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The 56th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - 2.HC
France, June 6-13, 2004
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Stage 7 - June 13: Grenoble - Grenoble, 200 km
O'Grady unstoppable!
Mayo seals Dauphiné success
By Chris Henry
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Stuart O'Grady has, at least for the moment, achieved something special. The Australian, who this season joined the French Cofidis team, has learned to climb without sacrificing any of his speed in the sprints. The result? Two stage victories in the Dauphiné Libéré, which is anything but a flat stage race. After a long attack with George Hincapie in stage 5, O'Grady was on the offensive again in the race's final stage, a potentially decisive stage around Grenoble featuring four categorised climbs.
"I'm very happy for a big day like this, and I owe a big thanks to the team," O'Grady commented after his victory Sunday. "Three times I've been second for the green jersey at the Tour de France, and this is good for the confidence with three weeks to go."
Buoyed by his stage 5 win and cracking race form, O'Grady decided to follow the attacks early, clearly unafraid of the climbs which lay ahead. Sandy Casar (FDJeux.com) was the first to make a serious move, sparking a break of six riders including O'Grady, Nicolas Reynaud (RAGT Semences-MG Rover), Pedro Horrillo (Quick.Step-Davitamon), Anthony Geslin (Brioches La Boulangère), and Dmitriy Muravyev (Crédit Agricole).
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The six worked perfectly together and as none represented a threat to the general classification, race leader Iban Mayo and his Euskaltel-Euskadi team were content to let them go. The gap quickly grew to nearly 13 minutes, all but assuring the stage victor would emerge from the lead group. O'Grady, wearing the green jersey of points leader, was the obvious danger man in the group, and none of the others would be too willing to drag him to the finish only to let him run away with the sprint.
Like clockwork, the group splintered as soon as it hit the final climb of the day, the Col de Sarcenas. Muravyev was the first to go, accelerating from the first position and opening up a decent gap. O'Grady himself took the responsibility to chase the Kazakh, and only Casar could follow. The two steadily pulled back Muravyev, who had no answer for their acceleration and could not hold the wheels as the duo pulled through.
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On their own to fight out the final climb, Casar and O'Grady rode steadily up the uneven slopes of the Sarcenas. O'Grady appeared the stronger of the two, but it was Casar who was the first to put in attack, knowing he had little chance against the Aussie if they crested the summit together. Casar steadily pulled away from O'Grady, but the time gap never topped 20 seconds. O'Grady never lost faith, and just as Casar gradually opened a gap, O'Grady steadily pulled it back, catching the Frenchman with just over 2km left to the summit.
Casar had no more attacks in the legs, and as O'Grady took the mountain points and began the plunge back to Grenoble, he was clearly back in control. Casar had trouble keeping pace on the fast, sweeping descent, and thanks to relentless pressure and a fair share of risk, O'Grady pulled away through every turn, out of the saddle and driving hard at every moment. By the time he hit flat ground and the finishing stretch in Grenoble, he had 19 seconds in hand. Just enough time to savour his second victory of the week and enjoy a job well done.
The group of yellow jersey Iban Mayo dwindled over the course of the day, but all of the top favourites remained in contact as Euskaltel-Euskadi assumed a steady tempo throughout the stage. Mayo's race lead was never in danger as Phonak was content to follow the wheels of the Basque team. The only riders to put in a counter attack behind the fragmented lead group were David Moncoutié (Cofidis) and Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank).
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Leipheimer dropped Moncoutié near the summit of the final climb but never gained more than a handful of seconds over Mayo and the rest. More a tough training ride than serious bid for an advance in the general classification, Leipheimer's move did show the American to be comfortable on the climb as he resisted capture by remaining fifty metres ahead of the Mayo group for several minutes.
Lance Armstrong was content to follow the wheels for the final day, which he did without any trouble, save for a brief disruption of his effort as he unexpectedly pulled his left foot out of his pedal. Hamilton was comfortable surrounded by three Phonak teammates but never attacked or sought to erase the 36 second defecit behind Mayo.
Next stop: Tour de France
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For the principal actors in the Dauphiné Libéré, particularly those tipped as the top favourites for the Tour de France general classification, the week-long race was the final major test before the "Grande Boucle" in France. Three points of reference were provided in the performances of Mayo, Armstrong, and Hamilton, while other riders like Oscar Sevilla and Juan Miguel Mercado showed solid condition well worthy of causing a Tour de France stir.
Iban Mayo came to the Dauphiné to win. After a hard-fought battle with Armstrong last year, when he put the American in difficulty but ultimately missed the final step of the podium, Mayo was intent on stamping his authority on this year's Dauphiné. That he did. With a victory in the prologue, a resounding triumph on the slopes of the Mont Ventoux, and nary a moment of weakness throughout the week, Mayo and his Euskaltel teammates achieved exactly what they aimed for.
"I like this race a lot," said a typically subdued Mayo before climbing the podium after the final stage. "This is a great victory. My biggest win is perhaps still at Alpe d'Huez in last year's Tour, but this is important too.
"Every rider likes to be in a yellow jersey, but I know that the Tour de France will be different. But for the moment I'm very happy with my race and this victory."
Lance Armstrong came to the Dauphiné to train and prepare for the Tour. The Dauphiné's two-time defending champion made it clear he did not want to dig too deep into his pre-Tour reserves and repeat the struggle against Mayo et. al. Even if Mayo expected the US Postal leader to come out fighting anyway, most realized Armstrong was firm in his intentions and would only focus on the two tests against the clock.
Third place behind Mayo and Hamilton in the prologue was acceptable. On Mont Ventoux, Armstrong's fifth place incited more speculation about his condition but by no means was worthy of great concern for his Tour de France potential. He expected to go faster up the mountain, but showed no sign of panic after losing so much time to Mayo. He finished the Dauphiné in fourth place in the classification, two minutes behind Mayo. The two minutes were lost in the time trials, but Armstrong showed no weakness during the climbing stages and even sprinted to finish the final stage first among the Mayo/Hamilton group.
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"It was an interesting week," Armstrong commented on French television Sunday. "It was a tough week. I didn't feel as good as I thought I would, but we also saw a super Iban Mayo, and a super Tyler Hamilton."
Armstrong conceded without hesitation that he still had work to do in training before the Tour de France, but the five-time winner remains as ever the man to beat this year as he has been the last four. And his rivals know this.
Hamilton too provided his own story. More than ever Hamilton is a contender for the Tour de France title this year, riding as sole leader for the Swiss Phonak team which in recent weeks has burst onto the scene with a number of riders in excellent condition. Hamilton took Armstrong's approach to the Dauphiné, testing himself in the two time trials but not concerning himself with his final place in the classification. The difference between the two was that the 'other' American came out ahead, finishing second overall just 36" behind Mayo. Hamilton was second in both time trials and turned out to be Mayo's greatest threat.
For these three, and many others, the stage is set for another exciting Tour de France. Armstrong could be facing more serious rivals than he has throughout his Tour de France reign, and the odds are against him as he tries to become the first man ever to win a sixth Tour. Arch rival Jan Ullrich may be returning to his best form once again, but Armstrong knows that he has more than just the German to worry about come July. "This will be the hardest Tour for me," he admitted.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) gets ready for battle
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) and Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) joke in the peloton
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) explaining his sprinting tactics to Iban Mayo
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) takes a breather
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) climbs during the final stage
- The peloton rides during the final stage of the Dauphine Libere
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) rides with Sandy Casar (FDJeux.com) on the final climb of the day. O'Grady dropped Casar on the descent and won the stage.
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) powers along during stage 7
- The final podium (L to R): Oscar Sevilla (3rd), Iban Mayo (1st) and Tyler Hamilton (2nd)
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) donned the final green points jersey
Images by Russell Standring/http://grenoblecycling.free.fr
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal p/b Berry Floor) makes his way to the start line in Grenoble
- José Azevedo (US Postal p/b Berry Floor) returns to the team bus after signing on
- Michele Bartoli (Team CSC) relaxes before the start in Grenoble
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal p/b Berry Floor) signs his book in Grenoble
- Australian Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) before the start in Grenoble
- The riders roll out from the start in Grenoble with race leader Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at the front
- Spaniard Iker Flores (Euskaltel-Euskadi) gets ready for a day at the front of the peleton
- The man with the sunglasses, George Hincapie (US Postal p/b Berry Floor) in Grenoble
- Winner of the 2004 Paris Nice, German Jörg Jaksche (Team CSC) in Grenoble
- Race leader Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) on his way to sign on in Grenoble
- Race leader Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) behind his team in Villard de Lans
- The peloton lead by the orange jerseys of the Euskaltel-Euskadi team in Villard de Lans
- Victor Hugo Pena (US Postal p/b Berry Floor) before the start in Grenoble
- This year's Dauphiné Libéré stage winner in Aubenas, Frenchman Nicolas Portal (Ag2R Prevoyance) in Grenoble
- Australian Michael Rogers (Quick.Step-Davitamon) in Grenoble
- Spaniard Oscar Sevilla (Phonak Hearing Systems) in Grenoble
- Climbing into Villard de Lans, the break is led by Sandy Casar (FDJeux.com) and includes the day's winner Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) on the left
Results
1 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5.21.40 (37.31 km/h) 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.19 3 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.14 4 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 5 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 4.53 6 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4.55 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 6.44 8 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 11 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 13 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 16 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 17 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6.52 20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.03 21 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 22 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 26 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 27 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 8.12 29 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 30 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 8.49 31 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 32 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 9.18 33 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 34 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 35 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 36 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 37 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 39 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 40 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 43 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 44 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 45 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.13 46 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 47 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 48 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 49 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 50 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 51 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 52 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 12.52 53 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 54 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 55 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 13.34 56 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 57 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 58 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 59 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 15.06 60 José Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 61 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 62 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 63 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 64 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 65 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 66 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 15.57 67 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 68 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 69 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.16 70 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole DNF Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone DNF Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC DNF Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC DNF Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com DNF Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com DNF Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere Points 1 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 20 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 17 3 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 15 4 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 13 5 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 11 6 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 9 8 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 9 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 6 11 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 12 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 13 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 14 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 15 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1 Mountains Col de L'Echarasson, km 76 1 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 20 pts 2 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 15 3 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 4 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10 5 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 8 6 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 6 7 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 8 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2 10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Col de Carri, km 86 1 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 5 pts 2 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 3 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 Col d'Herbouilly, km 113.5 1 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 20 pts 2 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 15 3 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 12 4 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 8 6 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6 7 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 8 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3 9 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 10 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Col de Sarcenas, km 185 1 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 30 pts 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 26 3 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 22 4 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 18 5 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 14 6 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 10 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 9 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 10 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 11 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 12 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1 Sprints Cognin-Les-Gorges, km 34.5 1 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6 pts 2 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 2 Saint-Jean-En-Royans, km 63 1 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6 pts 2 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 3 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2 Teams 1 Cofidis 16.21.02 2 FDJeux.com 1.47 3 Quick Step - Davitamon 1.59 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 4.10 5 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 5.29 6 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 Credit Agricole 5.48 8 Team CSC 8.11 9 Brioches La Boulangere 8.24 10 Rabobank 10.18 11 R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 12.38 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 14.11 Final general classification 1 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.27.15 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 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 3.33 9 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.58 10 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.02 11 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4.25 12 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 4.46 13 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.36 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 5.41 15 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 6.18 16 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.12 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 8.07 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 9.15 19 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10.41 20 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 10.50 21 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 11.09 22 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.30 23 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11.33 24 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) FDJeux.com 14.01 25 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 14.20 26 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.50 27 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 15.43 28 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 16.44 29 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 18.38 30 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 19.34 31 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 21.21 32 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 21.24 33 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 23.07 34 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 23.45 35 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 25.00 36 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.21 37 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 26.17 38 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 27.26 39 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 27.36 40 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 28.01 41 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 28.13 42 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 28.34 43 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 29.51 44 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 30.18 45 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 31.19 46 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 31.20 47 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 32.17 48 José Pecharroman (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 33.06 49 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34.01 50 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 37.15 51 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 37.47 52 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 37.54 53 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 38.18 54 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 38.19 55 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 38.49 56 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 40.35 57 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 41.41 58 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 42.40 59 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 44.47 60 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 47.18 61 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 47.57 62 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 48.02 63 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 50.41 64 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 51.03 65 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 51.08 66 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 52.26 67 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 52.31 68 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 54.10 69 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.13.53 70 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15.10 71 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.30.28 Points classification 1 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 111 pts 2 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 3 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 46 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 42 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 40 8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 9 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 32 10 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 31 11 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 13 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 28 14 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 28 15 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 27 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 27 17 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24 18 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23 19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 22 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 20 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 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 13 25 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 26 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 11 27 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 11 28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 11 29 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 30 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 11 31 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 32 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 33 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 9 34 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 9 35 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 8 36 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 37 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8 38 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 7 39 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7 40 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 5 41 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 5 42 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4 43 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 2 44 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 45 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank Mountains classification 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 99 pts 2 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 3 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 4 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 57 5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 54 6 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 53 7 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 8 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 49 9 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 45 10 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 41 11 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 40 12 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 38 13 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 15 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 34 16 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32 17 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28 18 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 27 19 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 23 20 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 22 21 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 22 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 23 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 24 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 15 25 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 14 26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 14 27 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 13 28 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 29 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 12 30 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 12 31 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 11 32 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 9 33 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 34 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 8 35 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8 36 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 6 37 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 38 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 39 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 40 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 1 41 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 42 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 43 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1 Combination classification 1 José Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 186 pts 2 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 165 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 163 4 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 159 5 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 110 6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 7 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 95 8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 81 9 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 10 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 75 11 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 73 12 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 68 13 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 60 14 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 60 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 57 16 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 55 17 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 51 18 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 19 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 51 20 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 50 21 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 36 22 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 35 23 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 35 24 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 33 25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 33 26 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 27 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 27 28 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24 29 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 20 30 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 19 31 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 19 32 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 17 33 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 34 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 15 35 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 36 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 8 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 88.22.12 2 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 2.47 3 Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.26 4 Quick Step - Davitamon 17.05 5 Credit Agricole 28.33 6 FDJeux.com 30.45 7 Cofidis 32.16 8 Team CSC 32.22 9 Rabobank 36.06 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 44.06 11 Brioches La Boulangere 53.51 12 R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.14.49
