Stage 6 - July 13: Commercy - Strasbourg, 211.5 km

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No sour win for Kirsipuu in Strasbourg

By Tim Maloney, cyclingnews.com correspondent

Jaan Kirsipuu
Photo: © AFP

Along the bucolic banks of the Ill river in bourgeois Strasbourg, Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r Prévoyance) won a big sprint today to capture Stage 6 of the 2001 Tour De France. The massive Estonian muscle man powered home to victory off a world-class leadout from his teammate Ludovic Capelle, recently crowned Belgian champion.

"It was a long sprint, and I thought it might be too long but we made it," said Kirsipuu in a post-race press conference.

Vincent Lavenu, AG2R team director told cyclingnews.com that "Jan's win was great for us because it was an overall team win, not just an individual effort."

After yesterday's heroic TTT win by Credit Agricole to keep Australian Stuart O'Grady in the Maillot Jaune, perhaps the day's events were an anti-climax until the thrilling sprint along the Quai de Alpes. Behind the hard charging Kirsipuu, Capelle's leadout man had done such a good job that behind Kirsipuu's surging rear wheel was utter chaos. Maillot Vert Erik Zabel was trying to pass Kirsipuu on the right, where he bounced off of Bonjour's Damien Nazon, while Tom Steels was hoping to squeeze by the Estonian Express on the left. But today there was nothing doing as Jan sprinted home to his second career Tour De France stage win.

(Steels was later disqualified by the Jury Of Commissaires for 'irregular riding' and relegated to last place in the main peloton, 160th across the line)

The day started under gray skies at Commercy, a "tout petit ville" in the heart of the Lorraine countryside, famous for its tasty madeleine cakes. Perhaps these were the same madeleine's which jogged Marcel Proust's memory, but the tasty pastry didn't wake up the TDF.

The break
Photo: © AFP

"Peloton groupee" was the word on Radio Tour until Axel Merckx attacked after 45 km in Crepey. Perhaps Merckx remembered that Strasbourg has the best beer in France and was in a hurry to get there. The lanky Domo-Farm Frites man is a class rider and his move attracted some other big names; Michele Bartoli (Mapei-Quick Step), Laurent Brochard (Jean Delatour), Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto-Addeco) and Credit Agricole policeman Fred Bessy, who was along for the ride. As the break went off the front, ONCE's Santos Gonzalez decided to abandon.

Once the quintet grabbed a lead of 1', the chasing peloton relaxed slightly as 80% of the front runners hammered hard to stay away. But with Bessy not collaborating, the break Was doomed. With the lead at 3'00, Credit Agricole increased the tempo and began to pull the break back. New Zealander (with a French licence) Chris Jenner, the first Kiwi to win a TDF stage was doing a lot of tempo for CA and through the crystal city of Baccarat the 5 were still out front. As the break approached the Cat. 2 climb of Col du Donon, their lead was falling fast. Up through the pine trees and over the 727m summit past the big enthusiastic crowds of French and Germans, Merckx & Co still had 3'00 but the situation had changed.

The sprint
Photo: © AFP

Team Deutsche Telekom had joined the chase, along with Ag2r, Lampre and Mapei. The sprinter's teams now could smell the break's blood and as the peloton snaked down the descent into the Rhein Valley towards Strasbourg, blue sky appeared over the hazy peaks of the Black Forest.

Telekom had the bit in their teeth and together with the other sprinter teams, they chomped up the break, eventually swallowing up last man standing Verbrugghe, who had gone solo with 10 km to go. The classy Belgian held out for 7 km, but then Ag2r Prévoyance had started their inexorable assault for the Estonian Express, Jaan Kirsipuu.

Results

1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance               4.50.39 (43.66 km/h)
2 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour
3 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
6 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux
7 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis
8 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
9 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93
10 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites
11 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
12 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
13 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
14 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance
15 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
16 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour
17 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo
18 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali
19 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
20 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
21 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
22 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites
23 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco
24 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole
25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
26 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance
27 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour
28 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina
29 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
30 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina
31 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour
32 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites
33 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
34 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
35 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom
36 Luis Perez (Spa) Festina
37 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
38 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
39 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
40 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
41 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
42 Angel Casero (Spa) Festina
43 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina
44 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom
45 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
46 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service
47 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service
48 Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa) Festina
49 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service
50 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
51 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service
52 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
53 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca
54 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom
55 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis
56 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
57 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin
58 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service
59 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour
60 Inigo Chaureau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
61 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
62 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour
63 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com
64 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com
65 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali
66 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank
67 Viatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service
68 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
69 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis
70 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
71 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali
72 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour
73 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
74 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
75 Santiago Blanco (Spa) iBanesto.com
76 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
77 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
78 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom
79 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com
80 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
81 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski
82 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole
83 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
84 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
85 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
86 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour
87 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Française Des Jeux
88 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
89 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
90 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
91 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour
92 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites
93 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
94 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom
95 Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom
96 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC - Tiscali
97 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
98 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
99 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux
100 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin
101 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
102 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali
103 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites
104 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
105 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
106 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
107 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux
108 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour
109 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin
110 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
111 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
112 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
113 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
114 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
115 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis
116 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
117 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
118 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
119 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
120 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
121 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service
122 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
123 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour
124 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis
125 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com
126 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin
127 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
128 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
129 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole
130 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina
131 Kevin Livingston (USA) Telekom
132 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
133 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole
134 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
135 Stéphane Bergès (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
136 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour
137 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
138 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
139 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
140 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour
141 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
142 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
143 Nikolai Bo Larsen (Den) CSC - Tiscali
144 Rolf Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali
145 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
146 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com
147 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour
148 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
149 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites
150 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
151 José Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com
152 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom
153 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
154 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
155 Jacob Piil (Den) CSC - Tiscali
156 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
157 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites
158 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
159 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
160 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
161 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                   0.28
162 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites                 0.33
163 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux              0.41
164 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                   2.11
165 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service              4.45
166 Marcellino Garcia (Spa) CSC - Tiscali               5.30
167 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com
168 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance
169 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux
170 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina
171 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance
172 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole
173 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour
174 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
175 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
176 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com
177 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca
178 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service
179 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                     12.25
180 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour
181 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco
182 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                 16.35
183 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis
DNF Olivier Trastour (Fra) Jean Delatour
DNF Santos Gonzalez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
 
Points
 
1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance                 25 pts
2 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour                          22
3 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                     20
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                            18
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                16
6 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux               15
7 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis                           14
8 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93            13
9 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                12
10 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites           11
11 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           10
12 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                 9
13 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               8
14 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance           7
15 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93              6
16 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour                        5
17 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo                   4
18 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali                3
19 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca     2
20 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo             1
 
Sprints
 
Colombey-Les-Belles - 40 km
 
1 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                      6 pts
2 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                  4
3 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                 2
 
Badonviller - 129 km
 
1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                   6 pts
2 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step               4
3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                    2
 
Dinsheim - 182 km
 
1 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step               6 pts
2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                    4
3 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                 2
 
Mountains
 
Côte De Void-Vacon -Cat. 4, 9.5 km
 
1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                  5 pts
2 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                         3
3 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour                     1
 
Côte De Chapelotte - Cat. 4, 135.5 km
 
1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                 5 pts
2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                    3
3 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step               1
 
Col Du Donon - Cat. 2, 153.0 km
 
1 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                20 pts
2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                   15
3 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole                12
4 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step              10
5 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                   8
6 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi             6
7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                  4
8 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                  3
9 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom                       2
10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                  1
 
Young rider
 
1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux              4.50.39
2 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
3 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance
4 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
5 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
6 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service
7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin
8 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com
9 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina
10 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski
11 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin
12 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Française Des Jeux
13 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin
14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
15 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
16 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
17 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
18 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
19 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
20 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93
21 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour
22 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux               0.41
23 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com                    5.30
24 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com
25 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                          16.35
 
Combativity
 
1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                       21 pts
2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                      16
2 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                    16
2 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  16
5 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour                       2
6 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                    1
 
Teams
 
1 Bigmat.Auber 93                                   14.31.57
2 Ag2R Prevoyance
3 Bonjour
4 Credit Agricole
5 Domo-Farm Frites
6 Team Deutsche Telekom
7 Kelme-Costa Blanca
8 Fassa Bortolo
9 Festina
10 Euskaltel-Euskadi
11 Lotto-Adecco
12 O.N.C.E.-Eroski
13 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone
14 US Postal Service
15 CSC Tiscali
16 Lampre-Daikin
17 Jean Delatour
18 Rabobank
19 La Francaise Des Jeux
20 iBanesto.com
21 Mapei-Quick Step
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole              25.45.00
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 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step               3.33
27 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca            3.37
28 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                3.44
29 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
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
43 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       4.55
44 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                   4.56
45 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service              4.57
46 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                 4.59
47 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                   5.00
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                      6.22
56 Jens Heppner (Ger) Telekom                           6.29
57 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina                        6.51
58 Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal Service         7.14
59 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom                       9.41
60 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo              9.49
61 José Vicente Garcia-Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com       10.39
62 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                  10.46
63 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux           11.10
64 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour                         11.25
65 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                   12.35
66 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                   12.55
67 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93          13.06
68 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service              13.23
69 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                     13.39
70 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                            14.22
71 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             14.23
72 Viatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service           14.36
73 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                      14.47
74 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                        14.50
75 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step               15.11
76 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites               17.14
77 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis                         17.20
78 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                       18.11
79 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service          18.28
80 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC - Tiscali                18.45
81 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                19.19
82 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                  19.38
83 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole                19.41
84 Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa) Festina                    19.56
85 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour                          20.06
86 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux           20.10
87 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              20.16
88 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             20.25
89 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca    20.28
90 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina                           20.36
91 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis                          21.49
92 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                    21.50
93 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                        21.55
94 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                22.03
95 Jacob Piil (Den) CSC - Tiscali                      22.04
96 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis                     22.09
97 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis                           22.19
98 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93            22.31
99 Nikolai Bo Larsen (Den) CSC - Tiscali               22.39
100 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                  23.06
101 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                           23.07
102 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                23.23
103 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com                23.33
104 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski      23.38
105 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour               23.43
106 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi            23.49
107 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi            23.53
108 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux           23.55
109 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           23.59
110 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi    24.00
111 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Française Des Jeux           24.01
112 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance          24.07
113 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance               24.13
114 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco              24.18
115 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole           24.33
116 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                   24.58
117 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           24.59
118 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                  25.44
119 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux          25.49
120 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93               26.08
121 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                    26.15
122 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                        26.20
123 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina
124 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites              26.31
125 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali               26.58
126 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank                      27.27
127 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
128 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour                        27.56
129 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites               28.20
130 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                    28.21
131 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com                  28.27
132 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis                       28.40
133 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance                29.31
134 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo                  29.34
135 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                 29.49
136 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites           29.52
137 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                    29.55
138 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                30.22
139 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
140 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin            30.35
141 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole            30.38
142 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance              30.54
143 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour                   31.03
144 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi            31.04
145 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca     31.14
146 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin               31.30
147 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance          31.43
148 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance         31.45
149 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                   32.36
150 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali               32.46
151 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service          32.57
152 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux             33.47
153 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93              33.48
154 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93             33.55
155 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step            33.58
156 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                  34.02
157 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites              34.05
158 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites                34.27
159 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                  34.37
160 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour                 35.40
161 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                37.32
162 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step              37.48
163 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour               37.50
164 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                  38.31
165 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step            38.50
166 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux              39.00
167 Rolf Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                  39.15
168 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole           39.36
169 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour                  39.42
170 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux              40.09
171 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina                        40.36
172 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                         40.52
173 Stéphane Bergès (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance              41.48
174 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance               42.15
175 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin             43.05
176 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites            44.25
177 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step                  44.29
178 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin               46.11
179 Marcellino Garcia (Spa) CSC - Tiscali              47.33
180 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                     53.15
181 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco               53.30
182 Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step               1.01.26
183 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis                       1.03.37
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                                93 pts
2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                    85
3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R-Prevoyance                     72
4 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour                              68
5 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                58
6 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin                       49
7 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour                            47
8 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina                           44
9 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                         43
10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                42
11 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites               41
12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  41
13 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina                        38
14 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                        36
15 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                   35
16 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                            35
17 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                    32
18 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                      32
19 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux              30
20 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Festina                            30
21 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco                  30
22 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis                              30
23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                26
24 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                26
25 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites                  26
26 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                     26
27 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                              25
28 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                      25
29 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites                  24
30 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      24
31 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                         21
32 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               21
33 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  20
34 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                        20
35 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo                      19
36 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                     19
37 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour                            18
38 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         18
39 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                   18
40 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca        18
41 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom                         18
42 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                               18
43 Marco Milesi (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites                    17
44 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                      17
45 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski            16
46 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                             16
47 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93             16
48 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                    16
49 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  16
50 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                   15
51 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                       15
52 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                     15
53 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Lotto-Adecco                   13
54 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux              13
55 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  12
56 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                         11
57 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                     11
58 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                           10
59 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com                       10
60 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                   10
61 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 10
62 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                   10
63 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                     9
64 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com                    9
65 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                      9
66 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                   8
67 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                  8
68 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                    8
69 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                    8
70 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance               7
71 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                               7
72 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                             6
73 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                  6
74 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour                        6
75 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                        6
76 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux               6
77 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca                5
78 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         5
79 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      5
80 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali                    4
81 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                            4
82 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance              4
83 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                 4
84 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                     4
85 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                         2
86 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance                   2
87 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                   2
88 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                     37 pts
2 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                    32
3 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                     29
4 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                       21
5 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole                    12
6 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  11
7 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                    10
8 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   10
9 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                             8
10 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                          8
11 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                      8
12 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance              7
13 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                        7
14 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux               7
15 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                    6
16 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                6
17 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 5
18 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                    5
19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                      5
20 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                      3
21 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service                 3
22 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca          2
23 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom                          2
24 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour                        1
25 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux               1
26 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom                                 1
27 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom                            1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski                    25.46.12
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 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi             22.37
14 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux            22.43
15 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com                   27.15
16 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                  28.37
17 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin             29.23
18 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance               29.42
19 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux              32.35
20 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93               32.36
21 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                   33.25
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                        1.02.25
 
Most combative classification
 
1 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux                   30 pts
2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                       27
3 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux               22
4 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                    22
5 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                    21
6 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                    21
7 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                      20
8 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                  16
9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour                    16
10 Ludo Dierckxens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                    14
11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                       10
12 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                      5
13 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com                    5
14 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                     5
15 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                   5
16 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      4
17 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                    4
18 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites                   4
19 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                          3
20 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux               3
21 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                     3
22 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance              3
23 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites                    2
24 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom                                 2
25 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                      2
26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                          2
27 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                            2
28 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                        2
29 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                 2
30 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour                      2
31 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                    1
32 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                      1
33 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               1
34 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                    1
35 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                1
36 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       1
37 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                             1
38 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                    1
39 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                 1
40 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                  1
41 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                       1
42 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                              1
43 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                    1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Credit Agricole                                   77.16.00
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

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