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Giro finale
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62nd Paris-Nice - 2.HC

France, March 7-14, 2004

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Stage 5 - March 11: Le Puy-en-Velay - Rasteau, 215 km

Vinokourov in fine style

By Jeff Jones

Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile)
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Although Alexandre Vinokourov didn't come to Paris-Nice to win this year, he certainly wasn't going to pass up an opportunity for a stage win, and he made the most of it today to take the long stage between Le Puy-en-Velay and Rasteau. Vinokourov took advantage of a split caused (yet again) by the CSC team with 20 km to go, and jumped away on the Côte de Buisson with 8 km left to hold off the other riders in the front group in fine style.

Vinokourov dedicated his win to his fallen friend and compatriot Andrei Kivilev, who died almost a year ago on March 12, after crashing in Stage 2 of the 2003 Paris-Nice. "I wanted to win for him [Andrei Kivilev]. This is magnificent," said Vinokourov to French television post-stage.

"I absolutely wanted to win a stage of this Paris-Nice. Today was the occasion to do it, because you never know how the next stages will go. It was very difficult for me because I'm not in my best form. This year, I altered my program to be in form for the Tour de France, Olympic Games and World Championships. That's the reason I'm not aiming for the final overall victory."

Jorg Jaksche (CSC)
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Race leader Jorg Jaksche (CSC) claimed the sprint for second place in front of Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), thus increasing his lead slightly over the Italian. But with four CSC riders in the top six on GC, it would take an incredible performance from a rider from a different team to overthrow them in the final three days.

"You had to stay focused during the stage," said Jaksche. "It was cold at the start, the conditions were tough. This was a great final, I took time out of the others except for Rebellin. We have a very strong team."

How it unfolded

The peloton
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The overnight snow had been cleared in time for the start of today's 215 km stage between Le Puy-en-Velay and Rasteau, and the peloton could start in cold but relatively dry conditions. It didn't take long before the first breakaway was established, with Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel), Aitor Osa (Illes Balears), and Dariusz Baranowski (Liberty Seguros) going clear on the first uphill at the 15 km mark.

With 200 km to go, the peloton wasn't that anxious to chase, although this time it didn't let them get more than seven minutes lead. There was to be no repeat of the Leon van Bon/Thomas Ziegler success of Stage 3. In fact, Van Bon, together with his Lotto-Domo teammates Robbie McEwen, Koos Moerenhout and Christophe Detilloux all abandoned or did not start today, halving the Lotto presence in the race.

With CSC riding a steady tempo in front, helped by Quick.Step-Davitamon, the trio's lead gradually began to come down and with 40 km to go it was just 3'00. The speed picked up and the crosswinds gradually tore the peloton apart, as they did on Day 2 when CSC went on the attack. CSC, and to a lesser extent Quick.Step, kept the pressure on as they raced over the last part of the stage.

Jens Voigt (CSC)
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The leading trio was caught with just under 30 km to go, having spent 172 km in front battling the cold and the wind. But the race had now taken a different shape, and with 20 km left, the peloton had split into numerous echelons with CSC the main culprits up front. CSC's Jorg Jaksche, Jens Voigt, Bobby Julich, Michele Bartoli, Frank Schleck and Jakob Piil comprised six of the front group of ten, so there was little to do for Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile), Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner), George Hincapie (USPS-Berry Floor) and Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) except wait for an opportunity to attack.

Davide Rebellin saw the opportunity at the sprint in Visan, and snuck his wheel in front of Jens Voigt to take an all-important 3 second time bonus, while Jaksche only took 1 second. But there was more to come, and behind a group with Frank Vandenbroucke (Fassa Bortolo) and Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) was trying desperately to close the gap to the leaders.

Vino power
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The decisive move came on the final climb, the Cat. 3 Côte de Buisson with 8 km to go when Alexandre Vinokourov put in a powerful acceleration with 1 km from the summit. Although Rebellin and Jaksche immediately reacted, they couldn't take the wheel of the iron-legged Kazakh. Vino crossed the top with a 10 second lead over the rest of the group, and powered over the final five kilometres to keep them all at bay. With 350m to go, Vino looked around and knew he would win, crossing the line with four seconds to spare on the yellow jersey group which was led home by Jaksche himself.

The big winners on the day were again the CSC riders, and there are now four in the top six on GC. Vandenbroucke lost some time today, slipping to seventh, while Rebellin maintained his second place overall and George Hincapie moved up to fifth. With tomorrow's very difficult stage from Rasteau to Gap (three Cat. 1 climbs), Team CSC might even pay for some of their efforts today. But at the moment, it looks like Jaksche is very much in control of this race.

Photography

Images by AFP Photo

Results

1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                5.06.15
2 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                0.04
3 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                                 
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                             
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                      
6 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor               
7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                                    
8 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                                                   
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               0.11
10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                         0.29
11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                       
12 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                           
13 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                         
14 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                              
15 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                     
16 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                                
17 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                    
18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
19 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                     
20 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                       
21 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
22 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                 
23 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                 
24 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                                 
25 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                           0.37
26 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                                 0.39
27 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                     
28 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                     0.53
29 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                 0.59
30 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                             
31 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    1.02
32 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                            
33 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
34 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                     
35 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                  
36 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                    
37 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                                 
38 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                                  
39 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                                
40 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                               
41 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                         
42 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                               
43 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
44 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
45 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
46 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                            
47 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                  
48 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                          
49 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                     
50 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                 
51 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                                  
52 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                       
53 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                    
54 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo        
55 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        
56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
57 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                          
58 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                    
59 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
60 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                            
61 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor               
62 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                          
63 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                          
64 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                               1.38
65 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                          
66 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   1.48
67 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto                                  
68 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                 2.23
69 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   3.48
70 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                    
71 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                            
72 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                           4.16
73 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   
74 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                                        4.24
75 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                    
76 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                           4.40
77 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                 
78 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance                                          
79 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                         
80 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                               
81 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
82 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                               
83 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                                  
84 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                                  
85 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                              
86 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  
87 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    
88 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                           
89 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   
90 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                            
91 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                         
92 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                   
93 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                
94 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                              
95 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                   
96 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                   
97 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                      
98 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                               
99 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                        
100 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                
101 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                                              
102 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
103 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                                    
104 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
105 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                            
106 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
107 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                          
108 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                      
109 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                       
110 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                         
111 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                                    
112 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com                                            
113 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                           
114 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   
115 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                                        
116 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                        
117 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                       
118 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                   
119 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                                
120 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor            
121 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  4.57
122 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  7.05
123 Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                                 10.00
124 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor             
125 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor           
126 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                        
127 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                        
128 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     
129 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                             
130 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com                                              
131 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
132 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                                 
133 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                       
134 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                         
135 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                          
136 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                         
137 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                              
138 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                              
139 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                          
140 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                          
141 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                     
142 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                          
143 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                       
144 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                                       
145 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                           
146 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                         
147 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                   
148 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                 
 
Outside time limit
HD Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                                         
HD Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         
DNF Bruno Thibout (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                               
DNF Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto                                     
DNF Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              
DNF Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                                
DNF Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                             
DNF Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                        
DNF Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                                              
DNS René Jørgensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                         
DNS Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                               
 
Points
 
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                     25 pts
2 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                  22
3 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                               20
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                           18
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                    16
6 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor             15
7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                                  14
8 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                                                 13
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                 12
10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                           11
11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                     10
12 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                          9
13 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                        8
14 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                             7
15 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                    6
16 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                               5
17 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                   4
18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       3
19 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                    2
20 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                      1
 
Sprints
 
Langogne - 38.00 km
 
1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                         3 pts
2 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                      2
3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       1
 
Visan - 198.00 km
 
1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                            3 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                     2
3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                   1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Prévenchères - Cat. 3, 73.00 km
 
1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                         4 pts
2 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                      2
3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       1
 
Col du Mas de l'Ayre - Cat. 3, 91.00 km
 
1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                         4 pts
2 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                      2
3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       1
 
Côte du Serre-de-Tourre - Cat. 2, 147.00 km
 
1 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                         7 pts
2 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                      5
3 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       3
4 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             2
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        1
 
Côte de Buisson - Cat. 3, 207.00 km
 
1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                  4 pts
2 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                     2
3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                   1
 
Young rider
 
1 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            5.06.26
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                          0.18
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                      
4 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                                  
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                      0.42
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                          0.48
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                      0.51
8 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
9 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                  
11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                 
12 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo        
13 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        
14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
15 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
16 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                      1.27
17 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   3.37
18 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                    
19 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                            
20 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                                        4.13
21 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                           4.29
22 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance                                          
23 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
24 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                                  
25 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                   
26 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                              
27 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                   
28 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                 
29 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
30 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                         
31 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                       
32 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                            
33 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    
34 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                                         
35 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor          9.49
36 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                         
37 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                    
38 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                  
 
Most combative
 
1 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                       
 
Teams 
 
1 Team CSC                                                               15.18.57
2 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                                 0.50
3 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                          1.48
4 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                                               
5 T-Mobile Team                                                              1.52
6 Fassa Bortolo                                                              1.56
7 Gerolsteiner                                                                   
8 Illes Balears-Banesto                                                      1.58
9 Quick.Step-Davitamon                                                       2.09
10 Rabobank                                                                  2.21
11 Lotto-Domo                                                                    
12 Liberty Seguros                                                               
13 Brioches La Boulangere                                                    2.54
14 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                    3.43
15 FDJeux.com                                                                5.31
16 Credit Agricole                                                           5.40
17 Alessio-Bianchi                                                           5.59
18 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                           7.08
19 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                                          9.37
20 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                               13.48
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                            14.50.07
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                         0.10
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                                0.25
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                  0.27
5 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor           0.44
6 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                             0.53
7 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                    0.54
8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             0.57
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                  1.04
10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                              1.16
11 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor             1.26
12 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                1.27
13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                                 1.33
14 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                     
15 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                             1.37
16 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                     1.39
17 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      1.46
18 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo    1.50
19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                        1.52
20 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                   1.55
21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                         2.03
22 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                 2.09
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                             2.10
24 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                       3.19
25 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                               5.18
26 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                  5.36
27 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor         5.53
28 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor             6.18
29 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                6.24
30 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                           6.26
31 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                   6.33
32 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                        
33 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                              6.35
34 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   6.37
35 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 6.40
36 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                                              6.43
37 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    6.44
38 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    6.46
39 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                              6.47
40 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                              6.50
41 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                             7.00
42 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                            7.02
43 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      7.07
44 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                         7.11
45 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 7.12
46 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                     7.20
47 Dario Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                               
48 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                   7.22
49 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                      7.26
50 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                              7.29
51 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                7.30
52 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      7.38
53 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                7.39
54 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
55 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                            
56 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                           7.43
57 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      7.45
58 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        
59 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 7.48
60 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               8.07
61 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                     8.11
62 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                              8.19
63 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                          
64 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor           9.16
65 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       10.03
66 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                          10.06
67 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               10.17
68 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        10.20
69 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                         10.23
70 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                     10.24
71 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       10.32
72 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                                  
73 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                                10.37
74 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              10.38
75 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   10.39
76 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     10.44
77 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                   10.45
78 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                    
79 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                          10.51
80 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                     10.58
81 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                                 11.03
82 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                       
83 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor       11.04
84 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               11.09
85 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                                       11.10
86 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                                     
87 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                
88 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               11.14
89 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            11.17
90 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                            
91 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  11.19
92 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      11.20
93 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              11.28
94 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                      12.00
95 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                 12.43
96 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             
97 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  12.49
98 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      12.51
99 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              12.53
100 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   12.55
101 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   12.57
102 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  13.21
103 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 13.27
104 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                   14.59
105 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                               15.13
106 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                         15.42
107 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                   15.58
108 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                     16.03
109 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    16.09
110 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                              16.10
111 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                      16.11
112 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                             16.16
113 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                        16.19
114 Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                                 16.23
115 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    16.26
116 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                            16.32
117 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                                  16.34
118 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                17.23
119 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         17.46
120 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor        17.50
121 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                     17.56
122 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  18.07
123 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                    18.11
124 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto                            18.24
125 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf              18.56
126 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     19.20
127 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            19.43
128 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                      19.45
129 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                             20.00
130 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                               20.08
131 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  20.24
132 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                                         20.34
133 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                           20.42
134 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                         20.49
135 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com                                       20.59
136 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                           21.00
137 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                        21.13
138 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         21.15
139 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                         21.17
140 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                     24.43
141 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                   24.48
142 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                        25.44
143 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   29.16
144 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                32.13
145 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                    35.08
146 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com                                         41.13
147 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                            41.30
148 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                                   45.01
 
Points classification
 
1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                           58 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                    58
3 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                  56
4 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                               40
5 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                                32
6 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                     30
7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                                  28
8 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            27
9 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor             27
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                          26
11 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                   25
12 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                     23
13 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                         23
14 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                            23
15 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                              22
16 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                  22
17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                           20
18 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                           20
19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                       20
20 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                         18
21 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                                18
22 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                             17
23 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                                                16
24 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                      16
25 Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                                     16
26 Alex Zülle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                     15
27 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                     13
28 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                             13
29 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                12
30 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           12
31 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                      11
32 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                                11
33 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                   11
34 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        10
35 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                     10
36 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       8
37 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                        8
38 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                   8
39 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       7
40 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                 7
41 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                        7
42 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                                    6
43 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                    5
44 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                    5
45 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                   5
46 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                   4
47 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    4
48 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                        3
49 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                   3
50 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                2
51 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  2
52 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                     2
53 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         1
54 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                                     1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            21 pts
2 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                   16
3 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                        15
4 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                      9
5 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                                     6
6 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       5
7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                  4
8 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                                               2
9 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                               2
10 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC                                                  1
11 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                          1
12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       1
13 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                         1
 
Best Young Rider classification
 
1 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              14.51.11
2 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               0.12
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                      0.35
4 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       0.42
5 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo     0.46
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                          0.59
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                              1.06
8 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                               5.43
9 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                              5.56
10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                         6.07
11 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                     6.16
12 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      6.34
13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         6.35
14 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      6.41
15 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        
16 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 6.44
17 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                9.13
18 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         9.16
19 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                        9.28
20 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                                  
21 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                               9.34
22 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance                                      9.40
23 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                   9.59
24 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                                       10.06
25 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               10.10
26 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  12.23
27 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                               15.06
28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                         15.15
29 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     15.22
30 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor         16.46
31 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                       18.41
32 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                              18.56
33 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                            19.56
34 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                          20.13
35 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                    23.44
36 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                    28.12
37 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                             40.26
38 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                                    43.57
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team CSC                                                               44.31.26
2 US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor                                 1.59
3 Quick.Step-Davitamon                                                       3.18
4 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                                           5.27
5 Credit Agricole                                                            7.35
6 Gerolsteiner                                                               7.36
7 Rabobank                                                                   7.52
8 Fassa Bortolo                                                              7.56
9 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                     9.34
10 T-Mobile Team                                                            13.40
11 Brioches La Boulangere                                                   15.14
12 FDJeux.com                                                               17.28
13 Lotto-Domo                                                               17.39
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                        18.28
15 Alessio-Bianchi                                                          18.40
16 Illes Balears-Banesto                                                    18.45
17 Liberty Seguros                                                          19.24
18 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                          24.06
19 Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                                         26.19
20 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                               33.25