Deutschland Tour - 2.2

Germany, June 3-9, 2003

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Stage 1 - June 3: Dresden - Altenburg, 184.1 km

Zabel triumphs after long break fails

Salanson's death shocks peloton before start

By Jeff Jones

Erik Zabel
Photo: © AFP

Top German sprinter Erik Zabel (Telekom) has won the first stage of his national tour, which finished in Altenburg in a bunch sprint today. Zabel beat Stuart O'Grady (CA) and Gerrit Glomser (Saeco) in the sprint, after the peloton caught solo breakaway Jorgen Bo Petersen (Team fakta) with two kilometres to go.

Unfortunately, the stage was overshadowed by the death of 23 year old Fabrice Salanson (Brioches la Boulangere), who died in his sleep early on Tuesday morning (see separate story). Although the cause of death has yet to be established, Salanson's team withdrew itself from the race and headed back to France.

After a minute's silence for the death of Salanson, the remainder of the field set off from Dresden as planned, with 184.1 hilly kilometres in front of them. The first hour was marked by some very aggressive racing, with Erik Zabel winning the first intermediate sprint at Dippoldiswalde (km 33.9), in front of James Vanlandschoot and Stuart O'Grady. 3 km later, Jorgen Bo Petersen (fakta) and Lars Wackernagel (Team Wiesenhof) attacked the field and gained a small lead that gradually increased over the next few kilometres.

Petersen was riding hard for the points on the Cat. 3 climb of Sadisdorf, which he won, but Wackernagel was unable to follow the Dane's pace and dropped back. That left Petersen alone in the lead, and he just kept going. By the 100 km point, his lead had extended to nearly 11 minutes as the peloton sat in cruise mode for much of the stage. Eventually, Saeco got on the front with five riders to try and reduce the gap, and the peloton gathered momentum as it headed down towards Altenburg.

Jan Ullrich
Photo: © AFP

With 45 km to go and after having spent 100 km in the lead, Jorgen Bo Petersen was only 5 minutes in front of the charging peloton. The gap was now coming down rapidly as Gerolsteiner, Telekom, Crédit Agricole and Saeco rode at a high tempo in front. He could have been caught earlier had there not been a lull in the pace with 25 km to go, but Quick.Step and Phonak revitalised the chase and the gap came down to 1'45 with 12 km to go.

From here it seemed possible that Jorgen Bo could hang on, but he was exhausted from his efforts and the peloton swallowed him at 2 km to go. Alexandre Vinokourov had done a lot of work for Telekom, before Wesemann and Hondo took over to give Erik Zabel an excellent leadout for the sprint. Zabel triumphed comfortably over O'Grady and Glomser, and will wear the leader's jersey going into tomorrow's stage from Altenburg to Kronach, which should also suit the sprinters.

Photography

Images by AFP Photo

The Bianchi team is presented in Dresden on June 2, before the Tour of Germany
Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) shows off his bike as part of the new Bianchi team
Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) stands in front of the Semper Opera theatre before taking the start of the first stage of the Tour of Germany
Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) waits for the start of the first stage of the Tour of Germany, in his new Bianchi outfit
Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) checks his bike at the start of stage 1
The peloton rides past the Semper Opera theatre during the first stage of the Tour of Germany
Where's Magnus? The big Swede is easy to spot in the peloton during stage 1 of the Tour of Germany
Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) grabs a feed bag during stage 1
Erik Zabel (Telekom) triumphs in the first stage of the Tour of Germany
Erik Zabel (Telekom) is kissed on the podium after winning stage 1 of the Tour of Germany

Results

1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom                        4.43.34 (38.953 km/h)
2 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
3 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco
4 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
5 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance
6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon
7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9 Jans Koerts (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
10 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
11 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
12 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta
14 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
15 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon
16 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) CCC Polsat
17 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
18 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski
19 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
20 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom
21 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski
22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
23 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi
24 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
25 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
26 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom
27 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
28 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco
29 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
30 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Team Telekom
31 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems
32 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Team Telekom
33 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi
34 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
35 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
36 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo
37 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski
38 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                   0.10
39 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
40 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Credit Agricole
41 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole
42 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo
43 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) CCC Polsat
44 Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Team Bianchi
45 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
46 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner
47 Allan Johansen (Den) Team fakta
48 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom
49 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Team fakta
50 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Saeco
51 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
52 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
53 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom
54 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
55 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
56 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
57 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
58 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta
59 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo
60 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta                      0.17
61 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
62 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi                   0.18
63 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
64 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom
65 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick Step-Davitamon
66 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
67 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
68 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
69 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
70 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner
71 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
72 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Saeco
73 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo
74 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
75 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger) CCC Polsat
76 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
77 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Team Bianchi
78 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi
79 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
80 Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Team Bianchi
81 Michael Skelde (Den) Team fakta
82 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole
83 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo
84 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner
85 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
86 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
87 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
88 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
89 Juan José De Los Angeles Segui (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
90 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi
91 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
92 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole
93 Julian Winn (GBr) Team fakta
94 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
95 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance              0.26
96 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
97 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team        0.37
98 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim              0.41
99 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team         0.47
100 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC Polsat                      0.57
101 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC Polsat                     1.15
102 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) CCC Polsat
103 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                  1.34
104 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                        1.48
105 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco                       1.50
106 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole
107 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Team Saeco                         1.53
108 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC Polsat                      2.17
109 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo                      2.51
110 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon
111 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                 3.13
112 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                      3.18
113 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance
114 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Saeco
115 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo
116 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo
117 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Team Saeco
118 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
119 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo
120 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team        3.32
121 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
122 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                  8.56
123 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
124 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim        12.27
DNF Denis Bertolini (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems
DNF Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta
DNF Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC Polsat
DNS Domenico Passuello (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
DNS Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
DNS Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
DNS Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
DNS Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
DNS Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
DNS Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
DNS Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
DNS Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
 
Points
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom                              25 pts
2 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                       20
3 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco                            16
4 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                      13
5 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                         11
6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                  10
7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                     9
8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             8
9 Jans Koerts (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team              7
10 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                          6
11 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                        5
12 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                      4
13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta                          3
14 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                          2
15 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon                1
 
Mountains
 
Sadisdorf - Cat. 3, km 42.0
 
1 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta                         3 pts
2 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                         2
3 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski                              1
 
Augustusburg - Cat. 3, km 103.3
 
1 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta                         3 pts
2 Julian Winn (GBr) Team fakta                                2
3 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom                         1
 
Sprints
 
Dippoldiswalde, km 33,9
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom                               6 pts
2 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim              4
3 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                        2
 
Chemnitz, km 120,1
 
1 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta                         6 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom                               4
3 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta                           2
 
Teams
 
1 Team Wiesenhof                                       14.10.42
2 Gerolsteiner
3 Team Telekom
4 O.N.C.E.-Eroski
5 Fassa Bortolo
6 Crédit Agricole                                          0.10
7 Quick.Step-Davitamon
8 Team Saeco
9 Team Bianchi
10 Phonak Hearing Systems
11 Team fakta                                              0.20
12 AG2r Prévoyance                                         0.28
13 CCC-Polsat
14 Vlaanderen-T Interim
15 Lotto-Domo
16 Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team                            0.35
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom                         4.43.19
2 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                     0.08
3 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco                          0.11
4 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim           0.13
5 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta                        0.14
6 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                    0.15
7 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon
9 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole
10 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner
11 Jans Koerts (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
12 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
13 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
14 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
15 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
16 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon
17 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) CCC Polsat
18 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
19 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE-Eroski
20 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
21 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom
22 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski
23 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
24 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi
25 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
26 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom
27 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
28 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco
29 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
30 Santiago Botero Echeverry (Col) Team Telekom
31 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems
32 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Team Telekom
33 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi
34 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
35 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
36 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo
37 Jan Hruska (Cze) ONCE-Eroski
38 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta                     0.22
39 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                   0.25
40 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
41 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Credit Agricole
42 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole
43 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo
44 Slawomir Kohut (Pol) CCC Polsat
45 Aitor Garmendia Arbilla (Spa) Team Bianchi
46 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole
47 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner
48 Allan Johansen (Den) Team fakta
49 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom
50 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Team fakta
51 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Saeco
52 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
53 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
54 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom
55 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) ONCE-Eroski
56 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
57 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
58 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
59 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo
60 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta                      0.32
61 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
62 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi                   0.33
63 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
64 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom
65 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick Step-Davitamon
66 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
67 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
68 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
69 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
70 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner
71 Thierry Loder (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
72 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Saeco
73 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo
74 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
75 Marc Weisshaupt (Ger) CCC Polsat
76 Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
77 David Plaza Romero (Spa) Team Bianchi
78 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi
79 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
80 Angel Luis Casero Moreno (Spa) Team Bianchi
81 Michael Skelde (Den) Team fakta
82 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole
83 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo
84 Udo Bölts (Ger) Gerolsteiner
85 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
86 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
87 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
88 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
89 Juan José De Los Angeles Segui (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
90 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi
91 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
92 Yan Tournier (Fra) Credit Agricole
93 Julian Winn (GBr) Team fakta
94 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
95 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance              0.41
96 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
97 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team        0.52
98 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim              0.56
99 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team         1.02
100 Arkadiusz Wojtas (Pol) CCC Polsat                      1.12
101 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) CCC Polsat                     1.30
102 Dariusz Skoczylas (Pol) CCC Polsat
103 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                  1.49
104 Lauri Aus (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                        2.03
105 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco                       2.05
106 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole
107 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Team Saeco                         2.08
108 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) CCC Polsat                      2.32
109 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo                      3.06
110 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon
111 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                 3.28
112 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                      3.33
113 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance
114 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Saeco
115 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo
116 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo
117 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Team Saeco
118 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
119 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo
120 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team        3.47
121 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team
122 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                  9.11
123 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
124 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim        12.42
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom                              35 pts
2 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole                       22
3 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco                            16
4 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                      13
5 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                         11
6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                  10
7 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                     9
8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             8
9 Jans Koerts (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team              7
10 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                          6
11 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta                        6
12 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                        5
13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta                          5
14 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) ONCE-Eroski                      4
15 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim             4
16 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                          2
17 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon                1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta                         6 pts
2 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                         2
3 Julian Winn (GBr) Team fakta                                2
4 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom                         1
5 José Azevedo (Por) ONCE-Eroski                              1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team Wiesenhof                                       14.10.42
2 Gerolsteiner
3 Team Telekom
4 O.N.C.E.-Eroski
5 Fassa Bortolo
6 Crédit Agricole                                          0.10
7 Quick.Step-Davitamon
8 Team Saeco
9 Team Bianchi
10 Phonak Hearing Systems
11 Team fakta                                              0.20
12 AG2r Prévoyance                                         0.28
13 CCC-Polsat
14 Vlaanderen-T Interim
15 Lotto-Domo
16 Bankgiroloterij Cycling Team                            0.35