Stage 3 - July 10: Antwerp - Seraing, 198.5 km

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Monster Man and Freckle Face

By Tim Maloney, cyclingnews.com correspondent

Erik Zabel
Photo: © AFP

Across the heart of Belgium to the classic battleground of the Ardennes the Tour peloton rode quickly, quickly to the tough uphill finish of Stage 3 on the Cote de Seraing outside Liege. But today no-one rode quite as quickly as Erik Zabel, the monster man. Cycling is not at all like American football, but Erik Zabel reminds this writer of a powerful, fluid middle linebacker dominating the line of scrimmage, just like he has learned to dominate the tough sprints in cycling. The monster man.

"My team (Deutsche Telekom) worked so well for me In the last 15 km - I owe them the win," said Zabel in his post-race interview.

The pink and black Telekom train powered past smelters and industrial waste dumps across the lumpy Liege hinterland to bring Zabel to the flamme rouge right on the wheel of none other than Jan The Man Ullrich, clad in his German championship jersey.

In German, team is "mannschaft" and the impressive sight of the Deutsche Telekom mannschaft today may make their adversaries think twice.

"It was a risk to have the team work so hard," Zabel said, "but Rudy Pevenage (Deutsche Telekom d.s.) believed we could win here today."

Stuart O'Grady
Photo: © AFP

Just behind Zabel's monster man sprint in 31st place, a freckle face 27 year old from Adelaide, Australia was about to recapture a moment that had eluded him since 1998. Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) is one of the classiest riders in the peloton; a real natural talent who almost donned the leader's tunic yesterday in Antwerp. A communications breakdown in O'Grady's CA squad saw the prize elude them on Monday, but the uphill finish was just to O'Grady's pleasure.

"I didn't realize that Wauters had cracked - and it was only when I heard over the race radio that Roger (CA team director Roger Legeay) said "he's (Wauters) 45" off the back that a kind of wave of emotion came over me - I thought I've really, really got to try and hang in here and give it everything I can."

Stuey powered in the front group as yesterday's Maillot Jaune Marc Wauters was over 6'00 behind. O'Grady had worn the Maillot Jaune in '98 for three days but was overshadowed by the Festina scandal. But today Stuey was not to be denied.

Perhaps this leader's jersey puts O'Grady and his CA team in a difficult spot. With the tough Team Time Trial stage coming in 2 days, tomorrow's defense of Stuey's Maillot Jaune may compromise CA when they need that extra strength for the 67 km team test from Verdun to Bar-Le-Duc. But O'Grady didn't seem too concerned; "I'll let the boss worry about the tactics."

Museeuw and Wauters
Photo: © AFP

O'Grady's CA teammate Bobby Julich is also having an excellent Tour De France. Julich is currently in 6th, just ahead of his old rival Lance Armstrong; the enigmatic rider from Glenwood Springs, Colorado is looking to get back to his '97 TDF podium form after a poor race last year.

King For A Day Wauters had his moment in the sun and made the best of it; the Rabobank rider was the first Belgian since current USPS d.s. Johan Bruyneel to wear the Maillot Jaune since '95. He rode through his home town clad in yellow, but in the end, the tough Ardennes climbs brought him back to reality after a 24 hour dream of a domestique's lifetime.

Fassa Bortolo's Francesco Casagrande had a tough time today; his broken arm in May forced him to miss the Giro and the manic 45+ km/h pace across central Belgium really put the hurt on the Tuscan, who simply has not raced enough since mid-May to be in optimum form for the Tour De France. He lost 4'54 and his team director Alberto Volpi told Cyclingnews that he hopes that Casagrande does not get too tired before the mountains start.

Results

1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                              4.34.32 (43.22 km/h)
2 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux
3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
4 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
5 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
6 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco
7 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
8 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour
9 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
10 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service
11 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
12 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
13 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom
14 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
16 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis
17 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com
18 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
19 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour
20 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour
21 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
22 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
23 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
24 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
26 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
27 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole
28 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca
29 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com
30 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
31 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
32 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
33 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
34 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com
35 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali
36 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service
37 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
38 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom
39 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
40 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux
41 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour
42 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
43 Inigo Chaureau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
45 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis
46 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
47 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
48 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
49 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina
50 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com
51 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
52 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
53 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
54 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites
55 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis
56 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
57 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Française Des Jeux
58 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
59 Jacob Piil (Den) CSC - Tiscali
60 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina
61 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance
62 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour
63 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour
64 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
65 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
66 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com
67 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski
68 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service
69 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin
70 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
71 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
72 Inigo Cuesta (Spa), Cofidis
73 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole
74 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com
75 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
76 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance
77 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com
78 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com
79 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
80 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
81 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
82 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service
83 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
84 Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa) Festina
85 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
86 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
87 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
88 Luis Perez (Spa) Festina
89 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
90 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina
91 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
92 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
93 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
94 Kevin Livingston (USA), Telekom
95 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole
96 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
97 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
98 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
99 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour
100 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom
101 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC - Tiscali
102 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
103 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom                          0.45
104 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
105 Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom
106 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                0.57
107 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole                1.44
108 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom                                 1.48
109 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom
110 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service              2.49
111 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service
112 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                    4.19
113 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites
114 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali                    4.54
115 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
116 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour
117 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin
118 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
119 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
120 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
121 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
122 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
123 José Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com
124 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
125 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
126 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service
127 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
128 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca
129 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina
130 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                         5.16
131 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour
132 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                       6.36
133 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
134 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
135 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
136 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour
137 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
138 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank
139 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
140 Eddy Seigneur (Fra), Jean Delatour
141 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
142 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux
143 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo
144 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali
145 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance
146 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance
147 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites
148 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
149 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites
150 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service
151 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
152 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
153 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
154 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                             10.58
155 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali
156 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  11.10
157 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
158 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina
159 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
160 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
161 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
162 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
163 Nikolai Bo Larsen (Den) CSC - Tiscali
164 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
165 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour
166 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin
167 Rolf Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali
168 Viatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service
169 Stéphane Bergès (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
170 Marcellino Garcia (Spa) CSC - Tiscali
171 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites
172 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
173 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites
174 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
175 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
176 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
177 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
178 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                     14.46
179 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
180 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux
181 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
182 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco
183 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
184 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
185 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites
186 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
DNF Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca
 
Sprints
 
Westerlo - 41 km
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      6 pts
2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                            4
3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                               2
 
Tongeren - 106.5 km
 
1 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    6 pts
2 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                         4
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                         2
 
Vise - 128.5 km
 
1 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                         6 pts
2 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    4
3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance                          2
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Mont-Theux - Cat. 3, 164.50 km
 
1 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                        10 pts
2 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    7
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                         5
4 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                            3
5 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                          1
 
Côte des Forges - Cat. 3, 174.0 km
 
1 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                         10 pts
2 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                         7
3 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                                 5
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                      3
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                           1
 
Côte de Sart-Tilman-Tilff - Cat. 3, 186.5 km
 
1 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                         10 pts
2 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                             7
3 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                      5
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                           3
5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom                                 1
 
Best young rider
 
1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com                  4.34.32
2 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
3 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com
4 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux
5 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
6 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski
7 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin
8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
9 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com
10 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
11 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
12 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
13 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                     0.45
14 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               4.54
15 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service
16 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
17 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                        6.36
18 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
19 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux
20 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance
21 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                              10.58
22 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                   11.10
23 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
24 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin
25 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   14.46
 
Most combative
 
1 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                        22 pts
2 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   20
3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                            5
4 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                         4
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                         4
6 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites                         2
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                               2
6 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                           2
9 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           1
9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                             1
 
Teams
 
1 Bonjour                                               13.43.36
2 Lotto - Adecco
3 Team Deutsche Telekom
4 Kelme - Costa Blanca
5 O.N.C.E. - Eroski
6 Cofidis . Credit Par Telephone
7 Ibanesto.Com
8 Credit Agricole
9 Jean Delatour
10 Mapei - Quick Step
11 Fassa Bortolo
12 Francaise Des Jeux
13 US Postal Service
14 Festina Watches
15 Big.Mat - Auber 93
16 Euskaltel - Euskadi
17 Ag2R Prevoyance
18 CSC - Tiscali
19 Domo - Farm Frites                                       4.19
20 Lampre - Daikin                                         11.30
21 Rabobank                                                11.52
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                  14.14.59
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                           0.17
3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                         0.18
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                          0.20
5 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
6 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                        0.21
7 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                  0.23
9 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                                 0.24
10 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
11 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 0.27
12 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                          0.30
13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                          0.31
14 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca          0.33
15 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour
16 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
17 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina
18 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                        0.34
19 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski                           0.35
20 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       0.36
21 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom
22 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service                 0.38
23 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                   0.39
24 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com
25 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali
26 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                  0.40
27 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
28 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux                0.42
29 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis
30 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
31 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                         0.43
32 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
33 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                      0.44
34 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                         0.46
35 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
36 Inigo Cuesta (Spa), Cofidis                              0.47
37 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com
38 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                         0.48
39 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
40 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com                     0.49
41 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom
42 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
43 Luis Perez (Spa) Festina                                 0.50
44 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com                         0.51
45 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       0.53
46 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis
47 Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa) Festina                         0.54
48 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
49 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
50 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                           0.55
51 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
52 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Française Des Jeux                 0.56
53 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
54 Jacob Piil (Den) CSC - Tiscali
55 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
56 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
57 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  0.57
58 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
59 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites
60 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco
61 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                     0.58
62 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
63 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina                                0.59
64 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
65 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour                            1.00
66 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  1.01
67 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service                    1.02
68 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com                       1.03
69 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                1.05
70 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com
71 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour                           1.07
72 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
73 Kevin Livingston (USA), Telekom
74 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
75 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance                1.08
76 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
77 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
78 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
79 Inigo Chaureau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   1.09
80 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
81 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux                 1.10
82 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   1.11
83 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour                     1.14
84 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance
85 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
86 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole                     1.20
87 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC - Tiscali
88 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com                      1.29
89 Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom                               1.46
90 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                     2.03
91 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 2.07
92 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom                           2.40
93 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom                                  2.58
94 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service               3.22
95 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service                  3.25
96 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites                    4.36
97 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                     5.05
98 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                      5.19
99 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                           5.41
100 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                 5.42
101 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service
102 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali                    5.50
103 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina                           5.51
104 José Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com           5.55
105 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                5.56
106 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux               5.57
107 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour
108 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                         5.58
109 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca          5.59
110 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
111 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93              6.00
112 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
113 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
114 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         6.13
115 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                             6.26
116 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole
117 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin                 6.30
118 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina                           6.42
119 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                       6.51
120 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance                     6.52
121 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                       6.54
122 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                        7.01
123 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service                  7.06
124 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                       7.15
125 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour                             7.16
126 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites                7.17
127 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                    7.19
128 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo                       7.26
129 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                    7.27
130 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank                           7.33
131 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
132 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux               7.34
133 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis                            7.38
134 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                      7.39
135 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                        7.42
136 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom                          7.45
137 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance                   7.55
138 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
139 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                       8.05
140 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                        8.10
141 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 8.12
142 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour                        8.34
143 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole                8.59
144 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                 10.01
145 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                   11.38
146 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  11.40
147 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina                            11.42
148 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                     11.44
149 Viatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service
150 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                           11.51
151 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski          11.53
152 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites                    11.59
153 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance             12.01
154 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  12.07
155 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites                  12.10
156 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                               12.13
157 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                 12.14
158 Nikolai Bo Larsen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                  12.24
159 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                    12.25
160 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                12.39
161 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                  12.45
162 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                12.53
163 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour                   12.53
164 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                      13.02
165 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                   13.10
166 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour                     13.11
167 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites                  13.20
168 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service              13.24
169 Eddy Seigneur (Fra), Jean Delatour                     14.41
170 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                         15.43
171 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  15.47
172 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  15.52
173 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                16.00
174 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour                             16.16
175 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco                   16.34
176 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                 17.36
177 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                    17.38
178 Rolf Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                      17.54
179 Marcellino Garcia (Spa) CSC - Tiscali                  18.14
180 Stéphane Bergès (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                  18.25
181 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                             20.58
182 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites                21.27
183 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                      21.39
184 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                     22.01
185 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                   22.06
186 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                             24.05
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                    75 pts
2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance                         47
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                        45
4 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                    45
5 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                 35
6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                             30
7 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   30
8 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites                    30
9 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina                                 30
10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                          30
11 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco                      30
12 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour                               27
13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                    26
14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      26
15 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                    26
16 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites                      26
17 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                                  25
18 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          24
19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                         24
20 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina                              24
21 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                            23
22 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                             21
23 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour                                 20
24 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                      20
25 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                          19
26 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                         19
27 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                    19
28 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour                                18
29 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             18
30 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                            17
31 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites                        17
32 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                          17
33 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                16
34 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                            16
35 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis                                  16
36 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                 16
37 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                          15
38 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo                          15
39 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca            15
40 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                           15
41 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                       13
42 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco                       13
43 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                        12
44 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                             11
45 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   11
46 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                               10
47 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                       10
48 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  10
49 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                       10
50 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux                      10
51 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com                        9
52 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                      8
53 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                        8
54 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          8
55 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                                   7
56 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                    7
57 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                                 6
58 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour                            6
59 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                        6
60 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                            6
61 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca                    5
62 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                          5
63 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                4
64 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          3
65 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                             2
66 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                       2
67 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance                       2
68 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                         2
69 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                     1
70 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali                        1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                         20 pts
2 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                        10
3 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       10
4 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                             7
5 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                         7
6 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                    7
7 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                         6
8 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                      5
9 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                                 5
10 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                        5
11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                          4
12 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                         3
13 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                     3
14 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                           3
15 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom                                1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                           14.15.23
2 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski                            0.11
3 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                          0.19
4 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  0.22
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            0.24
6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com                      0.25
7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                    0.31
8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   0.33
9 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com                         0.41
10 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux                 0.46
11 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                     1.39
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                           5.17
13 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service             5.18
14 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               5.36
15 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin                  6.06
16 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                        6.27
17 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                        6.30
18 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance                    7.31
19 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux                   9.37
20 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                      11.20
21 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                   12.21
22 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                       12.38
23 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   15.28
24 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin                  17.12
25 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                              23.41
 
Most combative classification
 
1 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux                       28 pts
2 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   22
3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                        22
4 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                        21
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                            10
6 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                            6
7 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                          6
8 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           4
9 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                         4
10 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                        4
11 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites                       4
12 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                       4
13 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                         3
14 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites                        2
15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                              2
16 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                            2
17 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                          2
18 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                2
19 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                     2
20 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                        1
21 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                    1
22 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           1
23 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                        1
24 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                 1
25 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                           1
26 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                  1
27 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                      1
28 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                        1
29 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                  1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Credit Agricole                                       42.45.39
2 Festina                                                   0.10
3 O.N.C.E.-Eroski                                           0.39
4 US Postal Service                                         0.46
5 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                        0.49
6 Mapei-Quick Step                                          1.04
7 Lotto-Adecco                                              1.06
8 Team Deutsche Telekom                                     1.07
9 La Francaise Des Jeux                                     1.16
10 Jean Delatour                                            1.17
11 Ag2R Prevoyance                                          1.22
12 Fassa Bortolo                                            1.23
13 Bonjour                                                  1.31
14 iBanesto.com                                             1.33
15 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                         1.35
16 Bigmat.Auber 93
17 CSC Tiscali                                              1.43
18 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        2.05
19 Domo-Farm Frites                                         5.23
20 Lampre-Daikin                                           11.52
21 Rabobank                                                12.27

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