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62nd Paris-Nice - 2.HC
France, March 7-14, 2004
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Stage 3 - March 9: La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin - Roanne, 227.5 km
Van Bon, c'est bon!
By Chris Henry
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Leon Van Bon (Lotto-Domo) won today's third stage in a two man sprint against Germany's Thomas Ziegler (Gerolsteiner). Van Bon, a crafty rider and former winner of the HEW Cyclassics World Cup race, forced the less experienced Ziegler to lead out the sprint, and despite a tough challenge from the young German, handily took the stage. The peloton was led in 25 seconds later by Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon), who won the field sprint ahead of Tour of Qatar winner Robert Hunter (Rabobank). Jörg Jaksche had no trouble holding onto his yellow jersey and the top half of the general classification changed little by day's end.
The cold weather continued Tuesday as the riders faced up to the longest stage of the race, 227 kilometres from La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin to Roanne. It was a somber morning for many after the damage done in yesterday's second stage. Perhaps as a result, the peloton started off quickly, eager to attack a new day as the route continued southeast. After just 31 kilometres, Van Bon and Ziegler broke clear of the peloton and steadily opened up an advantage over the bunch. Their lead topped out at 14'40" before the peloton decided to react, ensuring that if nothing else, the duo would spend the vast majority of the race out on their own.
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Van Bon and Ziegler each took one of the two bonus sprints available, while Ziegler was first over summits of the third category climbs of the Côte de Saint-Félix and Côte de Châtel-Montagne. Philippe Gilbert (FDJeux.com) claimed the remaining points for the two bonus sprints.
As the escapees climbed in the final portion of the parcours, the temperature dropped to freezing or below as snow coated the hillsides. The roads were clear, although the risk of freezing on the descent prompted some additional caution for both the break and the peloton.
As Van Bon and Ziegler toiled away on the final climb, the peloton began to close in rapidly, largely under the pressure of the Liberty Seguros and Crédit Agricole teams. Team CSC was the first to get the chase started on Jaksche's behalf, but was soon content to keep the yellow jersey out of trouble up front while leaving the real work to the other teams. Quick.Step also joined in the mix, with Richard Virenque doing turns on the long descent toward Roanne, hoping to bring the race together and offer a sprint finish to Tom Boonen.
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While the time gaps tumbled, the outlook began to look bleak for Van Bon and Ziegler, but after more than 150km in the lead, they weren't about to give up easily. As long descent got faster and more technical, the duo was able to stabilise the advantage, which had dropped to under two minutes with 20km remaining. Seemingly doomed, they plugged away and traded pulls flawlessly. By the time they reached the outskirts of Roanne, the gap was still a minute and the wind suddenly went out of the sails of the chasing peloton.
Knowing they suddenly were in with a real chance of victory, Van Bon and Ziegler dug deep and pressed home their lead as they entered closing kilometres. Into the finishing straight, enough time was in hand to play a little cat and mouse, and while Ziegler slowed and tried to prepare himself, Van Bon still managed to stick himself on the German's wheel, ready to pounce. Van Bon eventually knew his time was right and launched the sprint, initially powering by Ziegler but having to face up to a real challenge as Ziegler fought back to within barely a bike length. Ziegler's consolation prize for second place and a long day's work was the polka dot jersey of best climber, while Van Bon smiled and took home the flowers of the day.
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- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) suffers another day in the cold
- Leon Van Bon (Lotto-Domo) and Thomas Ziegler (Gerolsteiner) broke clear at kilometre 31 and never looked back
- Richard Virenque did his part to help the chase as the peloton huddled against the cold
- Team CSC kept race leader Jaksche out of trouble on the tour's longest stage
- Leon Van Bon and Thomas Ziegler worked together all day to hold off the field
- Leon Van Bon outsprints Thomas Ziegler to win stage 3 in Roanne
- Leon Van Bon on the winner's podium after stage 3
- Jörg Jaksche (Team CSC) held onto the race lead without difficulty
Results
1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 5.38.18 2 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.25 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 11 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 13 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 14 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 15 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 17 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 19 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 22 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 24 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 26 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 27 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 28 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 30 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 32 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 33 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 34 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 35 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 36 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 37 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 39 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 40 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 41 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 42 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 43 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 44 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 47 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 48 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 49 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 50 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 51 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 52 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 53 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 54 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 55 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 56 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 57 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 58 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 60 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 62 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 65 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 66 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 67 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 68 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 72 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 73 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 74 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 75 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 76 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 77 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 78 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 79 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 80 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 81 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 83 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 84 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 85 Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 86 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 87 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 88 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 89 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 90 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 91 Claus Michael M–ller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 92 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 93 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 94 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 95 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 96 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.42 97 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.50 98 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1.03 99 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 1.20 100 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.35 101 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 103 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 104 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.07 105 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 106 MichaÎl Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.12 107 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 108 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 109 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 110 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 111 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 112 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 113 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 114 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 115 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 116 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 117 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 118 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 119 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 120 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 121 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 122 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 123 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 124 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.26 125 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4.38 126 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 6.05 127 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 8.52 128 René J–rgensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 129 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 130 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 131 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 132 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 133 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 134 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 135 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 136 MickaÎl Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 10.05 137 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 138 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 139 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 140 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 141 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 142 Bruno Thibout (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 143 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 144 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 145 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 146 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 147 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 148 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 149 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 150 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 151 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 152 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 16.28 153 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 154 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 155 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 156 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 157 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 158 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 159 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 25.30 DNF Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team Points 1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 25 Pts 2 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 18 5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 16 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 15 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 14 8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 13 9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 11 11 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 9 13 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 14 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7 15 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 16 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 17 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 18 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 3 19 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 20 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Sprints Cerilly, km 76 1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 3 Pts 2 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 1 Loriges, km 141 1 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Pts 2 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 1 Mountains Côte de Saint-Félix - Cat. 3, km 154 1 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Pts 2 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2 3 MichaÎl Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 Côte de Châtel-Montagne - Cat. 3, km 181 1 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Pts 2 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2 3 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Best young rider 1 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.38.18 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.25 3 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 5 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 15 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 16 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 17 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 18 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 20 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 22 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 23 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 24 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 25 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.42 26 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 1.20 27 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.35 28 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.07 29 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 2.12 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 6.05 31 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.52 32 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 33 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 34 MickaÎl Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 10.05 35 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 36 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 38 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 39 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 16.28 40 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 25.30 Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 16.55.44 2 Rabobank 0.25 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Illes Balears-Banesto 5 Team CSC 6 Quick.Step-Davitamon 7 Ag2R Prevoyance 8 Fassa Bortolo 9 Brioches La Boulangere 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 11 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 12 T-Mobile Team 13 FDJeux.com 14 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 15 Alessio-Bianchi 16 Liberty Seguros 17 Credit Agricole 0.42 18 Lotto-Domo 1.47 19 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2.12 20 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover General classification after stage 3 1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 9.43.55 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 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 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 1.01 23 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 24 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.02 25 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.04 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1.05 27 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.10 28 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.52 29 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2.47 30 MichaÎl Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3.00 31 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.05 32 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5.19 33 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.31 34 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.37 35 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5.39 36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 37 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.41 38 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.42 39 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5.43 41 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 5.45 42 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 5.46 43 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 44 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 5.49 45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.54 46 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.55 47 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5.56 48 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 5.57 49 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 50 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.58 51 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6.00 52 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6.01 53 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 55 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.02 56 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 57 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 58 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.05 59 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6.06 60 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.07 61 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 62 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 6.08 63 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 64 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 65 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.15 66 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 67 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6.19 68 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 6.20 69 Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 70 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.21 71 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.24 72 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 73 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6.25 74 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.26 75 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 76 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 6.27 77 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 78 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 6.28 79 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 6.29 80 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6.31 81 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 82 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.33 83 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.34 84 Claus Michael M–ller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 85 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 86 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 87 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 88 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 6.36 89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.37 90 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 6.39 91 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.40 92 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 93 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.41 94 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 6.43 95 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.45 96 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.02 97 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7.14 98 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 99 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.17 100 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 7.20 101 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7.39 102 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.43 103 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 7.47 104 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 7.53 105 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8.00 106 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 8.02 107 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8.04 108 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 8.08 109 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 110 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.10 111 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 8.11 112 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 8.12 113 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8.14 114 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 8.38 115 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8.58 116 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 9.01 117 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.17 118 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 9.19 119 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.36 120 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 9.51 121 René J–rgensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 10.14 122 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 10.16 123 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 10.21 124 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 11.36 125 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 14.29 126 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 14.31 127 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.35 128 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 14.40 129 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 14.45 130 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 131 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.00 132 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 15.02 133 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 15.17 134 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 15.41 135 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.42 136 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 15.51 137 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.59 138 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 16.14 139 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 16.16 140 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 16.17 141 Bruno Thibout (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 16.24 142 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 16.30 143 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 144 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 16.32 145 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 16.33 146 MickaÎl Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 16.34 147 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 16.52 148 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 17.42 149 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 22.10 150 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.49 151 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 22.59 152 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.33 153 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 24.55 154 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 25.05 155 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 25.25 156 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 31.10 157 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 31.22 158 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 31.27 159 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 40.18 Points classification 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 40 Pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 37 3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 33 4 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 32 5 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 30 6 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 26 8 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 9 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 22 10 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 22 11 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 20 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 20 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 14 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 18 15 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 18 16 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 17 18 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 16 19 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16 20 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 16 21 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 14 23 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 14 24 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 13 25 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 12 26 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 27 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 11 29 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11 30 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 11 31 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 32 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 9 33 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 34 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 35 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 36 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 7 37 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 38 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 5 39 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 40 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 41 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 42 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3 43 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 44 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 3 45 René J–rgensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 3 46 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 2 47 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 48 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1 49 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Pts 2 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 16 3 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 4 4 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 4 5 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 2 6 MichaÎl Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2 7 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1 8 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Young rider classification 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9.44.27 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 F 0.13 5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 0.29 6 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.30 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.33 8 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.33 9 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.05 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.10 11 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 5.17 12 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.23 13 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance 5.29 14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5.35 15 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 5.48 16 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.52 17 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.54 18 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 5.56 19 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5.59 20 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.01 21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.02 22 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 6.07 23 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.08 24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.09 26 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 6.11 27 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 7.15 28 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 9.04 29 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 11.04 30 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 14.13 31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 32 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 14.30 33 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14.45 34 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 15.42 35 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 15.45 36 MickaÎl Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 16.02 37 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.01 38 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance 24.23 39 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 30.55 40 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 39.46 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 29.12.29 2 Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.09 3 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 4 Credit Agricole 1.55 5 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3.39 6 Rabobank 5.31 7 Gerolsteiner 5.40 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 5.51 9 Fassa Bortolo 6.00 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 15.18 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 19.37
