Stage 18, Colmar - Montbeliard, 175,5 kms:


  1. Didier Rous (Fra) FES                      4.24.48 (avs 39,765 km/h) 
  2. Pascal Herve (Fra) FES                        5.09 
  3. Bobby Julich (USA) COF                        5.10 
  4. Laurent Roux (Fra) TVM                        5.10 
  5. Angel Casero (Spa) BAN                        5.10 
  6. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) USP                    5.10 
  7. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) FES                      5.12 
  8. Daniele Nardello (Ita) MAP                    5.14 
  9. Manuel Beltran (Spa) BAN                      5.14 
 10. Laurent Madouas (Fra) LOT                     5.16 
 11. Erik Zabel (Ger) TEL                          5.29 
 12. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) SAE                 5.29 
 13. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) BIG                    5.29 
 14. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) CSO                     5.29 
 15. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) BAN                   5.29 
 16. Marco Artunghi (Ita) MER                      5.29 
 17. Daniele Sgnaolin (Ita) ROS                    5.29 
 18. François Simon (Fra) GAN                      5.29 
 19. George Hincapie (USA) USP                     5.29 
 20. Oskar Camenzind (Swi) MAP                     5.29 
 21. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN                      5.29 
 22. Beat Zberg (Swi) MER                          5.29 
 23. Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJ                   5.29 
 24. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM                        5.29 
 25. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) LOT                      5.29 
 26. Andrea Tafi (Ita) MAP                         5.29 
 27. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) USP                  5.29 
 28. Laurent Brochard (Fra) FES                    5.29 
 29. Richard Virenque (Fra) FES                    5.29 
 30. Marcello Siboni (Ita) MER                     5.29 
 31. Zenon Jaskula (Pol) MAP                       5.29 
 32. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) CSO                5.29 
 33. Christophe Moreau (Fra) FES                   5.29 
 34. Tyler Hamilton (USA) USP                      5.29 
 35. Jan Ullrich (Ger) TEL                         5.29 
 36. Marco Pantani (Ita) MER                       5.29 
 37. Abraham Olano (Spa) BAN                       5.29 
 38. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) BAN                   5.29 
 39. Javier Pascual (Spa) KEL                      5.29 
 40. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) CSO                      5.29 
 41. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) SAE                5.29 
 42. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) BIG                 5.29 
 43. Fernando Escartin (Spa) KEL                   5.29 
 44. Georg Totschnig (Aut) TEL                     5.29 
 45. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) SAE                  5.29 
 46. Francisco Benitez (Spa) KEL                   5.29 
 47. Marco Zen (Ita) ROS                           5.29 
 48. Udo Bolts (Ger) TEL                           5.29 
 49. Christian Henn (Ger) TEL                      5.29 
 50. Davide Rebellin (Ita) FDJ                     5.29 
 51. Bjarne Riis (Dan) TEL                         5.29 
 52. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) FES                  5.29 
 53. Rolf Sorensen (Dan) RAB                       5.29 
 54. Michael Boogerd (Ned) RAB                     5.29 
 55. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) USP                  5.29 
 56. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONC                      5.29 
 57. Peter Farazijn (Bel) LOT                      5.29 
 58. Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) BAN                  5.29 
 59. Santiago Blanco (Spa) BAN                     5.29 
 60. Jose de los Angeles (Spa) KEL                 5.29 
 61. Marino Alonso (Spa) BAN                       5.29 
 62. Frankie Andreu (USA) COF                      5.29 
 63. Stephane Heulot (Fra) FDJ                     5.29 
 64. Roberto Conti (Ita) MER                       5.29 
 65. Javier Mauleon (Spa) ONC                      5.29 
 66. Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) MAP                 5.29 
 67. Giorgio Furlan (Ita) SAE                      5.29 
 68. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) PLT                    5.29 
 69. Jens Heppner (Ger) TEL                        5.29 
 70. Rolf Aldag (Ger) TEL                          5.29 
 71. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) PLT                     5.29 
 72. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) MAP                    5.29 
 73. Marco Saligari (Ita) CSO                      5.29 
 74. Neil Stephens (Aus) FES                       5.29 
 75. Joona Laukka (Fin) FES                        5.29 
 76. Maximilian Sciandri (G-B) FDJ                 5.29 
 77. Erik Breukink (Ned) RAB                       5.29 
 78. Andrea Peron (Ita) FDJ                        5.29 
 79. Dominique Rault (Fra) MUT                     5.29 
 80. Alberto Elli (Ita) CSO                        5.29 
 81. Peter Meinert (Dan) USP                       5.29 
 82. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) MER                   5.29 
 83. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) ONC                     5.29 
 84. Patrick Jonker (Aus) RAB                      5.29 
 85. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) TVM                  5.29 
 86. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONC                    5.29 
 87. Hernan Buenahora (Col) KEL                    5.29 
 88. Jesper Skibby (Dan) TVM                       5.29 
 89. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONC                        5.29 
 90. Kevin Livingston (USA) COF                    5.29 
 91. Laurent Genty (Fra) BIG                       5.29 
 92. Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) KEL                    5.29 
 93. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) RAB                  5.29 
 94. Benoît Salmon (Fra) LOT                       5.45 
 95. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONC                   20.56 
 96. Miguel Arroyo (Mex) BIG                      20.56 
 97. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) PLT                     20.56 
 98. Lauri Aus (Est) CSO                          20.56 
 99. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) TEL                  20.56 
100. Flavio Vanzella (Ita) FDJ                    20.56 
101. Luca Scinto (Ita) MAG                        20.56 
102. Francisco Cabello (Spa) KEL                  20.56 
103. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) CSO                   20.56 
104. Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) PLT                    20.56 
105. Adriano Baffi (Ita) USP                      20.56 
106. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM                    20.56 
107. Arnaud Pretot (Fra) GAN                      24.42 
108. Jon Odriozola (Spa) BAT                      24.42 
109. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN                     24.42 
110. Nicola Loda (Ita) MAG                        24.42 
111. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) ROS                    24.42 
112. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM                  24.42 
113. Philipp Buschor (Swi) SAE                    24.42 
114. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) MAG                     24.42 
115. Giuseppe Tartaggia (Ita) BAT                 24.42 
116. Robbie McEwen (Aus) RAB                      24.42 
117. Pascal Derame (Fra) USP                      24.42 
118. Erik Dekker (Ned) RAB                        24.42 
119. Christophe Rinero (Fra) COF                  24.42 
120. Rossano Brasi (Ita) PLT                      24.42 
121. Gerrit De Vries (Ned) PLT                    24.42 
122. Henk Vogels (Aus) GAN                        24.42 
123. Bruno Cenghialta (Ita) BAT                   24.42 
124. Carlo Finco (Ita) MAG                        24.42 
125. Marty Jemison (USA) USP                      24.42 
126. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM                     24.42 
127. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJ                   24.42 
128. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN                          24.42 
129. Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) MER                   24.42 
130. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM                  24.42 
131. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) MAG                    24.42 
132. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) COF                   24.42 
133. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) GAN                 24.42 
134. Stephane Cueff (Fra) MUT                     24.49 
135. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) COF                   24.49 
136. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) COF                   24.49 
137. Mario Traversoni (Ita) MER                   24.56 
138. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) PLT                 25.04 
139. Nicola Minali (Ita) BAT                      25.06 
140. Gianluca Pierobon (Ita) BAT                  25.55 

Did not start:

Ludovic Auger (Fra) BIG

Abandoned:

Johan Museeuw (Bel) MAP                     
Jaime Gonzalez (Col) KEL                    

GC after Stage 18

  1. Jan Ullrich (Ger) TEL                      90.58.03 
  2. Richard Virenque (Fra) FES                     6.22 
  3. Marco Pantani (Ita) MER                       10.13 
  4. Fernando Escartin (Spa) KEL                   16.05 
  5. Abraham Olano (Spa) BAN                       16.40 
  6. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) SAE                17.14 
  7. Bjarne Riis (Dan) TEL                         18.07 
  8. Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) BAN                  23.42 
  9. Roberto Conti (Ita) MER                       28.20 
 10. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) FES                      29.29 
 11. Beat Zberg (Swi) MER                          31.39 
 12. Oskar Camenzind (Swi) MAP                     32.38 
 13. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) RAB                  38.16 
 14. Manuel Beltran (Spa) BAN                      43.00 
 15. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) USP                    53.07 
 16. Michael Boogerd (Ned) RAB                     55.11 
 17. Daniele Nardello (Ita) MAP                    56.24 
 18. Bobby Julich (USA) COF                        59.31 
 19. Christophe Moreau (Fra) FES                 1.00.37 
 20. Stephane Heulot (Fra) FDJ                   1.00.54 
 21. Udo Bolts (Ger) TEL                         1.04.34 
 22. Hernan Buenahora (Col) KEL                  1.06.19 
 23. Laurent Roux (Fra) TVM                      1.09.48 
 24. Laurent Madouas (Fra) LOT                   1.15.48 
 25. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) MER                 1.16.06 
 26. Santiago Blanco (Spa) BAN                   1.19.07 
 27. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) CSO                   1.21.33 
 28. Angel Casero (Spa) BAN                      1.24.27 
 29. Alberto Elli (Ita) CSO                      1.29.03 
 30. Joona Laukka (Fin) FES                      1.34.13 
 31. Pascal Herve (Fra) FES                      1.34.40 
 32. Georg Totschnig (Aut) TEL                   1.35.25 
 33. Laurent Brochard (Fra) FES                  1.36.50 
 34. Kevin Livingston (USA) COF                  1.37.46 
 35. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) BAN                 1.38.07 
 36. Peter Farazijn (Bel) LOT                    1.40.47 
 37. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) BIG               1.41.56 
 38. Javier Pascual (Spa) KEL                    1.41.58 
 39. Cedric Vasseur (Fra) GAN                    1.46.40 
 40. Marcello Siboni (Ita) MER                   1.47.12 
 41. François Simon (Fra) GAN                    1.49.50 
 42. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) CSO                    1.50.49 
 43. Didier Rous (Fra) FES                       1.54.59 
 44. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONC                  1.55.12 
 45. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) SAE                1.56.32 
 46. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) FES                1.57.21 
 47. Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJ                 2.01.04 
 48. Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) MAP               2.01.38 
 49. Peter Meinert (Dan) USP                     2.04.11 
 50. Rolf Aldag (Ger) TEL                        2.04.46 
 51. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) PLT                  2.04.58 
 52. Erik Breukink (Ned) RAB                     2.09.27 
 53. Jose de los Angeles (Spa) KEL               2.13.43 
 54. Neil Stephens (Aus) FES                     2.14.31 
 55. Benoît Salmon (Fra) LOT                     2.15.29 
 56. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) USP                2.15.50 
 57. Andrea Peron (Ita) FDJ                      2.16.47 
 58. Andrea Tafi (Ita) MAP                       2.20.06 
 59. Davide Rebellin (Ita) FDJ                   2.23.16 
 60. Zenon Jaskula (Pol) MAP                     2.24.45 
 61. Marino Alonso (Spa) BAN                     2.24.55 
 62. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) ONC                   2.27.56 
 63. Patrick Jonker (Aus) RAB                    2.28.12 
 64. Jon Odriozola (Spa) BAT                     2.30.35 
 65. Erik Zabel (Ger) TEL                        2.31.37 
 66. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) TVM                2.31.54 
 67. Maximilian Sciandri (G-B) FDJ               2.33.17 
 68. Jens Heppner (Ger) TEL                      2.42.16 
 69. Tyler Hamilton (USA) USP                    2.43.33 
 70. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONC                      2.44.02 
 71. Daniele Sgnaolin (Ita) ROS                  2.45.40 
 72. Giorgio Furlan (Ita) SAE                    2.46.44 
 73. Marco Zen (Ita) ROS                         2.46.48 
 74. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) BAN                 2.46.49 
 75. Francisco Benitez (Spa) KEL                 2.47.10 
 76. Rolf Sorensen (Dan) RAB                     2.53.53 
 77. Miguel Arroyo (Mex) BIG                     2.54.25 
 78. Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) KEL                  2.54.36 
 79. Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) MER                  2.57.16 
 80. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONC                    2.58.21 
 81. Frankie Andreu (USA) COF                    2.58.47 
 82. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) PLT                   2.59.16 
 83. Dominique Rault (Fra) MUT                   3.01.29 
 84. Javier Mauleon (Spa) ONC                    3.02.14 
 85. Jesper Skibby (Dan) TVM                     3.03.30 
 86. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) MAP                  3.05.09 
 87. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) BIG                  3.06.11 
 88. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) USP                3.07.09 
 89. Marco Artunghi (Ita) MER                    3.11.17 
 90. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) LOT                    3.11.36 
 91. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) CSO              3.11.54 
 92. Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) PLT                   3.12.44 
 93. Giuseppe Tartaggia (Ita) BAT                3.16.17 
 94. Marty Jemison (USA) USP                     3.18.20 
 95. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) CSO                  3.18.58 
 96. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) SAE               3.19.49 
 97. Laurent Genty (Fra) BIG                     3.20.19 
 98. Henk Vogels (Aus) GAN                       3.20.32 
 99. Christian Henn (Ger) TEL                    3.21.05 
100. Erik Dekker (Ned) RAB                       3.22.54 
101. George Hincapie (USA) USP                   3.23.32 
102. Flavio Vanzella (Ita) FDJ                   3.24.08 
103. Francisco Cabello (Spa) KEL                 3.26.11 
104. Nicola Loda (Ita) MAG                       3.28.57 
105. Bruno Cenghialta (Ita) BAT                  3.30.00 
106. Marco Saligari (Ita) CSO                    3.32.06 
107. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN                    3.32.16 
108. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) MAG                   3.33.21 
109. Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJ                  3.34.13 
110. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) TEL                 3.34.43 
111. Mario Traversoni (Ita) MER                  3.35.01 
112. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM                      3.35.15 
113. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) GAN                3.36.25 
114. Christophe Rinero (Fra) COF                 3.37.32 
115. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM                 3.38.03 
116. Robbie McEwen (Aus) RAB                     3.38.21 
117. Arnaud Pretot (Fra) GAN                     3.39.41 
118. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONC                  3.39.55 
119. Luca Scinto (Ita) MAG                       3.40.35 
120. Adriano Baffi (Ita) USP                     3.42.08 
121. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) PLT                    3.42.08 
122. Gerrit De Vries (Ned) PLT                   3.42.57 
123. Nicola Minali (Ita) BAT                     3.43.15 
124. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM                 3.43.28 
125. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM                    3.45.24 
126. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM                   3.47.15 
127. Lauri Aus (Est) CSO                         3.47.43 
128. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) COF                  3.48.11 
129. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) PLT                3.49.25 
130. Carlo Finco (Ita) MAG                       3.49.35 
131. Rossano Brasi (Ita) PLT                     3.54.55 
132. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) MAG                    3.55.21 
133. Pascal Derame (Fra) USP                     3.55.30 
134. Gianluca Pierobon (Ita) BAT                 3.57.14 
135. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN                         4.02.57 
136. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) COF                  4.06.15 
137. Philipp Buschor (Swi) SAE                   4.06.17 
138. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) ROS                   4.06.31 
139. Stephane Cueff (Fra) MUT                    4.10.46 
140. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) COF                  4.25.42 

Points classification:

  1. Erik Zabel (Ger) TEL                     314 pts 
  2. Frederic Moncassin (Fra) GAN             208     
  3. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM              168     
  4. Richard Virenque (Fra) FES               149     
  5. Mario Traversoni (Ita) MER               142     
  6. Jan Ullrich (Ger) TEL                    142     
  7. Robbie McEwen (Aus) RAB                  128     
  8. Nicola Minali (Ita) BAT                  121     
  9. François Simon (Fra) GAN                 109     
 10. Marco Pantani (Ita) MER                  105 
 

Mountains classification:

  1. Richard Virenque (Fra) FES               574 pts 
  2. Jan Ullrich (Ger) TEL                    328     
  3. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) SAE           309     
  4. Marco Pantani (Ita) MER                  269     
  5. Laurent Brochard (Fra) FES               238     
  6. Laurent Dufaux (Swi) FES                 212     
  7. Pascal Herve (Fra) FES                   176     
  8. Fernando Escartin (Spa) KEL              141     
  9. Bjarne Riis (Dan) TEL                    139     
 10. Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) BAN             136
 

Team classification:

  1. Telekom                                 273.39.04 
  2. Mercatone Uno                               12.19 
  3. Festina                                     15.40 
  4. Banesto                                     29.50 
  5. Kelme                                     1.40.24 
  6. Mapei                                     1.49.14 
  7. Rabobank                                  2.38.45 
  8. La Française des Jeux                     3.32.59 
  9. Lotto                                     3.44.10 
 10. Casino                                    3.46.28 
 11. Saeco                                     3.58.18 
 12. US Postal Service                         4.07.51 
 13. Cofidis                                   4.23.36 
 14. Big Mat Auber                             4.24.45 
 15. ONCE                                      4.41.41 
 16. TVM                                       5.15.23 
 17. GAN                                       5.54.53 
 18. Roslotto                                  5.56.53 
 19. Polti                                     7.02.20 
 20. Batik                                     7.51.09 
 21. MG                                        8.57.44
 

Stage 18 Reports

Frenchman Didier Rous broke away nearly 50 miles from the finish to win the 18th stage of the Tour de France by more than five minutes Thursday.

In a Festina team one-two, Rous was five minutes, nine seconds ahead of compatriot Pascal Herve with American Bobby Julich third 5:10 behind in the 109-mile stage from Colmar.

Rous, 26, benefitted from clever tactical support from his experienced Festina colleagues Laurent Dufaux of Switzerland and compatriot Herve. The winner quoted Herve as saying ``Off you go on your own'' when the 33-year-old veteran saw victory was feasible.

Jan Ullrich of Germany retained the overall leader's yellow jersey after finishing in a large group 5:29 behind that also included Danish defending champion Bjarne Riis.

Rous had so much time that two miles from the finish he did some cheerleading from the saddle as he sped toward the line.

``When we had a lead of 45 seconds I said perhaps we could turn the Tour upside down,'' said Rous, who was then given the go-ahead to attack.

Riis, who has not been feeling well for three days, said: ``I'm really glad I was able to finish the stage today. I thought I wouldn't manage it,'' Riis said.

Friday's relatively flat 107-mile 19th stage to Dijon should see the sprinters come back to the fore.