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67th Tour de Suisse- 2.HC
Switzerland, June 16-25, 2003
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Stage 4 - June 20: Visp - Losone, 168 km
Victory from the jaws of defeat for Casar
Kirchen celebrates too early
By Jeff Jones
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With 10 km to go and a 3'23 lead for breakaway riders Sandy Casar (FDJeux.com) and Filipo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze), it looked as though one of the two would win the fourth stage of the Tour de Suisse. But when Simeoni stopped working with 6 km to go, they squandered their lead and were caught by Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) with the peloton on his heels with 500m to go. Normally that would have been the end of it, but Casar decided to give it everything to try and win, and on the line caught Kirchen, who was raising his arms in premature victory. Thus Casar won the stage in what finished effectively as a bunch sprint.
"I wanted the jersey rather than the stage," said Casar, who needed 2'33 to take over from Vinokourov - a possibility if Simeoni had continued to work. "I didn't know what Simeoni was doing... In the sprint I thought I couldn't get Kirchen back."
"With two kilometres to go I was suffering from cramps. I'm lucky Simeoni didn't see that," added the Frenchman, who recorded his second win as a pro.
For the reluctant race leader Alexandre Vinokourov (Telekom), it was a fairly easy stage. There were no attacks on the Nufenenpass and he was sheltered all day by his teammates, who rode a bit harder towards the finish to reduce the gap to Casar and Simeoni.
How it unfolded
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The heat appears to be taking its toll on this riders in the Tour de Suisse, with temperatures in the mid to high 30's today in the 168 km stage between Visp and Losone. The peloton may have even welcomed the cooler summit of the 2478m Nufenenpass, although its 8.1 percent average grade over 14 kilometres had to be overcome first.
After only five kilometres of racing, a group of 27 riders detached itself off the front of the peloton, gaining up to a 45" lead before being caught again. Before it was brought back, Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze) had decided to attack on his own, and he had a 1'10 lead after 21 km. It was then that Sandy Casar (FDJeux.com) set off in pursuit, catching Simeoni after 35 km, while the peloton lagged 6'43 behind the pair.
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The two leaders co-operated well at first, and increased their gap to 10'05 at 10 km from the foot of the Nufenenpass. On the climb itself they lost some time, as Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) and Seweryn Kohut (CCC) crossed the top 6'04 behind, with the peloton at 8'59. The descent was fast, and by the foot of it the leaders had 5'39 on the chasing duo, 7'17 on Cancellara, Trampusch, and Celestino, and 9'34 to the peloton.
With 38 km to go, the peloton had swallowed up all the intermediate breakaways, leaving Casar and Simeoni out in front with a 6'49 gap. Although Casar was not far behind on GC, Telekom did not seem to be desperate to bring him back, as GC leader Vinokourov has repeatedly said that he is not worried about the overall classification in the Tour de Suisse, preferring to use it as a build up for the Tour.
With 14 km to go the gap was still 3'33, and it looked highly probable that Casar and Simeoni would stay away to fight out the stage win. The leader's jersey was not as clear cut, as Casar needed at least 2'20 at the finish to secure it. But with six kilometres to go, Simeoni refused to come through any more, forcing Casar to take the lead, giving the Italian a free ride to the finish. Casar didn't particularly like this, but no matter how slow he rode, Simeoni remained glued to his back wheel.
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So the once great lead was frittered away in a matter of kilometres, as the peloton wound up for what it thought was a sprint for third. But with 1 km to go, the break was in sight and not moving very fast, and all of a sudden it looked like a bunch sprint would decide the stage.
Kim Kirchen (4th on GC) saw the opportunity to take some bonus seconds, and attacked with 500m to go, passing Simeoni and Casar and opening up a 25m gap. Casar hesitated then jumped after Kirchen, and Simeoni couldn't follow him. Kirchen looked to have it won but sat up a good 10m before the line, putting his arms in the air only to see Casar come round him on his right to take the stage win. Stuart O'Grady and Robbie McEwen led the bunch home for third and fourth, right behind them.
Tomorrow's fifth stage is another one in the high mountains, containing the San Bernadino (2066m, km 77.6) and Albula (2315m, km 167.9) passes. The last climb comes with 10 km to go before the finish in La Punt, and should certainly suit the climbers and daredevil descenders in the peloton.
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- He likes the colour - Alexandre Vinokourov was very relaxed before the start of stage 4
- Jan Ullrich (Bianchi) descends the stage after sign on
- Jan Ullrich (Bianchi) strikes a pose
- The world looks better through these, according to Ullrich
- Jan Ullrich (Bianchi) has seen this fan somewhere before...
- Jan Ullrich (Bianchi) looking extremely fit
- The two leaders make their way up the Nufenenpass
- Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze) leads Sandy Casar (FDJeux.com) on the Nufenenpass
- Simeoni and Casar during their long escape
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) was a couple of minutes ahead of the peloton on the climb
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) in action during stage 4
- Despite the heat of summer there was plenty of snow to be found on the 2478m high Nufenenpass
- The leading part of the peloton nearing the top of the Nufenenpass
- More high mountains had to be tackled by the peloton today
- The peloton cruising up the Nufenenpass
- Wladimir Belli (Lampre) leads the peloton up the Nufenenpass
- Francesco Casagrande (Lampre) climbs in front of Alexandre Vinokourov during stage 4
- Sven Montgomery (Fassa Bortolo) climbs in front of Alexandre Vinokourov during stage 4
- Francesco Casagrande (Lampre) concentrates hard on the climb, wearing the black KOM jersey
- The Lotto-Domo bus paces Robbie McEwen up the Nufenenpass
- Sandy Casar (FDJeux.com) in action during stage 4
- Kim Kirchen raised his arms too early and was beaten by Sandy Casar (L) on the line
- Sandy Casar (FDJeux.com, L) gets it on the line while Kim Kirchen (R) can't believe he made such a stupid mistake
- Sandy Casar (FDJeux.com) moments after winning
- Sandy Casar (FDJeux.com) waves his bouquet from the podium
- Jan Ullrich (Bianchi) at the end of another hot day
- Alexandre Vinokourov (Telekom) is still happy to be in yellow
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) climbing the Nufenenpass
- Oscar Camenzind (Phonak) descends in front of Jan Ullrich (Bianchi) during stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse
- Sandy Casar (FDJeux.com, L) gets it on the line while Kim Kirchen's victory salute turned into one of defeat
Results
1 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 4.05.01 (40.772 km/h) 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 3 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 4 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 5 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 6 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 10 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 12 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Bianchi 13 Thierry Loder (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 14 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 15 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 16 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 17 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 18 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 19 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat 21 Julien Laidoun (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 22 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 23 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 26 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 28 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 30 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 31 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 32 Cédric Herve (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 35 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 36 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 37 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 38 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 39 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 40 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 41 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 42 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 43 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi 44 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Polsat 45 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Polsat 47 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 49 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 50 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 51 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 52 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 53 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 54 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 56 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 57 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 59 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Saeco 60 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 61 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 62 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 63 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 64 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi 65 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) FDJeux.com 66 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 67 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 68 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 69 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 70 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 71 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 72 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 73 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 74 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 75 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 76 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 77 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 78 Corey Sweet (Aus) Crédit Agricole 79 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 80 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Polsat 81 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 82 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 83 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 84 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 85 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Polsat 86 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 87 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 88 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 89 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 91 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 92 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 0.28 93 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.43 94 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.51 95 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 96 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 0.54 97 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 98 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 99 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 100 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 101 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 102 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.15 103 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.18 104 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Saeco 1.52 105 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 106 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 2.23 107 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 108 Sergei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 109 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC 110 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 15.53 111 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 112 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Bianchi 113 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Bianchi 114 Lauri Aus (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 115 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 116 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 117 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 118 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 119 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 22.00 120 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 121 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Palmans-Collstrop 27.17 122 Stéphane Berges (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 29.23 DNF Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Olivier Trastour (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance DNF Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC DNF Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Domina Vacanze-Elitr DNF Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNF Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo DNF Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Stefano Zanini (Ita) Team Saeco DNF Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI DNF Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI DNF Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Polsat Points 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 25 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 20 3 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 16 4 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 13 5 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 11 6 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10 7 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 9 8 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 9 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 7 10 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 11 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 5 12 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Bianchi 4 13 Thierry Loder (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 14 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 15 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 1 Mountains Nufenenpass - Cat. 0, 60.3 km 1 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 25 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 18 3 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Polsat 12 4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 5 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 6 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 4 Sementina - Cat. 4, 142.3 km 1 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 2 3 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 1 Postfinance sprints Cugnasco, 148.2 km 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 6 pts 2 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3 3 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1 Locarno, 158.5 km 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 6 pts 2 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3 3 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1 Feldschlosschen sprints Ritzingen, 36.7 km 1 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 3 3 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 12.15.03 2 Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 Team Telekom 4 Fassa Bortolo 5 Crédit Agricole 6 FDJeux.com 7 Team Bianchi 8 Palmans-Collstrop 9 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10 AG2r Prévoyance 11 Gerolsteiner 12 CCC-Polsat 13 Team CSC 14 Team Saeco 15 Lotto-Domo 16 Lampre 0.28 17 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 0.54 General classification after stage 4 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 17.41.30 2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 0.06 3 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 0.16 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 0.20 5 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.32 6 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.33 7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 0.34 8 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.36 9 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 10 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 0.37 11 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.38 12 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 0.41 13 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) CCC-Polsat 0.49 14 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.59 15 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Polsat 1.02 16 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 1.02 17 Thierry Loder (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 1.05 18 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.14 19 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Polsat 1.53 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.17 21 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 2.23 22 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.41 23 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.42 24 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.43 25 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.45 26 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2.45 27 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Polsat 2.47 28 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.51 29 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Polsat 3.05 30 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 3.12 31 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 3.16 32 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 3.34 33 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3.48 34 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 4.09 35 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.17 36 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi 4.28 37 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.33 38 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.36 39 Yohann Charpenteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.41 40 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Saeco 4.42 41 Christopher Jenner (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.44 42 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4.52 43 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 4.57 44 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 5.23 45 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 5.58 46 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6.10 47 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 9.56 48 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10.01 49 Franck Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 10.54 50 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Polsat 10.56 51 David Plaza (Spa) Team Bianchi 11.10 52 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 11.14 53 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 11.19 54 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 11.23 55 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 11.35 56 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 11.36 57 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 11.42 58 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 11.54 59 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 12.33 60 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.37 61 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 12.59 62 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Bianchi 13.09 63 Sergei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 13.38 64 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 14.07 65 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14.27 66 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 14.41 67 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.42 68 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14.58 69 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 70 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15.11 71 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 15.18 72 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 15.24 73 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 15.30 74 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.37 75 Cédric Herve (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.38 76 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 15.47 77 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 15.51 78 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.57 79 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 15.59 80 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16.02 81 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 16.13 82 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 16.25 83 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 16.26 84 Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 85 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16.36 86 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 17.05 87 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 18.17 88 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 18.29 89 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.35 90 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 18.49 91 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 19.02 92 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 19.05 93 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 21.30 94 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Bianchi 22.39 95 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 22.45 96 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 22.53 97 Domenico Passuello (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23.49 98 Régis Lhuiller (Fra) FDJeux.com 99 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 24.40 100 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team CSC 25.29 101 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 25.48 102 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 25.53 103 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 25.56 104 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 26.04 105 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27.07 106 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 27.51 107 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Saeco 28.39 108 Julien Laidoun (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 29.49 109 Corey Sweet (Aus) Crédit Agricole 30.48 110 Eddy Lembo (Fra) Palmans-Collstrop 32.06 111 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 35.33 112 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 38.46 113 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 38.55 114 Lauri Aus (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 41.20 115 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 41.55 116 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42.42 117 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 45.03 118 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 45.16 119 Stéphane Berges (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 45.55 120 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Bianchi 45.56 121 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Bianchi 46.08 122 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 46.41 Points classification 1 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 38 pts 2 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 35 3 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 33 4 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 32 5 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 31 6 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 25 7 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 24 8 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 22 9 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 20 10 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 15 12 Lauri Aus (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 15 13 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 14 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 15 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 11 16 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10 17 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 10 18 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 19 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 8 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 7 21 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 7 22 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 23 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Bianchi 7 24 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 25 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6 26 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 5 27 Thierry Loder (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 5 28 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Bianchi 5 29 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 5 30 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 5 31 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 32 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 4 33 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 34 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Bianchi 4 35 Erki Putsep (Est) AG2r Prévoyance 3 36 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 37 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Telekom 1 38 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1 Mountains classification 1 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 28 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 20 3 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 12 4 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Polsat 12 5 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 8 7 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 8 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 9 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 6 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4 12 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 4 13 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Telekom 3 14 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 3 15 Sergei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 3 16 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2 17 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 18 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 1 19 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 1 20 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Team Saeco 1 Postfinance sprints classification 1 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 18 pts 2 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 14 3 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 6 5 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance 6 6 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6 7 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team CSC 3 8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 3 9 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 3 10 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 3 11 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 3 12 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 1 13 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 1 14 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1 15 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1 16 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 1 17 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 1 Feldschlosschen sprints classification 1 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 7 pts 2 Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) FDJeux.com 6 3 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 6 4 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 3 6 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 3 7 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 9 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 10 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Saeco 1 11 Sergei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 1 Teams classification 1 Fassa Bortolo 53.05.29 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.29 3 CCC-Polsat 2.21 4 FDJeux.com 3.05 5 Team Telekom 3.59 6 Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.23 7 Team Saeco 7.05 8 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8.16 9 Gerolsteiner 10.11 10 Lampre 10.31 11 Palmans-Collstrop 12.13 12 Crédit Agricole 14.16 13 Team Bianchi 15.10 14 Team CSC 27.57 15 Lotto-Domo 29.57 16 AG2r Prévoyance 31.11 17 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 43.41
