1. Mario Cipollini (Ita) SAE 6.27.47 (avs 40.538 km) 2. Erik Zabel (Ger) TEL s.t. 3. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM s.t. 4. Fridiric Moncassin (Fra) GAN s.t. 5. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) PLT s.t. 6. Adriano Baffi (Ita) USP s.t. 7. Claude Lamour (Fra) MUT s.t. 8. Henk Vogels (Aus) GAN s.t. 9. Robbie McEwen (Aus) RAB s.t. 10. Massimo Strazzer (Ita) ROS s.t. 11. Mario Traversoni (Ita) MER s.t. 12. Fabio Baldato (Ita) MAG s.t. 13. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONC s.t. 14. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) ROS s.t. 15. Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Ouz) LOT s.t. 16. Frangois Simon (Fra) GAN s.t. 17. Christophe Rinero (Fra) COF s.t. 18. Jo Planckaert (Bel) LOT s.t. 19. Rolf Aldag (Ger) TEL s.t. 20. Lauri Aus (Est) CSO s.t. 21. Erik Dekker (Ned) RAB s.t. 22. Valentino Fois (Ita) MAP s.t. 23. Bobby Julich (USA) COF s.t. 24. Fridiric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ s.t. 25. Cidric Vasseur (Fra) GAN s.t. 26. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) LOT s.t. 27. Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJ s.t. 28. Nicola Minali (Ita) BAT s.t. 29. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) CSO s.t. 30. Danny Nelissen (Ned) RAB s.t. 31. Tom Steels (Bel) MAP s.t. 32. George Hincapie (USA) USP s.t. 33. Marc Wauters (Bel) LOT s.t. 34. Richard Virenque (Fra) FES s.t. 35. Marty Jemison (USA) USP s.t. 36. Zenon Jaskula (Pol) MAP s.t. 37. Bo Hamburger (Dan) TVM s.t. 38. Jan Ullrich (Ger) TEL s.t. 39. Davide Rebellin (Ita) FDJ s.t. 40. Laurent Pillon (Fra) MUT s.t. 41. Didier Rous (Fra) FES s.t. 42. Miguel Arroyo (Mex) BIG s.t. 43. Mauro Gianetti (Sui) FDJ s.t. 44. Laurent Brochard (Fra) FES s.t. 45. Jon Odriozola (Spa) BAT s.t. 46. Stiphane Cueff (Fra) MUT s.t. 47. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) MAG s.t. 48. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) USP s.t. 49. Pascal Lino (Fra) BIG s.t. 50. Abraham Olano (Spa) BAN s.t. 51. Leon Van Bon (Ned) RAB s.t. 52. Stiphane Heulot (Fra) FDJ s.t. 53. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) TEL s.t. 54. Andrea Tafi (Ita) MAP s.t. 55. Daniele Sgnaolin (Ita) ROS s.t. 56. Chris Boardman (G-B) GAN s.t. 57. Marco Fincato (Ita) ROS s.t. 58. Andrea Peron (Ita) FDJ s.t. 59. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) RAB s.t. 60. Michael Boogerd (Ned) RAB s.t. 61. Manuel Beltran (Spa) BAN s.t. 62. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) SAE s.t. 63. Daniele Nardello (Ita) MAP s.t. 64. Laurent Roux (Fra) TVM s.t. 65. Andreo Tchmil (Ukr) LOT s.t. 66. Dario Frigo (Ita) SAE s.t. 67. Ivan Gotti (Ita) SAE s.t. 68. Georg Totschnig (Aut) TEL s.t. 69. Laurent Dufaux (Sui) FES s.t. 70. Fernando Escartin (Spa) KEL s.t. 71. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM s.t. 72. Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) MAP s.t. 73. Jens Heppner (Ger) TEL s.t. 74. Giuseppe Tartaggia (Ita) BAT s.t. 75. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONC s.t. 76. Neil Stephens (Aus) FES s.t. 77. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN s.t. 78. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN s.t. 79. Bjarne Riis (Dan) TEL s.t. 80. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) CSO s.t. 81. Rossano Brasi (Ita) PLT s.t. 82. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) CSO s.t. 83. Francisco Cabello (Spa) KEL s.t. 84. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) USP s.t. 85. Nicola Loda (Ita) MAG s.t. 86. Bruno Cenghialta (Ita) BAT s.t. 87. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM s.t. 88. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) ROS s.t. 89. Marco Artunghi (Ita) MER s.t. 90. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) USP s.t. 91. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) BIG s.t. 92. Marco Zen (Ita) ROS s.t. 93. Tony Rominger (Sui) COF s.t. 94. Christian Henn (Ger) TEL s.t. 95. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) TVM s.t. 96. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM s.t. 97. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) COF s.t. 98. Luc Leblanc (Fra) PLT s.t. 99. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) FES s.t. 100. Christophe Moreau (Fra) FES s.t. 101. Arnaud Pretot (Fra) GAN s.t. 102. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) BAN s.t. 103. Patrick Jonker (Aus) RAB s.t. 104. Laurent Madouas (Fra) LOT s.t. 105. Evgueni Berzin (Rus) BAT s.t. 106. Udo Bolts (Ger) TEL s.t. 107. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) MAG s.t. 108. Francisco Benitez (Spa) KEL s.t. 109. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONC s.t. 110. Gerrit De Vries (Ned) PLT s.t. 111. Pascal Hervi (Fra) FES s.t. 112. Francesco Frattini (Ita) BAT s.t. 113. Pavel Padrnos (Tch) ROS s.t. 114. Laurent Genty (Fra) BIG s.t. 115. Beat Zberg (Sui) MER s.t. 116. Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) KEL s.t. 117. Peter Meinert (Dan) USP s.t. 118. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) MAP s.t. 119. Peter Farazijn (Bel) LOT s.t. 120. Tyler Hamilton (USA) USP s.t. 121. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONC s.t. 122. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) MUT s.t. 123. Frankie Andreu (USA) COF s.t. 124. David Delrieu (Fra) MUT s.t. 125. Oskar Camenzind (Sui) MAP s.t. 126. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) SAE s.t. 127. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM s.t. 128. Johan Museeuw (Bel) MAP s.t. 129. Anthony Morin (Fra) BIG s.t. 130. Rolf Jaermann (Sui) CSO s.t. 131. Alex Zulle (Sui) ONC s.t. 132. Jesper Skibby (Dan) TVM s.t. 133. Girard Rui (Fra) GAN s.t. 134. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) PLT s.t. 135. Marcello Siboni (Ita) MER s.t. 136. Mirco Gualdi (Ita) PLT s.t. 137. Marco Pantani (Ita) MER s.t. 138. Jean-Frangois Anti (Fra) MUT s.t. 139. Andreo Teteriuk (Kzk) LOT s.t. 140. Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) PLT s.t. 141. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) ROS s.t. 142. Joona Laukka (Fin) FES s.t. 143. Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) MER s.t. 144. Jose de los Angeles (Spa) KEL s.t. 145. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) BAN s.t. 146. Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) MER s.t. 147. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) MAG s.t. 148. Marino Alonso (Spa) BAN s.t. 149. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) MER s.t. 150. Santiago Blanco (Spa) BAN s.t. 151. Angel Casero (Spa) BAN s.t. 152. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) COF s.t. 153. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MAG s.t. 154. Giorgio Furlan (Ita) SAE s.t. 155. Marco Saligari (Ita) CSO s.t. 156. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) ONC s.t. 157. Javier Mauleon (Spa) ONC s.t. 158. Alberto Elli (Ita) CSO s.t. 159. Pascal Lance (Fra) BIG s.t. 160. Pascal Derami (Fra) USP s.t. 161. Erik Breukink (Ned) RAB s.t. 162. Carlo Finco (Ita) MAG s.t. 163. Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) BAN s.t. 164. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) CSO s.t. 165. Kevin Livingston (USA) COF s.t. 166. Hernan Buenahora (Col) KEL s.t. 167. Benont Salmon (Fra) LOT s.t. 168. Dominique Rault (Fra) MUT s.t. 169. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) COF s.t. 170. Gilles Maignan (Fra) MUT s.t. 171. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) PLT s.t. 172. Flavio Vanzella (Ita) FDJ s.t. 173. Javier Pascual (Spa) KEL s.t. 174. Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) BAN s.t. 175. Jaime Gonzalez (Col) KEL s.t. 176. Maximilian Sciandri (G-B) FDJ s.t. 177. Angelo Lecchi (Ita) MAG s.t. 178. Roberto Conti (Ita) MER s.t. 179. Andrea Brognara (Ita) BAT s.t. 180. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONC s.t. 181. Vitali Kokorine (Rus) ROS s.t. 182. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) SAE s.t. 183. Philipp Buschor (Sui) SAE s.t. 184. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) PLT s.t. 185. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONC s.t. 186. Luca Scinto (Ita) MAG s.t. 187. Rolf Sorensen (Dan) RAB 0:42 188. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) CSO 1:52 189. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) COF 4:05 190. Gianluca Pierobon (Ita) BAT 6:34 191. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) SAE 6:34 192. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) BIG 8:20 193. Luca Colombo (Ita) BAT 11:22 194. Gordon Fraser (Can) MUT 11:22 195. Damien Nazon (Fra) FDJ 11:22 196. Ludovic Auger (Fra) BIG 21:13 Abandoned: Arsenio Gonzalez (Spa) KEL
1. Mario Cipollini (Ita) SAE 11.15:30 2. Chris Boardman (G-B) GAN 0.36 3. Jan Ullrich (Ger) TEL 0.38 4. Tony Rominger (Sui) COF 0.41 5. Abraham Olano (Spa) BAN 0.46 6. Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONC 0.48 7. Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM 0.48 8. Erik Zabel (Ger) TEL 0.49 9. Tom Steels (Bel) MAP 0.50 10. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM 0.51 11. Fridiric Moncassin (Fra) GAN 0.52 12. Erik Dekker (Ned) RAB 0.53 13. Oskar Camenzind (Sui) MAP 0.53 14. Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) MAP 0.54 15. Jens Heppner (Ger) TEL 0.55 16. Frankie Andreu (USA) COF 0.55 17. Arturas Kasputis (Lit) CSO 0.57 18. Adriano Baffi (Ita) USP 0.58 19. Danny Nelissen (Ned) RAB 1.00 20. Pascal Lino (Fra) BIG 1.01 21. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) TVM 1.03 22. Daniele Nardello (Ita) MAP 1.03 23. George Hincapie (USA) USP 1.03 24. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) MAG 1.03 25. Peter Luttenberger (Aut) RAB 1.05 26. Davide Rebellin (Ita) FDJ 1.06 27. Jon Odriozola (Spa) BAT 1.07 28. Andrea Tafi (Ita) MAP 1.07 29. Marco Fincato (Ita) ROS 1.08 30. Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) BAN 1.09 31. Udo Bolts (Ger) TEL 1.11 32. Georg Totschnig (Aut) TEL 1.11 33. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GAN 1.13 34. Massimo Strazzer (Ita) ROS 1.13 35. David Etxebarria (Spa) ONC 1.13 36. Fabio Baldato (Ita) MAG 1.13 37. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) MAP 1.13 38. Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) MAG 1.14 39. Orlando Rodrigues (Por) BAN 1.16 40. Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) TEL 1.16 41. Bruno Cenghialta (Ita) BAT 1.17 42. Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) USP 1.17 43. Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) PLT 1.18 44. Eros Poli (Ita) GAN 1.18 45. Laurent Madouas (Fra) LOT 1.19 46. Richard Virenque (Fra) FES 1.20 47. Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) SAE 1.20 48. Andrea Brognara (Ita) BAT 1.21 49. Mario Traversoni (Ita) MER 1.22 50. Nicola Minali (Ita) BAT 1.25 51. Stiphane Cueff (Fra) MUT 1.26 52. Pascal Derami (Fra) USP 1.26 53. Arnaud Pretot (Fra) GAN 1.26 54. Frangois Simon (Fra) GAN 1.26 55. Christophe Rinero (Fra) COF 1.26 56. Girard Rui (Fra) GAN 1.26 57. Nicola Loda (Ita) MAG 1.27 58. Cidric Vasseur (Fra) GAN 1.27 59. Fabrice Gougot (Fra) CSO 1.28 60. Marco Zen (Ita) ROS 1.31 61. Robbie McEwen (Aus) RAB 1.34 62. Evgueni Berzin (Rus) BAT 1.39 63. Peter Meinert (Dan) USP 1.41 64. Bjarne Riis (Dan) TEL 1.49 65. Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa) ONC 1.52 66. Gilles Maignan (Fra) MUT 1.53 67. Andreo Teteriuk (Kzk) LOT 1.56 68. Laurent Dufaux (Sui) FES 1.56 69. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM 1.57 70. Henk Vogels (Aus) GAN 1.58 71. Michael Boogerd (Ned) RAB 1.58 72. Alberto Elli (Ita) CSO 1.59 73. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) USP 1.59 74. Beat Zberg (Sui) MER 1.59 75. Roberto Conti (Ita) MER 2.00 76. Francisco Benitez (Spa) KEL 2.00 77. Andreo Tchmil (Ukr) LOT 2.02 78. Marino Alonso (Spa) BAN 2.03 79. Maximilian Sciandri (G-B) FDJ 2.03 80. Patrick Jonker (Aus) RAB 2.03 81. Manuel Beltran (Spa) BAN 2.08 82. Torsten Schmidt (Ger) ROS 2.10 83. Bobby Julich (USA) COF 2.11 84. Rolf Aldag (Ger) TEL 2.12 85. Rossano Brasi (Ita) PLT 2.12 86. Laurent Genty (Fra) BIG 2.12 87. Vitali Kokorine (Rus) ROS 2.12 88. Francesco Casagrande (Ita) SAE 2.12 89. Fernando Escartin (Spa) KEL 2.12 90. Marco Pantani (Ita) MER 2.13 91. Flavio Vanzella (Ita) FDJ 2.13 92. Stiphane Heulot (Fra) FDJ 2.14 93. Marty Jemison (USA) USP 2.14 94. Hernan Buenahora (Col) KEL 2.16 95. Alex Zulle (Sui) ONC 2.16 96. Ivan Gotti (Ita) SAE 2.17 97. Tyler Hamilton (USA) USP 2.18 98. Marco Saligari (Ita) CSO 2.18 99. Giuseppe Tartaggia (Ita) BAT 2.18 100. Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) PLT 2.19 101. Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJ 2.19 102. Viatcheslav Djavanian (Rus) ROS 2.20 103. Anthony Morin (Fra) BIG 2.20 104. Luca Scinto (Ita) MAG 2.20 105. Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) SAE 2.21 106. Laurent Brochard (Fra) FES 2.22 107. Daniele Sgnaolin (Ita) ROS 2.23 108. Jean-Frangois Anti (Fra) MUT 2.23 109. Erik Breukink (Ned) RAB 2.25 110. Aitor Garmendia (Spa) ONC 2.25 111. Laurent Roux (Fra) TVM 2.25 112. David Delrieu (Fra) MUT 2.25 113. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) ROS 2.28 114. Angel Casero (Spa) BAN 2.30 115. Gerrit De Vries (Ned) PLT 2.31 116. Francisco Cabello (Spa) KEL 2.31 117. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) COF 2.32 118. Peter Farazijn (Bel) LOT 2.32 119. Zenon Jaskula (Pol) MAP 2.32 120. Francesco Frattini (Ita) BAT 2.32 121. Jaime Gonzalez (Col) KEL 2.33 122. Didier Rous (Fra) FES 2.33 123. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM 2.33 124. Inigo Cuesta (Spa) ONC 2.34 125. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) CSO 2.35 126. Javier Pascual (Spa) KEL 2.35 127. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) USP 2.36 128. Pavel Padrnos (Tch) ROS 2.39 129. Pascal Lance (Fra) BIG 2.40 130. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) CSO 2.40 131. Carlo Finco (Ita) MAG 2.41 132. Laurent Desbiens (Fra) COF 2.41 133. Bo Hamburger (Dan) TVM 2.45 134. Luc Leblanc (Fra) PLT 2.46 135. Giorgio Furlan (Ita) SAE 2.46 136. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM 2.46 137. Angelo Lecchi (Ita) MAG 2.47 138. Mirco Gualdi (Ita) PLT 2.47 139. Johan Museeuw (Bel) MAP 2.48 140. Mirco Crepaldi (Ita) PLT 2.49 141. Jo Planckaert (Bel) LOT 2.50 142. Roberto Sierra (Spa) ONC 2.50 143. Jesper Skibby (Dan) TVM 2.53 144. Laurent Pillon (Fra) MUT 2.55 145. Jose Maria Jimenez (Spa) BAN 2.55 146. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) LOT 2.55 147. Marcello Siboni (Ita) MER 2.55 148. Javier Mauleon (Spa) ONC 2.56 149. Joona Laukka (Fin) FES 2.57 150. Benont Salmon (Fra) LOT 2.58 151. Santiago Blanco (Spa) BAN 2.59 152. Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) PLT 2.59 153. Jose de los Angeles (Spa) KEL 3.00 154. Kevin Livingston (USA) COF 3.01 155. Massimo Podenzana (Ita) MER 3.01 156. Marco Artunghi (Ita) MER 3.04 157. Oscar Pellicioli (Ita) MER 3.07 158. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) COF 3.08 159. Dominique Rault (Fra) MUT 3.15 160. Andrea Peron (Ita) FDJ 3.16 161. Mauro Gianetti (Sui) FDJ 3.16 162. Dario Frigo (Ita) SAE 3.17 163. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) MAG 3.18 164. Giusvan Piovaccari (Ita) MER 3.19 165. Leon Van Bon (Ned) RAB 3.29 166. Gianluca Valoti (Ita) PLT 3.35 167. Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) COF 5.16 168. Christophe Moreau (Fra) FES 5.17 169. Michele Bartoli (Ita) MAG 5.21 170. Lauri Aus (Est) CSO 5.21 171. Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) BIG 5.27 172. Rolf Jaermann (Sui) CSO 5.34 173. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) FES 5.34 174. Neil Stephens (Aus) FES 5.38 175. Christian Henn (Ger) TEL 5.40 176. Jose Angel Vidal (Spa) KEL 5.47 177. Valentino Fois (Ita) MAP 5.48 178. Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONC 5.48 179. Jose Luis Arrieta (Spa) BAN 5.53 180. Pascal Hervi (Fra) FES 5.55 181. Rolf Sorensen (Dan) RAB 5.57 182. Jean-Philippe Dojwa (Fra) MUT 6.01 183. Claude Lamour (Fra) MUT 6.04 184. Miguel Arroyo (Mex) BIG 6.12 185. Philipp Buschor (Sui) SAE 8:32 186. Marc Wauters (Bel) LOT 8:56 187. Fridiric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ 8:56 188. Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (Ouz) LOT 9:18 189. Luca Colombo (Ita) BAT 12:31 190. Gordon Fraser (Can) MUT 12:33 191. Gianluca Pierobon (Ita) BAT 12:35 192. Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) SAE 12:55 193. Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) BIG 14:03 194. Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) CAS 15:08 195. Damien Nazon (Fra) LFJ 22:20 196. Ludovic Auger (Fra) BIG 24:07
The undisputed king of sprints surged in the last 20 metres of the longest stage -- 262 km from St Valery-de-Caux to Vire -- to retain race leadership and a 36 seconds advantage over Briton Chris Boardman.
``For a professional rider, to win a Tour stage with the yellow jersey on is great,'' said the Italian.
``I hope to keep it a few more days but if I don't, it won't matter. I've enjoyed it a lot already.
``I had plans to stop after 10 days but it would be offending Tour organisers and fans to stop so I decided to try and reach Paris.''
Cipollini's sixth stage win in five Tours was one of his most impressive as he appeared to have been blocked in on the fence with only 100 metres left.
But he powered his way to the middle of the road to edge out German Erik Zabel, first in action on the final stretch, and another sprint ace, Dutchman Jeroen Blijlevens.
``It was a dangerous sprint but it was great. I had the luck and I also had the legs,'' said Cipollini, who also leads the points standings.
Winner of five stages in the recent Giro d'Italia, ``Super Mario'' said it would be increasingly difficult to complete the hat-trick because his rivals will be out for revenge.
But even though he does not have a chance of bringing the yellow jersey back to Paris, being as slow in mountains as he is fast in the sprints, Cipollini could not hide his pleasure.
``To win a sprint like I did today is an unbelievable feeling. It's impossible to feel such a strong emotion in the mountains or in time trials,'' he said. ``It is short but it is intense.''
He was so impressive in winning this stage that even his biggest rivals paid tribute to his strength.
``He will be very difficuly to beat,'' said France's Frederic Moncassin, third in Sunday's first stage.
``He doesn't make mistakes. But if I have another chance, I won't miss it,'' echoed Blijlevens.
Local hero Thierry Gouvenou, whose father owns a cycle shop in the finish town of Vire in Normandy, did his best to prevent a mass sprint.
The Frenchman broke away after 139 km and remained alone in the lead for nearly 110 km before being caught 40 km from home.
Italian Fabiano Fontanelli and even big names such as France's Laurent Jalabert and Dutchman Erik Breukink also tried their luck in the final section but failed to make a decisive break.
Cipollini would ideally like to make it three stage wins in Tuesday's 217 km third stage from Vire to Plumelec. But the bumpy finish may give his rivals the opening they need to break his early dominance.