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54th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - 2.HC
France, June 9-16, 2002
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Stage 3 - June 12: Montélimar - Pierrelatte ITT, 41 km
Pyrrhic victory for Botero
Armstrong leads by over a minute
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He was the King of the Mountains in the 2000 Tour de France and won the Classique des Alpes last Saturday, but Kelme's Colombian star Santiago Botero came up too short in yesterday's stage to Mont Ventoux to take advantage of his excellent win in today's 41 kilometre time trial. Botero inflicted a rare (at this time of year) defeat on Lance Armstrong (US Postal), putting 41 seconds into the Texan, who in turn put over a minute into Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel). That means that Armstrong now has the lead by 1'12 to Zubeldia and 1'59 to overnight leader Denis Menchov (iBanesto), who finished a creditable 13th today.
Botero may have won the battle, but he lost the war on Mont Ventoux. His hard won 41 seconds were obliterated by his 15 minute deficit on the feared mountain yesterday. However, the blue eyed Colombian was not too concerned by it, confessing afterwards that he had saved himself for today. "The time trial was the objective of my week. On Tuesday on Mont Ventoux, I decided to ride hard, but when I saw that I was not going well I slowed down to keep my reserves. Therefore I am fully satisfied."
Botero's more talented climbing teammate Oscar Sevilla conceded 16 seconds to Armstrong yesterday and another 2'39 today - again too much to be considered a threat in the overall unless Armstrong cracks.
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As in the Midi Libre, Armstrong had to be content with second place in the time trial. "I was a little disappointed not to have won on Mount Ventoux Tuesday. But, the fact that I have not had any stage wins so far is not the most important thing. That will come. I have also analysed my last three years on Ventoux. In '99, I finished 6th or 7th there. In 2000, I cracked there and last year, in the Tour de Suisse, I wasn't too good in the mountains; I mean that you can't be at the top of your form in June."
"In this time trial, made particularly hard by the heat [32 degrees], I realised in the final part that I would not win but I was going to take the jersey. The Dauphiné Libéré is a classic. The next days will be difficult for the team. I am conscious of the difficulties that await us. The slave driver (DS Johan Bruyneel) will decide this evening what tactics to adopt. But, even then, we don't have the same team as in the Tour to defend the jersey. It will therefore be a good test."
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"Lance did a great time trial," said Johan Bruyneel, the USPS team's director sportif. "He was very comfortable throughout the race and stayed within himself from start to finish. Botero is a very strong time trialist and when he has one of those days, nobody can beat him. Yet you see the big difference Lance put into everyone else and realize Botero is really powerful."
Of the other specialists against the clock, prologue winner Bradley McGee showed that he is also good over the longer distances, finishing 4th at 2'12. David Millar (Cofidis) managed 6th at 2'30, Jonathan Vaughters (CA) was 7th at 2'39, and Christophe Moreau 9th at 2'44. The climbing specialists such as Menchov (13th at 3'03), Sevilla (14th at 3'21), Kivilev (21st at 3'50), Virenque (22nd at 3'50), Garcia Casas (27th at 4'09), Moncoutie (37th at 4'41) and Osa (40th at 4'57) were all at least two and a half minutes behind Armstrong, and will have great difficulty making that up in the stages to come.
"The Dauphine is still the Dauphine, it's a very hard race," said Bruyneel. "Saturday's stage is very, very hard with several climbs including the Joux Plane. On the other hand, it's time for the USPS team to start defending a jersey - we did it for only one day this year at the Midi Libre. It's good training and a good way for us to get used to the team system of defending the jersey. I feel our team here is strong, all are possible Tour (de France) riders. It will be a good test to see how everyone is. It will also be a good test for me, to get used to the tactics again. It's time to get going."
Other USPS riders in today's stage were Victor Hugo Pena in 10th place, at 2:50, and Floyd Landis in 17th place, at 3:25. Landis, following an impressive 10th place finish in yesterday's stage to Mount Ventoux, is in 11th place overall and has impressed Bruyneel.
"Yesterday Floyd was very good - it was the first time I gave him some freedom in a race, the chance to ride his own race and not have to work for Lance," said Bruyneel. "It is good for us tactically and gives us something else to play with. He did an amazing climb and he was very happy after the stage. The team has expressed confidence in him right from the start of the season and yesterday he really proved us right."
Another positive has been the performance of Viatcheslav Ekimov, who re-joined the team prior to the Dauphine after retiring at the end of last season. Ekimov was solid at Mount Ventoux - 23rd place, at 4:30 - and was 30th today, at 4:27. Overall, Ekimov is in 23rd place, just under eight minutes back.
"Over here, everyone is really surprised at Ekimov's performance, but I'm not," added Bruyneel. "He came with our team to a mountain training camp after the Midi Libre and was already in great shape. We still must be careful with him. He needs to get through this race and then recover from it. It's strange to say, but it's like he has never left. That is how I feel and that is how the guys feel."
There is still a lot of racing left in the Dauphine, including the tough penultimate stage from Albertville to Morzine-Avoriaz on Saturday. This stage contains the Col de Joux Plane (1691 m), the climb where Armstrong lost time to Jan Ullrich and others in the 2000 Tour de France due to hunger knock. That's unlikely to happen again, and all things going according to plan, Armstrong should be able to maintain his position for the remainder of the week.
Photography
Images by AFP
- Santiago Botero (Kelme) concentrates during the third stage time trial
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) rides during the stage 3 time trial, where he finished second and took the overall lead
- Lance Armstrong during the stage 3 time trial
- After Botero and Armstrong, Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was the best of the rest, finishing third
- Race leader Denis Menchov (ibanesto) gives it everything in stage 3
- Brad McGee (FDJ) rides hard during the third stage time trial
- Santiago Botero grins on the podium after his stage win
- Lance Armstrong raises his arm on the podium after claiming the lead
- Lance Armstrong in yellow as the new leader of the Dauphine Libere
Images by Russell Standring/grenoblecycling.free.fr
- Baden Cooke warming up on a turbo trainer for the time trial.
- The cyclist from Grenoble, Jacky Durand, preparing to enter the start house for the time trial
- Steffen Kjaergaard climbs back onto his bike after signing on
- Riders from the Kelme squad before the time trial
- Didier Rous happy to have a photo taken before the race
- Eddy Seigneur chats to a gendarme while warming up, they did seem to know each other.
- Baden Cooke about the cross the river in Montelimar
- Frederic Bessy in Montelimar
- Lance Armstrong in the time trial
- Santiago Botero in the streets of Montelimar
- Didier Rous in the streets of Montelimar
- Guennadi Mikhailov leaves Montelimar behind
Results
1 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 52.30 (46.85 km/h) 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 0.42 3 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.49 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.12 5 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 2.23 6 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 2.30 7 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 2.39 8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 2.42 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.44 10 Victor-Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service 2.50 11 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.57 12 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.58 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 3.03 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3.21 15 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC Tiscali 3.23 16 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3.25 17 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service 18 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.32 19 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 3.47 20 Inigo Charreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.49 21 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 3.50 22 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 23 Jerome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.03 24 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.05 25 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 4.06 26 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.07 27 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 4.09 28 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 4.14 29 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 4.22 30 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 4.27 31 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.29 32 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.32 33 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.33 34 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 35 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4.35 36 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 4.36 37 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 4.41 38 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 4.43 39 Andrei Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 4.48 40 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.57 41 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service 4.58 42 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.59 43 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 5.00 44 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.01 45 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 47 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.02 48 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 49 Stephane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 50 Sebastie Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 5.07 51 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 5.08 52 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 5.12 53 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 5.13 54 Jose Enriq Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 55 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.15 56 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.16 57 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 58 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.18 59 Francois Simon (Fra) Bonjour 5.23 60 Tomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 5.28 61 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.29 62 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 5.31 63 Koos Morenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 5.33 64 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 5.34 65 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 66 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 5.35 67 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 5.36 68 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 5.39 69 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 5.40 70 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.42 71 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.49 72 Cesar Solaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Alexandre Bocharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.50 74 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com 75 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.51 76 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 5.52 77 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.54 78 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 79 Franck Boyer (Fra) Bonjour 6.02 80 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 6.10 81 Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 6.11 82 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 6.18 83 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 6.19 84 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 6.20 85 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.27 86 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.29 87 Tomas Bodo (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6.35 88 Santiago Perez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.35 89 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 6.39 90 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6.41 91 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 6.44 92 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 93 Francisco Javie Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.45 94 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.48 95 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.49 96 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.51 97 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6.53 98 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 99 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 7.03 100 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 7.15 101 Loic Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 7.16 102 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 7.19 103 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 7.37 104 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour 7.46 105 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.50 106 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 8.29 107 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8.32 108 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 9.21 109 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 11.46 DNS Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour Points 1 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 17 3 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 4 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 13 5 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 11 6 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 10 7 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 9 8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 8 9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 7 10 Victor-Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service 6 11 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 12 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 3 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 15 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC Tiscali 1 Young rider 1 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.19 2 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 0.41 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 1.14 4 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 1.58 5 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 2.16 6 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.46 7 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 2.58 8 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.10 9 Sebastie Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.18 10 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.29 11 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 3.39 12 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.42 13 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4.03 14 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.05 15 Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 4.22 16 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.29 17 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.40 18 Thomas Bodo (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4.45 19 Santiago Perez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4.45 20 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.52 21 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.02 22 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 5.03 23 Loic Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 5.27 24 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 5.48 25 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour 5.57 26 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6.43 DNS Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Bonjour Teams 1 Kelme - Costa Blanca 2.43.50 2 Us Postal Service 0.38 3 Credit Agricole 2.02 4 Francaise Des Jeux 3.53 5 Cofidis 4.23 6 Ibanesto.Com 4.24 7 Jean Delatour 5.46 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.46 9 Domo - Farm Frites 6.06 10 Bigmat Auber 93 6.11 11 Bonjour 6.33 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 6.36 13 Team Csc Tiscali 7.14 14 Lotto - Adecco 9.09 General classification after stage 3 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 9.57.25 2 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 1.59 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.18 5 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.57 6 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.07 7 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 8 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 3.15 9 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 3.22 10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 3.52 11 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service 3.56 12 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.03 13 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 4.29 14 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 4.51 15 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.07 16 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 5.16 17 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 5.25 18 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Jean Delatour 5.49 19 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 6.49 20 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 6.56 21 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 7.06 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Ag2R Prevoyance 7.10 23 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 7.42 24 Stephane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 8.22 25 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 8.24 26 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 8.56 27 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC Tiscali 9.06 28 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Jean Delatour 9.26 29 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.28 30 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 9.40 31 Christophe Oriol (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 9.48 32 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 10.17 33 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.18 34 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 10.36 35 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 11.10 36 Sebastie Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 11.40 37 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis 11.41 38 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 12.01 39 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 12.12 40 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 12.33 41 Xavier Jan (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 12.34 42 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.38 43 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.39 44 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 12.43 45 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 12.46 46 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 12.53 47 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 12.58 48 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.25 49 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 13.38 50 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13.52 51 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 13.57 52 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Team CSC Tiscali 14.35 53 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 14.52 54 Jose Enriq Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14.58 55 Ludovic Martin (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.14 56 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) iBanesto.com 15.50 57 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 16.11 58 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 16.35 59 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 16.52 60 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.01 61 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 17.08 62 Loic Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 17.18 63 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 17.34 64 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 17.41 65 Alexandre Grux (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 66 Victor-Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service 18.14 67 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.25 68 Jerome Bernard (Fra) Jean Delatour 18.33 69 Francisco Cerezo (Spa) Team CSC Tiscali 18.36 70 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18.49 71 Laurent Estadieu (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 19.07 72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 19.35 73 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 20.04 74 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 20.26 75 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 20.28 76 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Bonjour 20.38 77 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 20.41 78 Santiago Perez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20.43 79 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.49 80 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 20.58 81 Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 21.04 82 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 21.05 83 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 21.10 84 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 21.23 85 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 21.41 86 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 21.49 87 Thomas Bodo (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 22.01 88 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 22.19 89 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service 22.50 90 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 22.52 91 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 23.11 92 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Credit Agricole 23.15 93 Francisco Javie Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 23.47 94 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 95 Cesar Solaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.02 96 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 25.05 97 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 25.35 98 Francois Simon (Fra) Bonjour 26.06 99 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 26.13 100 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 26.26 101 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 26.39 102 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 27.55 103 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.30 104 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour 29.21 105 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 31.18 106 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 35.50 107 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 36.33 108 Joaquim Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 40.27 109 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 48.45 Points classification 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 40 pts 2 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 39 3 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 39 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 37 5 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 25 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 23 8 Santiago Botero (Col) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 9 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 19 10 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 17 11 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 17 12 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 17 13 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 17 14 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 15 15 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 15 16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 17 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 13 18 Francois Simon (Fra) Bonjour 13 19 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13 20 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 12 21 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 11 22 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lotto-Adecco 10 23 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Credit Agricole 9 24 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) Team CSC Tiscali 9 25 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 26 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) iBanesto.com 8 27 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Bigmat.Auber 93 8 28 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 8 29 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service 7 30 Jose Enriq Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 31 Victor-Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service 6 32 Anthony Morin (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 33 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 34 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 5 35 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4 36 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 3 37 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 2 38 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 39 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 40 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 2 41 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC Tiscali 1 42 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 Mountains classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 40 pts 2 Aitor Kintana Zarate (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 35 3 Unai Osa (Spa) iBanesto.com 30 4 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 26 5 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 22 6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 16 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 10 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service 10 11 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 12 Richard Virenque (Fra) Domo-Farm Frites 8 13 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 14 Jacky Durand (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 6 15 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 5 16 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 4 17 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 18 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 2 19 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1 20 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 1 21 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 22 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Young rider classification 1 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.58.37 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 0.47 3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis 1.55 4 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 4.04 5 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.16 6 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 9.05 7 Sebastie Talabardon (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 10.28 8 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.27 9 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 11.34 10 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 11.41 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 11.46 12 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.13 13 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 12.26 14 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 15.40 15 Loic Lamouller (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 16.06 16 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 18.23 17 Santiago Perez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 19.31 18 Bram Tankink (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 19.52 19 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 19.53 20 Ruben Plaza (Spa) iBanesto.com 20.37 21 Thomas Bodo (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 20.49 22 Baden Cooke (Aus) La Francaise Des Jeux 21.40 23 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bonjour 28.09 24 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 34.38 25 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 35.21 26 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 47.33 Teams classification 1 Ibanesto.Com 30.01.51 2 Us Postal Service 3 Cofidis 1.38 4 Bigmat Auber 93 4.06 5 Ag2R Prevoyance 10.17 6 Jean Delatour 10.48 7 Credit Agricole 11.19 8 Team Csc Tiscali 11.52 9 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.11 10 Francaise Des Jeux 13.57 11 Domo - Farm Frites 18.58 12 Kelme - Costa Blanca 19.21 13 Lotto - Adecco 24.46 14 Bonjour 40.57
