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31st Tour Méditerranéen - 2.3

France, February 11-15, 2004

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Stage 4 - February 14: Greasque - Marignane, 147 km

Cipollini's revenge

Hail the king:
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After being convincingly beaten by Baden Cooke in yesterday's third stage of the Tour of Med, Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze) took his revenge today by winning stage 4 between Greasque and Marignane. The Lion King got his train in order and crossed the line well clear of teammate Andrus Aug and Marco Zanotti (Vini Caldirola). It was his first victory of the season and came nine months after his last triumph in the Giro d'Italia 2003.

"I was very disappointed not to win [yesterday]," said Cipollini afterwards. "I spoke about it a lot with my teammates. We decided to change the manner in which we launched the sprint. I asked Gian Matteo Fagnini, who is without doubt the most skilled and acrobatic rider, to pilot me through the last corners where the parcours was dangerous. We had studied it and did not want to be surprised. I then charged Andrus Aug, who is faster, to lead out the sprint in the last 300 metres. Our plan worked well and this victory has liberated me. I have not won since the Giro and I was starting to find it a very long time."

Cipollini also spoke about the Tour de France, where he hopes that his team will gain an unlikely wild card. "I like France, this is where I've won my most beautiful sprints. I love the Tour de France and since I've been reproached a lot for never finishing it, I am determined to do so if Jean-Marie Leblanc invites my team."

The race lead stayed with Igor Astarloa (Cofidis), who has just two seconds to spare over Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) and Sylvain Chavanel (La Boulangère) going into tomorrow's all important 28 km team time trial between La Garde and Toulon (Mt. Faron).

Michele Bartoli
Photo ©: Lars Rønbøg

The fourth and longest stage always promised to be one for the sprinters, but after 27 km five riders went on the attack: Chris Peers (Chocolade Jacques), Matej Jurco (De Nardi), Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank), Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) and Sandy Casar (FDJeux.com). Behind them another three riders: Nicolas Portal (AG2R), Eddy Seigneur (RAGT Semences) and Patrice Halgand (Crédit Agricole) set off in pursuit, managing to catch the leaders at St Maximin.

The peloton wasn't letting them get too far ahead though, and limited the gap to 1'30 after 46 kilometres. The bunch got as close as 10 seconds at one stage, before letting the leaders have some more rope, however after 90 kilometres it was all back together again. Almost immediately, Nicolas Reynaud (RAGT) counter-attacked and managed to build a lead of nearly four minutes before he was absorbed with 7 km to go.

Baden Cooke's chances in the sprint were reduced after he lost leadout man Brad McGee, who had abandoned with knee pain. Mario Cipollini and his Domina Vacanze train made the most of it and Cipo was piloted to perfection to the stage win.

Photography

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Results

1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            3.14.44
2 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze                                        
3 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                 
4 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              
5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio Bianchi                                    
7 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi                                         
8 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
9 Baden Cooke (Aus) fdjeux.com                                           
10 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
11 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Oktos-Saint Quentin                              
12 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                           
13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             
14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                      
15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              
16 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                
17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         
18 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio Bianchi                                
19 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                          
20 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              
21 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                  
22 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Oktos-Saint Quentin                                
23 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
24 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                               
25 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
26 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           
27 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
28 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                       
29 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                        
30 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
31 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                           
32 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                         
33 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
34 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi                                       
35 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           
36 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                        
37 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                             
38 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                             
39 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio Bianchi                               
40 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                          
41 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
42 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                    0.10
43 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                 
44 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           
45 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi                                            
46 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                    
47 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                  
48 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
49 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
50 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank                                         
51 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                       
52 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                  
53 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                      
54 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                 
55 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                           
56 Sergeï Krushevskiy (Uzb) Oktos-Saint Quentin                          
57 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
58 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
59 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Oktos-Saint Quentin                             
60 Paolo Longo Borhini (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
61 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio Bianchi                                 
62 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
63 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin                             
64 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi                                      
65 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                                 
66 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                
67 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin                            
68 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
69 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi                                     
70 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone             
71 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                              
72 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
73 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
74 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
75 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
76 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
77 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 
78 Andrea Rossi (Ita) De Nardi                                           
79 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
80 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                      
81 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                  
82 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                     
83 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                               
84 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
85 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi                                         
86 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio Bianchi                                 
87 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
88 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) fdjeux.com                                       
89 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                
90 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         0.30
91 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                
92 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
93 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                            
94 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
95 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
96 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) fdjeux.com                                       
97 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                     
98 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                         
99 Matthew Wilson (Aus) fdjeux.com                                   0.41
100 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio Bianchi                                  
101 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
102 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    0.50
103 Philippe Gilbert (Fra) fdjeux.com                                    
104 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) fdjeux.com                                     
105 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio Bianchi                               
106 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi                                           
107 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                         
108 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
109 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
110 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         
111 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                       1.04
112 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze                              1.11
113 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                    
114 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            1.13
115 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             1.15
116 Patrick Calcagni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        1.18
117 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                       
118 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                        
119 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf             1.32
120 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            1.58
121 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            4.50
122 Sandy Casar (Fra) fdjeux.com                                         
DNF Bradley Mcgee (Aus) fdjeux.com                                       
DNF Andy Cappelle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                 
DNF David Dumont (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin                               
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone            11.35.03
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           0.02
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          0.06
5 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                         
7 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                              
8 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                            
9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             0.12
10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio Bianchi                           0.14
11 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                       
12 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                           
13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                             
14 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
15 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       0.24
16 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                        
18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin                             
19 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         4.08
20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone             5.22
21 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi                                   7.45
22 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Oktos-Saint Quentin                         7.55
23 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                 
24 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
25 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
26 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                              
27 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       8.15
28 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
29 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            8.25
30 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                             13.03
31 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                      
32 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                   14.36
33 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio Bianchi                              14.53
34 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                     24.26
35 Baden Cooke (Aus) fdjeux.com                                     24.59
36 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                   25.21
37 Sandy Casar (Fra) fdjeux.com                                     25.31
38 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi                                28.13
39 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                          29.25
40 Philippe Gilbert (Fra) fdjeux.com                                29.47
41 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        32.46
42 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Oktos-Saint Quentin                         32.50
43 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio Bianchi                                   
44 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi                                        
45 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
46 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                      32.58
47 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Oktos-Saint Quentin                                
48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
49 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                  
50 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                          
51 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio Bianchi                                
52 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                         
53 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           
54 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
55 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                      
56 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
57 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) fdjeux.com                                  33.00
58 Sergeï Krushevskiy (Uzb) Oktos-Saint Quentin                     33.08
59 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi                                            
60 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                    
61 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
62 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                      
63 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
64 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                 
65 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
66 René Joergensen (Den) Alessio Bianchi                                 
67 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone             
68 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi                                         
69 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi                                      
70 Andrea Rossi (Ita) De Nardi                                           
71 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
72 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
73 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                  
74 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
75 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio Bianchi                                 
76 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
77 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        33.28
78 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) fdjeux.com                                       
79 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                         
80 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                  33.33
81 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                      33.36
82 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                               
83 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone             33.48
84 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                
85 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi                                            
86 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                33.56
87 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                            
88 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
89 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            34.01
90 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                       34.02
91 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank                                    34.08
92 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                34.09
93 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             34.13
94 Patrick Calcagni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        34.16
95 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
96 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) fdjeux.com                                      
97 Matthew Wilson (Aus) fdjeux.com                                  34.19
98 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           34.27
99 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                    34.29
100 Paolo Longo Borhini (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie    34.49
101 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           34.56
102 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            35.02
103 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze                                 35.12
104 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        35.18
105 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          35.36
106 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
107 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                    
108 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
109 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin                      35.43
110 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                   35.56
111 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf            36.21
112 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           37.19
113 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           37.48
114 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze                             37.56
115 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   37.59
116 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                    38.23
117 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     38.35
118 Cezary Zamana (Pol) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf            41.32
119 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf        1.01.16
120 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             
121 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                         1.01.34
122 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio Bianchi                        1.02.54
 
Points classification
 
1 Baden Cooke (Aus) fdjeux.com                                         57 pts
2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 45
3 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                  37
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             34
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            33
6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            30
7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               28
8 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          22
9 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze                                      20
10 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                      20
11 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              20
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       19
13 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi                                      19
14 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                           16
15 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                      15
16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) fdjeux.com                                     14
17 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        14
18 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                         14
19 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Oktos-Saint Quentin                            14
20 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio Bianchi                             14
21 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio Bianchi                                 13
22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         11
23 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                           11
24 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                9
25 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              8
26 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin                            8
27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                6
28 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             5
29 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                          4
30 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi                                      4
31 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                     2
32 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          1
33 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          54 pts
2 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                 26
3 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                          23
4 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         21
5 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                       17
6 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          10
7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           9
8 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                        6
9 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    6
10 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               6
11 Sandy Casar (Fra) fdjeux.com                                         5
12 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                        4
13 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        4
14 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                        4
15 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            4
16 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                            4
17 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             3
18 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi                                           2
19 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 2
20 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            2
21 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               2
22 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                            2
23 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      2
24 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                     1
25 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                    1
26 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin                            1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  11.35.05
2 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        0.22
3 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Oktos-Saint Quentin                              
4 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          4.06
5 Sandy Casar (Fra) fdjeux.com                                      25.29
6 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi                                 28.11
7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                           29.23
8 Philippe Gilbert (Fra) fdjeux.com                                 29.45
9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         32.44
10 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                      32.56
11 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Oktos-Saint Quentin                                
12 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
13 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf                  
14 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T Semence-MG Rover                         
15 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           
16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) fdjeux.com                                  32.58
17 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi                                       33.06
18 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
19 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone             
20 Andrea Rossi (Ita) De Nardi                                           
21 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
22 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
23 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) fdjeux.com                                  33.26
24 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank                                    34.06
25 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             34.11
26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     34.14
27 Paolo Longo Borhini (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie     34.47
28 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf             36.19
29 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            37.46
30 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    37.57
31 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf         1.01.14
32 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                          1.01.32