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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 8 - July 11: Lamballe - Quimper, 168 km
Vikings invade Brittany: Hushovd wins in Quimper
By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Quimper
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Phase 1 of the 2004 Tour de France ended today in the southern Breton fishing port of Quimper on a cold, rainy day, a day perfect for a Norwegian who loves the bad weather reminiscent of his native Norway. 26 year old Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) made it look easy in the final sprint as he powered to a two bike length win at the end of a difficult uphill final kilometre. "I like this weather", said Hushovd after his second Tour stage win. "The rain, the wind, the cold...it reminds me of home. I was happy all day. In the last few stages I had bad luck. Yesterday I didn't do much in the sprint, two days ago I crashed."
The powerfully built former U23 World TT champion from Grimstad, Norway who lives in southwestern France has already worn both the maillot jaune and maillot vert at this year's Tour, and now has a stage win. As he crossed the finish line in victory, Thor of the Tour pounded his massive chest three times, then put both hands to his forehead before raising his arms in a victory salute. Hushovd, who started the day by winning the first sprint in Montcontour explained that "I was really emotional today when I won...I've thought a lot about winning this stage. I'm really, really happy."
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With his win today, Hushovd is now back in the hunt for the maillot vert, sitting 11 points behind new points leader Robbie McEwen. "That's always been my objective at the Tour and to win on the Champs Elysées. That's the best stage to win for a sprinter."
Young French champion Thomas Voeckler maintained the maillot jaune today as his Brioches Le Boulangère team showed signs of strain, losing three riders in the difficult final in Quimper. "So far, I'm really happy the way things have gone so far."
Lance Armstrong was positive at the end of Phase 1 of this year's Tour, telling Cyclingnews on his way to the plane after Stage 8 that, "I can't complain. We're in a good position, we've got enough time on our main rivals. It could have been worse, we could have had some crashes and lost time, there could have been splits in the final kilometre but we didn't have that. I feel good, I feel healthy, and now we start the next part."
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Like all the Tour riders with the exception of Hushovd, Armstrong is looking for a break from the "temps de cochon" (bad weather) at the Tour so far. "Everybody's sick and tired of the rain, and I'm a little scared because we're going to Limoges, and I saw on TV that the coldest place in France was Limoges. Anything is better than last year when it was 35 degrees and you couldn't sleep at night because it was so hot."
Armstrong's main Tour de France rival Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) likes the hot weather and is looking for a change from the rain as well. "We're heading south now, so I'm hoping for good weather", Ullrich told the media in Quimper. "Not just because I like riding in good weather, but it's less dangerous and more fun to ride. So far I'm happy. I haven't had any bad luck, like a lot of other guys, so I'm ready for the race to finally get to the mountains."
How it unfolded
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It was a cool and rainy Sunday when the remaining 176 Tour de France riders took the start in the small Breton bourg of Lamballe today. After a few tentative moves with Credit Agricole's Christophe Moreau very active, three riders managed to extricate themselves for the peloton. As usual, Mr. Aggression, CSC's Jakob Piil was storming and he took three other riders with him today in an attack after 20km: the old man (at 30) of the young Fassa Bortolo squad, Matteo Tosatto, Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) and Karsten Kroon (Rabobank). Kroon flatted out of the move and was re-absorbed by the peloton.
Over hill and dale, the lead trio pounded away on the low, leaden Breton skies which dumped intermittent cold rain on the break and peloton all day. Despite the strong headwind and narrow roads, the average pace in the first hour was still 44.7 km/h. On the first KOM on the Mur-de-Bretagne, Scholz took first, while in the peloton 4'00 behind, Richard Virenque rallied to take the remaining one point for fourth, while on the next KOM, Cote de Sainte-Mayeux, Scholz took the winner's points again.
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The tempo calmed down once the peloton realized that the break was gone so the 2nd hour was raced at just 40.1 km/h. The trio's maximum lead was 5'52 after two hours of racing, but soon after the feed zone at the midway point of Stage 8, the peloton began to ride a faster tempo behind the break. Riding among huge, festive crowds amid the swirl of Breton music, Scholz took the penultimate KOM points of the day on the Cote de Menez-Kuz, while Piil took the final points on the Cote de l'Ensigne Vert with 20km to go. By that point, the Quick.Step and Credit Agricole led chase had cut the break's lead to 2'00 and with 10km. to go, the break was caught and it was peloton groupé on the outskirts of Quimper. Pill has been the most aggressive rider of this year's Tour de France so far, with 550km spent off the front including today, but all he has to show so far is one second place in Chartres.
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Five time Tour winner Lance Armstrong stayed up front in the final uphill charge to the line today in Quimper, saying that an uphill finish "makes it more nervous because then you have a risk of people sitting up, or the leadout guys sitting up and leaving a gap, so everybody's nervous to try to stay in front and not get caught behind a gap."
Armstrong's USPS-Berry Floor teammate Floyd Landis told Cyclingnews via mobile phone after Stage 8 that the first part of the stage wasn't too bad, but then it started raining. "It was really cold today too," said Landis. "The final wasn't too dangerous. George and Eki were there with Lance in the final to make sure he didn't get gapped."
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Armstrong was AOK today and stayed out of trouble in the chaotic final, as Paolo Bettini led the charge in his polka-dot meilleur grimpeur jersey up the hill in before the last kilometre and was then marked by McEwen (Lotto-Domo), who didn't join in the attack but just sat on Bettini. Euskaltel pulled them back, then Luxembourg champion Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) made what looked like a perfectly timed counter move to get a 30m gap on the peloton at 500m to go. Kirchen's move was in vain, as a tremendous surge by Hushovd with 200m to go put the Norwegian powerhouse past the fading Kirchen and across the line first by three bike lengths ahead of the Fassa man, with Erik Zabel in third and McEwen in fourth. With his fourth place and maillot vert Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) in eighth, McEwen re-gained the green as his ding-dong battle with O'Grady continues.
Rest Day - July 12: Limoges
As soon possible after Stage 8, The Tour peloton will board two aeroplanes for the one hour flight to Limoges, then transfer to hotels in Limoges. After an undoubtedly long sleep, teams will take an easy ride tomorrow for one to two hours. The weather for Limoges is expected to be cool and rainy Monday.
Stage 9 - July 13: St. Leonard-de-Noblat - Gueret, 160.5km
Starting in the tiny village that's the hometown of Tour de France eternal second Raymond Poulidor, Stage 9 opens Phase 2 of the 2004 Tour with a rolling, twisting ride through the small roads of the Haut-Vienne and Creuse to finish in the town of Gueret for the first time. A massive sprint is likely here as the stage itself doesn't present many difficulties. The long term forecast for Limoges is for cool temperatures and sun as the low pressure front moves out of France and is replaced with nice weather.
Photography
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- Ronny Scholz leads the three man break including Jakob Piil and Matteo Tosatto.
- Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) rides mid-pack halfway through the day.
- Fassa Bortolo rider Aitor Gonzalez breaks out the raincoat.
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) wins a rainy stage 8.
- George Hincapie (USPS-Berry Floor) crosses the line after a day well done.
- A bandaged Robbie McEwen heads off to get the green jersey.
- A happy Thor Hushovd
Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com
- Third place wasn't good enough for T-Mobile's Erik Zabel
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) is looking forward to the Tour's move to the south
- The tired, wet face of Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangère)
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) wasn't too fazed by the rain
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) could only muster fourth place in Quimper
- Matteo Tosatto (Fassa Bortolo) was part of the trio of escapees, caught at 10km to go
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) exits the showers and looks for his ride to the airport
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) hopes that the dark clouds are behind him
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) was in a cheerful mood at the start
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) after sign on
- Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Liberty Seguros) at the start
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) exits the team bus
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) and Bert Grabsch
- Oscar Sevilla (Phonak) signs an autograph or three
- CSC leads the team classification
- Bartoli and Basso (CSC) with bears
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) looks for his team
- Horse categorie?
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) adjusts his arm warmers
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) gets ready for another day
- Fassa's young guns Filippo Pozzato and Fabian Cancellara
- Good mates Paolo Bettini and Davide Bramati (Quick.Step-Davitamon)
- There were massive crowds at the start in Lamballe
- Bartoli and Basso (CSC) roll out
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) beats Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) to win stage 8
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) leans back and enjoys the moment
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) celebrates
- Oscar Sevilla (Phonak) comes across the line
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) crosses the line in 21st
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) arrives with his teammates
- George Hincapie (USPS-Berry Floor) happy at the finish
- Ivan Basso (CSC) arrives
- Thor's trophy looks suspiciously like a bottle of gin
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) celebrates on the podium
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) still happy in yellow
Images by Roberto Bettini
- It was festive in Brittany as the Tour passed
- Breton flags were waving proudly today
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) grabs a feed bag
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) will be glad when the weather improves
- Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) pounds his chest as he wins stage 8
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- A T-Mobile mechanic making sure Zabel's bike is ready to take him to the sprint finish.
- A Gerolsteiner rider heading towards the sign-in.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) enjoying the pre-race banter.
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) maintaing his focus amongst the fanfare.
- Hamilton (Phonak) preparing for the start.
- Richard Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) pleasing his fans.
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) enjoying the centre of attention.
- Lance Armstrong (USPS) content to leave the yellow behind for now.
- Davide Bramati (Quick.Step-Davitamon) hamming it up with the peloton at the start.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) waiting for the real race to begin.
- Giusseppe Guerini (T-Mobile) at the ceremonial start in Lamballe.
- Roberto Heras (Liberty) gearing up to begin stage 8.
- Hincapie (USPS) rolls into the starting area.
- Armstrong hustling to get to the start.
Results
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3.54.22 (43.01 km/h) 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 9 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 16 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 19 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 20 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 23 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 25 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 26 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 27 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 28 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 29 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 30 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 31 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 32 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 33 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 34 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 35 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 36 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 37 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 38 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 39 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 40 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 41 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 43 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 44 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 45 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 46 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 48 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 50 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 51 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 52 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 53 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 54 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 55 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 56 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 57 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 58 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 59 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 60 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 61 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 62 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 64 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 65 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 66 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 67 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 68 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 70 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 71 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 73 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 74 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 75 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 77 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 78 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 79 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 80 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 81 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 82 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 83 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 84 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 85 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 86 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 87 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 88 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 89 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 90 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 91 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 93 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 94 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 95 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.21 96 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 97 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 98 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 99 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 100 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 101 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 102 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 103 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 104 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 105 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 106 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 107 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 108 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 109 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 110 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 111 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 112 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 113 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 114 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 115 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 116 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 117 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 118 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 119 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 120 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 121 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 122 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 123 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 124 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 125 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 126 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 127 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 128 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 129 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 130 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 131 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 132 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 133 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 134 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 135 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 136 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 137 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 138 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 139 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 0.33 140 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.39 141 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 0.52 142 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 143 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 1.10 144 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 145 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.13 146 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.16 147 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.19 148 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 149 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.29 150 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 151 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.43 152 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 153 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 154 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.50 155 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.03 156 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.23 157 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 158 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 159 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3.25 160 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 161 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 162 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 163 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 164 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 3.45 165 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3.47 166 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 3.52 167 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.56 168 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 169 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.59 170 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 171 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 4.58 172 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5.32 173 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 174 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 175 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 176 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 10.51 Points 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 35 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 30 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 24 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 20 7 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 19 8 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 18 9 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 10 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 11 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 14 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 14 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 15 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 11 16 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 17 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 18 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 19 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7 20 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 6 21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 22 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 4 23 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 24 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 25 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Mountains Côte De Mur-De-Bretagne - Cat. 3, 51.00 km 1 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 pts 2 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 3 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 2 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Côte De Saint-Mayeux - Cat. 4, 54.50 km 1 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1 Côte De Ménez-Kuz - Cat. 4, 127.50 km 1 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 1 Côte De L'enseigne Verte - Cat. 4, 142.50 km 1 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 3 pts 2 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Sprints Montcontour, 14.00 km 1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 4 3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 2 Carhaix-Plouguer, 104.00 km 1 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 6 pts 2 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 3 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 Chateauneuf-Du-Faou, 131.00 km 1 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 pts 2 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 4 3 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 Young rider 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 3.54.22 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 8 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 15 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 17 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.21 18 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 19 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 20 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 21 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 24 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.43 26 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3.25 27 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 28 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 3.59 29 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 10.51 Most combative 1 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC Teams 1 T-Mobile Team 11.43.06 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Domina Vacanze 4 Rabobank 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 7 Liberty Seguros 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 9 Credit Agricole 10 Gerolsteiner 11 Fassa Bortolo 12 Quick Step-Davitamon 13 Team CSC 14 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 15 Fdjeux.Com 16 Saeco 17 Alessio-Bianchi 18 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 19 Brioches La Boulangere 20 Lotto-Domo 0.21 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 0.42 General classification after stage 8 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 33.03.36 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 6.27 5 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 7.09 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 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 9.57 9 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.02 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.06 11 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.11 12 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10.12 13 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.16 15 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 10.18 16 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.19 17 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10.20 18 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10.22 19 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10.26 20 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.30 21 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.32 22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10.35 23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 10.37 24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 10.43 25 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 10.46 26 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.49 27 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 28 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 10.52 29 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 30 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 10.54 31 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 11.02 32 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11.04 33 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 11.15 34 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 11.17 35 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 36 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11.20 37 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 11.33 38 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 11.35 39 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 11.37 40 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 11.50 41 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 11.54 42 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 11.56 43 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 44 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 11.58 45 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 12.02 46 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 47 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 12.05 48 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.14 49 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.16 50 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 12.19 51 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.22 52 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 53 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 12.24 54 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.25 55 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 12.26 56 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 12.34 57 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 12.35 58 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 59 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 12.38 60 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.41 61 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.44 62 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.48 63 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 12.49 64 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 65 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.51 66 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 12.57 67 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 68 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 69 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 13.09 70 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 13.10 71 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 13.17 72 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 13.22 73 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 13.24 74 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.28 75 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 13.33 76 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 13.35 77 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 13.59 78 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.11 79 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 14.12 80 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.13 81 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.21 82 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 14.30 83 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.32 84 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14.37 85 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.48 86 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 14.52 87 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.56 88 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 15.01 89 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.02 90 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 15.03 91 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.08 92 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 15.09 93 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.10 94 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 15.15 95 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 15.17 96 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15.20 97 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 15.30 98 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.31 99 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.33 100 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 15.43 101 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15.45 102 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 15.46 103 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 15.50 104 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 15.51 105 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 15.53 106 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.00 107 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 16.02 108 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 16.22 109 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16.29 110 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 16.31 111 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 16.38 112 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16.49 113 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 17.00 114 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 17.04 115 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 17.16 116 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 17.18 117 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.27 118 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 17.32 119 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 17.34 120 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.46 121 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 17.48 122 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 123 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 17.55 124 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 18.49 125 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 19.47 126 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.18 127 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 20.20 128 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 20.36 129 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20.43 130 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.48 131 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 20.57 132 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.58 133 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 21.33 134 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 21.35 135 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21.38 136 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.54 137 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.56 138 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 22.09 139 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 22.10 140 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.15 141 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 22.40 142 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 22.42 143 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 23.10 144 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 23.13 145 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.23 146 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 23.34 147 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 148 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 23.42 149 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.45 150 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 24.06 151 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 24.17 152 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 24.55 153 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25.06 154 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 25.18 155 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 26.09 156 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.22 157 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 26.24 158 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 26.25 159 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 26.39 160 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 26.40 161 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 26.45 162 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.54 163 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 27.13 164 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 27.39 165 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 27.41 166 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27.51 167 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 29.07 168 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 29.35 169 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 30.03 170 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 32.09 171 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 32.12 172 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 35.01 173 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 37.47 174 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 40.53 175 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 41.19 176 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 51.11 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 158 pts 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 149 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 148 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 147 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 139 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 109 7 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 101 8 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 91 9 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 89 10 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 63 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 60 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 55 13 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 53 14 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 52 15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 16 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 50 17 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 48 18 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48 19 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 42 20 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 41 21 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 38 22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 36 23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 24 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 32 25 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 31 26 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 30 27 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 28 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 28 29 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 28 30 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 26 31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 25 32 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 25 33 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 25 34 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 24 35 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 36 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 22 37 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 38 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 39 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 19 40 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 19 41 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 18 42 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18 43 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 44 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 17 45 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 46 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 16 47 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 48 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 49 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 50 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 15 51 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 14 52 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 53 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14 54 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 55 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 56 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 12 57 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 58 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 59 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 60 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 61 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 9 62 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 9 63 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 9 64 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 9 65 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 66 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8 67 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 8 68 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 69 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 70 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 71 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7 72 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7 73 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 7 74 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 75 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 76 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 6 77 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 78 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4 79 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 80 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4 81 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 82 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 83 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 84 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 85 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Mountains classification 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 20 pts 2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14 3 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 5 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 9 6 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 7 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7 8 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 9 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 10 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5 11 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3 12 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2 15 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 2 16 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 1 17 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 18 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 33.03.36 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 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.14 6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 12.19 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.22 8 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 12.26 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 12.35 10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.41 11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.48 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 15.31 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 15.51 18 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16.29 19 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16.49 20 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 17.00 21 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 17.04 22 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 19.47 23 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.48 24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 22.09 25 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 23.34 26 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 24.17 27 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 29.07 28 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 32.12 29 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 51.11 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 97.05.12 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 10 Rabobank 12.55 11 Liberty Seguros 13.35 12 Quick Step-Davitamon 15.01 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 15.21 14 Fassa Bortolo 15.27 15 Gerolsteiner 15.49 16 Domina Vacanze 15.53 17 Lotto-Domo 17.21 18 Saeco 18.10 19 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 22.00 20 Euskaltel-Euskadi 25.10 21 Credit Agricole 25.57
