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The 56th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - 2.HC
France, June 6-13, 2004
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Stage 6 - June 12: Gap - Grenoble, 144 km
Chicken plays possum, wins stage solo
Mayo and Euskaltel orange crush in command
By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Grenoble
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After stomach cramps on Ventoux on Thursday ended his changes for a high GC finish in the 56th Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré, Danish climber Michael Rasmussen (1999 World MTB Champion) took it easy in yesterday's stage to Sisteron, losing 11'47" and dropping out of contention for the overall. But on today's penultimate stage, Rasmussen took a gamble and attacked from the start up the Col Bayard out of Gap, looking for a stage win.
"I had to make up for yesterday when I took it easy", explained the rail-thin Dane whose mountain bike nickname 'Chicken' is beginning to circulate in the road peloton. "Yesterday I made a tactical decision to take it easy and today it worked out."
Rasmussen's director sportif Erik Breukink told Cyclingnews that, "After Michael had problems on the Ventoux, he wasn't that interested in 9th on GC, so he took it easy yesterday to attack today. Yes, you can plan it, but to do it is another thing."
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Despite the daunting stage profile, a strong headwind and the loss of his break partner Ivan Basso (CSC) to a mechanical halfway to Grenoble, Chicken's possum game paid off with a big win today in Grenoble. "It was hard out front, with that strong headwind all day...but I was feeling good. The Luitel was tough, but it was tough for everybody and once I got eight minutes lead, they weren't gaining on me behind", smiled Rasmussen.
And Chicken had a double dip today, as his long break earned him enough KOM points to take over the polka-dot jersey of Best Climber in the Dauphiné Libéré.
Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and his team controlled the race well again, and as Rasmussen wasn't a big threat, the orange crush of Euskaltel-Euskadi were content to ride a hard tempo all day across the climbs of Isere. The much expected attacks on the long, hard climb of the Col du Luitel didn't really materialize, as Phonak was expected to attack Euskaltel. But when Tyler Hamilton crashed hard on a left hand bend on the descent of the Col de la Morte after 90km, it threw a monkey wrench in the Swiss team's plans. After the stage, Hamilton described his crash saying, "I had a lot of speed in the corners trying to pass a guys; I kinda did a Beloki."
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With torn side panel on his shorts, plenty of road rash and blood caked on the inside of his left forearm from his scraped left elbow. After a long hard 33 km chase down the rest of the Col de la Morte and up and over the Col du Luitel, Hamilton finally got back to the groupe Maillot Jaune in Uriage. "We were lucky Hamilton crashed," said Rabobank director Breukink, "since Phonak didn't attack."
With second place Tyler unable to set up his third place teammate Oscar Sevilla to attack Mayo on the Luitel, Euskaltel just rode hard tempo and didn't have to scramble on the way to Grenoble today.
Although he ended up riding 60km solo behind Rasmussen when his chain came off on the aptly named Col de la Morte, CSC's Ivan Basso wasn't too disappointed about finishing runner up. "Today was a test for me", explained Basso. "I felt good, but the Tour is still a long way away."
Australian Stuart O'Grady still has the Maillot Vert of points leader and Stuey remains optimistic. "Tomorrow is the last day," said the smiling Adelaide man, who is looking better and better as the main man for the TDF Maillot Vert if he can maintain his form for the Grande Boucle. Just behind O'Grady is Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com), who was the Maillot Vert in last year's Tour de France and with his Achilles tendon injury improving, isn't going to let Stuey get to Paris in Green without a fight.
How it unfolded
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The two escapees of the day, Rasmussen and Basso, wasted no time before beginning their day-long move. The duo quickly established a gap and despite a short-lived counter attack from Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole) and stage 3 winner Nicolas Portal (Ag2r-Prévoyance) they began to pile on the minutes as the peloton was content to let them go.
Basso took the first mountain points over the Col Bayard, as Le Mevel's team leader Christophe Moreau abandoned on the climb due to breathing problems. By the 30 kilometre mark, the break already had five minutes in hand before hitting the small Côte du Motty climb. Race leader Iban Mayo's Euskaltel-Euskadi team kept a steady tempo in the main bunch with US Postal Service always nearby, but Mayo's men weren't worried about the time gaps to the leaders, only watching the likes of Armstrong and Hamilton.
After Basso lost his chain it was up to Rasmussen to keep going, clearly feeling strong enough having decided not to wait for his companion who thus far had crossed each climb's summit in first position. With nine minutes on the peloton at the summit of the Col de la Morte, Rasmussen was well on his way to a fine stage win.
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A flurry of attacks from riders like Carlos Sastre, José Azevedo, and former race leader José Enrique Gutierrez did nothing to break the Euskaltel-led pack, nor did the moves threaten Chicken's escape. By the time the heads of state crossed the difficult Col du Luitel, however, the yellow jersey's group was down to just 22 riders, with all the major players were present.
Rasmussen continued his solo effort and cruised home for a deserved victory in Gap. Basso arrived in second place but having lost Chicken's wheel he slowed steadily, finishing 5'20 down on Rasmussen and with the yellow jersey group just 1'23 behind him. Mayo enjoyed a relatively stress-free day in yellow before the Dauphiné's final test around Grenoble on Sunday.
Stage 7 - June 13: Grenoble - Grenoble, 200 km
Sunday's final 200 km stage around Grenoble is no sprinters romp. After a flat first 60 km, the riders climb the Cat. 2 Col de l'Echarasson (1146m) followed by the Cat. 4 Col de Carri (1202m) and Cat. 2 Col d'Herbouilly (1374m) with its summit at km 112. Then there is a drop down into the valley before the final climbing obstacle of the Dauphiné is reached: the Cat. 1 Col de Sarcenas (1156m), a 10.5 km climb averaging 6.5%. The summit is at 15 km to go, so once again there will be a fast, downhill plunge into Grenoble to determine the winner of the 2004 Critérium du Dauphiné-Libéré.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) attacked at the start of the sixth stage
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) rides in the company of his teammates during stage 6
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) rides behind Tyler Hamilton and Iban Mayo
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) chats with CSC director Bjarne Riis
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) rides during stage 6
- Ivan Basso (CSC) leads Rasmussen during their escape
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) shows the marks of his crash in stage 6
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) and Lance Armstrong (USPS) neck and neck
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) en route to a big win
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) wins the sixth stage in Grenoble
Images by Russell Standring/grenoblecycling.free.fr
- Mikel Astarloza (Ag2R Prevoyance) riding alone on the Cote De Villeneuve d'Uriage
- A back group containing Eric Dekker (Rabobank) and the previous days winner, Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) above Uriage
- Italian Ivan Basso (Team CSC) riding to second place in Grenoble
- Laurent Dufaux (Quick.Step-Davitamon) and Jean-Cyril Robin (FDJeux.com) riding together on the Cote De Villeneuve d'Uriage
- Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole) with a kilometre left to ride to the Cote De Villeneuve d'Uriage
- Over 20 minutes behind Rasmussen - the final group in the race are lined out on the Cote De Villeneuve d'Uriage
- Up close with Benjamin Noval (US Postal) on the Cote De Villeneuve d'Uriage
- Nicolas Portal (Ag2R Prevoyance) leads his group on the Cote De Villeneuve d'Uriage
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) on his way to winning the stage in Grenoble
- Laurent Dufaux (Quick.Step-Davitamon) and Jean-Cyril Robin (FDJeux.com) ride under the wooded slopes of Chamrousse
- Kevin De Weert (Rabobank) and Santos Gonzalez (Phonak Hearing Systems) lead a back group on the Cote De Villeneuve d'Uriage
Results
1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4.04.44 (35.3 km/h) 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 5.20 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6.43 4 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 9 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 11 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 14 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 17 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 20 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 22 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10.44 24 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 11.33 26 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 27 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.40 28 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 29 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 30 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 16.09 31 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 32 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 34 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 35 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 36 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 37 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 38 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 39 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 40 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 42 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 44 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 18.52 45 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 21.26 46 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 47 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 48 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 49 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 50 José Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 52 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 53 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 54 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 55 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 56 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 57 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 58 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 22.16 59 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 60 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 62 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 63 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 64 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 65 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 66 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 67 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 68 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 69 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23.32 70 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 71 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 74 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 75 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 76 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 77 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 80 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 81 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 82 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com DNF Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone DNF Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover DNF Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover Points 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 17 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 15 4 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 10 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 9 8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 8 9 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7 10 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 6 11 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 12 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 4 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 3 14 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 16 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover -5 Mountains Col Bayard, km 6.5 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 20 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 15 3 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 12 4 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10 5 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 6 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 7 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 8 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 9 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 10 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 1 Cote Du Motty, km 37.5 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 5 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3 3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Cote De La Mure, km 63.5 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 7 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 5 3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 4 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 5 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1 Col De Malissol, km 71 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 5 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3 3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Col De La Morte, km 85.5 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 5 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 5 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Col Du Luitel, km 110.5 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 30 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 26 3 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 4 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 5 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 6 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 7 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 8 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 10 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 4 11 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 2 12 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Cote De Villeneuve D'Uriage, km 126.5 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 5 3 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 4 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 5 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Cote Des 4 Seigneurs, km 132 Seigneurs, km 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 5 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3 4 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 5 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Sprints Chauffayer, km 26 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 4 3 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 Uriage, km 122.5 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 4 3 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 12.34.21 2 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 Quick Step - Davitamon 4.50 5 Rabobank 8.00 6 Team CSC 8.03 7 Credit Agricole 11.54 8 Cofidis 13.27 9 FDJeux.com 19.33 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 21.35 11 R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 28.18 12 Brioches La Boulangere 29.26 General classification after stage 6 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.58.51 2 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.36 3 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.14 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 2.00 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.32 6 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.36 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2.39 8 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.43 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 3.33 10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.58 11 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 4.17 12 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4.25 13 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 4.46 14 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 4.59 15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5.33 16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 6.39 17 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.12 18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 19 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 7.56 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 8.16 21 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.02 22 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10.14 23 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 11.27 24 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12.14 25 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 13.13 26 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.31 27 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 14.39 28 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 16.33 29 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.00 30 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 17.52 31 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 17.53 32 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 18.50 33 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 18.52 34 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 20.12 35 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 20.33 36 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 20.45 37 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 21.11 38 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 22.11 39 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.47 40 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 23.01 41 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 23.43 42 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 24.07 43 José Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24.44 44 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.27 45 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 26.07 46 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 26.54 47 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 27.44 48 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 28.41 49 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 28.48 50 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 29.36 51 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 30.57 52 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 32.11 53 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.46 54 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 33.08 55 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 33.19 56 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 34.26 57 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 34.41 58 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 34.49 59 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 34.50 60 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 36.32 61 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 37.31 62 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 37.57 63 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 38.01 64 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 38.17 65 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 38.44 66 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 38.47 67 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 39.10 68 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 42.41 69 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 43.51 70 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 44.04 71 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 44.09 72 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 44.44 73 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 45.48 74 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 47.00 75 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 47.28 76 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 47.39 77 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 49.53 78 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 50.38 79 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52.21 80 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53.38 81 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.00.00 82 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.08.56 Points classification 1 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 79 pts 2 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 3 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 45 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 40 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 36 7 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 8 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 9 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 33 10 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 32 11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 31 12 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 14 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 28 15 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 28 16 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 27 17 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 26 18 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 25 19 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24 20 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 21 21 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 17 23 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 16 24 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 25 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 26 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 11 28 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 29 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 11 30 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 31 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10 32 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 9 33 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 9 34 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 8 35 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 36 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 37 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 38 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 7 39 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7 40 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7 41 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6 42 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 5 43 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 5 44 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 45 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4 46 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 3 47 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 2 48 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 49 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 1 50 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 51 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover -5 52 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank -5 Mountains classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 93 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 78 3 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 4 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 57 5 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 6 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 8 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 9 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 10 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34 11 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 29 13 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 14 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 27 15 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 23 16 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 22 17 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 18 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 19 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 15 20 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 14 21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 14 22 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 13 23 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 24 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 12 25 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 12 26 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10 27 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 9 28 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8 29 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 8 30 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8 31 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 32 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 6 33 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5 34 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 35 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 36 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 37 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 38 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 1 39 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 1 40 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 41 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1 42 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 1 Combination classification 1 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 167 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 156 3 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 148 4 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 103 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 7 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 87 8 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 86 9 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 81 10 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 65 13 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 55 14 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 15 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 50 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 49 17 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 41 18 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 36 19 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 36 20 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 35 21 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 34 22 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 23 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 24 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24 25 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 22 26 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 20 27 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 19 28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 19 29 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 17 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 16 31 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15 32 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 33 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 34 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 8 35 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 36 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 4 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 71.57.00 2 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1.28 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.07 4 Quick Step - Davitamon 19.16 5 Credit Agricole 26.55 6 Team CSC 28.21 7 Rabobank 29.58 8 FDJeux.com 33.08 9 Ag2R Prevoyance 34.05 10 Cofidis 36.26 11 Brioches La Boulangere 49.37 12 R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.06.21
