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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 9 - July 13: St Leonard de Noblat - Guéret, 160.5 km
Robbie does the double in Gueret
By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Gueret
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Like Green Goblin streaking towards a battle with Spiderman, maillot vert Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) came through like gangbusters in the last fifty meters to take the sprint in Gueret with a dramatic bike throw at the line to beat maillot vert rivals Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) and Stuey O'Grady (Cofidis). A delighted McEwen is in fantastic sprinting form at this year's Tour, and today in Gueret, Robbie showed his true greatness as a sprinter in a tactically difficult sprint by making the perfect move at the perfect time for his second win of this year's Tour and his fifth career stage win in the Grande Boucle.
"It was a fantastic victory for me today", effused a delighted McEwen post-stage. "With the injuries from my crash (in Angers last Friday), it's been hard. My knee's been hurting, my back hurts, my entire body is aching but in the sprint, I gave it all the energy I had in my body today to win."
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Speaking of his superior sprinting today, Robbie commented that "it was a difficult sprint to figure out...with the turn (in the last 250 meters), the two riders from the break...we caught the break in the last 60 meters and I made my move around the right side."
McEwen was half a wheel ahead of Hushovd and half a bike ahead of O'Grady and has now lengthened his lead in the chase for the maillot vert over both the Norwegian and his fellow Australian. However McEwen's left knee is still day by day and tomorrow's long, tough and hilly stage could be counterproductive for the feisty finisher from Queensland. "I want to get through the Pyrenees now before I start thinking about making it to Paris", explained McEwen.
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Maillot jaune Thomas Voeckler hung on to the cherished tunic today but the young Frenchman seems tired as does his team. Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) is still 9'35" behind Voeckler in 6th, just biding his time until the mountains this weekend, but seems somewhat concerned about what might happen on the road to Saint-Flour tomorrow's. "Today we just sat on the wheels; we didn't take it easy, but we didn't have any responsibility (to chase). tomorrow's is going to be hard, especially if the pace is aggressive like today and we do 240km and some bigger climbs, with holiday crowds along the way."
How it unfolded
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172 riders took the start today early this afternoon in Saint Leonard De Noblat-Gueret, the home village of Tour De France "eternal second" Raymond "Pou-Pou" Poulidor, who is still beloved by the French people for his Tour battles with Jacques Anquetil in the 1960's and Eddy Merckx in the 1970's. Three riders didn't start: Dumoulin (Ag2r), who broke his elbow in Sunday's Stage 8 final in Quimper, as well as Alessio's Martin Hvastija and Saeco's Stefano Casagranda, who were asked to leave the Tour yesterday by race director Jean-Marie LeBlanc due to ongoing drug investigations in Italy that include both riders. Plenty of attacks marked today's fast stage but it wasn't until the 38km mark on a climb out of Beaumont-du-Lac that Euskaltel's Iñigo Landaluze got away with Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze). With the average speed over 44 km/h, the chase was on across the rolling terrain, but Landaluze and Simeoni were determined to make their mark.
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After 55km in Gentioux, Landaluze took the sprint from Simeoni and their gap was 2'25. Rabobank's Karsten Kroon, who flatted out of Sunday's break tried to bridge soon after but didn't gain much ground. At the second sprint in Felletin after 77km, Simeoni turned the tables on Landaluze. Kroon was chasing solo at 4'45 with the peloton at 8'00, and the second hour was raced at the punishing pace of over 45 km/h.
With 68km to go, the final climb of the day atop the Cote d'Aubusson saw Landaluze outclimb Simeoni, with Kroon losing ground at 8'00 and the peloton at 10'00.Maillot jaune Voeckler's Brioches team wasn't strong enough to pull the break back and Quick.Step, Credit Agricole and Gerolsteiner joined in the fun with 55km to race. The duo's lead began to drop and it seemed like Landaluze and Simeoni might hold off the charge but as Gueret approached chase pace became stratospheric.
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With 15km to go, the break had 2'12 but were going too piano to last. With 10 km to go, the gap had plummeted to 1'25, but a crash on the run-in to town that saw CSC's Kurt-Asle Arvesen go down after another rider flipped over a traffic barrier slowed things as Landaluze and Simeoni kept going. On the twisty, turny last two kilometres, the sprinters' teams went into overdrive and as the break riders jockeyed for position in their two-up match sprint, they were overwhelmed in the last 100m. McEwen blasted through an impossible gap on the right to take the win, while Landaluze hung on for a well-deserved 10th place.
Stage 10 - July 14: Limoges-Saint Flour, 237km
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A massive stage across the Massif Central is on the menu for Quatorze Juillet with not a meter of flat all day. This stage was used for L'Etape du Tour a few days ago and the most optimistic time schedule for Stage Ten calls for six and a half hours of racing across the unrelenting climbs of Cantal. One Cat 1, two Cat 2 and five Cat. 3 ascents are on Wednesday's program, which is expected to be run as Quatorze Juillet stages always are, in front of huge crowds out to celebrate France's national fête du velo on France's national holiday.
With the absence of the extreme heat of last July, the difficult parcours should cause less selection than usual, but the double barreled ascent of the steep, narrow road up the Col du Pas de Peyrol-Le Puy Mary (8.3km/5.5% avg. grade) after 173km, then the final Cat 3 climb of the day after 189 km, followed by the Col du Prat du Bouc-Le Plomb du Cantal (8.2km/6% avg. grade) after 205.5 km will surely do some damage.
The last 31km of Stage 10 are all rolling downhill towards Saint Flour, which may cause some regrouping on the run-in. Can maillot jaune Thomas Voeckler and his well baked Brioches la Boulangère squad withstand the onslaught of attacks that are sure to come from teams like Phonak, Illes Balears and Liberty Seguros, who are looking to put the first pressure on Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich in this year's Tour De France? Although the Quatorze Juillet will start with a Frenchman in the maillot jaune, Wednesday evening may see Jose Gutierrez of Phonak or his teammate Santos Gonzalez changing jerseys.
Photography
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) again gets swarmed by the media before the start.
- The group meanders along during stage 9 with not much going on today.
- Riders pass by Lac de Vassiviere along the course.
- Lance Armstrong taking it easy today with the mountains ahead.
- Thousands of fans await the sprint for the finish.
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) crosses over on stage winner Robbie McEwen after the line.
- Riders bunch up trying to get through the crowds to the team buses.
- Today’s stage winner Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) on the podium after his second stage win.
Images by Roberto Bettini
- The sprint was very close but McEwen (in green) got it from Hushovd (C) and O'Grady (L)
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) moments after finishing
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze) ready for a big day out
- Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) exits the bus
- Michele Scarponi (Domina Vacanze) mystery man?
- Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) still happy to be here
- Rolling out of St Leonard de Noblat
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) looking forward to tomorrow
- Commesso and Simoni at the start
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) takes a drink
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) focusing
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) repares to start
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) finishes the stage in 29th place
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) holds his winner's trophy
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) gets to spend another day in the yellow jersey
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) happy with his second win
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) rides to the sign on
- Richard Virenque and Laurent Jalabert: Incredibly popular in France
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) rolls up to the start
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) checks his bike, as he does every day
- The peloton lines up for the start of the 9th stage
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal Service) prepares to give a speech on the state of the peloton
- Lance and Thor exchange thoughts
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) checks Commesso's radio
- McEwen and Hushovd go head to head
- McEwen (L) timed his throw correctly to beat Hushovd in the sprint
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) live on stage
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) congratulated by Bernard Hinault
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) was away for 120km.
- George Hincapie (USPS) fueling up for the rest of the race.
- Iban Mayo making room on board for new provisions.
- Rabobank's Michael Boogerd picks up his Happy Meal.
- The peloton giving chase at 12km from the end.
- The jumbotron showing McEwen's winning sprint finish.
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 3.32.55 (45.22 km/h) 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 8 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 12 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 13 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 14 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 15 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 17 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 19 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 20 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 21 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 22 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 24 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 25 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 27 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 30 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 31 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 32 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 33 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 35 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 36 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 38 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 39 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 42 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 43 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 44 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 45 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 46 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 47 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 48 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 49 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 50 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 51 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 52 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 53 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 54 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 56 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 58 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 59 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 60 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 61 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 63 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 64 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 65 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 66 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 67 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 68 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 69 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 70 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 71 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 73 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 74 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 75 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 76 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 77 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 78 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 80 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 81 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 82 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 83 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 84 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 85 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 86 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 87 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 88 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 89 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 90 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 91 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 92 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 93 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 94 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 95 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 97 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 98 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 99 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 100 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 101 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 102 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 103 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 104 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 105 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 106 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 107 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 108 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 109 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 110 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 111 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 112 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 113 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 114 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 115 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 116 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 117 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 118 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 119 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 120 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 121 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 122 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 123 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 124 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 125 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 126 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 127 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 128 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 129 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 130 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 131 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 132 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 133 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 134 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 135 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 136 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 137 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 138 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 139 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 140 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 141 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 142 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 143 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 144 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 145 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 146 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 147 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 148 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 149 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 150 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 151 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 152 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 0.29 153 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 0.31 154 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.56 155 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.03 156 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.41 157 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 2.43 158 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 159 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 160 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 161 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 162 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 163 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 164 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 165 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 166 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.48 167 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.57 168 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.27 169 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5.13 170 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 7.04 171 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 7.09 172 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC DNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance DNS Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance DNS Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi DNS Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco Points 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 35 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 30 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 26 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 24 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 6 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 20 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 19 8 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 9 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 10 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16 11 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 15 12 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 14 13 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 13 14 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 12 15 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11 16 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 10 17 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9 18 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 8 19 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 7 20 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 6 21 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 5 22 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 23 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 24 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 2 25 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1 Mountains Côte De La Croix De Mapertuis - Cat. 4, 34.00 km 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 3 pts 2 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 Côte d'Aubusson - Cat. 4, 92.00 km 1 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints Gentioux, 55.50 km 1 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 pts 2 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2 Felletin, 77.50 km 1 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 pts 2 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 2 Pontarion, 116.00 km 1 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 pts 2 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2 Young rider 1 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3.32.55 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 3 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 6 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 10 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 14 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 15 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 17 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 18 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 21 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 22 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 23 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 25 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 26 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.03 27 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2.43 28 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.48 Most combative 1 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi Teams 1 Domina Vacanze 10.38.45 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Ag2R Prevoyance 4 Fassa Bortolo 5 T-Mobile Team 6 Alessio-Bianchi 7 Credit Agricole 8 Rabobank 9 Lotto-Domo 10 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 11 Team CSC 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Brioches La Boulangere 14 Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 16 Liberty Seguros 17 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 18 Saeco 19 Fdjeux.Com 20 Quick Step-Davitamon 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover General classification after stage 9 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 36.36.31 2 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 2.53 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 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 10.43 24 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 10.46 25 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.49 26 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 27 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 10.52 28 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 29 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 11.02 30 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11.04 31 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 11.15 32 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 11.17 33 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 34 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11.20 35 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 11.33 36 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 11.34 37 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 11.35 38 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 11.37 39 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 11.50 40 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 11.54 41 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 11.56 42 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 11.58 43 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 12.02 44 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 12.05 45 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.14 46 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.16 47 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 12.19 48 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.22 49 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 50 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 12.24 51 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.25 52 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 12.26 53 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 12.34 54 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 12.35 55 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 56 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 12.38 57 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 12.41 58 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.44 59 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.48 60 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12.49 61 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.51 62 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 12.57 63 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 64 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 65 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 13.09 66 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 13.10 67 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 13.17 68 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 13.20 69 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 13.22 70 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 13.24 71 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.28 72 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 13.33 73 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 13.35 74 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 13.59 75 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.11 76 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 14.12 77 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.13 78 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.21 79 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14.25 80 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 14.30 81 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14.32 82 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 14.48 83 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 14.52 84 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.56 85 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 15.01 86 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.02 87 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 15.03 88 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.08 89 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 15.09 90 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.10 91 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 15.15 92 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 15.17 93 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15.20 94 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.31 95 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 15.32 96 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.33 97 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 15.43 98 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15.45 99 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 15.46 100 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 15.50 101 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 15.51 102 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 15.53 103 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 15.59 104 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.00 105 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 16.20 106 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16.29 107 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 16.31 108 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 16.38 109 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16.49 110 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 17.00 111 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 17.04 112 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 17.16 113 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 17.18 114 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.27 115 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 17.48 116 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 117 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 17.55 118 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 18.03 119 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 18.05 120 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 18.28 121 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.04 122 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 20.20 123 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.29 124 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 20.36 125 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 20.43 126 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.48 127 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 20.50 128 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 20.57 129 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.58 130 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 21.33 131 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 21.35 132 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.54 133 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.56 134 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 22.09 135 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 22.10 136 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.15 137 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 22.40 138 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 22.42 139 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 23.10 140 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 23.11 141 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.23 142 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 23.34 143 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 144 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 23.42 145 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.45 146 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24.21 147 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 24.55 148 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 25.18 149 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 25.47 150 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 25.56 151 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.22 152 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 26.25 153 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 26.40 154 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 26.45 155 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26.54 156 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 27.00 157 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 27.13 158 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 27.41 159 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 29.22 160 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 29.47 161 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 29.51 162 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30.34 163 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 32.09 164 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 32.10 165 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 32.12 166 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 32.18 167 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 32.52 168 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 37.47 169 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 37.56 170 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 40.53 171 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 41.19 172 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53.59 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 195 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 177 3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 175 4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 170 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 157 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 128 7 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 116 8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 97 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 77 10 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 72 11 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 70 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 65 13 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 65 14 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 58 15 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 55 16 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 52 17 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 52 18 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 19 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 47 20 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 42 21 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 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 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 30 28 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 29 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 28 30 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 28 31 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 27 32 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 26 33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 25 34 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 35 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 24 36 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 37 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 38 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 22 39 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 22 40 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 41 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 19 42 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 19 43 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 19 44 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 18 45 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18 46 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 47 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 48 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 49 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 16 50 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 51 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 52 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16 53 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 15 54 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 15 55 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 14 56 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 57 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 58 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 12 59 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 60 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 61 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 62 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 9 63 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 9 64 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 9 65 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 66 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 8 67 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 68 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 69 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7 70 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7 71 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 7 72 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 73 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 74 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 6 75 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 5 76 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 77 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4 78 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 79 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 4 80 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 81 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 82 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 83 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 84 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 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 11 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5 12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3 13 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 14 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 15 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2 16 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 17 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2 18 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 19 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 1 20 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 21 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 22 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 23 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 36.36.31 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 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20.48 23 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 20.50 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 27.00 27 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 32.12 28 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 53.59 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 107.43.57 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
