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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004Main Page Live report Results Overall standings Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 1 - July 4: Liège-Charleroi, 202.5 kmJaan jams 'em in CharleroiCancellara maintains Maillot JauneBy Tim Maloney, European Editor in Charleroi Despite the fact that it's only two weeks until his thirty-fifth birthday, Ag2r's Estonian Express Jaan Kirsipuu is still one powerful sprinter. On a wet, blustery day with a strong headwind that was more reminiscent of the spring classics season than early July, Kirsipuu took the winners bouquet in a long power sprint today in Stage One in Charleroi. Coming off a superb leadout by Ag2r's other sprinter Jean-Patrick Nazon, then Norwegian powerhouse Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), Kirsipuu kicked it home to win a typically turbulent, tumultuous sprint, his fourth career stage win in the Grande Boucle. "Up until the Tour de France, I wasn't really in good condition and I did a very bad prologue yesterday. But today at the halfway point in the stage, I started feeling better and when I saw that I was going well in the intermediate sprints, I got some more confidence," explained Kirsipuu. "There was no decision before which if (Nazon) or me would be the main sprinter today. At 30km from the finish, we talked. I told him I had good legs today and he said he wasn't super... so I was lucky to get on Hushovd's wheel with 400 metres to go." Speaking of his tight finish with Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen, Kirsipuu smiled and said "I was afraid he might have passed me but when I looked over to my left and saw him, I saw he wasn't too happy and realized I had won." Sprinting in for third in his Norwegian champion's jersey, Viking-like Thor Hushovd grabbed 8" second time bonus and closed the gap on Maillot Jaune Fabian Cancellara to just 4". The Swiss Fassa Bortolo rider and his team battled the wind, rain and competition to hang on to the precious yellow tunic. "It's nice to keep the jersey today, but I have to give a big thank you to my team," Cancellara commented. "I couldn't have done it without them." The expected Petacchi-Cipollini sprinter showdown didn't materialize today, as Petacchi's Fassa Bortolo's team may have done too much work early on defending Fabian Cancellara's Maillot Jaune. "I probably started my sprint too soon and came out in the wind where I lost my momentum," explained Petacchi post-stage. "Today was a very tactical sprint. Still, I'm disappointed (with 8th place) because I wanted to win today." Mario Cipollini crashed early today on his left thigh, the same one he injured in the Giro d'Italia in May. Although he didn't hurt himself badly, Cipollini still had some pain and simply didn't feel great today, finishing 38th. Lance Armstrong gave up his Maillot Vert to Hushovd and clearly Stage One wasn't to the five time Tour de France champion's liking. "As it always at the beginning of the Tour, today was a very nervous day…lots of crashes, lots of wind. Nobody likes racing in these kind of conditions." But Armstrong's USPS-Berry Floor team stayed close to the boss all day and maintained their lead in the Tour team GC. Instigator of the day's major break, Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) took three KOM's and scored points in all of them today to take the Tour's first Maillot Pois for best climber. "This was our first objective in the Tour so I'm happy we could achieve it," Bettini said. "But I think this jersey is really for my teammate (Richard) Virenque." Another black day for the Aussies today at the Tour de France, with Robbie McEwen losing the stage by a half-wheel and Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) crashing with 4km to go and not scoring any points for his Maillot Vert quest. Then there was back trouble for Brad McGee. "My back is rough... I couldn't feel my legs today, I couldn't get any power out of them. I hurt it last weekend and it's been on and off ever since," explained McGee post-stage. Brad and his teammate Matt Wilson finished six minutes behind, while Lotto-Domo man Nick Gates had it worst of all; finishing last on the stage 30'38" down after hitting his knee hard on his bars after a seemingly minor crash with 90km to go forced him to chase alone all the way to Charleroi. Unfortunately, Gates was six minutes outside the time limit today and was eliminated from the Tour. How it unfoldedLance Armstrong started today's Stage One wearing the Maillot Vert, the first time the American has donned the green tunic since 2000, when he was runner-up to David Millar in the Futuroscope TT. Early on, five riders attacked and got away across the Ardennes climbs in the first half of the stage. With three Cat.4 and one Cat. 3 climbs in the first half of the stage, the KOM's would determine the wearer of the first polka-dot jersey in Charleroi this afternoon. In the break were Jens Voigt (CSC), Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon), Janek Tombak (Cofidis), Bernhard Eisel (FDJeux.com) and Franck Renier (Brioches La Boulangère). The front quintet was flying and after 55km their lead had increased over the Fassa Bortolo led peloton to 3'45". Bettini was raging today and the pocket powerhouse from Italy won three of the five KOM's to take the lead in the climber's competition. By the feed zone in Rendeux, a light rain had began to fall and domestiques began to shuttle back and forth with rain gear from the team cars. The gap to the front group was now three minutes. The slick roads began to cause occasional problems for the break as Voigt and Renier missed a turn on the descent of the Cote de Borlon, and then Eisel touched wheels while he was talking to his team car and fell hard on his rear end, but got back up quickly and chased the break down again with nothing damaged but his pride. Behind the break, Fassa was pounding hard on the front through the streets of Huy, where the Flèche Wallonne is run every April. The break's lead began to diminish quickly and went under 30" in Modave with 88km to race at the first intermediate sprint, won by Eisel. The Silver Train was steaming away and their hard pace had split the peloton, with a 30 man group up front and then the rest of the riders, including most of the Euskaltel team, Mario Cipollini and McGee in a chase group 10" behind the main group. Under the impulsion of Euskaltel, the second group came back to the front group just as O'Grady (Cofidis) punctured, but his Cofidis team waited for him and he got back on after a 10km chase. Meanwhile, the break was finally caught 1km the second intermediate sprint in Wanze with 70km to go after 116km of liberty. Fassa Bortolo rode right by to try and set up Cancellara for the time bonus, but Hushovd got by him to take the 6" bonus, thus closing the gap on the Swiss rider by 2". The rain finally stopped and the strong headwinds quickly dried the roads off as Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) powered away on the front with his Luxembourg champion's jersey and kept any attacks from succeeding. At the third and final intermediate sprint in Eghezée, O'Grady took the sprint from Cancellara and Boonen, with the Maillot Jaune regaining time he lost in the first sprint. Marc Wauters (Rabobank) and Jakob Piil (CSC) then made a classic counter attack with 50km to go and quickly gained time on the peloton. Both riders are powerful rouleurs and across the plains of the Province of Namur and through small towns like Fleurus and Jemappes, the duo gained time despite the headwind. With 25km to race, the dynamic duo had 1'45" on the Fassa-led peloton and the Silver Train didn't seem that motivated to chase alone so the pace wasn't sustained until Crédit Agricole and Lotto-Domo joined in the effort behind the Belgian/Danish duo. With 20km to go, McGee dropped off the back and along with his FDJeux.com teammate, Australian champion Matt Wilson, finished the long, painful journey to Charleroi. Up front, the powerful combo of Wauters and Piil went all out and increased their lead to 1'45" with 30km to go, but the sprinters' teams got out their calculators and managed to hold off the real chase until the final 1.6km, when the break were absorbed by the peloton. Julian Dean (Crédit Agricole) led out his teammate Hushovd perfectly, but the power and experience of Kirsipuu paid off in the final meters for the stage win. Stage 2 - July 5: Charleroi-Namur, 197kmStage Two loops south from Charleroi into France for 50km then heads back into Belgium for a finish at Namur, which welcomed the Tour for the last time in 1959 where 1967 Tour winner Roger Pingeon took the winner's bouquet. Back in Belgium, the Tour heads through Mons, a city that the race has never visited and back along the Meuse River for a finish in Namur in front of the famous Citadelle. With a turn at 200m to go on Boulevard Cauchy, it may be a better sprint for McEwen than Petacchi or Cipollini on Monday. PhotographyImages by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
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Results1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 4.40.29 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 14 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 16 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 17 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 18 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 21 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 22 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 23 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 24 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 26 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 27 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 29 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 31 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 33 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 34 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 36 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 37 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 38 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 39 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 40 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 42 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 44 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 46 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 47 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 48 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 49 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 50 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 51 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 52 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 54 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 55 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 56 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 59 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 60 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 63 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 64 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 65 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 66 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 67 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 68 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 69 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 70 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 71 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 72 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 73 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 74 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 75 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 76 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 77 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 78 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 79 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 80 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 81 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 82 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 83 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 84 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 85 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 86 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 87 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 88 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 89 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 90 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 91 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 92 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 93 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 94 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 95 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 96 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 97 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 98 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 99 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 100 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 102 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 103 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 104 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 105 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 106 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 107 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 108 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 109 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 110 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 112 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 113 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 114 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 115 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 116 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 117 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 118 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 119 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 120 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 121 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 122 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 123 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 124 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 125 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 126 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 127 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 128 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 129 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 130 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 131 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 132 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 133 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 134 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 135 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 136 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 137 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 138 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 139 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 140 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 141 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 142 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 143 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 144 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 145 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 146 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 147 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 148 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 149 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 150 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 151 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 152 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 153 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 154 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 155 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 156 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 157 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 158 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 159 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 160 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 161 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 162 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 163 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 164 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 165 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 166 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 167 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 168 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 169 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 170 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 171 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 172 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 173 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 174 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 175 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 176 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 177 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 178 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 179 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 0.27 180 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 181 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 182 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 183 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 0.47 184 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 185 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.23 186 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 6.05 187 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com HD Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 30.38 Points 1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 35 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 30 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 26 4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 5 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 22 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 20 7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 19 8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 16 11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 15 12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14 13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13 14 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 15 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 11 16 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 10 17 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 9 18 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 8 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 6 21 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 5 22 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 4 23 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 3 24 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 25 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains Côte de Florzé, 15.00 km 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Côte de Awan, 21.00 km 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 3 pts 2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2 3 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1 Côte de Werbomont, 33.50 km 1 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 2 3 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1 Côte de Borlon, 101.50 km 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 4 pts 2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1 Côte de Ocquier, 107.00 km 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Sprints Modave, 114.50 km 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 3 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2 Wanze, 132.50 km 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6 pts 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4 3 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2 Eghezee, 154.50 km 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 2 Young rider 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 4.40.29 2 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 7 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 9 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 14 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 16 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 20 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 21 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 22 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 23 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 26 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 27 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 28 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 30 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.47 Most combative 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC Teams 1 Ag2R Prevoyance 14.01.27 2 Lotto-Domo 3 Team CSC 4 Credit Agricole 5 T-Mobile Team 6 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 7 Domina Vacanze 8 Fdjeux.Com 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 11 Liberty Seguros 12 Fassa Bortolo 13 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 14 Brioches La Boulangere 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Saeco 17 Gerolsteiner 18 Alessio-Bianchi 19 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 20 Rabobank 21 Quick Step-Davitamon General classification after stage 1 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4.47.11 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.04 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.10 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.15 5 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.16 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.19 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.20 8 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 9 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.22 11 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.23 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.24 15 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.25 16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.26 18 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 20 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.27 21 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 22 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 24 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 27 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.28 28 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.29 29 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 31 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 32 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.30 33 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.31 35 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 36 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 0.32 39 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 40 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 41 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 43 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 44 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.33 45 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 46 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.34 47 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 48 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 50 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 51 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 0.35 52 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 53 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 54 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 55 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 56 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 59 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.36 60 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 61 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 62 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 63 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 64 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.37 65 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 67 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 68 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 69 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 70 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 71 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 0.38 72 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 73 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 74 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 75 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 76 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 77 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 0.39 78 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 79 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 80 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 81 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 82 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 83 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.40 84 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 85 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 86 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 87 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 88 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 89 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.41 90 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 91 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 92 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 93 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 94 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 0.42 95 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 96 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 0.43 97 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 98 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.44 99 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 100 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 101 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 102 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.45 103 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 104 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 105 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 106 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 107 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 108 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 109 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 0.46 110 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 111 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 112 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 113 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.47 114 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 115 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 116 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 117 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.48 118 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 119 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 120 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 121 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 122 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 0.49 123 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 124 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 125 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 126 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 127 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 128 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 129 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 130 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 131 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 132 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 133 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 134 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 135 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 136 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.50 137 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 138 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 139 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 140 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 141 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 142 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 143 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 144 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 145 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.51 146 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 147 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 148 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 0.52 149 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 150 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 151 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 152 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 153 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.53 154 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 155 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 156 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 157 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 158 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.56 159 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 160 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.57 161 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 162 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 163 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 164 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.58 165 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 166 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 0.59 167 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 168 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.00 169 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.01 170 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.02 171 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.03 172 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.04 173 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 174 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.05 175 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.07 176 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.09 177 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.11 178 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.12 179 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 180 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.18 181 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.27 182 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.35 183 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.36 184 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 1.42 185 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.55 186 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com 6.22 187 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 7.10 Points classification 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 38 pts 2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 35 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 30 4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 23 6 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 22 7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 20 8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 19 9 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 11 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 16 12 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 15 13 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14 15 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13 16 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 12 17 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 11 19 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 10 20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 9 21 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8 22 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 8 23 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com 8 24 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 25 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 6 26 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 27 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 6 28 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 29 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 5 30 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 31 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 3 32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 33 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 2 34 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2 35 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 36 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2 37 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 38 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 13 pts 2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 4 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2 Young rider classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4.47.11 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 0.26 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.27 4 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.30 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 6 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.31 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.32 8 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.35 10 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 11 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 0.36 12 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.37 13 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 0.38 14 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 0.39 15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 17 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.40 18 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 0.43 19 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.44 20 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 0.46 21 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.47 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.48 24 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 25 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.49 26 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 27 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.50 28 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 29 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 30 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.27 Teams classification 1 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 14.22.29 2 Team CSC 0.06 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.11 4 Fassa Bortolo 0.14 5 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 0.18 6 Credit Agricole 0.20 7 Rabobank 0.26 8 Liberty Seguros 0.29 9 T-Mobile Team 0.30 10 Fdjeux.Com 0.31 11 Gerolsteiner 0.37 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.40 13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.43 14 Domina Vacanze 0.44 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 0.50 16 Brioches La Boulangere 0.51 17 Quick Step-Davitamon 0.56 18 Lotto-Domo 1.05 19 Saeco 20 Alessio-Bianchi 1.06 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.12 |
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