Stage 5 - July 12: Verdun - Bar-le-Duc, TTT, 67 km

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Sacrée CA Powers To TTT Win

Bad Day in Bar-le-Duc for USPS and Telekom

By Tim Maloney, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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Credit Agricole and poilus
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"Already this is a one day bonus. We take it day by day and there is no pressure on us - we will play the cards we've got."

So said Stuart O'Grady, as he and his Credit Agricole team learned the power of the Maillot Jaune yesterday as the French squad played the winning hand, with a dramatic stage win in Thursday's 67km Team Time Trial from Verdun to Bar-Le-Duc. "It was a fantastic day and the team rode really well, "said O'Grady post-race in his usual friendly, open style.

Stage 5 was raced on a mostly rainy and cold afternoon, marked by the silent testimony of blue-clad poilus standing at attention at each "borne" (kilometer mark) along the Voie Sacree, the road that marked the Western Front in WWI. But despite the poor weather conditions, the racing action was decidedly hot.

The Orange and Blue Rabobank team brought a bit of color on a gray afternoon as they set the early fast time after starting 7th of 21 teams. With plenty of fans on hand along the parcours from neighboring Germany, there were expectations for a fast time from Deutsche Telekom. Starting 14th, Telekom had a slow, tentative start out of the blocks and through the technical section out of Verdun and into the open countryside was nothing to phone home about.
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Telekom
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But the Telekom squad picked up the pace over the last half and finished a respectable 7th, despite losing Erik Zabel to a flat in the closing kilometers. Surprisingly, Kelme-Costa Blanca showed surprising strength starting just ahead of USPS in 17th. Some might think that the Spanish squad, known far more for their climbing than for their TTT performances would not be a serious player in this event, but they were wrong. In fact, Kelme's Santi Botero and Toni Tauler are strong time testers and they posted fastest time, 9" ahead of Rabobank as they crossed the line in the increasing downpour.

Next it was USPS, who was looking to win today and show the other teams who was boss. Just 3" down on Kelme at the 1st time check, USPS was gaining momentum and were fastest at the 2nd intermediate split.

Soon after outside Erize-le-Grand, disaster struck USPS. Christian Vandevelde's rear wheel slipped on a paint strip and he fell, taking Roberto Heras down with him. Neither rider was hurt, but as USPS decided to slow down and wait for Heras, who is a protected rider, they lost not only time, but the loss of rhythm and focus cost them at least 1'. At the finish, USPS posted the fastest time to date, but it was not the result they had been looking for, especially since co-leader Heras banged his right knee hard in the crash.
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ONCE close
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Still to ride were ONCE-Eroski, Festina and Credit Agricole. Tipped as pre-race favorites, ONCE's yellow skinsuits stood out in the headlights of the following cars in the gathering gloom. ONCE set all the fastest splits on their way to beating USPS's time by almost a minute. The penultimate team, the always punctual Festina squad was next up, but it was too little, too late for the watchmen. Festina fell 23" short of ONCE and the stage was set for Credit Agricole to put a dramatic finish to the day.

Powered by the motivated Maillot Jaune O'Grady, humpers like Thor Hushovd and Jens Voigt, time trial specialist Jonathan Vaughters and an in-form Bobby Julich, CA rode over the top along the Voie Sacrée for the stage win. Ahead of ONCE at every time check, CA lost two riders but the six green and white clad CA plus O'Grady in his yellow skinsuit charged across the line for an extraordinary day, un journee Sacrée.

Live report: As it happened

Results

1 Credit Agricole                                   1.21.32 (49.304 km/h)
2 O.N.C.E.-Eroski                                      0.31
3 Festina                                              0.54
4 US Postal Service                                    1.26
5 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                   1.38
6 Rabobank                                             1.47
7 Team Deutsche Telekom                                1.50
8 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                     2.55
9 Bigmat.Auber 93                                      2.56
10 Mapei-Quick Step                                    2.58
11 CSC Tiscali                                         3.01
12 Bonjour                                             3.09
13 iBanesto.com                                        3.45
14 Domo-Farm Frites                                    3.48
15 Fassa Bortolo                                       4.01
16 Jean Delatour                                       4.22
17 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   4.45
18 Ag2R Prevoyance                                     4.52
19 La Francaise Des Jeux                               4.58
20 Lotto-Adecco                                        5.14
21 Lampre-Daikin                                       5.58

*Note: Time taken of the fifth rider across the line

Individual breakdown (unofficial)

1 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                1.21.32
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
3 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
6 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole                 0.14
7 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                     0.31
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
9 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
10 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski
11 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
12 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
13 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                     0.40
14 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina                          0.54
15 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
16 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
17 Luis Perez (Spa) Festina
18 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina
19 Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa) Festina                    0.55
20 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole             1.05
21 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service             1.26
22 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service
23 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service
24 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service
25 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service
26 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service
27 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service
28 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina                           1.30
29 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina                       1.31
30 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             1.38
31 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
32 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
33 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
34 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
35 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca
36 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca
37 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                          1.47
38 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank
39 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
40 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
41 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
42 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                           1.50
43 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom
44 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom
45 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom
46 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom
47 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom                      2.02
48 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                            2.03
49 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                     2.08
50 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service          2.11
51 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca           2.26
52 Viatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service           2.46
53 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                        2.53
54 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis                        2.55
55 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis
56 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis
57 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis
58 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
59 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
60 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
61 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                2.56
62 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93
63 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
64 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
65 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
66 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step             2.58
67 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
68 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
69 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
70 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
71 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                3.01
72 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali
73 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali
74 Jacob Piil (Den) CSC - Tiscali
75 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali
76 Rolf Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                   3.04
77 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                           3.09
78 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour
79 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
80 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour
81 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
82 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour
83 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis                           3.30
84 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93              3.34
85 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto:com         3.45
86 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto:com
87 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto:com
88 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto:com
89 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto:com
90 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto:com
91 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites               3.48
92 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites
93 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites
94 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites
95 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites
96 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
97 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour                         3.52
98 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step               3.54
99 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC - Tiscali
100 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto:com                3.57
101 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                  4.01
102 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
103 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo
104 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
105 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
106 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
107 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
108 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour                         4.04
109 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto:com                  4.06
110 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites               4.14
111 Marcellino Garcia (Spa) CSC - Tiscali              4.18
112 Nikolai Bo Larsen (Den) CSC - Tiscali
113 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                 4.22
114 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour
115 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
116 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour
117 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
118 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour
119 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites           4.28
120 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                   4.36
121 Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom                         4.37
122 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom
123 José Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) iBanesto:com      4.38
124 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                 4.43
125 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
126 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
127 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           4.45
128 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
129 Inigo Chaureau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
130 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
131 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
132 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
133 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
134 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
135 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour               4.47
136 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                         4.50
137 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites            4.51
138 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                4.52
139 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance
140 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance
141 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance
142 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
143 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux             4.58
144 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux
145 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Française Des Jeux
146 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux
147 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux          5.00
148 Kevin Livingston (USA) Telekom                     5.01
149 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux           5.02
150 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux              5.08**
151 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco              5.14
152 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
153 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
154 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
155 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
156 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
157 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
158 Stéphane Bergès (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance              5.16
159 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina                        5.17
160 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance         5.28
161 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
162 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance
163 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour                  5.30
164 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
165 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93           5.35
166 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                    5.38
167 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski      5.48
168 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                    5.58
169 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
170 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
171 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
172 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
173 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
174 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin
175 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin
176 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin
177 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                  6.18
178 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco               6.24
179 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                7.00
180 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole
181 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux
182 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
183 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
184 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
185 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank

**Jimmy Casper's time includes a 10 second penalty.

Teams
 
1 Credit Agricole                                   4.04.36
2 O.N.C.E.-Eroski                                      1.33
3 Festina                                              2.42
4 US Postal Service                                    4.18
5 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                   4.54
6 Rabobank                                             5.21
7 Team Deutsche Telekom                                5.30
8 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                     8.45
9 Bigmat.Auber 93                                      8.48
10 Mapei-Quick Step                                    8.54
11 CSC Tiscali                                         9.03
12 Bonjour                                             9.27
13 iBanesto.com                                       11.15
14 Domo-Farm Frites                                   11.24
15 Fassa Bortolo                                      12.03
16 Jean Delatour                                      13.06
17 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  14.15
18 Ag2R Prevoyance                                    14.36
19 La Francaise Des Jeux                              14.54
20 Lotto-Adecco                                       15.42
21 Lampre-Daikin                                      17.54

*Note: Time taken is three times that of the fifth rider.
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole             20.54.21
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                     0.26
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                   0.27
4 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski          0.57
5 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                      1.07
6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                      1.08
7 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski                       1.12
8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                      1.17
9 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                     1.20
10 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                    1.23
11 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                         1.24
12 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina                          1.33
13 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                     1.42
14 Luis Perez (Spa) Festina                            1.50
15 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service             1.53
16 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service            2.10
17 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca            2.11
18 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca     2.17
19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                           2.20
20 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom                        2.32
21 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service               2.34
22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              2.39
23 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                  2.45
24 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                      2.47
25 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                3.19
26 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca           3.37
27 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step              3.43
28 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               3.44
29 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step             3.44
30 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                           3.48
31 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour                       4.15
32 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour                      4.22
33 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour                        4.24
34 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com                   4.30
35 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com         4.38
36 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com                4.40
37 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com                    4.42
38 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                  4.43
39 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom                      4.44
40 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites                4.51
41 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom                             4.54
42 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com                  4.54
43 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      4.55
44 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service             4.57
45 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                  5.00
46 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                5.01
47 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                  5.02
48 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                 5.08
49 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                 5.57
50 Inigo Chaureau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              6.00
51 Kevin Livingston (USA) Telekom                      6.14
52 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux            6.14
53 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                      6.15
54 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco               6.17
55 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                     6.28
56 Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom                          6.29
57 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina                       6.51
58 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                   6.58
59 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service        7.14
60 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service              8.38
61 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom                      9.41
62 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo             9.49
63 José Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com      10.39
64 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                 10.46
65 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux          11.10
66 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour                        11.25
67 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                  12.35
68 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                  12.55
69 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service         12.58
70 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93         13.06
71 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                    13.39
72 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                           14.22
73 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca            14.23
74 Viatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service          14.36
75 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux          14.40
76 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                     14.47
77 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                       14.50
78 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step              15.11
79 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites              17.14
80 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis                        17.20
81 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                      18.11
82 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC - Tiscali               18.45
83 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               19.19
84 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                 19.38
85 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole               19.41
86 Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa) Festina                   19.56
87 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                   20.11
88 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi             20.16
89 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour                         20.18
90 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca            20.25
91 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca   20.28
92 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina                          20.36
93 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis                         21.49
94 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                   21.50
95 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                       21.55
96 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step               22.03
97 Jacob Piil (Den) CSC - Tiscali                     22.04
98 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                    22.09
99 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis                          22.19
100 Nikolai Bo Larsen (Den) CSC - Tiscali             22.39
101 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com                 22.57
102 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                 23.06
103 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                          23.07
104 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin               23.23
105 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com               23.33
106 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski     23.38
107 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                 23.39
108 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour              23.43
109 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           23.49
110 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           23.53
111 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux          23.55
112 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          23.59
113 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi   24.00
114 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Française Des Jeux          24.01
115 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance         24.07
116 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance              24.13
117 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco             24.18
118 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93          24.31
119 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole          24.33
120 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                  24.58
121 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi          24.59
122 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole           25.08
123 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca    25.44
124 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux         25.49
125 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93              26.08
126 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance         26.13
127 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                   26.15
128 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                       26.20
129 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina
130 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites             26.31
131 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali              26.58
132 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank                     27.27
133 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                 27.27
134 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour                       27.56
135 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites              28.20
136 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                   28.21
137 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis                      28.40
138 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                 29.07
139 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo                 29.34
140 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                29.49
141 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance               29.51
142 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites          29.52
143 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                   30.03
144 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                  30.22
145 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole               30.26
146 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin           30.35
147 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance             30.54
148 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour                  31.03
149 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi           31.04
150 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin              31.32
151 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance        31.45
152 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour              32.20
153 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali              32.46
154 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service         32.57
155 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux            33.06
156 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                 33.34
157 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93             33.48
158 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites               33.54
159 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93            33.55
160 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step           33.58
161 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites             34.05
162 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole          34.06
163 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux             34.39
164 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina                       35.06
165 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour                35.40
166 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance              36.45
167 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour              37.11
168 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               37.32
169 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step             37.48
170 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                 38.31
171 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step           38.50
172 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux             39.00
173 Rolf Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                 39.15
174 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour                 39.42
175 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                    40.50
176 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                        40.52
177 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco              41.05
178 Stéphane Bergès (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance             41.48
179 Marcellino Garcia (Spa) CSC - Tiscali             42.03
180 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin            43.05
181 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites           44.25
182 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                 44.29
183 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                44.51
184 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin              46.11
185 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                        47.02
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                               75 pts
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                   69
3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                      49
4 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance                    47
5 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour                             46
6 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               45
7 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina                          44
8 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour                           42
9 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                41
10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                       38
11 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                  35
12 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                           35
13 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                   32
14 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                     32
15 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux             30
16 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina                           30
17 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites              30
18 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco                 30
19 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                       30
20 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step               26
21 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux                 26
22 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service               26
23 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites                 26
24 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                    26
25 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                             25
26 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites                 24
27 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                     24
28 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                       23
29 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                        21
30 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 20
31 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                       20
32 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                     19
33 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                    19
34 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        18
35 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour                           18
36 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom                        18
37 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                              18
38 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites                   17
39 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                     17
40 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski           16
41 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93            16
42 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis                             16
43 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                            16
44 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca       16
45 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux                 16
46 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo                     15
47 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                      15
48 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                    15
49 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                  13
50 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco                  13
51 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux             13
52 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 12
53 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                   12
54 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                        11
55 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              11
56 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com                      10
57 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                          10
58 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                  10
59 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                  10
60 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                     9
61 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com                   9
62 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 8
63 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                   8
64 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                              7
65 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                            6
66 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                   6
67 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                       6
68 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                   6
69 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour                       6
70 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux              6
71 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca               5
72 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        5
73 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                     5
74 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                     5
75 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                           4
76 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance             4
77 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                4
78 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                    4
79 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                        2
80 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                  2
81 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance                  2
82 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                1
83 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali                   1
 
Mountains classification after stage 4
 
1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                    28 pts
2 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                    26
3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                   10
4 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  10
5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                          8
6 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance              7
7 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                        7
8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                    7
9 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux               7
10 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                   6
11 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                5
12 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                           5
13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                   5
14 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                     4
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                     3
16 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                3
17 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                      3
18 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca         2
19 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux              1
20 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom                                1
21 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom                           1
 
Combativity classification
 
1 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  30 pts
2 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux              22
3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                   22
4 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                   21
5 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                   21
6 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                    14
7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                       10
8 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                       6
9 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                      5
10 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                    5
11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com                   5
12 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                     4
13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                     4
14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                   4
15 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites                  4
16 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                  4
17 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                         3
18 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux              3
19 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                    3
20 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance             3
21 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites                   2
22 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom                                2
23 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                     2
24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                         2
25 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                           2
26 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                       2
27 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                2
28 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                   1
29 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                     1
30 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              1
31 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                   1
32 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               1
33 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      1
34 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                1
35 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                   1
36 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                            1
37 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                      1
38 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                 1
39 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                   1
40 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                             1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski                   20.55.33
2 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                     0.08
3 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                          0.12
4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               1.27
5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com                 3.28
6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       3.43
7 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux             5.02
8 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service         6.02
9 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                   11.43
10 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93         11.54
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                     13.35
12 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               18.07
13 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com                  21.45
14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi            22.37
15 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux           22.43
16 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                  27.55
17 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                 28.37
18 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin            29.23
19 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance              29.42
20 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux             31.54
21 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93              32.36
22 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                  37.19
23 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux              37.48
24 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin             41.53
25 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                         45.50
 
Teams classification
 
1 Credit Agricole                                  62.44.03
2 O.N.C.E.-Eroski                                      2.12
3 Festina                                              2.52
4 US Postal Service                                    5.04
5 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                   5.43
6 Team Deutsche Telekom                                6.37
7 Mapei-Quick Step                                     9.58
8 Bonjour                                             10.58
9 iBanesto.com                                        12.48
10 Fassa Bortolo                                      13.26
11 La Francaise Des Jeux                              16.23
12 CSC Tiscali                                        16.30
13 Domo-Farm Frites                                   16.47
14 Lotto-Adecco                                       16.48
15 Rabobank                                           17.48
16 Bigmat.Auber 93                                    24.37
17 Jean Delatour                                      28.37
18 Lampre-Daikin                                      47.40
19 Ag2R Prevoyance                                    48.13
20 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  48.35
21 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                   56.00

Intermediate time checks

Final Place/Team                   19.5 km   45 km  67 km (finish)

1 Credit Agricole                   24.12    55.29   1.21.32
2 O.N.C.E.-Eroski                   24.30    55.52   1.22.03
3 Festina                           24.17    56.03   1.22.26
4 US Postal Service                 24.38    55.56   1.22.58
5 Kelme-Costa Blanca                24.35    56.13   1.23.10
6 Rabobank                          24.24    56.33   1.23.19
7 Team Deutsche Telekom             25.00    56.53   1.23.22
8 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone  25.19    57.53   1.24.27
9 Bigmat.Auber 93                   25.02    57.33   1.24.28
10 Mapei-Quick Step                 24.55    57.25   1.24.30
11 CSC Tiscali                      24.41    57.37   1.24.33
12 Bonjour                          24.40    57.27   1.24.41
13 iBanesto.com                     25.23    58.10   1.25.17
14 Domo-Farm Frites                 25.03    58.01   1.25.20
15 Fassa Bortolo                    25.14    58.10   1.25.33
16 Jean Delatour                    25.21    58.23   1.25.54
17 Euskaltel-Euskadi                25.29    58.36   1.26.17
18 Ag2R Prevoyance                  26.03    59.01   1.26.24
19 La Francaise Des Jeux            25.00    59.04   1.26.30
20 Lotto-Adecco                     25.52    59.05   1.26.46
21 Lampre-Daikin                    25.54    59.36   1.27.30

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