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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
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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."
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
- Jakob Piil leading the CSC train
- Jens Voigt (CSC) marks Davide Rebellin (L) on the last climb
- The peloton led by Quick.Step-Davitamon and FDJeux.com
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) powering to the finish
- Bobby Julich and Jorg Jaksche sit in the middle of the CSC train
- Jens Voigt (CSC) drives the break...hard
- Jorg Jaksche (CSC) looking more comfortable in yellow
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) wins the stage ahead of Jorg Jaksche
- Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile) on the podium after his stage win
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
