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Italian Andrea Ferrigato (Alessio) has taken the lead in the Etoile de Bessèges after he and Lorenzo Bernucci (Colnago-Landbouwkrediet) finished marginally ahead of the peloton on the second stage. Yesterday's winner Robbie McEwen (Lotto) had to be content with third place today as the two Italians stole a 15 second lead.
Stage 2 was held between Marseille and Sainte-Tulle over a distance of 143 kilometres in mild sunshine. The riders also benefited from a tailwind that saw the average speed close to 45 km/h. A group of 40 riders split off the front after 50 kilometres, prompted by a move from Lars Michaelsen (Team Coast), Paul Van Hyfte (CSC), Jimmy Casper (FDJ), Manu L'Hoir (Team fakta), Médéric Clain (Cofidis) and Sébastien Talabardon (Big Mat).
From this group, Jurgen Vermeersch (Colnago-Landbouwkrediet) attacked with 25 kilometres to go, but his lead was pegged at 20 seconds by the leading group. Vermeersch was recaptured on the finishing circuit before Ferrigato and Bernucci countered with 10 kilometres to go to stay away for the win.
1 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 3.12.13 (44.793 km/h) 2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.01 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 0.15 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 5 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 6 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 7 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 8 Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 11 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 12 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 13 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 14 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 15 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 16 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta 17 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) CSC-Tiscali 18 Stefan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 19 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 20 Marcus Ljunqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 21 Manu L'hoir (Bel) Team Fakta 22 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 23 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 25 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 26 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Fakta 0.39 27 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 0.51 28 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 29 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux 2.54 30 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 31 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 32 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 33 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 34 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2r Prévoyance 35 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 36 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 37 Yuriy Metluschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.54 38 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 39 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 40 Roman Peter (Swi) Oktos-St-Quentin 41 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta 42 James Vanlandshoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 43 Raphaël Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 44 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 45 Franck Pencole (Fra) La Française des Jeux 46 ? 47 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Crédit Agricole 4.59 50 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Française des Jeux 51 Cesar Solaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 54 Stefan Van Dyck (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 55 Thomas Brun Eriksen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 56 Bart Leysen (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 57 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Telekom 58 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 59 Christophe Capelle (Bel) Big Mat-Auber 93 60 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 61 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Coast 62 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 63 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) La Française des Jeux 64 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 65 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 66 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 67 Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole 68 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Française des Jeux 69 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 70 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 71 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 72 Steven Van Malderghem (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 73 Marc Streel (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 74 Vincent Bader (Swi) Oktos-St-Quentin 75 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour 76 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 77 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 78 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 79 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin 80 Oscar Cavagnis (Swi) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 81 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 82 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 83 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r Prévoyance 84 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 85 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 86 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 87 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 88 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 89 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Rossano Brasi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 91 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 92 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 93 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Telekom 94 Franck Perque (Fra) La Française des Jeux 95 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta 96 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 97 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 98 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 99 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 100 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 101 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 102 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 103 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 104 Michel Vanhaecke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 105 Bert Dewaele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 106 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast 107 Raphaël Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 108 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 109 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 110 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 111 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 112 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 113 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 114 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin 115 Vincent Templier (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin 116 Kris Gerits (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 117 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 118 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 119 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 120 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 121 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 122 Frack Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 123 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 124 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 125 Ruslan Pidgorny (Ukr) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 126 Martin Przadnovsky De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 127 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Telekom 128 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Crédit Agricole 129 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 130 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 131 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat-Auber 93 132 Florent Brard (Fra) Crédit Agricole 133 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r Prévoyance 134 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 135 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 136 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 138 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 139 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 140 Mikel Artexte (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.29 141 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 12.13 142 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 143 Sergey Krushevskiy (Rus) Oktos-St-Quentin 144 Philippe Koehler (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin DNF Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance DNF Jurgen Guns (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim DNS Jakob Piil (Den) CSC-Tiscali General classification after stage 2 1 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 6.37.06 2 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.07 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 0.10 4 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 0.23 5 Marcus Ljunqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 6 Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 0.25 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.27 9 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 11 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 12 Igor Kranjec (Slo) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 13 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 14 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 15 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 16 Stefan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 17 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) CSC-Tiscali 18 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 19 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 20 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 21 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 22 Manu L'hoir (Bel) Team Fakta 23 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta 24 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 26 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Fakta 0.50 27 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1.03 28 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 29 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.06 30 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance Courtesy of velomania.net