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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 4 - July 7: Cambrai - Arras TTT, 64.5 km
The best team ever: USPS-Berry Floor powers to win in TTT
Armstrong takes Maillot Jaune
By Tim Maloney in Arras
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As a double-barreled low pressure area blew across northern France Wednesday afternoon, the rain poured, the wind blew and the black clouds of the alleged curse of the sixth Tour de France victory swirled above the USPS-Berry Floor team bus in Arras, but when their nine riders rolled out of Cambrai bound for Arras 64.5km away, it soon seemed like Lance Armstrong's team was blessed. The rain and wind let up and the Postal Blue Train rolled across the flat wheat fields like a TGV towards its second consecutive Tour de France Team Time Trial win. The powerful victory sent a message through the Tour peloton after only four stages that more than ever, Lance Armstrong is the man to beat, as the Texan earned his 60th day in the Maillot Jaune tomorrow, equalling Miguel Indurain in Tour de France history.
A clearly delighted Armstrong said in Arras after Stage Four that "The team was incredible today...their rhythm was perfect. We started easy and then after the first time check, we went au bloc, au bloc (all out). We have a really strong team, with rouleurs like Ekimov, like Hincapie, like Padrnos. And also, like Landis and Chechu Rubiera who are a lot better this year. Today, it was very critical to start last so we could ride off the other teams time splits. We started a little slow, we got behind and I think the guys were a little nervous. You know, that's the sign of a great team...when they get down a little bit, they come back fightin' and we fought hard and look what happened in the finish."
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What did happen was that for the second day in a row, Armstrong took time into all his key rivals for the Tour de France win. But if the Tour de France had not imposed new rules limiting the losses by riders that finish with their teams to 3'00", USPS would have broken the Tour wide open today. But Lance accepted this situation like a gentleman and didn't complain. "There's no point in discussing that - it's the rules and I can't change them, we can't change them; we get 0'20 and 0'20 is what it is. I think the only consolation is that when you see (USPS) 1'07 on the next team, at least you have the consolation that you know your team was very strong. You leave with 0'20, but you also leave with the knowledge that you have the best team in the race."
Armstrong and four USPS riders are now sitting atop the general classification this evening, and Lance has 0'37 on key rival Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) and 0'55 on Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile). Ullrich was not disappointed with his performance today, but nor was he delighted. "Our team was strong today and with the weather, we didn't have too many problems. After 20km, we lost 0'30 because we waited for Klöden after a wheel change. Now I'm 0'55 behind Armstrong and I'm not worried, and as we saw in the Tour of Suisse, every second is important. But for me, the Tour is not decided yet."
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Hamilton was happy with his team's runner-up spot, but a bit bemused by all the time lost from four flats and a broken handlebar for Santi Gonzalez that needed a bike change. "I'm happy with the way the team rode today - they were very strong and we wanted to win. So I'm disappointed for them we had so many problems," explained the Man from Marblehead after Stage 4.
Lance Armstrong reflected on the significance of today's win by looking back on the beginning of his cycling career 15 years ago. "Ever since I was a Junior, the TTT was the event I did. It's always been my favourite event because it's a team event. My first (major) experience in cycling was the (1989) Jr. World Championships TTT in Moscow. At the time, it was an amazing event for me...very hard, but also an event that was very special. If you put together the four strongest guys in the world, they don't always win. And that, to me, is something special. You could put together four guys who are less strong, but if they work well together, they took the proper pulls, they did much better. And that always struck me as something unique in cycling."
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Talking about his pro TTT experiences, Armstrong continued his nostalgic vibe, saying "(Motorola) was always close when we did (the TTT) in the Tour de France, we were always close, and I was always so upset that we never won and finally to win the last two years in a row...last year, that was one of the highlights, if not THE highlight of my Tour de France was to win the TTT. This year, the team was even better. They started slow, but when we started going, it was really unbelievable. I was just smiling on the bike. It was like a dream."
When he donned the cherished yellow tunic today in Arras, it was is Armstrong's 60th time to wear the Maillot Jaune, first wearing it after the TDF prologue in 1999. And Lance's 60th equalled Miguel Indurain's Maillot Jaune total in Tour history. Admittedly, this was on the American's mind today. "I knew that if we won the TTT, I would be in yellow so of course, naturally last night and this morning and during the race, I thought about that. It's amazing to hear the number sixty days; that's two months and I don't really think about those things to be honest. The only Yellow Jersey that matters is the one that the guy wears on the Champs Elysées. But it hits home; it's pretty powerful."
What will the USPS-Berry Floor teams strategy be going forward? Armstrong and Bruyneel don't want the race lead...yet. "We'll see what happens, but our objective isn't to defend the (Maillot Jaune) until the mountains or until Paris (now)", explained Armstrong after Stage 4. "I suspect we'll be willing to give up the jersey to someone else." For now.
How it unfolded
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After starting first and posting a fast time under light rain, Euskaltel-Euskadi maintained the lead much of the day as the weather worsened. Four teams later, Saeco got within one second and Gibo Simoni fell on the penultimate corner in Arras, but the orange crush of Euskaltel was still on top of the heap. Unfortunately, Gibo's glissade cost him much more than the 7 seconds he finished behind his teammates, as due to the new TTT rules he was awarded his actual finish time, rather than the one allocated according to the team's placing. In effect, Simoni lost 1'12 instead of 0'07 because of this.
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Perhaps as a celebration of the Navarre, Spain based Illes Balears-Banesto squad's special feast day of Sant Firmin, it was three quarters of an hour later when they blazed across the finish line 1'20 faster than Euskaltel to take the lead. The Balears boys stayed on top as team after team tried to topple them. Neither Spanish rival Liberty Seguros nor Jan Ullrich's T-Mobile squad could beat the Balears team until Phonak came across the line. Despite four flats and a broken handlebar that needed a bike change, Tyler Hamilton's gutsy squad, down to five riders by the end of the 64.5km TTT finished 0'07 ahead of Balears to take the lead.
Next with a shot at the top was CSC, but with crashes and punctures galore, despite their major horsepower and superb double paceline technique, Bjarne Riis's squad came up short in fifth, 0'27 behind Ullrich's T-Mobile team. It wasn't so pretty for Carlos Sastre and Andrea Peron, who crossed the line 3 seconds behind their teammates but because of the crazy TTT rules ended up losing 1'49 to Armstrong instead of 0'50!
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Next to last to ride today, Fassa Bortolo would have been 10th but for two untimely penalties that cost them 2'00. First off, they had lost a major motor in Marco Velo, who abandoned yesterday with a broken collarbone. Secondly, after a flat by Kim Kirchen, a judge penalized them 1'00 for too much time drafting the team car to return to the team. Fassa's third strike today was a strange penalty for pushing between riders. In the later stages of today's race, Fassa's top placed GC rider Cancellara started to miss pulls to save his strength. Sitting at the back of the line, he pushed a few riders back into the line, but the judge decided that this technique deserved another 1'00 penalty.
Finally it was USPS-Berry Floor's time to go and did they ever. Only fifth at the first time check after 19 km, the Blue Train rolled into Arras in the lead again, winning the stage by 1'07" over Phonak and putting Armstrong in the Maillot Jaune once again.
Stage 5 - July 8: Amiens-Chartres, 202.5km
Thursday's long, flat stage across the plains west of Paris through Vexin and Yvellines and finally through le Beauce should be under cool, grey skies with a possibility of rain as the afternoon continues. With the towering spire of Chartres famous gothic cathedral piercing the horizon, the riders will have a 500m sprint on the rue Louis-Legay to win the first ever Tour de France stage in Chartres.
Photography
Images by Olympia Photo
- George Hincapie (L) and Lance Armstrong shake hands after US Postal destroyed the rest of the field again in the TTT
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) in yellow - will he hang onto it for the rest of the Tour?
Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com
- Stuart O'Grady gets ready for the Cofidis TTT
- Marco Velo (Fassa Bortolo) nurses his broken collarbone
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Euskaltel-Euskadi rode well to limit its losses
- Credit Agricole won a very wet TTT three years back
- Cofidis didn't promise much today, and delivered
- RAGT Semences lost Eddy Seigneur early, and he didn't make the time cut
- Saeco en route to a good time
- McEwen on Axel's wheel in the Lotto-Domo train
- Alessio-Bianchi in full flight
- Thomas Voeckler brings up the rear of Brioches
- Quick Step.Davitamon led by Mick Rogers
- Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze) will be happy when it stops raining
- Illes Balears rode great to finish 3rd
- Here comes Ag2r!
- The Gerolsteiner train from behind
- FDJeux.com started in white skinsuits that faded to grey
- Heras leads the Liberty boys
- Jan Ullrich (R) pulling off after a turn
- Levi Leipheimer powers the Rabo train
- A bandaged Kurt-Asle Arvesen pulls off the CSC train
- Thor Hushovd leads Credit Agricole
- RAGT Semences from behind
- Axel Merckx on the front of Lotto-Domo
- Domina Vacanze finished 15th today
- Ag2r-Prevoyance through the fields
- Ullrich drives T-Mobile along
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) tells his teammates to wait for another rider
- CSC goes full gas
- The Nine Riders of CSC
- Kim Kirchen leads Fassa Bortolo
- Floyd Landis at the front of US Postal
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) looking happy in his favourite jersey
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) salutes from the podium
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) took over the young rider jersey
- US Postal-Berry Floor on the podium
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- First off for the day was the Euskaltel-Euskadi team.
- Credit Agricole blends into the greenery in the TT.
- Team Saeco comes through in good form.
- Axel Merckx leads Robbie McEwen in the yellow jersey.
- Riders rotate through the Domina Vacenza line.
- The rain comes down hard as AG2R gets going.
- And the rain continues as FDJeux takes its turn.
- Liberty Seguros goes by in a blur to finish in seventh for the day.
- The Phonak squad comes along with Tyler Hamilton hanging at the back.
- CSC comes through looking very strong.
- Rain started to come down hard again as Fsasa Bortolo makes its way past.
- USPS off to a great start at getting Lance Armstrong into yellow.
- Ekimov pulls off the front as the Postal train rolls on to first place.
Images by Mitchell Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- US Postal bikes on display prior to the start.
- Team mechanic for Gerolsteiner putting the final touches on the bikes
- Alessio-Bianchi had a good ride today
- Quick Step.Davitamon
- JP Nazon (Ag2r) in the green points jersey
- Team Gerolsteiner, very much at home in the wet weather
- Liberty Seguros
- T-Mobile finished fourth on the day
- Jan Ullrich works hard in his train
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) right at home in the conditions today
- Team Phonak ended up with five riders, but still posted the second best time
- Team CSC does its own version of 'Singing in the rain'
- Fassa Bortolo's Kim Kirchen gets wet
- Postal starts fast in the driving rain
Images by Tim Maloney/Cyclingnews
- Staff of the Navarre, the Spanish-based Illes Balears-Banesto squad, celebrated the feast day of Sant Firmin today.
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- Thor Hushovd and the Credit Agricole team in position at the start line.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) prepares next to the team bus.
- A splintered Liberty Seguros team giving one final push towards the finish line.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) rolls to the finish line in Arras. Another tough day at the office.
- Rabobank riders at the back stretch of the TTT.
- Phonak drops four riders en route to take second place behind US Postal.
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) finishing up a cold and wet ride.
- Bobby Julich (CSC) leads the charge into Arras.
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal/Berry Floor) led into the final corner, followed by Ekimov and Hincapie.
- US Postal on the podium as they take both the stage and the overall lead.
Results
1 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1.12.03 (53.71 km/h) 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.07 3 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 1.15 4 T-Mobile Team 1.19 5 Team CSC 1.46 6 Rabobank 1.53 7 Liberty Seguros 2.25 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.35 9 Saeco 2.36 10 Alessio-Bianchi 2.57 11 Quick Step-Davitamon 3.29 12 Credit Agricole 3.32 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.05 14 Brioches La Boulangere 4.17 15 Domina Vacanze 4.22 16 Gerolsteiner 4.36 17 Fassa Bortolo 4.52 18 Lotto-Domo 5.19 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 5.34 20 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 5.37 21 Fdjeux.Com 7.33 Individual classification 1 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1.12.03 1 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.20 9 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.30 14 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 21 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.40 21 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 21 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 21 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 28 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.50 28 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 28 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 28 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 28 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 34 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 1.00 34 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 34 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 34 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 34 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 34 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 34 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 34 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 42 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 1.10 42 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 42 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 42 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 42 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 42 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 48 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.17 49 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.20 49 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 1.30 57 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 57 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 57 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 57 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 62 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 1.40 62 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 62 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 62 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 62 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 62 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 68 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.49 68 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 70 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.50 70 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 70 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 70 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 70 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 70 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 70 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 77 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.51 78 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2.00 78 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 78 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 78 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 78 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 83 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 2.10 83 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 83 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 83 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 83 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 83 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 83 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 83 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.20 91 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 91 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 91 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 91 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 91 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 91 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 98 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.29 99 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.30 99 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 99 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 99 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 99 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 99 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 105 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.35 105 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 105 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 110 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 2.37 111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.40 111 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 111 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 111 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 111 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 111 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 111 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 111 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 119 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 2.42 119 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 121 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2.45 121 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 121 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 121 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 121 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 121 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 121 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 121 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 129 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.50 129 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 129 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 129 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 129 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 129 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 129 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 129 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 137 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.55 137 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 137 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 137 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 137 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 137 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 137 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 137 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 145 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 3.00 145 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 145 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 145 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 145 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 145 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 145 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 145 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 153 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.01 154 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.34 154 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 156 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.44 157 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 3.54 158 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 3.57 159 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 4.13 160 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 4.34 161 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.44 162 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.51 163 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 4.55 164 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.56 164 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 166 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.59 167 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 5.04 168 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 5.49 169 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6.38 170 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6.53 171 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com 7.36 172 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 7.44 173 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.52 173 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 175 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 8.17 175 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 177 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 8.32 178 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.38 179 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 10.35 180 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10.38 180 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 182 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 12.02 183 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 13.16 Outside time limit (hors delai) HD Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover Young rider 1 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.12.33 2 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.10 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 0.40 4 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.50 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.20 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 7 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 1.40 7 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 7 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 7 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.50 11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 11 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 11 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 15 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.00 15 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.05 18 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 2.07 19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.10 19 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 21 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.20 21 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 23 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.25 24 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2.30 24 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 26 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 3.43 27 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.29 28 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6.23 29 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.08 30 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 12.46 General classification after stage 4 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 14.54.53 2 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.10 3 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.16 4 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.22 5 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.24 6 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.27 7 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.30 8 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.36 9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.37 10 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.41 11 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.43 12 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.44 13 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.47 14 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.55 16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.57 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 1.00 19 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.01 20 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.04 21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 1.08 22 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.11 23 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.14 24 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 25 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 1.17 26 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 27 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.25 28 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.27 29 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.29 30 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1.33 31 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 1.37 32 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 1.40 33 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.42 34 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1.45 35 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 2.00 36 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 2.02 37 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 38 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 2.06 39 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.10 40 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.15 41 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2.19 42 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 2.21 43 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 2.23 44 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 2.25 45 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 2.26 46 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 2.27 47 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2.29 48 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 2.30 49 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 50 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 2.39 51 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 52 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 53 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.41 54 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.45 55 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.47 56 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 2.49 57 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.50 58 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2.59 59 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3.00 60 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3.01 61 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.05 62 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.06 63 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.08 64 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.09 65 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.10 66 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.14 67 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 3.15 68 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.16 69 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.22 70 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 71 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 72 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3.28 73 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 3.35 74 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 3.37 75 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 3.39 76 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3.42 77 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3.47 78 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.49 79 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.53 80 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4.16 81 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4.23 82 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 4.24 83 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 4.25 84 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 4.36 85 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 4.38 86 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 4.46 87 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.52 88 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 4.55 89 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 4.57 90 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 5.05 91 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 5.15 92 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.27 93 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 5.28 94 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 95 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.33 96 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 5.34 97 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.35 98 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5.36 100 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 5.40 101 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 5.42 102 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.45 103 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5.49 104 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 5.54 105 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 5.55 106 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 5.57 107 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.58 108 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 6.08 109 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 6.11 110 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 6.16 111 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 6.17 112 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.28 113 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 6.31 114 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 115 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 6.32 116 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.39 117 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6.42 118 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 6.44 119 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6.47 120 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 6.49 121 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.54 122 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 6.56 123 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 6.58 124 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.00 125 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 126 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 7.04 127 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 128 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 129 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 7.12 130 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 7.13 131 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 7.16 132 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 133 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 7.22 134 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 7.23 135 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 7.32 136 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7.52 137 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 8.13 138 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 8.41 139 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 8.51 140 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 8.53 141 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 9.09 142 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 9.14 143 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 9.24 144 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 10.12 145 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 10.43 146 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10.51 147 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.02 148 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 11.06 149 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11.17 150 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.23 151 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.42 152 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 11.44 153 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 11.58 154 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.11 155 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 12.14 156 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12.17 157 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.19 158 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.26 159 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 12.29 160 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 12.30 161 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 12.34 162 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.40 163 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 12.43 164 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 12.57 165 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.27 166 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 13.35 167 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 13.48 168 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 13.59 169 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.17 170 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.40 171 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 16.29 172 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 16.32 173 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 16.34 174 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.09 175 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 17.17 176 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.19 177 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 17.45 178 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 18.05 179 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 20.22 180 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 22.37 181 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com 22.49 182 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25.03 183 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 27.51 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 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 16 25 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 26 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 15 27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 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 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 9 41 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 42 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 43 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 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 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 54 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 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 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2 62 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 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 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 10 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1 Young rider classification 1 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.56.07 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.48 3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 1.11 4 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 1.16 5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 1.25 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.31 8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.33 9 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.46 10 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.08 11 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2.21 12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 3.24 13 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 4.20 14 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.21 15 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 5.02 17 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 5.17 18 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 5.33 19 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.40 20 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 5.42 21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.46 22 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 23 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 5.50 24 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 25 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 6.02 26 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 7.27 27 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 12.45 28 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 15.18 29 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 21.23 30 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.49 Teams classification 1 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 42.20.59 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.13 3 T-Mobile Team 1.44 4 Team CSC 1.52 5 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 1.54 6 Rabobank 2.14 7 Liberty Seguros 2.54 8 Alessio-Bianchi 3.53 9 Quick Step-Davitamon 4.20 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.40 11 Fassa Bortolo 4.56 12 Gerolsteiner 5.08 13 Brioches La Boulangere 14 Domina Vacanze 5.12 15 Lotto-Domo 6.19 16 Saeco 7.29 17 Fdjeux.Com 8.04 18 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 10.37 19 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13.53 20 Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.39 21 Credit Agricole 15.16
