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62nd Paris-Nice - 2.HC
France, March 7-14, 2004
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Stage 7 - March 13: Digne-les-Bains - Cannes, 185.5 km
Twice is nicer for Vinokourov
Jaksche suffers setback within sight of Nice
By Jeff Jones
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Although he didn't come here to win the overall classification again, Alexandre Vinokourov's (T-Mobile) two stage wins in three days demonstrated that he has also not come to Paris-Nice just for the racing kilometres. Vino once again displayed his incredible power, attacking the lead group with 5 km to go to close a 25 second gap to Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel), who up until then had been in front on his own. The Kazakh caught and passed Sanchez with 2 km left to cross the line 18 seconds clear of the yellow jersey bunch, led home by Kim Kirchen.
"Even though I'm not here for the general classification, I wanted to try again to win a stage," Vinokourov said in the post-stage interview. "We're nearly where I live [in Monte Carlo]. The team worked hard, and in the finale, I rediscovered my legs. Alongside the sea was hard. I know the parcours, I often come here in December. When I attacked, I didn't know if I could recapture Sanchez. I said to myself I had to try, and when I saw the wind blowing fully from in front along the sea, I thought it was better for me. I caught him and attacked straight away. This is a very nice victory.
"I have a lot of respect for Jaksche. We were teammates in Telekom. He deserves his victory if he wins. He has made a lot of progression and his team is really very strong."
In the overall classification, Jörg Jaksche maintained his grip on the leader's jersey over Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), but not without cost. Jaksche lost three of his CSC teammates - Bartoli, Piil and Blaudzun - today and will have to defend his lead in tomorrow's tough finale with a greatly reduced squad. Whether the other teams will be able to take full advantage of this is unclear, as CSC showed no signs of cracking today.
How it unfolded
Today's 186 kilometres between Digne-les-Bains and Cannes was marked by a number of climbs, including three Cat. 4, one Cat. 2 and two Cat. 1 mountains. Although the feared wet weather didn't eventuate, it was still cold and windy. Erik Dekker made the first attack of the day at kilometre 0, and that prompted a series of early attacks and a fast start in general. But the peloton hung together for the first bonus sprint to be taken by fifth placed GC rider George Hincapie (USPS-Berry Floor), ahead of Frank Vandenbroucke (Fassa Bortolo) and the ever watchful Jörg Jaksche.
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More attacks and counter-attacks followed, but it wasn't until the base of the Cat. 1 Col d'Ayen (km 52) that the main break of the day was established. In it was Dekker, as well as Ińigo Landaluze (Euskaltel), David Moncoutié (Cofidis) and surprisingly, Jörg Jaksche and Davide Rebellin. This took the pressure off CSC and Gerolsteiner, forcing US Postal-Berry Floor to do much of the tempo making up the climb. Jaksche was fourth over the top, then dropped back to the peloton, leaving Dekker, Landaluze and Moncoutié out in front together.
The three steadily built up a lead that hit 3'50 at one stage, but with Landaluze less than seven minutes down on GC, the break wasn't allowed to get too far ahead. CSC, Fassa Bortolo and Gerolsteiner were doing most of the tempo work in the bunch, which stayed largely together over the Cat. 1 Col de Bourigaille (km 130). Shortly before the final climb of the Col du Tanneron, the breakaways were caught after 105 km of freedom.
As expected, the last climb was ridden flat out, with both GC riders and potential stage winners trying to gain an advantage. Dave Bruylandts (Jacques), Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile), Denis Menchov (Illes Balears), Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) and Frank Vandenbroucke (Fassa Bortolo) all made significant attacks, with the latter able to get away with 500m to the summit to open up a small gap. But VDB was caught and passed by Samuel Sanchez on the twisty, technical descent of the Col du Tanneron, which also saw one of the moto-riders crash. The pair were pursued by a group containing Jaksche and most of the other GC favourites, save for Hincapie who was chasing in a little group of his own, but eventually managed to get back on.
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Sanchez was too quick for Vandenbroucke and at the bottom of the descent he had 8 seconds lead over the Belgian and 16 seconds to the bunch. VDB had to give up the chase and was caught by Jaksche's group, while Sanchez persisted out in front on the final run into Cannes. But with five kilometres to go, shortly before the final left hand turn along the windy sea front, Alexandre Vinokourov launched a powerful acceleration. He wasn't a GC concern, so no-one immediately chased him and the Kazakh was gone.
Over the next three kilometres, Vinokourov mowed down the 0'25 gap to Sanchez along the sea front, catching and passing the luckless Basque with 2 km to go and riding to his second stage win. Sanchez was caught with 500m to go as Kim Kirchen took the sprint for second and the very impressive Jens Voigt was third.
The general classification barely changed today, which means that Jaksche is in the boxed seat to retain his yellow jersey in tomorrow's difficult final stage. The race starts and finishes in Nice and is run over two and a half laps of a climbing circuit, including the Cat. 1 Col d'Eze three times and the Cat. 2 Col de Châteauneuf twice.
Photography
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- Jorg Jaksche (CSC) and Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) attack on the Col d'Ayen, forcing US Postal to chase
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) during the seventh stage
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) grabs a drink during his attack
- Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) battles the headwind in the final 4 km
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) wins his second stage in three days in Cannes
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) savours another victory
- Jorg Jaksche (CSC) is still in yellow, with just one stage to go
Results
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 4.39.02 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 0.18 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 7 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 11 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 12 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 14 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 16 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 18 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 19 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 20 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 21 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 23 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 26 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 27 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 28 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 29 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 30 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 31 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 33 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 34 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 36 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.00 38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 39 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 40 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 41 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 42 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 43 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 45 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 46 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 47 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 48 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 49 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 50 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 6.31 52 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 55 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 56 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 57 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 58 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 59 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 60 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 61 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 62 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 63 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 64 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 65 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 8.22 66 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 67 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 68 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 70 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 71 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 72 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 73 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 74 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 75 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 8.53 76 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 77 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 78 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 79 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 80 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 81 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 83 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 84 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 12.40 85 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 15.07 86 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 87 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 88 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 90 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 91 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 92 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 16.48 93 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 18.28 94 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 95 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 96 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 97 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 98 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 99 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 26.57 100 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 101 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 102 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 103 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 104 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 105 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 106 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 107 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 108 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 109 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 110 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 112 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 114 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 115 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 116 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 117 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 118 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 119 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 120 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 121 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 27.03 DNF Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere DNF Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi DNF Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf DNF Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf DNF Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance DNF Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNF Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone DNF Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone DNF Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC DNF Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC DNS Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC Points 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 25 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 22 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 20 4 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 18 5 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16 6 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 15 7 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 14 8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 9 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 12 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 11 11 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 12 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 14 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 15 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 6 16 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 17 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 4 18 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 3 19 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2 20 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 1 Mountains Côte de la Bégude-Blanche - Cat. 3, 27.00 km 1 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 pts 2 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 2 3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Col d'Ayen - Cat. 1, 60.00 km 1 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 6 4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 4 5 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2 7 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Point Sublime - Cat. 3, 70.00 km 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Côte de Jabron - Cat. 3, 90.00 km 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 1 Col de Saint-Arnoux - Cat. 3, 118.00 km 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Col de Bourigaille - Cat. 1, 130.00 km 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 10 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8 3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 4 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 4 5 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 3 6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1 Col du Tanneron - Cat. 2, 165.00 km 1 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 7 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 2 5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Sprints Puimoisson, 30.00 km 1 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 3 pts 2 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 1 Montauroux, 148.00 km 1 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 pts 2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1 Best Young Rider 1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 4.39.20 2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 5 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 11 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.42 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 6.13 14 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 15 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 8.04 17 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 18 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.35 19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 21 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 22 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 23 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 24 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 14.49 25 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 18.10 26 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 27 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 28 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.39 29 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 30 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 26.45 Most combative rider 1 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi Teams 1 Gerolsteiner 13.58.00 2 Team CSC 3 Euskaltel-Euskadi 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 5 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 6 Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.42 7 Liberty Seguros 8 T-Mobile Team 5.55 9 Fassa Bortolo 6.13 10 Alessio-Bianchi 7.55 11 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 12 FDJeux.com 9.46 13 Credit Agricole 14 Lotto-Domo 11.28 15 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 14.17 16 Ag2R Prevoyance 14.48 17 Illes Balears-Banesto 14.49 18 Rabobank 16.39 19 Brioches La Boulangere 20 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 30.36 General classification after stage 7 1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 24.22.08 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.15 3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.43 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 0.46 6 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 0.57 7 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.01 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.09 9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.36 10 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.46 11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 1.53 12 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 3.00 13 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.02 14 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4.19 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 4.35 16 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.51 17 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 5.55 18 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.02 19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.08 20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 21 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 6.11 22 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6.25 23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 7.04 24 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.06 25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 7.07 26 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7.20 27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 7.22 28 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.27 29 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8.05 30 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.21 31 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.27 32 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8.39 33 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10.58 34 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.14 35 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 11.44 36 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 11.49 37 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13.26 38 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 13.31 39 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 13.48 40 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 15.08 41 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 15.11 42 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 15.53 43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 15.58 44 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 16.21 45 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 16.36 46 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 16.45 47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 16.57 48 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 18.37 49 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros 18.41 50 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 19.50 51 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 19.51 52 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19.54 53 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 20.05 54 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20.18 55 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 20.42 56 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 21.09 57 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 21.24 58 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 21.35 59 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 21.37 60 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24.24 61 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25.02 62 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.37 63 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 26.12 64 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 26.28 65 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 27.38 66 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 28.14 67 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 28.59 68 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 30.14 69 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 70 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 30.41 71 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 31.01 72 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 31.20 73 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner 32.04 74 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.19 75 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 32.39 76 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 33.39 77 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 34.07 78 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 34.43 79 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 35.23 80 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 35.28 81 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35.37 82 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 35.50 83 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 35.54 84 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 37.56 85 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 38.35 86 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 39.46 87 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 40.25 88 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 41.43 89 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.53 90 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 42.14 91 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43.54 92 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 44.33 93 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 44.43 94 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 44.47 95 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 44.54 96 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 45.49 97 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 45.50 98 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 46.47 99 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 47.43 100 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 47.53 101 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 49.30 102 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50.21 103 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole 50.25 104 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 53.40 105 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 54.05 106 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 54.15 107 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 54.55 108 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 55.38 109 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 55.46 110 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 59.24 111 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 59.27 112 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto 1.01.19 113 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.03.37 114 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.03.44 115 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.03.54 116 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.03.55 117 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.04.08 118 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.08.39 119 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12.11 120 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 1.15.39 121 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 1.27.56 Points classification 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 88 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 80 3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 74 4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 55 5 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 55 6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 55 7 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 50 8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 9 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 41 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 32 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 31 12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 30 13 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 26 15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 26 16 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 17 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 18 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 23 19 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 23 20 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 23 21 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 22 22 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 23 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 20 24 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 20 25 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 19 26 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19 27 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 18 28 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 18 29 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 30 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14 31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 14 32 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 33 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 34 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 11 35 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11 36 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 11 37 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 38 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 10 39 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 40 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 10 41 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 42 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9 43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 8 44 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 8 45 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 7 46 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 5 47 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 48 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5 49 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 50 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 51 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 52 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 3 53 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 54 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 2 55 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 56 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 48 pts 2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 30 3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 19 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 17 6 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 17 7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 8 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 10 9 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 9 10 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC 9 11 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 8 12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 7 13 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 6 14 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 15 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 16 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 17 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4 18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3 19 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 3 20 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 21 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 3 22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 23 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2 24 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2 25 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 26 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 27 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 2 28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 29 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 30 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 31 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1 32 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 33 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 1 Best Young Rider classification 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24.23.17 2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.27 3 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo 1.51 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 3.26 5 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.42 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 4.59 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto 5.58 8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.56 9 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9.49 10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 12.39 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 13.59 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 17.28 13 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 18.42 14 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19.09 15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.28 16 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole 25.03 17 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com 27.50 18 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 29.05 19 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 30.11 20 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo 32.30 21 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 34.14 22 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 38.37 23 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance 41.05 24 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto 43.34 25 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 44.41 26 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 46.34 27 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole 46.44 28 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 58.15 29 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.02.46 30 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.11.02 31 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 1.26.47 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 73.08.14 2 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 1.20 3 Quick.Step-Davitamon 7.05 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 9.19 5 Gerolsteiner 13.26 6 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 17.27 7 Fassa Bortolo 17.33 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.49 9 Liberty Seguros 23.26 10 Credit Agricole 29.45 11 T-Mobile Team 31.05 12 Illes Balears-Banesto 36.55 13 Alessio-Bianchi 37.35 14 FDJeux.com 41.02 15 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 46.40 16 Rabobank 50.11 17 Lotto-Domo 58.32 18 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.01.08 19 Brioches La Boulangere 1.01.59 20 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.30.00
