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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 6 - July 9: Bonneval - Angers, 196 km
Strong boy Boonen steamrolls to Angers win
A bad luck, good luck crash marred finale
By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Angers
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Tipped for great things in his first Tour de France, Tom Boonen, QuickStep-Davitamon's talented 23 year old from Mol, Belgian showed his incredible power today in Angers with a fantastic sprint to win Stage 6. It was his 14th win of 2004 season and his 18th career win for the rider that many knowledgeable observers say is the next great classics rider.
A delighted Boonen beamed post stage that, "For me, this was a really great victory today. My team rode very strongly and especially my teammate Stefano Zanini was really strong over the last 30km. My team director Serge Parsani told me it would be a dangerous finale and Zanini positioned me perfectly. I had no idea there was a big crash behind us because I was on Zanini's wheel. I made my move at 200m to go and it went great. I like hard sprints for power riders and this one was perfect for me today because I'm very strong."
Strong indeed - Now that Boonen has tasted victory, this hungry powerhouse rider will be back for more before the Tour hits Paris.
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After Robbie McEwen was caught in the last kilometre crash and didn't earn any sprint points, Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) was runner up to Boonen and racked up 30 sprint points, moving him just past Robbie into the maillot vert. But O'Grady saw luck as a less of a factor today. "I fell three times the other day and I know that this isn't the best way to take the Maillot Vert," he said. "But that's bike racing. The tour has been crazy this week. Every day we have to face the possibility of bad luck out there."
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Just two points behind O'Grady, an angry and well cut up McEwen had harsh words for Rene Haselbacher of Gerolsteiner, who allegedly caused the crash. "(Haselbacher) did the same thing last year at the Tour. He did the same thing last year at the Tour in Lyon...he rides like a crazy man!"
Maillot Jaune Thomas Voeckler (Brioches LeBoulanger) was happy to maintain his Tour De France lead, a decidedly new experience for the 23 year old from Martinique. "My team were happy to let five riders away but we didn't want a big break to go because we couldn't control that situation. Then we knew that the sprinters teams would come into the chase at the end so we had our plan and it worked out. Luckily the big crash was in the last kilometre so it worked out OK. But our team isn't used to defending the Maillot Jaune so we still need the practice staying up front!"
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Once and perhaps future maillot jaune, Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) didn't have a great day at the office, as the five time Tour De France champ didn't much enjoy the thrills and spills of Le Tour today. Early in Stage 6, Armstrong hit the deck after 16km and again in the last kilometre, where he was tangled up in the front of a mass pile-up.
"We're comin' in to Angers and they have the barriers really tight and you got 200 guys raging through there at 40 miles an hour. I don't know what the hell they're thinking. You're going to have crashes. We were fortunate that the crash was literally 10m inside the 1 km banner, otherwise we would have been docked half a minute...so it was bad luck and good luck."
CSC team boss Bjarne Riis was somewhat peeved post stage by the finish crash, explaining that "It's always like this in the beginning of the Tour...the sprinters are taking too many risks. And (the GC riders) want to prevent any time gaps in the finale."
How it happened
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On a cool, overcast day with puffy clouds that looked like dirty cotton balls streaming up the Loire Valley from the Atlantic Ocean on a strong west wind, the Tour De France peloton left the small French bourg of Bonneval in the heart of the wheat growing region south of Paris of La Beauce, called the bread basket of France. Bonneval is the hometown of Tour de France's Assistant Sports Manager Laurent Bezault and he was happy today to bring the Tour home.
The two biggest name Italian sprinters didn't take the start today: Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) and Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze), choosing to abandon as a result of injuries sustained in earlier crashes. After multiple attacks in a typically nervous start, a big crash split the peloton after 16km in Villardon. Among others, Armstrong hit the deck, skinning his right knee. He changed his front wheel with Noval and took off without any serious consequences, his five USPS teammates quickly bringing him back to the peloton.
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"It was a typical early race crash; everybody nervous, a lot of wind, two guys just went down in front of me and there's nothing you can do - you just hit the brakes and I went over them. It wasn't bad. I got a little bit on the arm and a little bit on the hip. (I'm stiff) on the hip. I flipped over and rolled a tire but it's fine."
As Lance and Co. made their way back, DaCruz (FDJ.Com), Bertolini (Alessio) and Lotz (Rabobank) attacked after 21 km and were joined by Flecha (Fassa Bortolo), Arvesen (CSC) and Engoulvent (Cofidis) five kilometres later. After a fast first hour raced at 41.5km/hr average speed into a strong headwind, the six escapees had 1'45" on the peloton, led by Brioches. The break upped the ante the next hour and averaged 44.5 km/h into the still strong headwind, building its lead to 4'00. The gap stabilized and the status quo was maintained by Brioches. At Le Lude with 64 km to go, the gap was still north of 4'00, and Quick.Step, Lotto, Ag2r and Gerolsteiner joined the chase.
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With 50km to go Brioches re-joined the chase to support maillot jaune Voeckler and the break's lead dropped to 2'30 over the chasing peloton. With 28 km to go, Engoulvent made a solo attack and was caught by Lotz, Da Cruz and Flecha. Bertolini and Arvesen were caught in between at 0'30, with the peloton chasing hard at 1'40, and were sucked up by the bunch. But the four riders out front rode even harder to try and maintain their advantage. With 10km to go, the time gap was 0'50 and falling, and it looked like the sprinters teams would pull the break back. But a clever rider like Flecha might make a last minute move as Gerolsteiner and Credit Agricole were winding it up behind.
Sure enough, Flecha tried to beat feet with 6 km to go and in a perfectly timed move, the classy Fassa man went solo and the three others just couldn't match his move. Like an arrow, Flecha streaked for the finish through the streets of Angers as the peloton absorbed the rest of the break with 4 km to go. The chase relented for a moment as the front of the field may have thought they had gotten the entire break and Flecha went full gas. But without a motorcycle, there was just no way he could hold off the chasing peloton and he was caught with 1 km to go.
At the same time, a big crash just inside the flamme rouge between the narrow barriers put half the peloton on the deck as the first 30 riders sprinted in while the others picked themselves up off the ground. Gerolsteiner sprinter Rene Haselbacher crashed hard into the left side of the barriers, smashing his left leg and chest and head at 60km/h. Haselbacher was taken to Angers Hospital after the stage, where a medical exam revealed a broken nose and three broken ribs.
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In the last 200m, Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) uncorked a terrific sprint on the slightly uphill finish to best Stuart O'Grady and Erik Zabel, while 0'35 later, George Hincapie escorted Armstrong, who fell for the second time Friday, across the finish line. Since the crash was just within the last kilometre, the peloton were all given the same time as the winner, so no one who was with the main bunch lost time. Principle victims of the pile-up were maillot vert Robbie McEwen, who crashed hard on his left side, losing a lot of skin on his left thigh and both elbows. Saeco's Gilberto Simoni also went down hard on his right side while Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) crashed on his back, sustaining multiple contusions but not breaking anything.
Stage 7 - July 10: Chateaubriant-St.Brieuc, 204.5km
This long stage starts south of Rennes in Chateaubriant on the eastern fringes of Brittany and heads northwest across the up and down farm roads that lead to the last 55km along the Bay of St.Brieuc. There should be a northwest headwind all day until the race hits the sea, when sidewinds on the hilly coast road could break things up.
With 97km left, Stage 7 traverses Bernard Hinault's hometown of Calorguen, then ascends the steep Cote di Dinan where Le Blaireau first tested his legs 40 years ago. Then Stage 7 heads along the rocky Breton coast that resembles Tyler Hamilton's native New England to the fishing port of St.Brieuc to finish on the Rue Pierre de Coubertin. After a cool, overcast start, the weather is expected to clear as the Breton coast approaches in the late afternoon and temps are expected to remain in the upper teens with a strong sea breeze from the northwest.
Photography
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- A period high-wheeler rides on to the cheers of the crowd.
- The first break of the race tries to get away.
- Alessandro Bertolini (Alessio-Bianchi) tries to bridge with Thor Hushovd covering.
- The group containing the yellow jersey and king of the mountains rolls through at the finish.
- The rest of the group comes through.
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) takes the win just ahead of Stuart O'Grady.
- Tom Boonen very excited about his win.
- Tyler Hamilton comes through the finish showing some blood from a crash.
Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com
- Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) before the start of stage 6
- Oscar Sevilla (Phonak) was talkative at the stage start in Bonneval
- Team GC leaders CSC arrive in force
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) rides to sign in
- Fabio Baldato (Alessio-Bianchi) always a cool customer
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) was caught up in two crashes in stage 6
- Tom Boonen (l) embraces his leadout man Stefano Zanini after victory in stage 6
- Tyler Hamilton crosses the line after a crash split the field within the final kilometre
- Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC) featured in the day's main breakaway
- Australian national champion Matt Wilson (FDJeux.com) will focus on helping Baden Cooke after Brad McGee's abandon
- Iban Mayo's mood is improving after his time losses this week
- Stage 6 left many with battle scars
- Rabobank's Marc Lotz tried to keep the breakaway alive but his group was caught with 4 km to go
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Yes! Tom Boonen wins his first Tour stage
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) celebrates
- Erik Zabel (C) congratulates Boonen
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) can't believe it
- Zanini and Boonen congratulate each other
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) comes across the line, with George Hincapie beside him after his final kilometre crash
- Not today for Juan Antonio Flecha
- Tyler Hamilton supported by Jose Enrique Gutierrez across the line
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) rolls in after the crash
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) accompanied by his teammates
- Ouch
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) smiles on the podium
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) with trophy
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches La Boulangere) enjoying the maillot jaune
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches La Boulangere) in yellow
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) in green after finishing second today
Images by Olympia Photo
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) comes back after his first crash
- The peloton pass a castle during stage 6 of the Tour de France
- Rene Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner) was the worst hurt in the final kilometre crash
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches La Boulangere) rides in yellow during stage 6
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) wins the sprint in Angers
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- Carlos Dacruz (FDJeux.com) Alessandro Bertolini (Alessio-Bianchi), Marc Lotz (Rabobank), Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo), Jimmy Engoulven (Cofidis) and Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) escape the peloton for a moment in the sun.
- Stage winner Tom Boonen (Quick-Step) waiting to drop the hammer on Sergio Marinangeli (Domina Vacanze) and Stuart O’Grady (Cofidis).
- Mikel Astarloza (AG2R) ushers his wounded teammate Jean-Patrick Nazon towards the finish.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) at the end of another tense day.
- A fragmented peloton rolls towards the finish.
- A deflated Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) flanked by his lieutenants across the line.
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches La Boulangère) retains the yellow jersey.
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches La Boulangère) adds another white jersey to his Tour collection.
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 4.33.41 (42.96 km/h) 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 6 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 8 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 9 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 10 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 13 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 16 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 17 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 18 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 19 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 20 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 21 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 22 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 25 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 26 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 27 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 28 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 29 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 30 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 32 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 34 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 35 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 37 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 38 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 39 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 40 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 41 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 42 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 43 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 44 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 45 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 46 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 47 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 48 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 49 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 50 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 51 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 52 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 53 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 54 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 55 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 56 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 57 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 59 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 60 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 61 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 62 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 63 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 64 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 65 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 66 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 67 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 68 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 69 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 70 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 71 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 72 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 73 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 74 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 75 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 76 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 77 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 78 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 79 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 80 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 81 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 82 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 83 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 84 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 85 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 86 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 87 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 88 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 89 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 90 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 91 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 93 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 94 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 95 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 96 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 97 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 98 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 99 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 100 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 101 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 104 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 105 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 106 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 107 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 108 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 109 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 110 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 111 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 112 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 113 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 114 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 115 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 116 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.20 117 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.00 118 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 119 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 120 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 121 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 122 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 123 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 124 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 125 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 126 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 127 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.20 128 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 129 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 130 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 131 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 132 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 133 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 134 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 135 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 136 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 137 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 138 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 139 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 140 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 141 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 142 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.30 143 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.00 144 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 145 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 146 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 147 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 148 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 149 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 150 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 151 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 152 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.30 153 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.00 154 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 155 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 156 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 157 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 158 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 159 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 160 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 0.20 161 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.00 162 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 163 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 164 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 165 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 166 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 167 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 168 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 169 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 170 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 171 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 172 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 173 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 174 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 175 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 176 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 177 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 178 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 179 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner DNS Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo DNS Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze Points 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 35 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 30 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 22 6 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20 7 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 19 8 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18 9 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 17 10 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 16 11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 12 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 14 13 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 14 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 15 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 11 16 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 10 17 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 9 18 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 8 19 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 7 20 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 6 21 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 5 22 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 4 23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 24 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 25 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 1 Sprints Mondoubleau, 51.50 km 1 Carlos Dacruz, Fra) Fdjeux.com 6 pts 2 Alessandro Bertolini, Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 4 3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Nor) Team CSC 2 Le Lude, 132.00 km 1 Carlos Dacruz, Fra) Fdjeux.com 6 pts 2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Nor) Team CSC 4 3 Alessandro Bertolini, Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2 Fontaine-Milon, 168.00 km 1 Jimmy Engoulvent, Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 6 pts 2 Carlos Dacruz, Fra) Fdjeux.com 4 3 Alessandro Bertolini, Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2 Young rider 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 4.33.41 2 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 5 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 8 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 12 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 13 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 15 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 16 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 17 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 18 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 19 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 20 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 21 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 20.00 22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 23 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 24 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.30.00 25 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 27 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 29 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com Most combative 1 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone Teams 1 Domina Vacanze 13.41.03 2 T-Mobile Team 3 Ag2R Prevoyance 4 Gerolsteiner 5 Fassa Bortolo 6 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 7 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 8 Alessio-Bianchi 9 Fdjeux.Com 10 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 11 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 12 Quick Step-Davitamon 13 Rabobank 14 Liberty Seguros 15 Team CSC 16 Credit Agricole 17 Lotto-Domo 18 Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Brioches La Boulangere 21 Saeco General classification after stage 6 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 24.37.30 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.01 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 4.06 4 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 6.06 5 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 6.58 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9.35 7 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9.45 8 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9.51 9 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9.57 10 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9.59 11 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.02 12 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10.05 13 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.11 14 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.12 15 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.14 16 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.16 17 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10.18 18 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.19 19 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10.22 20 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 10.30 21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.32 23 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 10.33 24 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10.35 25 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 10.36 26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 10.43 27 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 10.46 28 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.49 29 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 30 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 10.52 31 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 32 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10.58 33 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 11.02 34 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11.04 35 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 11.12 36 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 11.15 37 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 11.17 38 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 39 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11.20 40 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 11.35 41 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 11.37 42 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 43 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 11.41 44 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 11.50 45 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 11.54 46 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 11.56 47 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 11.58 48 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 11.59 49 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 12.00 50 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 12.01 51 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 12.02 52 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 12.04 53 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 12.05 54 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 55 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 12.14 56 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 57 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 58 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.16 59 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.20 60 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.22 61 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 12.24 62 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.25 63 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 12.34 64 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 12.36 65 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 12.40 66 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.43 67 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.44 68 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12.45 69 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12.49 70 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 12.50 71 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.51 72 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.57 73 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 74 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 75 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 13.03 76 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 13.10 77 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 13.12 78 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 13.14 79 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 13.17 80 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 13.22 81 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 13.24 82 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.28 83 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 13.51 84 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 13.58 85 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 13.59 86 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 14.00 87 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.11 88 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.13 89 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.21 90 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.27 91 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 14.30 92 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.32 93 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 14.40 94 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.02 95 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 15.03 96 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 97 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.08 98 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 15.09 99 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.10 100 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 15.15 102 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 15.17 103 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15.20 104 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15.24 105 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 15.29 106 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 15.30 107 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 15.32 108 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.33 109 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 15.43 110 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 15.46 111 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 15.51 112 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 15.52 113 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.00 114 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.03 115 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 16.06 116 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 16.07 117 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 16.17 118 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 16.19 119 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 16.22 120 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16.29 121 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16.31 122 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 16.33 123 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16.35 124 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 16.39 125 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 126 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 127 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 16.42 128 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 16.43 129 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16.47 130 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16.49 131 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 16.57 132 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 17.07 133 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 17.09 134 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 17.11 135 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.27 136 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 17.45 137 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 17.48 138 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 18.16 139 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 18.28 140 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 19.15 141 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 19.19 142 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 19.46 143 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.18 144 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 20.36 145 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.37 146 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 20.41 147 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20.52 148 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.58 149 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21.17 150 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 21.19 151 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 21.33 152 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.46 153 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 21.49 154 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 21.52 155 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.54 156 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22.01 157 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 22.05 158 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 22.09 159 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.15 160 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 22.32 161 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 22.55 162 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 23.01 163 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.02 164 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 23.10 165 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 23.34 166 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.52 167 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 24.12 168 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25.10 169 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 26.04 170 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 26.09 171 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.44 172 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 26.52 173 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.54 174 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 27.20 175 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 27.40 176 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 32.12 177 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36.08 178 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 36.24 179 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 37.26 Points classification 1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 115 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 113 3 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 111 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 107 5 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 101 6 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 89 7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 88 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 75 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 53 10 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 50 11 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 46 12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 42 13 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 42 14 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 39 15 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 38 16 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 36 17 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 32 18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 30 19 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 29 20 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 28 21 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 28 22 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 28 23 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 26 24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 25 25 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 24 26 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 23 27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22 28 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 22 29 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 22 30 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 19 31 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18 32 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17 33 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 34 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 16 35 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 36 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 16 37 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 15 38 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 39 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 40 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 14 41 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 14 42 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 43 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 14 44 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14 45 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 46 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 47 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 48 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 49 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 50 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 9 51 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 52 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 53 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 9 54 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 55 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8 56 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 8 57 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 58 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7 59 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 7 60 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 61 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 62 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 63 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 6 64 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 5 65 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 66 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 67 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4 68 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4 69 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 70 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 3 71 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 72 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2 74 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 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 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3 6 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 7 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2 9 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2 11 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 1 12 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 13 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 24.37.30 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 4.06 3 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.49 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 11.17 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 12.00 6 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 12.05 7 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 12.14 8 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.20 10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.22 11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.57 12 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 13.10 13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.13 14 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 15.09 15 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.10 16 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 15.51 18 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 16.22 19 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16.29 20 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16.31 21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16.35 22 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 16.39 23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 24 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 16.43 25 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16.49 26 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 18.16 27 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 23.34 28 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 32.12 29 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36.08 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 71.46.54 2 Alessio-Bianchi 2.04 3 Brioches La Boulangere 3.16 4 Fdjeux.Com 6.12 5 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 10.41 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 11.54 7 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 12.01 8 T-Mobile Team 12.25 9 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 12.35 10 Rabobank 12.55 11 Liberty Seguros 13.35 12 Quick Step-Davitamon 15.01 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 15.21 14 Fassa Bortolo 15.37 15 Gerolsteiner 15.49 16 Domina Vacanze 15.53 17 Lotto-Domo 17.00 18 Saeco 18.10 19 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 21.18 20 Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.20 21 Credit Agricole 25.57
