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62nd Paris-Nice - 2.HC

France, March 7-14, 2004

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Stage 8 - March 14: Nice - Nice, 144 km

Jaksche has arrived!

Vinokourov takes third stage win

By Chris Henry

Allez Jörg!
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Germany's Jörg Jaksche (Team CSC) has confirmed his promise as a winner of big races with overall victory in the 62nd edition of Paris-Nice. Jaksche won in grand style, earning the first yellow jersey after winning the opening stage time trial and not just defending his lead but riding aggressively to take precious seconds and keep his closest rivals against the ropes at all times. Jaksche beat Italian Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) by 15 seconds with his teammates Bobby Julich and Jens Voigt following in third and fourth. George Hincapie of US Postal Service put in a fine performance of his own to place fifth overall.

"I didn't come to Paris-Nice as the designated leader," said an always-modest Jaksche after the final victory was his. "This is an important race, and I think I've moved to a new level."

Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile)
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Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) won his third stage in four days on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, outsprinting breakaway companion Denis Menchov (Illes Balears-Banesto), himself a stage winner two days ago in Gap. Vinokourov was one of several contenders for the overall classification knocked out of the running by the Team CSC juggernaut on stage 2, but the feisty Kazakh rode himself into better condition as the week went on and showed once again his knack for big performances in Paris-Nice.

"I found my legs as the week went on," Vinokourov told French television after his stage victory Sunday. "The strongest rider is the one who wins the overall, but still I won three stages and this is a magnificent result."

How it unfolded

Most riders are quick to say that their own personal victory is also a victory for the team. This year's Paris-Nice provided an extraordinary example of just how important a strong can be for the success of its leader. Despite losing three members to injury the day before, Jaksche's CSC team appeared as strong on the race's final day as it did when the entire eight man formation blew the race apart in the tough winds of stage 2. Jaksche's compatriot Jens Voigt did the work of three men at the head of the peloton, while Ivan Basso, Frank Schleck and Bobby Julich all kept the race under perfect control for the yellow jersey.

Julich and VDB
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Davide Rebellin, Jaksche's closest competitor at 15", found himself powerless against the yellow jersey's guards. Although a play for the overall victory was Rebellin's to make, a single attack told him his hopes were slim to none.

"I tried to attack once, but I saw that Jaksche had his whole team with him," Rebellin explained. "I had hoped finish high in the general classification or win a stage. For me this is a good result, and I hope to do well in the classics and the World Cup."

Frank Vandenbroucke (Fassa Bortolo) was more aggressive in the closing stages, attacking strongly but still unable to crack Jaksche and CSC. Today Vandenbroucke went on the attack early but faced with third place overall Bobby Julich for company, he knew it was fruitless to persist. By the time CSC had delivered Jaksche to the final climb of the Col d'Eze, the race was effectively won.

The key move of the race came on the final trip up the Col de Châteauneuf, as Vinokourov and Thorsten Hiekmann (T-Mobile, Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank), Benoît Poilvet (Crédit Agricole), Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros), Tyler Hamilton (Phonak), Aitor Osa and Denis Menchov (Illes Balears), Gorka Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and David Moncoutié (Cofidis) put a decisive gap between themselves and the main peloton of the yellow jersey. The leaders worked very well together and were spurred on largely by the Illes Balears and T-Mobile duos.

Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner)
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Americans Leipheimer and Hamilton each rode a good race Sunday to making the selection. Leipheimer bridged to the leaders by himself as the split was being made on the Châteauneuf and Hamilton, who spent additional time out front earlier in the stage in a break of five, clawed his way back to the leaders after several accelerations at the front put him in difficulty.

King of the mountains Aitor Osa set a furious tempo as the final climb of the Col d'Eze began, setting up teammate Menchov for an eventual showdown with Vinokourov, who himself tried some small attacks but preferred to test the waters before going for gold. Menchov tried a first attack but Leipheimer and Vinokourov were quick to catch his wheel, with Contador coming up behind with Moncoutié digging deep. Once he was caught, Menchov kicked again, and this time only Vinokourov had the answer.

As the two opened a small gap, Vinokourov committed himself and counter-attacked with full force, dropping Menchov and the rest. It took some time, but Menchov slowly pulled himself up to Vinokourov with just under a kilometre to the summit of the Col d'Eze. The gap to the others was set, and the pair began the sweeping plunge back to Nice with 15" over Contador and the rest of the break spread out behind.

Denis Menchov (Illes Balears)
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Vinokourov and Menchov traded pulls on the wide, fast descent and steadily opened their advantage to 30 seconds, then 45, and ultimately over a minute as the chasing riders began to resign themselves to a fight for third place. By the time the two leaders reached Nice and the Promenade des Anglais, the deed was done. With more than a minute in hand, Vinokourov ducked behind Menchov as they hit the red kite with 1km to go. Their pace steadily slowed as both prepared for a tricky, tactical two man sprint.

Around the final U-turn Vinokourov still sat behind, but as they hit the headwind of the final stretch, the powerful T-Mobile rider moved alongside and ultimately launched the sprint from the front position, powering all the way to the line with a tired and hapless Menchov unable to even move up alongside in the sprint. The rest of the break straggled home as Vinokourov's teammate Hiekmann took an uncontested jump to claim third place. Jaksche punched the air in the main peloton as he slid across the line two minutes later. Jaksche spent seven days in the yellow jersey, but this was the day that mattered.

Photography

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Results

1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                 3.35.43 (40.05 km/h)
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                       
3 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        1.37
4 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      1.48
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                                  
6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                          
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                          
8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                     
9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      2.10
10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                                
11 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                         
12 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                             
14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                         
15 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                      
17 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                                   
18 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                                  
19 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                                      
20 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
21 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                                    
22 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                           
23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                              
24 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                        
25 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   
26 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                    
27 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                     
28 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                                 
29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                  
30 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor               
31 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                    
32 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                   
33 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                        
34 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                      
35 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                                      
36 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                   
37 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                             
38 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                    
39 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                           
40 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                  
41 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                          
42 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
43 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                        
44 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                  
45 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                    2.18
46 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                         3.48
47 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                                
48 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                            
49 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                      
50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                      
51 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                           
52 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                          
53 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                               
54 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                                
55 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor             
56 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                                   
57 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                         
58 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                
59 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                     4.16
60 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        6.21
61 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                      
62 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                 6.24
63 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                          
64 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                     
65 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
66 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
67 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                           
68 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                                   8.45
69 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                          14.14
70 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                               
71 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                            
72 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                       
73 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                                         
74 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                             
75 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                                   
76 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                                
77 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                             
78 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                            
79 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                            
80 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo         
81 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     16.07
82 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                       18.54
83 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   22.45
84 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              
85 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                             26.23
DNF Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             
DNF Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                             
DNF Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                          
DNF Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                                            
DNF Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                               
DNF Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                         
DNF Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                                         
DNF Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                            
DNF Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                         
DNF Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                          
DNF Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                               
DNF Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
DNF Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
DNF Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com                                               
DNF Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com                                             
DNF Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                                               
DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                     
DNF Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                 
DNF David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor              
DNF Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor             
DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                                  
DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                                  
DNF Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                
DNF Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                               
DNF Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                              
DNF Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                            
DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                                 
DNF Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                  
DNF Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                      
DNF Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                       
DNF Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                       
DNF Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                    
DNF Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                    
DNF Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto                                  
DNF Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                                 
DNF Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
 
Points
 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                      25 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                     22
3 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          20
4 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        18
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                                16
6 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                        15
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        14
8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   13
9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        12
10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                              11
11 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                       10
12 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          9
13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                            8
14 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                        7
15 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                    6
16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                     5
17 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                                  4
18 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                                 3
19 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                                     2
20 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   1
 
Mountains
 
Col d'Eze - Cat. 1, 8.00 km

1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                         10 pts
2 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                        8
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                                    6
4 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                           4
5 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                            3
6 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                    2
7 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                                1
 
Col de Châteauneuf - Cat. 2, 40.00 km
 
1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                          7 pts
2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                            5
3 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                           3
4 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                    2
5 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                                1
 
Col d'Eze - Cat. 1, 68.00 km
 
1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                         10 pts
2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                            8
3 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                    6
4 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                           4
5 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                                3
6 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                           2
7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                                    1
 
Col de Châteauneuf - Cat. 2, 100.00 km
 
1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                          7 pts
2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                         5
3 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                    3
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                       2
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                                 1
 
Col d'Eze - Cat. 1, 127.00 km
 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                      10 pts
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                      8
3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                         6
4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                         4
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                                 3
6 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                    2
7 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           1
 
Sprints
 
Contes, 32.00 km
 
1 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                                3 pts
2 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                           2
3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                          1
 
Contes, 92.00 km
 
1 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                           3 pts
2 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                            2
3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                          1
 
Best young rider
 
1 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     3.37.20
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                      0.11
3 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        0.33
4 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                                    
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                               
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                   
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                    
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                       
9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                    
10 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                    
11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                    0.41
12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                           2.11
13 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                      4.47
14 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
15 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
16 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                        12.37
17 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                             
18 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo         
19 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     14.30
20 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   21.08
21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              
22 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                             24.46
 
Most combative rider
 
1 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                     
 
Teams
 
1 T-Mobile Team                                                           10.50.56
2 Illes Balears-Banesto                                                       0.33
3 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                           2.21
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                          
5 Liberty Seguros                                                                 
6 Team CSC                                                                    2.43
7 Quick.Step-Davitamon                                                            
8 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                                      
9 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                                            3.59
10 Gerolsteiner                                                               4.21
11 FDJeux.com                                                                     
12 Credit Agricole                                                            7.05
13 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                                           8.05
14 Rabobank                                                                   8.56
15 Brioches La Boulangere                                                    11.11
16 Alessio-Bianchi                                                           14.47
17 Lotto-Domo                                                                18.03
18 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                           19.01
19 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                                40.38
 
Final general classification
 
1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                             28.00.01
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 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                  3.55
13 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                              4.02
14 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                              4.35
15 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       5.14
16 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor              5.55
17 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                    6.02
18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     6.08
19 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                              
20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                            6.25
21 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     6.44
22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                             7.00
23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     7.04
24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                               7.07
25 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                    7.27
26 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     7.43
27 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    8.21
28 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                8.27
29 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                  8.58
30 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                               10.58
31 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      11.14
32 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                11.44
33 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    11.49
34 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                      12.48
35 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo    15.04
36 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                             
37 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                   15.16
38 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                               16.14
39 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                      16.45
40 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor        16.49
41 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                                 16.57
42 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                           17.31
43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                     17.36
44 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                              18.37
45 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        18.41
46 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                  19.04
47 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                              21.28
48 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                    21.43
49 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                      22.20
50 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      24.32
51 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               25.02
52 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                       25.35
53 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    29.52
54 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      30.14
55 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 30.26
56 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                          30.37
57 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                31.01
58 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              32.19
59 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                           33.10
60 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                           33.42
61 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor           34.17
62 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                    37.56
63 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 38.18
64 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 39.34
65 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                       42.03
66 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                                  42.29
67 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                  42.45
68 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                42.49
69 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     44.00
70 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                     45.47
71 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         46.12
72 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                          46.47
73 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        47.27
74 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                              47.32
75 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                        54.18
76 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                                    56.37
77 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                57.54
78 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                       58.49
79 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       59.57
80 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     1.02.29
81 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 1.08.28
82 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                     1.11.39
83 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                        1.20.43
84 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   1.26.08
85 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                           1.28.08
 
Points classification
 
1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                            96 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                     85
3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                      80
4 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                   74
5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                               66
6 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor              55
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                     53
8 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                                 53
9 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                                47
10 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                      41
11 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       41
12 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       40
13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                       33
14 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       33
15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                            32
16 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                                  30
17 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         30
18 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                   29
19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                               26
20 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                    25
21 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                       24
22 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                      23
23 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                          23
24 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                             23
25 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                22
26 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                       20
27 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                 19
28 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                          18
29 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                       17
30 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      15
31 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                         14
32 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                    14
33 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  13
34 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            12
35 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                11
36 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                    11
37 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                                 11
38 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  10
39 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                  10
40 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         10
41 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                         8
42 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                         7
43 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                  7
44 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                    5
45 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                                  4
46 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     4
47 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                               3
48 Claus Michael Mřller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                    3
49 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                                     2
50 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                      2
51 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                           2
52 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                                      1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                         82 pts
2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                    30
3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                        28
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                     25
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        23
6 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       20
7 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                           20
8 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                       18
9 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   15
10 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                     12
11 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                         12
12 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       11
13 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                      9
14 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                   9
15 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                                   9
16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                  7
17 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                 6
18 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        6
19 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                               5
20 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                        4
21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                                4
22 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                            3
23 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                               3
24 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          3
25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                     2
26 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                                     2
27 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   2
28 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             2
29 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          1
30 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                       1
31 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                          1
32 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                                  1
33 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                           1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                               28.01.10
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                0.27
3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                               3.26
4 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        4.05
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                           4.59
6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                5.58
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                      6.34
8 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                 9.49
9 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo     13.55
10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                   14.07
11 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                              17.28
12 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      23.23
13 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      29.05
14 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 29.17
15 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                          29.28
16 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     42.51
17 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         45.03
18 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        46.18
19 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                        53.09
20 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 1.07.19
21 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   1.24.59
22 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                           1.26.59
 
Most combative classification
 
1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                           
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                                84.01.53
2 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                                  1.20
3 Quick.Step-Davitamon                                                        7.05
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                      8.57
5 Gerolsteiner                                                               15.04
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                          17.27
7 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                                           22.49
8 Liberty Seguros                                                            23.04
9 T-Mobile Team                                                              28.22
10 Credit Agricole                                                           34.07
11 Illes Balears-Banesto                                                     34.45
12 FDJeux.com                                                                42.40
13 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                                          47.56
14 Alessio-Bianchi                                                           49.39
15 Rabobank                                                                  56.24
16 Brioches La Boulangere                                                  1.10.27
17 Lotto-Domo                                                              1.13.52
18 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                         1.17.26
19 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                              2.07.55