.34
143 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Saeco Macchine Caffe       1.38
144 Wawan Setyobudi (Ina) Indonesia                   1.47
145 Daniele Castellan (Ita) Mobilvetta Rossin         2.18
146 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Credit Agricole            2.35
147 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC World Online             2.35
148 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta                   2.39
149 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC World Online
150 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance             2.50
151 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Cantina Tollo
152 Alexandre Grux (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance              3.03
153 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                  3.32
154 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour
155 Christian Wegmann (Ger) Saeco Macchine Caffe      3.38
156 Musairi Musa (Mas) Telekom Malaysia
157 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak                    4.08
158 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta
159 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC World Online             5.40
160 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team Fakta                 5.58
161 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta
162 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita) Saeco Macchine Caffe
163 Christian Auriemma (Ita) Alexia Alluminio
164 Christopher Fisher (USA) Saturn
165 Xiaohai Zheng (Chn) China                         7.08
166 Manu L'hoir (Bel) Team Fakta                      7.09
167 Zhenjiang Li (Chn) China                          7.09
168 Sulistiyono Sulistiyono (Ina) Indonesia           9.31
169 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Japan                       10.12
170 Suyitno Suyitno (Ina) Indonesia                  12.00
171 Ah Thiam Wong (Mas) Malaysia                     12.22

Points classification

1 Jans Koerts (Ned) Mercury Viatel                 25 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step           18
3 Gordon Fraser (Can) Mercury Viatel               15
4 Enrico Degano (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria            13
5 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Alexia Alluminio             12
6 Henricus Jansen (Ned) Saturn                     11
7 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step             9
8 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco Macchine Caffe      8
9 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Team Gerolsteiner            8
10 Makoto Iijima (Jpn) Japan                        7
11 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Colchon Relax         5
12 Pedro Horrilo Munoz (Spa) Mapei - Quick Ste      4
13 Jacob Rasmussen (Den) CSC World Online           3
14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak                      3
15 Christian Wegmann (Ger) Saeco Macchine Caff      3
16 Chris Horner (USA) Mercury Viatel                2
17 Graeme Miller (NZl) Telekom Malaysia             2
18 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Selle Italia-Pacific        2
19 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Mapei - Quick Step        1
20 Michael Sandstod (Den) CSC World Online          1
20 David Fernandez Domingo (Spa) Colchon Relax      1

Teams classification

1 Mercury Viatel                             14.29.32
2 Mapei - Quick Step                             0.04
3 Team Gerolsteiner                              0.10
4 Alexia Alluminio                               0.11
5 Ceramiche Panaria                              0.24
6 Saturn                                         0.33
7 Colchon Relax                                  0.38
8 CSC World Online
9 Mobilvetta Rossin                              0.42
10 Cantina Tollo                                 0.43
11 Saeco Macchine Caffe                          0.45
12 Credit Agricole
13 Phonak
14 Telekom Malaysia
15 Japan
16 Malaysia                                      0.49
17 Canada
18 Collstrop-Palmans                             0.54
19 Bonjour                                       0.58
20 South Africa
21 Selle Italia-Pacific
22 AG2R Prevoyance                               1.07
23 China                                       
24 Indonesia                                     1.52
25 Team Fakta                                    3.07