Recently on Cyclingnews.com |
 Mont Ventoux Photo ©: Sirotti |
62nd Paris-Nice - 2.HC
France, March 7-14, 2004
Main Page Stage details Live report Results Previous Stage Next Stage
Stage 2 - March 8: Chaville - Montargis, 166.5 km
Horillo wins ahead of GC shake up
Team CSC in control
By Chris Henry
|
What should have been a predictable sprinter's stage Monday turned into a race-defining day where the final general classification wasn't settled, but hopes for a high place overall all but evaporated for a number of favourites. Pedro Horillo (Quick.Step-Davitamon) used a powerful surge to foil a sprint finish in a select lead group of 36 riders, while Team CSC dominated the day keeping Jörg Jaksche in yellow and moving Bobby Julich to third overall and Jens Voigt to fifth. Jaksche said himself that almost every member of CSC's team could win Paris-Nice, and after a day of surprises, the entire team remains at the head of affairs. For Horillo, it was a day of satisfaction when hard work paid off.
"I realized in the Vuelta a Valenciana that I was capable of something like this," Horillo commented at the finish, receiving congratulatory pats on the back from his teammates who filtered in with the chasing groups. "Normally Tom Boonen would be our man for a stage like this, but since he didn't make it into the lead group I was able to play my own card."
With an undulating course in the Vallée Chevreuse, the peloton hit a series of five third category climbs in the first half of the race, animated by Latvian Raivis Belohvosciks of the Belgian Chocolade Jacques team. Belohvosciks went clear on his own after several failed efforts from other riders on the first climb. He quickly built a gap, and the peloton was for much of the day content to let him toil away on his own. He succeeded in taking the three points on offer at each of the remaining four summits, securing the early polka dot jersey for the race's best climber. All told, Belohvosciks spent nearly a hundred kilometres away before the race picked up and reeled him in.
|
A strong wind blew throughout the day and important time gaps opened up in the peloton as team leaders like Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) found themselves on the wrong end of the splits. Yellow jersey Jaksche was attentive up front, and with the help of his powerful CSC team he was able to turn the screw against several of his challengers. In fact, CSC succeeded in keeping its entire eight man team in the first group of 36, effectively launching a team time trial in the final 30 kilometres to put as much time as possible into the rivals who missed the cut. US Postal Service did well to place five riders in the lead, but 'dark horse' Floyd Landis was not among them. Jaksche's closest rival in the lead was Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), second in the opening time trial and now six seconds back, thanks to a two second time bonus picked up mid-race by the yellow jersey.
While time gaps tend to fall as the race charges to the finish in such a flat stage, the Team CSC juggernaut was too much for the twenty man chase group, which entered the finishing circuit in Montargis two minutes back but steadily lost ground in the heated finale. The main peloton eventually caught the chasers, but by the time the biggest group crossed the line, riders like Vinokourov, Leipheimer, Moncoutié, Brochard and Landis had all lost more than five minutes.
|
Attacks from Matthew Hayman (Rabobank) and Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) came to nothing in the closing kilometres as the lead group swirled around the circuit under the tight watch of CSC. US Postal's Ekimov mixed it at the front, as did Gerben Löwik and his Chocolade Jacques teammates, but until the final kilometre it was all CSC, all the time. Once the work was done and Jaksche's jersey was safe, CSC stepped aside as the opportunists in the group readied for a final sprint. It wasn't to be, however, as Horillo put in one enormous acceleration and powered his way to the line with a small but sufficient gap over the rest with 300 metres to go. In the saddle with his hands on the tops of the handlebars, he used pure power to reach the line rather than an outright sprint.
Heading into Tuesday's stage three, another 'predictable' stage, Jaksche holds six seconds over the in-form Rebellin, while Julich sits 18 seconds back. Rebellin holds the green points jersey, Belohvosciks is in polka dots, and Horillo's teammate Michael Rogers has assumed the lead in the young rider competition.
Photography
Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com
- Australian Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) wasn't the only sprinter who missed the split Monday
- Race leader Jörg Jaksche (Team CSC) lines up at the start next to teammate Jakob Piil
- And they're off! The first road stage of the 2004 Paris-Nice gets under way
- American Bobby Julich moved up to third overall after stage 1
Images by AFP Photo
- Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangère) shares a laugh in the fast-moving peloton
- David Millar (l) and Alexandre Vinokourov both missed the crucial split
- Michele Bartoli (Team CSC) rides alongside teammate and race leader Jörg Jaksche
- Jörg Jaksche and CSC blew the race apart on stage 2
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) finished in the lead group and held onto second place overall
- Pedro Horillo (Quick.Step-Davitamon) timed his attack to perfection to take the stage
- Pedro Horillo (Quick.Step-Davitamon) on the stage winner's podium
Images by Alain Quenderf
- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) rolls out
- Raivis Belohvosciks (Chocolade Jacques) thoroughly rugged-up against the morning chill
- Christophe Rinero (R.A.G.T. Semences) talks to the press before the start
- José Azevedo (US Postal) climbs out of the USPS mega-bus
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) gives a wry smile
- Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears-Banesto) looks like there's some early-season kilometres in those legs
- Oscar Pereiro Sio (Phonak) smiles despite the cold
- Walter Beneteau (Brioches la Boulangere) and Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) ready for the off
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) looks serious at the start of stage 2
- Franck Renier (Brioches la Boulangere) seeing the world through orange glasses
- Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto-Domo) looks confident at the start
- Aart Vierhouten (Lotto-Domo) rolls out to the start
- Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R) and Patrice Halgand check the day's route
- Didier Rous (Brioches la Boulangere) waits to start with team-mate Walter Beneteau and AG2R's Samuel Dumoulin
- David Millar (Cofidis) & Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) share a joke at the start
Results
1 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.47.55 2 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 5 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 9 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 15 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 16 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 17 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 18 René Jørgensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 19 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 24 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 25 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 26 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 28 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 29 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 30 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 31 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 32 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 33 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 34 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 35 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 36 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 0.17 37 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 5.15 38 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 39 Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 40 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 41 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 42 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 43 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 45 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 46 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 47 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 48 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 49 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 50 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 51 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 52 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 53 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 54 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 55 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 56 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 57 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 58 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 59 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 60 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 61 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 65 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 67 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 68 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 69 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 73 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 74 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 75 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 76 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 77 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 78 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 79 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 80 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 81 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 82 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 83 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 84 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 85 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 86 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 87 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 88 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 89 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 91 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 92 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 93 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 95 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 96 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 97 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 98 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 99 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 101 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 102 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 103 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 104 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 105 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 106 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 107 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 108 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 109 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 110 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 111 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 112 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 113 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 114 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 115 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 117 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 118 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 119 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 120 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 121 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 122 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 123 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 124 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 125 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 126 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 127 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 128 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 129 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 130 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 131 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 132 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 133 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 134 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 135 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 136 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 137 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 138 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 139 Bruno Thibout (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 140 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 141 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 142 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 143 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 144 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 145 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 146 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13.55 147 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 148 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 149 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 150 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 151 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 152 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 153 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 154 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 155 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 156 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 157 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 158 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 159 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 160 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere Points 1 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 pts 2 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 22 3 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 20 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 18 5 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 16 6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 15 7 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 14 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 13 9 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 12 10 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11 11 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 12 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 9 13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 14 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 7 15 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 6 16 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 17 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 18 René Jørgensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 3 19 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2 20 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints Maisse - 77.00 Km 1 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Chateau-Landon - 123.00 km 1 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 3 pts 2 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 2 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Mountains Côte de Chateaufort - Cat. 3, 10.00 km 1 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 2 3 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1 Côte de La Petite Beauce - Cat. 3, 43.00 km 1 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 pts 2 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1 Côte de Les Emondants - Cat. 3, 47.00 km 1 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 pts 2 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 Côte d' Orveau - Cat. 3, 62.00 km 1 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 pts 2 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2 3 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Côte de Bouvile - Cat. 3, 69.00 km 1 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 pts 2 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1 Best young rider 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 3.47.55 2 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 10 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.15 11 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 12 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 14 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 15 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 16 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 17 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 19 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 21 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 22 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 24 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 27 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 28 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 29 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 30 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 31 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 32 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 33 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 34 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 35 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 13.55 36 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 38 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 39 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 40 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere Teams 1 Team CSC 11.23.45 2 Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 Credit Agricole 5 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 6 Gerolsteiner 5.15 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Fassa Bortolo 9 Rabobank 10 Alessio-Bianchi 10.30 11 FDJeux.com 12 Lotto-Domo 13 Brioches La Boulangere 14 T-Mobile Team 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 15.45 16 Liberty Seguros 17 Illes Balears-Banesto 18 Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 20 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone General classification after stage 2 1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 4.05.12 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.06 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.18 4 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 0.22 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.25 7 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.31 8 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.32 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.34 11 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.37 12 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.41 13 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 0.45 14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.47 15 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.50 16 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 17 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 0.51 18 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.54 19 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 0.55 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.59 21 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.00 22 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 23 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.01 24 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.02 25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 1.03 26 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.04 27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.05 28 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.09 29 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.10 30 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1.13 31 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.23 32 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1.24 33 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1.39 34 René Jørgensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 1.47 35 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.49 36 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.52 37 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5.19 38 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5.30 39 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 40 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.31 41 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5.39 42 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 43 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.41 44 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.42 45 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5.43 47 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 5.45 48 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 5.46 49 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 50 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 5.48 51 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 5.49 52 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.54 53 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.55 54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 5.56 55 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 56 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 57 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 5.57 58 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.58 59 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 6.00 60 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 61 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6.01 62 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 64 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 65 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 66 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.02 67 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 68 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 69 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 70 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 6.03 71 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.04 72 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.05 73 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 6.06 74 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 75 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.07 76 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 77 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 78 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 6.08 79 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 80 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 81 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 82 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6.10 83 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 6.11 84 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.13 85 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 86 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 87 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 6.15 88 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 89 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 90 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6.17 91 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.18 92 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 93 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6.19 94 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 95 Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 6.20 96 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 6.21 97 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 98 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 99 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 6.24 100 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 101 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6.25 102 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.26 103 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 6.27 104 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 105 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 106 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.28 107 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 108 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 6.29 109 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.30 110 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6.31 111 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 112 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.33 113 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 6.34 114 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 115 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 116 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 117 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 118 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 119 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 6.36 120 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 121 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.37 122 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 123 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 124 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 6.39 125 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.40 126 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.41 127 Bruno Thibout (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 6.44 128 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.45 129 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.46 130 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 6.50 131 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 132 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 6.51 133 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.53 134 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 6.54 135 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 6.56 136 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.57 137 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.00 138 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.01 139 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.02 140 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 7.12 141 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7.14 142 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 143 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.15 144 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.30 145 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 7.32 146 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 14.31 147 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.35 148 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 14.45 149 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.53 150 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.00 151 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 15.02 152 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 15.07 153 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 15.13 154 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 15.15 155 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 15.17 156 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 15.18 157 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 15.19 158 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 15.24 159 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 15.25 160 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 15.45 Points classification 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 37 pts 2 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 33 3 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 25 5 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 22 6 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 22 7 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 22 8 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 20 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 18 10 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 18 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 12 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 16 13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 14 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 14 16 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 14 17 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 13 18 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 13 19 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 12 20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 21 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 22 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 23 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 7 24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 25 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 26 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 27 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5 28 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 29 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4 30 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3 31 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 32 René Jørgensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 3 33 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 3 34 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 2 35 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 16 pts 2 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 3 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 4 4 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 2 5 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1 6 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 Young rider classification 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.05.44 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.02 3 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.09 4 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 0.13 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.30 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 0.31 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.33 8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.37 9 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.51 10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.58 11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.10 12 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 5.16 13 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 5.17 14 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.23 15 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 5.24 16 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 5.28 17 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.29 18 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 5.31 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5.35 20 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.41 21 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.46 22 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 23 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.54 24 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.56 25 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 26 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5.59 27 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.01 28 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 6.02 29 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 6.05 31 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 6.07 32 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.08 33 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.09 34 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 6.22 35 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.21 36 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 14.30 37 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 14.41 38 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 14.43 39 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14.45 40 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14.52 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 12.16.20 2 Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.09 3 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 4 Credit Agricole 1.38 5 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.52 6 Rabobank 5.31 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 5.51 8 Fassa Bortolo 6.00 9 Gerolsteiner 6.05 10 T-Mobile Team 11.48 11 FDJeux.com 11.57 12 Brioches La Boulangere 12.20 13 Alessio-Bianchi 12.41 14 Lotto-Domo 13.56 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16.40 16 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 16.42 17 Illes Balears-Banesto 16.47 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 16.58 19 Liberty Seguros 17.03 20 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 17.50
