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Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r) notched up his second sprint win in two days at the Etoile de Besseges, winning the final 150 km stage from Sauve to Bessèges. He beat, also for the second time in two days, Australian champion Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Adecco), who kept his slender lead to win the overall classification from Andrea Ferrigato.
Ferrigato trailed McEwen by two seconds coming into the final stage, and given the Australian's form during the race (his worst position was third), Ferrigato was going to have a tough battle to prevent McEwen from taking time out of him in the sprint.
The race started out very aggressively once again, with Team fakta's Allan Johansen and Roberto Lochowski part of the early attacks. Then followed Steven Van Malderghem, Stéphane Augé (km 12), Vincent Bader (km 30), Francois Simoni (km 42), Guillaume Auger (km 55) and finally at km 59, Fabrice Salanson, Alberto Lopez De Munain and Anthony Morin. These three were caught by Erwin Thijs and Kristof Trouvé after 90 kilometres, and managed to build a lead of 2'20.
However, Lotto-Adecco were having none of it, and began the serious chase helped by Kirsipuu's Ag2r team, Francaise des Jeux and Telekom. They caught the break and all McEwen had to do was ensure he finished in front of Ferrigato. He did not make a mistake, finishing second behind Kirsipuu and winning his first big stage race in 2002.
1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 3.21.41 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 3 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 4 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 5 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 6 Oscar Cavagnis (Swi) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux 8 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 9 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 12 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 13 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 14 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 15 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 16 Thomas Brun Eriksen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 17 Igor Kranjec (Slo) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 18 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 19 James Vanlandshoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 20 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 21 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 22 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 23 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 24 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 25 Marcus Ljunqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 26 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 27 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 28 Roman Peter (Swi) Oktos-St-Quentin 29 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 30 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 31 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 32 Sergey Krushevskiy (Rus) Oktos-St-Quentin 33 Michel Vanhaecke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 34 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 35 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 36 Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 37 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 38 Manu L'hoir (Bel) Team Fakta 39 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta 40 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta 41 Vincent Bader (Swi) Oktos-St-Quentin 42 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 43 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) La Française des Jeux 44 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 45 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 46 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) CSC-Tiscali 47 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 48 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 49 Franck Pencole (Fra) La Française des Jeux 50 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 51 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Crédit Agricole 52 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 53 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 54 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 55 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat-Auber 93 56 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 57 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Coast 58 Christophe Capelle (Bel) Big Mat-Auber 93 59 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 60 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 61 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Stefan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 63 Bart Leysen (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 64 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Telekom 65 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 66 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin 67 Cesar Solaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 69 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 70 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 71 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 72 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 73 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 74 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 75 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 76 Kris Gerits (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 77 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 78 Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Vincent Templier (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin 80 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 81 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta 82 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 83 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Fakta 84 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 85 Frack Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 86 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin 87 Bert Dewaele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 88 Marc Streel (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 89 Raphaël Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 90 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Crédit Agricole 91 Raphaël Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 92 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 93 Franck Perque (Fra) La Française des Jeux 94 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 95 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 96 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast 97 Stefan Van Dyck (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 98 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Française des Jeux 99 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 100 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 101 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r Prévoyance 103 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 104 Rossano Brasi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 105 Florent Brard (Fra) Crédit Agricole 106 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 107 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 108 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 109 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 110 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 111 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 112 Steven Van Malderghem (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnag 113 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 114 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 115 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 116 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 117 Martin Przadnovsky De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 118 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Telekom 119 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r Prévoyance 120 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour 121 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Telekom 0.33 122 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Française des Jeux 0.40 123 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 0.46 124 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 0.52 125 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2r Prévoyance 0.54 126 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.04 127 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 128 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.13 129 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 1.30 130 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 131 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 1.48 132 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 133 Ruslan Pidgorny (Ukr) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 134 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.12 135 Mikel Artexte (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 136 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 137 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop DNF Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco DNF Alberto Ongarato (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa Final general classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 16.48.40 2 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 0.08 3 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.20 4 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 0.30 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.31 6 Marcus Ljunqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 7 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 0.33 8 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 0.35 9 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 11 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 0.36 12 Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.38 14 Igor Kranjec (Slo) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 0.40 15 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 16 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 17 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) CSC-Tiscali 18 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 19 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 20 Stefan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 21 Manu L'hoir (Bel) Team Fakta 22 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta 23 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 24 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 25 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Fakta 1.03 26 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 1.12 27 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1.16 28 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.19 29 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 30 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 31 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 32 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 4.53 33 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.11 34 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta 5.13 35 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 5.19 36 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 37 James Vanlandshoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 38 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 39 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 40 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Franck Pencole (Fra) La Française des Jeux 42 Raphaël Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 43 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 44 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 45 Steven Van Malderghem (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 46 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 47 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 5.20 49 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.22 50 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 5.23 51 Oscar Cavagnis (Swi) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.24 52 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 53 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 54 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Crédit Agricole 55 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Telekom 56 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 57 Christophe Capelle (Bel) Big Mat-Auber 93 58 Michel Vanhaecke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 59 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 60 Thomas Brun Eriksen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 61 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 62 Vincent Bader (Swi) Oktos-St-Quentin 63 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 64 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 65 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 66 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 67 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 68 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 69 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 70 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast 71 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta 72 Marc Streel (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 73 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 74 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) La Française des Jeux 75 Cesar Solaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Crédit Agricole 77 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 78 Stefan Van Dyck (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 79 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 80 Rossano Brasi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 81 Bert Dewaele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 82 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Telekom 83 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 84 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 85 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 86 Kris Gerits (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 87 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Française des Jeux 88 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r Prévoyance 89 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin 90 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour 91 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Crédit Agricole 92 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 93 Raphaël Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 94 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r Prévoyance 95 Frack Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 96 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 97 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 98 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 6.04 99 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Française des Jeux 100 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 6.10 101 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 6.16 102 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 6.28 103 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.37 104 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 6.54 105 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 7.12 106 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 8.34 107 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 9.27 108 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.55 109 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 11.05 110 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 13.39 111 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 13.44 112 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux 113 Martin Przadnovsky De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 13.56 114 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2r Prévoyance 14.38 115 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.34 116 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 15.40 117 Roman Peter (Swi) Oktos-St-Quentin 15.44 118 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 15.49 119 Bart Leysen (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 120 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Coast 121 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 122 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat-Auber 93 123 Franck Perque (Fra) La Française des Jeux 124 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 125 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 126 Florent Brard (Fra) Crédit Agricole 127 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Telekom 16.22 128 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 16.41 129 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 16.53 130 Vincent Templier (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin 17.02 131 Ruslan Pidgorny (Ukr) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 17.37 132 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin 18.59 133 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 20.00 134 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 25.51 135 Mikel Artexte (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.46 136 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.58 137 Sergey Krushevskiy (Rus) Oktos-St-Quentin 39.35 Courtesy of velomania.net