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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 14 - July 18: Carcassonne - Nimes, 192.5 km
Speedy Gonzalez beats the break
The TerminAitor is back
By Tim Maloney, European editor in Nimes
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With a peloton tired from two weeks of hard racing, a rest day waiting tomorrow and a big break at liberty on the flat, fast stage, an opportunistic move by Fassa Bortolo's Aitor Gonzalez with 6 km to race brought the Fassa Bortolo Silver Team its third victory at this year's Tour de France. Today's stage was the 15th time a Tour stage has finished in Nimes, but the first time a Spanish rider has taken the victory bouquet.
Gonzalez, a former Vuelta a España winner, also became the 100th Spanish rider to win an "en-ligne" stage in Tour de France history. Aitor has always been rider with enormous class and his powerful attack was reminiscent of his first victory for Fassa Bortolo when he powered off the front in the final to win the Giro di Reggio Calabria in 2003. "I had to find the right moment to attack the break; that was the problem. But I was able to get away and win so I'm very happy," he said.
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It was the first pro win for Gonzalez since 2003 when he won the Giro d'Italia stage in Bolzano, but the highly touted rider, who came to his current squad after a contract dispute with another team, had not lived up to his potential since winning the Spanish Tour in 2002.
Thomas Voeckler maintained his maillot jaune and his slim 0'22 lead over Lance Armstrong today. Voeckler explained post stage that, "It was very fast in the first two hours and I was glad when that break finally got away. I'm looking forward to the rest day tomorrow."
How it unfolded
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On a hot, muggy day in the walled city of Carcassonne, 160 riders took the start and headed east to Nimes along the Mediterranean coast to Nimes, home of famous Roman relics like the Arena. After a manic first two hours of racing across the flat, hot terrain lined with vineyards and fruit trees, where Quick.Step and Lotto pulled back every move, a ten man break finally got away after 100km led by an attack by Nicolas "JaJa Jr." Jalabert (Phonak) near Montagnac. He was joined by Botero (T-Mobile), Fedrigo (Credit Agricole), Wrolich (Gerolsteiner), Lotz (Rabobank), Mengin (FDJeux.com), Landaluze and Martinez (Euskaltel), Gonzalez de Galdeano (Liberty Seguros) and Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo). Both Euskaltel riders Landaluze and Gonzalez had already been in breaks in this year's Tour and with such a broad representation of teams present in the break, the sprinters' teams couldn't pull the escape back without help.
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After 24km of freedom, the fast moving break had already established a gap of 4'20. Egoi Martinez was the best placed rider in the break in 43rd, 37'39 behind, so there was little danger to any favourites in the race from the ten man escape. Brioches rode tempo up front and the lead ballooned to 10'50 in Montpellier with 60 km to race. With 25 km to go, the gap was over 13'00 and the tactics up front for the stage win began as riders began to soft-pedal.
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With 9.5 km to go, Gonzalez de Galdeano made the first attack, but he was chased down and countered by Aitor Gonzalez. That didn't last long, but after a few more attacks and counter attacks, Pierrick Fedrigo had a go. When the Credit Agricole rider came back, Fassa Bortolo's Gonzalez waited for a moment, then made his move from the middle of the break, jumping from the left side of the road to the right with a powerful surge. Once he went, it was all over and the Fassa man cruised home 0'25 ahead of Jalabert, who had started the move 92 km earlier.
Robbie McEwen took the bunch sprint ahead of Hushovd (Credit Agricole) 14'12 later and the riders sprinted to the team busses to head to the hotel as rest day had officially started.
Photography
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- The peloton rolls out in the early afternoon.
- The bunch rolls past the ancient walled city of Carcassonne.
- Euskaltel rider Inigo Landaluze and Liberty's Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano try to get away early in the race.
- The main bunch rides amongst the grapevines along today's vineyard lined route.
- Aitor Gonzalez gets another one for Fassa Bortolo.
- Robbie McEwen wins the bunch sprint for 11th.
- Crowd favorite Richard Virenque crosses the line.
- Bobby Julich rides in at the back.
- Thomas Voeckler holds onto yellow for another day.
Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com
- Don't let this happen to you: Jean-Patrick Nazon's fork snapped in his stage 13 crash
- The splintered core of Jean-Patrick Nazon's fork
- Yes, it's broken
- His bike bit the dust but Jean-Patrick Nazon was back to fight another day
- A tough blow for Bobby Julich who hurt his wrist in a crash in stage 13
- Thomas Voeckler gets set for an 'bonus' day in yellow
- Jakob Piil wonders how early he'll have to attack to get ahead of teammate Jens Voigt
- Tom Boonen looks less than chipper the day after his own painful crash
- Don't mess with Wauters and Dekker
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) relaxes after his win
- Pierrick Fedrigo (CA) finished fourth
- Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) crosses for 5th place
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo, R) just wins the sprint for 11th ahead of Hushovd (C) and Hondo (L)
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) comes across in 39th, just ahead of Voeckler
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) rolls across the line in 40th place
- The peloton threads its way through the finish zone
- Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) with his TdF stage winner's trophy
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) celebrates another day I yellow
- How about that? Aitor Gonzalez celebrates a well earned stage win
- Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) crosses the line for second place
- Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) happy to be back
- TiTi Voeckler on the podium in yellow for the 10th time in a row
- Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) is ushered to the podium
- Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak) was very popular after his second place
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) after finishing 11th
- Ullrich and Kloden come across after the finish
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) actually looks happy
- Michele Scarponi (Domina) asks why?
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) finishes another tough day
- Jan Hruska (Liberty) sucks on a bidon after finishing the stage
Images by Roberto Bettini
- The peloton rides through the heat during stage 14
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) during stage 14
- Lance Armstrong and Jens Voigt discuss matters on the road
- Ivan Basso (CSC) and his family: wife Micaela and baby daughter Domitilla (C)
- Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) celebrates his Stage 14 win
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) refuels en route to Nimes
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) rides ahead of a hydrating Ullrich during stage 14
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- TiTi Voeckler (Brioches) was clearly the fans' favourite in Carcassonne.
- Gonzalez (Phonak), Flecha (Fassa), Edaleine (Cofidis) and Robin (FDJeux.com) had a one minute lead at 45 km.
- Team Rabobank organizing the chase for the four escapees.
- Stage winner Gonzalez (Fassa) looking cool after the finish line.
- Martinez (Eusktaltel) getting refreshment after a successful 92km breakaway.
- A young fan in Nimes looking for riders coming in.
- Leipheimer (Rabobank) taking a deep breath after stage 14.
- McEwen (Lotto) keeps the green jersey with a narrow lead over his rivals.
- Bernard Hinault is pleased with the accomplishment of the young Voeckler.
Results
1 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4.18.32 (44.68 km/h) 2 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.25 3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 4 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.29 5 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.31 6 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 7 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 8 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 0.37 9 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.41 10 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.43 11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 14.12 12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 13 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 17 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 18 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 20 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 25 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 27 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 30 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 31 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 32 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 33 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 34 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 35 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 36 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 37 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 38 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 39 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 40 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 41 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 42 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 46 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 47 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 48 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 49 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 50 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 51 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 52 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 53 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 54 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 55 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 56 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 57 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 58 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 59 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 60 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 62 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 63 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 64 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 65 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 66 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 67 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 68 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 69 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 70 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 71 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 72 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 73 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 74 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 75 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 76 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 77 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 78 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 79 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 80 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 81 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 83 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 84 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 85 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 86 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 87 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 88 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 89 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 90 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 91 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 92 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 93 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 94 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 95 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 96 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 97 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 98 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 99 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 100 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 101 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 102 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 103 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 104 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 105 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 106 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 107 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 108 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 109 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 110 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 111 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 112 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 113 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 114 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 115 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 116 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 117 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 118 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14.38 119 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.04 120 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 15.10 121 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 122 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 123 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 15.22 124 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 125 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 126 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 127 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 128 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 129 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 130 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 131 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 132 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 133 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 134 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 135 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 136 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 137 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 138 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 15.36 139 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 140 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 141 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 142 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 143 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 144 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 145 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 146 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 147 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 148 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 149 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 150 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 151 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 152 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 153 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 154 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 155 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 156 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 157 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 158 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15.45 159 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 160 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 16.28 Points 1 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 35 pts 2 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 26 4 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 5 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 22 6 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 20 7 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19 8 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 18 9 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 10 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 15 12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14 13 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 14 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 16 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 10 17 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 9 18 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7 20 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 23 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 24 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 2 25 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1 Sprints Capestang, 53.00 km 1 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 pts 2 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 4 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2 Villevieille, 166.50 km 1 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 4 3 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 Young rider 1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.32.44 2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 7 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 8 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 11 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 13 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 15 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.10 18 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 20 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 21 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.24 22 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 24 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 25 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com Most combative 1 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems Teams 1 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.11.12 2 Fassa Bortolo 12.48 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 13.13 4 Fdjeux.Com 5 Credit Agricole 13.17 6 Gerolsteiner 13.19 7 Rabobank 8 Liberty Seguros 9 T-Mobile Team 13.25 10 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 27.00 11 Team CSC 12 Brioches La Boulangere 13 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 14 Ag2R Prevoyance 15 Saeco 16 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 17 Lotto-Domo 18 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 19 Alessio-Bianchi 20 Domina Vacanze 21 Quick Step-Davitamon 27.58 General classification after stage 14 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 62.33.11 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 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 13.57 20 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.05 21 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 14.16 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 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.17 30 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 23.02 31 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24.10 32 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 24.56 33 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25.19 34 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 25.32 35 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 27.35 36 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 27.50 37 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 28.59 38 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 30.39 39 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 31.06 40 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 31.25 41 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 33.45 42 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 34.36 43 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 36.22 44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 37.02 45 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 38.47 46 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42.22 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 45.34 51 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 46.18 52 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 47.07 53 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 47.50 54 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 48.02 55 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 48.13 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 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54.33 61 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 54.53 62 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 55.09 63 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 56.19 64 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 56.32 65 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.00 66 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 57.18 67 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 58.41 68 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 59.15 69 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.00.24 70 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.00.33 71 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 1.00.38 72 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.04.11 73 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.04.14 74 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 1.05.16 75 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.05.57 76 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.07.15 77 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.08.42 78 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.08.55 79 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1.09.14 80 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.12.11 81 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.12.21 82 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.12.38 83 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.12.43 84 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.13.00 85 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.13.23 86 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.14.19 87 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.14.48 88 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 1.15.41 89 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.16.08 90 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.16.15 91 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.17.03 92 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 1.17.25 93 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.18.05 94 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.18.06 95 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18.25 96 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.19.59 97 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.20.22 98 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 1.20.51 99 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.21.14 100 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.21.35 101 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1.22.20 102 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 103 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.23.01 104 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 1.24.35 105 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.25.03 106 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 107 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26.24 108 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.26.37 109 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.27.23 110 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 111 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.28.55 112 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.29.01 113 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.29.12 114 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.29.17 115 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.29.23 116 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.29.27 117 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 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.30.58 122 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 1.31.38 123 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1.31.59 124 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.32.04 125 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 1.32.14 126 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.33.17 127 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1.33.29 128 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.33.38 129 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1.34.03 130 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.34.07 131 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.34.08 132 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.34.13 133 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.35.57 134 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.37.14 135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.37.43 136 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.38.09 137 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.40.03 138 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1.40.08 139 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.41.27 140 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.41.28 141 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.41.34 142 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.41.57 143 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 1.42.00 144 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.42.40 145 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.42.51 146 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.44.19 147 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 1.45.23 148 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 1.46.37 149 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.46.41 150 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.49.16 151 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.50.19 152 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.53.10 153 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.55.07 154 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.57.00 155 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.57.07 156 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.58.16 157 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 2.03.27 158 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.12.39 159 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.20.35 160 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.26.32 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 225 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 212 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 209 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 198 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 189 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 128 7 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 116 8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 111 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 88 10 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 85 11 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 81 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 79 13 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 77 14 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 73 15 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 72 16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 70 17 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 65 18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 58 19 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55 20 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 54 21 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 52 22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 23 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 50 24 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 47 25 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 46 26 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 44 27 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 28 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 40 29 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 39 30 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 38 31 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 37 32 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 35 34 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 33 35 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 32 36 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 30 37 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 38 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 39 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 30 40 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 28 41 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 27 42 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 43 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 26 44 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 45 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 24 46 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 24 47 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 24 48 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 49 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 22 50 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 20 51 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19 52 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 19 53 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 19 54 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 18 55 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18 56 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 57 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 58 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 59 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 16 60 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 61 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 62 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 63 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16 64 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 15 65 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14 66 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 67 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 68 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13 69 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 13 70 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 13 71 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 72 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 73 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 12 74 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 75 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 76 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 10 77 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9 78 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 79 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 9 80 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 9 81 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 9 82 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 83 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 8 84 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 8 85 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 86 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 87 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 88 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 89 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 90 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 6 91 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 92 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 93 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4 94 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4 95 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 4 96 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 97 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 98 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 2 99 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 100 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 101 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2 102 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2 103 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 104 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 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 48 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 1 49 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 50 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 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 62.33.11 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 1.17.03 14 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.19.59 15 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 1.20.51 16 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 1.24.35 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.28.55 18 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.29.12 19 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1.31.59 20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.32.04 21 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.37.14 22 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.37.43 23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 1.45.23 24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.57.07 25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.26.32 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 185.25.00 2 Team CSC 5.28 3 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 11.20 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 15.01 5 Brioches La Boulangere 17.21 6 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 28.36 7 Quick Step-Davitamon 32.23 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.21 9 Credit Agricole 40.27 10 Rabobank 51.55 11 Saeco 1.02.04 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.03.42 13 Liberty Seguros 1.12.24 14 Alessio-Bianchi 1.33.55 15 Lotto-Domo 1.37.13 16 Gerolsteiner 1.37.44 17 Fdjeux.Com 1.38.33 18 Fassa Bortolo 1.55.59 19 Domina Vacanze 2.02.36 20 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 2.09.26 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 3.50.43
