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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 16 - July 21: Bourg d'Oisans - Alpe d'Huez ITT, 15.5 km
Sign of the times: Armstrong dominates on l'Alpe d'Huez
By Tim Maloney, European editor on l'Alpe d'Huez
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The defining moment so far in this year's Tour de France came today when maillot jaune Lance Armstrong caught his two minute man Ivan Basso in the 15.5km Individual Time Trial to l'Alpe d'Huez. As Armstrong went past Basso with 2.8 km to go, the American looked over at his Italian challenger as he rolled over a Lone Star flag of Texas painted on the road. Armstrong had been obsessed with l'Alpe d'Huez and its difficult time test this year, and today his focus and preparation paid off as he beat his perennial challenger and stage runner up Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) by 1'01" and put 2'23 into the Tour's second placed rider Ivan Basso.
Riding in his 61st maillot jaune, a satisfied Armstrong said post stage that "I was very happy to win here today. L'Alpe d'Huez is the most important climb in the Tour. Today I was focused on just getting through the stage safe and getting the stage win and secure the lead overall. I'm real careful about counting to the number six, although I can. I'll do that on the final lap on the Champs-Elysees. Today was focused on today."
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Jan Ullrich was also focused today and the German Tour man lost most of his one minute and one second on the first 9.5km of l'Alpe d'Huez. "Today I did everything I could. I raced to my absolute limit. I didn't get any split times and didn't even have an earpiece because I wasn't interested in that. Today I just wanted to race and focus on my own effort." As Spanish champion Paco Mancebo had a bad day today and finished 25th, Ullrich moved up one slot on GC to fourth and gained time on Basso and Klöden.
Ivan Basso defended his position with dignity today, but time trials have always been the Italian's weak point, even if he has improved greatly against the watch. "Even though I lost time today, I was happy all the same", the CSC Italian explained. "Sure, I had hoped to do a faster time, but that's OK. Lance was really super today."
Armstrong's team director Johan Bruyneel also agreed with Basso's opinion of Lance's performance on l'Alpe d'Huez. "It was an impressive performance today," said Bruyneel proudly atop the mountain. "This was a stage our team prepared very well for. We put a lot of time and effort into it, starting in May and we got to know it very well. We knew it would be a big challenge...and the result today was amazing. Lance really impressed me."
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Lance himself was not impressed with some of the over-enthusiastic fans today or their behaviour. He explained that "Honestly, that's the way it is every day in the mountains. The Pyrenees were exactly the same...it's not abnormal; there was never a moment where somebody was more aggressive than I've ever seen. The finish on Plateau de Beille was scarier than today...today, the section was a lot longer, on Plateau de Beille, there was one kilometre really...close people. Today you had four or five kilometres of people all the time. I don't know if that's such a good thing for the Tour de France. I don't think it's safe. I think we all agree, and I think the organizers after having watched would agree. I just spoke to McEwen and he agreed. He was scared the whole time up."
Armstrong didn't single out any one group today, but many observers noted that the German fans seemed quite aggressive today towards the American maillot jaune. "It's an interesting mix of people there," he commented. "You don't just have French people, you have a lot of German people and they're very excited. You have a lot of American people and they're excited...a lot of French, Italians...but what I don't understand, when I watch the television and you see certain fans, they cheer for everybody. Once guys droppin', a minute behind, two minutes behind, they cheer for everybody. They don't give 'em the bird, they don't spit on (them), they cheer for them. And then you see some people, once their guy goes by they cheer and then everybody else, they give 'em a hard time...no class."
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Armstrong showed a flash of fury when he reacted to the people who had been giving him the bird, spitting on him and writing 'F*** Armstrong' on the road. The tough Texan said, "That motivates me more than anything. It's very simple. It certainly doesn't work against me. I don't want to make it worse than it was. This is big-time sport. If the Bulls play the Knicks and they go into Madison Square Garden, they're not blowing kisses to the Chicago Bulls, back in the old days. This is big-time sport. The people are excited and emotional and they have their guy but that doesn't take away from my love of the game, with my desire to win. In fact, as I said, I think it puts a little fuel on the fire."
Armstrong explained that he probably preferred his 2001 win at l'Alpe d'Huez to today's win because "It looked like the race was going against us in 2001; Telekom was making the race and basically saying that they were going to dominate, but we came back as a team and I came back as an individual and it was quite a swing so I think that made it in general more exciting."
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Cyclingnews asked Armstrong today about all the hard work it took to prepare for this stage and we got a surprising answer than more than anything we've ever heard, revealed the secret of the five time Tour winner's success. "I think our secret is that we work all year long. Everybody in cycling always wants to know a secret but I have to say, and I hate to disappoint sceptics, but the secret is twelve months a year; that's the secret. It's not a final exam you can cram for. This is the Tour and it requires a year-round commitment. If you guys come here to (l'Alpe d'Huez) in the month of May, it's literally a ghost town.
"So you just stay here and you just ride up and down the mountain, alone or as a team, that's the stuff that we do. Although I didn't think that this would be the decisive day of the Tour, I still knew it would be important. But these are things we do, we've always done and it's something I personally love more than anything. The people that are here then are the people that are repaving the roads, and the people that work in the one or two hotels that are open. For me, there's not a million people on the side of the road, it's me and a few people and that's what makes it beautiful. And to me, that's what makes the difference between winning and losing."
Today on l'Alpe d'Huez, Lance Armstrong showed he clearly knows the difference between winning and losing and took a giant step forward towards winning an unprecedented sixth consecutive Tour de France.
Stage 17 - July 22: Bourg d'Oisans-Le Grande-Bornand, 204.5km
With a tighter vise grip than ever on the 2004 Tour de France, maillot jaune Lance Armstrong and his USPS-Berry Floor team will try to keep the lid on things on what is perhaps the most difficult stage on this year's Tour. With five categorized climbs on the program, including the Cat. 1 Glandon and HC Madeleine in the first 80km, then a Cat. 2 ascent of the Col de Tamie, the steep Cat. 1 Col de la Forclaz and a final ascent of the Cat. 1 Col de la Croix Fry before the 15 km descent to Le Grande-Bornand, Stage 17 is the last major mountain test of the Tour. Look for Jan Ullrich, Andreas Klöden and T-Mobile to attack to try to take back time on Basso and CSC and solidify their lead in the team GC.
Note: Armstrong's time over the 13.8 km of climbing (excluding the 1.7 km of flat at the start) was 37'36, one second slower than Marco Pantani's "official" record of 37'35 set in 1997. But Pantani's time was actually 36'55 when measured from the start of the climb (as Armstrong was today). Pantani also rode 36'50 for the climb in 1995, which remains the best performance up l'Alpe d'Huez.
Photography
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- Switchbacks crisscross the slopes of l'Alpe d'Huez.
- Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo)
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon)
- Carlos Sastre (CSC)
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner)
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches)
- Julian Dean (CA)
- Didier Rous (Brioches)
- Viatchislev Ekimov (USPS)
- Niki Sorensen (CSC)
- David Etxebarria (Euskaltel)
- Pavel Padrnos (USPS)
- Christian Van deVelde (Liberty Seguros)
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis)
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile)
- Eric Zabel (T-Mobile)
- Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto-Domo)
- Ivan Basso (CSC)
- Ivan Basso (CSC) just before getting caught by Lance Armstrong.
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) comes through hot on Basso's wheel.
- Lance Armstrong with the end in sight.
- Lance Armstrong rides by to the cheering of his fans.
Images by Luc Claessen/www.actiefotos.be
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) struggled today in the white jersey
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) was untouchable again today
- Fabio Baldato (Alessio) battles against the mountain
- Michele Bartoli (CSC) lookin' good
- Ivan Basso (CSC) feels the pinch
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) had a decent ride today
- Laurent Brochard (Ag2r) very focused
- Laurent Dufaux (Quick.Step) considers the task ahead
- Giuseppe Guerini a former winner on L'Alpe
- Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) concentrates
- Jan Ullrich drives hard
- Richard Virenque remains standing
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Richard Virenque didn't pick up any more mountain points
- Christophe Moreau (CA) was 20th today
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) was just outside the top 20
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) rode well for the top 10
- Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) driving it home
- Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) en route to 29th
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) was 27th, but kept his 9th place on GC
- Totschnig in a world of pain
- Jose Azevedo (USPS) was fourth in the stage
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches) fought bravely but lost 7 minutes
- Here comes Jan on the TT bars
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) at full gas
- Der Jan rounds a hairpin
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) lost a lot of time today
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) had a very solid ride for third place
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) in the final kilometres
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) sucks down some water
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) post-hydration
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) drives it home
- Ivan Basso (CSC) struggles at the finish
- Danish support at 2 km to go
- l'Alpe d'Huez from a spectator's point of view
- Taking the wide approach to the hairpins
- Richard Virenque hugs the inside bend
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) gave it everything to finish second
- Armstrong sprints for the line
- Armstrong crosses the line
- Lance Armstrong salutes from the podium
- I hope I don't get hayfever
- Lance Armstrong looking a lot more comfy in yellow
- Lance Armstrong atop the podium for the second time in as many days
- Lance Armstrong adds to his yellow jersey and stuffed lion collection
- Later all
- Richard Virenque is contagious
Images by Roberto Bettini
- Lance passes the 9.5 km check in the new best time
- Please remain seated. Lance Armstrong is coming through.
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) checks behind him
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) has the black and yellow look going on l'Alpe d'Huez
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) employed an aero climbing position
Images by Space Imaging
- Space Imaging's IKONOS satellite took a photo of the winding switchback road to the town of L'Alpe d'Huez lined with cars, RVs and hundreds of thousands of cycling fans.
Images by Mitch Clinton/clintonphoto.com
- Julian Dean figures he should be done by tea time
- Pavel Padrnos (USPS) his usual impassive self
- George Hincapie (USPS) starts his assault
- Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) looking aero
- Jan Ullrich looking for time
- Richard Virenque now in spots
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa) composed as usual with 2.5 km to go.
- Michele Scarponi (Domina) on the final hairpin.
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step) sporting a new do for the Alpe d'Huez crowd.
- George Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) with another strong stage performance.
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) realizing the hills are just as tough without the yellow jersey.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) setting a strong a pace but could not best Armstrong.
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) came in third behind teammate Ullrich.
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) showing himself again on l'Alpe d'Huez.
Results
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 39.41 (23.44 km/h) 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.01 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.41 4 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.45 5 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.11 6 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 2.15 8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.23 9 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2.27 11 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 2.33 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.34 13 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.04 14 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.06 15 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.09 16 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.15 17 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3.19 18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 3.25 19 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 20 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 3.35 22 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3.40 23 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 24 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 3.41 25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3.43 26 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.53 27 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3.58 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4.03 29 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 4.06 30 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 4.11 31 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.16 32 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4.18 34 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.20 35 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 36 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4.27 37 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.28 38 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 4.30 39 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 4.33 40 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 4.36 41 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.40 42 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4.42 43 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4.43 44 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4.44 45 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 4.46 46 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.47 47 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 4.52 48 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4.54 49 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4.57 51 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4.58 52 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 5.02 53 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 5.08 54 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 5.12 55 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 5.14 56 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 5.17 57 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 5.20 58 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.25 59 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.29 60 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 5.34 61 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5.38 62 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 63 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 64 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5.46 65 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 66 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.52 67 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 5.53 68 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 5.54 69 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.55 70 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 71 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 5.56 72 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.09 73 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 74 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 6.11 75 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 6.13 76 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6.15 77 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 78 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 79 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.23 80 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 6.24 81 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 6.27 82 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 6.30 83 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.31 84 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 85 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 6.34 86 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 6.35 87 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 88 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6.36 89 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.38 90 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 6.40 91 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 92 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 6.44 93 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 6.45 94 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 6.50 95 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 6.55 96 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6.56 97 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 98 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6.57 99 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 6.59 100 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 7.00 101 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7.01 102 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.04 103 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 7.05 104 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.06 105 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7.12 106 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 7.13 107 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 7.14 108 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 7.19 109 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 7.23 110 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7.24 111 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.26 112 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 113 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7.27 114 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 7.32 115 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 116 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 7.39 117 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 118 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7.41 119 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 120 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7.43 121 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 7.45 122 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.47 123 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 7.48 124 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 7.49 125 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 126 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 7.56 127 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 7.57 128 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 8.01 129 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 8.04 130 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 131 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 8.06 132 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 8.08 133 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 8.11 134 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 8.12 135 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 8.13 136 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8.19 137 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.26 138 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 8.28 139 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 8.33 140 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 8.39 141 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 8.48 142 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 143 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 8.52 144 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 8.53 145 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 8.58 146 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 147 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 9.04 148 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 9.25 149 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 10.02 150 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 10.06 151 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 152 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 10.10 153 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 154 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 10.19 155 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 11.32 Outside time limit (Hors delai) HD Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon HD Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo Points 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 15 pts 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 4 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 8 5 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 6 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 5 7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 4 8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3 9 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1 Mountains 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 40 pts 2 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 4 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 28 5 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 24 6 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 20 7 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 8 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 10 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 10 Young rider 1 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 41.56 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.19 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.04 4 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 1.10 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.28 6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.38 7 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.03 8 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2.05 9 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 2.21 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.28 11 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.32 12 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 3.31 13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.39 14 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4.19 15 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4.21 16 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.49 17 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.11 18 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 5.24 19 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 5.33 20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 5.34 21 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.04 22 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6.33 23 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 6.37 24 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 6.38 25 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 7.10 Teams 1 T-Mobile Team 2.03.56 2 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 0.27 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.28 4 Team CSC 4.39 5 Ag2R Prevoyance 5.08 6 Quick Step-Davitamon 5.36 7 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 6.20 8 Brioches La Boulangere 7.51 9 Saeco 8.12 10 Liberty Seguros 8.38 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.04 12 Credit Agricole 9.23 13 Gerolsteiner 9.46 14 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 9.53 15 Fassa Bortolo 9.56 16 Rabobank 10.14 17 Fdjeux.Com 11.26 18 Lotto-Domo 11.42 19 Alessio-Bianchi 12.02 20 Domina Vacanze 12.36 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 14.58 General classification after stage 16 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 67.53.24 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3.48 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.03 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.55 5 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9.19 6 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 9.20 7 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11.34 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 13.52 9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 14.08 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 15.04 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 15.27 12 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 15.41 13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 16.04 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.23 15 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 18.58 16 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 19.32 17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 19.37 18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 20.26 19 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 20.28 20 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 20.55 21 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 21.31 22 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.14 23 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 27.05 24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 27.32 25 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27.40 26 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 28.59 27 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 29.22 28 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 32.33 29 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 34.01 30 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 34.05 31 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 36.23 32 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 38.41 33 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 39.04 34 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.05 35 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 39.47 36 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40.39 37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 42.58 38 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 43.25 39 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 45.09 40 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 49.10 41 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 49.12 42 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 51.04 43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 52.38 44 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 56.20 45 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 57.00 46 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.00.11 47 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.01.05 48 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.01.35 49 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 50 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.02.41 51 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.06.54 52 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.07.18 53 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.09.05 54 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.09.45 55 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.14.42 56 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 1.14.53 57 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 1.15.01 58 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.15.02 59 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.15.25 60 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.16.26 61 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 1.16.27 62 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.20.22 63 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.21.12 64 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 1.21.29 65 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.24.47 66 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.25.30 67 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1.25.56 68 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.26.23 69 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 1.26.28 70 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.26.58 71 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.28.40 72 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.30.34 73 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.34.29 74 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.35.54 75 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.36.43 76 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.37.32 77 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 1.37.59 78 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.40.02 79 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.40.04 80 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.43.17 81 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.44.12 82 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.44.21 83 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.45.29 84 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.45.37 85 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.45.50 86 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.47.24 87 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 1.47.47 88 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.48.50 89 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.49.17 90 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.50.24 91 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 92 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.50.56 93 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.52.03 94 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1.52.51 95 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.53.06 96 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.53.14 97 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.53.40 98 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.53.47 99 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.54.12 100 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.56.01 101 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.56.16 102 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 1.57.08 103 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.57.55 104 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.58.03 105 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.59.52 106 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.00.01 107 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 2.00.22 108 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.00.46 109 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 2.02.14 110 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.03.13 111 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.04.16 112 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 2.04.49 113 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.04.50 114 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.04.54 115 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.06.57 116 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.07.41 117 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.08.24 118 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.09.05 119 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 2.09.45 120 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.09.49 121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.11.16 122 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 2.12.17 123 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.12.28 124 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.13.00 125 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2.13.17 126 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2.14.25 127 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 128 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.14.33 129 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 2.14.43 130 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.14.51 131 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.15.01 132 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.15.07 133 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.16.17 134 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.18.17 135 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.20.44 136 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.20.48 137 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.20.54 138 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.21.36 139 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 2.21.41 140 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.22.02 141 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 2.22.20 142 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 2.24.21 143 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.24.42 144 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.25.28 145 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2.26.46 146 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.27.05 147 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 2.28.00 148 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.34.24 149 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.35.09 150 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.36.36 151 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.37.30 152 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 2.47.44 153 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.53.26 154 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.03.16 155 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.06.33 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 225 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 213 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 212 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 204 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 189 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 128 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 118 8 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 116 9 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 108 10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 104 11 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 85 12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 83 13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 79 14 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 77 15 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 73 16 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 72 17 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 65 18 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 65 19 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 60 20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 58 21 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55 22 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 54 23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 24 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 50 25 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 47 26 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 44 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 42 28 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 29 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 41 30 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 40 31 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 39 32 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 38 33 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 36 34 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 34 35 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 33 36 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 32 37 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 30 38 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 39 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 40 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 30 41 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 28 42 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 27 43 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 44 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 26 45 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 46 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 25 47 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 24 48 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 49 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 21 50 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 21 51 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 20 52 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19 53 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 19 54 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 19 55 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 56 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18 57 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 18 58 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18 59 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 60 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 61 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 62 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 16 63 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 64 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 65 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16 66 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 15 67 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14 68 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 69 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13 70 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 13 71 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 13 72 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 73 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 11 74 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 10 75 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 76 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 9 77 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 9 78 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 9 79 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 80 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 8 81 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 8 82 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 83 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 84 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 85 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 86 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 87 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 6 88 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 89 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 6 90 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 5 91 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 92 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4 93 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4 94 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 4 95 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 96 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 97 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 98 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2 99 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 100 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 101 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2 102 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 103 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1 104 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover -5 105 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com -5 Mountains classification 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 177 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 142 3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 101 4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 96 5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 95 6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 93 7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 78 8 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 77 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 71 10 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 65 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 53 12 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 53 13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 42 14 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 41 15 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 36 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 36 17 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 18 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 24 19 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 24 20 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 21 21 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 20 22 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 18 23 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 17 24 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14 25 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 26 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 27 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 28 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 12 29 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 12 30 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 12 31 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 11 32 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 10 33 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 34 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 35 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10 36 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 8 37 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 38 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7 39 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 40 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 41 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6 42 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 43 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 5 44 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 5 45 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 5 46 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5 47 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3 48 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 49 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3 50 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 3 51 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 52 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 53 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 54 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 55 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2 56 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 57 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 58 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 1 59 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 60 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 61 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 62 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1 63 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 64 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 68.09.28 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 3.33 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 4.24 4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.01 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 11.28 6 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.36 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.55 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 13.18 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 1.00.23 10 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.14.30 11 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.19.50 12 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.21.28 13 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.31.20 14 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 1.34.20 15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 1.41.04 16 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1.44.18 17 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.47.09 18 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 1.48.45 19 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.51.37 20 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.53.45 21 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.56.24 22 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.05.58 23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2.10.42 24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.21.26 25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.50.29 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 201.39.17 2 Team CSC 3.44 3 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 6.13 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 29.12 5 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 41.21 6 Brioches La Boulangere 44.03 7 Quick Step-Davitamon 47.51 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.22 9 Credit Agricole 1.00.34 10 Rabobank 1.03.39 11 Saeco 1.14.53 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.31.26 13 Liberty Seguros 1.33.52 14 Gerolsteiner 2.05.48 15 Lotto-Domo 2.21.17 16 Fdjeux.Com 2.23.23 17 Alessio-Bianchi 2.35.45 18 Fassa Bortolo 2.40.15 19 Domina Vacanze 3.20.27 20 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 3.21.55 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 4.38.03
