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Australian Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Adecco) won his second stage in this year's Paris-Nice, beating an improving Tom Steels (Mapei) and Baden Cooke (Francaise des Jeux) in the final sprint. McEwen came around Steels with under 50 metres to go for his ninth victory of the season. Telekom's Alexandre Vinokourov finished safely in the peloton to claim the overall victory in the 2002 Paris-Nice, after some brilliant and consistent riding this week.
The final stage action took place on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, but not before the riders tackled the category 1 Col de Vence and Cat. 2 Col de Gourdon in the first 60 kilometres. Fassa Bortolo's Kim Kirchen took the points on both climbs, followed closely by Croatian climber Vladimir Miholjevic (Alessio) who won the overall mountains jersey. The pair were part of a five rider breakaway that also included Jose Azevedo (ONCE), Ivan Basso (Fassa Bortolo) and Inigo Cuesta (Cofidis).
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The break only had a minute's lead by the time they reached Nice with 47 kilometres up and down the "Promenade des Anglais" to race. Telekom set a high tempo, helped by the sprinters teams, and the five riders were caught with three laps to go. On the same lap, Laurent Jalabert (CSC) went for a bonus in the final intermediate sprint and gained two seconds, meaning that he would pass Andrei Kivilev for 3rd on the final podium.
The final two laps were extremely quick, with Fassa Bortolo, Mapei, Ag2r and Domo all vying for position in front. Mapei managed to launch Tom Steels into what looked like a winning position, but Robbie McEwen - after a bit of shoulder rubbing with Baden Cooke - managed to come around him in the final metres to deny him the win.
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"I was not too confident at the start of the stage, less than at the start of Paris-Nice, considering the abandonments," said the Australian. "But I had good legs even though I've had some bronchial problems that have been bothering me for several days."
"This was not an easy sprint. I took the wheel of Steels, but was afraid I would be boxed in when Cooke nudged me a bit. This is what happened at the finish of the first stage - I was frustrated to have lost against Petacchi. I know that I am quicker than him."
McEwen will return home to Belgium to rest up before Milan-San Remo, where he will be up against Erik Zabel, whose teammate Alexandre Vinokourov was a worthy winner of Paris-Nice. "I came here to win. I did this and to win a great race is always something to be proud of," said the happy Kazakh.
"I have been attached to France ever since I arrived in 1997. In 1999, I prepared well for Paris-Nice but I fell. On Saturday, I will race Milan-San Remo to help Zabel win a fifth time."
The revelation of the race was young Frenchman Sandy Casar (Francaise des Jeux), who finished second overall, 55 seconds behind Vinokourov. "This is unbelievable! I would not have thought it before the start. I thought I could finish in the top 15, maybe top 10."
"After the Col d'Eze I was very tired. Fortunately, there were not too many attacks on this final stage. I am not used to defending these positions. I hope now to be able to win a race soon."
Photo's by Yuzuru Sunada
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 3.38.30 (43.11 km/h) 2 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 4 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 6 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 9 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport 10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 11 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 14 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 15 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 16 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 17 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 18 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 19 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 20 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme 21 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 22 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 23 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 24 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 25 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme 26 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 27 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 30 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 32 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 33 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 34 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport 35 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 37 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 38 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 39 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme 40 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 41 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 42 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 44 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Telekom 45 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 46 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 47 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 48 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 49 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 50 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 51 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 52 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 53 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 54 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 55 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 56 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 57 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 58 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 59 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 60 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 61 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 62 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 63 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme 64 Aleksandr Sheffr (Kaz) Alessio 65 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 66 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 67 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport 68 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport 69 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Tacconi Sport 70 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 71 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 72 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 73 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 74 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 75 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 76 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme 77 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 78 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 79 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 80 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 81 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 82 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 83 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 84 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Telekom 85 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 86 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 87 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 88 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 89 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 90 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 91 Miguel Otero (Spa) Kelme 92 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 93 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 94 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 95 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 96 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 97 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 98 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 99 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 100 César Solaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 101 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 102 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 104 Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 105 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 106 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 107 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 108 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 109 Alex Zülle (Swi) Team Coast 110 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 111 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport 112 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 113 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 114 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 116 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 117 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 118 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 119 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 121 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.15 122 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.28 DNF Aitor Kintana (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 DNF Dario Cioni (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step DNF Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom DNF Martin Rittsel (Swe) Team CSC Tiscali DNF Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali DNF Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Adecco Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 25 pts 2 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 22 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 20 4 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 18 5 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 16 6 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 15 7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 8 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 13 9 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport 12 10 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 11 11 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 12 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 13 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 8 14 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 7 15 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 6 16 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 5 17 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 4 18 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 19 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2 20 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme 1 Sprints Lap 2 - 117 km 1 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 3 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 1 Lap 5 - 137 km 1 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 3 pts 2 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 2 3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1 Mountains Col De Vence - 35.5 km 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 10 pts 2 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 8 3 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 6 4 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 4 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 6 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme 2 7 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1 Col de Gourdon - 61 km 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 7 2 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 5 3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 4 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 2 5 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 1 Best young rider 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 3.38.30 2 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme 5 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme 6 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 8 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme 9 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 10 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 13 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 14 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 16 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 17 Isidro Nozal (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 18 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 19 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport 20 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 23 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.15 Most combative 1 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme 10 pts 2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 7 3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 3 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 6 5 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 4 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4 7 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 2 Teams 1 Mapei-Quick Step 10.55.30 2 Bonjour 3 Cofidis 4 Ag2R Prevoyance 5 La Francaise Des Jeux 6 Lotto-Adecco 7 Kelme 8 Alessio 9 Credit Agricole 10 Domo-Farm Frites 11 Tacconi Sport 12 Team CSC Tiscali 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Jean Delatour 15 Team Coast 16 Bigmat.Auber 93 17 iBanesto.com 18 Team Telekom 19 ONCE-Eroski 20 Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Fassa Bortolo Final general classification 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 30.39.27 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 0.55 3 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 0.57 4 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 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 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 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.27 21 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 4.36 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 6.39 28 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 7.28 29 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 7.32 30 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 7.48 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 14.35 41 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 14.48 42 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15.47 43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 15.59 44 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 16.11 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 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 23.50 53 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Tacconi Sport 24.17 54 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.58 55 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport 27.08 56 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 29.10 57 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 30.34 58 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 30.47 59 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 30.48 60 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31.37 61 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.18 62 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 32.37 63 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme 32.56 64 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 35.49 65 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Telekom 35.56 66 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 35.57 67 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 36.30 68 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 37.20 69 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 37.21 70 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 37.55 71 Nicola Loda (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38.42 72 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 42.04 73 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 42.44 74 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 42.58 75 Miguel Otero (Spa) Kelme 43.18 76 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 44.50 77 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 47.53 78 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 48.18 79 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 48.20 80 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 48.34 81 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48.45 82 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 49.40 83 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 50.09 84 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 52.06 85 Daniele De Paoli (Ita) Alessio 52.25 86 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 52.55 87 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 53.15 88 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme 53.22 89 Fabrice Gougot (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 53.28 90 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 54.26 91 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 55.29 92 Roberto Lozano (Spa) Kelme 1.01.37 93 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport 1.04.56 94 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 1.05.05 95 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.06.09 96 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.06.29 97 Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.09.13 98 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1.09.21 99 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 1.09.57 100 Alvaro Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 1.10.04 101 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.11.37 102 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 1.11.51 103 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 1.15.05 104 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 1.17.19 105 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.17.24 106 César Solaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.18.04 107 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 1.20.09 108 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 1.23.22 109 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.25.52 110 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.27.31 111 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 1.28.01 112 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Telekom 1.28.45 113 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 1.29.37 114 Francisco Leon (Spa) Kelme 1.30.48 115 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31.37 116 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.35.52 117 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.36.04 118 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.36.10 119 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.36.17 120 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.38.29 121 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.42.08 122 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport 1.45.09 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 93 pts 2 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 83 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 76 4 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 75 5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 64 6 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 63 7 Dario Frigo (Ita) Tacconi Sport 54 8 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 9 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 45 10 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport 45 11 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 41 12 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 38 13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 38 14 Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 37 15 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 36 16 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 35 17 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 34 18 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 31 19 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 31 20 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 31 21 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Kelme 30 22 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 30 23 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 30 24 Aitor Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 26 25 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 23 26 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 23 27 Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 28 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 29 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 18 30 Alex Zülle (Swi) Team Coast 18 31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 17 32 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport 17 33 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 34 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 16 35 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 15 36 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 15 37 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 38 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 14 39 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 13 40 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 13 41 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 13 42 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 13 43 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 12 44 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 11 45 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 11 46 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 47 Mikel Pradera (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 10 48 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 10 49 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 50 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 51 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 9 52 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 8 53 Aleksandr Sheffr (Kaz) Alessio 8 54 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 8 55 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) iBanesto.com 7 56 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 7 57 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 7 58 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 7 59 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 6 60 Angel Castresana (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 5 61 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 62 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 4 63 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4 64 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4 65 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 66 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 3 67 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 68 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 3 69 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 3 70 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2 71 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 72 Fabien De Waele (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 2 73 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC Tiscali 2 74 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Credit Agricole 1 75 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1 76 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 1 77 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 1 78 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 Mountains classification 1 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 62 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 60 3 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 40 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 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 12 17 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 18 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 19 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 12 20 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 12 21 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport 11 22 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 9 24 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Mapei-Quick Step 9 25 Cadel Evans (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step 8 26 Alex Zülle (Swi) Team Coast 8 27 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 7 28 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 7 29 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 6 30 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 5 31 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 5 32 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 5 33 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 4 34 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Tacconi Sport 4 35 Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 36 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 37 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 38 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 3 39 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 2 40 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2 41 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Tacconi Sport 2 42 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) ONCE-Eroski 2 43 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 44 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 2 45 Danny Jonasson (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 2 46 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 2 47 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme 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 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 30.40.22 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 14.52 9 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 16.52 10 Volodomir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 29.39 11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 31.23 12 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme 32.01 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 1.34.57 23 Matthew Wilson (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 1.41.13 Most combative classification 1 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 24 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 20 3 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio 18 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 Julian Usano (Spa) Kelme 10 10 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 11 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 9 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour 9 13 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 7 14 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 7 15 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski 6 16 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 17 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 18 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 19 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 6 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 21 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 5 22 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 5 23 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 4 24 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 25 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 3 26 Christian Charriere (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 27 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport 2 28 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 1 30 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1 31 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1 32 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 1 33 Igor Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 34 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 1 35 Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 Teams classification 1 Cofidis 92.06.44 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 17.31 10 iBanesto.com 17.59 11 Bigmat.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
