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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Prologue - July 3: Prologue Liege ITT, 6.1 km
Un bravo ragazzo: Cancellara crushes in Tour prologue
Armstrong strong second, gains time on rivals
By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Liège
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On a blustery Belgian summer Saturday evening in Liège, Fabian Cancellara came into his own. The young Fassa Bortolo rider, a 23 year old from Bern, Switzerland with Italian parentage, rode the third fastest Tour prologue time ever to beat five time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong by two seconds and win the opening time trial. Cancellara, considered a favourite for today's Tour opener is a two time Jr. World TT champion (1998-99) and is considered a prologue specialist.
Just after he set the new fastest time, Cancellara told Cyclingnews that "Today, my number one objective was to win, basta. I gave it everything and I hope everyone else has the same wind. For me, I rode a great time today. It's my first time at the Tour and there are a lot of great riders here but in a time trial, I'm not afraid of anyone man against man. The fastest one wins."
When Cancellara came in with a time 10" faster than leader Oscar Pereiro at 6:29pm, there were still 46 riders left to go and the big guns like Armstrong, Ullrich, Hamilton and other prologue specialists like McGee, Peschel and Moreau had yet to ride. But Fabian held on to take the Maillot Jaune, despite the final onslaught of Lance Armstrong, who fell just three ticks short of the jersey today.
As he embarks on his quest for a sixth consecutive Tour win, as always, Armstrong shows up ready to ride in the Tour prologue. He has finished five times in the top three of the Tour de France prologue in the last six years.
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"I felt really, really good today when I was warming up," Lance explained to the crush of media gathered around the USPS team bus post stage. "We wanted the everybody on the team to do a good prologue today... it sets the tone of the race for the first week. I'm disappointed to have lost the Maillot Jaune today by just a few seconds, but Cancellara is a young, strong guy, a (prologue) specialist. Congratulations to him... he went damn fast."
Johan Bruyneel, US Postal Service-Berry Floor team director, was positive about the initial performance of his 2004 Tour de France squad. With four riders in the top twenty (Armstrong, Hincapie, Landis, Ekimov), USPS-Berry Floor took the lead in the team competition after the Prologue.
"You always have to wait until the race starts to see how it goes," Bruyneel explained, "but I'm very satisfied with the performance of the entire team today. All the climbers were good today."
George Hincapie, who cracked the top ten today, told Cyclingnews that "it was really windy out there and I was feeling pretty good. I was able to push the big gear today."
Third USPS man today was Floyd Landis in 17th, just ahead of Tyler Hamilton. Landis was pleased with his ride, telling Cyclingnews that "the conditions were perfect out there today. I felt great and it didn't rain so that's great." Americans in general had excellent performances in today's Tour prologue, with six out of the seven American Tour riders riders in the top twenty.
Despite his modesty, Lance went damn fast too and put time into key rivals like Ullrich, Mayo, Hamilton and Heras. Armstrong took fifteen seconds (in six kilometres) out of Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile).
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"To be honest, I'd have to say I'm a little surprised (at Ullrich's performance)", said Armstrong. "It could be an indication of other things... the way he's prepared for this Tour. But it's just the start and they don't call this race the prologue for nothing."
Perhaps Ullrich's performance could be explained by the fact that his T-Mobile teammate Sergeui Ivanov crashed earlier in the prologue and team boss Walter Godefroot then told Ullrich not to take any unnecessary risks in the six kilometre test.
Jan wasn't much concerned by his result, saying "today was an OK performance for me. At the end, we're going for minutes in the Tour, not for seconds."
Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) had a good result for 27th, losing 19" to Armstrong, but wasn't thrilled with his performance today. And 35" behind Armstrong was his ex-teammate climber Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) in 104th.
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Sydneysider Brad McGee (FDJeux.com) was another favourite today but the Prologue winner in this year's Giro d'Italia was 4th today. "I'm lacking a bit of that top-end power," said the greyhound thin McGee, who has changed his training approach to concentrate more on his climbing. "I tried to improve my power in the last few weeks since the Route du Sud, but it just wasn't my day today."
McGee is now looking to put the pressure on Maillot Jaune Cancellara, saying that "since I'm not too far from the yellow, I'll try and go for that and switch all guns onto (helping) Baden Cooke get the Green Jersey back."
Early casualty
Although another Sydneysider, Matt White (Cofidis) had hoped to finally make it to his first Tour de France start today, unfortunately White took a header while warming up on the prologue course four hours before the start Saturday, hitting his head hard and breaking his right collarbone. With Whitey out of the Tour, Cofidis had to scramble to find first reserve Peter Farazijn.
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Farazijn was almost 200km away watching a car rally in Ypres with some friends drinking a few beers when he got the first call on his mobile phone from Cofidis, which he ignored. But when he answered the second time, the team told him to get to Liège as fast has he could. After a 200km ride with a police escort across Belgium, he made it with 45 minutes to spare before his start time. His case was helped by Jimmy Casper, who took White's original early time and offered Farazijn some precious minutes to get into action.
Farazijn, who hasn't done the Tour since 1999 ended up third from last, a decent result for a guy who was hangin' with his friends a few hours before with the the Tour de France far from his thoughts. He rode the prologue on White's bike, with the Aussie's dossard pinned to his back and White's name blacked out.
As beaming Fassa Bortolo team director Alberto Volpi drove away from the finish in Liège with the new Maillot Jaune in his team car, his comment to Cyclingnews was "it was a great result for Fabian today; it's his first Tour and he won the first time out…he's a bravo ragazzo (a good boy)!"
Stage 1 - July 4: Liège-Charleroi, 202.5km
Heading west across Belgium, Stage One misses the main climbs of the Ardennes by staying in the valleys on the way to Charleroi. After passing through the smallest village in Belgium in Durbuy at the halfway point, the terrain becomes flatter in the Provinces of Namur and Hainaut. Stage One may be the first chance for super sprinters Petacchi and Cipollini to renew their rivalry with Aussies McEwen and Cooke, among others. With overcast skies and cool conditions in the weather forecast, the sprinting fireworks should scintillating in Charleroi on Sunday.
Photography
Images by Rebecca Sullivan
- Peter Farazijn (Cofidis) started the prologue with Matt White's race number, blacking out the unlucky Aussie's name
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- Viatcheslav Ekimov (US Postal) looks ahead during the prologue.
- Bobby Julich (CSC) passes underneath the 1K to go banner.
- Aussie Michael Rogers (Quick.STep-Davitamon) with a new TT helmet from Lazer.
- Jens Voigt (CSC) put in a great ride today finishing seventh.
- Big cheers were heard for Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) from the Dutch fans.
- Always the showman, Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze) showed off a new skin suit today.
- 2003 Giro winner Gilberto Simoni (Saeco).
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguras) - a bit off the time of the day - leans through one of the courses bends.
- Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) put in a good ride today to finish only fifteen seconds back.
- Christophe Moreau (Crédit Agricole) - with his classic tongue dragging look - had an excellent ride for eight place.
- Tour favorite Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) was in good form.
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) came in twenty one seconds back. He'll be a threat in the mountains.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) seemed to be going well but was a bit off the pace.
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal) rode strongly but still came in two seconds behind race winner Fabian Cancellara.
Images by Luc Claessen/www.actiefotos.be
- Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) will be hoping this year's Tour is luckier for him than last years, which ended in a stage 1 crash
- Bradley McGee (Fdjeux.com) didn't quite have the power today, finishing fourth
- Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze) made a long-awaited return to the Tour
- Christophe Moreau (Crédit Agricole) was 12 seconds down in eighth place
- Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Liberty Seguros) will be hoping for a repeat of his 2002 time in yellow
- Ivan Basso (Team CSC) - the 2002 Best Young Rider is considered a podium possibility in 2004
- Lance Armstrong (US Postal) - his second place in the prologue is a strong start in his bid for Tour win number 6
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) was just 18 seconds off the pace
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) showing the effort of the prologue
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) is expected to shine in the mountains
- Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) has had great form this year and will be a breakaway stage threat
- Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) - the big Norwegian sprinter turned in a very solid fifth place in the prologue
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Davitamon) - the Belgian wunderkind was 41st
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Davitamon) is expected to spearhead Quick Step's efforts on the Belgian stages
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- Lance Armstrong (USPS/Berry Floor) on his way to a podium place.
- One streamlined speed machine.
- Santiago Botero (T-Mobile) warms up near his team bus.
- A Lotto-Domo rider takes off.
- George Hincapie (USPS/Berry Floor) psyches himself up for the prologue.
- Euskaltel-Euskadi's team leader, Iban Mayo, rode a solid prologue, finishing just 21 seconds behind Cancellara.
- A relaxed Oscar Sevilla (Phonak).
- Nicolas Portal (AG2R Prévoyance) waits for the signal.
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) rode conservatively.
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) set for take-off.
- Six-time points winner at the Tour, Erik Zabel, may well have his sights on a seventh green jersey.
Results
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 6.50 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.02 3 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.08 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com 0.09 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.10 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.11 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.12 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 11 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.14 12 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.15 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.16 16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.17 17 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.18 18 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.19 20 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 21 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 23 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.20 26 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.21 27 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 28 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 29 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.22 30 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 31 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.23 32 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 33 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 34 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 35 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 36 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.24 38 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 39 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 42 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 43 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 44 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.25 45 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 46 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.26 47 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 48 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 50 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 51 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 0.27 52 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 53 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 54 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 55 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 56 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 59 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.28 60 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 61 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 62 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 63 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 64 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 0.29 65 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 66 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 67 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 68 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 69 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 70 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 71 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 72 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 0.30 73 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 74 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 76 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 77 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 78 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 0.31 79 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 80 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 81 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 81 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 83 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 84 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.32 84 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 86 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 87 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 88 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 89 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 90 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 91 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.33 92 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 93 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 94 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 95 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 96 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 97 Nicki S–rensen (Den) Team CSC 0.34 98 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 99 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 0.35 100 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 101 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.36 102 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 103 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 104 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.37 105 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 106 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 106 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 108 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 109 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 110 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 111 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 112 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.38 113 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 114 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 115 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 116 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 117 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.39 118 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 119 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 120 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 121 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.40 122 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 123 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 124 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 125 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 126 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 0.41 127 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 128 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 128 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 130 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 130 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 132 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 133 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 134 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 135 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 136 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 137 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 138 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 139 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 140 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.42 141 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 142 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 143 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 144 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 144 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 146 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 147 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 148 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 149 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.43 150 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 151 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 152 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 153 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 0.44 154 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 155 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 156 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 157 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 158 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 159 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.45 160 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 161 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 162 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 163 Claus Michael M–ller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 164 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 0.47 165 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.48 166 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 167 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.49 168 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 169 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 170 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 171 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.50 172 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 173 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 0.51 174 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 175 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.52 176 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.53 177 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.54 178 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.55 179 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 0.56 180 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 0.57 181 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 182 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 183 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 0.59 184 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.01 185 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 186 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.03 187 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.04 188 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.27 3.1 km check 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.19 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.02 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.03 4 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.04 5 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.06 6 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.07 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 9 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com 10 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.08 12 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 13 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 15 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 0.09 16 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 19 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 21 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 22 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 23 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.10 24 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 25 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 26 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 27 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 28 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 30 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.11 31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 32 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 33 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 36 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 37 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 38 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 39 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 40 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 41 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 42 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 43 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.12 44 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 45 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 46 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 47 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 48 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 49 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 50 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 52 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 0.13 53 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 55 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 56 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 58 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 59 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 60 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 61 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 62 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.14 64 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 65 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 66 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 67 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 68 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 69 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 70 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 71 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 72 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 73 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.15 74 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 75 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 76 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 77 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 77 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 80 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 80 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 82 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 83 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 84 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 85 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 86 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 87 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 0.16 88 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 89 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 90 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 91 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 92 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 93 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 94 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 95 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 96 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 97 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 98 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 99 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 100 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 101 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 101 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 103 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 104 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.17 105 Nicki S–rensen (Den) Team CSC 106 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 107 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 108 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 109 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 110 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 111 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 112 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 113 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 114 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 115 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 116 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 117 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 118 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 119 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 120 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 0.18 121 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 122 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 123 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 123 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 125 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 125 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 127 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 128 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 129 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 130 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 131 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 132 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 133 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 134 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 135 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 0.19 136 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 137 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 138 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 139 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 139 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 141 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 142 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 143 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 144 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 145 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 146 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.20 147 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 148 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 149 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 150 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 151 Claus Michael M–ller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 152 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 153 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 154 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 155 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.21 156 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 157 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 158 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 159 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 160 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 161 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 162 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 0.22 163 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 164 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 165 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 166 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 167 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 168 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 169 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 170 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 0.23 171 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 172 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 173 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 174 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 0.24 175 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 176 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 177 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.25 178 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 179 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.26 180 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 181 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.27 182 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 183 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 184 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.28 185 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 186 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 0.32 187 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.33 188 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone Points 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 15 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 12 3 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 10 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com 8 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 10 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 Young rider 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 6.50 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.21 3 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.22 4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 5 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.23 6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.24 7 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.27 10 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 11 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 0.28 12 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.29 13 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 0.30 14 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 0.31 15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 17 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.32 18 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 0.35 20 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.36 21 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 0.38 22 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.39 24 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.40 25 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 26 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.41 27 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 28 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.42 29 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 30 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover Teams 1 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 21.02 2 Team CSC 0.06 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.11 4 Fassa Bortolo 0.14 5 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 0.18 6 Credit Agricole 0.20 7 Rabobank 0.26 8 Liberty Seguros 0.29 9 T-Mobile Team 0.30 10 Fdjeux.Com 0.31 11 Gerolsteiner 0.37 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.40 13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.43 14 Domina Vacanze 0.44 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 0.50 16 Brioches La Boulangere 0.51 17 Quick Step-Davitamon 0.56 18 Lotto-Domo 1.05 19 Saeco 20 Alessio-Bianchi 1.06 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.12 General classification after stage 1 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 6.50 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.02 3 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.08 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com 0.09 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.10 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.11 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.12 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 10 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 11 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.14 12 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.15 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 15 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.16 16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.17 17 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.18 18 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.19 20 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 21 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 23 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 25 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.20 26 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.21 27 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 28 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 29 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.22 30 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 31 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.23 32 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 33 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 34 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 35 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 36 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.24 38 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 39 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 40 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 42 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 43 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 44 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.25 45 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 46 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.26 47 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 48 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 50 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 51 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 0.27 52 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 53 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 54 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 55 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 56 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 59 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.28 60 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 61 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 62 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 63 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 64 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 0.29 65 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 66 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 67 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 68 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 69 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 70 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 71 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 72 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 0.30 73 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 74 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 76 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 77 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 78 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 0.31 79 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 80 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 81 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 81 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 83 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 84 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.32 84 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 86 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 87 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 88 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 89 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 90 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 91 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 0.33 92 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 93 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 94 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 95 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 96 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 97 Nicki S–rensen (Den) Team CSC 0.34 98 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 99 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 0.35 100 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 101 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.36 102 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 103 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 104 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.37 105 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 106 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 106 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 108 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 109 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 110 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 111 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 112 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.38 113 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 114 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 115 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 116 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 117 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.39 118 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 119 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 120 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 121 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.40 122 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 123 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 124 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 125 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 126 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 0.41 127 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 128 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 128 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 130 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 130 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 132 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 133 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 134 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 135 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 136 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 137 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 138 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 139 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 140 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.42 141 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 142 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 143 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 144 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 144 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 146 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 147 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 148 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 149 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.43 150 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 151 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 152 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 153 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance 0.44 154 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 155 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 156 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 157 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 158 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 159 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.45 160 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 161 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 162 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 163 Claus Michael M–ller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 164 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 0.47 165 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.48 166 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 167 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.49 168 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 169 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 170 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 171 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.50 172 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 173 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 0.51 174 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 175 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.52 176 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.53 177 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.54 178 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 0.55 179 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 0.56 180 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 0.57 181 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 182 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 183 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 0.59 184 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.01 185 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 186 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.03 187 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.04 188 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1.27 Points classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 15 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 12 3 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 10 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com 8 5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 4 8 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 9 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2 10 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 1 Young rider classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 6.50 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.21 3 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.22 4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 5 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.23 6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.24 7 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.27 10 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 11 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 0.28 12 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.29 13 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 0.30 14 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 0.31 15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 17 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 0.32 18 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 0.35 20 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.36 21 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 0.38 22 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 23 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.39 24 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.40 25 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 26 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.41 27 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 28 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 0.42 29 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 30 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover Teams classification 1 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 21.02 2 Team CSC 0.06 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.11 4 Fassa Bortolo 0.14 5 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 0.18 6 Credit Agricole 0.20 7 Rabobank 0.26 8 Liberty Seguros 0.29 9 T-Mobile Team 0.30 10 Fdjeux.Com 0.31 11 Gerolsteiner 0.37 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.40 13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 0.43 14 Domina Vacanze 0.44 15 Ag2R Prevoyance 0.50 16 Brioches La Boulangere 0.51 17 Quick Step-Davitamon 0.56 18 Lotto-Domo 1.05 19 Saeco 20 Alessio-Bianchi 1.06 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 1.12
