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55th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - 2.HC
France, June 8-15, 2003
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Stage 7 - June 15: Briançon - Grenoble, 174 km
Vasseur triumphs, Armstrong defends title
By Chris Henry
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The 55th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré concluded today with a 174 km stage and a final test in the mountains for the general classification leaders. Frenchman Cédric Vasseur of Cofidis escaped on the penultimate climb, the Col du Coq, and held onto his advantage to enjoy a solo victory on the streets of Grenoble. American Lance Armstrong, race leader since Wednesday's individual time trial, fended off final attacks from challenger Iban Mayo and arrived safely to defend his second consecutive Dauphiné title.
Commenting afterwards, Lance Armstrong called it "the hardest Dauphiné Libéré I ever entered because of the scorching heat and because of the very difficult course. There were good days and bad days. My best moment came when I won the time trial (in stage three), the worst when I crashed (in stage five). For the last two days, I have not been feeling very well. My body is aching all over (and) I'm taking antibiotics."
He remained confident that he would overcome his injuries in time for the Tour de France, which starts on July 5 in Paris. "It could change a lot of things in the last weeks of training before the Tour but I think that I'm already in good shape and that I can afford to spend some time with my family and relax," he added.
How it unfolded
The final stage of the week-long race featured three climbs: the Cat. 2 Col du Lautaret, Cat. 1 Col du Coq, and the Cat. 2 Col de Porte. The last two climbs presented the principal challenge for the day, coming back to back in the final 40 km of racing, with a fast 16 km downhill plunge to Grenoble. Today's race capped a week of sunny skies and hot temperatures in the French Alps. The final stage also took its tool, as 17 riders abandoned during the race. Tyler Hamilton (CSC), who suffered from stomach problems for most of the week, opted not to start the day.
Early in the stage, on the descent of the Col du Lautaret, seven riders broke clear and worked together to eventually gain up to eight minutes over the peloton. In the group were Philippe Gilbert and Christophe Mengin (FDJeux.com), Samuel Dumoulin and Christophe Edaleine (Jean Delatour), Andy Flickinger (Ag2R), Sébastien Talabardon (BigMat), and Jérôme Pineau (Brioches La Boulangère). This lead group held its advantage throughout the long transition between the first and second mountains, with the field behind led by Quick.Step-Davitamon and some tempo riding from race leader Armstrong's US Postal team.
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On the 12.5 km climb of the Col du Coq, the break was reeled in, and Vasseur chose the moment to try his hand at a solo move. Edaleine persisted with his efforts from the breakaway, and although never able to rejoin Vasseur, he would manage to stay clear of the chase groups behind. Vasseur gained a sizable advantage over the main chase group, which included Armstrong, Mayo, Christophe Moreau, David Millar, among others. Millar dug deep to keep in contact and preserve his third place overall. Dropped at times on the climb, he never fell too far behind the yellow jersey group.
Iban Mayo, who put Armstrong in some difficulty on the Col du Galibier the day before, showed his true character and refused to concede defeat to the American until the race was over. Mayo attacked several times on the Col du Coq, churning away in the big ring on the difficult climb and showing he would not let Armstrong's dominance deter him from mountain a challenge. Unfortunately for Mayo, Armstrong had all the answers, and never let the Euskaltel rider gain the sort of advantage he had on the Galibier
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Vasseur meanwhile remained out front with over three minutes advantage as he wound down the narrow and technical descent of the Col du Coq. He arrived at the foot of the final test, the Col de Porte, with his lead intact, and looked strong to tackle the shorter and more gradual climb. By the summit he was still alone, having only conceded some 30" to the chase.
Christophe Moreau, who stood to profit from Millar's difficulty in following the rhythm on the climbs, set a strong tempo for virtually the entire climb of the Col de Porte. By this time, Mayo knew he was unlikely to escape the clutches of Armstrong's yellow jersey, and he stuck by Armstrong's wheel for the duration of the climb and Moreau set the pace. The chase was whittled down to just four riders, Moreau, Armstrong, Mayo, and yesterday's winner Juan Miguel Mercado, as Millar limited the damage less the a minute behind, and thus maintained his placed on the final podium.
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By the summit of the Dauphiné's final climb, the match was set. Vasseur was clear to ride to the finish and avoid unnecessary risks on the descent, and Armstrong had answered all of Mayo's attempts to upset his overall lead. The group of four arrived together in Grenoble, where Mayo took the sprint for third place on the stage (behind Edaleine, who remained between Vasseur and the chasers) and Armstrong sealed another stage race victory.
Armstrong commented previously that riders who are good now may not enjoy the same success in the Tour de France, but he clearly has a worthy opponent in Iban Mayo, who rivaled the four-time Tour winner in both the time trials and the high mountains of this year's Dauphiné. For the American, he proved without question that doubts about his fitness in the weeks before the Tour were unfounded, and looks set to be the man to beat in the centenary Tour de France.
Photography
Images by Jeff Tse/jeffreytse1@yahoo.com
- Cedric Vassur powering away for his win after a dare devil descent into Grenoble.
- Armstrong was glued to Mayo's wheel despite Mayo's persistent attacks.
- Armstrong looking focused.
- Iban Mayo tried to repeat what he did yesterday but Armstrong was always not more than 10 feet bahind.
- Iban Mayo still happy with his second place.
- It was a chess match between Armstrong and Mayo on the Col de Coq.
- Mayo's attacks were incessant.
- An early attack on the Category 1 climb by Rabobank. Perhaps it was a setup for Levi Leipheimer.
- Carlos Sastre attacked near the bottom of the Col de Coq after the abandonment of team leader Tyler Hamilton.
- The peloton is near the top of the Col du Lautaret
- Mercado tries his luck again after his win at Briancon yesterday.
- The beginning of the descent from the Col du Lautaret
Images by AFP Photo
- With a spectactular Alpine backdrop the riders in the Dauphine Libere tackled the final stage
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) and Lance Armstrong (USPS) during the final stage to Grenoble
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) and Lance Armstrong watched each other like hawks all day
- David Millar (Cofidis) checks out the leading bunch
- David Millar (Cofidis) in the blue combination jersey, leads Iban Mayo and Lance Armstrong during the final stage
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) leads Lance Armstrong, Christophe Moreau and Juan Miguel Mercado
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) wasn't afraid to push the pace again
- Cedric Vasseur (Cofidis) during his solo break to the finish
- Cedric Vasseur (Cofidis) crossed the line in Grenoble as the winner of the last stage
- Cedric Vasseur (Cofidis) gets a kiss on the podium as the winner of the final stage
- The final podium (L to R): David Millar (Cofidis, 3rd), Lance Armstrong (USPS, 1st) and Iban Mayo (Euskaltel, 2nd)
- For the second year in a row Lance Armstrong won the Dauphine Libere
- The winner of the Dauphine Libere, Lance Armstrong (R) congratulates second place getter Iban Mayo on a fine, fighting performance
Images by Russell Standring/grenoblecycling.free.fr
- A back group stays together on the 1434 metre Col du Coq
- Bram Tankink (Quick.Step-Davitamon) rides alone on the Col du Coq
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) watches the wheel of Iban Mayo
- David Millar (Cofidis) rides ahead of Amstrong and Mayo with six kilometres to climb on the 1434 metre Col du Coq
- Christophe Moreau (Crédit Agricole) Remmert Wielinga (Rabobank) and Juan Miguel Mercado (iBanesto.com) ride together on the Col du Coq
- The peloton splinters and riders find themselves alone on the Col du Coq
- Christophe Edaleine (Jean Delatour) and Cédric Vasseur (Cofidis) ride beneath the 2062 metre Dent de Crolles while leading the race. Vasseur would win the day's stage to Grenoble.
Results
1 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.22.02 (40.369 km/h) 2 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 2.00 3 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.09 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 7 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.39 8 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 2.56 9 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.26 10 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 12 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 15 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 17 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 18 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 19 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.09 21 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4.31 22 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 24 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 4.57 26 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) AG2r Prévoyance 6.40 27 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 6.55 28 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Big Mat-Auber 93 29 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 7.45 31 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 32 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 33 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 34 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 35 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 37 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 39 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 40 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 41 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 42 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 43 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 44 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 45 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Crédit Agricole 8.21 46 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 47 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 10.55 48 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 49 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 12.07 50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 51 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 12.39 53 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 54 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.58 55 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 56 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.30 57 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.06 58 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Quick.Step-Davitamon 60 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 61 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 62 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 64 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 19.22 66 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Big Mat-Auber 93 67 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 68 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 69 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 70 Iker Camano (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon 72 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 73 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 74 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 75 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 76 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 77 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 78 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 79 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 80 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 22.10 81 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 82 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 83 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 84 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 85 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 86 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 87 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 88 Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 89 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 90 Guennadi Mikhilov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor DNS Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC DNF Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC DNF Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio DNF Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) Alessio DNF Davide Frattini (Ita) Alessio DNF Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère DNF Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com DNF Javier Pascual (Spa) iBanesto.com DNF Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com DNF Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank DNF Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 DNF Loïc Lamouller (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 DNF Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 Points 1 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 pts 2 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 17 3 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 11 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 10 7 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 8 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 8 9 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 11 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 5 12 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 13 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 14 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 2 15 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Mountains Col Du Lautaret 1 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 pts 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 3 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 12 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 5 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 8 6 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 6 7 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 4 8 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 3 9 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 10 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Col Du Coq 1 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 pts 2 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 26 3 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 22 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 14 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 7 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 8 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 8 9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 10 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 4 11 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 12 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 1 Col De Porte 1 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 pts 2 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 15 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 8 6 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 6 7 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 8 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 3 9 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 2 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 1 Sprints Le Monetier-Les-Bains - km 11 1 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 6 pts 2 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 4 3 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 2 Le Bourg D'oisans - km 65 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 6 pts 2 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 4 3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 2 Young rider 1 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 4.24.02 2 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 0.09 3 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 0.56 4 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.26 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 6 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.31 7 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 2.57 8 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.55 9 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 5.45 10 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 14 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 15 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 8.55 16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 10.07 17 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.06 18 Iker Camano (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.22 19 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 22 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 23 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 20.10 24 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 26 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 27 Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com Teams 1 Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 13.12.11 2 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 2.56 3 Ibanesto.Com 4 Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.06 5 Rabobank 7.12 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 7.27 7 Jean Delatour 7.49 8 Quick Step-Davitamon 12.51 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 12.54 10 Team CSC 13.56 11 Bigmat.Auber 93 16.42 12 Credit Agricole 20.23 13 Brioches La Boulangere 25.33 14 FDJeux.Com 35.57 Final general classification 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 29.31.53 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12 3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.47 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 4.35 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.59 6 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 5.53 7 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 6.03 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 6.25 9 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.18 10 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.07 11 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 9.07 12 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 9.28 13 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 11.52 15 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.23 16 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.33 17 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 15.22 18 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 15.52 19 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) AG2r Prévoyance 15.55 20 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 17.17 21 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.50 22 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 19.07 23 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19.38 24 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 19.44 25 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20.43 26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 21.47 27 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23.49 28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 24.22 29 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 25.58 30 Felix Garcia Casas (Spa) Big Mat-Auber 93 27.08 31 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 27.25 32 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 27.39 33 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 28.55 34 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 29.30 35 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.50 36 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 30.34 37 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Quick.Step-Davitamon 30.42 38 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon 30.47 39 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 30.54 40 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 31.33 41 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 31.54 42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 32.21 43 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 34.51 44 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 34.56 45 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 37.57 46 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 37.58 47 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 38.17 48 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 39.35 49 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 39.54 50 Cédric Fragniere (Swi) Crédit Agricole 39.59 51 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 40.37 52 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 42.23 53 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 42.37 54 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 48.03 55 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 48.24 56 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 50.31 57 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 50.36 58 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 50.44 59 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 51.56 60 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 53.06 61 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.01 62 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 54.18 63 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 54.41 64 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 56.18 65 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58.53 66 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 59.27 67 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.00.39 68 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.00.57 69 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.02.09 70 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1.02.59 71 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 1.03.49 72 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1.04.31 73 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.06.20 74 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.07.54 75 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.08.10 76 Ruben Diaz De Cerio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.09.04 77 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1.10.12 78 Iker Camano (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.11.18 79 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.12.51 80 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Big Mat-Auber 93 1.13.45 81 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.15.44 82 Addy Engels (Ned) Rabobank 1.17.44 83 Guennadi Mikhilov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1.19.30 84 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.20.39 85 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.23.47 86 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.30.46 87 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) Jean Delatour 1.36.05 88 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.37.30 89 Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.38.50 90 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.40.29 Points classification 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 87 3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 64 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 59 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 50 6 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 48 7 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 33 9 Plamen Stoianov (Bul) Big Mat-Auber 93 31 10 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 31 11 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 29 12 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 26 13 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 14 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 24 15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 22 16 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 22 17 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 21 18 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 19 19 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 19 20 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 19 21 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 22 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 16 24 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 15 25 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 15 26 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 14 27 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14 28 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13 29 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 30 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 11 31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) AG2r Prévoyance 10 32 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 10 33 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 10 34 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 9 35 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 36 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 8 37 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 8 38 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 8 39 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 40 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7 41 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 7 42 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 7 43 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7 44 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 7 45 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 46 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 47 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 6 48 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6 49 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 5 50 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 51 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 52 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 2 53 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 2 54 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 55 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1 Mountains classification 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 132 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 99 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 81 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 75 5 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 61 6 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 60 7 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 57 8 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 50 9 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 44 10 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 35 11 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 33 12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 27 13 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 27 14 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 27 15 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 26 16 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 17 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 24 18 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 23 19 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 20 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon 17 21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 17 22 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 14 23 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 14 24 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 25 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 12 26 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 11 27 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 28 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 29 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 30 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 9 31 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 8 32 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 33 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 8 34 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 35 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 36 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 6 37 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 38 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 39 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 40 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 41 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 42 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1 43 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 1 44 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1 Combination classification 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 280 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 226 3 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 160 4 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 154 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 123 6 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 113 7 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 93 8 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 90 9 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 70 10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) iBanesto.com 70 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 66 12 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 13 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 60 14 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 58 15 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 57 16 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 48 17 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 44 18 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 19 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Jean Delatour 38 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 34 21 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon 29 22 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 27 23 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 24 24 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Jean Delatour 23 25 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 22 26 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 21 27 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 28 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 18 29 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 17 30 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 17 31 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 32 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16 33 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) AG2r Prévoyance 12 35 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 11 36 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 8 37 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4 Young rider classification 1 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) iBanesto.com 29.37.56 2 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Rabobank 3.25 3 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance 5.49 4 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 9.49 5 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.47 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 18.19 7 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 19.55 8 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Jean Delatour 21.22 9 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.47 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24.44 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 24.51 12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) iBanesto.com 26.18 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 28.48 14 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 36.20 15 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 42.00 16 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 42.21 17 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45.53 18 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 47.03 19 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 53.24 20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 54.36 21 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 56.06 22 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.01.51 23 Iker Camano (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.05.15 24 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.09.41 25 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.24.43 26 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.31.27 27 Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.32.47 Teams classification 1 Ibanesto.Com 88.55.42 2 Cofidis - Le Credit Par Telephone 0.55 3 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.44 4 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.05 5 Rabobank 11.35 6 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 15.14 7 Quick Step-Davitamon 32.38 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 34.39 9 Credit Agricole 48.21 10 Jean Delatour 49.45 11 Team CSC 55.27 12 Brioches La Boulangere 1.06.55 13 Bigmat.Auber 93 1.14.29 14 FDJeux.Com 1.37.37
