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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 12 - July 16: Castelsarrasin - La Mongie, 197.5 km
Finalmente! Basso confirms, Armstrong gains
Ullrich and Hamilton crack, Voeckler maintains
By Tim Maloney, European editor in La Mongie
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26 year old Ivan Basso took his sixth and by far the most important victory of his career today at La Mongie on Stage 12 of the 2004 Tour de France. A former junior and U23 World Champion, Basso has always shown much promise but it wasn't until he was the Best Young Rider at the Tour de France in 2002 (finishing 11th) that the classy Italian rider showed that he might possibly be a Tour de France rider. Last year, the consistent Basso was sixth but he wasn't happy about the lack of support on Fassa Bortolo, so he took the risk and made the move to the smaller, more focused CSC squad of Bjarne Riis.
It was a gamble that paid off, as Basso went pull for pull with his friend Lance Armstrong on La Mongie and in the last 100 meters, pulled past for his first ever Tour de France stage victory.
After his win, Basso said that, "It was a fantastic day today for me. I'm really happy...it was a very important win for me today. It was a good start for me, but it's still the beginning of the Tour and there it's still really hard and really long. Armstrong is still very strong and so we'll have to see what happens. I have good form right now and I'm hoping to keep it."
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Lance Armstrong is not a big fan of the ascent up to La Mongie; he revealed today his bad vibes with the east side of the Col du Tourmalet. "I don't have a great relationship with this mountain," Armstrong explained after Stage 12. "I don't know why, but I always suffer on this climb. Two years ago, Beloki and Heras were killing me here. Nobody knew it, but I was always asking Roberto to slow down that day. I've always had to give it everything on this climb and today was just the same."
Despite that, Armstrong is now in second on GC and looks poised to take over the maillot jaune tomorrow in Plateau de Beille.
But Lance does have a great relationship with the talented 26 year Italian from Varese. Last year, Armstrong tried to bring Basso to USPS but Ivan had other goals and chose CSC instead. On Tuesday's rest day in Limoges, Armstrong and Basso met to discuss Ivan's mother, who is currently battling cancer in Italy. Armstrong paid homage to Basso today. "Ivan deserved to win the stage today...he's a hell of a good guy and he was super-strong today. We have been friends for a long time...we're working on helping to treat his mom's cancer."
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Armstrong further explained the progress of Stage 12, saying, "It was a strange day with the weather; first it was nice, then it was rainy and then sunny at the finish. But today, everything for the classement went superbly for me."
Superb indeed, as Armstrong took back considerable time on maillot jaune Voeckler (4'11) as well as further distancing his main rivals like Jan Ullrich (2'30) and Tyler Hamilton (3'27). "For me, the biggest surprise was that Ullrich and Hamilton lost time...I didn't expect that. But Ullrich is never good on the first mountain stage so let's see how he is tomorrow," said Armstrong.
Ullrich agreed with Armstrong's post-stage 12 analysis. "I had a bad day today, so I'll have to cope with that, explained a mildly disappointed T-Mobile man in La Mongie. "It was sunny at the start, but then the rain came and it's not good for me. I have large thigh muscles and they tighten up in the rain. Already on the Col d'Aspin, I wasn't feeling that good and I knew then that I would have to fight all the way to the finish to keep the gap close."
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But Ullrich is a very experienced Tour rider and as a former Tour winner, he knows that the Tour isn't over for him after today. "But today is not a big defeat for me; I can still take back time on other mountain stages and in the time trials", said Ullrich. "Now Klöden is our joker...I've always said I would ride for the best man on our team, so that's an option if it's not my Tour."
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After his Stage 6 crash in Angers where he smashed his back badly, Tyler Hamilton has been in a world of pain at the Tour, a world he knows all too well in France. Today, the man from Marblehead hung tough as always on the Col d'Aspin, but as the pace accelerated as the Tourmalet began, he had to drop off the pace. "I have no excuse," the always stoic New Englander explained. "I had no legs today. Since my crash, I've had a lot of pain in my back and climbing just makes it worse. I'm disappointed I let my team down today; it's not a surprise but I tried to be optimistic. I gave it 100% today." After today, Hamilton is now 20th on GC, 9'46" behind maillot jaune Voeckler and over four minutes behind Armstrong.
Bonne courage for Voeckler today, but the 25 year old Frenchman was 41st, 3'59 behind Basso at La Mongie. The Brioches boy explained that, "The stage was very hard today with the rain on the last two climbs. So I just rode as best as I could to defend my maillot jaune. In six kilometres of climbing, Armstrong took back half of the advantage he had on me! So I'll try my best again tomorrow."
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Thousands of Iban Mayo's orange-clad fellow Basques were drenched by a cold downpour several hours before their Euskaltel-Euskadi heroes arrived, the changeable weather also put a damper on Mayo's performance today. 9th on the stage 1'03" behind Basso, Mayo seemed perplexed by his lack of punch today. "It was a strange day today; first the heat and then the rain and cold. That wasn't normal...I wasn't good but I wasn't bad; the same thing happened to Ullrich and Hamilton. As always, Armstrong was strong and in front. But I think that Ullrich will go better in the coming mountains."
Another orange clad rider, American Levi Leipheimer finished 16th today in the wet, cold conditions. "Today didn't go exactly the way I wanted it to," said a disappointed Leipheimer at La Mongie, and although he lost time on some riders, the Santa Rosa rider moved up on GC to 12th.
Basso seconded Mayo's take on the climate on Stage 12, saying "With the rain and then the sun, that might have given some riders problems today...so they didn't have good legs. But I think that Lance is the strongest rider at the Tour. My team did a great job the first 10 days protecting me so today it was normal that I should be ready for the challenge."
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Basso's CSC teammate Carlos Sastre was instrumental in the Italian's win today, and the likeable rider from Avila explained, "Today I tried to win, and I saw that Ivan was strong also so I knew he would be there. We had to ride our race, we did that, and the most important thing is that Team CSC is in front of the rest. I didn't feel super, but I felt like I had to try something today. I can go at my speed for a long time, so I went as long as I could. That was good for Ivan because he could just stay on Armstrong's wheel and that's how we could win the stage."
Basso has moved from 20th to 6th today and if he maintains his consistent form is certainly a candidate for the 2004 Tour de France podium. He credits his move to CSC for his great leap forward, when he said "Bjarne Riis is a fantastic director...he doesn't put any pressure on me and just keeps me focused. All he's wanted me to do this year is focus on the Tour. We did a training camp in the Alps and then I spent a week at his house in Tuscany for some fantastic training. So I was ready for the Tour."
Today at La Mongie, Basso confirmed it.
How it unfolded
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Directly after the start, a break of four riders extricated themselves from the peloton and Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo), Finot (R.A.G.T.), Ljungqvist (Alessio) and Wim Vansevenant (Lotto-Domo) had 4'00 at the feed zone near Peguilhan, but behind the pace was creeping up gradually as the chasing peloton saw the misty blue outline of the mountains looming on the horizon. The average speed across the flat plains was over 42km/h for the first three hours while US Postal rode tempo on the front. Up the mountain in La Mongie, a torrential thunderstorm soaked the hundreds of thousands of spectators clustered on the ascent awaiting the battle to come.
As the break approached Lortet with a lead of 2'00, the skies opened up with a cold downpour and by the sprint in Sarrancolin, the gap had fallen to 1'15. Maillot jaune Voeckler had a bike change but quickly came back to the peloton with the help of three teammates. In the chasing peloton, T-Mobile, Rabobank and Quick.Step rode hard tempo to soften up the legs of the Spanish climbers in the tough conditions.
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As the ascent of the Col d'Aspin began, US Postal took control of the tempo and quickly split the peloton in two, with Benjamin Noval setting the pace. Domina Vacanze's Pippo Simeoni took a flyer with 10km remaining to the summit of Aspin. Behind him, Moreau (Credit Agricole) attacked and went right by Simeoni, who was reabsorbed. Moreau got a gap was but brought back by Virenque. Rasmussen (Rabobank) and Martinez (Euskaltel) countered and rode past Simeoni onto the front of the race.
George Hincapie was powering away on the front of the 40-strong peloton, with Ullrich and his teammate Klöden marking them just behind. Martinez was reabsorbed but Rasmussen continued his move as the man they call "Chicken" flew the coop up the Aspin. At the summit of the Col d'Aspin with 25km to go, the relentless pursuit of the Blue Train pulled back most of Rasmussen's advantage. Chicken flew over the top just ahead of Moreau, with Virenque third. On the slick descent to Sainte-Marie-de-Campan, the front riders descended alone, tried to put distance between each other and the Armstrong/Ullrich group.
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At the base of the Tourmalet, Euskaltel moved to the front to put pressure on Postal and got a small split, but George Hincapie flexed his muscles and upped the tempo as the first slopes of the Tourmalet began. Within a few kilometres, the pace had reduced the front group 35 riders. Lance then sent Rubiera and Azevedo to the front to up the pace and riders began to peel off the back as Rasmussen was caught with 7km to go. Hamilton then dropped off the pace, followed by Jan Ullrich with 5km to go. CSC's Carlos Sastre attacked and got a 0'20 gap, but Illes Balears Paco Mancebo went after him with 4km to go. Basso followed the move and Armstrong followed and suddenly these two riders had gotten up to Sastre and ridden right by him. Armstrong and Basso went shoulder to shoulder until the last meters when the Italian pulled ahead of the American for the win.
Stage 13 - July 17: Lannemezan-Plateau de Beille, 205.5km
As summer thunderstorms sweep the central Pyrenees Saturday, this long and difficult stage will takes on another dimension that could change the outcome of the 2004 Tour de France. With seven categorized climbs on the menu, including the final brutal ascent of Plateau de Beille, this stage will not be for the faint hearted and will give a good indication of the final podium in the 2004 Tour de France.
Photography
Images by Jon Devich/www.epicimages.us
- Big storm clouds awaited the peloton on the Col d'Aspin.
- Stage winner Ivan Basso (CSC) looks over to check out his breakaway companion.
- Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) shook up the GC today with his second place finish.
- Lance Armstrong one day closer to the yellow jersey.
- Third placed rider Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile) on his way up.
- Fifth placed Carlos Sastre (CSC).
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) makes his way to the top to the delight of an Euskaltel fan.
- New US Olympic team member Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank)
- Bobby Julich shadows Jan Ullrich to finish 2:29 behind the leaders.
- Fans cheer as Tyler Hamilton's group goes past.
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) shows the pain of today’s difficult stage.
- A tired Thomas Voeckler (Brioches) will be in yellow for another day.
- Euskaltel fans cheer on David Etxebarria.
- A group of riders makes its way up the long climb.
- The last group makes its way to the top.
Images by Chris Henry/Cyclingnews.com
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears-Banesto) finished fourth on the stage and sits in seventh overall
- A decent day out for Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) who finished 1'32 down on Basso and Armstrong
- Christophe Moreau (Crédit Agricole) attacked on the first climb and finished the day in 14th
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) helped rip the field apart the last time the Tour came to La Mongie but today managed only 29th best
- Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) had a better day than his team leader Tyler Hamilton
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) just didn't have the legs on the Tour's first major mountain
- Team CSC riders Piil (l), Julich and Bartoli compose themselves after a successful day ending in victory for Ivan Basso
Images by Roberto Bettini
- Ullrich and Armstrong stuck close to each other in the rain
- Jose Azevedo (USPS) did a great job for Armstrong today
- Basso leads Armstrong in the final kilometres
- Ivan Basso (CSC) celebrates a huge win over Armstrong at La Mongie
- Riding through sunflowers early on in stage 12
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) finishes the stage with a wheelie
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The fans lined the road in their thousands today
- Basso and Armstrong side by side
- Basso and Armstrong come into the final stretch
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) had an excellent ride to finish third at 20 seconds
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) kept his chances alive with a 4th place
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) made a good attack, but faded at the end to finish 5th
- Oscar Pereiro was Phonak's best rider in 7th
- Denis Menchov (Illes Balears) was a minute behind
- Michele Scarponi (Domina) en route to eighth
- Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) finished top 10
- Santos Gonzalez was 10th today
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) was 12th in the stage
- Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo) did well to finish 13th
- Moreau, Karpets and Caucchioli heading up the last rise
- Christophe Moreau (CA) had a fairly solid ride
- Vladimir Karpets (Illes Balears) coming up the final ramp
- Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) suffers
- Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio) finishes in 17th
- Guerini leads Ullrich's group, which had Bobby Julich (CSC) in it
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) comes up to the finish
- Oscar Sevilla (Phonak) didn't have a fantastic day at the office
- Laurent Brochard (Ag2r) keepin' it real
- José Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak) heads for the line
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) suffers his way to the top
- Santi Perez (Phonak) leads Hamilton's group home
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) didn't have a good day
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) fought hard an lost 4 minutes
- Fans cheer the riders as they go past
- Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere) gives it everything to hang on to yellow
- Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches) was 23 seconds behind teammate Voeckler at the end
- Floyd Landis and George Hincapie rode a bit easier in the finale
- Dufaux and Bettini in a small group
- Scott Sunderland (Alessio-Bianchi) leads a group home 18 minutes down
- Here comes the bus
- The autobus wasn't in a hurry
- Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) heads for home
- Ivan Basso (CSC) wins the stage ahead of Lance Armstrong (USPS)
- Ivan Basso (CSC) escorted to the podium
- Ivan Basso (CSC) enjoys the stage
- Ivan Basso (CSC) on the podium
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) gets an escort
- Michele Scarponi (Domina) went deep today
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) looks for the bus
- Christophe Moreau (CA) after the line
- Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) had a solid ride
- Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) has had better days
- Oscar Sevilla (Phonak) was pretty knackered
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) after the finish
- Tyler Hamilton (Phonak) ushered through the maze
- Ivan Basso (CSC) stands on the podium
- Ivan Basso (CSC) give the thumbs up!
Images by Caroline Yang/Caroline Yang Photography
- A gendarme keeps watch over the zealous crowd on the Tourmalet mountainside.
- A gendarme preparing for the foul weather blowing in.
- A Tour souvenir umbrella was brisk during the hailing thunderstorm on La Mongie.
- Many fans were caught unprepared for the cold and wet weather.
- The weather cleared up in time for Armstrong (USPS) and Basso's (CSC) entry into La Mongie.
- Basso (CSC) took the stage win, but Lance (USPS) devastated his rivals.
- Kloeden (T-Mobile) came in 3rd place at 0'20.
- Mancebo (Illes Balears) leads Sastre (CSC) for a 4-5 finish.
- A respectable finish for Simoni (Saeco) in 12th.
- Christophe Moreau (CA) rocking his way up the second Cat. 1 climb.
- Ullrich (T-Mobile) suffered a 2'30 setback to Armstrong.
- Ullrich (T-Mobile) digging deep to minimize damage.
- Heras (Liberty Seguros) in the last 300m of La Mongie.
- Perez (Phonak) checks on teammate Hamilton as they approach the finish.
- Hamilton (Phonak) dropped 3'27 to Armstrong.
- Voeckler's (Brioches) days in the yellow are numbered.
- Hincapie (USPS) ushered to the team bus.
- Virenque (Quick.Step-Davitamon) well in control of the KOM competition.
Results
1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 5.03.58 (38.98 km/h) 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.20 4 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.24 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 0.33 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.50 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.59 8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.02 9 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.03 10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 1.32 13 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.39 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.59 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 17 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 18 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 2.28 19 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 20 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.30 21 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 22 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 23 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 24 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 25 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 2.37 27 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.41 28 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.43 29 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2.57 30 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 31 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 3.02 32 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 3.09 33 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.27 34 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 36 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 38 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 39 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 3.36 40 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.56 41 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3.59 42 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 4.22 43 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.27 44 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 5.20 45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 5.36 46 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 47 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 5.38 48 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 6.17 49 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.30 50 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 8.47 51 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 52 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 9.28 53 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 10.08 54 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 55 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 10.54 56 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 11.20 57 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 11.55 58 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 11.59 59 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.01 60 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 12.04 61 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 62 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 63 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 64 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 65 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 66 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 67 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 12.30 68 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.40 69 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.07 70 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.08 71 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 72 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.29 73 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 18.33 74 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 75 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 76 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 77 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 78 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 79 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 81 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 82 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 83 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 84 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 85 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 86 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 87 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 88 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 89 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 91 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 92 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 93 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 94 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 95 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 19.08 96 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 22.55 97 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 26.10 98 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 99 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 100 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 101 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 102 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 103 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 104 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 105 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 106 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 108 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 109 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 110 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 111 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 112 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 113 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 114 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 115 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 116 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 117 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 118 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 119 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 120 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 121 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 122 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 123 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 124 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 125 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 126 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 127 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 128 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 129 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 130 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 131 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 132 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 133 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 134 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 135 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 136 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 137 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 138 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 139 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 140 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 141 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 142 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 143 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 144 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 145 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 146 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 147 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 148 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 149 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 150 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 151 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 152 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26.21 153 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 26.31 154 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 26.40 155 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 26.42 156 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 157 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 26.56 158 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 159 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 27.01 160 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 27.02 161 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 27.20 162 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 28.34 163 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 164 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 165 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 28.38 166 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 29.18 DNF Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto Points 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 20 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 17 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 15 4 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 13 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 12 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 9 8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 9 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7 10 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 11 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 5 12 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 4 13 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 3 14 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 1 Mountains Col d'Aspin - Cat. 1, 172.00 km 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 15 pts 2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 3 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 11 4 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 5 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 8 6 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 7 7 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6 8 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 5 La Mongie - Cat. 1 (double points), 197.50 km 1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 30 pts 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 26 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 4 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 18 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 12 8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 Sprints Beaumont-De-Lomagne, 21.50 km 1 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 6 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 4 3 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2 Sarrancolin, 153.50 km 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 6 pts 2 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 4 3 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2 Young rider 1 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.05.00 2 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 0.57 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.28 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.41 5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.57 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3.20 7 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.25 8 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 4.34 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 4.36 10 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 11.02 11 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.06 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 17.31 13 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 21.53 16 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 25.08 17 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 18 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 20 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 21 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 23 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 24 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25.19 26 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 25.40 27 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 27.32 Most combative 1 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover Teams 1 Team CSC 15.14.55 2 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 0.21 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.22 4 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1.59 5 T-Mobile Team 2.17 6 Quick Step-Davitamon 5.53 7 Liberty Seguros 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.56 9 Brioches La Boulangere 8.03 10 Saeco 8.24 11 Ag2R Prevoyance 8.41 12 Rabobank 10.47 13 Credit Agricole 13.48 14 Domina Vacanze 22.42 15 Gerolsteiner 26.17 16 Fdjeux.Com 30.36 17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 35.31 18 Fassa Bortolo 43.21 19 Alessio-Bianchi 43.41 20 Lotto-Domo 50.29 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 53.46 General classification after stage 12 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 51.51.07 2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 5.24 3 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 5.50 4 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 6.20 5 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.33 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 7 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 6.43 8 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 6.53 9 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.23 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 8.11 11 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 8.35 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 8.50 13 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.51 14 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 8.57 15 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 8.58 16 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.01 17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 9.11 18 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.25 19 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 9.42 20 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 9.46 21 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 9.50 22 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9.53 23 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 10.20 24 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 10.21 25 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.26 26 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 10.42 27 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 10.49 28 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 10.50 29 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 11.46 30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 11.49 31 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 11.54 32 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.06 33 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 12.20 34 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 12.41 35 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 12.57 36 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13.23 37 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.40 38 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14.09 39 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 14.29 40 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.24 41 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 16.35 42 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 17.23 43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.31 44 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco 17.59 45 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 18.59 46 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 19.55 47 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 20.20 48 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team 21.25 49 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.46 50 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 21.55 51 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22.52 52 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 25.39 53 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 27.25 54 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 55 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 28.20 56 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 29.14 57 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 29.25 58 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 29.47 59 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 60 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30.06 61 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32.09 62 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 33.40 63 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.01 64 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 34.33 65 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 35.00 66 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 35.02 67 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35.06 68 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 35.45 69 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37.39 70 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 37.53 71 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 38.33 72 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros 38.37 73 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 39.46 74 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 40.02 75 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 40.57 76 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 41.03 77 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 41.46 78 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 42.42 79 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros 43.00 80 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43.17 81 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 43.24 82 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 43.41 83 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 44.11 84 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 45.02 85 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 45.49 86 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46.06 87 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 46.56 88 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 46.57 89 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 47.24 90 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 47.26 91 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team 47.41 92 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 47.48 93 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 47.51 94 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 48.16 95 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 49.09 96 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 49.22 97 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 50.12 98 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 50.44 99 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 51.23 100 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 51.39 101 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 51.53 102 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 52.03 103 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 52.05 104 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 53.16 105 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53.26 106 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 107 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 54.15 108 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 54.19 109 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 54.36 110 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 54.47 111 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 54.50 112 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 55.06 113 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 55.26 114 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55.42 115 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 55.49 116 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 56.25 117 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 118 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com 56.29 119 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 120 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 56.36 121 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 56.55 122 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 57.09 123 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 57.28 124 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 57.32 125 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 57.44 126 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 58.09 127 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 58.30 128 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 58.31 129 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 59.23 130 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 59.27 131 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 59.36 132 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.00.05 133 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 1.00.19 134 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 1.00.40 135 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.00.51 136 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.02.15 137 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 138 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 1.02.30 139 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.03.21 140 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.03.33 141 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.03.50 142 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 1.04.22 143 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.05.11 144 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.05.13 145 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1.05.27 146 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.06.30 147 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1.06.41 148 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.07.26 149 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 1.07.35 150 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.08.18 151 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.08.59 152 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 1.10.32 153 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 1.11.01 154 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.12.33 155 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.14.34 156 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.14.54 157 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.17.58 158 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.18.19 159 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.19.40 160 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.21.43 161 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.22.23 162 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.22.52 163 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com 1.24.25 164 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 1.33.37 165 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.37.22 166 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.47.30 Points classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 210 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 201 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 195 4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 186 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 176 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 128 7 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 116 8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 102 9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 88 10 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com 77 11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 72 12 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 71 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 70 14 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 65 15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 65 16 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 64 17 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 62 18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 55 19 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 53 20 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 52 21 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50 22 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 47 23 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 39 24 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 39 25 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 38 26 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 37 27 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 33 28 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 29 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 32 30 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 31 31 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 30 32 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 33 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 28 34 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 28 35 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Saeco 28 36 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 27 37 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 27 38 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 39 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 26 40 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 25 41 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 24 42 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 24 43 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank 24 44 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 23 45 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 46 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 22 47 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 22 48 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto 19 49 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 19 50 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18 51 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 52 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 53 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 17 54 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com 16 55 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 56 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 57 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16 58 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14 59 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 60 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 14 61 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 13 62 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 13 63 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 12 64 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 65 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 66 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 67 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 9 68 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 9 69 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 9 70 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 9 71 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 9 72 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 9 73 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 8 74 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 8 75 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 76 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 77 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7 78 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 7 79 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 7 80 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 6 81 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 82 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6 83 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 6 84 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5 85 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 5 86 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4 87 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4 88 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 4 89 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 4 90 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 91 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 2 92 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2 93 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 2 94 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 1 95 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 96 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1 Mountains classification 1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon 95 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 57 3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 43 4 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto 39 5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 36 6 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 36 7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 30 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 23 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 10 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 21 11 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 18 12 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon 18 13 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 16 14 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 16 15 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 14 16 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 17 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14 18 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 19 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon 11 20 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 11 21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 22 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 10 23 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 9 24 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 9 25 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 26 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 27 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank 7 28 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 7 29 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 30 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 7 31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 32 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6 33 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 6 34 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 5 35 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5 36 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 3 37 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 38 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 39 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 3 40 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 41 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 42 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 2 43 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 44 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 1 45 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1 46 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 47 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com 1 48 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 49 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1 50 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 51.51.07 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com 5.50 3 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.25 4 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 11.46 5 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 12.41 6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 13.23 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 14.29 8 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 16.24 9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance 33.40 10 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 40.02 11 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover 40.57 12 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46.06 13 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco 46.57 14 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 47.48 15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros 49.09 16 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 53.16 17 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance 54.19 18 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 54.47 19 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 54.50 20 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance 55.26 21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55.42 22 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 59.36 23 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1.03.21 24 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance 1.05.27 25 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com 1.11.01 26 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone 1.18.19 27 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.47.30 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 153.18.56 2 Brioches La Boulangere 12.19 3 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 12.47 4 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander 13.26 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 13.30 6 T-Mobile Team 14.35 7 Quick Step-Davitamon 15.42 8 Liberty Seguros 20.16 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.32 10 Saeco 27.52 11 Credit Agricole 40.17 12 Rabobank 43.08 13 Ag2R Prevoyance 44.33 14 Alessio-Bianchi 46.04 15 Fassa Bortolo 55.12 16 Domina Vacanze 58.01 17 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 1.01.25 18 Gerolsteiner 1.01.50 19 Fdjeux.Com 1.07.10 20 Lotto-Domo 1.28.33 21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover 2.13.17
