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55th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - 2.HC
France, June 8-15, 2003
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Stage 6 - June 14: Challes-les-Eaux - Briançon, 153 km
Mercado shows strength in iBanesto numbers
Armstrong descends and defends
By Chris Henry
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Juan Miguel Mercado (iBanesto.com) put the numbers game to use in stage 6, attacking overall leaders Lance Armstrong and Iban Mayo in the closing kilometres of an animated mountain showdown. Part of a group of four at the end of the descent of the Col du Galibier, Mercado profited from the neutralization of Armstrong and Mayo, and the presence of his iBanesto teammate Francisco Mancebo, to escape in the last 15km for a satisfying solo victory. Mayo used a technical uphill finish in the old town of Briançon to nip three seconds from Armstrong, but the American proved once more that he is in complete control.
Using a move from Christophe Moreau (Crédit Agricole) as a springboard, Mayo challenged Armstrong once more to a mountain duel, and while his efforts did not pay in the end, he showed himself to be a worthy competitor in the high mountains on the Galibier. Mayo gained up to 29 seconds on Armstrong, who appeared comfortable as he chased the Basque climber, but was unable to close the gap before the summit of the giant climb.
As Mayo grabbed a few more seconds on the initial plunge from the tunnel at the climb's summit, Armstrong put any hesitation he might have felt after yesterday's crash behind him, and proceeded to put in one of his best performances on a long descent in recent memory. As fast as Mayo descended, Armstrong went faster, topping 80 km/h down the Galibier and pulling back a 31" deficit before reaching the valley floor. Mayo's move was a valiant one, but Armstrong was simply too impressive to let the Euskaltel rider escape.
How it unfolded
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An early break of several riders, including Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangère), Andrea Peron (CSC) and Ludovic Turpin (Ag2R), was in the process of splitting apart on the tough slopes of the Galibier, as Christophe Moreau played the first card among the GC leaders and forced the pace, catching Chavanel, who kindly offered him a bottle as he passed. Moreau gained a small gap on the yellow jersey group, enjoying a steady improvement in form since the beginning of the Dauphiné, but his move was too tempting for Armstrong's biggest threat, Iban Mayo.
Aggressive since his prologue win last Sunday, Mayo sensed an opportunity and jumped clear of the main group, which included a struggling David Millar. With his polka dot jersey of best climber fully unzipped in the heat, Mayo sought the draft of the mass of motorbikes following the leaders, and easily created a gap of several seconds on the yellow jersey. He steadily widened the gap to 16" as Armstrong tempered his own effort, reeling in the remnants of the early break, with only iBanesto's Mancebo ahead on the climb.
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By the summit of the Galibier, Mayo's advantage was up to 29", and Mancebo was not far ahead. Fully committed to race to the finish, Mayo steadily pulled back Mancebo on the initial portions of the descent, taking risks on the narrow, winding road and uneven pavement. Armstrong, meanwhile, was in the company of two iBanesto teammates, Mercado and Pablo Lastras, meaning he was isolated and would have to work only for himself to chase the two leaders on the descent.
With a bandaged arm, but no mental baggage from his crash the day before, Armstrong let it fly on the descent of the Galibier, and stormed down the mountain, steadily pulling back the time Mayo had gained on the climb. Lastras was left behind, but Mercado clung to the yellow jersey's wheel and eventually the two chasers caught Mayo and Mancebo, who had joined forces at the sharp end of the race.
"Riding this morning from the hotel to the start, my body hurt everywhere," said Armstrong afterwards. "That's probably why I didn't climb very well on the Galibier. I never panicked though, because Mayo never really managed to escape. On the descent, I had forgotten about yesterday's crash and caught him again."
With Mayo neutralised, Armstrong was no longer obligated to set the pace, and the wind quickly went out of the sails of the leading quartet. As the American eased over to have a word with directeur sportif Johan Bruyneel in the team car, Mercado took the opportunity to jump clear, knowing his teammate Mancebo wouldn't chase, and Mayo and Armstrong would only watch each other.
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The move was well timed and perfectly executed, as Mercado had almost a minute in hand with 10km to go. As Mayo and Armstrong soft pedaled, a chasing trio of Moreau, Lastras, and Cyril Dessel (Phonak) rejoined, following a flawless descent of their own from the Galibier summit. Mercado pressed on as the group behind swelled, and a larger group with third place overall Millar, who had struggled on the climb, was able to make contact and end the virtual GC battle which was in play between Millar and Mancebo.
A late flurry of attacks from Nicolas Vogondy and Patrice Halgand did little to disrupt the main group, as only a final rise on the narrow streets of old Briançon remained. Mercado showed no signs of weakness as he parted the crowds on the cobbled climb, winding his way to a well earned victory. Mayo used the opportunity to slip clear of Armstrong in the last 500 metres, but the American safely crossed the line with his GC lead intact, and his confidence unshaken by the nervous events of the previous day.
Photography
Images by Jeff Tse/jeffreytse1@yahoo.com
- Lance Armstrong and David Millar side by side during stage 6
- Lance Armstrong keeps a close eye on Iban Mayo during stage 6
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) and Lance Armstrong were duelling again during stage 6
- The attack that took off at kilometer 0 nearing the top of the Col du Telegraphe.
- The lead peloton winding its way up the Col du Galibier
- The peloton nears the top of the Galibier
- The remains of the peloton makes its way up the last kilometres of the Galibier.
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) attacked on the Galibier to try to gain time on Lance Armstrong.
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) looks behind to see how much damage he's done
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) screaming down the Galibier.
- Christophe Moreau and Levi Leipheimer lead a chase to catch the leaders over the Galibier.
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) going all out in pursuit of Mayo and leaving a trail of followers in pain.
- All eyes are on Armstrong even though Mercado has long descended the Galibier.
- Lance Armstrong gives chase to Iban Mayo
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) was finally caught on the descent down the Galibier
- Juan Miguel Mercado (iBanesto) gives it full gas during his solo breakaway
- Juan Miguel Mercado (iBanesto) was the winner of the sixth stage
Images by AFP
- Early breakaway Sylvain Chavanel cools himself with water
- The US Postal team work hard during stage 6
- Lance Armstrong in the bunch on the Galibier
- Christophe Moreau (CA) attacks on the Galibier
- Lance Armstrong followed by Francisco Mancebo on the Galibier
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) rides away from Lance Armstrong (USPS) on the Col du Galibier
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) rides on his own after attacking Armstrong's group on the Galibier
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) had to descend fast off the Galibier to catch Mayo
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) leads Lance Armstrong and Juan Miguel Mercado during stage 6
Images by Russell Standring/grenoblecycling.free.fr
- The main contenders catch the break on the Col du Galibier
- Views of the Col du Galibier and Juan Miguel Mercado (Ibanesto.com) as he leads the race
- Juan Miguel Mercado (Ibanesto.com) leads the race on the 2645 metre Col du Galibier
- Ludovic Turpin (Ag2R) chases the attack of Juan Miguel Mercado (Ibanesto.com)
- Six kilometres of climbing to the Col du Galibier with Lance Armstrong watching the wheel of Iban Mayo
- Views of the Ecrins massif when descending to the Col du Lautaret and Briancon
- David Millar fights to stay with Armstrong and Mayo
- The French National Champion, Nicolas Vogondy (FDJeux.com) on the Col du Galibier
- A lone Cofidis rider has six kilometres to climb of the 2645 metre Col du Galibier
- Médéric Clain (Cofidis) and Franck Renier (Brioches La Boulangère) ride together on the Col du Galibier
Results
1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.58.47 (38.445 km/h) 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.26 3 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 0.29 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.34 7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 9 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 10 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 0.40 13 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.43 14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 15 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 0.46 16 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.51 18 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 1.01 19 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.11 20 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.14 21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) AG2r Prévoyance 3.16 22 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 23 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 3.22 24 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.29 25 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Crédit Agricole 26 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 28 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4.37 31 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Quick.Step-Davitamon 32 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 4.40 33 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.04 34 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5.12 35 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 36 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 5.57 37 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.25 38 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 39 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 40 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 41 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 43 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Big Mat-Auber 93 44 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 45 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 46 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 47 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 48 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 49 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 50 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 52 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 9.04 53 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 9.10 54 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 55 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 56 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.26 57 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 9.49 58 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.08 59 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 11.29 60 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11.31 61 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12.23 62 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 63 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 64 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.36 65 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 15.53 66 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 67 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 68 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 69 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 70 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 71 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 72 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 73 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 74 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 75 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 76 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 77 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 78 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Flo 79 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 80 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 81 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 82 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 83 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 84 Iker Camano (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 85 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 86 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 16.42 87 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 18.15 88 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 89 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.00 90 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Big Mat-Auber 93 91 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 92 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 93 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 94 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 95 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 96 Javier Pascual (Spa) iBanesto.com 20.13 97 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Guennadi Mikhilov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 20.15 99 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 26.39 100 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 101 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 102 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 103 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 33.08 104 Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 34.27 DNF Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance DNF Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems DNS Miguel Martinez (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems Points 1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 20 pts 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 3 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 15 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 13 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 9 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 8 9 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 7 10 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 11 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 12 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 4 13 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 14 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 15 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Mountains Col Du Telegraphe 1 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 30 pts 2 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 26 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 22 4 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 18 5 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14 6 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 12 7 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 8 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 9 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 10 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 11 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 2 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Col Du Galibier 1 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 40 pts 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 30 4 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 26 5 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 22 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 7 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 8 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14 9 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 12 10 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 10 11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 8 12 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 13 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 4 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 2 15 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Sprints Valloire - 100 km 1 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 pts 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4 3 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2 Villeneuve - 142 km 1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 pts 2 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 3 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 Young rider 1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.58.47 2 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 0.29 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3.16 4 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 3.22 5 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.29 6 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 7 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 4.37 9 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.04 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.25 11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 12 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 13 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 9.10 14 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11.31 15 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12.23 16 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 17 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 15.53 18 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 20 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 22 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 23 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 24 Iker Camano (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 26 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 16.42 27 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.00 28 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 29 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 26.39 30 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 31 Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 34.27 Teams 1 Ibanesto.Com 11.57.33 2 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.58 3 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.14 4 Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 1.19 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.29 6 Rabobank 8.41 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 9.39 8 Credit Agricole 12.16 9 Jean Delatour 13.01 10 Bigmat.Auber 93 20.07 11 Quick Step-Davitamon 20.15 12 Team CSC 24.03 13 Brioches La Boulangere 25.56 14 FDJeux.Com 31.08 15 Alessio 43.06 General classification after stage 6 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 25.07.42 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12 3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.17 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 3.18 5 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 4.36 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.59 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 5.08 8 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.45 9 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.01 10 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.03 11 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 6.16 12 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 7.19 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 7.50 14 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8.11 15 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 8.41 16 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.06 17 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) AG2r Prévoyance 11.24 18 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 13.22 19 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13.34 20 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.04 21 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 14.08 22 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 14.21 23 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14.35 24 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 15.07 25 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Quick.Step-Davitamon 15.45 26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16.11 27 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.36 28 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.42 29 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 17.12 30 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18.13 31 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18.21 32 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 18.46 33 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 20.04 34 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 21.04 35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 21.49 36 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Big Mat-Auber 93 22.22 37 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 38 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 22.23 39 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 23.00 40 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 23.19 41 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 25.40 42 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 26.10 43 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 26.18 44 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 26.22 45 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 27.08 46 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.28 47 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28.00 48 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 28.02 49 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 29.15 50 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 29.37 51 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31.37 52 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 33.05 53 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 33.31 54 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Crédit Agricole 33.47 55 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 34.18 56 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 34.43 57 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 35.34 58 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 36.52 59 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 37.01 60 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 37.05 61 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39.04 62 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 39.35 63 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40.52 64 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 41.40 65 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 41.52 66 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 44.24 67 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 46.19 68 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47.12 69 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 47.15 70 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 47.18 71 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 47.57 72 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 48.09 73 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 48.33 74 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 50.00 75 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 50.41 76 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 52.16 77 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Flo 52.29 78 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 52.50 79 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 52.59 80 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 53.51 81 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 53.56 82 Iker Camano (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 54.05 83 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.43 84 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 54.46 85 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 55.03 86 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 55.12 87 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 55.21 88 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 55.43 89 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Big Mat-Auber 93 56.32 90 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 57.29 91 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 58.50 92 Guennadi Mikhilov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 59.29 93 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 1.00.31 94 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.00.38 95 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.03.46 96 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.06.12 97 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 1.07.13 98 Javier Pascual (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.10.35 99 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.13.33 100 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.17.29 101 Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.18.49 102 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.18.52 103 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 1.24.48 104 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.25.32 Points classification 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 77 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 59 4 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 55 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 37 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 33 8 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Big Mat-Auber 93 31 9 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 31 10 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 26 11 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 24 12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 22 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 21 14 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 21 15 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 19 16 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 19 17 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 19 18 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 19 19 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 20 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 21 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17 22 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 23 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 24 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 15 25 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14 26 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13 27 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 13 28 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 29 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 12 30 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 31 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 11 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) AG2r Prévoyance 10 33 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 10 34 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 10 35 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 10 36 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 37 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 9 38 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 8 39 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 8 40 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 41 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7 42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 7 43 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 7 44 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7 45 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 7 46 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 47 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 48 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 6 49 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 50 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Flo 5 51 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 52 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 53 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 54 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 55 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 2 56 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 57 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1 Mountains classification 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 74 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 63 4 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 48 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 45 6 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 44 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37 8 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 27 10 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 27 11 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 26 12 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 25 13 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 24 15 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 16 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 24 17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 22 18 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 20 19 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon 17 20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 16 21 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 22 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 14 23 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 24 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 12 25 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 26 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 27 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 28 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 29 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 8 30 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 31 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 8 32 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 33 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 34 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 6 35 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 5 36 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 37 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 3 38 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 39 Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio 2 40 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 41 Guennadi Mikhilov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floo 2 42 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Flo 1 43 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1 44 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1 45 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 46 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1 Combination classification 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 222 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 191 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 148 4 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 100 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 94 6 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 94 7 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 68 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 67 9 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 31 10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 11 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 12 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 13 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 21 15 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 19 16 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 15 17 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 39 18 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 38 19 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 36 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 34 21 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 32 22 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon 31 23 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 30 24 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 25 25 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 22 26 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 21 27 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 18 28 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 18 29 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 17 30 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 31 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) AG2r Prévoyance 14 33 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 14 34 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 35 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Télépho 10 36 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 37 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Fl 6 38 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 39 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4 40 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2 Young rider classification 1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 25.13.45 2 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 0.13 3 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 2.38 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7.31 5 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.01 6 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8.32 7 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 11.09 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.43 9 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 15.46 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 16.20 11 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.25 12 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 21.59 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 23.12 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 23.34 15 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25.34 16 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 27.02 17 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28.40 18 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 33.32 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 35.49 20 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.09 21 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 42.30 22 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 44.38 23 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 47.48 24 Iker Camano (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 48.02 25 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 49.00 26 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 49.40 27 Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.00.09 28 Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio 1.01.10 29 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.07.30 30 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.11.26 31 Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.12.46 Teams classification 1 Ag2R Prevoyance 75.38.48 2 Ibanesto.Com 1.47 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.42 4 Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 5.38 5 Rabobank 9.06 6 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 17.01 7 Quick Step-Davitamon 24.30 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 26.28 9 Credit Agricole 32.41 10 Brioches La Boulangere 46.05 11 Team CSC 46.14 12 Jean Delatour 46.39 13 Bigmat.Auber 93 1.02.30 14 FDJeux.Com 1.06.23 15 Alessio 1.40.19
