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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 13 - July 17: Lannemezan - Plateau de Beille, 205.5 km
Armstrong confirms, but Voeckler hangs on
Basso again strong in the mountains
By Tim Maloney, European editor in Plateau de Beille
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High atop Plateau de Beille, deep in the Pyrenees, Lance Armstrong took his 17th 'en-ligne' stage win in the Tour de France and took another giant step towards winning an all-time record of six consecutive Tour victories. Lance knew he needed to send a message to the rest of the Tour peloton, even on a day when his main rivals Ullrich and Mayo faded and his friendly fellow American rival Tyler Hamilton was forced to abandon due to his injuries.
Armstrong explained after his win that, "It's important because of the time bonuses; twenty seconds is twenty seconds. It's good to have it and it's also nice to win a stage of the Tour. People win a stage of the Tour and it makes the entire year...and I can't forget that and I won't forget it. I would have been nice to be back in yellow. It was sort of our intention before the day started."
But Armstrong ran into an determined young Frenchman, the current maillot jaune Thomas Voeckler, who hung tough all day on a stage where he yo-yo'ed off back all day and managed to maintain possession of the cherished yellow tunic by just 0'22.
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Currently the darling of the French cycling media, Voeckler is said to have "du temperment" (a champion's character) and showed a lot today as he suffered on the ascent of Plateau de Beille. Clearly tired, the 25 year old said after Stage 12 that, "Not many people thought I would be able to keep the maillot jaune today, and not even me in some ways...it was really hard today, I was hurting all day and all my teammates, especially Jerome (Pineau) and Sylvain (Chavanel) gave me a lot of encouragement all during the stage. Plus all along the stage, all the people were encouraging me...but when I passed the finish and saw I was still the maillot jaune, it was a big relief. Today, I did it on guts alone."
Armstrong had nothing but praise for Voeckler today, as he evaluated the French champion's performance on Stage 13. "You know, when you have a rider like Voeckler who gets dropped and then comes back, gets dropped and comes back and fights all the way to the end, and he keeps the yellow jersey, he absolutely earned it, he deserves it," said Armstrong. "It might be close, but I can tell you, Voeckler gave his maximum on the last climb, so he absolutely deserves to have that jersey for another day or however long until he loses it so...I'm very, very, very impressed with him."
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Yesterday's stage winner in La Mongie Ivan Basso had another good day at the Tour. Basso was today's runner-up on Plateau de Beille and the classy 26 year old Italian told RAI-TV's Alessandra Di Stefano post-stage, "I'm really happy with my performance. I pulled a lot in the finale since we had dropped a lot of contenders for the GC. But there's still a long way to go in this Tour, so I'm waiting for the others to do something. But it's still too soon to talk about the podium. I'm feeling very good, but I'm taking it day by day, just like everyone else. Because the Tour is always hard every day. Today it was really hard to stay with Lance; I was right on my limit."
Armstrong clearly knows that Basso is a potential threat and isn't underestimating the CSC rider in any way. Lance explained post-stage that, "I know that we take him very seriously; he's riding super-strong and he's a rider that we considered to be a threat and one that we considered to be one of the brightest hopes for the Tour de France. We tried to get him on (USPS) last year. He's a threat. Absolutely. He'll ride good in the Alps and I think he'll ride a tough final time trial. The gap between us is 1'17 and it's not a big gap; I have to be careful and Villard de Lans won't be a big day for selection, but he will be good on l'Alpe d'Huez."
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One rider who has become less of a threat is Jan Ullrich, who Armstrong nominated as his chief rival before the Tour, but who just hasn't had the climbing legs to compete with Armstrong and Basso at this year's Tour. USPS sports director Johan Bruyneel said of Ullrich that, "I think he's six minutes down already. That's a lot after two mountain stages."
Bruyneel evaluated the other threats, saying, "I think there are other riders now who are more dangerous. We have Basso, who yesterday and today was the only rider who could stay with Lance. Then there's Klöden, who's been showing some good form and he's a good time trialist. Mancebo has been showing some good form... I think they're going to be the main rivals for now."
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Another major rival for Armstrong, Tyler Hamilton abandoned today at the feed zone. Phonak team spokesman Urs Freuler told Cyclingnews that, "Tyler crashed badly in Angers and we didn't talk much about it, but he had a large and painful bruise on his lower back and was just in too much pain to continue. Tyler couldn't get out of the saddle when he was climbing...it's really too bad."
Once and perhaps future rival for Lance Armstrong, Iban Mayo didn't have a great day at the Tour today, and it's not the first time at the 2004 Tour for the highly-touted Basque who's been a major flop so far. Mayo tried to abandon today, but then was convinced to continue, albeit a bit more slowly than before. After his entertaining mid-stage antics, Mayo then finished almost 38 minutes behind today and is now 49th, 45'04" behind maillot jaune Voeckler. He explained post-stage that, "I already knew that I couldn't give it my all today and I'm sad about that. I wanted to abandon but my teammates told me I must continue...and then I realised that when you lose you can learn more from this. But I'm mad because I'm not going good and I don't know why! But it's not the worst day of my life today; I'm only 26 and I know and there will be more Tours for me in the future."
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But Lance and Johan and the USPS-Berry Floor team are well aware of the competitive landscape going forward on the way to Paris. Talking about the competition, Armstrong explained that, "That's the Tour...we come in with the perception of who's dangerous and that changes daily. And we have to change our tactics and our view of the peloton daily. If somebody drops out, or if somebody rides super, than we have to either subtract them or add them. By losing riders, it's not devastating for us; we just take their name off the list. We add Basso, Mancebo, Klöden...these are not names we had at the top of the list before the Tour, aside from Basso. The names that drop off, they drop off and the others, we watch closely."
At this Tour de France, after Armstrong and USPS have yet again totally dominated the race, it's now clear that closely watched names will no longer include Hamilton, Ullrich and Mayo.
How it unfolded
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After the black sox clad Lance Armstrong listened to Incubus on his iPod this morning, eventually he and 164 other riders took the start this morning in Lannemezan. Sergio Marinangeli (Domina Vacanze) didn't take the start. After numerous attacks in the first half-hour, Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches la Boulangère), teammate of maillot jaune Thomas Voeckler made a move that stuck and was joined by the ever aggressive Jens Voigt (CSC). The dynamic duo went away after 26km near Barbizan. 15 kilometres later, at the summit of the day's first climb, the Col des Ares, the lead was 3'00 on the peloton. Chavanel took the points ahead of Voigt, while Rasmussen had attacked out of the peloton to try and bridge up to the leaders. Saeco's Gerrit Glomser abandoned, and on the descent of the Ares, Rasmussen was bridging up to the front duo.
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The gap was steady and as the lead duo approached the foot of the Col du Portet d'Aspet, where Fabio Casartelli lost his life in nine years ago, Rasmussen was closing fast. 1km before the summit, the Rabobank rider got across and there were now three riders away. Chavanel took the points with the peloton 3'30 behind and the blue train of US Postal pounding away at the front, already putting maillot jaune Voeckler in trouble. Down the valley in Orgibet, Chavanel took the sprint points and as the peloton passed the feed zone in Argein 5km later, American Tour hopeful Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) decided to call it a day. Other notable abandons today were Denis Menchov (Illes Balears) with knee problems, Euskaltel's Haimar Zubeldia and Saeco's Gerrit Glomser
At the base of the Col d'Agnes, drama unfolded with the almost-abandon of Iban Mayo as well as seeing maillot jaune Thomas Voeckler distanced by Postal's infernal tempo. Mayo had been dropped earlier and climbed off when he was 5' behind the group maillot jaune/Armstrong. Mayo's remaining teammates awaited, while the demoralized Basque was convinced to climb back on his bike by ds Julien Gorospe and halfheartedly put his leg back over his steed. Halfway up the Col d'Agnes, Spanish champion Paco Mancebo decided to test his legs and attacked the peloton. Levi Leipheimer testified as to the absolute vice-like control the USPS team had on Stage 13 at that point. "On the climb of the Agnes, it was unbelievable...I counted 22 riders in the group, with seven US Postal guys in front. I've never seen anything like that."
Up ahead of the Postal onslaught, Rasmussen and Voigt had dumped Chavanel on the steep slopes of d'Agnes and were 0'50 ahead of Chavanel, while chaser Mancebo and the US Postal led peloton were 4'30 in arrears. Lance's blue train was keeping the break close and they went over the summit 2'00 ahead of Chavanel and 3'40 ahead of the 30 strong chasers. Voeckler was hanging tough at 0'20 and once over the summit, managed to chase back on after the Port de Lers on the descent to the Ariege valley below.
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With 35km to go on the descent of the Port de Lers, suddenly Armstrong had a rear flat and after a quick wheel change, he chased back with teammate Ekimov. Up front, the gap between the break and the peloton began to increase as Postal slowed the tempo considerably. Rasmussen and Voigt looked like they had the chance they needed as Postal had to momentarily release their stranglehold on the race, but as soon as the five-time Tour winner came back after a short chase, the Blue Train opened the throttle once again as the gap dropped under 4'00.
At the sprint in Ornolac with 23km to go, Voigt and Rasmussen were hanging on with 3'15 on the chasers, as the USPS-Berry Floor Blue Train steamed along the Ariege River Valley with Floyd Landis at the throttle. As the lead duo careened through Les Cabannes to the sharp right at the base of the ascent, the gap was under 3'00 and falling fast. Chechu Rubiera and Jose Azevedo hit the front, the tempo rose and in a matter of a thousand meters, riders started coming off the back, including maillot jaune Voeckler and Jan Ullrich.
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Azevedo dropped off with 7km to go and as yesterday up the Tourmalet, it was Basso and Lance shoulder to shoulder up Plateau de Beille until the final kilometres when thousands of drunk, badly behaved Basque fans forced the front runners into single file until 2km to go. Armstrong explained, "With 2k to go, the barriers started and we had just come through a group of Basque people that were very loud and very aggressive...so we both remarked that it was unbelievable that we made it through there. Last year (crash at Luz Ardiden) crossed my mind...I tried to stay as much in the middle of the road as I can. But when they're waving flags, it's tough since they can catch the handlebar and you can go down. Another problem was that the cars and the motos were in the way so we weren't able to ride as fast as we could. They were blocking the way, but it's probably better to have them there as sort of a buffer anyway."
With 100m to go, Lance launched his sprint and took the win over the Italian rider today. "That was an all-out sprint...that was all the sprint I had in my legs but it worked," explained the American.
After yet another audacious break today, Rabobank's Rasmussen was finally caught with 10km to go on the final ascent of the Plateau de Beille. Although he lost seven minutes by the finish to arrive 22nd, the Dane explained that "Yes, I didn't succeed today, but at least I tried. I'm not disappointed; I can't be after my ride today. I'm always willing to take a risk. If you want to win, you have to be ready to lose." An undaunted Rasmussen promised more attacks in Alpine stages to come at this year's Tour.
Stage 14 - July 18: Carcassone-Nimes, 192.5km
The Pyrenees are over and with Monday a rest day, Stage 14 is a dead flat transitional stage for sprinters from the fortified city of Carcassonne to Nimes, site of an ancient Roman amphitheatre. Sunday will likely see maillot vert Robbie McEwen and his foes battle it out in final on the last stage left for the fast men before Paris. With a prevailing tailwind from the west along the Mediterranean Sea, Stage 14 is likely to be run at a superfast pace.
Photography
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- The scene on the climb to Plateau de Beille
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) comes by looking very strong.
- Lance Armstrong leads Ivan Basso (CSC) to the top.
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) gasps for air on his way to a strong third.
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) nearly to the top.
- T-Mobile's Andreas Klöden put in a good ride for fourth place.
- Christophe Moreau (CA) stands on the pedals to get through a switchback.
- Phonak's Oscar Pereiro leads Stephane Goubert.
- Fans cheer as Thomas Voeckler rides past in the yellow jersey.
- Richard Virenque gets an escort through the thick crowds.
- Euskatel fans crowd to cheer their hometown team's riders.
- Riders make their way though the heavy crowds on today's climb.
Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com
- Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile) kept himself in contention for a podium finish after stage 13
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio-Bianchi) finished ninth on the stage and holds the same place in the general classification
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) sits just outside the top ten on GC
- Oscar Pereiro Sio (Phonak) is the team's best placed rider after Tyler Hamilton's abandon
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches La Boulangère) was thrilled to keep his yellow jersey another day
- Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo) has shown better climbing form in this year's Tour
- Oscar Sevilla (Phonak) crosses the line nearly seven minutes behind stage winner Armstrong
- Ivan Basso (Team CSC) was once again the only man to follow Lance Armstrong in the finale
- Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) admitted that his chances for a top five finish may have slipped away
- 'Is this one ours?' Lance Armstrong and Sheryl Crow find their helicopter for a quick getaway
- Stage winner Lance Armstrong has taken control of the Tour de France
- Lance Armstrong gets his escort to the chopper
- The best way to get off the mountain
Images by Roberto Bettini
- Armstrong leads Basso in the final kilometres
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) made up for yesterday with a third place
- Here comes Mancebo!
- There goes Mancebo!
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) was consistent again for fourth place
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) gets a great deal of support
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) powers in the final kilometres
- Christophe Moreau (CA) recovered from an early puncture on the climb to end as 8th
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) finished 9th
- Gibo Simoni (Saeco) enjoys the Basque support band
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) was 11th today
- Voeckler (Brioches) is urged on
- Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo) produced a solid ride for 14th
- Vladimir Karpets (Illes Balears) wins the Tour's long hair prize
- Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches) nears the end of the stage - he ended up finishing ahead of former breakaway companions Rasmussen and Voigt
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) leads Leipheimer home
- Oscar Sevilla (Phonak) ended as 18th
- Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) finished 19th
- David Moncoutie (Cofidis) performed well to finish in the top 20
- Sandy Casar (FDJeux.com) ended 21st for the day
- Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) nears the end
- It was all about being orange today
- Allez Richard increased his lead in the mountains jersey
- Floyd Landis and George Hincapie come up together, as normal
- The 1 km to go banner is welcomed by the riders
- Aitor Osa (Illes Balears) has been a bit anonymous this year
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) really didn't have a good day
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) was 22 minutes down at the finish
- All orange all the time
- Laurent Brochard (Ag2r) lost 8 minutes on the climb
- Michele Scarponi (Domina) with Jose Luis Rubiera
- The autobus comes home
- Dark clouds hover but the rain held off
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) raises his arms in triumph
- Ivan Basso (CSC) settled for second today
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) crosses for 3rd
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) crosses for 6th
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) was 9th today
- Christophe Moreau (CA) finishes in 8th
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) rear on
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) looks tired
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) crosses the line in 13th, ecstatic that he still has yellow
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) delighted that he has kept the yellow for a few more days
- Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo) post-stage
- Scarponi (Domina Vacanze) was 30th across the line
- Thank you fans
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) was too good today
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) smiles from the podium
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) is very very happy
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) on the podium
Images by Roberto Bettini
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) beats Ivan Basso to win on Plateau de Beille
- Halgand nears the summit of Plateau de Beille
- Michele Scarponi (Domina) comes through the tunnel of fans
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) is riding better, although not quite at his best
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) is still Mr. Popular in France
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- The publicity caravan delighting the fans in the Pyrenees.
- The Armstrong (USPS) and Basso (CSC) duo took flight again with Armstrong taking the stage win this time.
- Ullrich (T-Mobile) desperately trying to catch Armstrong on the final climb.
- Voeckler (Brioches) fought valiantly to keep the yellow jersey for another day.
- Chavanel (Brioches) feeling the gravity of the Hors Category finish.
- Sevilla (Phonak) finished the stage without a team leader.
- Scarponi (Domina Vacanze) had the best finish of the day for his team at 9'39".
- Martinez and Flores (Euskaltel) in fashionable Basque orange.
- Boogerd (Rabobank) came in at 22'14" behind the stage winner.
- Nardello (T-Mobile) wraps up another tough day for Team T-Mobile.
- Mayo (Euskaltel) eventually finished the stage after considering dropping out.
- Nazon (Ag2r) crossed the line over 40 minutes after the Armstrong & Basso duo.
Results
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6.04.38 (33.81 km/h) 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.05 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.27 5 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.42 7 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2.50 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.51 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 3.43 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.29 12 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4.42 14 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5.56 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 6.06 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 6.34 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 18 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.39 19 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 20 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 7.21 22 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7.33 23 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7.44 24 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 8.21 25 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 26 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 27 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 28 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8.49 29 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 30 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.39 31 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9.41 32 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 9.52 33 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 11.28 34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 12.30 35 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 12.52 37 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.08 38 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 18.46 39 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 40 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19.29 41 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 20.17 43 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 20.33 44 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 45 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 46 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.39 47 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 21.18 48 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 21.35 49 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 50 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 51 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 22.14 52 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 23.54 53 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 54 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 55 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 56 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.03 58 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 24.09 59 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.23 60 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 25.09 61 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 26.58 62 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 63 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 64 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 65 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 66 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 67 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 31.14 68 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 70 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 71 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 72 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 73 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 74 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 75 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 76 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 77 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 78 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 79 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 80 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 81 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 82 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 83 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 84 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 85 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 86 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 87 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 89 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33.49 90 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 33.51 91 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 34.20 92 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 37.40 93 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 94 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 95 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 96 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 97 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 98 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 99 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 100 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 101 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 102 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 103 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 104 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 105 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 106 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 107 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 108 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 109 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 110 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 112 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 113 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 114 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 115 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 116 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 117 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 118 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 119 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 120 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 121 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 122 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 124 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 125 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 126 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 127 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 128 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 129 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 42.20 130 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 131 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 132 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 133 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 134 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 135 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 136 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 137 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 138 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 139 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 140 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 141 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 142 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 143 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 144 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 145 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 146 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 147 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 148 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 149 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 150 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 151 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 152 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 153 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 154 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 155 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 156 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 157 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 158 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 159 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 160 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 47.55 DNF Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco DNF Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto DNF Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi DNF Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems Points 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 20 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 17 3 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 5 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 12 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 7 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 7 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 6 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 12 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4 13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 14 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 1 Mountains Col des Ares - Cat. 3, 42.50 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2 4 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 Col Du Portet d'Aspet - Cat. 2, 64.00 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 8 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 7 5 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 6 6 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 5 Col de la Core - Cat. 1, 99.50 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 15 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 13 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 11 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 9 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 6 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 7 7 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 6 8 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 5 Col de Latrape - Cat. 2, 131.00 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 9 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 7 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 6 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 Col d'Agnes - Cat. 1, 146.00 km 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 15 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 13 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 11 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 9 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8 6 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 7 7 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6 8 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 5 Port De Lers - Cat. 3, 155.00 km 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Plateau-de-Beille - HC, 205.50 km 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 40 pts 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 36 3 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 5 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 24 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 7 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 16 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 12 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 10 Sprints Orgibet, 74.00 km 1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 Ornolac, 182.50 km 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4 3 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2 Young rider 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6.09.20 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.24 3 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.52 4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 2.39 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3.02 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 3.39 7 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.07 8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.57 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 15.35 10 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 19.27 11 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 20.27 12 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 26.32 13 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 14 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 15 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 32.58 17 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 18 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 37.38 21 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 22 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 23 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 24 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole Most combative 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank Teams 1 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 18.26.25 2 T-Mobile Team 0.27 3 Brioches La Boulangere 6.29 4 Team CSC 6.55 5 Lotto-Domo 10.07 6 Credit Agricole 15.20 7 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 16.37 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 16.45 9 Quick Step-Davitamon 17.10 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 20.36 11 Rabobank 23.55 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 35.16 13 Saeco 35.39 14 Fdjeux.Com 46.37 15 Alessio-Bianchi 49.18 16 Gerolsteiner 51.02 17 Domina Vacanze 1.06.02 18 Liberty Seguros 1.07.16 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.09.28 20 Fassa Bortolo 1.16.26 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.38.43 General classification after stage 13 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 58.00.27 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.22 3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 1.39 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.18 5 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 3.28 6 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6.08 7 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6.43 8 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.01 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 7.59 10 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 8.29 11 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 9.50 12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 10.03 13 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.13 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 10.47 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.54 16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.49 17 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 12.44 18 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 13.03 19 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 13.06 20 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 13.57 21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.05 22 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.22 23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 14.29 24 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 14.48 25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 15.09 26 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 18.08 27 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 20.13 28 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.31 29 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 21.52 30 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.17 31 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25.19 32 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 25.32 33 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.04 34 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 27.35 35 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 30.39 36 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 31.06 37 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 31.25 38 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 32.35 39 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 34.36 40 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 36.22 41 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 36.31 42 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 37.02 43 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37.39 44 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 39.28 45 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 40.58 46 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 42.40 47 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 44.31 48 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 44.51 49 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 45.04 50 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 45.38 51 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 46.18 52 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 46.49 53 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 46.52 54 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 47.07 55 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 47.50 56 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 49.15 57 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 51.55 58 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 53.44 59 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 54.12 60 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 54.53 61 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 55.09 62 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55.50 63 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 56.19 64 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 56.32 65 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 57.18 66 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 58.41 67 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 59.15 68 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.00.33 69 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.04.11 70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.04.14 71 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 1.05.16 72 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.05.57 73 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.07.15 74 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.08.04 75 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1.09.14 76 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.12.11 77 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.12.21 78 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.12.38 79 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.13.00 80 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.13.23 81 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 1.14.13 82 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.14.19 83 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.14.23 84 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.14.44 85 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.14.48 86 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 1.15.41 87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.15.53 88 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 1.16.15 89 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 90 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.16.44 91 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.18.05 92 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18.25 93 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.18.35 94 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.20.04 95 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.20.22 96 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1.20.47 97 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 1.20.51 98 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.21.37 99 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 1.22.20 100 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.22.27 101 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.22.54 102 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 1.24.35 103 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.25.03 104 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 105 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.25.04 106 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.25.59 107 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26.24 108 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 109 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.27.23 110 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.27.45 111 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.27.48 112 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.29.01 113 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.29.17 114 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.29.23 115 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.29.27 116 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.29.34 117 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.29.53 118 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.30.07 119 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.30.26 120 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.30.30 121 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.30.54 122 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 1.31.38 123 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1.31.59 124 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 1.32.14 125 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1.32.31 126 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.32.44 127 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.33.03 128 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.33.17 129 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.33.38 130 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1.34.03 131 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.34.07 132 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.35.22 133 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.35.57 134 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.36.19 135 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.37.14 136 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.38.09 137 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.39.53 138 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.40.03 139 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1.40.08 140 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.40.24 141 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.41.16 142 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.41.28 143 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.41.57 144 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 1.42.00 145 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.42.51 146 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 1.43.59 147 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.44.19 148 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 1.45.13 149 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.45.31 150 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.47.52 151 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.48.55 152 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.52.12 153 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.54.41 154 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.55.50 155 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.55.57 156 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.57.18 157 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 2.02.03 158 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.11.15 159 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.20.35 160 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.25.08 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 210 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 201 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 195 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 186 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 176 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 128 7 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 116 8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 102 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 88 10 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 83 11 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 77 12 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 77 13 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 73 14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 72 15 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 70 16 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 65 17 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 62 18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 58 19 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 54 20 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 52 21 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 22 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 47 23 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 41 24 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 40 25 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 39 26 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 27 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 37 28 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 29 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 35 30 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 33 31 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 32 32 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 30 33 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 34 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 28 35 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 28 36 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 27 37 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 38 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 26 39 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 40 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 24 41 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 24 42 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 24 43 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 44 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 22 45 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 22 46 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 19 47 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 19 48 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18 49 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 50 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 51 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 52 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 16 53 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 54 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 55 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16 56 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 15 57 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14 58 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 59 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 60 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13 61 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 13 62 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 63 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 13 64 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 65 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 12 66 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 67 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 68 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 10 69 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9 70 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 71 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 9 72 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 9 73 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 9 74 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 9 75 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 76 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 8 77 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 8 78 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 79 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 80 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 7 81 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 82 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 83 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 84 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 6 85 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 86 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4 87 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4 88 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 89 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 90 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 2 91 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 92 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 93 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2 94 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2 95 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 96 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1 Mountains classification 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 128 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 78 3 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 77 4 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 76 5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 72 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 66 7 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 57 8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 56 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 53 10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 50 11 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 42 12 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 41 13 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27 14 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 24 15 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 22 16 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 18 17 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 17 18 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 16 19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 20 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14 21 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 22 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 23 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 24 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 12 25 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 12 26 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 11 27 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 10 28 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 30 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10 31 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 9 32 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 33 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7 34 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 35 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 36 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6 37 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 38 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 5 39 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5 40 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3 41 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 42 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 43 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 44 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 45 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2 46 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 47 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 1 48 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 49 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 50 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 51 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1 52 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 53 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 58.00.27 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 8.29 3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.05 4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.22 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 14.48 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 15.09 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 18.08 8 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.31 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 49.15 10 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.07.15 11 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.12.38 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 1.15.41 13 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.15.53 14 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.18.35 15 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 1.20.51 16 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 1.24.35 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.27.45 18 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.27.48 19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.30.54 20 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1.31.59 21 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.36.19 22 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.37.14 23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 1.43.59 24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.55.57 25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.25.08 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 171.52.16 2 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 5.52 3 T-Mobile Team 8.07 4 Brioches La Boulangere 11.53 5 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 23.08 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 23.20 7 Quick Step-Davitamon 25.57 8 Credit Agricole 48.42 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 55.53 10 Saeco 56.36 11 Ag2R Prevoyance 58.14 12 Rabobank 1.00.08 13 Liberty Seguros 1.20.37 14 Alessio-Bianchi 1.28.27 15 Lotto-Domo 1.31.45 16 Gerolsteiner 1.45.57 17 Fdjeux.Com 1.46.52 18 Domina Vacanze 1.57.08 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 2.03.58 20 Fassa Bortolo 2.04.43 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 3.45.05
