Stage 18 - July 27: Montlucon - Saint Amand Montrond ITT, 61 km

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By Tim Maloney

Montlucon is the home town of Roger Walkowiak, unexpected winner of the 1956 Tour De France, who built his win on being in back to back long breaks. Walko never did have much success after his '56 Tour victory, but nonetheless, the "salmon of Montlucon" still has his name on the TDF winner's roles. Will this year's "Walko", Andrei Kivilev (Cofidis), ultimate survivor of the legendary break to Pontarlier, be able to hold on to his third place, 1'20" ahead of Joseba Beloki (O.N.C.E.-Eroski)? Beloki was 3rd last year and is a respectable time trialist, while Kivilev is questionable tester, especially over such a long distance. However, the Kazakh may be able to maintain his podium position through sheer fear.

As for the impact on the final outcome of the race, barring an Act of God, Lance and Jan will keep their 1st and 2nd places. The Real question is if Ullrich has the legs to limit his losses to Armstrong over the long TT, or if the German may actually pull some time back on the Maiilot Jaune.

Start times (CEST)

1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Française Des Jeux                10:53
2 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre-Daikin               10:55
3 Davide Bramati (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                10:57
4 Rolf Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                    10:59
5 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites                11:01
6 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole             11:03
7 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Bonjour                     11:05
8 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole              11:07
9 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                11:09
10 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93                 11:11
11 Stéphane Bergès (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance               11:13
12 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites            11:15
13 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites             11:17
14 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93              11:19
15 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin                11:21
16 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin                     11:23
17 Matteo Frutti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                   11:25
18 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93          11:27
19 Jacky Durand (Fra) Française Des Jeux               11:29
20 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                11:31
21 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux           11:33
22 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93            11:35
23 Gilles Maignan (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                11:37
24 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance          11:39
25 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole                11:41
26 Marcellino Garcia (Spa) CSC - Tiscali               11:43
27 Jacob Piil (Den) CSC - Tiscali                      11:45
28 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) CSC - Tiscali                11:47
29 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour                         11:49
30 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali                11:51
31 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin             11:53
32 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux           11:55
33 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                   11:57
34 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole                 11:59
35 Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Festina                       12:01
36 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour                          12:03
37 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Jean Delatour                12:05
38 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2R-Prevoyance           12:07
39 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat Auber 93                12:09
40 Jérome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour                  12:11
41 Angel Castresana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi            12:13
42 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) iBanesto.com                   12:15
43 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux           12:17
44 Erik Zabel (Ger) Telekom                            12:19
45 Alvaro Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski       12:21
46 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis                           12:23
47 Florent Brard (Fra) Festina                         12:25
48 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour                   12:27
49 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service          12:29
50 Tyler Hamilton (USA) US Postal Service              12:31
51 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                     12:33
52 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                   12:35
53 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                          12:37
54 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                            12:39
55 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo             12:41
56 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites               12:43
57 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi             12:45
58 Michael Blaudzun (Den) CSC - Tiscali                12:47
59 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux            12:49
60 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                     12:51
61 Pascal Lino (Fra) Festina                           12:53
62 José Angel Vidal (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca           12:55
63 Viatjeslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service           12:57
64 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française Des Jeux              12:59
65 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service            13:01
66 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina                       13:03
67 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                   13:05
68 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             13:07
69 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                   13:09
70 Jon Odriozola (Spa) iBanesto.com                    13:11
71 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                13:13
72 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi     13:15
73 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service             13:17
74 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Rabobank                       13:19
75 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi             13:21
76 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step                13:23
77 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour                         13:25
78 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour                      13:27
79 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis                    13:29
80 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites                13:31
81 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Française Des Jeux            13:33
82 Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                    13:35
83 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                     13:37
84 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis                          13:39
85 Felix Rafael Cardenas (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca      13:41
86 Matteo Tossato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                  13:43
87 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco               13:45
88 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca    13:47
89 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step             13:49
90 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Bonjour                      13:51
91 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                13:53
92 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Lampre-Daikin                   13:55
93 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole                    13:57
94 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour                 13:59
95 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour                  14:01
96 Denis Mentchov (Rus) iBanesto.com                   14:03
97 Nicki Sörensen (Den) CSC - Tiscali                  14:05
98 Udo Bölts (Ger) Telekom                             14:07
99 Laurent Roux (Fra) Jean Delatour                    14:09
100 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis                      14:11
101 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis                        14:13
102 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat Auber 93              14:15
103 Felix Garcia-Casas (Spa) Festina                   14:17
104 Kevin Livingston (USA) Telekom                     14:19
105 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service          14:21
106 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com        14:23
107 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) iBanesto.com                14:25
108 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Telekom                     14:27
109 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                   14:29
110 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bonjour                      14:31
111 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step             14:33
112 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           14:35
113 Luis Perez (Spa) Festina                           14:37
114 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Ag2R-Prevoyance                14:39
115 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski                     14:41
116 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour               14:43
117 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis                       14:45
118 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Telekom                       14:47
119 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi            14:49
120 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca    14:51
121 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco                     14:53
122 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour               14:55
123 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                 14:57
124 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com                  14:59
125 Bobby Julich (USA) Credit Agricole                 15:01
126 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites                 15:03
127 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                    15:06
128 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC - Tiscali               15:09
129 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R-Prevoyance          15:12
130 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Telekom                 15:15
131 Inigo Chaureau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi             15:18
132 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com               15:21
133 Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal Service              15:24
134 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour                          15:27
135 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step            15:30
136 Marcos Serrano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                   15:33
137 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca           15:36
138 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                     15:39
139 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca             15:42
140 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski        15:45
141 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour                       15:48
142 Joseba Beloki (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                    15:51
143 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis                       15:54
144 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Telekom                          15:57
145 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service            16:00

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Description

Montluçon is in the Allier dept. in central France, on the Cher River. Industry developed in the 19th cent. because of nearby coal fields in Commentry and iron-ore deposits around Berry. Today there are metallurgy, rubber, chemical, clothing, synthetic-textile, and wax industries. The southern terminal of the Berry Canal, which links the Commentry coal fields with the Loire River, is at Montluçon.

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