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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 17 - July 22: Bourg d'Oisans - Le Grand Bornand, 204.5 km
"No Gifts": Armstrong sprints to third consecutive stage win
Landis does yeoman's work on hot, hard mountain stage
By Tim Maloney and Jeff Jones in Le Grand-Bornand
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Today was the day that everyone was waiting for at the Tour de France: the longest, most difficult mountain stage with five categorized climbs across the Alps. Combined with the 30° summer heat, there were huge time gaps in the shattered peloton that was strewn across the Massif de la Vanois and the Chain des Aravis mountain ranges. For the third day running, it was Big Tex, Mr. Lance Armstrong himself who won the stage, his 20th Tour stage win. Armstrong sprinted in ahead of German champion Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile), who is currently sitting in third on GC at the Tour. Klöden's teammate Jan Ullrich tried hard today to set up his teammate for the stage win to gain valuable bonus seconds on Ivan Basso, but there was nothing doing as Lance blasted home in Le Grande-Bornand.
After the stage, Armstrong explained why he brought back Klöden's last kilometre attack with such a concerted effort. "As I stepped up to the top of the podium, Bernard Hinault met me at the top of the steps and said 'perfect.' No gifts, no gifts this year. I've given gifts in the Tour de France and very rarely has it ever come back to help me. And this is the biggest bike race in the world and it means more than any bike race in the world and it means more to me than any bike race in the world. And I wanna win. No gifts."
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But atop the last climb of the day, the Col de la Croix Fry with 15km to go, Armstrong had encouraged his teammate Floyd Landis to attack and go for the stage win on a day when the former Pennsylvania farm boy showed just how strong he's become in this year's Tour. As he did two days ago on the stage to Villard-de-Lans, Armstrong paid tribute to the 29 year old from Murietta, California. "(Floyd) was the man of the day...he was incredible. For him to ride tempo on the final climb and end up with five guys, that says it all. That's really, really hard to do. And from our information, the people that were there were suffering. So I had hoped that he could ride a fast descent to the finish and win a stage. But it didn't work out that way."
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Armstrong continued his praise for Landis, who showed his strength and determination today in the Tour. "He is riding super; he's a great teammate and he's given everything. Today was the best day I've ever seen from Floyd and I've had some fast guys ride tempo on the climbs. Floyd seems to be getting better and better every day. And today is his best day ever. That's why I really wanted him to win the stage. For me, he deserved the win and for that matter, I should dedicate the stage win to him, because he deserved it. I think he wanted it and needed it. I asked him (on the final climb) 'how bad do you wanna win a stage in the Tour de France? And he said 'real bad'. I said 'how fast can you go downhill' and he said 'I go downhill real fast' and he said 'can I do it?' and I said 'sure you can do it; run like you stole something, Floyd.' And Jan chased him down."
For his part, Floyd returned the props for Lance today post-stage. Landis explained that, "Lance tried to let me win today but Ullrich didn't want me to win, so Lance won. Ha! Which is better anyway...whatever. Lance let me go on the descent he wanted to try and let me win the stage, but Ullrich was having none of it."
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Yesterday, Landis was disappointed that the USPS team didn't let him ride harder in the l'Alpe d'Huez TT, but when his teammate Azevedo dropped back on the final climb, their strategy in saving Floyd for today's tough mountain made sense. Landis explained after the stage today with his famous sense of humour that "I've been feeling better every day since the start. Today was definitely a good day for me, so I'm happy for Lance. He can sprint too!"
T-Mobile have done little in this year's Tour results-wise, but Jan Ullrich and Klöden did gain time on Basso today thanks to US Postal's work, but Ullrich explained away his behaviour by saying, "I did everything for Klöden to win today. In the final, I was watching Landis as well as Armstrong. We knew that Landis would probably attack, so I covered his move."
Lance described the action on the final descent, saying "Floyd was scrapping it (up)...I was dropped; I was trying to take it easy and be careful."
Despite losing the stage win, Ullrich and Klöden were still happy to have gained time on everybody except Armstrong today. "Anyway, you saw the best riders in the front today on the hardest stage of the Tour." Klöden and Ullrich both gained time via time bonuses today on Basso, who suffered in the final kilometres on the Croix Fry, but recovered well on the descent and was still there at the finish in Le Grand-Bornand.
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As Armstrong goes from strength to strength as his sixth consecutive Tour win looms in Paris on Sunday, the American reminisced on the last time he was in Le Grand-Bornand, in 1999 at the start of Stage 9's 213 km trip to Sestrieres, where Armstrong took his first career stage win wearing the Maillot Jaune. Armstrong spoke about how he's grown over the course of five - and now, barring any unexpected events - six straight Tour victories. "Each victory brings more experience and I think that in this event, that's critical. I can remember back to 1999, I was so nervous every day that I was going to lose the Tour de France. I don't have those feelings anymore; I'll get nervous and I'll have bad days and things like that, but I have a lot of confidence in myself and a lot of confidence in the team right now; that we can control any situation.
"And as long as I take care of myself physically, do all the things we're supposed to do, and eat right, get the proper rest, then I think I'm going to show up on the start line ready to race everyday. And that comes with a lot of experience...when I was here (at Le Grand-Bornand) in 1999, we hadn't started the mountains yet, so I had won the time trial, but for all I knew, I was going to get dropped in the mountains and lose the yellow jersey."
Like today's win in Le Grand-Bornand, Armstrong did it five years ago in Sestrieres wearing his favourite colour: Yellow.
How it unfolded
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The peloton rolled out of Bourg d'Oisans under sunny blue skies and a warm temperature of over 30 degrees. Three riders didn't start: Roberto Heras (Liberty), Alessandro Bertolini (Alessio) and Laurent Lefevre (Brioches). Heras was lying in 45th place on GC nearly an hour down, and together with his team, he decided not to continue in such bad condition. A few kilometres into the stage, Janek Tombak (Cofidis) was also forced to abandon after slicing his fingers in his front wheel while trying to adjust his computer sensor.
It didn't take long for the first attack of the day to go, and it turned out to be the one that stuck. After 2 km, Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze), Michele Bartoli (CSC), Gilberto Simoni (Saeco), Ludovic Martin (RAGT) and Rolf Aldag (T-Mobile) flew the coop and were able to get clear of the peloton, which was controlled by the blue jerseys of US Postal. When the leaders were 40 seconds ahead, Mikel Astarloza (Ag2r) set off after them, but the Basque rider was never able to make contact and came back to the peloton 60 km later.
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The five hit the first of the day's climbs, the 21.9 km Col du Glandon, with a 1'50 lead over the bunch, and continued to increase it to over 5 minutes at the summit. Simoni took the points at the top with the other four in tow, while Astarloza came across in sixth at 2'50. The Basque came to grief on the steep switchbacks at the top of the descent and lost some skin, but was able to remount and continue his lone effort in between the break and the peloton.
From the peloton, Richard Virenque took the points for seventh followed by teammate Bettini and Christophe Moreau. With the gap they had at the top, Virenque and Moreau decided to continue and quickly opened up a minute's lead over the peloton on the long descent, catching Astarloza on the way down and closing in on the four leaders.
On the 2000m Col de la Madeleine (km 79), the highest mountain in this year's Tour, Moreau and Virenque left Astarloza behind and slowly but surely reeled in the early break. They made contact just before the top and Virenque went for the points and big cash prize (Souvenir Henri Desgranges), but met his match in Gilberto Simoni who outsprinted the polka-dot jersey for the honours. With Bartoli also dropped from the lead group on the climb, there were now six leaders: Simoni, Virenque, Moreau, Aldag, Simeoni and Martin. They had nearly eight minutes at one point before the US Postal and CSC led peloton realised the danger and started to up the tempo.
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The chase started in earnest on the long descent through the Isere valley as US Postal and CSC jerseys continued to set the tempo. On the Cat. 2 Col de Tamie (km 134), both Simeoni and Martin were dropped, leaving four men in front including a very tired Aldag. Gilberto Simoni was clearly on a mission to try for a stage win, and kept the tempo high, but the bunch had closed to four minutes with US Postal's Triki Beltran and George Hincapie on the front. Iker Flores (Euskaltel) tried a solo bridging attempt up to the leaders, but made no impression.
On the steep Col de la Forclaz (km 157.5), Aldag finally lost contact and over the top it was Virenque, Simoni and Moreau in that order, with Aldag at 2'15 and a rather select 20 man peloton at 2'40. With just one more climb to come, it was time to reel in the break and Postal's Rubiera and Azevedo rode a hard tempo to the foot of the climb, bringing the leaders back to 1'40 at the sprint in Thones (km 177). Belgian Rik Verbrugghe got a 30 second headstart on the climb when he tried to bridge across alone, but once he hit the steeper sections he quickly came back to the bunch.
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The remaining three were mopped up by Carlos Sastre with 20 km to go as the Spaniard took a flyer in an attempt to win the stage. But he could only gain a maximum of 18 seconds as Floyd Landis rode a brutal tempo all the way to the top of the climb, dropping everyone save for Armstrong, Basso, Klöden and Ullrich. Landis was given the go ahead by his boss to attack on the descent, but Ullrich saw it and quickly bridged the gap, followed by Armstrong.
The leading five regrouped, playing cat and mouse tactics until under 2 km to go when Landis attacked, but was chased by Ullrich. After they went under the flamme rouge with 1 km to go, it was Klöden's turn to counter, leaving Landis to chase with Armstrong, Ullrich and Basso on his wheel. Klöden held a 30 metre advantage on the slight uphill finish, but when Lance Armstrong launched himself in pursuit with 200m to go, Klöden looked back twice and the American surged past him in the last 20m to win by half a bike length. Ullrich took third ahead of Basso and Landis, while the remnants of the peloton limped in at various intervals over the next 40 minutes.
Stage 18 - Friday July 23: Annemasse - Lons le Saunier, 166.5 km
Annemasse will this year host its first Tour start, however it won't be an easy one. With five categorised climbs in the 166.5 kilometres, everyone today will looking forward to the final 40 km. which are mostly downhill. At 62.5 kilometres from the start, the riders start to ascend the major climb of the stage, the Cat. 2 Col de la Faucille, which averages 6.3% for 11.5 km. The race finishes up in Lons le Saunier with the Cat. 4 Côte de Nogna at 13 km to go a key point for a late attack. Look for a non-threatening breakaway to go clear in this stage with US Postal riding tempo behind to keep things under control before Saturday's final time trial.
Photography
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- Mikel Astarloza (Ag2r) tries to get away early in the day.
- USPS leads the peloton to keep up the tempo.
- Lance Armstrong corners on the way to the Col de la Madeleine.
- Riders take a corner with the Alps looming in the background.
- The peloton makes its way up a deep canyon on the way to the Col du Glandon.
- Ivan Basso and Jan Ullrich try to hang on as Floyd Landis and Lance Armstrong set the pace on the last climb.
- Jose Luis Ruberia gets a splash of water after doing his work on the climb.
- Stephane Goubert (Ag2r) looking hot and tired on the climb to the finish.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) looks a little worried on the way to the top.
- The first big bunch makes its way up the Col de la Croix Fry close to the finish.
Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com
- 'No more gifts. Lance Armstrong smiles after winning his third consecutive stage
- Santos Gonzalez (Phonak)
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) tried to attack the leaders but paid for it in the end
- Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) finished 10th and conserved his top ten position in GC
- Vladimir Karpets (Illes Balears) is now less than a minute behind white jersey Thomas Voeckler
- A hard day for Michael Rogers (Quick.Step-Davitamon) who seemed content with his ride
- Chechu Rubiera (US Postal Service) ceded his job of setting the pace in the finale to Floyd Landis
- Iker Flores (Euskaltel-Euskadi) tried to salvage his team's Tour with a top finish
- Gilberto Simoni came out of his shell and went on the attack, winning the Souvenir Henri Desgrange
- Oscar Sevilla (Phonak) finished hot and tired, 37th on the day
- Aitor Osa (Illes Balears) gets some direction to the team bus
- Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) tried his own attack but couldn't break the US Postal grip
Images by Roberto Bettini
- The peloton through the looking glass
- Some of the spectators have been here for a while...
- Armstrong and Basso in close contact
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) in full flight on the descent
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) leads Virenque and Moreau in the break
- Carlos Sastre and Ivan Basso attempt an attack on the last climb
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) beats Andreas Kloden to win his fourth stage
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches) kept the white jersey by just 45 seconds
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Floyd Landis (USPS) set a hard tempo on the Col de la Croix Fry that only four others could follow
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) was well protected by Landis today
- Ivan Basso (CSC) had enough in the tank to hang on today
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) suffering to hang on
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) was away on his own for a while
- Vladimir Karpets (Illes Balears) riding on his own
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) follows Mercado up
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) comes up the Croix Fry
- Caucchioli (Alessio) looking forward to the top
- Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto-Domo) tried to attack before the last climb, but didn't gain enough time
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) was out there all day, but was caught on the last climb
- Simoni and Verbrugghe struggling up the last climb
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) looking fresh
- Laurent Dufaux (Quick.Step) cruises up the last climb
- George Hincapie (USPS) in a following group on the Col de la Croix Fry
- The autobus makes its way up the Croix Fry
- The name says it all: The Col de la Croix Fry
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) had to fight for his white jersey
- Aldag brings up the rear of a group on the Croix Fry
- Oscar Sevilla (Phonak) finished a fair way down again
- Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) did a good job for the team today
- Kloden and Armstrong sprint for the line
- Armstrong celebrates his fourth stage win
- David Moncoutie (L) shakes the hand of Stephane Goubert (Ag2r) across the line
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) salutes from the podium
- That's four. How many stage trophies will Lance Armstrong take home?
- Nice fit. Lance Armstrong puts on the yellow
- Lance adds to his yellow jersey and stuffed lion collection again
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- The Big Cheese cruising down the French Alps.
- Simoni (Saeco) led an attack for 160 km.
- Rubiera (USPS) and the Postal boys leading the peloton down Col du Glandon.
- The peloton negotiating a hairpin descent.
- Andreas Kloden's (T-Mobile) strong showing creates a slight dilemma for his team.
- Paco Mancebo (Illes Balears) leading home Caucchioli (Alessio-Bianchi) and Virenque (Quick.Step).
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches) Verbrugghe (Lotto), and Rogers (Quick.Step) on the final 200 meter mark.
- Team Virenque (Quick.Step) on the podium.
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) disappearing into the crowd after stage 17.
Results
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6.11.52 (33 km/h) 2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.01 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 5 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.13 6 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.01 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.02 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 2.00 13 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.05 14 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 15 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 16 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 18 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.08 19 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.16 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 2.20 21 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4.48 22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 24 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 25 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.50 26 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7.19 27 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 28 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 8.18 29 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 30 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 31 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 10.19 33 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.24 34 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 35 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 37 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.29 38 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.57 39 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 16.08 40 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 16.16 41 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.02 42 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 19.39 43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.49 44 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 45 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 46 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 47 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 48 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 49 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 50 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 51 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 53 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 54 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 55 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 56 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 57 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 58 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 59 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 60 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 61 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 62 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 63 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 27.28 65 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 66 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 68 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 69 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 70 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 71 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 72 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 73 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 74 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 75 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 76 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 77 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 78 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 79 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 80 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 81 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 82 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 83 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 84 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 85 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 86 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 87 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 88 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 90 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 91 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 92 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 93 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 94 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 95 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 96 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 97 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32.50 98 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 33.27 100 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 101 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 33.42 102 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 103 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 35.24 104 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 105 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 106 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 107 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 108 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 109 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 110 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 111 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 112 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 113 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 114 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 115 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 116 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 117 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 118 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 119 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 120 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 121 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 122 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 123 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 124 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 125 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 126 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 127 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 128 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 130 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 131 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 132 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 133 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 134 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 135 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 136 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 137 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 138 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 139 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 35.31 140 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 141 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 142 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 143 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 144 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 38.44 145 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 40.01 146 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 147 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 40.12 DNF Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère DNF Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone DNF Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto DNF Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC DNS Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi DNS Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère DNS Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros Points 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 20 pts 2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 13 5 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 12 6 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 10 7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 9 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 7 10 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 11 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 5 12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 4 13 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 14 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 15 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1 Mountains Col Du Glandon - Cat. 1, 36.00 km 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 15 pts 2 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 3 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 11 4 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 9 5 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 6 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 7 7 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 6 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 Col De La Madeleine - HC (Souvenir Henri Desgrange), 79.00 km 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 20 pts 2 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 18 3 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 16 4 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12 6 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 7 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 8 8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 7 9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 6 10 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 5 Col De Tamié - Cat. 2, 134.50 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 10 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 8 4 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 5 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 6 6 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 Col De La Forclaz - Cat. 1, 157.50 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 15 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 11 4 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 8 6 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 7 7 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6 8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 5 Col De La Croix Fry - Cat. 1, 191.50 km 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 30 pts 2 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 26 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 18 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 7 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 12 8 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 10 Sprints Allemont, 9.00 km 1 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 pts 2 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 4 3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 2 Thônes, 177.50 km 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 6 pts 2 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 4 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 Young rider 1 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 6.13.52 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 0.20 3 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.48 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 5.19 6 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 9.24 7 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 18.49 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 11 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 25.28 12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 13 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 14 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 18 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 19 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30.50 20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 33.24 21 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 24 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33.31 25 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 38.01 Most aggressive rider 1 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco Teams 1 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 18.36.51 2 T-Mobile Team 0.51 3 Quick Step-Davitamon 7.46 4 Team CSC 8.06 5 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 17.47 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 23.43 7 Rabobank 28.16 8 Brioches La Boulangere 31.41 9 Credit Agricole 32.09 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.48 11 Ag2R Prevoyance 39.16 12 Lotto-Domo 39.58 13 Saeco 40.38 14 Fdjeux.Com 42.43 15 Gerolsteiner 48.04 16 Alessio-Bianchi 49.07 17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.01.59 18 Liberty Seguros 1.14.30 19 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.22.26 20 Domina Vacanze 1.29.05 21 Fassa Bortolo 1.33.07 General classification after stage 17 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 74.04.56 2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 4.09 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.11 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.08 5 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10.41 6 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 11.45 7 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12.56 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15.14 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 16.25 10 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 16.33 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.52 12 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19.57 13 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 20.20 14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 20.41 15 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 21.12 16 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 21.53 17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 21.57 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 23.08 19 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 29.10 20 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 29.33 21 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 33.54 22 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 34.30 23 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 36.13 24 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 36.38 25 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 38.58 26 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 39.24 27 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 40.20 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 41.35 29 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 45.45 30 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 48.41 31 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 55.03 32 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 57.03 33 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 57.48 34 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.00.13 35 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.01.48 36 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.03.17 37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 1.04.07 38 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 1.06.18 39 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.06.53 40 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 1.07.40 41 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.07.49 42 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.10.13 43 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.11.13 44 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.12.13 45 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.13.09 46 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.19.02 47 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.22.14 48 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.24.08 49 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.27.59 50 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.30.24 51 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.30.42 52 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.34.42 53 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.35.51 54 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 1.36.02 55 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.37.19 56 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.40.21 57 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.41.49 58 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1.42.24 59 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 1.42.48 60 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.42.50 61 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.44.14 62 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 1.44.25 63 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.47.32 64 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 1.48.58 65 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.49.00 66 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.49.49 67 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.51.43 68 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.52.35 69 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 1.54.16 70 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.54.22 71 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.58.41 72 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.59.08 73 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.01.14 74 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.02.42 75 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.04.41 76 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 2.05.47 77 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.06.46 78 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2.07.50 79 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.09.04 80 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.10.09 81 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.10.26 82 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.11.05 83 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 2.12.09 84 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 2.15.48 85 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 2.17.25 86 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 2.18.12 87 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.18.14 88 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.19.51 89 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.21.20 90 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 2.23.23 91 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 2.23.31 92 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 2.23.59 93 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 2.25.06 94 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.26.08 95 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.26.09 96 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.27.49 97 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 2.28.10 98 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2.28.35 99 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 2.28.50 100 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 2.28.58 101 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.29.56 102 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.31.01 103 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.31.42 104 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 2.32.37 105 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.33.54 106 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.35.36 107 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.36.30 108 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.36.53 109 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.38.04 110 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.40.00 111 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2.40.58 112 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.42.21 113 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.42.41 114 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.42.55 115 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.43.25 116 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 2.45.29 117 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.45.33 118 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.46.01 119 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.47.00 120 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 2.48.01 121 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.48.12 122 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2.49.01 123 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 2.49.29 124 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2.50.09 125 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 126 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2.50.19 127 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 2.50.27 128 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.50.35 129 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.50.45 130 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2.54.34 131 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.54.53 132 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.56.58 133 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.57.20 134 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 2.58.04 135 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 3.00.12 136 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3.01.05 137 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 3.01.12 138 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.02.23 139 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 3.03.44 140 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 3.10.08 141 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3.10.53 142 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.12.20 143 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.13.14 144 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 3.23.28 145 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 3.29.17 146 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.42.24 147 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.43.48 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 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 128 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 128 8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 121 9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 118 10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 116 11 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 88 12 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 86 13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 79 14 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 78 15 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 77 16 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 73 17 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 60 18 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 60 19 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 60 20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 58 21 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 22 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 23 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 50 24 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 47 25 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 45 26 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 44 27 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 42 29 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 30 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 41 31 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 39 32 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 38 33 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 38 34 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 33 35 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 32 36 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 30 37 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 30 38 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 39 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 30 40 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 29 41 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 28 42 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 28 43 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 44 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 45 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 25 46 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 47 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 24 48 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 22 49 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20 50 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 20 51 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 19 52 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 19 53 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 19 54 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 55 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 18 56 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18 57 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 58 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 59 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 60 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 61 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 16 62 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 63 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16 64 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14 65 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 14 66 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 67 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13 68 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 13 69 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 13 70 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 71 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12 72 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 10 73 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 10 74 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 9 75 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 76 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 8 77 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 8 78 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 79 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 80 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 81 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 82 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 83 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 6 84 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 85 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4 86 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 87 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4 88 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 4 89 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 90 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 91 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 4 92 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 4 93 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 4 94 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 2 95 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 96 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2 97 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 98 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1 99 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros -5 100 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems -5 101 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto -5 102 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère -5 103 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover -5 104 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com -5 Mountains classification 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 226 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 172 3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 119 4 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 115 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 112 6 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 112 7 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 109 8 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 77 9 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 71 10 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 71 11 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 65 12 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 64 13 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 55 14 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 54 15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 53 16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 50 17 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 41 18 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 38 19 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 36 20 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 33 21 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 22 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 23 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 24 24 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 21 25 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 20 26 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 18 27 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 17 28 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 15 29 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 30 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 31 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 13 32 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 33 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 12 34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 12 35 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 12 36 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 11 37 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 38 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 10 39 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 40 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 8 41 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 42 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7 43 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 44 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 7 45 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 46 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 47 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 48 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 5 49 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 5 50 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 5 51 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5 52 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3 53 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 54 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3 55 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 3 56 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 57 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 58 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 59 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2 60 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 61 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 62 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 63 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 64 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 65 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1 66 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 67 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 74.26.08 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.45 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.56 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 13.18 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 15.26 6 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 18.12 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 27.29 8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 33.51 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 1.23.13 10 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.30.31 11 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.37.29 12 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 1.37.56 13 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.47.52 14 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 1.57.00 15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 2.03.54 16 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 2.06.58 17 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.09.49 18 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 2.11.25 19 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.22.13 20 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.24.21 21 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.27.00 22 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2.33.22 23 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.41.11 24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.52.02 25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.21.12 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile Team 220.17.09 2 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 5.12 3 Team CSC 10.49 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 52.04 5 Quick Step-Davitamon 54.36 6 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 58.07 7 Brioches La Boulangere 1.14.53 8 Rabobank 1.30.54 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31.29 10 Credit Agricole 1.31.42 11 Saeco 1.54.30 12 Ag2R Prevoyance 2.09.41 13 Liberty Seguros 2.47.31 14 Gerolsteiner 2.52.51 15 Lotto-Domo 3.00.14 16 Fdjeux.Com 3.05.05 17 Alessio-Bianchi 3.23.51 18 Fassa Bortolo 4.12.31 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.22.53 20 Domina Vacanze 4.48.41 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 5.59.28
