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The 56th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - 2.HC
France, June 6-13, 2004
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Stage 1 - June 7: Megève - Bron, 231 km
Thor strikes like lightning in Lyon
Dauphiné leader Mayo tranquillo
By Tim Maloney in Bron
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On a hot and windless June Monday, Norwegian Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) threw down his lightning bolt sprint on Ave. François Mitterand in Bron to take the win in Stage 1 of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in front of Australian Stuey O'Grady (Cofidis) and Sammy Dumoulin (Ag2r), with Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) in 4th and rapid Rabobanker Oscar Freire 5th.
Nordic powerhouse Hushovd has been winning almost everything in sight this season in France and leads the Coupe de France competition. Hushovd told Cyclingnews after the stage that "I'm happy that I won today and especially my boss (Credit Agricole director Roger Legeay) is happy."
With the departure of O'Grady from Credit Agricole this season, Hushovd has gotten a promotion and is now co-leader with Christophe Moreau, a situation that makes the 26 year old Norwegian feel positive with the Tour De France in sight. "I'm making more progress every year as all the hard training I'm doing every winter is paying off for me", said Hushovd. "At the Tour, I know Petacchi and Boonen are really fast, but I'm still working hard on my sprinting and I think on a good day, I can beat them."
A dejected Jimmy Casper (Cofidis) remained philosophical after being caught with 2 km to go after being away solo for 175 km, then spending the last 50 km in a two-up effort with Christophe Laurent (R.A.G.T. Semences) who bridged across to the Cofidis man near Champtel with 50 km to race. "When we got caught, I was pretty disappointed. I thought we were going to make it...we almost made it," said Casper. But Casper learned the hard way that the sprinters trains were riding in the final today when he and Laurent were caught with the 1 km flamme rouge in sight, and will have to console himself with taking the blue sprinter's jersey from Pereiro thanks to his long break today.
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Although he was quiet today, Rabobank's Erik Dekker always has an interesting and informed take on the day's race. Dekker told Cyclingnews that "it was a really controlled but long and easy stage today...it was hot, too. I'm feeling OK and my form is good for now. At the Tour I'll certainly try to win a stage but I know how difficult it will be. I'm also looking past the Tour to the World Cup classics and the Olympics. I've been to Athens this winter and I like the parcours, but it will also be good for a lot of guys."
How it unfolded
After 4km on the long downhill from Megeve, to Sallanches, Jimmy "Friendly Ghost" Casper (Cofidis) got bored with riding along with his fellow pro's in the Dauphiné Libéré peloton and disappeared up the road. No one seemed to notice and in ectoplasmic fashion, the muscular little sprinter suddenly, inexplicably became a courageous breakaway rider on the Dauphiné Libéré's longest day. Perhaps Casper had an existential crisis after reading an Albert Camus comic book and switched personalities with his putative twin brother Samuel Dumoulin. No matter, because the DL peloton simply wasn't concerned with Casper and his lead hit 17'00 at the feed zone in Ruffieux after 120km and with 110km to go.
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After the peloton ate lunch a quarter of an hour after the passing of the ghostly Casper, a chase tempo began under the impulsion of FDJeux.com, who were not about to let their former teammate Casper ride into Bron a stage winner. With 80 km to go, Casper was at 11'00, and at the sprint in Morestel his lead had dropped again to 5'00. After five hours solo across the hinterlands of Haut-Savoie towards the urban sprawl of Lyon, Casper was beginning to tire and the FDJeux.com and Phonak led peloton was beginning to smell fresh ghost meat up the road.
As the gap fell to less than 1'00 with 55km to go after the sprint in Morestel, Christophe Laurent (R.A.G.T. Semences) attacked and bridged across to Casper and suddenly there was a front duo with 50 km to go. This move seemed to confuse the chasing peloton for a while and the duo got their lead back up to 3'00. But the sprinters teams, led by FDJeux.com, Cofidis and Credit Agricole were still enticed by the lure of a stage win and continued to crank up the pace behind. Casper and Laurent came back with 2 km to go, and with wins in both of the day's sprints in Sallenove and Morestel, Casper had done his ghostly duty and captured enough points to take over the Maillot Bleu of Best Sprinter. Both Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré leader Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and 2003 DL champ Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) finished in the peloton.
Stage 2 - June 9: Bron (Lyon)-St. Etienne 181 km
Tuesday's Stage 2 isn't that long, but with the heat hovering at the 30 degree celsius mark and some hard climbing, the DL peloton likely won't arrive in St.Etienne, the former French capital of bicycle manufacturing, all together as in Bron the day before. The final ascent from the Rhône River valley up the Cote de Saint-Desirat (Cat.4) after 131 km, Col de Fayet (Cat.4) after 145 km and Col de la Croix de Chabouret (Cat.2, 1201m) at 165km is followed by the fast, steep descent of Rochetaille before the traditional finish on Cours Fauriel.
Climbs
Cote de Marnans (Cat.4) 70km
Cote du Chateauneuf-sur-Galure (Cat.4) 101km
Cote de Saint-Desirat (Cat.4) 131km
Col de Fayet (Cat.4) 145km
Col de la Croix de Chabouret (Cat.2-1201m) 165km
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Lance Armstrong (L) and Iban Mayo (R) share a joke at the start
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) ready to roll
- The peloton fly down a descent during stage 1
- Jimmy Casper (Cofidis) during his loooooong solo effort
- Euskaltel-Euskadi leads the peloton during stage 1 of the Dauphine
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) looking cool, calm and collected
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) rides during the first stage of the Dauphine
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) well protected by his teammates
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) in the mountains jersey during stage 1
- Thor Hushovd (L) beats Stuart O'Grady (R) to win stage 1
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) on the podium after retaining the yellow jersey
Images by www.velofotopro.fr.st
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal/Berry Floor) in a very chirpy mood at the start in Megève.
- Ex-team-mates, but still buddies - Lance Armstrong and Tyler Hamilton share a laugh.
- Maillot jaune Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) is the star attraction with the youngsters.
- Aussies Baden Cooke and Michael Rogers kick back at the Village Départ.
- Oscar Sevilla (Phonak) catches up on the daily news.
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal/Berry Floor) and Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) will be fighting for an even bigger prize come July.
Results
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 6.03.47 2 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 5 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 12 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 13 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 15 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 17 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 22 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 25 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 26 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 27 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 29 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 30 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 31 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 33 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 34 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 36 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 37 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 38 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 39 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 40 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 41 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 42 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 43 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 44 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 47 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 48 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 49 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 50 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 51 José Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 52 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 53 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 54 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 55 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 56 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 57 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 58 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 59 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 60 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 61 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 62 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 64 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 65 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 66 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 67 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 68 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 69 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 70 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 72 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 73 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 74 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 75 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 76 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 77 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 78 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 79 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 80 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 81 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 82 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 83 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 85 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 86 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.17 87 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.30 88 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.33 89 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.39 90 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 0.41 91 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 0.44 92 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.58 93 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 94 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.00 95 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3.42 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 20 pts 2 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 17 3 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 15 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 13 5 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 11 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10 7 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 9 8 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 9 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 12 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4 13 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 3 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 2 15 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains Cote Des Fleuries, km 56 1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5 3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 4 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 5 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 Cote De Peyzieu, km 152 1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Sprints Sallenove, km 90.5 1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6 pts 2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 3 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 Morestel, km 171.5 1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6 pts 2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 4 3 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 Teams 1 Brioches La Boulangere 18.11.21 2 Ag2R Prevoyance 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Quick Step - Davitamon 5 Rabobank 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Credit Agricole 8 Fdjeux.Com 9 Us Postal Presented By Berry Floor 10 R.A.G.T. Semences - Mg Rover 11 Cofidis 12 Team Csc General classification after stage 1 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.11.38 2 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.01 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 0.02 4 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.06 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.08 8 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.09 9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.10 10 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 11 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 0.12 13 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 0.13 14 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 15 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 16 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.14 17 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 0.19 19 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.20 20 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 22 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.22 23 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 24 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.23 25 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 26 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.24 27 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 29 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole 30 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 31 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.27 33 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.29 34 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 35 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 0.31 36 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.32 37 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 0.33 38 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 39 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.34 40 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 0.35 41 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 42 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.36 44 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.37 45 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.38 46 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 47 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.39 48 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.40 49 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 50 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 51 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.41 52 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 53 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 0.43 54 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 56 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.44 57 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 58 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 59 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.45 60 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 61 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 62 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 0.46 63 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 0.47 65 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 66 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 0.50 67 José Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.52 68 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.53 69 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.54 70 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 71 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 72 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 0.55 73 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 0.56 74 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 75 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 76 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.57 77 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.58 78 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 79 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 1.00 80 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.01 81 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.06 83 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 84 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.07 85 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.09 86 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.10 87 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.12 88 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.18 89 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.19 90 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1.23 91 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.33 92 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.37 93 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.39 94 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.08 95 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4.26 Points classification 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 20 3 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 4 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 17 5 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 17 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 15 7 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 8 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 9 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 15 10 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 13 11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 12 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 13 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 11 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 15 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10 16 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 17 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 18 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 19 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7 20 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 7 21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 6 22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 23 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 24 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4 25 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 3 26 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 2 27 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 28 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 29 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Mountains classification 1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 12 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 3 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 3 6 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 7 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 18.35.04 2 Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.28 3 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 4 Cofidis 0.38 5 Rabobank 0.40 6 Quick Step - Davitamon 0.54 7 Credit Agricole 0.56 8 Brioches La Boulangere 0.57 9 Team CSC 0.58 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.01 11 FDJeux.com 1.11 12 R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.44
