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

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Stage 14 - July 18: Carcassonne - Nimes, 192.5 km

Speedy Gonzalez beats the break

The TerminAitor is back

By Tim Maloney, European editor in Nimes

The TerminAitor is back
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With a peloton tired from two weeks of hard racing, a rest day waiting tomorrow and a big break at liberty on the flat, fast stage, an opportunistic move by Fassa Bortolo's Aitor Gonzalez with 6 km to race brought the Fassa Bortolo Silver Team its third victory at this year's Tour de France. Today's stage was the 15th time a Tour stage has finished in Nimes, but the first time a Spanish rider has taken the victory bouquet.

Gonzalez, a former Vuelta a España winner, also became the 100th Spanish rider to win an "en-ligne" stage in Tour de France history. Aitor has always been rider with enormous class and his powerful attack was reminiscent of his first victory for Fassa Bortolo when he powered off the front in the final to win the Giro di Reggio Calabria in 2003. "I had to find the right moment to attack the break; that was the problem. But I was able to get away and win so I'm very happy," he said.

Thomas Voeckler (Brioches la Boulangere)
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It was the first pro win for Gonzalez since 2003 when he won the Giro d'Italia stage in Bolzano, but the highly touted rider, who came to his current squad after a contract dispute with another team, had not lived up to his potential since winning the Spanish Tour in 2002.

Thomas Voeckler maintained his maillot jaune and his slim 0'22 lead over Lance Armstrong today. Voeckler explained post stage that, "It was very fast in the first two hours and I was glad when that break finally got away. I'm looking forward to the rest day tomorrow."

How it unfolded

The bunch rolls past
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On a hot, muggy day in the walled city of Carcassonne, 160 riders took the start and headed east to Nimes along the Mediterranean coast to Nimes, home of famous Roman relics like the Arena. After a manic first two hours of racing across the flat, hot terrain lined with vineyards and fruit trees, where Quick.Step and Lotto pulled back every move, a ten man break finally got away after 100km led by an attack by Nicolas "JaJa Jr." Jalabert (Phonak) near Montagnac. He was joined by Botero (T-Mobile), Fedrigo (Credit Agricole), Wrolich (Gerolsteiner), Lotz (Rabobank), Mengin (FDJeux.com), Landaluze and Martinez (Euskaltel), Gonzalez de Galdeano (Liberty Seguros) and Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo). Both Euskaltel riders Landaluze and Gonzalez had already been in breaks in this year's Tour and with such a broad representation of teams present in the break, the sprinters' teams couldn't pull the escape back without help.

Landaluze and Gonzalez de Galdeano
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After 24km of freedom, the fast moving break had already established a gap of 4'20. Egoi Martinez was the best placed rider in the break in 43rd, 37'39 behind, so there was little danger to any favourites in the race from the ten man escape. Brioches rode tempo up front and the lead ballooned to 10'50 in Montpellier with 60 km to race. With 25 km to go, the gap was over 13'00 and the tactics up front for the stage win began as riders began to soft-pedal.

Aitor Gonzalez (Fassa Bortolo)
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With 9.5 km to go, Gonzalez de Galdeano made the first attack, but he was chased down and countered by Aitor Gonzalez. That didn't last long, but after a few more attacks and counter attacks, Pierrick Fedrigo had a go. When the Credit Agricole rider came back, Fassa Bortolo's Gonzalez waited for a moment, then made his move from the middle of the break, jumping from the left side of the road to the right with a powerful surge. Once he went, it was all over and the Fassa man cruised home 0'25 ahead of Jalabert, who had started the move 92 km earlier.

Robbie McEwen took the bunch sprint ahead of Hushovd (Credit Agricole) 14'12 later and the riders sprinted to the team busses to head to the hotel as rest day had officially started.

Photography

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Results

1 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                       4.18.32 (44.68 km/h)
2 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                       0.25
3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                      
4 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              0.29
5 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                    0.31
6 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                                
7 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                         
8 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                 0.37
9 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           0.41
10 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            0.43
11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                    14.12
12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                     
13 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
14 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                 
15 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
16 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                   
17 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                 
18 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                             
20 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
23 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
24 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                  
25 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                      
26 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     
27 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
28 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
29 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           
30 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                            
31 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                              
32 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                      
33 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                            
34 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                        
35 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                      
36 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                         
37 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
38 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                     
39 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                        
40 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           
41 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                                               
42 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                                   
44 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
45 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                           
46 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                      
47 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                     
48 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                          
49 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                              
50 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                        
51 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                     
52 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                  
53 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                 
54 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
55 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                        
56 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                   
57 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                         
58 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                           
59 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               
60 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
61 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  
62 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                         
63 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                 
64 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                             
65 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                         
66 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                           
67 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                         
68 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                          
69 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                    
70 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                      
71 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                                 
72 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
73 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                
74 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                         
75 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                         
76 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto                             
77 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                           
78 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                             
79 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                       
80 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                              
81 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
82 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                   
83 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros                             
84 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                   
85 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                
86 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
87 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                    
88 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                               
89 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                       
90 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                            
91 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                                     
92 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                       
93 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                                
94 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                      
95 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                   
96 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
97 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                               
98 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                              
99 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                         
100 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                        
101 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                      
102 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                      
103 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
104 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
105 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                       
106 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                           
107 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                              
108 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                         
109 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
110 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
111 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                       
112 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                
113 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    
114 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
115 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  
116 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                       
117 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                            
118 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 14.38
119 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                     15.04
120 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon                        15.10
121 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                          
122 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                             
123 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon                      15.22
124 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
125 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                  
126 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               
127 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
128 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon                             
129 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon                        
130 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
131 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                                 
132 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                             
133 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
134 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                              
135 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                 
136 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone           
137 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                   
138 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                            15.36
139 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                      
140 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                     
141 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
142 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
143 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
144 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         
145 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                       
146 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                            
147 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
148 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                          
149 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                          
150 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           
151 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                     
152 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                     
153 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                    
154 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                     
155 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                            
156 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                       
157 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                              
158 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                15.45
159 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                      
160 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                        16.28
 
Points
 
1 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                            35 pts
2 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                         30
3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                    26
4 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                24
5 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      22
6 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                              20
7 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       19
8 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                   18
9 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             17
10 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              16
11 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                       15
12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   14
13 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      13
14 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               12
15 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       11
16 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                 10
17 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                9
18 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     8
19 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                            7
20 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        6
21 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       5
22 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    4
23 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               3
24 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                 2
25 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                     1
 
Sprints
 
Capestang, 53.00 km
1 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           6 pts
2 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                      4
3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                       2
 
Villevieille, 166.50 km
1 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                       6 pts
2 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                     4
3 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 2
 
Young rider
 
1 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                4.32.44
2 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                              
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                       
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           
5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                            
6 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                                    
7 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                            
8 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                
9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                   
10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                         
11 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                         
12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                              
13 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
14 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                               
15 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                                     
16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                        
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                1.10
18 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                   
19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                                  
20 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone            
21 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                              1.24
22 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
23 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          
24 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                     
25 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                        
 
Most combative
 
1 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                           
 
Teams
 
1 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                               13.11.12
2 Fassa Bortolo                                                      12.48
3 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             13.13
4 Fdjeux.Com                                                              
5 Credit Agricole                                                    13.17
6 Gerolsteiner                                                       13.19
7 Rabobank                                                                
8 Liberty Seguros                                                         
9 T-Mobile Team                                                      13.25
10 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                      27.00
11 Team CSC                                                               
12 Brioches La Boulangere                                                 
13 US Postal presented by Berry Floor                                     
14 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                        
15 Saeco                                                                  
16 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander                                        
17 Lotto-Domo                                                             
18 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                             
19 Alessio-Bianchi                                                        
20 Domina Vacanze                                                         
21 Quick Step-Davitamon                                              27.58
 
General classification after stage 14
 
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                    62.33.11
2 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                     0.22
3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                           1.39
4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  3.18
5 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto               3.28
6 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  6.08
7 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                        6.43
8 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     7.01
9 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             7.59
10 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                       8.29
11 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                        9.50
12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                      10.03
13 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        10.13
14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                    10.47
15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                        10.54
16 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           11.49
17 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                            12.44
18 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                  13.03
19 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                 13.57
20 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                    14.05
21 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon                       14.16
22 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             14.22
23 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                            14.29
24 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        14.48
25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     15.09
26 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                         18.08
27 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                      20.13
28 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             20.31
29 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               22.17
30 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone           23.02
31 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           24.10
32 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                        24.56
33 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             25.19
34 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                              25.32
35 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                     27.35
36 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      27.50
37 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                   28.59
38 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                   30.39
39 Evgueni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                        31.06
40 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                      31.25
41 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon                    33.45
42 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                    34.36
43 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                         36.22
44 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                         37.02
45 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                         38.47
46 Santiago Perez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       42.22
47 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Saeco                                   44.31
48 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                              44.51
49 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               45.04
50 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                 45.34
51 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                46.18
52 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone            47.07
53 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   47.50
54 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon                         48.02
55 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                       48.13
56 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                   49.15
57 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto           51.55
58 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                    53.44
59 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                   54.12
60 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         54.33
61 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros                           54.53
62 Claus Michael Møller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                        55.09
63 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    56.19
64 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              56.32
65 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             57.00
66 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                    57.18
67 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    58.41
68 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco                                          59.15
69 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                              1.00.24
70 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 1.00.33
71 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                             1.00.38
72 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             1.04.11
73 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                 1.04.14
74 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Liberty Seguros                      1.05.16
75 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                        1.05.57
76 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                  1.07.15
77 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          1.08.42
78 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                   1.08.55
79 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                               1.09.14
80 Andrea Noè (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                1.12.11
81 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                   1.12.21
82 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               1.12.38
83 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                        1.12.43
84 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                     1.13.00
85 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        1.13.23
86 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal p/b Berry Floor              1.14.19
87 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto                      1.14.48
88 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                               1.15.41
89 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                    1.16.08
90 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.16.15
91 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                            1.17.03
92 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                        1.17.25
93 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                   1.18.05
94 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                1.18.06
95 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.18.25
96 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              1.19.59
97 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone          1.20.22
98 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                              1.20.51
99 José V. Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto             1.21.14
100 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               1.21.35
101 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                               1.22.20
102 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                                
103 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              1.23.01
104 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                       1.24.35
105 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   1.25.03
106 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                        
107 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1.26.24
108 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              1.26.37
109 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            1.27.23
110 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                          
111 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            1.28.55
112 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone         1.29.01
113 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                          1.29.12
114 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover           1.29.17
115 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 1.29.23
116 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                             1.29.27
117 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             1.29.53
118 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    1.30.07
119 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      1.30.26
120 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                    1.30.30
121 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         1.30.58
122 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                 1.31.38
123 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                           1.31.59
124 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                          1.32.04
125 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                 1.32.14
126 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                              1.33.17
127 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.33.29
128 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                    1.33.38
129 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                               1.34.03
130 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Fdjeux.com                              1.34.07
131 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              1.34.08
132 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                      1.34.13
133 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           1.35.57
134 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone       1.37.14
135 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                  1.37.43
136 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                            1.38.09
137 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover          1.40.03
138 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                               1.40.08
139 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                       1.41.27
140 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone           1.41.28
141 Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover          1.41.34
142 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                     1.41.57
143 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                        1.42.00
144 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                     1.42.40
145 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover             1.42.51
146 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                               1.44.19
147 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                1.45.23
148 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                   1.46.37
149 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 1.46.41
150 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                     1.49.16
151 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              1.50.19
152 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Davitamon                      1.53.10
153 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                               1.55.07
154 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       1.57.00
155 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone    1.57.07
156 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                      1.58.16
157 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                2.03.27
158 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              2.12.39
159 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone           2.20.35
160 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           2.26.32
 
Points classification
 
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                       225 pts
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       212
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   209
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone               198
5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      189
6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                                128
7 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                             116
8 Laurent Brochard (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                               111
9 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                       88
10 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                85
11 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   81
12 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                           79
13 Baden Cooke (Aus) Fdjeux.com                                         77
14 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                      73
15 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                 72
16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                70
17 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                    65
18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         58
19 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            55
20 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   54
21 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                            52
22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  50
23 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                     50
24 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                47
25 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      46
26 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                           44
27 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              42
28 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                            40
29 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi                               39
30 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                   38
31 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone              37
32 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           37
33 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            35
34 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                             33
35 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                     32
36 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                         30
37 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                30
38 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                        30
39 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                     30
40 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                   28
41 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                         27
42 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               26
43 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           26
44 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 25
45 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon                          24
46 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone             24
47 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank                                       24
48 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           22
49 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                     22
50 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                             20
51 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                      19
52 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears - Banesto                           19
53 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                         19
54 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                  18
55 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                    18
56 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   17
57 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               17
58 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  17
59 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                       16
60 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              16
61 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  16
62 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  16
63 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                 16
64 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                         15
65 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    14
66 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         14
67 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto              14
68 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                        13
69 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              13
70 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                              13
71 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone          12
72 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                         12
73 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                     12
74 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  12
75 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                    11
76 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                          10
77 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                          9
78 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            9
79 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                        9
80 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                       9
81 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                                  9
82 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                            9
83 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                      8
84 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                     8
85 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     8
86 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           8
87 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                            8
88 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                        7
89 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                       6
90 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                                    6
91 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        6
92 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon                             5
93 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                                4
94 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                       4
95 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                     4
96 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                           4
97 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       4
98 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                        2
99 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 2
100 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                        2
101 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                         2
102 Frédéric Finot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                    2
103 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                            1
104 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                     1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick Step-Davitamon                          128 pts
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               78
3 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears - Banesto                 77
4 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                       76
5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                      72
6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                             66
7 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                          57
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                             56
9 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         53
10 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   50
11 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon                             42
12 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                   41
13 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      27
14 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                         24
15 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone              22
16 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step-Davitamon                       18
17 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Quick Step-Davitamon                            17
18 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                         16
19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                         16
20 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                 14
21 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                           14
22 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              14
23 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      12
24 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              12
25 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                      12
26 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                     11
27 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                          10
28 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                10
29 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         10
30 Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                       10
31 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                             9
32 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    8
33 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                          7
34 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                            7
35 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                            6
36 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                     6
37 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                          6
38 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover                  5
39 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                     5
40 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                          3
41 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             3
42 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                            3
43 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   2
44 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  2
45 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                       2
46 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                             1
47 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       1
48 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC                                        1
49 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                    1
50 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                        1
51 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                                  1
52 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                          1
53 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone                  1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                    62.33.11
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Fdjeux.com                                        8.29
3 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto                     14.05
4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              14.22
5 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                         14.48
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                      15.09
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon                          18.08
8 Iker Camaño (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              20.31
9 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prévoyance                    49.15
10 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal p/b Berry Floor                  1.07.15
11 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               1.12.38
12 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                               1.15.41
13 Nicolas Portal (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance                            1.17.03
14 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover              1.19.59
15 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prévoyance                              1.20.51
16 David Loosli (Swi) Saeco                                        1.24.35
17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             1.28.55
18 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                           1.29.12
19 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prévoyance                            1.31.59
20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon                           1.32.04
21 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone        1.37.14
22 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère                   1.37.43
23 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Fdjeux.com                                 1.45.23
24 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone     1.57.07
25 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            2.26.32
 
Teams classification
 
1 T-Mobile Team                                                  185.25.00
2 Team CSC                                                            5.28
3 US Postal presented by Berry Floor                                 11.20
4 Phonak Hearing Systems                                             15.01
5 Brioches La Boulangere                                             17.21
6 Illes Balears-Banesto Santander                                    28.36
7 Quick Step-Davitamon                                               32.23
8 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                  34.21
9 Credit Agricole                                                    40.27
10 Rabobank                                                          51.55
11 Saeco                                                           1.02.04
12 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                 1.03.42
13 Liberty Seguros                                                 1.12.24
14 Alessio-Bianchi                                                 1.33.55
15 Lotto-Domo                                                      1.37.13
16 Gerolsteiner                                                    1.37.44
17 Fdjeux.Com                                                      1.38.33
18 Fassa Bortolo                                                   1.55.59
19 Domina Vacanze                                                  2.02.36
20 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                                    2.09.26
21 R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                                      3.50.43