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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 3 - July 6: Waterloo - Wasquehal, 210 km
Mayo's Wasquehal Waterloo
McEwen snatches Maillot Jaune by one second
By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Wasquehal
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On the flat, windy fields where WWI's trench warfare raged almost 90 years ago, the Tour de France peloton battled and battered each other for position on the pave and in the innumerable turns on Stage Three. And at the end of the tumultuous, dramatic 202.5km stage, the Tour's fastest ever including pavé, a stage that took the Tour back to France, it was fittingly a Frenchman riding for a French team who won.
Jean-Patrick Nazon (Ag2r) took his team's second stage win today and his second career Tour stage win, throwing his bike for the win just ahead of crafty German sprinter Erik Zabel (T-Mobile), while yesterday's stage winner Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) switched his Maillot Vert for the race leader's treasured Maillot Jaune.
"I just had great legs today," said Nazon. Already 5th and 3rd in this year's Tour, Nazon got a call from his older brother Damien, himself a sprinter on Crédit Agricole who isn't at the Tour this year. "Damien told me that I had to win today and that motivated me a lot. I was always well placed on the pavé and was able to beat Zabel who I knew was coming on my right. I'm really happy and want to share this win with my brother."
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Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) was even happier than Nazon today. The tough bantamweight Queensland sprinter made an audacious early move as yesterday but was passed with 50m to go by Nazon and Zabel, but still kept sprinting. But McEwen's 8" bonus was just enough to give him a 1" GC lead on Maillot Blanc Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) and take the Maillot Jaune from Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole).
"I'm really happy to have the Maillot Jaune, as it's the first time I've had the leader's jersey in a grand tour, but I really wanted to win the stage! If I won the stage I would have had it anyway. I was a little bit far back with a kilometre and a half to go and when I finally found a gap I just decided to go. In the end it was a little bit too far... Nazon was very strong today."
Today's difficult stage had two key sections of pavé used in Paris-Roubaix that made everyone very nervous today before the stage. The entire peloton knew that a crash or a mechanical at the wrong moment could finish their Tour de France hopes and that's exactly what happened for Team Euskaltel-Euskadi. After Mayo crashed with six other riders, he couldn't get back to the front group. The front peloton of 83 riders raced in to Wasquehal almost four minutes ahead of the group Maillot Jaune, which contained a shattered Iban Mayo and his entire Euskaltel squad. Amid a stream of Basque expletive deleted, the angry, dejected Mayo declared after Stage Three that "It was the worst moment for me to crash... but in the Tour, it's possible to lose this much time. I think that now the Tour is now lost for me because it's difficult to gain back so much time and so is a podium place."
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Lance Armstrong and his US Postal Service-Berry Floor team made the most of their opportunities today as Hincapie, Landis and Ekimov powered the front group that exploded the Tour GC today. A tired, dusty Armstrong said in Wasquehal "I had some experienced guys today to help me out (on the pavé) with George and Eki. It's unbelievable racing on the pavé; the second section wasn't as bad as the first."
Armstrong's team director Johan Bruyneel elaborated on Stage Three's action, saying "It was a bad day for some guys... and it was expected. For sure today you can not win the Tour de France, but you can lose the Tour de France. Nothing is finished yet, but almost four minutes for Mayo is a very, very important gap. Still, nobody waited but it was too nervous over the last 60km... Nobody waited for the Maillot Jaune either, and he was also behind."
How it unfolded
Ever aggressive German rider Jens Voigt (CSC) attacked after only 3km today and was joined by Rabobanker Bram De Groot. By 20km, the duo had a gap of 2'30" and climbing. By Meerbeke where Voigt took the sprint points after 42km, the break had gained 5'35", with the average speed a blazing 46.8km/hr. After De Groot collected the points on the cobbled climb of Het Muur ahead of Voigt, with Bettini in 3rd 3'55" behind, the pace had settled down to 42.6 km/h average after two hours of racing. The gap went back up by the feed zone after 105km, where the duo had pounded out a lead of six and a half minutes on the chasing peloton. Plenty of punctures and mechanicals punctuated today's stage for riders like Levi Leipheimer, Magnus Bäckstedt and Tom Boonen, to mention a few. Up front, breakaway rider Jens Voigt had a bike change just before the first pavé sector to a special pavé bike.
As the first pavé section approached, panic reigned with 70km to go near Wallers as everyone fought for position before entering the 2.8km. stretch of cobbles. Seven riders hit the deck, including Iban Mayo and his Euskaltel teammate Iker Flores, two Quick.Step riders, Rogers and Bramati, Noval (USPS-Berry Floor), Gerrit Glomser (Saeco) and Marco Velo (Fassa Bortolo), who ended up in a ditch on his back with a broken collarbone and abandoned.
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After Mayo's crash, the entire Euskaltel team dropped back for him and began a desperate chase across the French countryside. As the peloton hit the first pavé section in Erre with 64km to go, US Postal powered away on the front 3'07" behind the break and they were now closing fast on the escape. With Hincapie, Ekimov and Landis hammering on the front, Postal's fast past caused a big split in the peloton and in the ensuing chaos, first 20 and eventually 40 riders had gapped the rest of the peloton, including Maillot Jaune Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole). Across the flat terrain of northern France, the desperate chase by the Hushovd / Mayo group continued and with 53km to go in Millionfosse, Voigt and De Groot were still away, with the Armstrong group closing at 30" and the Maillot Jaune at 2'30".
With 40km to go in Noumain, the break was finally caught and there were now about 40 riders up front, including Armstrong, Landis, Hincapie, Ekimov, Azevedo & Padrnos (USPS-Berry Floor), Ullrich, Kessler & Ivanov, (T Mobile), Hamilton, Jalabert, Gutierrez (Phonak), Basso, Voigt, Julich (CSC), Maillot Vert McEwen (Lotto-Domo), Maillot Blanc Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) who was Maillot Jaune virtuel, De Groot & Leipheimer, Kirsipuu & Nazon (Ag2r), and Hondo (Gerolsteiner), while the group Maillot Jaune Hushovd, including Mayo and his entire Euskaltel team, was flat out about 2' behind in pursuit.
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The gap between the Armstrong / Cancellara group and the Hushovd / Mayo group had stabilized at 2' with Illes Balears-Banesto now helping Euskaltel in the chase, but up front the lead group, which had swelled to half the peloton, was just too motivated. On the final sector of pavé in Gruson-Carrefour de l'Arbre with 25km remaining, the front group accelerated again as the chase became disorganized. Through Hem and into Roubaix on the outskirts of Lille, the gap continued to increase and by the finish in Wasquehal, the gap to the chase group, which also contained Christophe Moreau (Crédit Agricole) and Denis Menchov (Illes Balears-Banesto) had lost almost four minutes. JP Nazon took the sprint from Erik Zabel, with Maillot Jaune Robbie McEwen in third. Thanks to the 8" bonus, the Lotto-Domo man was able grab the Maillot Jaune from Hushovd, with just a 1" advantage over Maillot Blanc Cancellara
Stage 4 - July 7: Cambrai - Arras TTT, 64.5 km
With cool temperatures and rain and wind forecast for Wednesday afternoon's Team Time Trial and conditions getting worse all afternoon, look for an early team with nothing to lose to win this stage. Crédit Agricole starts at 2:20pm, while the forecast for late afternoon starters USPS-Berry Floor and T-Mobile is for an east-northeast wind of 20-30km/hr with gusts to 50km/hr and occasional torrential downpours! Expect the main GC contenders to take it easier tomorrow and not risk too much in this stage, where the maximum time gap can be 2'30" according to the Tour de France's new rules.
Photography
Images by Olympia Photo
- The Tour de France visited the heart of Flanders by touching the parcours of the Ronde van Vlaanderen
- The peloton passed through Geraardsbergen but took the 'easy' route up the Muur
- Lance Armstrong leads Jan Ullrich on the pavé of northern France
- Armstrong and his US Postal Service team were ready for the pavé and kept the pressure on afterward
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Jean-Patrick Nazon (Ag2r-Prévoyance) nips Erik Zabel at the line in Wasquehal
- Zabel came close but couldn't get past the flying Frenchman
- Nazon took Ag2r's second stage win in three days on the road
- A tough day for Cancellara, holder of the white jersey of best young rider
- A painful day for some
- Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze) was caught in the crash and missed his chance to contest the sprint
- Iban Mayo was the big loser of the day, conceding nearly four minutes to his main rivals
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) took over the green jersey
- Along with green came yellow for Robbie McEwen
- Jean-Patrick Nazon (Ag2r-Prévoyance) celebrates his stage win
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) conserved his lead in the climbers' competition
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- Bram Degroot (Rabobank) and Jens Voight (CSC) make an early breakaway attempt.
- The peloton makes its way through a horde of fans after an intermediate sprint.
- Points leader, and by the day's end, the new maillot jaune, Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo), leads a group after the break.
- Riders pass one of the many scenic churches along the way.
- Maillot jaune Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) lost 3'53 and his yellow jersey today.
- The famous pavé of Roubaix did plenty of damage today.
- Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie stay safely at the front through the last section of pavé.
- Laurent Brochard (AG2R Prévoyance) tries to keep his wheels on the ground.
- Today's winner Jean-Patrick Nazon (AG2R Prévoyance) keeps safe in the comfort of the front group.
- Riders are strung out through the first long section of pavé.
- Fans watch one of the last groups make its way over the cobbles.
Images by Mitchell Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) would lose over four minutes today.
- Still a little early in the morning for Super Mario.
- Tyler Hamilton leads the Phonak boys to the sign in.
- Cameras are everywhere, and the riders are more than happy to strike a pose.
- A confident Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) rolls toward the start.
- Postal boys hard at work on fan relations.
- George Hincapie (US Postal/Berry Floor) shares his thoughts with Cyclingnews.
- KOM leader Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon).
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal/Berry Floor) runs the gauntlet to the race sign in.
- A well-rounded spectator watches the race roll out.
Images by AFP
- Lance Armstrong (USPS/Berry Floor) takes in plenty of fluids on a hard day of racing.
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) sits in the wake of his former team leader, Lance Armstrong.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) places himself in the wake of the US Postal/Berry Floor trio of Ekimov, Hincapie and Armstrong.
- Marc Wauters (Rabobank) lies on the ground after a crash. Wauters finished the stage in the group containing Thor Hushovd.
- Aussie champion Matt Wilson (FdJeux.com) gives his team-mate Bernard Eisel a big push.
- A man dressed as Napoleon gets in on the action.
- Overnight leader Thor Hushovd had an extremely tough in the saddle, losing a large chunk of time.
- Tour de France race director, Jean-Marie Leblanc, observes the race unfold from the comfort of his Alfa.
- The Euskaltel-Euskadi team of Iban Mayo doing their utmost to limit their losses.
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis, R) about to get back on his bike after a fall on the pavé.
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) in his element on a Classics-style stage.
- The T-Mobile train ascend the Muur de Geraardsbergen - (L to R) Jan Ullrich, Santiago Botero and Matthias Kessler.
- George Hincapie drives over the pavé, with Armstrong and Ullrich in his wake.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) and team-mate Erik Zabel ride safely at the head of the peloton.
- US rock singer Ben Harper and his son watch the arrival of the riders at the end of the third stage in Wasquehal.
- Jean-Patrick Nazon (AG2R Prévoyance) leads out the final sprint, with Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) and Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) on his wheel.
- Jean-Patrick Nazon (AG2R Prévoyance) celebrates his win in Wasquehal.
- New maillot jaune Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) receives some help putting on his golden tunic.
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) contemplates a big day ahead at the start in Waterloo.
- US Postal/Berry Floor hit the pavé, driven by Viatcheslav Ekimov, George Hincapie and Lance Armstrong.
- Phonak leader Tyler Hamilton rode well today to finish with the leaders.
Results
1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4.36.45 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 8 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 9 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 10 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 14 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 15 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.05 16 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 17 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 18 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 20 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 21 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 22 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 24 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 26 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 28 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 29 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 30 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 31 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 32 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 33 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 34 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 35 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 36 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 37 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 38 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 39 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 40 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 41 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 42 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 43 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 44 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 45 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 46 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 47 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 48 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 50 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 51 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 52 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 54 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 55 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 56 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 57 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 58 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 59 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 60 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 61 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 62 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 63 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 66 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 68 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 70 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 71 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 72 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 73 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 74 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 75 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 76 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 77 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 78 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 79 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 80 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 81 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 82 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 83 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 84 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.16 85 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.18 86 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 87 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.20 88 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.26 89 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.30 90 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 0.33 91 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 0.35 92 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.53 93 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 94 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 95 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 96 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 97 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 98 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 99 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 100 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 101 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 102 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 103 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 104 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 105 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 106 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 107 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 108 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 109 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 110 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 111 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 112 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 113 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 114 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 115 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 116 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 117 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 118 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 119 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 120 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 121 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 122 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 123 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 124 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 126 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 127 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 128 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 129 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 130 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 131 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 132 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 133 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 134 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 135 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 136 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 137 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 138 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 139 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 140 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 141 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 142 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 143 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 144 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 145 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 146 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 147 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 148 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 149 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 150 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 151 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 152 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 7.28 153 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.06 154 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 155 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 156 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 157 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 158 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 159 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 160 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 161 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 162 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 163 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 164 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 165 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 166 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 167 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 168 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 169 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 170 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 171 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 172 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 173 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com 174 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 175 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 11.29 176 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 177 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 13.17 178 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 15.13 179 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 180 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 181 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 182 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 183 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 184 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNS Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone Points 1 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 35 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 26 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 24 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 22 6 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 7 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 19 8 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 18 9 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 10 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 11 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 14 13 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 13 14 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 12 15 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 16 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 10 17 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 9 18 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 19 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7 20 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 21 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 22 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 4 23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 24 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 25 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1 Mountains Bruineput - Cat. 4, 14.00 km 1 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Muur (Geraardbergen) - Cat. 3, 61.00 km 1 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 3 3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 2 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Sprints Meerbeke (Ninove), 42.00 km 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2 Lessines, 72.50 km 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2 Bachy, 176.50 km 1 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 4 3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 2 Young rider 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 4.36.45 2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 0.05 5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 10 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.18 12 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.20 13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 3.53 14 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 16 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 18 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 19 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 21 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 23 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 24 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 25 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 26 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9.06 28 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 29 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 11.29 30 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.13 Most combative 1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC Teams 1 Ag2R Prevoyance 13.50.15 2 Fassa Bortolo 0.05 3 Alessio-Bianchi 4 Quick Step-Davitamon 0.10 5 T-Mobile Team 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Lotto-Domo 8 Rabobank 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Team CSC 0.15 11 Liberty Seguros 12 Brioches La Boulangere 13 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 14 Fdjeux.Com 15 Domina Vacanze 0.21 16 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 0.36 17 Saeco 4.03 18 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 7.51 20 Credit Agricole 11.39 21 Euskaltel-Euskadi General classification after stage 3 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 13.42.34 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.01 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.09 4 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 0.12 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.16 6 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.22 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.23 8 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 0.24 10 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.25 11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.26 12 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.28 14 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.29 15 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.30 17 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 18 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.31 19 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.32 20 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 0.33 22 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.35 26 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 27 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 28 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 0.36 29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 30 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.37 31 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 32 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.38 33 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 0.39 34 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.40 35 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.41 37 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 38 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 39 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.42 40 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 0.43 41 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 42 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 43 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.44 44 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 0.45 45 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 46 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.46 47 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 48 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 49 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 50 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 51 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.47 52 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 53 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 54 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 0.48 55 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.50 56 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 57 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.51 58 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 59 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 60 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 61 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 0.52 62 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 63 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 0.53 65 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 66 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.55 67 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 68 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 69 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 70 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.56 71 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 72 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 73 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 0.58 74 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 75 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 76 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 77 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 0.59 78 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 79 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.02 80 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.03 81 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 82 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.05 83 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.09 84 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1.10 85 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.15 86 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.17 87 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1.22 88 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.25 89 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.41 90 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.54 91 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.26 92 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.44 93 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 4.10 94 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.14 95 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 4.15 96 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 4.20 97 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 4.21 98 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 99 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 4.22 100 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 101 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.23 102 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 4.24 103 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.25 104 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 4.26 105 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4.27 106 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.28 107 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 108 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4.29 109 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 110 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 4.30 111 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 112 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.31 113 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 114 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 115 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 4.32 116 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 117 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 118 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 119 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 120 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.34 121 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 122 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 4.36 123 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4.37 124 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 4.38 125 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 126 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 4.39 127 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 128 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 4.40 129 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 130 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.41 131 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 132 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 4.42 133 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 4.43 134 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 136 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 137 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 138 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 139 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 140 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4.44 141 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 142 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 143 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 144 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 4.46 145 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 4.47 146 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 147 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 4.53 148 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 5.10 149 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 5.36 150 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 8.13 151 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 9.15 152 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9.37 153 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 9.38 154 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.39 155 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.42 156 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 9.43 157 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 9.46 158 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 9.50 159 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.52 160 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9.55 161 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 162 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 163 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.58 164 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10.00 165 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10.03 166 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 10.04 167 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.09 168 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10.12 169 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 10.14 170 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 10.18 171 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.19 172 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 11.04 173 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 12.05 174 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 12.11 175 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 14.08 176 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com 15.29 177 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15.51 178 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 16.03 179 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.05 180 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 181 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 16.11 182 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.15 183 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 16.33 184 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.41 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 93 pts 2 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 85 3 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 74 4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 74 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 70 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 66 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 40 8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36 9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 35 10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 32 11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 31 12 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 25 13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 23 14 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 23 15 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 23 16 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 23 17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 22 18 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 18 19 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 18 20 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 18 21 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 22 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 17 23 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 24 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 25 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 16 26 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 27 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 15 28 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 29 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 14 30 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 31 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14 32 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 33 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 12 34 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 12 35 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 36 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 37 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 38 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 10 39 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 9 40 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 41 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 9 42 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8 43 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 44 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 8 45 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 46 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com 8 47 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7 48 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 49 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 50 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 51 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 6 52 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 53 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 54 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 55 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4 56 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 57 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 3 58 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 59 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 60 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2 61 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 62 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2 63 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 64 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 19 pts 2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 4 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7 5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 6 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2 8 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2 9 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 10 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1 Young rider classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 13.42.35 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.27 3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.32 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.34 5 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 0.35 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.40 7 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 0.44 8 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.49 9 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.51 10 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.55 11 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 12 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.57 13 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 4.19 14 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 4.21 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 4.23 16 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 4.25 17 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.30 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 4.31 19 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4.36 20 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 4.39 21 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.40 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 4.41 24 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4.42 25 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 26 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4.43 27 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9.36 28 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9.54 29 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 12.04 30 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.40 Teams classification 1 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 41.08.56 2 Fassa Bortolo 0.04 3 Team CSC 0.06 4 Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Rabobank 0.21 6 T-Mobile Team 0.25 7 Liberty Seguros 0.29 8 Fdjeux.Com 0.31 9 Gerolsteiner 0.32 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 0.35 11 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 0.39 12 Domina Vacanze 0.50 13 Quick Step-Davitamon 0.51 14 Brioches La Boulangere 15 Alessio-Bianchi 0.56 16 Lotto-Domo 1.00 17 Saeco 4.53 18 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 5.00 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 8.19 20 Credit Agricole 11.44 21 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.04
