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By Tim Maloney, European editor
"I was very motivated today," explained Maillot Jaune Alex Vinokourov (Telekom) today after his solid 11th place on Stage 6 of the 2002 edition of Paris-Nice sealed his lead in this year's edition of the Race To the Sun. "I knew the Col d'Eze was at the end and our team was good today; we were in control of the situation," said the taciturn Kazakh rider and with only one sprinters stage to go on Sunday, Vino looks like a sure thing.
Last year's Paris-Nice winner Dario Frigo (Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola) won today's stage with a dynamic solo move at the foot of the Col d'Eze, where he won the stage in 2001.
"I wanted to do well in GC here, but I missed the move the other day on the stage to Mont Faron. I'm in good condition and waited for the right moment to attack."
After his long suspension, Frigo was anxious to prove that he was still a winner. "After what happened last year (at the Giro d'Italia), I was more convinced than ever that I had to come back strong. I trained really hard to ensure I'd have the right sensations as in a race."
On the penultimate climb of the day, the Cote de Paille, three riders had a 3'30" lead The lead trio were the remnants of a big break of 14 that went away early and dogged Davy Bruylandts (Domo-FF) was driving hard to maintain his advantage, as he had started the day only 3'35" behind Maillot Jaune Alex Vinokourov. The Belge was accompanied by Bobo Botcharov (AG2R) and Croatian climbing revelation Vladimir Miholjevic (Alessio), but the trio had Telekom tempo monster Bobby Julich to contend with. His face concentrated with effort, the lanky American powered away at the front of the 40 strong chase group to keep Bruylandts & Co. close.
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As the break hit the flats in Nice with just over 10km to race, the hard-charging peloton had hacked a minute out of the lead. Now all Bruylandts could hope for was a stage win, as Julich, Mapei and Tacconi riders were bringing the break back. The Domo man dumped his break companions at the foot of the Col d'Eze, surging forward towards the mountaintop stage finish, but with the chasers less than two minutes behind the break, the tiring Bruylandts was doomed.
Suddenly, the bottle-blonde Frigo burst from the front on the first steep ramp of the Col d'Eze and only crafty Melbourne man Cadel Evans (Mapei) was prepared for his move. Frigo put on the afterburners and went after Bruylandts, while Cadel could just follow 30m behind and was never able to close the gap. Behind the break and Frigo & Evans chasers, Fassa Bortolo's Ivan Basso powered the main chase group with a maniacal tempo, but the talented Varesino had once again missed the move of the day.
Around Basso's move, the main chase group formed with Maillot Jaune Vino, Kivilev and Cuesta (Cofidis), Garmendia, Escartin & Zülle (Coast) Sheffer (Alessio), Pascual Rodriguez (iBanesto.com) and 23 year old Sandy Casar (FDJ).
With three Kazakhs in the chase, they took no prisoners, while behind, Laurent Jalabert (CSC-Tiscali) and French champ Didier Rous (Bonjour) seemed to be having "un jour sans" and could not match the pace on the warm, humid day.
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With 2.5km to race, the flying Frigo administered the coup de grace to the valiant, planté Bruylandts, while the frustrated Basso fruitlessly humped away at the head of the chase. A few moments later, Frigo crossed the line with tears of joy streaming from his eyes, while Cadel came second with a brilliant ride showing the shape of things to come.
Vino crossed the line 42" behind Frigo, but took an additional 53" out of a flat, fried Jaja to sew up this year's Paris-Nice for good. A brilliant ride by emerging Parisian rider Casar moved him up to 2nd, 55" behind Vino, while the Telekom man's fellow Kazakh Kivilev moved into 3rd, 59" behind and Jaja slipped off the podium to 4th, just behind Kivilev.
Frigo said of his win, "It is very moving to win. I have been thinking for nine months of doing something in this Paris-Nice that has revealed itself to be very difficult."
After bringing all of Team Telekom's resources into play to retain the lead, Vinokourov expressed his gratitude. "Firstly, thank you to my team for all their work. I owe a lot to my team mates and I think that, unless there's an accident, I'm going to win Paris-Nice."
"On the first climb I saw Jalabert was in trouble. I said to myself that this was the moment. I followed Basso who made a great climb. I have always thought Paris-Nice was the race for me.
"Although the Criterium du Dauphine-Libere in 1999 is my most important victory, this one will be very nice."
Photo's by Yuzuru Sunada
1 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport 4.46.12 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 0.15 3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.22 4 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 0.33 5 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 6 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.42 7 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 8 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 12 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 13 Aleksandr Sheffr (Kaz) Alessio 14 Alex Zülle (Swi) Team Coast 15 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.10 16 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport 17 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.17 18 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 21 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1.25 22 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 23 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 1.35 24 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 25 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 26 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 27 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 28 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 29 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 30 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.43 31 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.01 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.17 33 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 34 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.24 35 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 2.31 36 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 2.39 37 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 2.50 38 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.54 39 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 2.54 40 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 3.48 41 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 42 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 43 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 44 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme 4.38 45 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 5.10 46 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 5.33 47 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 48 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 49 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 50 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 5.59 52 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 53 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 54 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 56 Miguel Otero (Spa) Kelme 7.44 57 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 8.53 58 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 9.44 59 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 11.25 60 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport 61 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 62 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Tacconi Sport 63 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Telekom 64 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 65 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 13.52 67 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 15.00 68 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 69 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 70 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 71 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 72 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 73 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 74 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 75 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 77 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 78 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 79 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 80 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 81 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 82 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme 83 César Solaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 85 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 87 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 88 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 89 Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 90 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 91 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 92 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 93 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 94 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme 19.45 95 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 96 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 97 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme 98 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team CSC Tiscali 99 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 23.14 100 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 101 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 102 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 103 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 104 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 105 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 106 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 107 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 108 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 109 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 110 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 26.42 111 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 112 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport 113 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport 114 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 115 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 116 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 117 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 118 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme 119 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 120 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 26.46 122 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 32.09 123 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Telekom 124 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 125 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 126 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 127 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 34.15 128 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom DNF Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux DNF Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Luis Perez (Spa) Team Coast DNF Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Coast DNF Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom DNF Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 DNF Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 DNF Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio DNF Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco DNF Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco DNF Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Tacconi Sport DNS Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Coast Points 1 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport 25 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 22 3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 4 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 18 5 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 16 6 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 15 7 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 14 8 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 13 9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 10 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 11 11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 10 12 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 9 13 Aleksandr Sheffr (Kaz) Alessio 8 14 Alex Zülle (Swi) Team Coast 7 15 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 16 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport 5 17 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4 18 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 19 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 20 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1 Sprnts Les Esclapières (22.00 km) 1 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 3 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 2 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 1 Tourettes-Sur-Loup (64.00 km) 1 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 3 pts 2 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 2 3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1 Mountains Col de L'Esterel (6.50 km) 1 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 4 pts 2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport 2 3 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Sainte-Cezaire-Sur-Siagne (Côte De) (31.00 Km) 1 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 4 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 2 3 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 1 Cabris (Côte De) (D.11-D.4) (38.00 Km) 1 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 7 pts 2 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 3 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 2 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 1 Aspremont (Côte De) (D.14-D.719) (97.00 Km) 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 10 pts 2 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 8 3 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 6 4 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 4 5 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 6 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 7 Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Col de Chateauneuf (108.00 km) 1 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 7 pts 2 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 5 3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 3 4 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 5 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Berre-Les-Alpes (Côte De) (122.50 Km) 1 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 7 pts 2 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 5 3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 4 Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 5 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 1 Peille (Côte De) (140.00 Km) 1 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 10 pts 2 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 8 3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 6 4 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 5 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 2 7 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 1 Col D'Eze (175.00 Km) 1 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport 10 pts 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 8 3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 4 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 4 5 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 3 6 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 7 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 1 Best young rider 1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 4.46.27 pts 2 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.07 3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 0.27 4 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.27 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.27 6 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2.39 7 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme 4.23 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 4.55 9 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 5.18 10 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.18 11 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 11.10 12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 13.37 13 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 14.45 14 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 14.45 15 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme 19.30 16 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 19.30 17 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme 19.30 18 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 22.59 19 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 26.27 20 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 26.27 21 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport 26.27 22 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.27 23 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 26.31 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 Most aggressive rider 1 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 14 pts 2 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 13 3 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 4 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 4 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 3 6 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 6 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 8 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1 8 Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 8 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 8 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 1 Teams 1 Team Coast 14.20.42 2 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.34 3 Domo - Farm Frites 2.19 4 Alessio 5.03 5 Fassa Bortolo 5.26 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 6.01 7 La Francaise Des Jeux 6.36 8 Jean Delatour 6.45 9 Once - Eroski 7.29 10 Bonjour 8.27 11 Tacconi Sport - Emmegi 10.29 12 Mapei - Quick Step 11.09 13 Team Csc Tiscali 11.44 14 Big.Mat . Auber 93 12.05 15 Ibanesto.Com 15.39 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.40 17 Lotto - Adecco 17.59 18 Credit Agricole 19.52 19 Team Telekom 21.26 20 Kelme 25.16 21 Ag2R Prevoyance 38.25 General classification after stage 6 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 27.00.57 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.55 3 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 0.59 4 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 0.59 5 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 1.23 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1.38 7 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 1.40 8 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport 1.44 9 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1.44 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 2.17 11 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 2.41 12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.42 13 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.12 14 Aleksandr Sheffr (Kaz) Alessio 3.24 15 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.29 16 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 3.32 17 Alex Zülle (Swi) Team Coast 3.35 18 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport 3.55 19 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 4.03 20 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 4.16 21 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.27 22 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 4.39 23 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 5.04 24 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 5.12 25 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.32 26 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 5.59 27 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 6.42 28 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 7.28 29 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 7.32 30 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 7.38 31 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 8.02 32 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 8.45 33 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme 9.38 34 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 10.00 35 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.03 36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 11.12 37 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 11.44 38 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 12.51 39 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 14.31 40 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 14.36 41 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 14.48 42 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15.34 43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 15.59 44 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 16.14 45 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 17.47 46 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 19.39 47 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 20.51 48 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 22.05 49 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 22.29 50 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.14 51 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 23.36 52 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 23.45 53 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 23.50 54 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Tacconi Sport 24.17 55 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.58 56 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport 27.08 57 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 29.10 58 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 30.34 59 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 30.47 60 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 30.48 61 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.37 62 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.18 63 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 32.37 64 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme 32.56 65 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 35.49 66 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Telekom 35.56 67 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 35.57 68 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 36.30 69 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 37.20 70 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 37.21 71 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 37.55 72 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38.42 73 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 42.04 74 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 42.44 75 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 42.58 76 Miguel Otero (Spa) Kelme 43.18 77 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 44.50 78 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 47.53 79 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 48.18 80 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 48.20 81 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 48.34 82 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48.35 83 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 49.40 84 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 50.10 85 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 52.06 86 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 52.25 87 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 52.55 88 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 53.15 89 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme 53.22 90 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 53.28 91 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 54.26 92 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 55.35 93 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme 1.01.37 94 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport 1.04.56 95 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 1.05.05 96 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.06.09 97 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.06.19 98 Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.09.13 99 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.09.21 100 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 1.09.57 101 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.10.04 102 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.11.37 103 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 1.11.51 104 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 1.15.15 105 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 1.15.53 106 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.17.19 107 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.17.24 108 César Solaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18.04 109 Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team CSC Tiscali 1.19.52 110 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 1.20.09 111 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 1.23.22 112 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.25.52 113 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.27.31 114 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 1.28.01 115 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Telekom 1.28.45 116 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 1.29.37 117 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme 1.30.48 118 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31.37 119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.35.36 120 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.35.56 121 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.36.10 122 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.36.17 123 Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.37.21 124 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.38.29 125 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.42.08 126 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport 1.45.09 127 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 1.45.15 128 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 1.55.19 Points classification after stage 6 1 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 81 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 79 3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 64 4 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 63 5 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 59 6 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport 54 7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 51 8 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 9 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 45 10 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 38 11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 38 12 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 35 13 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport 33 14 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 31 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 31 16 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 31 17 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 30 18 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 30 19 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme 29 20 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 26 21 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 26 22 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 23 23 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 23 24 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 25 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 26 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 18 27 Alex Zülle (Swi) Team Coast 18 28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 17 29 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport 17 30 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 16 31 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 32 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 16 33 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 15 34 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 15 35 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 13 36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 13 37 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 38 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 12 39 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 11 40 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 11 41 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 10 42 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 43 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 44 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 45 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 9 46 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 9 47 Aleksandr Sheffr (Kaz) Alessio 8 48 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 8 49 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 8 50 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 7 51 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 7 52 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 7 53 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 7 54 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 6 55 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 56 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 57 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 5 58 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 4 59 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4 60 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 61 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 3 62 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 3 63 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3 64 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 3 65 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 66 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 2 67 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 2 68 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 2 69 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1 70 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 1 71 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 1 72 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 Mountains classification after stage 6 1 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 49 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 43 3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 39 4 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 28 5 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport 21 6 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 21 7 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 19 8 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 18 9 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 16 10 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 14 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 14 12 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 14 13 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 14 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 13 15 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 12 16 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 17 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 12 18 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 12 19 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport 11 20 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 21 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 9 22 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 9 23 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 8 24 Alex Zülle (Swi) Team Coast 8 25 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 7 26 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 27 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 6 28 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 29 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 30 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 5 31 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 5 32 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 4 33 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 4 34 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport 4 35 Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 36 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 4 37 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 38 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 39 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 40 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 2 41 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 42 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport 2 43 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 44 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 45 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 2 46 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 2 47 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 2 48 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 49 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 2 50 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 51 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Tacconi Sport 1 52 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 53 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 54 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme 1 Best young rider classification after stage 6 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 27.01.52 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 1.22 3 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.47 4 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 3.44 5 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme 8.43 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 9.05 7 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 13.36 8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.39 9 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 16.52 10 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 29.39.00 11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 31.23.00 12 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme 32.01.00 13 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme 1.00.42 14 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport 1.04.01 15 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 1.04.10 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 1.09.02 17 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.10.42 18 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 1.10.56 19 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.24.57 20 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.26.36 21 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.30.42 22 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.35.01 23 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.41.13 Most aggressive rider classification after stage 6 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 22 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 16 3 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 14 4 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 14 5 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 13 6 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 12 7 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 11 8 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 11 9 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 10 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 9 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 9 12 Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 9 13 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 7 14 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 15 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 16 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 6 17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 18 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 5 19 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 5 20 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 5 21 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 4 22 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 23 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 3 24 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 25 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport 2 26 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1 28 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1 29 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 30 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 1 31 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 32 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1 33 Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Teams classification after stage 6 1 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 81.11.14 2 Team Coast 0.33 3 Domo - Farm Frites 6.22 4 Alessio 7.53 5 Bonjour 8.57 6 La Francaise Des Jeux 11.56 7 Mapei - Quick Step 13.09 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 15.51 9 Tacconi Sport - Emmegi 17.31 10 Ibanesto.Com 17.59 11 Big.Mat . Auber 93 19.51 12 Once - Eroski 23.09 13 Credit Agricole 26.31 14 Lotto - Adecco 27.51 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 36.48 16 Jean Delatour 41.00 17 Fassa Bortolo 47.59 18 Team Telekom 50.20 19 Kelme 53.08 20 Team Csc Tiscali 55.34 21 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.42.08
