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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004

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Stage 1 - July 4: Liège-Charleroi, 202.5 km

Jaan jams 'em in Charleroi

Cancellara maintains Maillot Jaune

By Tim Maloney, European Editor in Charleroi

Jaan Kirsipuu strikes first
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Despite the fact that it's only two weeks until his thirty-fifth birthday, Ag2r's Estonian Express Jaan Kirsipuu is still one powerful sprinter. On a wet, blustery day with a strong headwind that was more reminiscent of the spring classics season than early July, Kirsipuu took the winners bouquet in a long power sprint today in Stage One in Charleroi. Coming off a superb leadout by Ag2r's other sprinter Jean-Patrick Nazon, then Norwegian powerhouse Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole), Kirsipuu kicked it home to win a typically turbulent, tumultuous sprint, his fourth career stage win in the Grande Boucle.

"Up until the Tour de France, I wasn't really in good condition and I did a very bad prologue yesterday. But today at the halfway point in the stage, I started feeling better and when I saw that I was going well in the intermediate sprints, I got some more confidence," explained Kirsipuu.

"There was no decision before which if (Nazon) or me would be the main sprinter today. At 30km from the finish, we talked. I told him I had good legs today and he said he wasn't super... so I was lucky to get on Hushovd's wheel with 400 metres to go."

Speaking of his tight finish with Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen, Kirsipuu smiled and said "I was afraid he might have passed me but when I looked over to my left and saw him, I saw he wasn't too happy and realized I had won."

Sprinting in for third in his Norwegian champion's jersey, Viking-like Thor Hushovd grabbed 8" second time bonus and closed the gap on Maillot Jaune Fabian Cancellara to just 4". The Swiss Fassa Bortolo rider and his team battled the wind, rain and competition to hang on to the precious yellow tunic.

"It's nice to keep the jersey today, but I have to give a big thank you to my team," Cancellara commented. "I couldn't have done it without them."

Cipollini down but not out
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The expected Petacchi-Cipollini sprinter showdown didn't materialize today, as Petacchi's Fassa Bortolo's team may have done too much work early on defending Fabian Cancellara's Maillot Jaune.

"I probably started my sprint too soon and came out in the wind where I lost my momentum," explained Petacchi post-stage. "Today was a very tactical sprint. Still, I'm disappointed (with 8th place) because I wanted to win today."

Mario Cipollini crashed early today on his left thigh, the same one he injured in the Giro d'Italia in May. Although he didn't hurt himself badly, Cipollini still had some pain and simply didn't feel great today, finishing 38th.

Lance Armstrong gave up his Maillot Vert to Hushovd and clearly Stage One wasn't to the five time Tour de France champion's liking. "As it always at the beginning of the Tour, today was a very nervous day…lots of crashes, lots of wind. Nobody likes racing in these kind of conditions."

But Armstrong's USPS-Berry Floor team stayed close to the boss all day and maintained their lead in the Tour team GC. Instigator of the day's major break, Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) took three KOM's and scored points in all of them today to take the Tour's first Maillot Pois for best climber.

Bettini sees spots
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"This was our first objective in the Tour so I'm happy we could achieve it," Bettini said. "But I think this jersey is really for my teammate (Richard) Virenque."

Another black day for the Aussies today at the Tour de France, with Robbie McEwen losing the stage by a half-wheel and Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) crashing with 4km to go and not scoring any points for his Maillot Vert quest. Then there was back trouble for Brad McGee.

"My back is rough... I couldn't feel my legs today, I couldn't get any power out of them. I hurt it last weekend and it's been on and off ever since," explained McGee post-stage.

Brad and his teammate Matt Wilson finished six minutes behind, while Lotto-Domo man Nick Gates had it worst of all; finishing last on the stage 30'38" down after hitting his knee hard on his bars after a seemingly minor crash with 90km to go forced him to chase alone all the way to Charleroi. Unfortunately, Gates was six minutes outside the time limit today and was eliminated from the Tour.

How it unfolded

Wet day in Belgium
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Lance Armstrong started today's Stage One wearing the Maillot Vert, the first time the American has donned the green tunic since 2000, when he was runner-up to David Millar in the Futuroscope TT. Early on, five riders attacked and got away across the Ardennes climbs in the first half of the stage. With three Cat.4 and one Cat. 3 climbs in the first half of the stage, the KOM's would determine the wearer of the first polka-dot jersey in Charleroi this afternoon. In the break were Jens Voigt (CSC), Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon), Janek Tombak (Cofidis), Bernhard Eisel (FDJeux.com) and Franck Renier (Brioches La Boulangère).

The front quintet was flying and after 55km their lead had increased over the Fassa Bortolo led peloton to 3'45".  Bettini was raging today and the pocket powerhouse from Italy won three of the five KOM's to take the lead in the climber's competition. By the feed zone in Rendeux, a light rain had began to fall and domestiques began to shuttle back and forth with rain gear from the team cars. The gap to the front group was now three minutes.

The slick roads began to cause occasional problems for the break as Voigt and Renier missed a turn on the descent of the Cote de Borlon, and then Eisel touched wheels while he was talking to his team car and fell hard on his rear end, but got back up quickly and chased the break down again with nothing damaged but his pride.

The Fassa Bortolo gang
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Behind the break, Fassa was pounding hard on the front through the streets of Huy, where the Flèche Wallonne is run every April. The break's lead began to diminish quickly and went under 30" in Modave with 88km to race at the first intermediate sprint, won by Eisel. The Silver Train was steaming away and their hard pace had split the peloton, with a 30 man group up front and then the rest of the riders, including most of the Euskaltel team, Mario Cipollini and McGee in a chase group 10" behind the main group.

Under the impulsion of Euskaltel, the second group came back to the front group just as O'Grady (Cofidis) punctured, but his Cofidis team waited for him and he got back on after a 10km chase. Meanwhile, the break was finally caught 1km the second intermediate sprint in Wanze with 70km to go after 116km of liberty. Fassa Bortolo rode right by to try and set up Cancellara for the time bonus, but Hushovd got by him to take the 6" bonus, thus closing the gap on the Swiss rider by 2".

The rain finally stopped and the strong headwinds quickly dried the roads off as Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) powered away on the front with his Luxembourg champion's jersey and kept any attacks from succeeding. At the third and final intermediate sprint in Eghezée, O'Grady took the sprint from Cancellara and Boonen, with the Maillot Jaune regaining time he lost in the first sprint.

Marc Wauters (Rabobank) and Jakob Piil (CSC) then made a classic counter attack with 50km to go and quickly gained time on the peloton. Both riders are powerful rouleurs and across the plains of the Province of Namur and through small towns like Fleurus and Jemappes, the duo gained time despite the headwind.

With 25km to race, the dynamic duo had 1'45" on the Fassa-led peloton and the Silver Train didn't seem that motivated to chase alone so the pace wasn't sustained until Crédit Agricole and Lotto-Domo joined in the effort behind the Belgian/Danish duo. With 20km to go, McGee dropped off the back and along with his FDJeux.com teammate, Australian champion Matt Wilson, finished the long, painful journey to Charleroi.

Up front, the powerful combo of Wauters and Piil went all out and increased their lead to 1'45" with 30km to go, but the sprinters' teams got out their calculators and managed to hold off the real chase until the final 1.6km, when the break were absorbed by the peloton.

Julian Dean (Crédit Agricole) led out his teammate Hushovd perfectly, but the power and experience of Kirsipuu paid off in the final meters for the stage win.

Stage 2 - July 5: Charleroi-Namur, 197km

Stage Two loops south from Charleroi into France for 50km then heads back into Belgium for a finish at Namur, which welcomed the Tour for the last time in 1959 where 1967 Tour winner Roger Pingeon took the winner's bouquet. Back in Belgium, the Tour heads through Mons, a city that the race has never visited and back along the Meuse River for a finish in Namur in front of the famous Citadelle. With a turn at 200m to go on Boulevard Cauchy, it may be a better sprint for McEwen than Petacchi or Cipollini on Monday.

Photography

Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us

Images by Olympia Photo

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Images by Mitchell Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com

Images by Elmar Krings

Results

1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                          4.40.29
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner
5 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com
7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
9 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team
10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros
11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
14 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
15 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
16 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi
17 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
18 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto
19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
21 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo
22 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
23 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance
24 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
25 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team
26 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
27 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
28 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
29 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
30 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco
31 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team
32 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team
33 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo
34 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
35 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
36 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
37 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team
38 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
39 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance
40 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team
41 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze
42 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
43 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com
44 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
45 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros
46 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com
47 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
48 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
49 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
50 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon
51 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze
52 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems
53 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros
54 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
55 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
56 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
57 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
58 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros
59 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC
60 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
61 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
62 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros
63 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi
64 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
65 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank
66 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
67 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
68 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros
69 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com
70 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
71 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team
72 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco
73 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
74 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco
75 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco
76 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
77 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
78 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
79 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
80 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC
81 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
82 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com
83 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
84 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
85 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
86 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
87 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank
88 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco
89 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
90 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
91 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
92 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
93 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
94 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
95 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros
96 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com
97 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
98 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco
99 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi
100 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
101 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
102 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
103 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
104 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
105 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros
106 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
107 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
108 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
109 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi
110 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
111 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros
112 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole
113 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
114 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
115 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
116 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
117 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance
118 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
119 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon
120 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo
121 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
122 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com
123 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
124 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
125 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
126 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco
127 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
128 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto
129 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
130 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
131 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
132 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
133 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo
134 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
135 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco
136 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
137 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon
138 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi
139 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze
140 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
141 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
142 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto
143 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze
144 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
145 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon
146 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
147 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
148 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
149 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi
150 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
151 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team
152 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
153 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
154 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
155 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
156 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo
157 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
158 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
159 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
160 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
161 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team
162 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
163 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
164 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
165 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
166 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
167 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
168 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
169 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
170 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
171 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
172 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
173 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
174 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
175 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
176 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
177 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
178 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon
179 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              0.27
180 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo
181 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
182 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
183 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco                                   0.47
184 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole
185 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                 2.23
186 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com                               6.05
187 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com
HD  Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                  30.38
 
Points
 
1 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                               35 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                    30
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                26
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   24
5 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                          22
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                      20
7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  19
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           18
9 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    17
10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                16
11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone         15
12 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone             14
13 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       13
14 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          12
15 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover               11
16 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                           10
17 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                             9
18 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto                        8
19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        7
20 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                            6
21 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                  5
22 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto           4
23 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                              3
24 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             2
25 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                 1
 
Mountains
 
Côte de Florzé, 15.00 km
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          3 pts
2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               2
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                           1
 
Côte de Awan, 21.00 km
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                           3 pts
2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               2
3 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         1
 
Côte de Werbomont, 33.50 km
1 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               3 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                           2
3 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         1
 
Côte de Borlon, 101.50 km
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                           4 pts
2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               3
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                    2
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          1
 
Côte de Ocquier, 107.00 km
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          3 pts
2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               2
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                           1
 
Sprints
 
Modave, 114.50 km
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                    6 pts
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          4
3 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               2
 
Wanze, 132.50 km
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                 6 pts
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              4
3 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                         2
 
Eghezee, 154.50 km
1 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone             6 pts
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              4
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                              2
 
Young rider
 
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                            4.40.29
2 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
4 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
5 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
6 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
7 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance
8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
9 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team
10 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance
11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon
12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze
13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
14 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
15 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com
16 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
18 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
19 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
20 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
21 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
22 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance
23 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
24 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com
25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto
26 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco
27 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
28 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
30 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           0.47
 
Most combative
 
1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
 
Teams
 
1 Ag2R Prevoyance                                             14.01.27
2 Lotto-Domo
3 Team CSC
4 Credit Agricole
5 T-Mobile Team
6 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
7 Domina Vacanze
8 Fdjeux.Com
9 Euskaltel-Euskadi
10 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander
11 Liberty Seguros
12 Fassa Bortolo
13 US Postal presented by Berry Floor
14 Brioches La Boulangere
15 Phonak Hearing Systems
16 Saeco
17 Gerolsteiner
18 Alessio-Bianchi
19 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover
20 Rabobank
21 Quick Step-Davitamon
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                        4.47.11
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                              0.04
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                 0.10
4 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                       0.15
5 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto         0.16
6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      0.19
7 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         0.20
8 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
9 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
10 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems            0.22
11 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros                      0.23
12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank
13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                               0.24
15 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone         0.25
16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team
17 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                   0.26
18 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems
19 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com
20 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor             0.27
21 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
22 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner
23 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
24 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team
26 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
27 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto                     0.28
28 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                     0.29
29 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
30 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros
31 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
32 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                 0.30
33 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto
34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                      0.31
35 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
36 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
37 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
38 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                            0.32
39 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank
40 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
41 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
42 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze
43 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
44 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   0.33
45 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros
46 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 0.34
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                                0.35
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                        0.36
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 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           0.37
65 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
66 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
67 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC
68 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
69 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
70 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team
71 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                              0.38
72 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com
73 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
74 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
75 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi
76 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto
77 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                0.39
78 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
79 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
80 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com
81 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
82 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC
83 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          0.40
84 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
85 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco
86 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
87 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros
88 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros
89 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                           0.41
90 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
91 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon
92 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi
93 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
94 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                  0.42
95 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon
96 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                           0.43
97 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
98 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone           0.44
99 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
100 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team
101 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
102 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                 0.45
103 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
104 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
105 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
106 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
107 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com
108 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
109 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi                         0.46
110 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros
111 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
112 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros
113 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             0.47
114 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco
115 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
116 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo
117 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                     0.48
118 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team
119 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
120 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
121 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
122 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco                                    0.49
123 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros
124 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
125 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
126 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
127 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
128 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
129 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco
130 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
131 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
132 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
133 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco
134 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
135 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
136 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                    0.50
137 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
138 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
139 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco
140 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
141 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
142 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
143 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi
144 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
145 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole                        0.51
146 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
147 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon
148 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover             0.52
149 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com
150 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco
151 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
152 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team
153 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           0.53
154 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank
155 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo
156 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo
157 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi
158 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             0.56
159 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
160 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                0.57
161 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon
162 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com
163 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
164 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                0.58
165 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto
166 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover          0.59
167 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon
168 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        1.00
169 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       1.01
170 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           1.02
171 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                              1.03
172 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              1.04
173 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo
174 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      1.05
175 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                     1.07
176 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone        1.09
177 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover         1.11
178 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                             1.12
179 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
180 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              1.18
181 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          1.27
182 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com                             1.35
183 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      1.36
184 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco                                   1.42
185 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                 2.55
186 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                6.22
187 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com                               7.10
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                38 pts
2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) AG2R Prévoyance                               35
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                    30
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   24
5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                             23
6 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                          22
7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                      20
8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  19
9 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           18
10 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   17
11 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                16
12 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone         15
13 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto          14
14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone             14
15 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                       13
16 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                  12
17 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          12
18 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover               11
19 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                           10
20 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                             9
21 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                         8
22 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto                        8
23 Bradley McGee (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                    8
24 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        7
25 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone            6
26 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                   6
27 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                            6
28 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        5
29 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                  5
30 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           3
31 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                              3
32 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       2
33 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                             2
34 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                        2
35 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             2
36 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone              2
37 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                   1
38 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                 1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                          13 pts
2 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone              12
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                          4
4 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         3
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                    2
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                        4.47.11
2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                 0.26
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                           0.27
4 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                  0.30
5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto
6 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               0.31
7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           0.32
8 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   0.35
10 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance
11 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                             0.36
12 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          0.37
13 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                   0.38
14 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                0.39
15 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
16 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
17 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone    0.40
18 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                           0.43
19 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           0.44
20 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                              0.46
21 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              0.47
23 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                      0.48
24 Maryan Hary (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère
25 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  0.49
26 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco
27 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   0.50
28 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
29 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover
30 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           1.27
 
Teams classification
 
1 US Postal presented by Berry Floor                          14.22.29
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