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HEW Cyclassics - CDM
Germany, August 3, 2003
Main Page Results Live report World Cup Standings
Bettini back into World Cup contention
Van Petegem sprints to save jersey
By Chris Henry
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For Italian national champion Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon), three weeks of aggressive riding in the Tour de France was time well spent. Today in Hamburg, Germany Bettini claimed his second World Cup victory of the season, following his emphatic win in the series opener, Milan-San Remo. The multi-talented Italian once again put his sprinting talents to use, beating a group of five worthy contenders who powered clear on the final ascent of the steep Waseberg.
"I'm happy!" Bettini exclaimed at the finish. "I wanted so much to win this race. I remembered how Johan Museeuw won last year, so I did the same thing and I started the sprint at 250 meters from the finish. Thanks to this victory I'm back in the race for the World Cup classification, which remains one of my season's objectives along with the World Championships."
Bettini, the strongest sprinter in the winning group of five, outmuscled Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Jan Ullrich (Bianchi) for the HEW title. He doubled his World Cup points tally, but crafty Belgian Peter Van Petegem (Lotto-Domo) picked up three points in the bunch sprint behind, just enough to conserve his leader's jersey after the series' sixth round.
Run over a largely flat parcours of 253 kilometres, the HEW Cyclassics Cup has the makings of a sprinter's classic, but three climbs of the Waseberg, with sections of up to 15% and a final ascent within just 15km to the finish, this year threw another kink in the sprinters' plans. With the peloton intact before the final climb of the Waseberg, the fight for position kept the speed high as the favourites had to be vigilant, watching each other and ready to pounce.
How it unfolded
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The first half of this year's race was marked by an early escape by two men, Stephane Auge (Crédit Agricole) and Roberto Lochowski (Team Wiesenhof). Auge attacked after only 5 kilometres, and was joined in time by Lochowski. Of no great concern to the peloton, the two quickly gained a gap and spent the better part of 200km in the lead. Their maximum advantage reached 16 minutes before they were reeled in, exhausted but satisfied with their effort, with just over 50km to race.
After the second climb of the Waseberg, with the peloton under the control of pressure and watchful eye of US Postal Service-Berry Floor and Saeco, riders began to look for opportunities to animate the race. Bettini, active all day, joined a move sparked by Postal's Matt White and George Hincapie, creating a split and forming a group including World Cup leader Van Petegem, Stefano Zanini (Saeco), Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner), Matthias Kessler (Telekom), Paolo Bossoni (Caldirola-SO.DI.), Andy Flickinger (Ag2R-Prévoyance), Bram De Groot (Rabobank), Cristian Moreni (Alessio), and Raphael Schweda (Bianchi).
The group gained an advantage of over 30 seconds before it began to self destruct, at which point Bettini once again forced the pace, this time with Hincapie for company. The two managed to stay clear and maintain their gap for several kilometres, but the pace was too high to stay clear. Cofidis' Jo Planckaert tried his own solo move not long after, but quickly realised that going it alone was futile.
The decisive moment was once again coming down to the final climb of the Waseberg, and Rabobank took control of the field to keep the group together, and keep team leader Michael Boogerd in position for the climb, as the peloton sped toward the climb at 60 km/h on the flats. The opening climb of the Grotiusweg did nothing to create a selection, as all eyes were on the Waseberg to come.
Erik Zabel was comfortably in front, alongside Telekom teammate Wesemann, but the German national champion wouldn't be there for long once the attacks began on the final climb. Caldirola sprinter Romans Vainsteins was among the unlucky ones, stranded on the side of the road with a mechanical problem and no team car in sight.
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Onto the steep slopes of the Waseberg, Saeco's Igor Astarloa jumped clear and began the climb alone, as Germany's Tour de France hero Jan Ullrich led the charge behind, ripping the group apart as he set an infernal pace up the climb, powering out of the saddle without turning around to see what damage he might have caused. Bettini managed to follow Ullrich's wheel, along with Astarloa's teammate Mirko Celestino, with Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) not far behind.
Over the summit of the climb, this group of five had moved clear, and despite less than perfect cooperation as they neared the finish, managed to hold off the peloton. Ullrich looked the strongest, and continually swung off the group to observe how his breakaway companions were looking for the finale. However, despite Ullrich's power, and the Saeco 1-2 of Astarloa and Celestino, it was Bettini who opened the final sprint and held his speed all the way to the line, beating Rebellin and Ullrich for top honours. The peloton by this point had closed to within several seconds of the break, and finished just behind, with Van Petegem safely in the front to snatch a few valuable World Cup points.
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Stephane Auge (Credit Agricole) and Roberto Lochowski (Team Wiesenhof) were away most of the day, but had little chance of going the distance
- Matt White and George Hincapie (USPS) lead the first serious break of the day
- Quick.Step celebrates: Tom Boonen (l), Paolo Bettini, Johan Museeuw
- Paolo Bettini raises a drink... to himself
- Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) basks in the glow of a second World Cup win for 2003
- The final podium (l to r): Jan Ullrich (3rd), Paolo Bettini, Davide Rebellin (2nd)
- Peter Van Petegem (Lotto-Domo) conserved his World Cup lead by three points
Images by AFP
- Big Norweigan powerhouse Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) contemplates the day ahead at the start in Hamburg.
- The peloton crosses Hamburg's Koehlbrand bridge.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) gets the better of Davide Rebellin (l) and Jan Ullrich
- Paolo Bettini started the sprint and nobody could match him
- Jan Ullrich (Team Bianchi) describes his race to reporters moments after crossing the line for third place.
- The podium - An effervescent Il Grillo, Paolo Bettini (C), stands tall on the podium, with second-placed Davide Rebellin (R) and Jan Ullrich (L) by his side.
- Petite Italians Paolo Bettini and Davide Rebellin share a laugh, while the imposing figure of Jan Ullrich smiles to a home crowd.
Images by Christine Grein/www.capture-the-peloton.com
- ibanesto.com's Aitor Osa listens to the tunes coming from his directeur-sportif.
- A contemplative Allan Bo Andresen (Team fakta).
- Signore Tafi to the changerooms - Andrea Tafi (CSC) really should think about getting changed soon rather than pose for the camera.
- Baby, Mama and Papa bear - Credit Agricole's boys come in all different sizes.
- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) was obviously still feeling the effects of a hard-fought Tour after pulling out of the race.
- Bernard Eisel (FDJeux.com) had an OK day, finishing in the second group of riders.
- Bradley McGee's (FDJeux.com) respiratory problems are yet to be solved.
- French champion Christophe Mengin (FDJeux.com) looking a little sleepy.
- Danilo Di Luca (Saeco) finished in the group behind winner Paolo Bettini.
- Davide Bramati (Quick Step-Davitamon) a happy chappy.
- You want me to do what? Francesco Casagrande (Lampre) unsure whether he wants to follow team orders today.
- George of the Jungle - George Hincapie (US Postal) likes hiding behind his deep-tinted Oakley shades.
- Igor Astarloa (Saeco) was one of the protagonists behind the winning break.
- Ivanov and Ivanov - Serguei Ivanov (Fassa Bortolo) and Ruslan Ivanov (Alessio) exchange a few words.
- Jimmy Engoulvent (Brioches La Boulangere) has the classic French look.
- Big smile from Jo Planckaert (Cofidis).
- Better stick to bike riding, Johan - Johan Museeuw (Quick Step-Davitamon) tries to pout like a model, but ends up looking like Robbie McEwen.
- Norweigan Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team fakta) had a good ride to finish in the peloton.
- Italian eyes - Marco Zanotti (Fassa Bortolo) gives the camera the Fabio eyes.
- Marcus Ljungqvist (Credit Agricole) beams a big smile.
- Irish champion for the second year in succession, Mark Scalon (Ag2R).
- Matt White (US Postal-Berry Floor) appears to be thinking about a hard day in the saddle.
- Max Van Heeswijk (US Postal-Berry Floor) looks very happy despite a fairly non-eventful season this year.
- Michael Barry (US Postal-Berry Floor) finished in the main peloton at HEW.
- Michele Bartoli (Fassa Bortolo) must be green with envy after the recent performances of his one-time lieutenant Paolo Bettini.
- Nico Eeckhout (Lotto-Domo) did not have a good ride today, failing to make it to the finish.
- Italian champion Paolo Bettini in his casual clothing.
- Servais Knaven (Quick Step-Davitamon) used his cunning to win at stage at the Centenary Tour.
- Thorsten Wilhelms (Team Bianchi) is yet to find his racing legs this season.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Davitamon) is just one of many stars in Patrick Lefevre's super team.
- Cunning Russian Viatcheslav Ekimov (US Postal-Berry Floor) just keeps getting better with age.
Results - 253.2 km
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 5.58.20 (42.396 km/h) 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 4 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Saeco 5 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 0.03 7 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 8 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 9 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Saeco 10 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 11 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.Com 13 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 15 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Credit Agricole 16 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 17 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 18 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Csc 20 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta 21 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 23 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 24 Michael Skelde (Den) Team fakta 25 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 26 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 27 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 29 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) iBanesto.com 30 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta 32 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 33 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 34 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Bianchi 35 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco 36 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 37 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 38 Marek Rutkiewicz (Pol) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 39 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 40 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 42 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 43 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta 44 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 45 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 47 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick Step-Davitamon 48 Michael Barry (Can) US Postal-Berry Floor 49 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 50 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 51 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 53 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Once-Eroski 55 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 56 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 57 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team Csc 58 René Joergensen (Den) Team fakta 59 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 60 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) iBanesto.com 61 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 63 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 64 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 65 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 66 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 67 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 68 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Team Csc 69 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 70 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Alessio 71 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 72 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Once-Eroski 73 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 74 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 76 Jan Hruska (Cze) Once-Eroski 77 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal-Berry Floor 78 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 79 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 80 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Bianchi 81 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 82 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 83 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 84 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 85 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 86 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal-Berry Floor 87 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 0.15 88 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 0.19 89 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 1.34 90 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.39 91 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Credit Agricole 92 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 93 Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 94 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.Com 95 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 97 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Once-Eroski 98 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.Com 99 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 100 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 101 Allan Davis (Aus) Once-Eroski 102 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Bianchi 103 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor 105 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Csc 106 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 107 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor 108 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta 109 Allan Johansen (Den) Team fakta 110 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 111 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 112 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 113 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 114 Eddy Ratti (Ita) Lampre 115 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 116 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 117 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.55 118 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 119 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 7.13 120 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 121 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 122 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 123 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 124 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 125 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 126 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 127 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 128 Jens Voigt (Ger) Credit Agricole 129 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Bianchi 130 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.Com 131 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 132 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 133 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 134 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 135 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre 136 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team Csc 137 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 138 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 139 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 140 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 9.20 141 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 13.55 142 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team Csc 143 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 144 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team Csc 145 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 146 Jon Odriozola Mugarza (Spa) iBanesto.com 147 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) iBanesto.com 148 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Once-Eroski 149 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) iBanesto.com 150 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di 151 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 152 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 153 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta 154 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 155 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Team Bianchi 14.01 156 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga (Spa) Once-Eroski 157 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 158 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team Csc 159 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon DNF Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner DNF Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco DNF Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo DNF Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom DNF Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Bianchi DNF Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Bianchi DNF Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-So.Di DNF Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-So.Di DNF Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal-Berry Floor DNF Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal-Berry Floor DNF Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone DNF Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo DNF Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Domo DNF Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Once-Eroski DNF Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.Com DNF Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Fdjeux.Com DNF Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNF Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNF Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNF Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof World Cup standings after round 6 1 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 203 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 200 3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 140 4 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Saeco 127 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 123 6 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 117 7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 100 8 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 92 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 86 10 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 83 11 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 79 12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Team Saeco 74 13 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry 74 14 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 74 15 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 72 16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 68 17 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 68 18 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 56 19 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 50 20 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 46 21 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Telekom 44 22 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 43 23 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 40 24 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 40 25 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 40 26 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 40 27 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Team CSC 36 28 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) iBanesto.com 36 29 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Fl 30 30 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 30 31 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 28 32 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 27 33 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Team Saeco 26 34 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 26 35 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 24 36 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Team Telekom 24 37 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 38 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 21 39 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 21 40 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 21 41 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 20 42 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 20 43 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 17 44 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 16 45 Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 46 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 47 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Alessio 15 48 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 15 49 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 14 50 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 51 Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13 52 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 13 53 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13 54 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 12 55 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 12 56 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 57 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 58 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 10 59 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 10 60 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 10 61 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 9 62 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) iBanesto.com 9 63 Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop 9 64 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 9 65 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 66 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 8 67 Julian Dean (NZl) Team CSC 7 68 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 7 69 Beat Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 7 70 Mario Aerts (Bel) Team Telekom 6 71 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Alessio 6 72 Stefan Kupfernagel (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 73 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 5 74 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4 75 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4 76 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 4 77 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 3 78 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal presented by Berry F 3 79 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Alessio 3 80 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 81 Michael Skelde (Den) Team fakta 2 82 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 2 83 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 2 84 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 85 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) iBanesto.com 1 86 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1 Not classified according to UCI Art 2.11.010 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 100 pts Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 24 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 11 David Etxebarria Alkorta (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta 6 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 Teams 1 Team Saeco 53 pts 2 Quick.Step-Davitamon 42 3 Fassa Bortolo 31 4 Alessio 31 5 Team Telekom 24 6 Rabobank 22 7 Gerolsteiner 20 8 FDJeux.com 20 9 Lampre 13 10 Brioches La Boulangère 8 11 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 8 12 Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 7 13 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 6 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 6 15 Team CSC 5 16 Lotto-Domo 5 17 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5 18 Crédit Agricole 4 19 iBanesto.com 2 20 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 2 21 AG2r Prévoyance 2 Not classified according to UCI Art 2.11.010 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 pts Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 7 Team fakta 6
